What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

19,692 · January 9

9 hours ago, cort1977 said:

In my experience if you are thinking about getting a cat one will appear. Ours turned up on our doorstep and never left.

friend had a cat and it deed - hes been a cat person for years

one day hes pottering in the garden and kept getting visited by one when the weather was kack and never seemed to want to leave

she never left

19,692 · January 9

want to go gig and looking for somewhere to stay

place ive stayed at previous doesnt do it anymore

but looking at how much they seem (apart from one that was 40 miles away)

to be 3 figures

but saw one

'two bedroom suite in historic house'

333GBP!!!!!1111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a night - b and b in usa has always been £££££ but thats madness - and theyre not mad local to stuff either - fair way from philly schlep back into new york

but looking at others and went looking again for it and theres another listing

for 254!!!!!!!

but

130 quid of that is cleaning fee WTAF?

the courtyard by marriott was 111

I dont wanna buy the place

19,692 · January 9

omg louise lears trousers

20,144 · January 9

5 hours ago, gm said:

as reported last night in the grump thread, the lolvo failed to proceed

fortunately, @DVee8 was just round the corner and came to my rescue

we towed the stricken Volvo home and discovered it was pissing diesel out from the back end

as it was -4oC, it was abandoned on the naughty step and left for further investigation today

a leak was found

the inlet to the fuel filter had come undone

an easy fix - the filter is one off an xc90 so doesn't fit the bracket very well. cable ties to the rescue

started first turn of the key ! well worth a grin

ah well, that will teach me to be smug !

I was out in the lolvo this evening and was literally telling myself how pleased I was not to be scrapping it and the bloody thing broke down again !

I bumped it up onto the kerb, wriggled underneath and with a lot of fuss, managed to reconnect the errant fuel pipe. I had a cable tie in the boot so stuck that on to hopefully hold it in place. made for a very nervous journey home which included the tyne tunnel and a section of motorway

home safe, I think I'll be using the mazda for work tomorrow

on the bright side, it was only -1oC tonight !

36,457 · January 10

I loves me a bit of growth and positivity - but this is VILE.

Imagine feeling that there was something to be gained, to be won, by sharing this so widely.

What a stroker.

16,314 · January 10

14 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I loves me a bit of growth and positivity - but this is VILE.

Imagine feeling that there was something to be gained, to be won, by sharing this so widely.

What a stroker.

Man invents talking to partner about their relationship.

Although from the questions it sounds more like a workplace probation review 🤣

Did you see the one where a couple were bragging about inventing ‘bottle night’, which involved getting a bottle or two of wine in and staying home chatting for the evening? Couldn’t tell if it was a wind up or not, but struck me as the kind of self promoting shite that people feel the need to publish.

19,692 · January 10

Ffs

20,898 · January 10

3 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I loves me a bit of growth and positivity - but this is VILE.

Imagine feeling that there was something to be gained, to be won, by sharing this so widely.

What a stroker.

LinkedIn is leaking...

27,323 · January 10

5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I loves me a bit of growth and positivity - but this is VILE.

Imagine feeling that there was something to be gained, to be won, by sharing this so widely.

What a stroker.

There's a whole subreddit for this sort of toe-curling utter SHITE, called LinkedInLunatics

9,292 · January 10

found a nice ice covered back road today and gave the C1s ABS some exercise ... as well as spinning the wheels ... a bit of fun ...

interesting to note the car seemed to stop quicker with genteal braking ...

but slowly increasing pressure on the brakes with the resultant hammering kicking in and the car appearing to quicken up the pace once the ABS started up.

stamping on the brakes seemed to do just the same .. lots of ABS noise and continuing forward progress ...

no off switch for the ABS ..... ??

9,666 · January 10

24 minutes ago, MikeR said:

found a nice ice covered back road today and gave the C1s ABS some exercise ... as well as spinning the wheels ... a bit of fun ...

interesting to note the car seemed to stop quicker with genteal braking ...

but slowly increasing pressure on the brakes with the resultant hammering kicking in and the car appearing to quicken up the pace once the ABS started up.

stamping on the brakes seemed to do just the same .. lots of ABS noise and continuing forward progress ...

no off switch for the ABS ..... ??

Not a chance of an off switch these days, pulling the fuse is the only way.

5,122 · January 10

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

found a nice ice covered back road today and gave the C1s ABS some exercise ... as well as spinning the wheels ... a bit of fun ...

interesting to note the car seemed to stop quicker with genteal braking ...

but slowly increasing pressure on the brakes with the resultant hammering kicking in and the car appearing to quicken up the pace once the ABS started up.

stamping on the brakes seemed to do just the same .. lots of ABS noise and continuing forward progress ...

no off switch for the ABS ..... ??

