What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[xtriple]

Whilst rooting in the cupboard looking for a Triumph window winder I came across the very ancient calligraphy set I bought on eBay about a million years ago. I have just bought a bottle of ink........

Ooooh, I love calligraphy. Please post a few examples when you have done  playing. I have the worlds worst handwriting and it really upsets me: I was left handed at birth (maybe first noticed a 'bit' later   )but went to a very backwoods sort of school where they slapped the shit out of your left hand if you were seen using it!

 

As a result, I have really bad handwriting with either hand! I've tried all sorts to improve but unless I take ten minutes per letter, still awful.

[myglaren]

My handwriting is barely legible, could double as a GP.

My eldest daughter, who does do calligraphy occasionally, has exceptional handwriting.

Her post-it notes look like calligraphy.

[Timewaster]

I had really neat hand writing until I was about 12 and started getting behind at school because it took me twice as long as everyone else to write stuff out.

 

Then the scrawl began and it's been getting worse ever since.

[Frogchod]

Just fixed some stuff on the XM.

Dot matrix now working, clock back lights replaced and the twirly air bag switch thingy.

No screws left over and I didn't break anything else

[NorfolkNWeigh]

On the M25 , about an hour ago , I thought I saw this

It was on the hard shoulder on the other side from me , the driver was pissing up the barrier, classy.

 

I thought it seemed unlikely it would be on the M25 , but equally unlikely anyone would do this to another Phantom given their value. Although it would be perfect for that Trooper chassised thing that crops up on the at at thread every few months.

So I Googled replicas.

Now I'm certain it wasn't this

 

 

But this?

Or this?

At least the 2nd Cloud is LWB and got black Windows.

One things for certain I won't laugh at people that fall for Replica* Ferraris or D-Types again.

[purplebargeken]

It'll take me a while to get used to it. I've never actually used any calligraphy kit before. I just loved the idea and the age of the nibs and so on. Am actually quite excited about it.

[myglaren]

On the M25 , about an hour ago , I thought I saw this

 

It was on the hard shoulder on the other side from me , the driver was pissing up the barrier, classy.

 

I thought it seemed unlikely it would be on the M25 , but equally unlikely anyone would do this to another Phantom given their value. Although it would be perfect for that Trooper chassised thing that crops up on the at at thread every few months.

So I Googled replicas.

Now I'm certain it wasn't this

 

At least the 2nd Cloud is LWB and got black Windows.

One things for certain I won't laugh at people that fall for Replica* Ferraris or D-Types again.

Unlikely as it may seem it looks as though it is FJB11C.

[andrew e]

Did you ever get any money out of the bollocks?

Aye. Nearly £4K for a three year old Rover, I'm glad I only paid £6k pre-reg! Sadly I had to cash my trade insurance in (who didn't quibble at all) but I couldn't get reasonably priced trade insurance after that, so half won, half lost.

[mat_the_cat]

Mrs_the_cat had a go on one of those teddy grabbing machines at a Llandudno amusement arcade today. She'd watched the previous guy spend a fortune on it, so thought that *surely* it would be due to actually keep the grabber closed sometime soon!

 

After unsuccessfully rummaging round for 25 pence in change, she had to  put in a quid for 4 goes, and to my amazement picked up two simultaneously on her first grab!

 

 

We did walk past the couple who'd just been trying, but I daren't make eye contact in case I started grinning!

[myglaren]

GOM on ARRSE.  

[sporty-shite]

Another good nuisance call today from some woman asking about life insurance

 

"hello I'm from blah blah life insurance"

I ask her "do you have life insurance?“

“yes“

"with your company?“

"no with another company"

"well your company must be pretty crap if you don't even have a policy there yourself"

 

At which point she was a bit lost for words so I put the phone down

 

I had one on a couple of months ago.

"Do you have life insurance?"

"Yes, I do."

"Oh, OK. Whlst I'm on the line, would you be interested in a policy that will help you pay your funeral costs?"

"No thanks, I'll be dead by then."

 

She was quite taken aback.

[strangeangel]

A Renault 6 that should, by rights, be Bacofoil by now.

Vin's Fiat 900 van

The Last Ambassador

Common as Muck are them Citroen BXs, oh yes they are.

That Sierra

Diesel 605

Renault 20

Another Sierra

Daewoo Espero

plus your chance to own your Very Own Orange Renault Extra Van

and so on.

 

Yes, this place is definitely on it's arse; last one out turn off the lights etc.

[jakebullet]

Grin & grump in one post. Kinky Girl talks in her sleep, but of course I go back to sleep and half the time forget what she said. So I downloaded an app that records when it hears sounds.

