What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[willswitchengage]

Work let us play with their lorries today

 

The ancient Magnum with the exhaust that leaked into the cab was my favourite

[HillmanImp]

Just talking to a girl at work and she said her boyfriends Mum goes to the car show in Otley each year as she in in the PT Cruiser car club.

 

Laughing hysterically, I explained that they seem to be wholly owned by fat old men with cowboy boots, string verst and moustaches. However she went one better and said that she owned the E.T. Cruiser, that fucking abomination that was on Used Car Roadshow IIRC.

 

I have explained that she needs to get rid of her boyfriend as she is now associated with that car. I dont care how distant the acciciation is, its too close.

[HillmanImp]

Just talking to a girl at work and she said her boyfriends Mum goes to the car show in Otley each year as she in in the PT Cruiser car club.

 

Laughing hysterically, I explained that they seem to be wholly owned by fat old men with cowboy boots, string verst and moustaches. However she went one better and said that she owned the E.T. Cruiser, that fucking abomination that was on Used Car Roadshow IIRC.

 

I have explained that she needs to get rid of her boyfriend as she is now associated with that car. I dont care how distant the acciciation is, its too close.

[Guest]

Just scored a working Olympus OM - 1 for £30 from a charity shop. Well happy with that.

[Guest]

Just scored a working Olympus OM - 1 for £30 from a charity shop. Well happy with that.

[vulgalour]

Hooray, agency came through with 3 days paid work, the first of which I've just come back from! It's bin collection on a lorry, and it's frikkin awesome. It's knackering stuff for me as I'm completely new to it, but I've never had such a satisfying day's work with thoroughly decent people and not an office politic or snide remark in sight. If I'm really lucky, I'll get enough work for a full trial period of 13 weeks and then they'll set me on full time.

 

The Princess looked great in the staff car park between a new Volvo and a new Mondeo and has drawn a lot of attention from the guys there, one of whom used to have a Princess after getting rid of his Allegro and replaced his Princess (also beige with full brown roof) with a Capri.

[vulgalour]

Hooray, agency came through with 3 days paid work, the first of which I've just come back from! It's bin collection on a lorry, and it's frikkin awesome. It's knackering stuff for me as I'm completely new to it, but I've never had such a satisfying day's work with thoroughly decent people and not an office politic or snide remark in sight. If I'm really lucky, I'll get enough work for a full trial period of 13 weeks and then they'll set me on full time.

 

The Princess looked great in the staff car park between a new Volvo and a new Mondeo and has drawn a lot of attention from the guys there, one of whom used to have a Princess after getting rid of his Allegro and replaced his Princess (also beige with full brown roof) with a Capri.

[vulgalour]

The other thing I meant to mention, and forgot, is that I saw a lot of Citroens out and about today. One normal 2CV, a 2CV decapotelle, an H van and, the one that made me happiest, a metallic green GS who waved to me as I came off the motorway in the Princess. The car looked vaguely familiar from one of the forums I'm on, but I couldn't place it exactly, might be a blue forum car.

[vulgalour]

The other thing I meant to mention, and forgot, is that I saw a lot of Citroens out and about today. One normal 2CV, a 2CV decapotelle, an H van and, the one that made me happiest, a metallic green GS who waved to me as I came off the motorway in the Princess. The car looked vaguely familiar from one of the forums I'm on, but I couldn't place it exactly, might be a blue forum car.

[DSdriver]

Hooray, agency came through with 3 days paid work, the first of which I've just come back from! It's bin collection on a lorry, and it's frikkin awesome. It's knackering stuff for me as I'm completely new to it, but I've never had such a satisfying day's work with thoroughly decent people and not an office politic or snide remark in sight. If I'm really lucky, I'll get enough work for a full trial period of 13 weeks and then they'll set me on full time.

 

The Princess looked great in the staff car park between a new Volvo and a new Mondeo and has drawn a lot of attention from the guys there, one of whom used to have a Princess after getting rid of his Allegro and replaced his Princess (also beige with full brown roof) with a Capri.

 

Great stuff, is it early starts and early finish = plenty of time for working on cars?

[DSdriver]

Hooray, agency came through with 3 days paid work, the first of which I've just come back from! It's bin collection on a lorry, and it's frikkin awesome. It's knackering stuff for me as I'm completely new to it, but I've never had such a satisfying day's work with thoroughly decent people and not an office politic or snide remark in sight. If I'm really lucky, I'll get enough work for a full trial period of 13 weeks and then they'll set me on full time.

 

The Princess looked great in the staff car park between a new Volvo and a new Mondeo and has drawn a lot of attention from the guys there, one of whom used to have a Princess after getting rid of his Allegro and replaced his Princess (also beige with full brown roof) with a Capri.

 

Great stuff, is it early starts and early finish = plenty of time for working on cars?

[vulgalour]

Yes. Start at 7am, finish sometimes as early as 2pm, rarely later than 4pm. Once I've adjusted to it (I may hate it by Saturday, of course) I'll make better use of the spare time. Right now, the last thing I want to do is go out and fiddle with cars.

[vulgalour]

Yes. Start at 7am, finish sometimes as early as 2pm, rarely later than 4pm. Once I've adjusted to it (I may hate it by Saturday, of course) I'll make better use of the spare time. Right now, the last thing I want to do is go out and fiddle with cars.

[dollywobbler]

The other thing I meant to mention, and forgot, is that I saw a lot of Citroens out and about today. One normal 2CV, a 2CV decapotelle, an H van and, the one that made me happiest, a metallic green GS who waved to me as I came off the motorway in the Princess. The car looked vaguely familiar from one of the forums I'm on, but I couldn't place it exactly, might be a blue forum car.

