What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[strangeangel]

guide to fuse replacement.jpg

 

Laugh you may, but the S3 Land Rover I once owned had two nails in the fusebox when I bought it.

 

They can't have been OE nails, though, cos they were pretty much the only components that didn't expire during my tenure as owner of that miserable heap of shit.

[DVee8]

My Daimler has a fresh MOT..

 

Big thank you to Andy:-Scaryoldcortina.

 

Go and see him at Annfield Plain..As said the yard and garage is full of win..

 

GET YOUR CAR FIXED BY ANDY..When was the last time you saw a chevanne and a 2 door tina together in the same place.

[Pillock]

What, welded together?

[DVee8]

^^ No just in the same yard

[loserone]

GET YOUR CAR FIXED BY ANDY.

 

I fully intend to. Can it wait until the morning though cause I don't think he'd appreciate being called at this time to look at a Kia Pride or a Pretzel.  Shame I miss out on seeing the Daimler, I knew I should have popped in on Monday!

[Eddie Honda]

I have just overdosed on cheese on toast - 6 slices and it was lush!

 

Hope you toasted both sides of the bread - IT'S THE LAW - FAKT!

[angle]

On the recommendation of Barrett off of here, I took my Xantia to TJ Hurst in Horsham for some work. When I asked for them for a price, they looked it up on Autodata, went 'nah' and quoted for an hour's labour rather than three. Then, when the wrong part got delivered and they had to wait a few days for the right one (after offering to put it back together again so I could use the car), came in on their day off to get it done before the weekend. Then took another £50 off the bill for the inconvenience. And now I've got home and I've just noticed they've replaced the snapped off Citroen badge on the front. Cheers, guys.

[seth]

I've just seen this on Facebook, how the fuck is it still MOTed?!

 

 

 

That P6 looks way better than the mysterious street parked '50s Skoda of North London.

[KruJoe]

WhoTF painted that there?!

 

 

:D

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I was driving to work yesterday and went past a new office block thats getting built at the Chellaston roundabout on the A50. The builders were at the stage of doing the roof tiles. They had arranged the red tiles in neat stacks on the black roofing felt so that one side of the pitched roof said "WE HATE FOREST" in massive letters that could be seen from a mile away as you came down the A50. I LOL'd and wished i had my camera. Went past again this morning and the roof tiles had been fitted properly to the roof with no sign of the previous day's sentiment. Ah well at least i saw it!!!

[D Spares & Tyres]

There was a pub in Kidderminster called 'The Grand Turk' but during its refurb it got changed to 'The Rank Turd'

 

It was like that for ages

[Station]

Workshop fails - some of these are quite funny:

 

"BASTAD"

 

[xtriple]

Hope you toasted both sides of the bread - IT'S THE LAW - FAKT!

Of course, do you think I'm a fucking heathen?

 

:)

[Eddie Honda]

I LOL'd and wished i had my camera.

 

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Roofer-spells-support-Derby-County-pokes-fun/story-28876322-detail/story.html

[vulgalour]

New record deck belt arrived for the Ferguson.  Fitted it and happily listening to some Nolan Sisters and it reached the end of the record.  Went to lift the stylus and park it so I could flip the record over and BAM it did it automagically and stopped the turntable.  I've been doing that manually for years with the Dynatron and now a MACHINE can do it for me!  I'm essentially living in the future now.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

It's possibly this, or it could be a bit of wood and metal stuck together, won't know till tomorrow. Linky

Great! Now I've clicked on that link, I'll be on some sort of terrorist watch list at GCHQ.

[scaryoldcortina]

Why is there a rifle above the bar?

 

The pub's called The Winchester.

 

Exactly.

[fordperv]

New record deck belt arrived for the Ferguson. Fitted it and happily listening to some Nolan Sisters and it reached the end of the record. Went to lift the stylus and park it so I could flip the record over and BAM it did it automagically and stopped the turntable. I've been doing that manually for years with the Dynatron and now a MACHINE can do it for me! I'm essentially living in the future now.

You are living the dream vulgalour what next an alarm clock that makes your morning cup of tea?

 

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Goblin-Teasmade-1970s-in-good-working-order-/131742553049?nav=SEARCH

[bub2006]

I was driving to work yesterday and went past a new office block thats getting built at the Chellaston roundabout on the A50. The builders were at the stage of doing the roof tiles. They had arranged the red tiles in neat stacks on the black roofing felt so that one side of the pitched roof said "WE HATE FOREST" in massive letters that could be seen from a mile away as you came down the A50. I LOL'd and wished i had my camera. Went past again this morning and the roof tiles had been fitted properly to the roof with no sign of the previous day's sentiment. Ah well at least i saw it!!!

are you a derby fella to Mr b? Shame I missed that!

[scaryoldcortina]

I had assumed that militant non-smokers were protesting against the Freedom Organization for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco.

[vulgalour]

>fordperv:  What wonders the modern age can offer us, and at such reasonable prices!  What next, television on your telephone?  Hah, as if!

[Richard]

I had assumed that militant non-smokers were protesting against the Freedom Organization for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco.

That was my first thought.

[Slappy]

Why is there a rifle above the bar?

 

The pub's called The Winchester.

 

Exactly.

 

But dogs CAN look up....

[nacho man]

I am on nights all week, working hard.

 

So hard in fact I have watched loads of vids from here, they have some cracking older stuff reviewed.

 

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8HILNMicoi6frBzfDro05x0W-44D1ZWz

[darkfour]

On the recommendation of Barrett off of here, I took my Xantia to TJ Hurst in Horsham for some work. When I asked for them for a price, they looked it up on Autodata, went 'nah' and quoted for an hour's labour rather than three. Then, when the wrong part got delivered and they had to wait a few days for the right one (after offering to put it back together again so I could use the car), came in on their day off to get it done before the weekend. Then took another £50 off the bill for the inconvenience. And now I've got home and I've just noticed they've replaced the snapped off Citroen badge on the front. Cheers, guys.

 

I guess they've improved then. I used to live the the next street from them and about 10 years ago had an Mi16. The clutch cable linkage snapped at work one day while I was parked in the CEOs parking space. In order to move the car I stuck it in reverse and then "bumped" it on the starter motor. After that the big ends knocked like crazy and it sounded like and old tractor. Asked Hurst for a price to repair it seeing as they are Peugeot/Citroen specialists (and 100 yards from my house) and they said they weren't interested in the job!

 

Ended up bridging the car.

[Aston Martin]

Great! Now I've clicked on that link, I'll be on some sort of terrorist watch list at GCHQ.

I picked it up today, I think it is the one in the link. Feels like brass and its really heavy.

 

The lever moves and the top parts move. It's kinda cool.

[andrew e]

Well It will save you queing at the bank.

[Richard]

I've just heard a familiar sounding Antiquarian Horologist on 6 Music.

[seth]

/\ Guilty as charged.

[MarvinsMom]

But dogs CAN look up....

 

and a ducks quack doesn't echo.