What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[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.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Went out this morning to get two new tyres fitted to my ageing Golf.  The tyre place is called 'Invicta Tyres' in Wincheap, Canterbury.  Properly old-school.  I got there just after opening which avoided the usual scrum on the road outside of people trying to push into the queue.

I don't think the workshop has been cleaned since 1978.  My partner's Dad has been using them for at least twenty years and I've been using them since we moved here.  Just a good, old-fashioned place that does one thing and does it incredibly well.

Treated the Golf to a quick jet wash at Morrisons afterwards as it had got to the point that even I was embarrassed about the algae that's growing on the roof...

[richardmorris]

17 hours ago, 155V6 said:

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.

 

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, paulplom said:

Bought eldest daughter her first car this morning.

Ooh, that's an early one!  I still reckon these make just about the best first car of anything on the road.

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Went out this morning to get two new tyres fitted to my ageing Golf.  The tyre place is called 'Invicta Tyres' in Wincheap, Canterbury.  Properly old-school.  I got there just after opening which avoided the usual scrum on the road outside of people trying to push into the queue.

I don't think the workshop has been cleaned since 1978.  My partner's Dad has been using them for at least twenty years and I've been using them since we moved here.  Just a good, old-fashioned place that does one thing and does it incredibly well.

Treated the Golf to a quick jet wash at Morrisons afterwards as it had got to the point that even I was embarrassed about the algae that's growing on the roof...

When I was young my Granddad worked as a tyre salesman. I used to go to his work sometimes. The overwhelming smell of new tyres. Look at those photos I can just smell them now. It was located in Billet Lane Hornchurch. street view of  2008 still shows that Universal tyres was operating there. 

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Went out this morning to get two new tyres fitted to my ageing Golf.  The tyre place is called 'Invicta Tyres' in Wincheap, Canterbury.  Properly old-school.  I got there just after opening which avoided the usual scrum on the road outside of people trying to push into the queue.

I don't think the workshop has been cleaned since 1978.  My partner's Dad has been using them for at least twenty years and I've been using them since we moved here.  Just a good, old-fashioned place that does one thing and does it incredibly well.

Treated the Golf to a quick jet wash at Morrisons afterwards as it had got to the point that even I was embarrassed about the algae that's growing on the roof...

I trust you went for the Firemax FM601s?  They look like a quality tyre.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Falkens as ever.  One of the best things about the car is that I can get several mid-range tyres for the cost of a single mid-range tyre for a modern with silly wheels...

[Popsicle]

37 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

When I was young my Granddad worked as a tyre salesman. I used to go to his work sometimes. The overwhelming smell of new tyres. Look at those photos I can just smell them now. It was located in Billet Lane Hornchurch. street view of  2008 still shows that Universal tyres was operating there. 

I thought the same, I could smell that picture.

My dad worked at Kennings in the 60's & 70's, as a kid I used to sometimes go with him on weekend callouts, they had the coal board contract, so we had to go into the wonderful smelling tyre warehouse, load the huge tyres with a hiab onto the back of the flat bed truck and off to some Derbyshire pit. Wonderful times.

[myglaren]

51 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Ooh, that's an early one!  I still reckon these make just about the best first car of anything on the road.

Three of my grandkids have them.  There are loads of them round here, five of my neighbours drive them.

[richardmorris]

[hairnet]

 

@Dyslexic Viking whats the tractor

[Soundwave]

This Christmas card, received from a neighbour. I think it's supposed to depict Santa doing a snow angel, but to me it just looks like he's been run over.

[High Jetter]

No tyre tracks. Just wishful thinking 😀

[hairnet]

22 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

No tyre tracks. Just wishful thinking 😀

rudolph the sniper

[DavieW]

We've just joined our local sports club and 2 drinks are coming in at £4.00 cheaper a round than the cheaper of the 2 village pubs 🍺🍷

[Dyslexic Viking]

7 hours ago, hairnet said:

@Dyslexic Viking whats the tractor

Wladymirec T25   2 cylinder air-cooled diesel approx 25 hp designed and developed in the Soviet Union.