What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[trigger]

The story is that whilst i was climbing my crane there was a mighty bang and when i looked i saw that "13" was on the deck, impressed with this i hanged around for a while whilst they got number "23" ready to drop.

 

What they do is plasma cut along the top of the legs with a torch off the little blue cherry picker before the 360 comes along and pushes it over, the sound is believable hence why you here me yelp!

 

They are quite old now dating from 1994 and have done some serious work over the years, there's another 8 machines in piles just to the right of the video.

[Lord Sterling]

Thats quite an amazing video to watch trig. Hearing the last bit of 'Aha - Take On Me' on your vid though has got me listening to it now...

 

Drove the Micra all week this week to and from work as the Rover had done its duties plus costing me £80 in petrol over 4 days due to much travelling (Telford, Brum, Liverpool etc...) I couldnt be arsed to fill it up again so left it at home all week and used the Micra instead. I love Micras nippiness and small cute features, makes me even more determined to find a nice warm garage for the Rover and Micra to share over winter.

[DSdriver]

Great footage - I will watch it with the sound turned up tomorrow for the full dynamic.

I was sailing past Felixstowe docks a few years ago when a containership managed to make a total horlicks of mooring up and took out the two front legs of a dockside crane with its bow overhang. The back legs collapsed as well and the whole crane dropped about twenty feet and landed upright. They must have just put the wheels back on the stubs of the legs because for years there was one crane shorter than all the others.It was quite spectacular to watch, lots of sparks flying and a big cloud of smoke. I would love to know what the skipper and the pilot said to each other.

[Cavcraft]

That kind of thing is ace to watch. We saw the demolition gang cutting up old (storage) tanks a few years ago and it looked a right laugh. They had a crane with a sort of claw on it (and, I assume a camera) then basically sort of opened them up like a can of beans and peeled them away, often cutting a perfectly straight horizontal line first.

[Richard]

This is my old school getting what it deserves earlier this year. The director of the company that did the work was in my year at school.

 

P1020822 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

It was sad in a way too, partly because they left some of it standing but mostly because they let all the teachers out first.

[catsinthewelder]

545589_444612768917575_1236160430_n by Catsinthewelder, on Flickr

 

Just to keep things balanced

[pompei]

I used to love watching the Fred Dibnah demolitions and listening to him going on about "the dynamite boys"

[pompei]

I'm guessing that your schooldays weren't the happiest of your life, Richard?

[Negative Creep]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5dL4DPm ... ture=share

 

Bellend who hogs the outer lane gets what he deserves (NSFW)

[Cavcraft]

545589_444612768917575_1236160430_n by Catsinthewelder, on Flickr

 

Just to keep things balanced

 

 

 

That could be fun!

[trigger]

I was sailing past Felixstowe docks a few years ago when a containership managed to make a total horlicks of mooring up and took out the two front legs of a dockside crane with its bow overhang

 

Yeah i remember that happening, We just got these brand new cranes what weren't even commissioned yet when a ship what was leaving the quay under it's own steam and with no tug boat lost all engines and drifted back into the quay again with the bow hitting the crane, They had to jack the whole crane up, all 180 tons of it to fit new dollys again.

 

[ashmicro]

Kate's driving licence is due to be renewed (10 years since she started driving). I took this photo of her, and got my photographer mate to put it on good paper, and the correct size. (this is Kate's clothes that she wears to work). DVLNI won't accept it.

 

 

Why? Because she's smiling. A bit. Which now means she can drive on an expired licence. All well and good. Kate works for the Northern Ireland equivalent of the Crown Prosecution Service. She puts people in jail. How's that gonna look?

 

However: I rang them (DVLNI) yesterday and explained the situation. "Very sorry about that sir, that picture looks OK to me. Listen, don't worry, I'll crop it a wee bit, and we'll get that sent out ASAP. Sorry to mess Miss Parker about."

 

Got a note this morning to say that it's on the way. Good job Coleraine!

[meshking]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5dL4DPm-DE&feature=share

 

Bellend who hogs the outer lane gets what he deserves (NSFW)

 

Fantastic! Can we get the truck driver to replace Jamie theakston? Best commentary ever!

