What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[myglaren]

[Joey spud]

[willswitchengage]

Particularly enjoying this caption / photo of a wrapped New Defender stuck in extremely un-extreme conditions, earlier.

[somewhatfoolish]

5 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

More quality* reporting from the Telegraph, the struggle is real.

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, willswitchengage said:

Particularly enjoying this caption / photo of a wrapped New Defender stuck in extremely un-extreme conditions, earlier.

I'm not a huge fan of new defenders or owt but if it's actually proper ice then nothing without studded tyres would tackle it, and this last few days have seen roads round here (peak district) more icy that I've ever known, it's been odd and ideal climate conditions for ice. 

 

[Joey spud]

[somewhatfoolish]

51 minutes ago, cobblers said:

I'm not a huge fan of new defenders or owt but if it's actually proper ice then nothing without studded tyres would tackle it, and this last few days have seen roads round here (peak district) more icy that I've ever known, it's been odd and ideal climate conditions for ice. 

 

It's more that these bozos have reacted to shitty weather conditions by getting themselves stuck and having to be rescued by people who would probably rather be delivering soup to old folk.

[loserone]

Tried to take the new car out for a family trip.  Obviously it doesn't have enough seats so Mrs L1 walked.

 

We didn't get much further as after this point the road wasn't gritted 

Was a nice toddle anyway even if it took ten times longer to defrost the car as it would have to walk the start with a stroppy three year old 

 

[reb]

Good to see the art of picking up a grubby slab of ice and carrying it for some reason known only to oneself is alive and well.

[loserone]

Also stones 

[reb]

If you collect enough stones you can make a cairn.

[Coprolalia]

Currently at the in-laws and eldest is coughing enough to retch. Woke me up.

View out the window...

[hairnet]

raining here

hope it stays that way

[loserone]

Stove fan turned itself around and started banging on the flue, woke the whole house up.  Warm, though.

[hairnet]

flicking channels and on scarface now

but saw let it snow on bbc2 bow ffs

 

[Metal Guru]

8 hours ago, cobblers said:

I'm not a huge fan of new defenders or owt but if it's actually proper ice then nothing without studded tyres would tackle it, and this last few days have seen roads round here (peak district) more icy that I've ever known, it's been odd and ideal climate conditions for ice. 

 

Surely spending the best part of £100k you get magic anti-physics adhesion control? It’s the button next to the heated seats, I believe.

[myglaren]

 

[willswitchengage]

Looking for new shoes. Only one left in stock - so not enough even for a single pair?

[hairnet]

hfm

thats 3 or 4 pairs depending if ya catch merrels on offer ffs

[hairnet]

its raining

[EyesWeldedShut]

OMG Sno Kaos! Headlines abound. BBC :
 

Best bit on that story is the 'picture for idiots' they've chosen to illustrate:
Beemer with obfuscated number plate:

1) No sno
2) what's that reflected in the muddy torrent puddle it is wading driving through?

[richardmorris]

[hairnet]

neighbors need to grow a pair

 

[hairnet]

yay they fcuked off the shouty brummie bint on the wren ad on the radio

omg as i type this chas and dave top at 10 on ghr

(its 82 as they played the intro to channel4 starting lol)

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Phoenix nights comes to mind.

[MikeR]

It passed the MOT .. that's another years motoring .... 

[Pieman]

On 05/01/2025 at 00:44, Coprolalia said:

Currently at the in-laws and eldest is coughing enough to retch. Woke me up.

View out the window...

First thing I thought there was "What's my Focus doing there when it's supposed to be parked outside my mate's place in Oxford?" 😆

Hope your eldest is OK now too.

[Rustybullethole]

Been meaning to fix this up for ages. Joy. 

[BorniteIdentity]

This really made me smile.  Facebook nostalgia groups really are the fucking worst.  I've joined a few just to bait the regulars and they literally CAN not help themselves.

Amen, sister.

[Supernaut]

3 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

This really made me smile.  Facebook nostalgia groups really are the fucking worst.  I've joined a few just to bait the regulars and they literally CAN not help themselves.

Amen, sister.

I read that and thought he was just describing the current day. Plus ca change...