What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

Just seen a headline on Yahoo! 
“Jizz is not for sale”

Refers to a Dutch footballer Jizz Hornkamp who Nottingham Forest want.

Has no one told him he really shouldn’t play in England with a name like that?

[Saabnut]

Just lost my internet connection (using my old iphone as a hotspot with a poor signal) so a frequent occurrence.

When it did not come back as usual, checked the phone to see "iphone overheated" message.

10 minutes in the fridge and I am back!  

(37c here and computer says 13c at home so that is making me grin as well!)

[hairnet]

4 hours ago, NorthernMonkey said:

What makes me grin?

 

This. After so long driving RRs, big old Mercs and other auto wafty things, this is such refreshingly good fun.

youve changed

 

[NorthernMonkey]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

youve changed

 

Not that much… 😂

[willswitchengage]

[hairnet]

if evoque makes it on to the truck with all the brakes locked on lol

 

[Dobloseven]

Not normally a fan of stick families. But good to know despite having a leg missing, he's managed to father five children. 

[Wack]

Somebody is having a laugh on ebay , just checked my email when this popped up 

i thought wtf , clicked it 

 

[mitsisigma01]

You could of linked it for us ....😕

[myglaren]

[Remspoor]

20 hours ago, Wack said:

Somebody is having a laugh on ebay , just checked my email when this popped up 

i thought wtf , clicked it 

 

 

20 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

You could of linked it for us ....😕

Don't worry it was some comedian.

[mitsisigma01]

I've got a Charlie Chaplin lamp at the back of one of my garages..... haven't seen it for about 5 years though , I'm sure it was better than that one 😕

[hairnet]

Being stalked by shiters lmfaooooo

[MikeR]

walking around town today , and I dont know if its the hot weather , but a lot of young ladies have forgotton to put on bra's , just a light top , almost see throu  !!

a look in the mirror would of helped before going out and if the weather changes they will get could ....

anyway I must get another ice bag for my son , he walked into a lamp post for some reason ....

[Bren]

Spotted a nice looking pie in a patisserie in Devon. I thought I would buy one and take it home.

Took it out of the oven. It said Pukka on the foil base.

I seem to be having my tousers pulled down a lot lately. When I'm not splitting them.

[paulplom]

A 15 mile jaunt to a carboot sale in Blaydon this morning. A milestone achieved on the way back through Gosforth.

I spotted a couple of classy helmets while I was there. The open face one was dated 1980 and the kangol 1977.

Currently in mcdonalds waiting for the next bootsale opening at Monkseaton at 8.30.

 

[paulplom]

My partner's crocheting a bikini for my mother's 70th in December. The got the pattern off the internet. There are some proper weirdos online. Stay safe everyone.

[Datsuncog]

Ok, so it turns out working at cars is a lot less hassle when you have a bit of space and a flat(ish) hard surface to do it on.

Never had this much room before, ever. Or tools/ ramps/ oil easily to hand.

Good to get some pay-off from all the brain-melting stress of the house move earlier in the year.

[Wack]

Well boss , today hasn't gone so well.

[myglaren]

[robinmasters]

On 7/17/2022 at 12:29 PM, Aston Martin said:

The Mondeo is dead..... Except in China.

 

Extended tow bar to clear the wheelbarrow handle exhausts. It takes all sorts. 

[Spottedlaurel]

It's Monday morning, I would usually be at w*rk, but instead I'm sitting here editing my first couple of days of French holiday photos:

Having not been for three years (and there was a moment an hour or two before we left that I thought we might not make it this year, so I'm massively grateful we're finally here) I was concerned that older stuff would have thinned out, but my fears seem to have been unfounded. A small selection, there'll be lots more to follow on Spotted's Spottings in due course.

I was looking forward to the cross-country trek between autoroutes, hoping to find everyday stuff like this.

Whoa! Was part of a stash of interesting stuff at a rural garage, and a significant tick on the Renault numbers bingo score card (with a couple of the other more difficult numbers already marked-off too).

Pretty much every supermarket we've stopped at has a well-worn 205 parked-up.

On a sunny Sunday at a town busy with the weekly market, I suspect it was enthusiast-owned, but still great to see.

Got overtaken by a speeding Volvo estate. In a week's time they're closing this road up out of town and there's a hillclimb taking place, looks like there should be some interesting stuff taking part and there's also going to be some sort of historic car parade before the competitive event.

 

The annual exhibition of old agricultural machinery had a few cars in attendance, they were later joined by a Mehari and Renault Dauphin.

The local farmers and machinery enthusiasts enjoyed operating mildly dangerous-looking equipment:

 

 

Long arms required to achieve full steering on this contraption. It went around the block a few times and was like something out of Father Ted (the early episode where they're at an utterly miserable funfair).

More to come in the usual place at some point soon.

[Split_Pin]

[808 Estate]

Spotted this out on the road today.

[808 Estate]

[AnnoyingPentium]

Was never happy with the results from the pressure* washer in Dalmellington so I came home and said "fuck it, let's make this bastard clean"...

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, 808 Estate said:

A truly smart and free man would have run the soil pipe the other way 😎

[AnnoyingPentium]

36 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

Looks great. Like a big baked bean.

That's made my day, that. I'm stealing that description. 😂

[hairnet]

Theres been no chod here

Saw a 70s starlet and a mk1 Celica on the a6 yesterday and a load of old classic wagons going the other way

Then got to Airbnb and this is parked outside the front door

 

 

[mitsisigma01]

Are you sure , that might be the air b&b 😣