[ChinaTom]

2 things are great at the moment:

 

1. Wifey has gone to see her folks in China for 3 weeks coinciding with a nice break from work. 3 weeks of house to myself, not get nagged, not remembering to put the toilet seat down, watching whatever I want on the tele, and getting all my toys down from the attic and re-arranging the dining room to accomodate them. Also, one neighbour is away, the other side is deaf as a post. All dials to 11 then....

 

 

2. Hippo the recently adopted rescue JRT, who is as good company as any guy could want. He's great - so great in fact that I am back to Snetterton Dog's trust on Monday to see about another one.

 

[Spiny Norman]

Quite a selection of axes you have there. What's the sunburst one on the far right? Looks like an Epiphone headstock but not one I recognise.

Liking the pooch too.

[ChinaTom]

Yup, it's an Epiphone Nighthawk Custom - a cheeky "posted in wrong category - 99p no reserve" ebay win. Shortscale fretboard takes some getting used to, but the neck mini-humbucker is sublime. Probably not as good to play as a real Gibson, but unless an ebay catastrophe for the owner of such an instrument goes my way, I shan't find out. I treat music stuff as many of us treat cars - never pay more than £100 for anything*. Even that '72 Tele came into my possession for less than that - quite an investment that has turned out to be!

 

*The Boss GT Pro rack FX nothwithstanding - that was a special treat after a long long spell in Laos

[Spiny Norman]

[Guest]

Managed to get a working FED 2 camera by combining a desperate ebay win (Zenit E and the aforementioned FED for £2 plus postage) with the lens off a jiggered FED 3. Stuck an Industar 50 on the Zenit E (which works at 1/400 whether you like or not) and there's two working 35mms for you.

 

Result? Working FED 2 for less than a fiver.

 

Also, the 460 shat a flame out on the over run and got a Corsa driving chav twat off my back. Bless its flatulent ways.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

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Also, the 460 shat a flame out on the over run and got a Corsa driving chav twat off my back. Bless its flatulent ways.

[Guest]

dhjdfhewihu3783bn2bubh34bnriuj34988932423nbDJDDIE9F235D45VR456R45153GRE654R45GR231RGEWF Camera.

 

Also, the 460 shat a flame out on the over run and got a Corsa driving chav twat off my back. Bless its flatulent ways.

 

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[Tayne]

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[Guest]

Managed to get a working FED 2 camera by combining a desperate ebay win (Zenit E and the aforementioned FED for £2 plus postage) with the lens off a jiggered FED 3. Stuck an Industar 50 on the Zenit E (which works at 1/400 whether you like or not) and there's two working 35mms for you.

 

Result? Working FED 2 for less than a fiver.

 

I don't want to tell you what I paid for a "1936 Berlin Olympics Leica" from a market stall in Kiev.

 

I take it that it 'did a Jesse Owens' over your common sense?

[Tayne]

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[Guest]

I was sensible enough to check out all the functions and it works.

I also had a magpie moment as its gold and zebrano.

 

If eBay is anything to go by I could make my money back if I decided I don't like it.

I think it's a Zorki 2 from the mid-50s.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leica-III-copy-35-mm-GOLD-color-Camera-OLYMPIADA-BERLIN-1936-wooden-case-TOP-/230848830893?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item35bfa99dad

 

Like this? It's a late FED 1 if it is.

 

I can bang some pictures of my FED 1G up if you want to see? FED 1s were much closer in appearance to the pre war Barnack Leicas.

[Tayne]

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[philibusmo]

After posting the pictures of my cleaned Alfa interior on another forum I got this reply:

Seeing that seat runner in the Alfa, 2nd pic...Well, i had a friend buy a second hand car once, just like you,1st weekend decided to clean it ... A little long in the leg, he realised the seat wouldn't go as far back as it should, so, rather than force it, he investigated the problem... in the runner,at the back was a 9mm live bullet!

[vulgalour]

 

 

 

Mine for £330, hope to pick it up weekend of the 3rd November.

[RedSparrow]

Nice!

It's got some silver bits, is it a VP or Mayfair or summink?

[vulgalour]

tis a Mayfair. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but from what I can surmise it has the nice LX interior (in grey), chrome widgets on the outside and slightly different wheel trims along with silver painted door mirror casings. I've asked the MMOC for more info, I'm sure they'll provide it. I've never seen a Mayfair Maestro before.

[RedSparrow]

What you've listed there was enough for BL to give a car a special name!

Looks to be a great buy for that money. I look forward to seeing more of it.