What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Oooo now that is scariest yet.

 

I think dysons are a bit over-rated, but have been unable to find a vacuum yet that I am impressed with. Vax was pap, most of the other have achieved as much as you could expect with my rubbish budget. The best so far though is a £35 Tesco's number. They don't do spare parts though "bin it when broken, buy more" attitude.

 

I bought a £30 Tesco cheapy vacuum cleaner. It blew up earlier this year. Really big sparks! Was absolutely rubbish. We've now got a Henry, which is superb.

 

When I first met Mrs Wobbler, she had one of these. (the red one in fact)

 

Was bloody superb and felt capable of surviving a nuclear war. Apart from the suction hose. Which broke. Foolishly, we binned it and replaced it with the inferior Tesco thing, which was forever clogging its filters. My mother has had many Dysons. Very clever, but also very fragile.

 

ALL MODERN VAKYUMS R SHIT!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I hear a lot about the fragility of Dysons, but I've put our aging DC04 through so much and it's never needed more than a belt.

 

I also keep tripping over the 70s/80s Hoover Senior and Junior I can't bear to throw out. The Junior is pretty useful and makes a nice noise, even though the Dyson is considerably better at actually picking stuff up. The Senior isn't so good - it's snapped every belt I've put in it and even blew the special pigmy bulb I bought it for night-vaccing.

[ashmicro]

Nilfisk. FTW. My mother's one is 26 years old and lifts the carpet. Heavy ol bastard, but bloody effective. Scares the cat. Ideal for a Citroen owner too - the model is "Nilfisk GS"

[Split_Pin]

I used to have the one 2nd from the right:

 

 

It was called Turbopower, lasted for 24 years until it was scrapped when the Mrs moved in and replaced with with a 'Hetty'.

 

The Hoover made a purposeful noise, had a massive headlight and battered its way round the house in 10 mins with reckless abandon

[willswitchengage]

^ My Grandad still has his, and my Jax-vax is still going strong. God knows how many Dysons my parents have been through in the mean time - they really are shit and expensive, our Argos Value Samsung lasted longer.

[Angrydicky]

 

[Spiny Norman]

Right up till she passed away a couple of years ago, my old Gran was using an ancient old Hoover like this one, late 1940s from what I can tell. She'd had it in bits a good few times to keep it running and it still worked a treat.

 

[Des]

Apart from the Henry, modern Hoovers are just too noisy, I notice the old stuff tends to be around 400 watts- ish, new cleaners are measured in kilowatts, I don't understand why as theres a point where they're going to lift the carpet off the floor, maybe it's marketing or just so that the things can compete with Heathrow.

[vulgalour]

Thanks for the indefinite loan, Skattrd, have this picture for your amusement.

 

[Cavcraft]

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Have you tried putting some jam on your shoes and inviting your trousers down for tea?

[ashmicro]

That Maestro is the business. Your photo looks like a late-80s record sleeve.

 

[michiel]

^ ^

 

Will you become Austinangyl if the Volks is sold?

[vulgalour]

I suppose I'll have to. It's a singular experience driving home in a borrowed Maestro while wearing leather trousers.

 

@ashmicro: Inspired. That might have to become my new forum avatar.

[Danblez]

Heheheh great stuff.

 

Did I miss the thread about the Meastro loan? Good on ya Skatrrd.

[trigger]

Remember that fit Spanish bird from Xfactor a few years back, Ruth Lorenzo, well it seems she is a secret autoshitter too, this is her Mini.

 

[brammy777]

If that is the Mini I think it is, I saw it driving in Tufnell Park quite a while back, it had a massive dent in the rear end and misfired like mad. So even more crud than first though.

[Albert Ross]

That certainly has a dent in the rear..... look at the bootlid gap. Mind, I'd dent her rear, and her front....

[messerschmitt owner]

Next in line for the tools MO if Billy doesn't want them ... It's about time I got my own tools

If billy doesn't get back I am on Norwich on the 13th if that's not too fr from your end of lincolnshire. It's not a post job

 

There's lots and lots of tools - and it'll be added to next week as I throw some old sockets into the mix. There is a very very old snap on ratchet too. Some of the tools are crap but there's some alright ones. I'll even throw in a metal tool box too.

