What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[myglaren]

Much happier today,on diet thursday,then no food at all from 7 am friday,Then nasty picolax enema at 2 pm,only clear liquid till having a colonospcopy this morning.

Had my first food fo over 24 hours few minutes ago when i had beans on toast.

Everything is totally clear so thats a huge worry off my mind.

Pleased to hear that your colonoscopy results were of the right kind, but your post reminds me of a hugely amusing thread about Picolax that I am sure was linked to on this very forum some time back.  Anyone have a link to that?

 

After a few minutes fooling around I found it here.

[Stroller133]

I was driving through Castle/Church Gresley this morning and was delighted to drive past the infamous abandoned car lot. As I drove up the hill I'd convinced myself it would be torn down and redeveloped. There are only 3 cars left now though a Rover 200/400, a mk3 Cavalier and a Meastro I think. One sad day it will be gone, but not yet. It really does look a mess now though - 3/4 years ago it almost looked like could still be in business, but not now. In fact I remember a thread on here when the cars were for sale.

[Joshua_090]

A pretty girl in a classic british car always does it for me!

[Lord Sterling]

The Rover 200/400 is actually a Mk1 820. I really wznt to buy that car to save it but it just ain't gonna happen sadly. Even the 800 lot won't put thier hands in thier pockets.

[Pillock]

It's good some of the cars have been moved (hopefully sold, not nicked) as when I went last there was a massive crack in the back wall and it looked the the roof wasn't far from succumbing to gravitational pull. I was considering a trip back (lol, it's ten minutes away) but it sounds like there's not much to see.

[Tayne]

You wouldn't go back, just for the crack?

[Station]

Satsuma release another car!

 

http://viz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Satsuma1.jpg

[Station]

 

[beko1987]

My pressure washer finally died a few months ago, probably from being frozen solid for the past 3 winters, pulsed like a bastard for the past 2 years, and died 3 months ago

 

This came today

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311101553195?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

Brand new, had to assemble it and everything. build date Sept 2014, all the bits from my old one fit perfectly. Better than £70 on a whole one! I can clean cars again!!

 

Might tear my broken one down and see why it died.

[daveb47]

Was round local shops & noticed council parking enforcement cctv car parked almost out of sight opposite,noticed movement behind it and saw a couple of kids letting the tyres down while driver was videoing parked cars.

They had the valves out of 3 tyres before he noticed.

Too slow they had gone by the time he got out.

[vulgalour]

£450 for the Xantia to be insured with me and Mike on the policy, pay nothing until the end of October.  Pretty chuffed with that.  And my Mk1 grille arrived in pristine condition ready to be repainted.

 

OFF TO HALFORDS PAINT AISLE!

[dollywobbler]

Regarding the parking van: Why is that grin-worthy? I don't understand folk who see parking enforcement officers as 'the enemy.' If they're doing something about the selfish twats who seem to want to park immediately outside whichever shop they fancy, and don't give a toss about the problems they cause, then fair play to them! We had none in Aberystwyth for the best part of a year and it was terrifying just how selfish people can be.

[Pillock]

I think it's the anonymous nature of the vans and the stealth tactics employed, where a foot based traffic warden might be a bit more human, listen to reason, or just be more visible.

[Tayne]

It's grinworthy if the council are a bunch of cheating bastards who charge residents for the right to park on their own street, then let business owners and builders steal all the spaces and the ignore the complaints.

[dollywobbler]

Well yes Tayne. I agree in those circumstances. None of which necessarily apply here. As for 'stealth' being an issue, that's just like people who complain that speed cameras are a stealth tax. No they're not. If you don't speed, you don't pay. That seems fair enough. Similarly, if you can't follow set instructions on how to park a car, don't complain if you get fined. 

[Tayne]

Necessarily.

 

Given the choice between Dave being a law breaking cad with scant regard for others whose happy to see the destruction of local government property and his local authority being a bit of a nightmare I'm willing to stand up for Dave on the basis of the good work he does here.

 

And since you've brought up speed cameras, i'd rather see better driver training, more police officers and proper road maintenance than the insulting "speed kills" message and cash cow cameras hidden behind bridge supports or on roads where someone's uncle's budgie once died of natural causes.

[daveb47]

They have actually been in local paper for lurking round corner with camera raised so they can see local station & sending tickets to those who stop for 20 seconds to drop off and collect passengers at station.

Even ticketed some poor sod in a van when he stopped to let someone cross at zebra crossing.

Deserve all they get in my opinion.They even park on yellow lines or double park to catch people.

[dollywobbler]

Ok. That sounds pretty dreadful. Good 'angry face in the local paper' material though.

[Sloth in a bowl]

'What do you want for your birthday' she asked.

'Well Halfords are doing big socket spanner sets at half price and the biggest set is £150 so I'll have some money towards that please' I replied.

'Oh, if it's tools then just get them on the joint account, now what do you want for your birthday?'

'Um, ah, don't know.'

 

So today I went to Halfords and got myself

 

The 24 LED light thing has both a hook and a magnet and cost a fiver.

[Slappy]

Just been channel hopping, caught the titles of ITV's The Undriveables and saw my driving instructor!

 

I passed first time I should add, but then I learnt to drive, not to pass. Still, she was pretty good, with a proper dark sense of humour at times!

[cort16]

My Avantime has sold to a well known international chod botherer. It's not cost me anything other than the strut top mount and some spark plugs so I can't really complain. I'm really glad i owned it, flippin great car. It makes it's replacement look all the more depressing.

[inconsistant]

If you're in the market for some Mercedes Benz bunting and you want to know what sort of epic pedant you're going to be dealing with up front you could do a lot worse than this t&c-tastic listing:

 

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motor-Sport-Bunting-Mercedes-20-flags-/281453822814?pt=UK_Car_Parts_Vehicles_Automobila_ET&hash=item4187f4835e

[philibusmo]

My Avantime has sold to a well known international chod botherer. It's not cost me anything other than the strut top mount and some spark plugs so I can't really complain. I'm really glad i owned it, flippin great car. It makes it's replacement look all the more depressing.

Perhaps you'd like to now sample a faster one?

[skattrd]

My Avantime has sold to a well known international chod botherer. It's not cost me anything other than the strut top mount and some spark plugs so I can't really complain. I'm really glad i owned it, flippin great car. It makes it's replacement look all the more depressing.

I'm glad to hear that's sold. I was getting quite tempted by it despite having nowhere to put it.

[cort16]

I wouldn't be selling this one if it wasn't for the fact I couldn't get it on a cheap policy.

[Semi-C]

^^^^ 20 Mercedes thongs for me please.

[John F]

I changed the leaking 'P' gasket on my Discovery today, which means that the last 2-3 months' structural rebuild & fettling session is now officially finished!

 

(apart from welding up the slight weep on the front diff casing, that is... and getting the gearbox reconditioners to sort out the still-crunching 2nd gear...)

[catsinthewelder]

My Disco passed it's MOT today, only advisory was that the molegrips I'd left clamped underneath (rear seat mounting bolts snapped in the captive nuts) were now in the boot # I'm a fuckwit etc

[cms206]

A neighbour of mine has outshat me - I can't compete with a beige D-reg Riva SLX. I can still fap to it though...

[rml2345]

After a week, two trips to Maplin, three soldering sessions, one hacksaw, one afternoon of dismantling and a screwdriver stab to the hand I finally have a working illuminated vanity mirror for the passenger.

I'm chuffed to bucking fits.