What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

This post is worthless without sound

(I've not actually heard it from the outside, apart from idling...)

 

Fair point...

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152439614018261&l=3002052236646007724

[Lord Sterling]

Whats that all about LS? Just a shite area where some shite people live? Sounds grim as you've mentioned issues around this before

Pretty much, since last year, we've has this "Jeremy Kyle" problem family moved into a privately rented house a couple of doors up. That, and the fact that a lot of the chav_twat kids around have come of an age where a lot of them are shoved out of doors after school until way after it gets dark. I made the mistake of continually asking them to move on last year and since then they've been trying to get a reaction out of me, more so since I've come back.

 

My road consist of of a large communal grass area between the pavement and road so they gather on there doing all sorts of shit. Chav_family seem very intent on living up to the problem/wannabe_hard family stereotype. They are dirty, loud and don't give a shit. The housing association don't give a toss as they are making a bit of pin money out of it and the council don't give a toss as they have a "problem family" off thier list.

 

To be honest though, even with them gone not much will change, there will still be the arsehole kids doing arsehole things.

 

When a lot of people come around here, it is deceptively quiet and most people will think it's a nice neighbourhood but of course you have to live around here and experience the shit on a daily basis.

[EssDeeWon]

Yeah you don't need all that do ya. There is an estate just round the corner from me with plenty of the Jeremy Kyle types, kids hang around outside the shops with nothing to do of an evening, not personally had any problems from them but I wouldn't bother saying anything anyway because of the 'fuck you' style households they come from. Hopefully they find something better to do sooner than later LS..

[Bobthebeard]

House next door is owned by a Housing Association, so neighbours tend to be a bit of a lottery. Last one was great, no problems in three years. New neighbours have just moved in......

Time will tell.

[DS20]

My nickname for where I used to live in Scunthorpe was Mordor-cum-Kabul. The fumes from the steelworks made it smell like Mount Doom was on the next street, and the neighbours were...well...something else. One lot used to bark at their own dog for fun, another set broke up furniture to burn on their barbecue, and the local teenagers used to have sex at the end of my garden of a nighttime. It was awful and I was pleased to move to Grimsby (!). I sympathise with all those who have to endure nightmare neighbours.

[Bobthebeard]

Mordor-cum- Kabul was your nickname? Wow! Mine was Spud. Respect!

[Lord Sterling]

Yeah you don't need all that do ya. There is an estate just round the corner from me with plenty of the Jeremy Kyle types, kids hang around outside the shops with nothing to do of an evening, not personally had any problems from them but I wouldn't bother saying anything anyway because of the 'fuck you' style households they come from. Hopefully they find something better to do sooner than later LS..

To be honest, I've had quite enough of living like this, I am utterly and abjectly pissed off with this situation. If it's not bad enough living amongst these tossers, I've also got a wife to bring over who is of a different culture, I really don't want her suffering the torments from these twats as that will push me over the edge and I'll end up murdering these fuckers.

 

I'm out of here as soon as someone actually offers me regular work with regular money. I'll be looking for a room down Worcester way hence me looking for work in or around that particular area.

[jakebullet]

Attempt #3, and I finally saw the 2 lancasters. True I had to park the disco in a bush halfway up a banking at the side of the A57 and walk a mile, but it was worth it.

 

After the 6 A4's, and the 2 lancs, is there any more 'once in a lifetime' things they can bring together?

[willswitchengage]

is it just me or has anybody else noticed this canny resemblance?

 

 

 

I LOVE YOU JANINE

 

Although on a lighter note it was refreshing listening to the news on Friday morning last week and breathing a sigh of relief knowing that I and millions of other Britons have long term job security again.

[xtriple]

I put petrol in my car today. First time since I got it (filled up then) and I've had it two months to the day! It took 30 litres....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I have used it - honest!

[Cavcraft]

If you look even closer he looks like that fat bloke shagging a Range Rover exhaust. Google it if you like, but remember what's been seen cannot be unseen.

[loserone]

I put petrol in my car today. First time since I got it (filled up then) and I've had it two months to the day! It took 30 litres....

 I also put petrol in my car, which I've had for two months (give or take a couple of days). Not the first time though.. 

 

£971.69

 

This thing seems to drink a bit.

[dollywobbler]

Do you like the Vulcan? It's having a bit of a tour on Thursday. http://www.vulcantothesky.org/uploads/images/CWT%20Map%202014.pdf

 

It's even going to Norfolk.

[DSdriver]

We had a visit from a Spitfire last Sunday

Spitfire by DSdriver, on Flickr

 

Bloody difficult to snap with my digital camera, needing different specs to spot the bugger then reading glasses to see it on the little screen. Press the button then wait a random amount of time whilst camera decides to take picture. I have other photos of just the propellor and another of half a Spitfire.

[kinkersaab]

is it just me or has anybody else noticed this canny resemblance?

 

 

 

I LOVE YOU JANINE

 

Although on a lighter note it was refreshing listening to the news on Friday morning last week and breathing a sigh of relief knowing that I and millions of other Britons have long term job security again.

