What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Supernaut]

Children's backpacks, you say?

 

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Mine was found on a facebook page called Bootleg Stuff. Although you wouldn't know about facebook pages.

[Parky]

Daughter break bed.

Man fetch tool

Man fix bed in room which must have been 35 degree centigrade despite it being 10.15 at night

WIFE GENUINELY IMPRESSED (in capitals, doesn't happen often)

Man Rules!!

 

(but is very sweaty now)

[FakeConcern]

Seeing my next door neighbour turning into our road in his 2015 Merc estate with a massive sat nav screen showing him the way!

[FakeConcern]

Daughter break bed.

Man fetch tool

Man fix bed in room which must have been 35 degree centigrade despite it being 10.15 at night

WIFE GENUINELY IMPRESSED (in capitals, doesn't happen often)

Man Rules!!

 

(but is very sweaty now)

Yeah!

[xtriple]

You know the chap from 'Romance of Rust'? He does some fooking awesome work that lad!

[Alexg]

I'm currently watching the Paralympic mens tennis doubles final. These guys are incredible!

[andrew e]

Local news reporting:

 

[Ghosty]

An absurdly vague article, there's about as much anti-pikey content in there as DeLorean/speed awareness.

[doobietoo]

Sitting inside watching the lightning and listening to the thunder...

[Eddie Honda]

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Fuckin 'ell it's ULTRAMAN!

 

Used to have a windscreen dangly like this:

 

Quite fancy getting the bog roll holder to keep the kids (ok, just me) entertained:

[seth]

You know the chap from 'Romance of Rust'? He does some fooking awesome work that lad!

 

I was lucky enough to work for him on and off for a while as a way of having some stable income when I was starting my own business.  Learnt a huge amount while I was there.  His current major project is building up a DB4 GT Zagato body from scratch which is a quite incredible thing to see.

[RoadworkUK]

I would have been monumentally impressed if that DeLorean speeding article - which has now gone viral and is all over the internet - had been written without any BTTF references for a change.

 

That's my big worry about ever buying a DeLorean, that it would single me out as some kind of ludicrous BTTF megafan nutjob.

 

I mean, I am, I just don't want anybody to know.

[FakeConcern]

Am I the only person in the world who's never seen Back to The Future?

[Supernaut]

I've never taken part in genocide, been a traffic warden or owned a Vauxhall but I know what those things are.

 

I took my photo in Santiago.

 

I owned a Vauxhall.

 

You don't know the true horror until you experience it.

[John F]

If I was a billionaire I'd buy all the fake BTTF De Loreans I could afford and de-twat them.

[fordperv]

If I was a billionaire I'd buy all the fake BTTF De Loreans and ofah 3 wheelers, round up the owners and twat them.

ftfy

[Guest Hooli]

I have no idea about that Romance of Rust garage, but it's a bloody brilliant name.

[xtriple]

Just had the car delivered back and on the passenger seat was the latest issue of 'The Spirit' which is a mag for us posh gits and only available to club members... which I am not (not a joiner in the real world) and a posh box of Ferraro rocher (sp?) as I'd been taking the piss out of them for eating all the 'Celebrations' I sent up. Car feels great, new tyres mega quiet, brakes feel... exactly the same as before and the rest of the car, er, exactly as it was.

[oldcars]

Young lad next doors modern was hit the other week by something. I was sure it would polish out and as he was washing it last night got all the kit out and machine polished it all out. He was over the moon.

[Alexg]

All tyres on the 75 are mismatching and 2 soon require replacing. After tedious online shopping I managed to get X4 15" Avon ZV7 tyres with excellent ratings for Â£167 inc fitting, balancing and tracking at F1 Autocentres. After bagging that offer I decided to finally submit to spending about £50 with Rimmers on a poxy mirror glass after some BINI driver managed to wreck it. Annoyingly it's a rare type different to all the others listed on ebay with different fixings. One last look on ebay before ordering and a new listing appeared with 2 of the right type, new in box, £20 each in postage!! I grabbed both naturally. A good afternoon.

[meggersdog]

Mate of mine asked if I could sell his third car whilst he is away on holiday.The car has averaged 700 miles per year for the last five years so it seemed a waste taxing and insuring it.A 51 plate Hyundai Amica automatic with 26k miles.He thought it might be worth 3-400 quid and I thought 6-700.Autotrader suggested £350.00 but when I tried to list the car at twice that Autotrader had some sort of eppy fit so I left the ad half started and went to Gumtree.Apparently Hyundai is an outside web address according to them and not allowed.Oh well Ebay it is then.

Listed as a classified ad with make an offer.I listed it at £595.00 at 11pm lastnight.This morning around twelve hours later an old mate who I'd not seen for five years phones up " ay up, looks like I've made an offer on your car" (he lives in Nottingham). We've agreed a price and he's collecting tomorrow.Going to have a good old chin wag and a lot of catching up to do. Can't wait.

 

As I've been busy at work all day I hadn't had time to end the listing.Two phonecalls both offering the asking price, one even upped her offer to £750.00. I told her the car was sold and the deal has been done.Got home tonight to end the listing and she's upped her offer to £850.00. Yeah offers are fine but Autotrader's suggested price was way off the mark.

[anonymous user]

Just had the car delivered back and on the passenger seat was the latest issue of 'The Spirit' which is a mag for us posh gits and only available to club members... which I am not (not a joiner in the real world) and a posh box of Ferraro rocher (sp?) .

Did you remember to tell them that with these chocolates they were spoiling you?

[320touring]

Say whit you like about hellfrauds but the ability to get a mk1 Toledo oil filter at 7.55pm on a friday night is FTW!

 

its even listed properly in the wee shelf edge book

[richardmorris]

You know the chap from 'Romance of Rust'? He does some fooking awesome work that lad!

Had a Citroen sm for sale earlier this year that was more rust than romance!

[richardmorris]

Sitting inside watching the lightning and listening to the thunder...

 

Does everyone know about http://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en

[richardmorris]

Just had the car delivered back and on the passenger seat was the latest issue of 'The Spirit' which is a mag for us posh gits and only available to club members... which I am not (not a joiner in the real world) and a posh box of Ferraro rocher (sp?) as I'd been taking the piss out of them for eating all the 'Celebrations' I sent up. Car feels great, new tyres mega quiet, brakes feel... exactly the same as before and the rest of the car, er, exactly as it was.

Hope you have many miles of enjoyment before the next bill.

 

Have you read Tim Moore's book Continental Drifter? He follows the grand tour route in a clapped out silver shadow. Early on he mentions the shady people in the rr world he meets, and references one chap who dropped his car in to a dealer and asked them to sort out any problems - he was landed with a thirty odd thousand pound bill!

[dome]

On the way home tonight I stopped off for a takeaway curry.

 

Thankyou Jaguar

 

[robinmasters]

Modern children's films are brilliant.

 

Watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, at the moment, but it's just one of many; Hotel Transylvania, Cars, Toy Story, Madagascar, they're all hilarious.

 

Old children's films just aren't enjoyable as an adult, and I don't remember liking them much a child either.

[spike60]

Am I the only person in the world who's never seen Back to The Future?

Nope!

[twosmoke300]

I've never seen it either