What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[hairnet]

800k between tests wtf??

[Ghosty]

Someone's somehow changed the km to miles too...

 

Nice Lexus IS wheels - I think that means RX8 ones fit too...

[steve_earwig]

Just sawed this on the BBC news website - http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34503866could be (briefly) interesting.

 

Note the cars on "the Midlife Crisis" book, I reckon that could mean a lot for this website

[KruJoe]

800km between tests wtf??

 

FJ insurance also like the reliable* odometer.

[The Moog]

Disappointed it doesnt have its full sunday name on the MOT Cert.. 

[cort16]

On Car Sales Memes. Made me laugh.

 

[xtriple]

I have just spent the last five minutes terrorising the dog... with a telephone dial tone!   What a fat useless mutt   

[beko1987]

New veg is back on offer at £4 for 5l at asda, so I added 4 bottles to our home delivery order. Bonus is that i dont have to find a pez station later in the week, and theres 1/4 a tank of derv alreasy in the tank for cold morning thinning out

[Des]

Charity shops, they can be so awesome. I spotted a small aged looking tin marked £1, could it be an old bicycle puncture repair kit? No, it's a tiny 1/4" drive socket set that predates the invention of the ratchet.

 

 

 

I hereby declare that from this day onward all ur rounded off wheelnuts r belongz to me.

 

Next up is a Harris welding plant for a fiver. receipt tells me it cost £3 13s on 22/7/68.

 

 

This is interesting, I had something similar in the eighties which was an accessory for the stick snotter I used then, back in the day, in the time of retro, before the future came along and ruined everything. Two copper clad carbon rods on a handle hooked up to the growling ill humoured arc welder and when slid together would strike up a very hot and continuous frothing ball of spark for brazing with. Only used it once on a Renault 18 that had its inner wing all nommed by the battery, it did the job of securing the outer wing in a thoroughly brazen manner. This Harris has only the one carbon, goes in a nicely heavy handpiece,  I've read the handbook which covers connecting up to a welder, and it states that the thing can be run from a car battery! Now this I was unaware of, did I spend a couple of decades lugging around ignorant cumbersome heavy splatter machines, struggling to keep them from the pissing rain, blowing the shit out of domestic fuseboxes, buying rods, wire, gas when all I needed was a fecking Harris in my pocket? Can't wait to try it out.

 

[MarvinsMom]

you must have some AWSUM charity shops where you live.

[andy18s]

https://www.facebook.com/roger.nock.14/videos/10153592794311970/

[HH-R]

I used to work in a charity shop and we never had anything interesting like that come in. Just S Club 7 CDs and Mills and Boon books.

[fraser.innes.3]

New veg is back on offer at £4 for 5l at asda, so I added 4 bottles to our home delivery order. Bonus is that i dont have to find a pez station later in the week, and theres 1/4 a tank of derv alreasy in the tank for cold morning thinning out

None of my cars run on veg, but I picket up sunflower oil from lidl at 71p a litre last weekend, if that helps anyone on here.

 

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[vulgalour]

Those are some excellent antiques you've found there, Des.

[beko1987]

None of my cars run on veg, but I picket up sunflower oil from lidl at 71p a litre last weekend, if that helps anyone on here.

 

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Thats cheaper still, mine was 8p per 100ml, wtf dont tbey do ppl like they used to

[fred]

Whilst on my ''fetching my old dears wallet from many miles away'' quest I did find consolation in a Beemer man being ''properly'' hassled by 3 ''slow boys'' (artics) Who I guess got radioed ahead as all three trucks closed him down and I watched with massive amusement as a plod car or two trawled him over , with one truck decided to do the decent thing and pulling over and jamming his air brakes on causing mr Beemer to work out a Artic back end is not worth trying to push out the way . Well done sir who ever you were made my shit day a slight less shitty

[Chas4545]

Went out to try and find the missing nut for my rear wiper earlier, and ended up cleaning the inside of my car out whilst I looked. Took the scrapper Miele I bought 2 months ago out the boot and to my surprise it worked.

 

Eva then earned her tea tonight and vacuumed my car out

 

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Didnt find the nut though, so made sure the linkage was the right wwy round, and will have a rootle through my stepdads big box of random nuts and bolts tomorrow to see what I can find.

 

If not, ruffgeezer, do you still have several old ZxS at the bottom of your garden? May need a rear wiper arm retaining nut...

 

Call me an old worrybags, but meile warn to keep the tube away from eyes..............   Ugh what a thought.  

