What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

Just now, hairnet said:

i said to him hed prolly do that a few times

i still do it and im an old git

 

I’m ok that way round, my mistake tends to be stalling manuals coasting to a stop because I’ve forgotten to put the clutch in.

[hairnet]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I’m ok that way round, my mistake tends to be stalling manuals coasting to a stop because I’ve forgotten to put the clutch in.

forgot your not sat at home on the sofa

[richardmorris]

10 minutes ago, hairnet said:

forgot your not sat at home on the sofa

Well I’ve only driven three automatics. A CX prestige , my w124 coupe and a couple of xm. All of which could be like piloting a sofa at speed. Especially the cx.

[myglaren]

54 minutes ago, hairnet said:

no the selector is upside down unlike every other auto 

edit no he used his left foot to brake

after id pointed it out and told just to right foot like in a manual (the foot is used to the effort/memory)

he took me to the station and didnt do it again

I have been guilty of that in a C6 and a Volvo.

[maxxo]

surprised anti grump today

had my insurance renewal for the XM through

£150 cheaper than last year!

yes please

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Wibble said:

How would he know? He can’t have it. Anyway, butter is the Devils semen, according to that famed literary tome, “How to be a complete Bastard” by Adrian Edmonson from the 1980s, iirc🙂

If they advertise butter and don't deliver, I'll want my pound back #stickler

[wuvvum]

A few days ago I was scrabbling around in a little-used kitchen drawer and right at the back were two ancient and long-forgotten Siemens phones.

To my astonishment, the blue one switched on when I pressed the button - it immediately gave a low battery warning, but still bloody impressive that it'd turn on at all after being untouched for at least 10 years.  The yellow one was dead so I bought a cheapo charger (the original having long since disappeared), and after charging for a bit it switched on.

This was my "daily" phone 20-odd years ago and I used it for quite a while, but there were a couple of little features that I'd completely forgotten about.  I bought the phone off a colleague who'd upgraded, and when he sold it to me he made a modification to the customisable welcome screen.  

I'd also completely forgotten that the phone allows you to compose your own ring tones, and when I stuck a SIM card in it and rang it it started playing Turkey in the Straw, which I'd programmed in one evening when I was bored on a night shift having just watched this Simpsons episode.

Anyway, it brought back some enjoyable memories.

[artdjones]

9 hours ago, GeorgeB said:

And it still ended up ugly.

It describes it as ugly in the book.

[Tenmil Socket]

14 hours ago, omegod said:

Yurrrp, don't make the journey just on my say so though ! 

Been before for one on my lunch as I work a stone’s throw away.

[castros_bro]

House/cat sitting, making a cup of tea thought I'd check the fridge to see if they left me any milk...............................

 

[reb]

8 minutes ago, castros_bro said:

House/cat sitting, making a cup of tea thought I'd check the fridge to see if they left me any milk...............................

 

That'll last you until the afternoon, what then?

[Keymaster]

38 minutes ago, castros_bro said:

House/cat sitting, making a cup of tea thought I'd check the fridge to see if they left me any milk...............................

 

Long Drink! Corrrr!

[Metal Guru]

15 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Pressed the clutch on the brake pedal then?

My wife did that about a mile after we picked up a new car, went to change gear, foot hard down on the brake as if it was the clutch. Dead stop from 30mph. Luckily  the car behind wasn’t too close.

I don’t know why she did it because we always have automatic hire cars when on holiday. 
 

[beko1987]

11 hours ago, wuvvum said:

A few days ago I was scrabbling around in a little-used kitchen drawer and right at the back were two ancient and long-forgotten Siemens phones.

To my astonishment, the blue one switched on when I pressed the button - it immediately gave a low battery warning, but still bloody impressive that it'd turn on at all after being untouched for at least 10 years.  The yellow one was dead so I bought a cheapo charger (the original having long since disappeared), and after charging for a bit it switched on.

