What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

Has anyone else seen " best in show"?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Show_(film)

[fordperv]

I've never been there before either the reason I got mrs fp tickets was for the agility, flyball, heel work to music and displays from the raf and police, we are avid fans of working and pastoral dogs

 

I was disappointed and disgusted that the "best in breed" for the gsd was a dog that ticked every box for a deformed freak when most of the Gsd's there were healthy straighter backed dogs and we're excellent examples of the breed, the dog that won Couldnt even move properly due to its rear end it really breaks my heart to see, the runner up was a bit better but still had a pronounced slope, the judge needs to retire in my opinion if they are letting dogs like this win they shouldn't be placing let alone win,I'm so glad I didn't watch the judging of the gsd I only saw them in the preparation area, saw the result on tv, one reprieve was I have not long put on crufts as I wanted to see the final of flyball and there was a section saying they were disgusted at the health of the gsd that won etc and that it shouldnt of won.

 

Here is the utterly disgusting winner Don't watch this if you get easily upset

[KruJoe]

Spring has well and truly sprung across North Yorkshire... I popped over to York this afternoon to collect a (bargainous Ebay win) king-size bed in the Pleasure Wagon. Harrogate looks well with its crocuses in full bloom, bathed in hazy sunshine, and all sorts of notable chod is crawling out of the woodwork. These are the ones from memory I saw from the driving seat during my three hours on the road:

 

Classic 900's, one black, one white

Karman Ghia with non-matching hard-top and yellow VX220 (same drive-way)

Lowered 760 estate

Red Renner 4 on full hoon (29mph on Harrogate's twisty streets)

Ariel Atom (twice)

Megane "Classic" Saloon in filthy doom blue with two flat tyres

A smart, dark red Laguna-II, moving under its own steam

Yellow TR7, top down

90's Skyline

Jag Mk2 

Jag XJ6 S2 in that maroon

Asia Rocsta

Boggo black mk2 Golf (minging)

Turquoise lowered mk2 Golf (scened)

Stretched six-door Omega

White 70's Yankee hearse thing, and

Matching limo

MR2's a-plenty

Little Tykes Cosy Coupe

And a Korean mini-SUV thing, whose DRL's made it look like a bloody warthog.

 

 

TL;DR: Loadsa tat coming out of hibernation now spring is here.

[richardmorris]

Pheasant for dinner. Don't think it died of natural causes,

[inconsistant]

Cranberry poisoning?

[Negative Creep]

Here is the utterly disgusting winner Don't watch this if you get easily upset

 

 

Wow, that has a worse like/dislike ratio than the new Ghostbusters trailer

[Stanky]

I had some pidgeon (wrapped in bacon and covered in onion gravy, top tip) a few years back and picked loads of shot out of it with my teeth.

 

to,be honest, with pidgeons, I don't mind it having been shot. Its damn tasty too.

[Cavcraft]

On my walk today:

 

Anti-aircraft turret remarkably intact...

 

 

 

 

This is a listed building, I'm very reliably informed. Explosives building from when the Manchester ship canal was built...

 

 

Random shed, sadly not especially nice inside as contained remnants of long since since dead sheep

 

 

 

'Urbexing' in old port Police headquarters

 

 

 

Naturally, because I went bird counting/watching not a single sodding picture of any actual birds came out well enough to even look remotely good.

 

[richardmorris]

I presume it committed suicide by flying into the path of flying shot! Pot roasted over onions and carrot, with sauce made from chicken stock. Not bad for£2.50, And leftovers for tomorrow!

[xtriple]

I utterly adore dogs (as you may have gathered) but I cannot watch Crufts or indeed, go to any fog show. I despise with a passion breeders if the poor little buggers that are destined to live in pain or discomfort for an unacceptably short amount of time. I am not even that keen on people who buy pedigree dogs, certainly not over bred ones.

 

Chester is a proper mutt while Phoebe was 'bred' and he is as strong as an ox (touch wood he stays that way) while poor old Phoebe is utterly fucked and has been a sickly dog since she was a pup.

 

All my dogs over the years have been mutts from the rescue centres ( I volunteered in one when I was young) and they have all been strong and long lived. I love Labs and Retrievers but they have huge problems - a mate has just lost his at a year old due to be badly bred - he is fucking heart broken,

 

Chester was actually bought (much to my disgust - £150 for a mutt!) but only because the rescue centres would not let us have a dog due to having kids and cats! I was so annoyed, I stopped sponsorship and now sponsor 'Sidney' at the dogs trust because he will never have a home (scared of people, just like Phoebe).