 

Grin because it worked. She says "Poo! Poo in your poo hole!", &  later on "Have you been riding this morning?" in a really posh voice. Grump because I've got 600+ samples of her snoring loudly.

 

She must have really weird dreams.

[STUNO]

^^^^^^ You think she is a bit weird ?

[jakebullet]

Must be to be involved with me.

[Pillock]

We hit the 2p shuffles HARD in Yarmouth last weekend. Came back with a proper haul, thanks to some quite lenient arcade that said if something is touching the glass they'll take it out for you.

 

Agree that the best approach for grabs is two at once though, they choose grab size to be ever so slightly larger than the prize so double prize scuppers that.

[fordperv]

I got sent a picture of me by my mate of yesterday where I was at a car clubs meet at a local charity event, the bloke who runs the club asked if I'd dress as spiderman for a bit and walk around with another great lad dressed as batman who had a charity bucket for the neo natal unit at the local hospital, it was a great laugh

 

 

 

Here's a pic I took next to my mates Vectra estate

 

[Bucketeer]

^^^^^ Your spidey powers were clearly working well to enable you to climb the traffic lights for that last photo.

[beko1987]

We hit the 2p shuffles HARD in Yarmouth last weekend. Came back with a proper haul, thanks to some quite lenient arcade that said if something is touching the glass they'll take it out for you.Agree that the best approach for grabs is two at once though, they choose grab size to be ever so slightly larger than the prize so double prize scuppers that.

We did the same in Poole last week. Felt a little but common sat there with £8 of 2ps bashing them into the machine but I emptied 6 if them of stuff. Anyone want any chew bars or keyrings?

 

It got so bad I was giving sweets and duplicate toys to other kids...

 

What did work though was being there at 5 to close, and going round gathering up all the stuff the machines pushed out on their own.

[beko1987]

Oh and I agree about the glass, we went to a 10p machine that had a fiver stuck. Spent 5 minutes putting about 40p in then went and asked someone who came and got it out.

[Urko]

[Urko]

Diversity at work -

 

 

 

 

[Supernaut]

I'm going to Switzerland on Wednesday, for a week.

 

Ms Naut's friend's parents have a chalet in Wengen we can stay in rent-free. Lucky we're not paying for rent because everything else there is bloody expensive!

 

I shall enjoy shouting at cows for a week to calm myself down. I might spot some interesting chod there too, hopefully.

[Cavcraft]

I think you get so used to Gumtree (and other website) morons that when genuine nice people appear, it's almost a shock. Not complaining though, far from it.

 

Anyhow, I've finally sorted our family holiday out. Devon here we come, cannot wait!

[Cavcraft]

Outside Pets at Home with what looked like rust..

 

 

 

Inside Pets at Home with what looks like rofl

 

[Minimad5]

Not fannied around with an engine for ages !!!

So after doing some cam chain work on the CBR, it was quite pleasing when it fired right up and settled to a nice idle (without any valves leaping out or mating with the piston)

Also had to sort the alternator chain out too, and after reading on the forums thought it had to be an engine out job... 45 minutes later that was fixed too.

 

Something HAS to go wrong in the next few days, just to restore the fixed / fucked / broken balance.

[jakebullet]

Kinky girl enjoyed* her day out at the Anson engine museum. Maybe even really, 'cos I mentioned the internal fire museum and she didn't stab me with anything.

[Vantman]

Fix your car the Autoshite way.

 

[catsinthewelder]

Mower racing yesterday was flipping ace, the weather wasn't though. Arrived at the track mid morning with a couple of hours spare to finish the mower off and practice.

 

Once we had deployed some borrowed cable ties to hold the battery down this passed scrutineering.

 

 

The rust isn't a ratlook thing, we only found the bonnet donor on Friday and didn't have time to paint it.

 

The racing was made up of 36 heats of 4-6 mowers racing for 5 laps with each mower racing about 12 times, we were sharing the mower so did 6 each.

 

I was utterly hopeless at the start and we really struggled with the mud as the back of the chassis kept dragging along the ground the gaffer was doing better with one 1st place. I got better as we went on but only scored a couple of second places after other folks crashed.

 

Here is one very muddy round.

[Captain Furious]

Having a pretty buzzing day, I'm not really into football but I live in a real Leicester city stronghold area so them winning the premier league even has me feeling a bit emotional

 

Coupled with a road trip down to Poole today and I'm *dangerously* close to spunking thousands on a car that most people will think is a piece of shit, but to me has massive sentimental meaning and I've wanted one for years...every pint I have tonight makes me that much more certain I'm gonna call the guy in the morning and seal the deal...