What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[STUNO]

Car sales ad photo of the month:-

 

 

I was tired and it was cold outside, so I pointed the phone out the window.

[beko1987]

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OK, hello Beko, You've changed !

Cosmetic surgery has come along way recently!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

On both Radio2 and 4 this week, there has been a trail for a competition for " Young brass of the year".

 

I can't be the only one to snigger at this, surely?

[dollywobbler]

Car sales ad photo of the month:-

 

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I was tired and it was cold outside, so I pointed the phone out the window.

 

Poor little Sirion isn't even allowed on the driveway.

[LC Torana]

On both Radio2 and 4 this week, there has been a trail for a competition for " Young brass of the year".

 

I can't be the only one to snigger at this, surely?

I'm sorry, I've read this, said it out loud, still don't get it.

[fraser.innes.3]

I'm sorry, I've read this, said it out loud, still don't get it.

I believe that in some areas, 'brass' is a term for prostitute.

 

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[inconsistant]

I was going to pop to Halfords or similar tomorrow morning to get oil for the 924, and just got the usual weekly GSF discount email. Was   out to delete it as usual and thought I'd have a look... managed to get 4.5litres of oil for £13 with free delivery. And best of all it won't arrive by tomorrow so I won't have to bother doing an oil change this weekend. Nice!

[UmBongo]

My brother just told me about a retired doctor on Facebook who spent 46k restoring an elderly Saab 900 Turbo.

 

It's now for sale at 26k!

 

:shock:

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I'm sorry, I've read this, said it out loud, still don't get it.

It must be a misspent youth watching The Sweeney etc or possibly working with politically incorrect Cockneys in the 80's.

But Brass is rhyming slang for a prostitute.

 

Quite convoluted, as most Rhyming slang is or was

Brass- Brass Nail -Tail which was a 19th century term for a prostitute, apparently. ( I had to look up the etymology)

[fordperv]

On both Radio2 and 4 this week, there has been a trail for a competition for " Young brass of the year".

 

I can't be the only one to snigger at this, surely?

please tell me the young brass is the master of the trombone

[Guest Hooli]

What made me grin this morning was discovering how easy it is to get lift off oversteer in the goona2. Doesn't make for it being french or gay wheel drive but it improves things slightly.

[Spottedlaurel]

Two things:

 

1) Seeing this combo in a local car park:

 

1979 Ford Cortina 2.0 Ghia and 1972 Bessacarr Caravan by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

Cortina's still with the original owner and he was down this way from Birmingham to collect/deliver one or two old car/bike parts ( a 1938 AJS was mentioned in my chat with him). He and his wife were sitting having lunch in the caravan, he really was living the dream.

 

2) Saw a bloke who looked to be about my age (or perhaps he'd just led a hard life) walking along with a dog and what I believe they call a Kick Scooter - trendy thing with large front wheel, pneumatic tyres and a disc brake. I assumed he'd dropped his kid off at school and was walking back home, but then he jumped onto the scooter which was attached to the dog by its lead and got pulled along the road/path by Fido at a fair old lick.

[beko1987]

I'm very happy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with my new lighter

[dean36014]

Was driving down to the new forest and spotted the namended of this lane. Had to turn round and take a photo.

[michael1703]

Just mowed the lawn in the dark, interested to see it in the morning with wayward stripes and massacred dog toys and there was quite impressive sparks coming off one bit which I couldn't understand

[MarvinsMom]

iron maiden's number of the beast been on top of the pops, from, erm, erm, 1982.

 

don't worry, it is one of the few episodes that the beeb can re-show cos its peter powell doing the presenting.

 

oh, yes, adam ant was on too.

[MarvinsMom]

top of the pops from 1982 again.

 

now its will smith singing men in black, galaxy defenders......

 

except he's wearing a dress and seems to have forgotten the words!

 

(ok it wasn't, but it was the original song that MiB sampled, pretty much in its entirety....  )

[Ghosty]

 

Spot what the Blingo owner's done...

[eddyramrod]

Driving the Cadillac.  Today I was coming home from work with my window down, and had to stop at a give-way.  Three teenagers were approaching from my left on the pavement and paying no attention, until they suddenly spotted the car four feet in front of them.  Cue cries of "Cheech and Chong car!"

 

Cheech and Chong?  Talk about a random unexpected reference!  Well done those lads.

 

 

Edited to add: just driving the Cadillac anyway, any time, anywhere.

[dome]

Dunfermline Beer Festival. Hic

[hairnet]

top of the pops from 1982 again.

 

now its will smith singing men in black, galaxy defenders......

 

except he's wearing a dress and seems to have forgotten the words!

 

(ok it wasn't, but it was the original song that MiB sampled, pretty much in its entirety....  )

lmao patrice russian

[Craig the Princess]

Still Game is back :D

[vulgalour]

China.  Home of car accessories nobody asked for.

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2X-Black-Front-or-Rear-Fender-Flare-Arch-Wheel-Eyebrow-Protector-Blue-LED-Light-/401153295604

[michael1703]

Looks like krytens shoulders

[cros]

 

I bought this 4.5m canoe 12 years ago cheap off eBay. I fetched it back from Oxford on the roof of my sadly missed Metro which was soon to be nicked 20 minutes after my daughter parked it outside her house in Salford. That it took 20 minutes is a sad reflection on the skills of today's criminal fraternity, but I digress.

I became less happy about balancing it on the roof of a small car because the Morris Traveller that replaced Metro had nailed on guttering so a roof rack was iffy when heavily loaded. The landrover will need a special rack making as part of the gutter is gone and though leaving a trailer anywhere is a pain in the arse (even a home made one) getting the thing out has re-kindled my interest, so a tow it had to be.

The canoe gathered bird-shit for several years but on Thursday my wife and I took it to the Nene near Oundle and launched it at the Marina there. (It goes the other way up to how it's shown in the picture.)

Where I live in the fens we have drains rather than rivers and because they have high banks to stop the water escaping the views are not good, but being on the river where I long ago hired a locally built Ford Kent powered Fairline was perfect. You have to take the boat out to get round the locks, but they make it easy for you with special access points- actually it's a bit too easy as we didn't manage to fall in once. I can't recommend it enough, especially as the destination was the small brewery at Oundle where you can tie up and buy a pint or even a barrel. I don't remember any more.

[cros]

Driving the Cadillac.  Today I was coming home from work with my window down, and had to stop at a give-way.  Three teenagers were approaching from my left on the pavement and paying no attention, until they suddenly spotted the car four feet in front of them.  Cue cries of "Cheech and Chong car!"

 

 

It's only an ambulance.

[scruff]

Excelsior old transport activity as usual cros.

 

I have just discovered this blog on Gaydon's website which is proper interesting for any BMC/BL dweebs like me:

 

https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/archive/document-of-the-month

[Kiltox]

China. Home of car accessories nobody asked for.

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2X-Black-Front-or-Rear-Fender-Flare-Arch-Wheel-Eyebrow-Protector-Blue-LED-Light-/401153295604

Could be useful to cover rust

[320touring]

First time in Orkney today..

 

Just off the Ferry and spied a 240 Volvo in the queue:)

[cros]

 

I have just discovered this blog on Gaydon's website which is proper interesting for any BMC/BL dweebs like me:

 

https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/archive/document-of-the-month

That launch is the very thing that got me looking at boats again Scruff, albeit on a smaller scale. I like the idea of owning an inboard engined boat like the ones Fairline used to build but realised that transport is hard enough to maintain without keeping it in a pond.

Old Fairline,

The sort they make now, I'd rather swim.