[beko1987]

She did very well at not sucking her eyeballs out, I didnt even have to lick them as a warning to her beforehand (and it had to be on min 300w power or she couldnt move the nozzle), I turned it up to 11 to finish the job when she got bored and went and sat in the boot.

[nacho man]

 

These are being advertised locally as to hire for weddings.

[oldcars]

I used to work in a charity shop and we never had anything interesting like that come in. Just S Club 7 CDs and Mills and Boon books.

You might get something interesting, don't stop, never give up............

[panhard65]

Saw a young girl out for a driving lesson earlier. In a 1969 Morris Minor !!!!!

[scaryoldcortina]

 

Grin - I renewed my home insurance last month and paid in full. Today I reviewed the policy documents and found a couple of minor errors which I phoned up to correct. Result - £26 refund!

[Cavcraft]

Danterzza, on 14 Oct 2015 - 2:53 PM, said:

 

These are being advertised locally as to hire for weddings.

 

 

Don't tell Popeye, he's mid spinach there.

[purplebargeken]

Is it wrong to have really enjoyed over an hours conversation with someone you met for the first time today at a funeral. We totally clicked, it was really strange. Really nice but strange. 

 

She is half french, half finnish. Lovely woman

[jakebullet]

If you've been reading the grumpy thread, then you may* have noticed I've had a few sexual issues.

 

I bought an audio download. Listen to this, and it will magically hypnotise you, and retrain your brain to eliminate sexual performance anxiety. Ok. Hmm, it's appears I've spent £10 on a man saying you are feeling very calm and relaxed for 20 minutes. What a swizz!

 

Went to see my kinky girl tonight to 'hang out'. Hmmm, she wants to hang out in the bedroom. I'm not saying things where perfect, but no visits from mr. Floppy, and no painful accidents. So maybe it did work. Can't wait for Friday night

[RoadworkUK]

I've become even more of an anorak than I thought possible.

 

Living on the Stanstead Eastern Approach path I'm familiar with 737s and A320s at late night, and often the deeper, more mechanical grind of a 777 or A380 at higher altitude, but there are certain sounds that make my ears prick up. I heard a Dash-8 fly over earlier, we don't get many propliners but, ten minutes ago....

 

...It flies over about twice weekly, Flightradar 24 says usually from Frankfurt. This time I heard it from fifteen miles away. Got my phone out, was it? Yes. Antonov AN-26. Prime Ruskie 1982 Aeroshite right there.

 

I have serious problems.

[fred]

Whilst looking after my old folk today - had a knock on the door - My Ma said she would get it - and hobbled off

''Hello Madam, just passing and I saw your Guttering was not right, it seems to be broken blah blah blah''

 

Old dear ''Well its a new build...''

 

Bloke Interrupts ''I see - done it on the cheap I see'' 

 

Fucksticks and bollocks - charges to the front door and '' Oi this fucking house has been fully passed by every fucking EU H and S certificate going - get back in your fucking little sweat box and never infest this doorstep again you Cockwomble''

 

Mother '' Thats my son that is '' as he scuttled off

 

Made me proud !!

[purplebargeken]

Good call fella. Bet he did scuttle too.

[michael1703]

I've become even more of an anorak than I thought possible.

 

Living on the Stanstead Eastern Approach path I'm familiar with 737s and A320s at late night, and often the deeper, more mechanical grind of a 777 or A380 at higher altitude, but there are certain sounds that make my ears prick up. I heard a Dash-8 fly over earlier, we don't get many propliners but, ten minutes ago....

 

...It flies over about twice weekly, Flightradar 24 says usually from Frankfurt. This time I heard it from fifteen miles away. Got my phone out, was it? Yes. Antonov AN-26. Prime Ruskie 1982 Aeroshite right there.

 

I have serious problems.

I was trying to get to sleep the other night and there was some noise which I thought was sugar beet harvesters but it sounded like aircraft.

 

Got my phone out and tried the flightradar and it showed 4 Apache helicopters were circling, what surprised me the most was that their call signs were shown on it too.

 

I've heard aircraft since and tried it and they didn't show up, I don't know if they're too low or they're too secret but I'm about 6 miles from a base

[philibusmo]

The generocity of Shiters, on this occasion; Jon. Every shiter I have ever met has been an absolute top chap and this looks set to continue.

 

I look forward to meeting you in NZ in a few months.

 

On a similar note, are there any Shiters between Byron Bay and Melbourne who may have an evening free for a few beers or need a car tinkered with in the next few months?