What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[hairnet]

 

[omegod]

2 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

I managed to persuade my son to ‘drive’ a car for the first time at the weekend. He’s usually nervous to be out of his car seat in the car (which isn’t a bad thing), but whilst we were up the stables on Saturday he decided that he was happy to sit on my lap and steer whilst we went along the private farm tracks at my parent’s house.

He was properly excited once we started moving and realised that turning the wheel steered the car - only had to correct him a couple of times to keep us out of the post and rail 😂

It’ll be nice to be able to tell him that the first thing he ‘drove’ was a Citroen XM at the age of two 🤣

Im looking forward to when he’s a bit bigger and can start doing the gears and pedals. I have really happy memories of driving an old 4x4 round my aunts land when I stayed with her in the holidays. I’m hoping he can make even better memories - after all, we’ve got enough shite to drive round in up at the stables!

I used to let my 5 yr old steer my 190e  auto around Knowsley safari park , we went every Sunday so she got pretty good at knowing the route 

[maxxo]

1 hour ago, captain_70s said:

The owner is a knob. They're an example of big capitalism. Tories. 

The food and drink is decent and very cheap. The 'Spoons experience is pretty universal so you know what you're getting more or less at every location. 

had some research i agree

not going to change my patterns as well, i can have a night out in there for £20 including food and be pissed with half decent drinks and it's always immaculate in the local one

[High Jetter]

8 hours ago, DavieW said:

The new boss has let us finish at 12.30 today instead of the planned 4.30 and she  has also negotiated with head office to give us 2nd Jan off as it's a public holiday in Scotland. (Company is England based).

How generous. My staff finished on Friday, back on the 30th. A week off seems ok?

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

24 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

How generous. My staff finished on Friday, back on the 30th. A week off seems ok?

I was working today until 2.30ish. We are now closed until the 6th.  But will keep an eye on emails and will pop in later In the week to make sure it’s still there.

[Skut]

Walking back to this after a Tesco visit made me grin.

[wuvvum]

On a vaguely similar note, driving along the A47 earlier I overtook a mid '90s Chevrolet Caprice.  Expecting to see the usual rockabilly type behind the wheel, I was quite surprised to see a giffer couple who must have been at least 75.  Unusual choice of transport for retirees, at least in this country. 

[hairnet]

flicking thru the epg to see if theres good shit to watch tomorrow (the guide on this tv is crap)

its a wonderful life is on again at 5am (!) but then its on again later on

was it on today or yesterday??

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

flicking thru the epg to see if theres good shit to watch tomorrow (the guide on this tv is crap)

its a wonderful life is on again at 5am (!) but then its on again later on

was it on today or yesterday??

When  is the Great Escape on?

[hairnet]

it was on last week at lunchtime (!)

[danthecapriman]

Went out for a walk earlier with my sisters dog, got a few streets from home and found a new friend about to get run over!

Baby hedgehog! It’s tiny too. 
It’s not a good sign if you see them out in the day like that and not good at all for them to be next to a busy main road so we scooped him up and took him home. 
Definitely under weight (probably why it’s not hibernating) but looks good otherwise with no parasites etc.

We've got him a dish of water and he’s just been tucking into some leftover turkey, shredded and mashed up. Hopefully we can fatten him up a bit and let him out.

 

[reb]

My granny knitted me a jumper

I had asked for a jumper, I wasn't expecting one made just for me!

[loserone]

That's lush.  I hope it's made of nice wool and you can treasure it for years.

[108]

55 minutes ago, reb said:

My granny knitted me a jumper

I had asked for a jumper, I wasn't expecting one made just for me!

That’s splendid. 
I have one from my mam tucked away. Great on a windy day. 

[comfortablynumb]

On 24/12/2024 at 11:33, Rust Collector said:

I managed to persuade my son to ‘drive’ a car for the first time at the weekend. He’s usually nervous to be out of his car seat in the car (which isn’t a bad thing), but whilst we were up the stables on Saturday he decided that he was happy to sit on my lap and steer whilst we went along the private farm tracks at my parent’s house.

