What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[myglaren]

[iainrcz]

The Mrs has been ranting about the telly remote not working.

Brain of Britain was using the remote for the TV upstairs.

[High Jetter]

55 minutes ago, myglaren said:

Surely that's just 1 test, with 9 possible results?

[hairnet]

On 07/07/2025 at 15:24, wuvvum said:

Bod was brilliant.  Don't remember Ronnie Pickering being a children's TV presenter though - must be before my time.

yeah right dave

 

[Remspoor]

On 09/07/2025 at 13:03, Westbay said:

You abosluely sure that's where the filler is ?

Hey you stole that from the Shite thread.

[Sigmund Fraud]

On 09/07/2025 at 11:25, Tayne said:

Sinsheim Technical Museum.

Tanks, tractors, jeeps, Cadillacs, planes, gliders, helicopters, Concorde, Tu-144 and now queuing to get on the u-boat.

 

Their other museum in Speyer is also brilliant, well worth visiting if you're staying in the area !

[DavieW]

I saw a works van today owned by D E Fencing. The funny part is their website address - www.defencing.co.uk  especially as they do security fences as well as domestic.

[puddlethumper]

There's a local company here called Gunns and Roses. They were setting up a new cemetery.

[richardmorris]

[reb]

On 07/07/2025 at 19:24, Sunny Jim said:

Fortunately it wasn't actually armageddon just a book that @willswitchengage recommended.

I think I have that on my wishlist, I was waiting for the paperback if it's the one I think it is.

I've just finished reading Attack Warning Red, which is about the UK's preparations for war. Apparently it came about as a result of seeing the original broadcast of Threads as a 3 year old.

[comfortablynumb]

You know you're a petrol head when;

An article comes up on a news site about a birkin bag.

I'm thinking Birkin? Birkin?? I know that name, wasn't he one of the Bentley Boys.

Yes. Yes he was, Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin.

Apparently they mean handbags.

Jane Birkin 

Who???🤣

 

[myglaren]

I spotted that yesterday

Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag has sold for a record-breaking €8.6m (£7.4m; $10.1m) at an auction in Paris.

I was interested as I have been quite partial to Jane Birkin for a long time.  First saw her in the film "Blow Up" although ti was a small part it launched her career.

I have put her infamous song in the music thread, "Je T'aim", that was banned by the BBC and the Vatican, that only boosted sales of it.

She is (was R.I.P.) gorgeous and for some reason a huge fashion icon, couldn't see that as her clothing was almoat always very ordinary.  She also had a very prolific career as a singer until shortly before her death.  Again a mystery as she sounded dreadful to me.

The 'Birkin Bag' came about by her dragging all her crap around in a wicker basket, which she dropped on the floor wile trying to stuff it in an overhead luggage locker on a 'plane.  A fellow passenger helped her pick it all up and she said to him that them makers of posh handbags should have a practical model.

He was Hermés chief designer and between them they made some drawings and the bag was put into production, and with her permission named after her.

They go for ridiculous prices and there is often a ten year waiting list for them.   I am sure that she would have been appalled, especially at the latest price of her original, she was pretty practical and frugal for a celeb.

 

 

Her pre- Birkin bag

[comfortablynumb]

And there was me thinking it was something Sir Tim was carrying his scotch around in😁

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Tayne said:

I’ve booked a self drive tour in a classic, air cooled German car for tomorrow.

I’m excited and terrified in equal measure.

Trabby or Bug?

[reb]

My new headphones are fucking incredible.

I might have accidentally fallen into the trap of using music to listen to my equipment rather than the right way round.

[cobblers]

 

Seventeen tons of shit nailed on the roof and sides and every available orifice of this bastard - Tomorrow I'm heading "north" for a week or so on my own. Walking and mountain biking. Only hard and fast plans are I've got a couple of nights booked on a 4x4 only, remote pitch near Aysgarth at the end of the week, I think I'm gonna aim at Robin Hoods bay ish tomorrow, but I might keep going to Northumberland. 

Timing has turned out perfect, I've got some big decisions to make which will need a clear head.

[MikeR]

Nearly got a full house on merseyrail bingo ..... 

[New POD]

Just now, MikeR said:

Nearly got a full house on merseyrail bingo ..... 

Its the wrong sort of sunshine. Or leaves. Or Ice. 

Those are the three usual miseryrail excuses. 

[Remspoor]

A! being totally incorrect. 

 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, cobblers said:

I've got some big decisions to make which will need a clear head

Ah, that doesn't sound so good. Hope you're ok.

[comfortablynumb]

For those who are in the trade 😁

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, comfortablynumb said:

For those who are in the trade 😁

Who’s Verity?

[comfortablynumb]

29 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Who’s Verity?

Yeah I did think that😁

[comfortablynumb]

Did anyone else see the article about the Tesla truck that failed to pull a trailer full of firewood, and when the owner complained, they were told to buy an F150?

If I was FORD, I'd be going to town on that🤣

[andy18s]

Hire van collected, something not adding up....

[cobblers]

20 hours ago, cobblers said:

 

Seventeen tons of shit nailed on the roof and sides and every available orifice of this bastard - Tomorrow I'm heading "north" for a week or so on my own. Walking and mountain biking. Only hard and fast plans are I've got a couple of nights booked on a 4x4 only, remote pitch near Aysgarth at the end of the week, I think I'm gonna aim at Robin Hoods bay ish tomorrow, but I might keep going to Northumberland. 

Timing has turned out perfect, I've got some big decisions to make which will need a clear head.

 

18 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Ah, that doesn't sound so good. Hope you're ok.

Thanks mate, nothing particularly bad, just a very big decision. Sorry to be cryptic. 

 

 

First night ended up in a good spot!

Might stay another night here, it's really nice. 

 

[auntiemaryscanary]

4 hours ago, cobblers said:

 

Thanks mate, nothing particularly bad, just a very big decision. Sorry to be cryptic. 

 

 

First night ended up in a good spot!

Might stay another night here, it's really nice. 

 

That looks absolutely spot on. Grand workmanship.

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, cobblers said:

Thanks mate, nothing particularly bad, just a very big decision. Sorry to be cryptic. 

 

Secret Squirrel is fine. PM if you need a sound board

[Markeh]

I'm not saying I'm particularly lacking in the brain cell department after a 2 day festival (even with only the first day spent on the booze), but after driving for about 20 minutes tonight and thinking that the street lights in Rotherham and Sheffield were particularly dim, it suddenly dawned on me that I was still wearing my sunglasses.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Markeh said:

I'm not saying I'm particularly lacking in the brain cell department after a 2 day festival (even with only the first day spent on the booze), but after driving for about 20 minutes tonight and thinking that the street lights in Rotherham and Sheffield were particularly dim, it suddenly dawned on me that I was still wearing my sunglasses.

I often forget to change my (prescription) sunglasses after driving and find I can’t see anything in the shop.

One day about a year ago, I walked into our local Asda and thought , duh! Sunglasses!

Then I realised I wasn’t wearing them . They’d gone all green and replaced all the lights with spooky dark LEDs.