What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[cort16]

I ordered a nexus 7 tablet from eBay the other day . 2 arrived

[vulgalour]

I confused a Belgian tonight.  He had no idea what my car was.  Also got paid a compliment on how well the car looks by a complete stranger.

[Tayne]

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[tooSavvy]

Aint  t'web marvellous....

 

Walking through TESCO today, I spotted 'rummage/reduction' shelf with a hotch potch of printer ink cartridges.  I spied one for a DELL [D44] printer which I thought looked very like the colour one in my LEXMARK X1130 [No#26] all-in-one.

 

Quick google onto 'Clover', a U.S. cartridge site, confirmed they were a swap....

 

Seeing as TESCO sell No#26 for around £38 wilts..... I reckon scoring 3 for £10 (even if there is a slightly lower yield,,,) is as good as stealing 'em.

I drill & fill my Black No#17 cartridges.... I hardly ever buy any.

 

Officially Grinning

 

tooSavvy

[Lord Sterling]

Whilst at work I managed to score myself a Logitech PC Speaker and sub woofer set. Sounds great and is the best speaker set my PC has ever had, except, I hardly ever use my PC anymore, the whole thing is pretty modernised now, its just the tower and system that need to be dragged into in the 21st century.

[dollywobbler]

My wife's landscaping.

[KruJoe]

LOL, that's a finished feature, right?

[Cavcraft]

The top one will be a 125x15 from memory?

 

 

I had a nice, peaceful blast round Delamere Forest today on my bike, which cheered me up. I saw a red FHC E-Type bombing round and an old Alfa Spyder with the roof down. 

[fiatdaft]

Did ya wav at thi ppl Billy?

[sporty-shite]

At home yesterday when Mrs S shouts "come and look at this". Go to the front window to see a lovely, slightly careworn looking Renault 12 turning round at the bottom of our cul de sac. Just gutted I couldn't get a picture.

[Cavcraft]

Did ya wav at thi ppl Billy?

 

YH M8 DEFO.

 

 

Today I not only managed to keep up with (most of the) modern traffic on the M6 in the 306, but I also managed to get in front of the wanker in a brand new Merc who seemed hell bent at keeping me at bay.

Had a fab day in Blackpool which culminated in watching some young, slim woman sat in the middle of a dual carriageway with a child at her side as the battery went on her mobility scooter. I hope the dole were watching somehow, as her leap off the thing and the way she dragged it to the pavement would win gold every fucking time at the DSS Olympics.

[Junkman]

Yeah, dunno how you see it, but every time I see one of them mobility scooters, which are clearly designed for total tards by some cynics, I can't help thinking the person sitting on it would be far healthier by tossing that piece of shit and walk. Mobscoots usually are a display platform for obesity, bingo wings, and cellulitis.

Which brings me to another question occupying my brainwindings. Wheelchairs. Genuinely disabled people are confined to them. But why must they always look like the person being dependent on them is a total spazzer? Why can't they just look kewl?

[Mr Livered]

Some of the sporty paralympic ones are stylishly designed.

[Junkman]

Indeed they are. I appreciate that. But what about all the intellectual ones?

[Richard]

Yeah, dunno how you see it, but every time I see one of them mobility scooters, which are clearly designed for total tards by some cynics, I can't help thinking the person sitting on it would be far healthier by tossing that piece of shit and walk. Mobscoots usually are a display platform for obesity, bingo wings, and cellulitis.

Which brings me to another question occupying my brainwindings. Wheelchairs. Genuinely disabled people are confined to them. But why must they always look like the person being dependent on them is a total spazzer? Why can't they just look kewl?

 

I am convinced that these scooters will eventually become the normal way for everybody to get around and people who use their legs will be viewed as odd. Then walking will become purely a leisure activity, and monetised accordingly.

[The Moog]

Managed to make it to Edinburgh without losing anything this week. Means I should be collecting ruffgeezers Xantia this afternoon.

Another car to play with

 

Be pleased to get rid of the clutch and flywheel as well ...

[Cavcraft]

I am convinced that these scooters will eventually become the normal way for everybody to get around and people who use their legs will be viewed as odd. Then walking will become purely a leisure activity, and monetised accordingly.

 

Seaside resorts seem to attract these things for some reason. I've no idea if you get them from the NHS now instead of self powered wheelchairs, but without wishing to sound discriminatory, I would honestly suggest a good 90%+ of people who use them seem to do so through laziness, obesity or probably dole cheating.

Obv. I don't know everyone's personal circumstances and I'm sure loads of people with genuine medical conditions use them. But also a lot of lazy, fat fuckers.

[cort16]

Did you not used to have one Billy?

[dollywobbler]

LOL, that's a finished feature, right?

 

Actually, she's added another tier now, but is slightly worried that top and bottom are wider 135s (yes, the top one in the pic is a 125). Nice to find a use for all of these tyres I've been hoarding!

 

Speaking of which, if anyone wants some 235/70 R16s, I have a spare set. A complete mis-match of manufacturers, but they're all in possession of good tread. Can bring to Shitefest or deliver en route. (might actually put that in the right place!)

[KruJoe]

For nowt? That's a bloomin' good offer!

I was going to bring some Land Rover wheels down and put a (cheap) price on them. If your good tyres are free, I'd feel bad asking for actual moneys.

[Cavcraft]

Did you not used to have one Billy?

 

Two of 'em as it happens!

[dollywobbler]

£20 actual pounds. Not entirely free! Just need them gone really.

[KruJoe]

Ah, furry muff then I'll bring mine down too. There'll be a few Landy Lickers about so we might be lucky.

[Tayne]

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[phil_lihp]

Seaside resorts seem to attract these things for some reason. I've no idea if you get them from the NHS now instead of self powered wheelchairs, but without wishing to sound discriminatory, I would honestly suggest a good 90%+ of people who use them seem to do so through laziness, obesity or probably dole cheating.

Obv. I don't know everyone's personal circumstances and I'm sure loads of people with genuine medical conditions use them. But also a lot of lazy, fat fuckers.

 

Yes come on now, let's not tar everyone with the same brush, I know someone who uses one as she can't walk very far and it's freedom on four wheels - you're right that there's probably some perfectly healthy people who use it one an alternative to walking/waddling around the supermarket but I doubt it's that many.

 

They're fast little things, I'll say that!  8mph doesn't sound much but on pavements and in supermarkets it's pretty quick.  They won't be ideal until they can get the weight of batteries down though, a decent sized scooter is hard to lift into a car boot unaided.

[KruJoe]

[phil_lihp]

The cat that spent 2 days coughing, sneezing, retching and not eating and 3 nights ago I thought might be dead after he passed out and couldn't be woken is sat on top of the armchair behind my head purring very loudly into my ear.  Two injections in his backside from the vet seem to have worked wonders.  I don't much like cats, least of all this one when he's being a noisy little git, but it's nice to have a happy pet.

[vulgalour]

I see Comrade Joe is showing off again.

[KruJoe]

Nah, it's Will.

Living the dream!

[M'coli]

That's a calendar shot if ever I saw one - a Niva pulling a Samara with a Polonez in the background?  Win.