 

If you look at the 'breed standard' from the 19th century, you will be amazed at what the various breeds were supposed to look like. They have become a caricature of themselves.

[saucedoctor]

"Get off the feckin' road!"

 

[D Spares & Tyres]

Fuckin 'pedigree'

 

Go to Clee Hill village. They are all 'pedigree'

 

New blood is what you want, it doesn't work in humans so why should it in animals ☺

[castros_bro]

Old age insurance capparis spinosa

 

Went through some compare the car insurance the went to SAGA with some small print about beating any quote for over 50s so quoted them the cheapest quote which they then beat by a pound. Now renewal time and the Post Office have

 

 

"...... guaranteed to beat £50 offer for Over 50's Car Customers.............This offer applies to new Post Office® Car Insurance customers only, purchasing a Car Insurance policy and who are 50 years of age or over at the time of the purchase of the policy....."  

 

It all looks fine, one drawback is having to pay then getting the difference back later if I qualify so I cannot get a quote from them then go back to SAGA and get it even cheaper.

 

It'll be £96.99 unless I bugger it all up.

[oldcars]

Going on hols in a few weeks. The wee one loves the mini golf and was said this morning at Breakfast. "Im going to have a red ball daddy. Remember you cant get sandglow only yellow". Class, me must have remembered when we went before Christmas and i ask for a sandglow one.

[scruff]

Just completed the most hassle free car sale of my evah.

 

Put Mrs Spud's Panda on Bumtree at the weekend for £1000 - as an afterthought bunged it on my Facebook page as well to see if anyone wanted a nice little car. An acquaintance from some years ago was straight on it, anyway I picked him up from Corby station this evening, he gave it a once over and left us Pandaless but 950 notes richer. Sorted!! Anyone got a volvo estate for sale?? 

[Cavcraft]

 Anyone got a volvo estate for sale?? 

 

 

David Fowler (on here) has I think.

[purplebargeken]

Going tiger feeding at Paradise Wildlife Park this afternoon

[doobietoo]

Going tiger feeding at Paradise Wildlife Park this afternoon

Kids misbehaving again?

[Aston Martin]

Auto-related? No. Makes me grin? Yes.

 

 

[purplebargeken]

 

Nah, I just borrowed some neighbours kids. 

 

This is the beatie that I fed some horse parts to by hand this afternoon. He was bloody beautiful.

 

 

Here are two of his mates, proper orange ones this time.

 

[dave21478]

Jesus, when did the Chuckle Brothers get so old?

[The Moog]

Managed to purchase luxury car mats from home bargains -£3.99 for a full set.

 

Surely the pinnacle of mankind has been reached when we can buy that kind of luxury for such a low low price

[Lord Sterling]

Managed to purchase luxury car mats from home bargains -£3.99 for a full set.

Surely the pinnacle of mankind has been reached when we can buy that kind of luxury for such a low low price

Hmmm, I "liked" the comment, but I'm not sure... they're not tailored ones are they? 'Universal' (yuk) ones?

[The Moog]

Hmmm, I "liked" the comment, but I'm not sure... they're not tailored ones are they? 'Universal' (yuk) ones?

Sadly you did run through my mind when I purchased them! Tbh they will do for now. But can't get over how cheap they were.

[Ghosty]

Finally convinced the mother to use the sport mode on the Bini's autobox.

 

    

 

It's loads more fun, can even feel the difference as a passenger. Normal mode strangles it on country roads, overtaking etc.

[Dippy]

The simple pleasures in life, it Wednesday morning and im sat reading my ccw with a cup of coffee whilst listening to Tanita Tikkaram play.

[oldcars]

Jesus, when did the Chuckle Brothers get so old?

I think there Tigers

[LC Torana]

The simple pleasures in life, it Wednesday morning and im sat reading my ccw with a cup of coffee whilst listening to Tanita Tikkaram play.

Try it clockwise tomorrow.

[Lacquer Peel]

I'm registering as a waste carrier for the first time ever (naughty), if you go through the standard form SEPA wants to charge you something like £190 but buried in their list of exemptions is waste vegetable oil as fuel. JUSTICE!

[The Moog]

10 days car insurance on swift -£25!

 

Did the get a full policy and then cancel in cooling off period.