What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Skizzer]

I'm watching a crime drama on German TV and there's a series 1.5 SD1 in it

[LC Torana]

Was watching Shaun the sheep

 

Now where eagles dare

 

Broadsword calling Danny Boy.

[mat_the_cat]

1:40 - 1:43 are officially the best three seconds of the nineties.(...uh)

 

Being a teenage lad in the 90s I can think of several* moments which would compete strongly for that accolade...

[captain_70s]

Visited my parent's new house for the first time. it was bought by a lady in the mid 1970s and rebuilt and boy does it show...

 

 

It's all getting torn out and refurbished so I took some photos so you too can bask in it's 1970s awfulness.

[catsinthewelder]

Thats both wonderful and awful,  try and swipe that Tricity cooker they are better than modern toss.

[Eddie Honda]

it was bought by a lady in the mid 1970s and rebuilt and boy does it show...

[snip]

It's all getting torn out and refurbished so I took some photos

3/10 taking photos instead of a luton van to salvage stuff.

[hairnet]

keep the mug thing and the curtains

[doobietoo]

Do not paint !!!

[captain_70s]

Make sure they keep that old radio!

It's actually a modern DAB repo one, it's technically mine but I never listen to the radio...

 

I did quite like the cooker just for the style but my parents don't like it at all and said they were too scared to even turn it on so I couldn't get them to allow me to take it.  When they viewed the place it was still furnished with period furniture. Most of the surviving 70s tat that hasn't been moved out with the PO is in the form of fitted wardrobes and cupboards, there are 35 cupboards in the kitchen alone! There were also some seriously funky brown/orange/black patterned carpets but they were ruined by 40 years worth of of dog/cat presence.

 

I'd be sticking with and expanding the 70s theme myself but I think the parents see it more as a blank canvas as most of the place is pretty damn tired. The mug rack is ace, I hope it survives..

[LC Torana]

...but I never listen to the radio...

 

Who listens to the radio?

 

[Cheggers]

Cards Against Humanity...Listening to your other half's elderly mother read out "2 midgets shitting in a bucket"

 

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[The Moog]

Cards Against Humanity...Listening to your other half's elderly mother read out "2 midgets shitting in a bucket"

 

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Best card evah!

[MrDuke]

Being a teenage lad in the 90s I can think of several* moments which would compete strongly for that accolade...

Yeah, me too - at the time of posting I was several whiskies in. I might put up some other moments later on as penance.

[twosmoke300]

After 3 weeks of waking every 2/3 hrs and needing to be settled , our baby girl has slept from 8-6.30 😄

Non parents won't appreciate how massive this is

[tooSavvy]

70's 'timewarp' house [above]

 

.... just when you need a 'hi gloss' white cupboard door, for the shitter, @ £7... a Luton van load turn up!

 

Bah

 

TS

[bub2006]

After 3 weeks of waking every 2/3 hrs and needing to be settled , our baby girl has slept from 8-6.30 😄

Non parents won't appreciate how massive this is

Great news mate!

[twosmoke300]

Suddenly the world seems a better place

[beko1987]

It's a wonderful feeling isn't it!

 

It won't last though, enjoy it whilst it does!

[bub2006]

I can't say nothing. My lad slept through from 2 week old

[twosmoke300]

Our daughter has been pretty good but she got a horrible cough / cold since the start of Dec and she's not slept right since . Coupled with the start of the terrible twos and being a fussy eater it's been a long month.

[bub2006]

You have my sympathy mate!

[DodgeRover]

After 3 weeks of waking every 2/3 hrs and needing to be settled , our baby girl has slept from 8-6.30 😄

Non parents won't appreciate how massive this is

Did you keep waking up in a panic every 2/3hrs because she hasn't woken you up and going to check on her?

[privatewire]

Had just about the perfect Christmas Day, just me and the missus, didn't need to visit anyone, and no one visited us, watched Comfort and Joy ( loads of quality chod on display) and Jason Bourne (v exciting car chase)

An Aldi's seafood platter and enough booze to float a small battleship....bliss!

[twosmoke300]

Did you keep waking up in a panic every 2/3hrs because she hasn't woken you up and going to check on her?

 

No because we were so tired from a months shut sleep . We did panic when we woke up but a snuffle through the monitor fixed that 😄

[Sheefag]

I'd have the cupboard doors on Etsy for £100 and the chair for £150.

 

 

 

 

[Sheefag]

Check this out - £175

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Retro-70s-Velour-Chrome-Swivel-Chair-Gaming-Chair-Study-Office-Lounge-/371816113421?hash=item5691f7a50d:g:-4YAAOSwOtdYU~rV

 

 

Designed by Jan Des Bouvrie apparently.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-1970S-GELDERLAND-CHROME-SWIVEL-CHAIR-BY-JAN-DES-BOUVRIE-MATHSSON-STYLE-/262774025109?hash=item3d2e8d6b95:g:TUUAAOSw6DtYSZ1y

[rantingYoof]

Boxing Day and I'm naturally browsing Autotrader again.

 

I'm spying this GS300, which I have decided is the most likely 'fucking dumb' purchase of 2017. This particular specimen has been up for a while...

 

 

As you can see, it looks alright. Nice colour for a GS300. 102k on the clock and up for around £1900 - all reasonable so far.

 

Thinking about the free time I have tomorrow, I begin contemplating a road-trip. However, not being entirely fucking dumb, I check the MOT History site first. MOT until April 2017 - four month MOT on a £1900 is just about acceptable I suppose, but wait a minute...

 

Advisory notice item(s)

 

• All underside metal parts and panels very very rusty.
• nearside front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
• offside front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
• nearside front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
• offside front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
• nearside front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
• offside front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
• nearside front brake caliper repaired, but not inappropriately (3.5.1n)
• offside front brake caliper repaired, but not inappropriately (3.5.1n)
• nearside front Front suspension has slight play in a upper suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
• offside front Front suspension has slight play in a upper suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
• nearside front Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
• offside front Front suspension has slight play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
• nearside front Front suspension has slight play in a track control arm inner bush (2.5.B.2b)
• offside front Front suspension has slight play in a track control arm inner bush (2.5.B.2b)
• nearside front Front suspension has slight movement at a wishbone pin or bush (2.5.A.1c)
• offside front Front suspension has slight movement at a wishbone pin or bush (2.5.A.1c)
• nearside front Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrules (3.6.B.4e)
• offside front Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrules (3.6.B.4e)
• nearside rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrules (3.6.B.4e)
• offside rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrules (3.6.B.4e)
• nearside front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
• offside front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
• nearside rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
• offside rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
• centre rear Brake pipe slightly corroded x2 (3.6.B.2c)

 

Well if I didn't chuckle to myself in a slightly hysterical 'thank fuck for that website' way...my natural cynicism would lead me to believe any dealer inheriting such a wreck would probably ditch the advisory sheet if that's possible. If not, it explains its continued presence on Autotrader.

 

I thought about making a seperate thread catchily entitled 'MOT History Website Saves the Day', or preferably 'MOT History's Hidden Wrecks', but I fear it's repeating the purpose of other threads...

[Guest Hooli]

Bargain...

[beko1987]

I think we should have an mot lols thread, would go with the ebay tat and ebay fmwwtt threads, always good to scroll through for a laugh

[Bren]

To be honest at lot of that list is bollocks. It's an old car.