What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Used the old Laguna today for a quick trip to drop daughter at work and go into town. Pressed the air con button not expecting much, and it only bleeding works doesn't it!

[Cheggers]

Should buff out OK...

 

https://youtu.be/itmpL2XJ6qM

[saucedoctor]

Found this rather crumpled "business card" in my wallet, from a mad long weekend a couple of years ago. Have to say I prefer the term "drinking consultants" to the rather poncy "imbibing emporium" used in Belfast.

 

 

 

 

[Cheggers]

Now there's a coincidence, the local pub to Ms_Cheggs holiday place in Wexford is also called Sean Ógs

 

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[hairnet]

weise bike jacket been in watch list for months at 120 bought other stuff and forgot about it

 

went looking for same jacket and found it at 49.99

 

just bought friend something online as they couldnt

 

jacket has now cost 20 quid

 

ORDERED!!!!

[beko1987]

I'm halfway through putting this back together

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

I'm halfway through putting this back together

 

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i think it might be broken

[The Moog]

[beko1987]

All back together now! Hoping it fetches some coin too

 

[Lacquer Peel]

Insurance companies surely pull numbers from the air. Insurance on xantia is 73 quid a month fully comp. Substantial monthly saving of the Volvo which was £196. Also found the owners handbook,service book and I think even the original bill of sale is in there. Tucked away under a cover in the car.

 

I know you've had a few mishaps but why's your insurance so expensive?

[Station]

My car unintentionally farted fire several times out of the exhaust at a tailgating Range Rover, which made him drop back a lot.

[bub2006]

I know you've had a few mishaps but why's your insurance so expensive?

The mishaps haven't gone through insurance,only the van did. The vectra I covered that off my own back. I passed my test last year and to be fair it was only the Volvo that was really high. To say I've got no ncb and 3 points from my biking days 70 quid on a 1.9 xantia isn't too bad

[LC Torana]

My car unintentionally farted fire several times out of the exhaust at a tailgating Range Rover, which made him drop back a lot.

Can you get a kit to install this feature?

[Pillock]

The current thing with Tapatalk not showing quotes correctly makes JB's Kinkygirl look even kinkier, with added Cheggers

 

[Station]

Can you get a kit to install this feature?

"they all do that"

 

[Cavcraft]

Just done another very pleasant bike ride with the top bloke that is Chris Boardman. Local bike shop organised it (as last year) and we cracked about 22 miles in glorious Cheshire sun.

[Parky]

Parky, if you need another set of hands to help you knacker your entire car even quicker, give us a shout.

Nice one. That way if we fuck it up and Mrs P kicks off, I can say "wasn't me, a bigger boy did it"

[Tamworthbay]

Two autoshiters, one car in need of tinkering, sun shining, how could a day get better?

[andrew e]

Nice one. That way if we fuck it up and Mrs P kicks off, I can say "wasn't me, a bigger boy did it"

If that happens I'm going to claim my mum needs me home for my tea.

[Eddie Honda]

An Garda Síochána â€@GardaTraffic  Apr 20

No DIY ! DMR Traffic seize car. When a friend tells you to just "copy & paste it" but you don't own a computer.

 

 

 

[barmatt]

A mate asked me if I'd like to help him take his jalopy for its mot next week. Why does he need help taking it you ask?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When it's 120 years old and weighs 160tons it takes a couple of hands to shift it.

 

[willswitchengage]

 

I imagine many others will have seen this, but I stumbled across it when for some reason a local nightclub posted it on their facebook page. It's incredible (and legit, look carefully and you can see the safety cords attached to his ankles [/spoiler/). Volvo also have a lot of other interesting videos on the channel worth a look.

[purplebargeken]

Taps away at the keyboard for the onboard computer, 'move out another 8 inches'....... hehehehehehe. Riiiiiiiiiip.

[Stanky]

A mate asked me if I'd like to help him take his jalopy for its mot next week. Why does he need help taking it you ask?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When it's 120 years old and weighs 160tons it takes a couple of hands to shift it.

 

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Is that wells-(not quite)next-the-sea by any chance? I had a nice christmas spent in a cottage in the Buttlands (fnarr) several years back if so. Lovely place.

[barmatt]

 

A mate asked me if I'd like to help him take his jalopy for its mot next week. Why does he need help taking it you ask?

When it's 120 years old and weighs 160tons it takes a couple of hands to shift it.wellsalbatros_zpssvekqhbf.jpg

 

 

Is that wells-(not quite)next-the-sea by any chance? I had a nice christmas spent in a cottage in the Buttlands (fnarr) several years back if so. Lovely place.

 

 

 

It is Wells and the sea is right there, or it'd be a bugger to get that boat out of the harbour.

 

[Stanky]

A busy weekend has yielded the sale of two mowers and a wardrobe, enabling me to not only fuel the commute to work next week, but also buy a bottle of Mount Gay Eclipse AND have £40 left over for miscellaneous expenses between now and payday on friday.

 

Great success.

[trigger]

There was a old sawmill up the road in a village called Needham Market that's been derelict for many, many years, probably 20+ years, about 5 years i had a little look around and there was still the old machinery scattered around the yard, in fact heres a few photos i found on Flickr taken back in 2010.

 

20090415_Sawmill_Bonser by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20090415_Sawmill_Interior_1 by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20100127_Sawmill_8 by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20100127_Sawmill_BedfordQL_7 by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20100127_Sawmill_BedfordVan_1 by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20100127_Sawmill_DavidBrown_7 by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20100127_Sawmill_Stacatruc_2 by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20090226_Sawmill_TruckWreck by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20100127_Sawmill_AEC_2 by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20100127_Sawmill_AEC_5 by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

20100127_Sawmill_AEC_8 by TinWorm, on Flickr

 

anyway the reason for this post is about 4 years the site was completely cleared and flattened and all the plant was scrapped, or so i thought until someone posted this on my flickr, I'm genuinely pleased to see that this has been restored, especially considering how fucked it was and in how little time!., and yes, it is the one from the last set of photos!

 

AEC Matador x 2, with  721SBJ in the foreground by Shaun Ballisat, on Flickr

[dollywobbler]

Fantastic.

[Stanky]

Is that the one opposite Needham lake, right by the Gipping? I'm amazed the site hasn't been bought by developers and its always great to see how rustic it looks when I'm up that way visiting family.

 

It always reminds me of backwater France for some reason. Great to see that AEC restored too. The site is like the Marie Rose, its like they just downed tools one day and never came back.

[trigger]

Is that the one opposite Needham lake, right by the Gipping? 

 

That's exactly the site. I don't know much about the place being a newbie to these parts but it always seems odd to see it abandoned like that, especially as the site was right on the road and always open to anybody.