What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[iainrcz]

Got a reduced Terry's chocolate orange dark.

[richardmorris]

[somewhatfoolish]

[myglaren]

[Joey spud]

[808 Estate]

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

11 minutes ago, 808 Estate said:

 

That's fantastic. It deserved an 8 pot from the outset, and that setup certainly wouldn't disappoint...

Major surgery but worthy end result. Shame about the exhaust outlet treatment though.

https://engineswapdepot.com/?p=103735

 

[DavieW]

In a main Mercedes dealership just now with 2 female service advisors on the front desk. Not sure what the start of the conversation was but as I walked past 1 said "I'm lucky, my boobs are still quite perky and not droopy, but I haven't had kids" 

[Rust Collector]

Today I got the news that my current fixed term job role has received approval to be made permanent. I’m a very happy chap as a result!

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

This is a fun take down of musk.

 

[Markeh]

Was writing a massive rant in the grumpy thread about the local heating firm not showing up, and midway through, they did! I clearly need to start typing rants more.

[62 Austin]

On 27/11/2024 at 15:30, Joey spud said:

        I thot the new rools won't let us post that kind of nuditity here.

 

[95 quid Peugeot]

On 27/11/2024 at 14:27, wuvvum said:

Further to my recent grump about eBay deliveries being screwed up - I lost one of my Torx spanners recently (think I left it under the bonnet of the Merc 😖), ordered a replacement off eBay at 3pm yesterday afternoon and it dropped through my letterbox at 9:30 this morning.  Which is bloody impressive by anyone's standards.

I ordered a battery for the ASX from Tayna on ebay 17.10 last night, just arrived....  cracking service again from Tayna

[richardmorris]

[DavieW]

Notice a garage toilet I was in this morning. 

 

[horriblemercedes]

On 27/11/2024 at 18:46, iainrcz said:

Got a reduced Terry's chocolate orange dark.

You might find some superficial damage to the box, but the chocolate's perfectly edible

[808 Estate]

[iainrcz]

15 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

You might find some superficial damage to the box, but the chocolate's perfectly edible

It had been taped up with brown tape, looked absolutely fine inside. So it got scoffed.

[horriblemercedes]

Just now, iainrcz said:

It had been taped up with brown tape, looked absolutely fine inside. So it got scoffed.

[iainrcz]

As today is the famous "black Friday" I thought I'd share a short tale.

 

I bought a new hard drive for my PC the other day, because I thought there's no way it'll be much cheaper than what it was on that particular day. A Western Digital SN770 2tb NVME. £92 delivered from Overclockers.

Checked today and lo and behold, it's gone up to £120.

Amazon even have "Black Friday deal" on their listing. That's £119.99 too.

[myglaren]

I'm convinced that it is nothing but a con.

Don't go near any shops on Black Friday.

I passed through our local 'shopping mall'  yesterday, rarely go there, too many people and hardly anything I would want.

What I did notice was the abundance of tat, mainly glittery, shiny tat.  Wouldn't give any of it houseroom.

I think I am in the wrong thread  

[maxxo]

I grin at the fact I chose unlimited minutes and calls with British telecom when I moved in

already at 19 hours of telephone use in the last 3 weeks

yes I do use the telephone quite a lot

[maxxo]

Spent today rearranging the lounge and putting pictures on the wall

im quite liking how it’s looking

[MiniMinorMk3]

17 hours ago, Markeh said:

Was writing a massive rant in the grumpy thread about the local heating firm not showing up, and midway through, they did! I clearly need to start typing rants more.

Sounds like a touch of commentators curse.

[Markeh]

8 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Sounds like a touch of commentators curse.

Oh, they're back on the shitlist.

"The part for your boiler is obsolete. We recommend you buy a new boiler."

The part that's in stock right now at Toolstation, Wolseley and at least 2 or 3 other companies within 5 minutes of googling?

[comfortablynumb]

Only in Wisbech...

 

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, myglaren said:

I'm convinced that it is nothing but a con.

Don't go near any shops on Black Friday.

I passed through our local 'shopping mall'  yesterday, rarely go there, too many people and hardly anything I would want.

What I did notice was the abundance of tat, mainly glittery, shiny tat.  Wouldn't give any of it houseroom.

I think I am in the wrong thread  

I’ve just placed an order for some stuff I needed and was going to buy online anyway, because it’s today there’s 20% off and free delivery. So an actual saving.

[EyesWeldedShut]

I fecked up and placed a FleaBay order last night for some stuff - turns out TopCashBack are offering an extra 10% for eBay today

I did find, though, that most of the 'bargains' on eBay  can be fairly easily found elsewhere on the internet at the same prices without jumping through hoops - e.g. cheap and nasty Freeloader back box is about £52. CarPartsinMotion had one for £62 yesterday but there was a eBay 20% Black Friday thing that brought that down to pretty much the same price. Big bonus was that the thing turned up at 10am this morning - very impressed. Very happy.
 

 

[High Jetter]

Cyber Monday might be better?