This was my "daily" phone 20-odd years ago and I used it for quite a while, but there were a couple of little features that I'd completely forgotten about.  I bought the phone off a colleague who'd upgraded, and when he sold it to me he made a modification to the customisable welcome screen.  

I'd also completely forgotten that the phone allows you to compose your own ring tones, and when I stuck a SIM card in it and rang it it started playing Turkey in the Straw, which I'd programmed in one evening when I was bored on a night shift having just watched this Simpsons episode.

Anyway, it brought back some enjoyable memories.

I remember that blue Siemens model being really popular, I used to see tons when they were current! Always were fantastically tiny things. 

[Metal Guru]

Watching the Lord Mayor’s parade on TV. Sally Army band comes into view. Women out front with their tambourines , all sweetness and light.

Followed by the band. Right in the middle big guy with the bass drum, really giving it some welly. By the look on his face he was having some particularly unchristian thoughts. 

[hairnet]

Harry's àt silverstone

Oof

Thing that makes me laugh there was a @Saabnut 2001 cobra

But its got a lotus v8 in it

Wtf

[hairnet]

8800 mile rs 200 190-210k

another one with 1900 miles  might make 250+

as he walks past them theres a labatts sierra on his left he doesnt even look at and looks at a 930 porsche zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

wtf 2001 clk and theyve made it look like a gullwing - 150k+

lancia stratos rep and hes looking at a 250swb rep no price on it hes just said mx5 underneath ZOMG

250 calif and its z3 under

omg 356 speedster with weird surround which he picked up on and its a metro which means engines in the front

actual fuck - do this person read a porsche history book first??

madness

[hairnet]

Omg

[hairnet]

Omg

[DavieW]

Not my advert or reply unfortunately

[Snake Charmer]

14 hours ago, hairnet said:

Harry's àt silverstone

Oof

Thing that makes me laugh there was a @Saabnut 2001 cobra

But its got a lotus v8 in it

Wtf

This one?

 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

On 09/11/2024 at 01:06, wuvvum said:

A few days ago I was scrabbling around in a little-used kitchen drawer and right at the back were two ancient and long-forgotten Siemens phones.

To my astonishment, the blue one switched on when I pressed the button - it immediately gave a low battery warning, but still bloody impressive that it'd turn on at all after being untouched for at least 10 years.  The yellow one was dead so I bought a cheapo charger (the original having long since disappeared), and after charging for a bit it switched on.

This was my "daily" phone 20-odd years ago and I used it for quite a while, but there were a couple of little features that I'd completely forgotten about.  I bought the phone off a colleague who'd upgraded, and when he sold it to me he made a modification to the customisable welcome screen.  

I'd also completely forgotten that the phone allows you to compose your own ring tones, and when I stuck a SIM card in it and rang it it started playing Turkey in the Straw, which I'd programmed in one evening when I was bored on a night shift having just watched this Simpsons episode.

Anyway, it brought back some enjoyable memories.

I had the S35, which I think was just the "grey office drone" version of your yellow one. I remember it being a really well built phone, beautifully ergonomic. I loved playing with the ringtone composer. Did yours have the 3D maze game?

It was the first phone I ever used mobile internet on - for just £10,000 of credit it would download the top five news headlines from the BBC in no more time than it took to boil the kettle seven or eight times, very futuristic. 

[andy18s]

Umm..

 

[somewhatfoolish]

[hairnet]

watching the scotlands poshest train and they finally said how much

the train from glasgow to arisaig on scotrail

61 quid

the poash train - 3 nights

7k

respec to the chef  (and thats with only 40 people on board )

[fairkens]

[nev_jr]

It’s time for a sort out. Very excited to see how it comes out.  Getting rid of the chav spec it had done to it also.

 

[DavieW]

Maybe I should wash the 30 000 mile a year company car more than once a year 😄

 

[richardmorris]

[juular]

18 hours ago, hairnet said:

the train from glasgow to arisaig on scotrail

61 quid

That made me spit my tea out more than the cost of the Royal Scotsman land tour.

How on earth does it cost 61 quid to travel that tiny distance now?