Is it not a thing that in snow and ice ABS doesn’t actually work/can’t react quick enough, so you slide more ?
and yes, gentle braking is better.

9,292 · January 10

11 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

Is it not a thing that in snow and ice ABS doesn’t actually work/can’t react quick enough, so you slide more ?
and yes, gentle braking is better.

I have a recent set of tyres on the car , all under 2 years old , so the rubber is still decent , it does tell , it was interesting to watch the face on the driver of a tow truck and trailer who had to climb the slope over the bridge , that the ice caused some concern and all the tow shackle and trailer wheels started banging and sliding around !!!

19,692 · January 10

Rental car made me go rofl and wtf at the same time

How is that possible:D

No its not rented from @beko1987 or @Remspoor

Pics tomorrow i cant be arsed going outside now lol

19,692 · January 10

Note to self

When you go to the supermarket

Also buy bread (only open till 930 and theyre 8km away)

10,712 · January 11

Taxis

had to admit defeat to walking home from the pub tonight as the pavements are like glass and I’d already fell on my arse

rang the local company

a lovely warm 12 plate Mondeo arrived 10 mins later with a very friendly driver and I paid the sum of £3.80 to get home safe

lovely jubbly

worth every penny

will use again

5,320 · January 11

2 hours ago, maxxo said:

Taxis

had to admit defeat to walking home from the pub tonight as the pavements are like glass and I’d already fell on my arse

rang the local company

a lovely warm 12 plate Mondeo arrived 10 mins later with a very friendly driver and I paid the sum of £3.80 to get home safe

lovely jubbly

worth every penny

will use again

£3.80!!!!! Round here it's almost a tenner to do 1.5 miles!

16,748 · January 11

3 hours ago, Floatylight said:

£3.80!!!!! Round here it's almost a tenner to do 1.5 miles!

Given it was a 12 plate we can't rule out the possibility that when he slipped he hit his head and did a Life On Mars

16,748 · January 11

I've been trying to spend less money so far this year, prompted by realising I should have far more cash than I do. Part of this has involved identifying things that I "need to buy" but actually already have something that will do the job.

"Need": New TV

Reality: current TV is a decade old and, other than that one time it wouldn't switch on, is going strong. New TV would probably last 3 years then leave me TV-less

"Need": Soundbar

Reality: the guy who lived here before me (with the flatmate I had when I first moved in) left behind a pretty high end Samsung soundbar that I'd shoved behind the sofa. I even managed to find the power adapter (which was somewhat suspiciously sat at the top of a bag for life full of tat) so all I needed to buy was one of those weird toslink optical cables

"Need": bluray player

Reality: PS3 continues to do sterling work as a dvd and bluray player. I'll probably still buy a dedicated one at some point, as the interface is a bit annoying (particularly since the controller died and I'm relying on a USB keyboard which works but is clearly not ideal) and with it being top loading I can't put it in the TV unit so it's sitting awkwardly on the floor

"Need": to continue filling every available surface with books

Reality: ok I used this one to justify spending a bit of money. Bought a Kobo ereader so that I can take advantage of the internet being full of public domain and otherwise free ebooks. I'll probably continue to buy books, but only when I find something interesting and cheap in the charity shop.

14,901 · January 11

1 hour ago, reb said:

I've been trying to spend less money so far this year, prompted by realising I should have far more cash than I do. Part of this has involved identifying things that I "need to buy" but actually already have something that will do the job.

"Need": New TV

Reality: current TV is a decade old and, other than that one time it wouldn't switch on, is going strong. New TV would probably last 3 years then leave me TV-less

"Need": Soundbar

Reality: the guy who lived here before me (with the flatmate I had when I first moved in) left behind a pretty high end Samsung soundbar that I'd shoved behind the sofa. I even managed to find the power adapter (which was somewhat suspiciously sat at the top of a bag for life full of tat) so all I needed to buy was one of those weird toslink optical cables

"Need": bluray player

Reality: PS3 continues to do sterling work as a dvd and bluray player. I'll probably still buy a dedicated one at some point, as the interface is a bit annoying (particularly since the controller died and I'm relying on a USB keyboard which works but is clearly not ideal) and with it being top loading I can't put it in the TV unit so it's sitting awkwardly on the floor

"Need": to continue filling every available surface with books

Reality: ok I used this one to justify spending a bit of money. Bought a Kobo ereader so that I can take advantage of the internet being full of public domain and otherwise free ebooks. I'll probably continue to buy books, but only when I find something interesting and cheap in the charity shop.

Currently going through my mother’s possessions as she died just before Xmas, I’m going to try to avoid acquiring things I don’t really need because it just ends up as rubbish for your children to get rid of.

