What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[xtriple]

Bit sad this one.... but I LURVE my new telly!

 

When I was at home, we had a big old CRT thing that we bought new even though flat screen things were about. My wife did research and they were not reliable so we got the 'old' tech. Then, when the 'new' tech was established, we waited for the CRT to die but the sod just soldiered on....

 

Then I got the boot and ended up here with another ancient CRT which also worked superbly and I would still be using it but a mate gave me his plasma thing that was huge and had a motorised base (cool as poo as I could rotate the thing from the comfort of my chair!) and this is the bugger that died the other day. I could have gone back tot he CRT but....

 

So this thing is 49" 'smart' telly with 4K and loads of other stuff, including an infra red 'mouse' that you use when on the internet! Why did I not know I could get internet on a TV before? High def porn is the way forward! I shall try it later and report back....

 

Also, the shop I bought it from (sticking to my 'use the local shops whenever possible' theme) is brilliant and have been out twice so far, first to lend me a couple of stands for it and then to replace them with the big sod off stand I had to buy ('cos the feet/legs are in the wrong place for my old stand) and swapped it all over for me FOC.

 

Bugger me, is it bright and clear! Wasn't even that expensive (£560 compared to the thousands my mate spent on one that has a curved screen). Only thing is: the new tv and stand shows up just how shabby and knackered the rest of my flat is!

 

Always a down side....

[Coprolalia]

Bunged the Scirocco in to see what it would need for MOT.

 

MOT history of this vehicle

 

Test date 10 May 2016

Test Result Fail

Odometer reading 80,253 miles

MOT test number7094 7057 9828

Reason(s) for failure

Body has a projection caused by damage Offside door trim hanging (6.1.C.1)

Battery insecure (1.9.1)

 

 

So tigerseal the door trim back on and refit the battery clamp.

 

I call that a result.

[vulgalour]

Sorted out the saggy section of the Renault headlining by moving one of the wires/bows/supports forwards into the correct holes.  No sewing required, minimal effort.  Top stuff.  I'll do an update in a bit, there's been a few little jobs done.

[andy18s]

Dog text just get better.....

[strangeangel]

I just did my periodic trawl of the 'Trending' list in the Google app store to see if there's anything remotely useful there. There was (as usual) nowt, but this raised a grin:

 

[scaryoldcortina]

Today I removed a locking wheel nut. 5 garages including halfords and kwikfit had already had a go so there wasn't a lot left to hammer a socket over.

 

 

Take a 7/8" socket and cut the cup off. Weld the inside to the remains of the locking nut, then weld a smaller socket into it. Brutal but effective.

[hairnet]

just booked a bed for after a concert al the albert hall

 

in milton keynes

 

no wai i stay in that lunnun

 

fark that

[hairnet]

watching the mike oldfield thing again,.......

 

vivian stanshall

 

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK??

[vulgalour]

52mpg

[mouseflakes]

The Ordnance Survey Story on BBC 4 just now. I love their maps.

[phil_lihp]

On Saturday I discovered the Jag's battery was flat.  It's been showing signs of losing charge when parked up for a few days, it was only used a week ago but I suspect that it had been run flat a lot by the previous owner due to lack of use and a knackered alternator and it never really recovered.

 

Why a grin?  Well, it was a Halfords battery with '3yr Warranty' written on it.  In amongst the car's paperwork was a receipt showing it was purchased in 2013...but then replaced in 2014, probably the same issue.  I hoiked it out, took it in to my local Halfords who tested it and confirmed it was knackered (100 amps instead of 650) and furnished me with a brand spanking new replacement.

 

Boshed it in, it fired up faster than ever and then of course I had to take it for an hour-long back road cruisehoon to make thoroughly sure it worked properly. 

 

Yes, it's a word.

[Richard]

I did exactly the same with the 850's battery last month. I was hoping to do it every two years and ten months forever, but the warranty only runs from the original purchase date.

[beko1987]

Mr R Welfare and myself recently met up in a layby on the A4 for some hot back seat dyson swappage! Got it done at the weekend, and made a rebuild thread as the DC14 is a machine I had not yet made a rebuild thread on

 

http://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php/topic,2496.0.html

 

Thanks again Richard, great to meet you! 

[r.welfare]

Excellent! As you can probably guess, all that hair on the brush roll is not mine but the females of the house...

[dollywobbler]

Scene tax innit.

[vulgalour]

The irony is that hippy campers left to their own devices do become planters quite quickly.

[oldcars]

Sill welded on the Kia and the end result it this

No advisories, love this car. Now for me to sort the cosmetic stuff out, cant wait.

 

MOT history of this vehicle

• Test date11 May 2016
• Expiry date10 May 2017
• Test ResultPass
• Odometer reading61,244 miles

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Hooray! 

 

 

Going to print this out and put it with my "participation award" certificates from school.

 

 

[Bucketeer]

You know that for every 'like' you get a cute puppy gets a mild tummy ache, right?

I hope you're proud of yourself.

[Cavcraft]

Just coming home and took a detour down a narrow street with parking either side. Captain Knobspots in front of me sees a car in the distance coming the other way, then barrels it down the road past all the pull in spots.

The car coming the other way was forced to pull in to an entrance and had a couple of other behind him, guess where Captain Knobspots wanted to turn into? Yep, the bit the other bloke is now blocking off and he can't go anywhere as there's cars behind him. 

I pulled in further behind and just laughed as old narky bollocks was forced to reverse.

[twosmoke300]

That sounds like a small village near me called Praze-an-Beeble . There is a certain Etiquette involved to get through quickly and without being a dick . Most of the locals have it and you can spit a tourist / dick a mile off .

Especially fun on bin/ recycling day

[scaryoldcortina]

That sounds exactly like my street - it's a half mile long dead straight cul-de-sac of a back lane between terraces and everyone has to park on the road because no driveways. AND it's a bus route - the bus turns at the top then comes back down. Everyone who lives here knows the routine for avoiding each other and the bus but visitors often get it badly wrong and jam the whole thing up. On bin day you either stay home until they are gone or try to be away before they arrive.

[doobietoo]

Just spoke to an old mate for the first time in 35 odd years on the phone I used to knock around with in my teenage years, it was like we only spoke yesterday..... seeing him on Saturday along with another lad who made up the "3 amigos"  at a youth club reunion MrsD has organised. We all were and still are into our cars so looking forward to a very good evening.....

[scaryoldcortina]

Watch "The World's End" before you go.

[UmBongo]

A burd at work was wearing a too-short skirt today and every time she crossed her (well formed) legs...woof!

[twosmoke300]

Don't you mean meow?

[Pillock]

Are you uploading the pics here, or will they be on another site?

[cobblers]

In the early/mid 1990s I saw a woman with some of her breasts exposed and I quite enjoyed it so I searched for womens breasts on the internet and found there were absolutely loads of pictures of womens breasts where the women seemed quite happy to expose them to cameras. Anyway I'm sure you could do the same for legs, fannies and probably bumholes

[Station]

 Captain Knobspots 

 

 

I think I saw Captain Knobspots tonight in New Ferry. Was coming down past Rock Ferry station, and he was parked on the wrong side of the road with full beams on. I take a wide berth around his parked car, and no indication, just pulls out towards me and nearly whacks me, I missed him by inches. It was 10 year old Audi A4. What a complete cunt, I hope an frozen piss icicle detaches from a passing plane overhead and impales him right through his skull - I mean ??WHY WHY WHY??

[robinmasters]

Citroen XM book covering the development of the car. The dust covers a bit damaged,but that's it. £3.00 + p&p. Or you can collect.

Got a copy of this off Amazon for cheepz. PORN.