He was properly excited once we started moving and realised that turning the wheel steered the car - only had to correct him a couple of times to keep us out of the post and rail 😂

It’ll be nice to be able to tell him that the first thing he ‘drove’ was a Citroen XM at the age of two 🤣

Im looking forward to when he’s a bit bigger and can start doing the gears and pedals. I have really happy memories of driving an old 4x4 round my aunts land when I stayed with her in the holidays. I’m hoping he can make even better memories - after all, we’ve got enough shite to drive round in up at the stables!

MK1 son 'drove' one of my rrc's round Woburn Safari park when he was 3 ( he's 32!)

He was more excited about that than any of the animals....😁

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, comfortablynumb said:

MK1 son 'drove' one of my rrc's round Woburn Safari park when he was 3 ( he's 32!)

He was more excited about that than any of the animals....😁

I 'drove' a Bedford CF Dormobile conversion when I was eight years old on Croy Beach (Ayrshire) sat on my uncle's lap whilst he manipulated the pedals. (My immediate family didn't drive/have a licence)
54 year later? It's still a defining moment in my life  

[grizz]

This

[Wibble]

8 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

I 'drove' a Bedford CF Dormobile conversion when I was eight years old on Croy Beach (Ayrshire) sat on my uncle's lap whilst he manipulated the pedals. (My immediate family didn't drive/have a licence)
54 year later? It's still a defining moment in my life  

Not far from there, I sat on my Dad’s lap and steered his Mk4 Cortina along some B roads just to the south of Maybole after a blackberry picking session. I would have been 7 or 8.

[beko1987]

Most of the reason my kids want to go to the FoD so much is they can drive my car 😂Eva got quite good last time, Charlie couldn't reach the pedals too well though

[EyesWeldedShut]

10 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Not far from there, I sat on my Dad’s lap and steered his Mk4 Cortina along some B roads just to the south of Maybole after a blackberry picking session. I would have been 7 or 8.

1970 - 1974 (ish) you may have driven past me, my twin brother, and my GrandDad on his 'Rudge' sit up and beg bike [with the Strumey-Archer three speed hub gears - whooo] doing the same bramble picking thing.
We'd come down the A77 from Ayr (mental these days), hack a right after Maybole then meander back over to the Alloway side of things - plunder the brambles and rock back to Granny's where she'd make Bramble Jelly.
I swore off that for life after seeing fruit fly maggots writhing around in the bucket of fruit we'd picked - won't touch Bramble Jelly to this day.

[hairnet]

Ahh top gear without Clarkson 

And rick stein in the background 

[Wibble]

3 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

1970 - 1974 (ish) you may have driven past me, my twin brother, and my GrandDad on his 'Rudge' sit up and beg bike [with the Strumey-Archer three speed hub gears - whooo] doing the same bramble picking thing.
We'd come down the A77 from Ayr (mental these days), hack a right after Maybole then meander back over to the Alloway side of things - plunder the brambles and rock back to Granny's where she'd make Bramble Jelly.
I swore off that for life after seeing fruit fly maggots writhing around in the bucket of fruit we'd picked - won't touch Bramble Jelly to this day.

Brambles! That’s the word I was looking for. Wouldn’t have passed you, we were in Maybole from ‘76-82, his Mk4 would have been almost new at this point in ‘77/8. Mum would make jam and never saw any maggots, she would have binned the lot otherwise.

[richardmorris]

Wallace and gromit. 
news reporter is called anton deck.

[fairkens]

18 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Wallace and gromit. 
news reporter is called anton deck.

Looking forward to watching that later. Praying that it won't be shit.

Unlike Gavin & fecking Stacey where it's absolutely guaranteed 

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, fairkens said:

Looking forward to watching that later. Praying that it won't be shit.

Unlike Gavin & fecking Stacey where it's absolutely guaranteed 

So far it’s charming, but not my favourite. Spotting the film references is fun.

[richardmorris]

Feathers McGraw in a bloefeldt scene just had me laughing out loud.

[Pieman]

For some reason I thought it started half an hour later than it did.  Typical.

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, Pieman said:

For some reason I thought it started half an hour later than it did.  Typical.

You can probably watch and choose watch from start on the green / blue / red buttons.

[richardmorris]

Austin van has detailed sill rust too! 
and the boat is the accrington queen .