7,844 · January 11

13 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Currently going through my mother’s possessions as she died just before Xmas, I’m going to try to avoid acquiring things I don’t really need because it just ends up as rubbish for your children to get rid of.

My dad was a real hoarder - it was hell trying to get rid of his stuff. It made me determined to have more of a minimalist approach to possessions

16,748 · January 11

16 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Currently going through my mother’s possessions as she died just before Xmas, I’m going to try to avoid acquiring things I don’t really need because it just ends up as rubbish for your children to get rid of.

Part of my long term plan is to simplify my possessions such that it'll be easier for whoever is dealing with it after I die.

If I have kids I'll instruct them to keep anything they want, send books to the charity shop, electronics to the recycler, then chuck everything else in a skip. Even the useful shit I own is just mass produced tat anyway.

20,245 · January 11

22 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Currently going through my mother’s possessions as she died just before Xmas, I’m going to try to avoid acquiring things I don’t really need because it just ends up as rubbish for your children to get rid of.

My mum's plans once my Dad dies (he's in Palitive care and has only days left if that) is to sell up, get a small flat and reduce the stuff to.the bare minimum. She's always been.a bit ruthless. Helped us move house by saying 1000 times. "This. I've never seen you use it. Why are you keeping it? "

It's one reason why I gave away the ikea cutlery, and got out the silver that until that point was a Christmas only thing.

It's always interesting if you rent a cottage for the weekend and look at what equipment you actually use in the kitchen.

27,323 · January 11

53 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

My dad was a real hoarder - it was hell trying to get rid of his stuff. It made me determined to have more of a minimalist approach to possessions

Living with my parents at the moment is making this abundently clear.

My dad has managed to fill two large farm sheds with complete and utter junk, sorry, I mean "things that might be useful". Meanwhile the four bedroom farmhouse doesn't have a single square inch of wall or flat surface that isn't covered in stuff.

2,627 · January 11

Since dad died a couple of years ago, mum has taken it into her head to start clearing stuff out, notably the garage.

Every time someone goes down to hers, they take whatever it is that she's sorted out that time.

I have two rules on this;

1, tools, drills, workbench are to stay with her, when we need to work on the house I don't want to be dragging tools 88 miles to find out I didn't bring the right one.

2, take whatever she's sorted out, at 91 nearly it's hard work for her, and we've adopted a ' take it away and we'll sort it at home' approach, which keeps her happy. Also makes sure she's not inadvertently chucked something she should be keeping, although she's still sharp as a tack 😁

Edited January 11 by comfortablynumb
Spelllllling

11,769 · January 11

2 hours ago, reb said:

Reality: ok I used this one to justify spending a bit of money. Bought a Kobo ereader so that I can take advantage of the internet being full of public domain and otherwise free ebooks. I'll probably continue to buy books, but only when I find something interesting and cheap in the charity shop.

I use a thing called Bookbub, have a daily email from them with half a dozen discounted books, mostly £0.99p or £0.00.

Mainly Kindl but Kobo is catered for too.

If you sign up and have an account with them you can tailor your recommendations to suit your reading tastes. Mine is predominantly Scandi stuff. I buy several every week. Read Kindl books on my phone.

I must join the sling it out crowd, I have tons of stuff I will never use, just in case it might come in useful.

3,360 · January 11

3 hours ago, reb said:

Reality: current TV is a decade old and, other than that one time it wouldn't switch on, is going strong. New TV would probably last 3 years then leave me TV-less

Reality: PS3 continues to do sterling work as a dvd and bluray player. I'll probably still buy a dedicated one at some point, as the interface is a bit annoying (particularly since the controller died and I'm relying on a USB keyboard which works but is clearly not ideal) and with it being top loading I can't put it in the TV unit so it's sitting awkwardly on the floor

Richer Sounds 6 year warranty and PS3 media remotes are available.

2,066 · January 11

2 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

My dad was a real hoarder - it was hell trying to get rid of his stuff. It made me determined to have more of a minimalist approach to possessions

So was my dad unfortunately. Although we got rid of some stuff via the scrap man, charity shop, tip and car boot 95%+ of his stuff completely filled one of these

It was a somewhat depressing experience.

Whilst I haven't filled the family home with shit things I have to be careful not to go the same way. Whilst a fair bit of stuff in the mainly ordered garage and 2 sheds is family/household stuff (garden furniture, gazebo, kids bikes, fans, dehumidifier etc) I am accumulating a lot of "that will come in handy" crap and tools/things.

So to go no further on the slippery slope I'm having a serous prune. Stuff is falling into 4 categories: 1) gumtree 2) car boot 3) charity shop 4) tip.

Yes, my kids will eventually have to deal with some of me and the wife's stuff they won't need a f-ing 40 yard RoRo skip.