What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[mossymossy]

Local takeaway can get 20 litre drums of svo for 13 quid. Opens up an avenue to consider I suppose!

I buy mine from costco. I think works out about 62p a litre. Comes in 20 litre plastic containers. Not sure what sort of veg it is, but it seems quite thin. My Audi runs great on it. I don't run it neat though usually about 50/50. My modernish transit runs fine as well. Everybody tells me I shouldn't put it in the van, but I have had no problems for the last three years. The one problem with costco you have to join, I think about £35 quid a year. Also when I go in there to buy 80 litres of veg, I end up buying other things that I don't really need. Plus a pizza that makes me fat.

[Arthur Foxhake]

Out stared one of my mums feline pets.  Pussy.

[Arthur Foxhake]

I buy mine from costco. I think works out about 62p a litre. Comes in 20 litre plastic containers. Not sure what sort of veg it is, but it seems quite thin. My Audi runs great on it. I don't run it neat though usually about 50/50. My modernish transit runs fine as well. Everybody tells me I shouldn't put it in the van, but I have had no problems for the last three years. The one problem with costco you have to join, I think about £35 quid a year. Also when I go in there to buy 80 litres of veg, I end up buying other things that I don't really need. Plus a pizza that makes me fat.

How "modern" is your transit? Is my 2005 FWD exempt from veg duties?

[DSdriver]

Yep, any liquid road fuel, and other things, mix well with veg oil.

 

I have heard that fishing boats cut their diesel with ten percent petrol in subzero temps to keep the buggers from waxing. Slightly important in a force nine with icing and the hard shoulder aint good for boats.

[fred]

Bringing Old dear and Stepdad back from shopping in Wednesbury - down the Dual carriage way back into Walsall - some scrote in a Blacked out Saxo cut me up and - My Old dear

said '' Have the bastard son''

 

She is 76 and walks with a zimmer frame, and likes Tim Wonacott ?? - So I had to please ones Mother and be rather infantile and cut him back up just to give my old dear a chuckle

 

Ye gods me thinks she has been hacked !!

[Des]

Holy Lamb of Jesus will you look at what new in the box the chattery shop threw up today.

 

 

Eighties, rotary volume and tuner adjustment and a reversing tape tangler, the pinacle of car audio, best of all is twin columns of green LED that go flashy flashy in tune to the sounds, but there's a switch to disable that function, what kind of person would select such an option? Let me get my hands on them.

To compliment, this absolute treasure of finest Hong Kong polystyrene. Oh yes, that's Karobes bitch. 

 

[cort1977]

This site: http://www.howacarworks.com/

 

I think these are the old AA book drawings aren't they?   Anyway, loads of nice chod in there and still useful for older vehicles.   Why they are bothering to host it now is a mystery.

[Lord Sterling]

Holy Lamb of Jesus will you look at what new in the box the chattery shop threw up today.

 

Charity shops are great. Had a wonder in town today because: boredom and no money. However, I wondered into local charity shop, had an uninteresting look at some jackets/suits. Spotted a nice 2-piece suit and checked the sizes, tried it on and couldn't believe that it actually fitted how I wanted. Usually the trousers are too long and thin and jackets are too big. Suit was promtly bought (despite me not really able to afford it) I simply could not believe that it was the exact right size.

[captain_70s]

I walked past some charity shops today, I had money but was looking for a birthday present for Dad... Priorities and all that. 

[fordperv]

^ I hope you bought him some quality pre owned chod which needs lots of welding, im sure from reading your posts of your parents urging you to get rid of your shite he would be over the moon

[UmBongo]

Paul Theroux, in one of his African travel books, describes Bono as a 'ubiquitous meddler'. 

 

So it's not just me who thinks he's a cunt, then?

 

Yas!

[mossymossy]

How "modern" is your transit? Is my 2005 FWD exempt from veg duties?

It's a 2005 2.4 tdi. rwd. 3.5 ton, 90 bhp. It has got epic acceleration. Not! Please don't take my word that you can run on veg. I would hate to be responsible for a load of f###ed pumps on transits. I think the general rule is, anything made after 2000 should not be run on veg, and anything before 2000 can be, as long as it has a bosche pump.

[Mr Lobster]

Paul Theroux, in one of his African travel books, describes Bono as a 'ubiquitous meddler'. 

 

So it's not just me who thinks he's a cunt, then?

