What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[DVee8]

So,so many great cars,vans and bikes for sale on here at the moment.

[beko1987]

Yep, Im sad that I cant afford to get to lincoln for the rover (should be grump really)

[twosmoke300]

Just seen a listing for an mgf for sale near me and the seller seems very friendly and says "pop round to view - the kettle is always on "

Ha bloody ha

[Bobthebeard]

This is evil, I could eat the whole jar

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Would advise caution eating the whole jar..... Glass and plastic may cause issues 'downstairs'.

[xtriple]

Just been letching at a beautiful Alfa spider. Red with a hardtop and really late one so bodykit and odd back end with a spoiler but, fuck, so pretty! I was just about to pap a piccy when the owner came out to it. Seems she bought it in Italy 13 years ago (it's LHD) and uses it all the time but it still has only 70.000 KMs on the clock! Apart from all the paint having come off the mirror bases (alloy) looked pretty much utterly mint, filthy from driving down here, but mint.

[richardmorris]

Todays sales call shenanigans; informed a nice man from BT Bangalore who called to see who supplied our telephones that we don't actually have telephones and that I was actually using telepathy to speak directly into his head. After some stuttering he asked who supplied our broadband, but he asked me to have a nice day then hung up when I told him we used Telex.

We've been having calls from an 005 starting number at work recently but there's never anyone there. Must be a call centre.

 

I also had a call at work yesterday claiming to be from Microsoft about the subscription we'd paid for needing renewal. As we've never paid for anything it's easy to tell them to get lost. Also had a few recently calling about "your computer". I hang up, but my colleague plays along until they give up. His best is ten minutes.

 

Really annoying at the moment is google ad mapping or something, which want us to pay to correct our listing. Trying to get them to understand that we don't deal with the public and don't want passing or local trade , and would rather no one knew where we were isn't easy.

[Craig the Princess]

Went to Rocket Fuels 🚀 just north of Wisbech earlier.

 

It was attendant service! Really enjoyed that ðŸ˜

[Bobthebeard]

Went to Rocket Fuels just north of Wisbech earlier.

It was attendant service! Really enjoyed that

Our local Shell garage has attendant service during the day... Never seen anyone use it though. Nice to have, but would feel proper lazy.

[beko1987]

Just found a shit hoover in the next street

 

[myglaren]

A Kiwi Pastafarian Wedding

Made I larf

[michael1703]

Came 2nd in a quiz night, 1st prize £65, our prize was an adnams prosecco, our team name..... "Monkeyslut"

 

Our Labrador spent the evening farting under the table and we were covering our noses with scarves/tshirts/napkins

 

I drew a cock n balls on our score sheet obviously

[cros]

Just seen a listing for an mgf for sale near me and the seller seems very friendly and says "pop round to view - the kettle is always on "

Ha bloody ha

Difficult to see anything with steam and busted kettles everywhere.

[mouseflakes]

Rediscovered archive footage of my Grandad, used in an episode of the Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos.

 

That's him silently downing a pint at 1:04. I shit thee not.

 

https://youtu.be/rin8OPP94EE?t=1m4s

[LC Torana]

I'm sure there are some cars hidden in this:

 

 

I'll see your - whoever that was - and raise you the great Johnny O'Keefe singing the same song.

 

Warning - it's NOT for the faint-hearted:

Notice how JoK keeps the tune rock-solid throughout all the raucous improv.

 

Del Julianna was a tall, striking redhead nightclub performer who belted out cabaret hits to the near-deaf.

 

JoK later released this song as a duet with someone who could actually sing.  Was his last major hit.

[HillmanImp]

Just watching Crooks Anonymous on Gold and it had a teenage Dennis Waterman playing football in the park. What was funny about it is he had a really posh voice, he would've struggled to say Guvner. Think he has maybe done a Bob Hoskins or Nigel Kennedy to make him pick up edgier roles.

[mouseflakes]

^ He was the same in Scars of Dracula.

[UmBongo]

Out on the bike this morning, sunny and dry, and cycled past Burnside Path.

 

 

Then I saw a Y reg Vauxhall Omega in green, and in good nick, too

[PhilA]

Amused myself this morning by realizing I have an old shite habit that I don't need any more.

 

I backed up out of the parking space and gave the thottle a rapid, light squeeze then pressed again to get going.

 

That's a remnant of driving my old Hillman, which had a weak throttle pump and would like to stall if you just stabbed at the pedal.

 

Now with the advent of modern* fuel injection this habit is pointless. It's a reminder of days gone by though.

 

-Phil

 

*2MHz Motorola 6800, dontchaknow

[Norbert]

^^^^ Old habits die hard.

 

I always go Neutral-2nd-1st (as one stick movement, without lifting the clutch) when setting off in any manual car, due to too many years spent driving tired Minis.

[Dippy]

Explained man maths to my wife over an upcoming purchase and she thinks its brilliant but had never heard of it before.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Explained man maths to my wife over an upcoming purchase and she thinks its brilliant but had never heard of it before.

Very dodgy ground there, it's best they don't fill their pretty little heads with things like that...........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She might actually apply real maths to your optimistic justifications!

[bub2006]

Been a drive out in car this lunch time to Newark auto jumble. The car is very economical but yet feels very quick especially through the mid range. Clutch is fantastic too. Picked up a Haynes manual for the xantia admittedly for a hatchback but the basics are all there for a quid which was nice. Fixed broken wire to tail lights as well. Overall feeling very happy today.

[Tamworthbay]

I have had a dig through the shed and found a villiers service kit for a 9E, a gasket set for a 500 twin AJS engine, the manual for my twenty three year old amp, a horn for something of which I have no idea whatsoever beyond its probably a bike and a lorry tow rope rated to 20t but sadly no Xantia bits, I will keep looking........

[bub2006]

Villiers service kit and ajs gasket set? Proper old school kit there!

[Tamworthbay]

Villiers service kit and ajs gasket set? Proper old school kit there!

older than me mate, originals as well not new stuff. You wouldn't believe what I have lying around, problem is I can never find what I need when I want it! I had forgotten about most of those bits, and the mx5 propshaft I came across, if anyone needs a mk1 mx5 propshaft they are more than welcome to it.

[bub2006]

I can believe it. Old stock is always handy.

[fordperv]

Saw this on Google images

 

[DVee8]

My sweet new ride.

 

[Ghosty]

Despite some (drunk?) cunt in an Evoque trying to run over Old Man and I in a car park yesterday, it's been a good weekend for spottage.

 

Stagea, two(!) Chromaflair Micras, 70s V8 Vantage, a Focus with the numberplate 'CD P14Y', Y reg Capri, M reg A4 (oldest one I've seen, ours is very early, on an N), spaceframed mid-engined '70s Mini Clubman, and something matt black that looked like an Opel Commodore, but I'm not sure what it was.

[doobietoo]

Spent the day with the croozers at Haslebury mill car show, Good company, loads of great cars not just PTs   and wall to wall sunshine.... As if this isn't enough to make anyone grin I realised that having rear seats that you can remove means you do not need to take those horrible uncomfortable fold up chairs but can sit in comfort.....