What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[New POD]

On 18/12/2024 at 11:39, morrisoxide said:

The comments are good on that above article. 

 

Note sure what if be more bothered about. Reading anything in the daily Failed or being murdered and put in the boot of a Rover.  Suspect on balance I'd rather be murdered. 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

[hairnet]

fucking lol at bangers and cash

lovely e30 318 9k miles

gadge put a 12500 reserve on it and dave tried to start it at 8.5k

not a surprise when noone bid

bangers went into the office and said thats a 5k car (which it might be)

they got it for 7

theyve also bought one of the first 80 made elan dropheads for 25k

its getting a massive shag at the mo from a specialist  - gonna be some car when done

[hairnet]

elan 80k after parts and labour

39.5 to the son of the original owner (zomg)

they put a fuel pump in the beemer and polished it

 

[richardmorris]

[reb]

I am bored, slightly drunk, and have just watched The Boat That Rocked.

Thus I have done what any sensible bloke would do and bought some James May spec shirts to add to my collection. 

And I wonder why I'm always skint!

[hairnet]

Had them 4 years

Apart from a flick through them countach and testarossa in 80s one

Never read them

Will over xmas tho

 

edit will dig out the july 88 one and the 'therell never be another month like this one' that are on the rack next to the telly

[myglaren]

[hairnet]

I sont care if there's nothing on tv  now

All my nerd just fell off

I wanted to do the capital thing at the time

Would take a bit longer now

[hairnet]

11 minutes ago, myglaren said:

digby?

[reb]

I am reading mumsnet threads in much the same way as I sit and watch the sheep sometimes.

Their ways are strange and alien, but it's incredible how the patterns aren't so different to here.

Are we just mumsnet for blokes?

[somewhatfoolish]

I'm pretty sure the reprobates who set up this shithouse haven't sold it to a hedge fund and retired to a life of luxury, so the analogy only goes so far.

[reb]

2 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

I'm pretty sure the reprobates who set up this shithouse haven't sold it to a hedge fund and retired to a life of luxury, so the analogy only goes so far.

Bloody hell, £8.6m revenue.

That's a lot of pictures of the queen for the logical extension of "u ok hun"

[Remspoor]

Scientist who helped design breathalysers is banned for drink driving

https://archive.ph/KJOSi#selection-2299.4-2299.76

[hairnet]

 

what a knobhead in the white escort - rothmans guy was doing it better

wtf at the alfa - didnt look like he hit the barrier too hard

02 was lucky

saw @Conan in the 850  and @IronStar in the 307

[angle]

Up in the Arctic Circle, not far from the Russian border. RESTECP to the person with the UK registered Model S who's done the 2,200 miles here - it was -28C here yesterday...

[maxxo]

going out to the pub tonight with a new friend i made a few weeks back

i still say, the best thing i ever did was move here and stay here after i split with the ex

[Metal Guru]

57 minutes ago, maxxo said:

going out to the pub tonight with a new friend i made a few weeks back

i still say, the best thing i ever did was move here and stay here after i split with the ex

Fwend. Pub Fwend.

[reb]

3 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Fwend. Pub Fwend.

👍😀👍

[maxxo]

we love pub fwend

[maxxo]

saw another friend of mine today who's just got a Tesla model 3 as a company car and was begging to show me it

let me have a drive, just felt very normal really

till he told me to boot it

aye

shitting hell

they move, they certainly do move

still not my cup of tea really but i see the appeal, i suppose

[808 Estate]

[MikeR]

went shopping this morning ..

then fed the ducks and swans ,,

then went for tea n sarnies  in a cafe ..

then went shopping for booze just before school out , breeaze of a trip , topped the car up as well

all done for xmas , then read about the scrum starting on the news ..

[155V6]

4 minutes ago, MikeR said:

went shopping this morning ..

then fed the ducks and swans ,,

then went for tea n sarnies  in a cafe ..

then went shopping for booze just before school out , breeaze of a trip , topped the car up as well

all done for xmas , then read about the scrum starting on the news ..

Liked for the ducks & swans,bought a 15kg bag of food today for our local ones so that we don't run out over Christmas.

[Metal Guru]

15 hours ago, maxxo said:

saw another friend of mine today who's just got a Tesla model 3 as a company car and was begging to show me it

let me have a drive, just felt very normal really

till he told me to boot it

aye

shitting hell

they move, they certainly do move

still not my cup of tea really but i see the appeal, i suppose

Fwend. Tesla Fwend. (Sorry I’ll stop it) 

[scaryoldcortina]

14 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

want this to leave nearby?

[wuvvum]

Took the Merc in to the local garage this morning to have the tracking done and the wheels balanced.  This was the Christmas tree in reception:

[myglaren]

[Floatylight]

33 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Took the Merc in to the local garage this morning to have the tracking done and the wheels balanced.  This was the Christmas tree in reception:

When i worked in IT we used to have a mouse tree...

[paulplom]

Bought eldest daughter her first car this morning.