[skattrd]

Next in line for the tools MO if Billy doesn't want them ... It's about time I got my own tools

If billy doesn't get back I am on Norwich on the 13th if that's not too fr from your end of lincolnshire. It's not a post job

 

There's lots and lots of tools - and it'll be added to next week as I throw some old sockets into the mix. There is a very very old snap on ratchet too. Some of the tools are crap but there's some alright ones. I'll even throw in a metal tool box too.

 

Cheers, I was actually threatening to visit my brother in Norfolk that weekend as well.

[messerschmitt owner]

Mentioning it in a public forum has encouraged billy to pm me.

[michiel]

Watched Hunted on BBC1, half of it was barely comprehensible or didn't make sense, but it featured a blurry red Marina wagon - looked like the rear was jacked up.

[Cavcraft]

Next in line for the tools MO if Billy doesn't want them ... It's about time I got my own tools

If billy doesn't get back I am on Norwich on the 13th if that's not too fr from your end of lincolnshire. It's not a post job

 

There's lots and lots of tools - and it'll be added to next week as I throw some old sockets into the mix. There is a very very old snap on ratchet too. Some of the tools are crap but there's some alright ones. I'll even throw in a metal tool box too.

 

Cheers, I was actually threatening to visit my brother in Norfolk that weekend as well.

 

 

Campbell: Pm'd.

 

Skattrd: Go for them!

[meshking]

Bought a cheap Volvo V70 last week, but failed to look properly at the MOT before I paid the money. I knew it expired soon, but didn't see the list of advisories given to it last time - mainly front suspension bushes, inner cv joints and brake hoses. Grumped around for a week, and took it into my friendly MOT garage. Showed him the old MOT and he showed me all the points they had advised on - but nothing was to be found...

 

Main dealer MOT - take as much money from your "customer" as possible, perhaps? Anyway - 12 months mot now, so I'm a happy chappy now with a big grin.

[Cavcraft]

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[vulgalour]

I am having a good day today. The job I had to leave due to lack of transport is taking me back now I have transport and I start anew on Tuesday, which I'm really, really happy about. The other good news is that the assessor has told me the Princess has a bent chassis rail and inner wing, but that she is repairable, I'm currently going through the process for a cash in lieu settlement and my car back so she isn't written off and I'll have the readies to put her right again.

 

So I'll get to be back at a job that I'm happy enough to do and I'll get my baby back and be able to make her better than before. I am a happy, happy person and felt the need to share the joy because, by jove, it's well overdue that I had some good news!

[Spiny Norman]

Just look at the flange you'll get literally crawling up the bonnet of your car when you buy an Alpine radio cassette!

 

[RedSparrow]

I am having a good day today. The job I had to leave due to lack of transport is taking me back now I have transport and I start anew on Tuesday, which I'm really, really happy about. The other good news is that the assessor has told me the Princess has a bent chassis rail and inner wing, but that she is repairable, I'm currently going through the process for a cash in lieu settlement and my car back so she isn't written off and I'll have the readies to put her right again.

 

So I'll get to be back at a job that I'm happy enough to do and I'll get my baby back and be able to make her better than before. I am a happy, happy person and felt the need to share the joy because, by jove, it's well overdue that I had some good news!

 

Good news, congratulations man!

[ayd]

a while ago my Brother gave my Mum his Alfa 147 as he no longer needed it, it needed a few jobs doing for it's MOT but as her 145 was getting a bit long in the tooth a deal was struck with the garage that they'd do the work on the 147 and put a fresh 12months MOT on it (around £700 worth) and in return she could just leave them her old 145 as payment and they'd break it for parts. (apparently the garage she uses is a bit of an alfa specialist or something).

 

Anyway Mum was gutted as she loved her 145 but had to admit she'd prefer the newer 147 so the deal was done. It never sat well with my Mum as we are a car loving family and she'd often talk about it on phhone calls to me etc.

 

Just been up North for their Golden Wedding Anniversary and she handed me a letter. It was from a chap not to far from where I now live saying he'd bought the car from the garage and was going to restore it with his 2 sons.

 

She was over the moon and so pleased it hadn't been stripped and killed off. I'm not sure if she was happier about the family get together for her Anniversary or that the car was safe and sound.

[meggersdog]

Didn't take Kunt long

[cort16]

Just bought a car off ebay and I'm not even drunk yet.