What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Tamworthbay]

Apparently Ms_Chegg has treated us to a helliday rolling around the Western Isles on a 100 year-old leaker , interspersed with attempts to offset sea sickness. The girl's a kipper.

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FTFY

[Cheggers]

FTFY

After 4 Atlantic circuits and 3 Fastnets I should cope, and Sandra seems to have a cast-iron constitution

 

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[Tamworthbay]

After 4 Atlantic circuits and 3 Fastnets I should cope, and Sandra seems to have a cast-iron constitution

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I am no salty sea dog by any stretch but my limited travels around the western isles were amazing and vomit inducing in equal measure. The currents and swells seem to have a life of their own (I guess due to the number of small islands) but I can't think of a more beautiful place to be and we are heading back next Easter although sea travel will be limited to ferries and perhaps a day trip or two.

[Eddie Honda]

on a 100 year-old gaffer

Is Bill Maynard still around?

[Cheggers]

It's an amazing area to navigate around as the tides are amazing. I've sailed through the area a few times but never island-hopped so I'm really looking forward to it.

 

Hopefully the temperature will creep into double figures as we're there in May

 

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[anonymous user]

Is Bill Maynard still around?

Yes but I don't think he's even 90 yet

[danthecapriman]

Took the Yaris and Daughter out for a drive around earlier, the roads were pretty quiet and I wanted to give the Yaris an Italian tune-up in advance of its MOT next week. We had a lovely drive up the A32, across to Winchester on the A272 then back on smaller roads north of Bishops Waltham. All in all I was out for about an hour, never exceeded 70mph but had a brilliant time doing it. There are some roads up that way which are excellent to drive (for the south of England) and no surprise they are full of bikers in the summer.

There are some great roads down here for just driving around.

I usually take my oldies out that way just for a drive around. I normally go up the A3 and then take the A272 from the Petersfield Industrial turn off then just keep going all the way across towards Winchester then home via the M3/M27.

There's some similar good roads out the back around Chichester and Goodwood too...

[DVee8]

Sitting watching stars in their cars with Pady Mcguinness floating around in a Triumph with Alexei Sayle.

[Sheefag]

After 4 Atlantic circuits and 3 Fastnets I should cope,

 

That's some pedigree, a proper Portsmouth Seadog.

[Cheggers]

That's some pedigree, a proper Portsmouth Seadog.

If you put your ear close to my head you can hear the sea.

 

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[DeeJay]

If you touch my groin you can feel the crabs.

[beko1987]

Not drunk much over the festive period due to the boy being in and out of hospital with some infection. He's much better now, amys at home (and in bed) so I'm 6 random ales down, 8 to go!

[beko1987]

If you touch my groin you can feel the crabs.

That's the shittest chat up line I've ever heard....

[DeeJay]

Drink your other 8 and you'll be whispering it in your loved ones lughole later 

[beko1987]

She fell asleep on the sofa, I've just sent her to bed and cracked the quality street out... I'll poke her in the back when I go to bed and see what happens...

[DeeJay]

Save the Quality Street to go with the Lucozade for when you're in traction.

[drum]

That is fantastic. Is it a hobby garage or an 'earn a living' garage? Either way I am well jel. Looks like a nice part of the world too, what region is it?

Just hobbying and storing my collection of shite. We will be fitting it out as a bungalow first though and living in it while I work on the house. It's a derelict water mill and will take a while.

 

Angus Glens is correct.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Currently watching Flying Scotsman 'From the footplate' on BBC4 and thoroughly enjoying it. Incredibly, so is my wife.

 

one of the teachers from my old school driving the train- used to drive an orange s3 allegro estate legend that he is!

[bub2006]

My money I'd on a swift kicking "he who dares rodders, he who dares

[DeeJay]

Just hobbying and storing my collection of shite. We will be fitting it out as a bungalow first though and living in it while I work on the house. It's a derelict water mill and will take a while.

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Angus Glens is correct.

How big is the footprint of the house?

[purplebargeken]

That isn't a fucking garage, that's a fucking aircraft hanger. Totally 100% jealous!!!!!

[gordonbennet]

Drum, that place looks like Heaven to live, well trousered sir, the work will be worth it.

[drum]

How big is the footprint of the house?

Can't remember exactly, but we're putting a new extension on the front that's 10m x 6m, so I'd guess about 150 sq m.

 

Planning and building warrant have been more of a grump than a grin including a 9 month delay due to a rare* pipestrelle being seen in the vicinity.

[DVee8]

[Sheefag]

I thought it was Alan at first.

 

[fordperv]

Just came across this old advert

 

[MrDuke]

Apparently Mrs_Duke has arranged for me to be included in the annual in-law excursion to Spain/Portugal next spring. Normally this would be a massive GRUMP as they usually stay in horrid hotels full of fat Pogweaseled English 'tourists', and I've managed to avoid it for the last few years. However, I've been assured that there'll be an actual house this year, which will make things more or less bearable.

I'm grinning because I've just realised that it'll be one of the rare opportunities I get to 'legally' ride a scooter (like an absolute wanker) on public roads (without fear of penalty).  With any luck, I might get away with disappearing on it for the duration with a backpack, and losing myself in the Mediterranean countryside like some really shit kind of Hemingway.

[MrDuke]

Oh, also the Craphouse makes me grin, widely. Not the actual content obviously but its mere existence, along with my mental picture of various people punching themselves in the face out of sheer misery at how their freedom of speech is being trampled upon by jackbooted power-crazed moderators. I reckon that on April 1st, they should stick the whole GOM/P thread in there for ultimate LULZ.

[BavarianRetro]

Aye, how bad does it have to be to be so bad that it's too bad for the "Open Forum"? If you started a thread that went to the Craphouse, you'd seriously question the merits of continuing.

[beko1987]

I think we are being pushed more upmarket, the cunt stats threads have been put in the sin bin...