What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[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?

[DavieW]

5 minutes ago, juular said:

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

We were going to be £126 for 2 returns from Perth to Aviemore in Aug 22. Citylink was £22 return for the 2 of us. 

[juular]

6 minutes ago, DavieW said:

We were going to be £126 for 2 returns from Perth to Aviemore in Aug 22. Citylink was £22 return for the 2 of us. 

Funny thing is that fare to Arisaig involves an hour and a half on a rail replacement bus 😄

[jakebullet]

Decided to take disco out that's not moved since August. Flat battery. Arse.

I've got one of those fag packet jump packs that's been sat unused for 2 years. Surely it's not going to work? Rapid whirring, brum! Colour me stunned.

Mind, still see a visit to tayna in the near future, battery is 12 years old.

[maxxo]

Popped down the grandparents today

managed to find my car battery charger I bought 2 years ago and never used

just as well as their battery is completely dead, and I’ve brought it home to charge for them

now if I’ve read the date code correctly, it’s a 2009 battery so original to the car

probably why it died after an hour with the hazards on, let alone a life of town driving

still, what’s the bet it’ll take a charge and work as it did before?

[Remspoor]

You have all read about the devastating floods in parts of Spain. Most of the news here is very sad. Political infighting, folks  loosing homes, no water or electricity etc.

But this one is a bit of good news and is car related. Left submerged in an underground car park, covered in mud and water for days. This old girl still works.

Would not want to clean the upholstery afterwords would you?

 

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, juular said:

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?

i think i only put this weekend or next in

for rural tae fek didnt seem bad - if that was gla-edi id kick aff

 

[andy18s]

[wuvvum]

On 10/11/2024 at 15:42, Conrad D. Conelrad said:

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. 

It does have the maze game, yes - Wayout it's called.  It also seems to be waterproof - or at least there's a membrane between the back cover and the body of the phone, and the back is held on by a twist lock which pulls the panel down tight.  Not sure if the S35 was the same?

I did try accessing the internet, but I got a "server not found" message sadly.

[Snake Charmer]

On 10/11/2024 at 09:39, Snake Charmer said:

This one?

 

@hairnet I asked about this car at work today, two built and this was the second second one ordered by a customer. Full carbon fibre and honeycomb body (as per the AC CRS) with the Lotus engine and they went well, the first one used as a demo car would easily wheelspin in third apparently. (Mclaren made the carbon fibre dashboards for the early CRS cars.)

[richardmorris]

Angel of the morph.

[LightBulbFun]

34 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Angel of the morph.

@Mrs6C if the Bedford CF ever needed a little dashboard doohickey, it has to be this  

[maxxo]

another fantastic evening with my 2 best friends in the local wetherspoons

the best decision of my life, was after the breakup with my ex staying and continuing to live in Peterlee

i've never known somewhere to instantly feel like home, it makes me really happy living here i must admit

for all the stick it gets off people

i just can't see why, i don't see much wrong with it and i've built a life here now with some great friends

technically i don't actually live in Peterlee, i live in Horden, but they're attached and often classed as the same town

but yes, tonight really set it into stone, this is home for me now

had a great night at Andy's man club too, that's also probably one of the best decisions i've ever made

[Yoss]

10 hours ago, Snake Charmer said:

@hairnet I asked about this car at work today, two built and this was the second second one ordered by a customer. Full carbon fibre and honeycomb body (as per the AC CRS) with the Lotus engine and they went well, the first one used as a demo car would easily wheelspin in third apparently. (Mclaren made the carbon fibre dashboards for the early CRS cars.)

My friends Marina 1.8TC coupe would do that so it's in good company. 

[ProgRocker]

There's a dark blue Audi A1 parked outside my office window. Reminds me a bit of my parents' old Talbot Horizon (my curent avatar) with that solid c pillar.

I quite like it. 

[hairnet]

its actually good the gig is on the sunday - of the bank holiday

the sunday is 40 quid

the rest was the sat 😮

would stay in york but the city one is 52 quid but the parking is 15 quid a night

the train costs that - only thing stopping me is maybe the train might be running on the monday? maybe?

 

[hairnet]

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/lf24/lots/#?SortBy=Default&page=2&pageSize=40

omg and thats just the automobilia

[hairnet]

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/lf24/lots/b0090-wo-1-registration-plate/

most ive seen a plate sold

[hairnet]

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/lf24/lots/n0004-1961-monaco-grand-prix-1stplace-trophy/

why would you buy the plate for zomg when for much bargain buy the actual race winning trophy from  a classic gp

oof