 

That'll be because one of the biggest Citroen meetings in the world is taking place in Harrogate. I'm off up there tomorrow in the BX 'Safari.' I'm grinning because I usually struggle to fit all our camping gear in the 2CV. The BX is much bigger! The weather forecast for this weekend is making me grin. The thought of meeting up with fellow Citroen owners is making me grin. The thought of wandering around listening to Citroen SMs as they burble past is making me grin. Knowing I'll be watching the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on Sunday night is really making me grin. I look like the Cheshire Cat.

[dollywobbler]

The other thing I meant to mention, and forgot, is that I saw a lot of Citroens out and about today. One normal 2CV, a 2CV decapotelle, an H van and, the one that made me happiest, a metallic green GS who waved to me as I came off the motorway in the Princess. The car looked vaguely familiar from one of the forums I'm on, but I couldn't place it exactly, might be a blue forum car.

 

That'll be because one of the biggest Citroen meetings in the world is taking place in Harrogate. I'm off up there tomorrow in the BX 'Safari.' I'm grinning because I usually struggle to fit all our camping gear in the 2CV. The BX is much bigger! The weather forecast for this weekend is making me grin. The thought of meeting up with fellow Citroen owners is making me grin. The thought of wandering around listening to Citroen SMs as they burble past is making me grin. Knowing I'll be watching the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on Sunday night is really making me grin. I look like the Cheshire Cat.

[tonedepear]

Excellent news VA!

[tonedepear]

Excellent news VA!

[pompei]

That Citroen event looks awesome! By contrast, I remember dragging the family along to a CCC event at Wetherby where it was raining sideways and next to nothing had turned up. In one fell swoop I forever put off Mrs P from attending a car show.

 

I might have a ride up on Saturday but I'm going to the Alfa Day at Ripon on Sunday, so I'd be pushing my luck!

[pompei]

That Citroen event looks awesome! By contrast, I remember dragging the family along to a CCC event at Wetherby where it was raining sideways and next to nothing had turned up. In one fell swoop I forever put off Mrs P from attending a car show.

 

I might have a ride up on Saturday but I'm going to the Alfa Day at Ripon on Sunday, so I'd be pushing my luck!

[Bill_Gates]

Maybe I should buy this and go to Harrogate in it .....

 

[Bill_Gates]

Maybe I should buy this and go to Harrogate in it .....

 

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

That'll be because one of the biggest Citroen meetings in the world is taking place in Harrogate. I'm off up there tomorrow in the BX 'Safari.' I'm grinning because I usually struggle to fit all our camping gear in the 2CV. The BX is much bigger! The weather forecast for this weekend is making me grin. The thought of meeting up with fellow Citroen owners is making me grin. The thought of wandering around listening to Citroen SMs as they burble past is making me grin. Knowing I'll be watching the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on Sunday night is really making me grin. I look like the Cheshire Cat.

 

Tell me a bit about that. I put "CCC Show Harrogate" into google and the results seem to favour the Clandestine Cake Club! I'll be in Leeds Friday afternoon, so I could drive up to have a look at all that Gallic porn. Can I just walk in for a butcher's, or do I have to have a Traction Avant and pay a couple of hundred quid on entry?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

That'll be because one of the biggest Citroen meetings in the world is taking place in Harrogate. I'm off up there tomorrow in the BX 'Safari.' I'm grinning because I usually struggle to fit all our camping gear in the 2CV. The BX is much bigger! The weather forecast for this weekend is making me grin. The thought of meeting up with fellow Citroen owners is making me grin. The thought of wandering around listening to Citroen SMs as they burble past is making me grin. Knowing I'll be watching the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on Sunday night is really making me grin. I look like the Cheshire Cat.

 

Tell me a bit about that. I put "CCC Show Harrogate" into google and the results seem to favour the Clandestine Cake Club! I'll be in Leeds Friday afternoon, so I could drive up to have a look at all that Gallic porn. Can I just walk in for a butcher's, or do I have to have a Traction Avant and pay a couple of hundred quid on entry?

[M'coli]

£15 for a pedestrian day visitor? I thought of popping along tomorrow for a gander but on second thoughts...

[M'coli]

£15 for a pedestrian day visitor? I thought of popping along tomorrow for a gander but on second thoughts...

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

That's a bit salty. Guess we'll have to make do with looking at the pics.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

That's a bit salty. Guess we'll have to make do with looking at the pics.

[dollywobbler]

It isn't a cheap event it must be said. We're paying £60 but we pre-booked AGES ago. That said, they're laying on some stonking entertainment, and there will be some incredible cars there. I'm hoping Citroen send some of their nicer stuff, but this is also fairly close to a certain church packed full of Gallic delights...

[dollywobbler]

It isn't a cheap event it must be said. We're paying £60 but we pre-booked AGES ago. That said, they're laying on some stonking entertainment, and there will be some incredible cars there. I'm hoping Citroen send some of their nicer stuff, but this is also fairly close to a certain church packed full of Gallic delights...

[Guest]

Olympus SLR STUNNAHS:

 

 

OM - 1 was a mega barginous find but may well find itself on the bay very soon because of its condition and what they go for generally. I bought the FTL a good while ago, mainly because it was a piss cheap way of getting an f/1.4 50 mm lens (with a matching camera body attached).

 

Unfortunately the FTL lens plays hell with my Nikon F \ M42 adaptor fully open, so I may as well get into some OLD SKOOL FOTOS ROFL whilst I'm at it. Then again, I might put the lens back on the bay on its own (whole lot was £58, lenses alone go for £120+) and use the body with some of the other M42 shite I've got lying around.