If you look even closer he looks like that fat bloke shagging a Range Rover exhaust. Google it if you like, but remember what's been seen cannot be unseen.

Of little interest im sure, but one of my best mates took that picture in the early hours of friday morning at aberdeen airport.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

There can't be many things as satisfying as cleaning something that's never been cleaned.

 

Cleaning by cdconelrad, on Flickr

[Tayne]

Is that the new gear knob for Dugonganabe's van?

[STUNO]

Sent to me today. I think I recognise the driver !

 

[cort1977]

Turns out that laggy throttle on the Merc can be cured by a reset procedure for the gearbox electronics involving holding the accelerator down for 15s.   No new TPS required, back to normal, happy days.

[Richard]

Of little interest im sure, but one of my best mates took that picture in the early hours of friday morning at aberdeen airport.

 

I've been to Aberdeen Airport, I know how he feels. Other airports are available, all equally unpleasant.

[Station]

LS, do you live in Birmingham area? Why don't you move to a nicer part of Coventry? I live in Ryton on Dunsmore and have never had any trouble. I'm only paying £450 per month for a two bedroom maisonette.

[beko1987]

So, new steering rack, 2 new inner track rods, a CV joint, 2 new CV joint gaitorsgaitors, 3 new exhaust rubbers and 2 new droplink bushes fitted to the meriva for £230.

 

Happy with that. Swmbo reports it drives brilliantly now, even the scary wheel wobble under heavy braking is gone.

 

Need to re seal the sump properly, give it a service and maybe, if it doesn't do a Vauxhall I'll get matey to put a cambelt, water pump and the associated on it next year.

 

Also, by spunking out on her car, I'm allowed more time with mine in a few weeks...

[rml2345]

On Saturday my much abused but rather comfortable office chair broke. One of the castors had broken away from the spidery thing at the bottom and it looked pretty terminal but I've had it over 10 years so it's probably due replacement anyway.

Instead of being sucked unto the never ending Ikea hell I decided to mend it using a salvaged spidery thing, a hammer and some WD40 and currently have my arse parked in it writing this.

So that's one pointy finger in the eye of consumerism. 

[beko1987]

We have a big box of spare wheels for our office chairs for this reason. They were being binned along with the chairs, I went out and salvaged 20 of them! Used 8 so far...

[Des]

I've barely been able to walk over the weekend, right thigh and knee giving me jip, like severe cramp if I just think about moving, I did some digging last week, moved some heavy things and rounded off with a furious bout of hitching and unhitching a laden trailer with jockey wheel absent so no terrible surprise. Improved a fair bit today, thus off to my fave local charity shop, was becoming regretful as I arrived, having to really slow down for fear of my leg giving way, but waiting for me was this little beige wonder.

 

 

A vibrating medical device, and stone me if its cycloid action and polymodulation hasn't sorted me out a treat, a few hours on it has me almost back to my usual state of Adonis-like physical perfection, £7 well spent, especially considering the things are usually hard sell punted to arthritic old ladies for a grand plus.

 

Although even before the miracle cure, these treasures had me forget my woes, 50p to a pound each, £4 for the tyre pump.

 

 

Then it got pricey at £8 for these lamps, then £4 for the stands and £2 for the bucket of keys

 

 

The stands are interesting in the way clawlike feet have been formed, and nice deep saddles, as if designed to accommodate axles rather than those awful subframes or crossmembers that lurk in the undersides of horrific modern chassisless monstrosities. The chains retaining the pins are a satisfyingly generous length as well.

 

[Lord Sterling]

^^^ Yo Desmarnd, you seem to have VW key collecting fetish. Not as bad though as my floor mat collection mind.

 

LS, do you live in Birmingham area? Why don't you move to a nicer part of Coventry? I live in Ryton on Dunsmore and have never had any trouble. I'm only paying £450 per month for a two bedroom maisonette.

I do rather unfortunately live in the Birm of ingham. I'm currently looking for work down in Worcester as that is where I'd like to head to, I really like it there and am considering it not just myself but for Lady_Sterling too. Coventry is certainly a consideration, I'd love to live in the estate where Keeping up Appearances was filmed. Is your maisonette a private rent?

 

At the moment I've now run out of money, have no job so cannot move out of here. But it won't stay like this for much longer.

[Skizzer]

I can haz a set of stands exactly the same as those, Des.  Trick is to own cars with live axles.

 

Hey, we could form an owners' club.

[vulgalour]

Those spotlights are amazing, I have many wants for them.

[dave21478]

Im grinning because I have started fiddling with a car again after a long time off the tools - aside from fixing broken dailys of course. I shifted the Land Rover into the garage and made a start to its rebuild. I will post up a separate thread for it.

 

 

Check the grump thread in 3 days time for "Fucking sick of this pish, fucking rusty cars blah blah blah" comments. 

[meshking]

Driving home I saw two Ferraris and a 911, all on the same road. The grin was the minty green lotus Europa following along, much better.