 

Yas!

I thought it was a universally recognised fact that he is in fact a massive cunt. Definitely not just you.

[purplebargeken]

I had one of those Audioline radio/cassettes brand new in the day. It was pretty good

 

Wow!

[KruJoe]

Will_Cleland surviving this:

 

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/22476-cleland-205-is-dead-need-cheap-motd-vegetarian-motor/

[beko1987]

My granny and grandad came down today, and I saw their new car for the first time.

 

Had to explain what I meant, but they have a prime piece of future shite as their car

 

 

Even the dash and seats are brown!

[Louise2cv]

YAY 4 BROWN CARS!

 

Fave colour.

[beko1987]

When its worth 50p in 6 years ill look out for one!

[HH-R]

What is it (other than a Hyundai)?

[KruJoe]

It's something modern with its headlights smeared up to the pillars, but if it has a brown dash, I'm sure in 20 years we'll all be climbing over each other to have a lick.

[HH-R]

There's a bit of Audi and MG 3 in the front end and VAG in the doors.

 

I'm guessing it's a new i30 but I can't remember seeing one before!

[Pillock]

That's nice that is.

 

I saw a beige brand new Fiesta the other day. No doubt they call it "urban sand" or something but it was beige.

[beko1987]

I20. Apparenrly my grandad saw it and loved the colour, and they didnt think much else about it. Maybe its where I get it from!

[richardthestag]

Range Rover Cobra Immobiliser thing failed to work Friday! Lucky I was at home so wandered in to get spare keys and was mobilised again.

 

Looked at evilbay for replacement and only found £19 shocker.

 

Pulled old unit apart expecting to find all sorts of wizardry

 

 

Looks like a transistor with one leg that come unsoldered from the body

 

 

2 mins with the soldering iron and is can has fixed

 

Happy

 

 

[Stanky]

Went to the dump again today to drop off a couple of things and perused their knackered mower selection, found a husqvarna deck with a B&S engine. "how much" says I. "ten quid" replies the waste management operative. "would you take six?" I ask, cheekily (plus thats all I have on me) - he only fupping went for it!

 

The engine turned on the pull cord so I decided the deck by iteself was worth the £6 and gave the nice man the money. When I got it home and had a closer look, it had 1/4 tank of pez in it which I topped up and was covered in a generous dusting of leaves and garden grot which I cleaned up with a paintbrush and oily rag, added some new oil as it was below the bottom of the dipstick and then gave it a shot at firing it over.

 

Fired straight up, smoked a bit for 2 minutes as it had obviously been tipped on its side and got oil in the muffler (fnarr) which may explain why it was low on oil - but it runs a treat.

 

Who throws away perfectly good mowers? Its a funny old world. Anyway, I'll give it a proper clean up and fit a few bits from my spares stash, but literally 2 hours work will turn this £6 mower into a nice bit of pocket money for me and a reliable workhorse for the buyer.

 

The dump is turning into a source of excellent projects for this mower refurbishment hobby. It helps no end that the people who work there obviously know the difference between something they can sell and make some beer money and something thats just scrap - and they separate out the saveable ones so I don't inadvertently buy a seized POS.

[beko1987]

Your lucky, our tip won't let me have anything, which is why I rarely go as all the dysons in the skip saddens me!

[cms206]

The SVM have expanded...

[Richard]

[Cheggers]

You have to wonder sometimes...

 

I live in a 9th floor apartment, in a block of 115 similar apartments. I have no loft (there's 2 floors above me) and one external wall which is all glass.

 

Some poor sod has been walking the corridors this morning to deliver these:

 

 

 

 

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[steve_earwig]

Who throws away perfectly good mowers? Its a funny old world. Anyway, I'll give it a proper clean up and fit a few bits from my spares stash, but literally 2 hours work will turn this £6 mower into a nice bit of pocket money for me and a reliable workhorse for the buyer.

Fools sucked in by the iron pyrite promise of "shiny" and "new"

Your lucky, our tip won't let me have anything

They're ok here, the only problem is Croats don't generally throw anything away until it's been fixed and fixed until it can't be fixed no more. And then, like as not, they'll take a hammer to it for good measure.

 

However I did get a wheelchair out of them once, 4 flat perished tyres and a broken frame tube. Heavy as hell but one day I'll get around to fixing it. Probably just before I start needing it...