What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[320touring]

Nice yin!

[Sloth in a bowl]

Was in the Co-op earlier and on the way out something caught my eye on the table full of old books by the exit.

 

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I have never really paid much attention to the table before, but a bit of investigating it seems its a charity book table where if you see something you like, you pay a 'generous ddonation' and take it.

 

Slightly unsure of what a 'generous donation' was I paid £2.

 

Got home, looking at the book, I notice this on the back cover:

 

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So I paid more than it cost new. Typical.

 

I am also pretty sure I have this book at my mums house but she's probably binned it TBH.

 

Still a right result though.

I'm sure I had that book at some point about 1980.

[barmatt]

At work on my own this afternoon, bugger all customers around due to omgdoriskaos!!! So a good catch up on here it is then.

[eddyramrod]

MrsR is constantly nagging at me about all my model cars, and the handful of display cabinets I have some of them in.  Notwithstanding, she recently ordered me a brand new cabinet for the dining room, which is now up and part-filled (it doesn't come with enough shelves) and yesterday spotted on FB a couple of wooden cabinets, cheap.  And gave me her blessing to buy them!  So in the pitch black of 7.30pm I set off to Coniston - the very same Coniston where we were supposed to have an AS meet 4 years ago, that morphed into Ulverston - and collected them.  Turns out the old couple concerned are friends of someone at work!  Not only that, the cabinets were hand-made by someone both couples know.  They're lovely too, strongly-built and big enough to hold 1/43 scale cars.  Of course strongly-built means heavy, so I've had to coerce a workmate into coming round this afternoon to help me carry them upstairs.  Where the fuck I'm going to put them I have no idea; they can sit in the middle of the floor for the moment.

Coniston: 55 miles round trip, on the darkest, narrowest, twistiest roads on the planet.  Mostly with a BMW up my arse.  I could see further on his dips than on my mains (Tacuma).  No, it wasn't the same BMW, they just all do that.

 

Oh and I got a bonus heavily-repainted Dinky fire engine as part of the deal, for restoration probably.  It'll look nice red again.

 

 

And as I'm typing this, she's just asked from the next room where the cabinets are going to go.  Bloody hell woman, patience!

[cort16]

Got the cortina going on the electronic ignition with my new FBI battery.

No more cranking for ever to start with the new fuel pump either thank fuck as it was really annoying .

The timing was way way out on the new setup but moved the distributer around and it ran okay . Probably need to put a new cap and leads on it but at least it starts and runs .

[320touring]

Good news re the cort chap:)

[cort16]

Should be on the road by 2019

[BavarianRetro]

About Twenty past eight. Good work.

[bramz7]

I have got a (hopefully) epic car filled day tomorrow. It's going to be exhausting, but I don't care. 

 

Fingers crossed I'll have something to post about at the end of the day too.

[overrun]

Seeing an 1800 pez Freelander 1, totally standard aside from the ONE LIFE LIVE IT guff plastered in foot high letters down the side.

[michael1703]

As it was a bit windy yesterday all the land rover series/defender's driven by middle aged men were driving about with puffed out chests, their tow ropes on show and probably a boot full of chainsaws.

[catsinthewelder]

I ended up taking a few branches off a fallen tree that the traffic was trying to squeeze past.

 

Obviously I was doing it wrong with a handsaw and a shonky Astra.

[Cheggers]

Being overtaken on the M275 yesterday by a lovely blue SE5a Scimitar. By 'eck they're a handsome car.

 

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[DodgeRover]

The sun is shining and I'm sat in the van on my lunch with a big bag of chips, only thing that could make it better would be looking at a beach rather than a park. And more vinegar

Oh well back to work.

[Lacquer Peel]

As it was a bit windy yesterday all the land rover series/defender's driven by middle aged men were driving about with puffed out chests, their tow ropes on show and probably a boot full of chainsaws.

There's an unofficial 4x4 rescue squad up here whose main job seems to be parading about in their liveried OLLI Land Rovers as if they're the fourth emergency service.

[AMC Rebel]

There's an unofficial 4x4 rescue squad up here whose main job seems to be parading about in their liveried OLLI Land Rovers as if they're the fourth emergency service.

 

There's a few of those around here too.

[michael1703]

The sun is shining and I'm sat in the van on my lunch with a big bag of chips, only thing that could make it better would be looking at a beach rather than a park. And more vinegar

Oh well back to work.

Did you know that vinegar isn't vinegar? No chippy has it, it's watery acetic acid.

 

Try a bit of balsamic for a bit of taste

[Cheggers]

There's an unofficial 4x4 rescue squad up here whose main job seems to be parading about in their liveried OLLI Land Rovers as if they're the fourth emergency service.

Fifth...everyone forgets the Coastguards

 

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[Guest Hooli]

But the AA are the fourth, their adverts say so.

[Eddie Honda]

Did you know that vinegar isn't vinegar? No chippy has it, it's watery acetic acid.

 

Try a bit of balsamic for a bit of taste

Oooh get Mr Waitrose there.

 

Anyway, for chips, salt 'n' sauce please.

[Ditchfinder General]

The worlds slowest taxi.

 

 

I couldn't believe it when I saw it was plated up.

[Lacquer Peel]

Best people carrier in the real world.

[Lacquer Peel]

Fifth...everyone forgets the Coastguards

 

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Don't forget mountain and mine rescues.

[Skizzer]

And the RNLI.

 

Lying bastards, basically, the AA.

[Jon]

Don't forget that Emergency Fish Vet Octavia wagon Mr. Bo11ox spotted in Ebay tat a few years back. Anyone got a picture?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Blimey you've got a good memory

[wuvvum]

On a train, looked at the sat nav on the phone to see how fast we were going, and it said the single track road we were running alongside is called Slutshole Lane. Imagine having to give that as your address.

[wuvvum]

We were doing 82 btw. Class 156 so probably just about flat out.

[Cheggers]

And the RNLI.

 

Lying bastards, basically, the AA.

What do you expect from Alcoholics Anonymous...Probably pissed when they wrote it

 

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[Tamworthbay]

Rang up EE to try and get a better deal (the old I am leaving stuff) saved a packet overall but best bit was that as a 'valued customer' (yeah like I will fall for that) they have a special deal (see previous) but stuff me if they didn't actually come through for once, 6gb data, unlimited text and minutes for £4.99 a month on a one year contract data allowance was higher than normal as we also have our broadband off them. Overall the new cost is less for broadband, calls and two mobile contracts than we were paying BT for broadband and calls!