What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[fordperv]

Boys never want dollies.

Mrs fp finds it amusing that I spend time in the back garden playing with my dollies

[Aston Martin]

How many raffles has she been in?

[Roobarb]

My local airport parking... (Minneapolis - St Paul)

 

If only I could get this pic the right way 'round!

[Aston Martin]

I'm not 100% and cannot confirm the driver other than it was a white dude. But based on my location and a quick Google of where the dude lives ... I believe I saw this...

 

[purplebargeken]

Had a grin but can't for the life of me remember what it was.

[Ghosty]

I'm not 100% and cannot confirm the driver other than it was a white dude. But based on my location and a quick Google of where the dude lives ... I believe I saw this...

 

 

It's certainly been the day for driving a California.

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm not 100% and cannot confirm the driver other than it was a white dude. But based on my location and a quick Google of where the dude lives ... I believe I saw this...

 

And that's a grin??

[castros_bro]

Had a FTP the evening before a Gatwick flight, hole in the diesel filter housing sucking in air, found a Rover 25 Diesel filter and a bit of string as a secure mounting. 

 

 

 

[Bobthebeard]

This....

 

Wilkinsons wet and dry emery paper packaging.

Am unclear why the elephants.

'A smoother finish when wet' depicted by some wrinkled and decidedly un smooth wet elephants.

'Especially suitable for smoothing filler and cleaning electrical contacts' leaves me similarly bemused, but amused.

 

Although my latest 'nothing to lose' efforts at spraying the Oldsmobile in satin black is maybe what Wilkinsons cleverly foresaw.

[Stanky]

Another clean pass for the ex-Vantman Saab today, this puts me in the shocking position of having 2 cars which both have MOT without a single advisory between them!

[Bobthebeard]

Another clean pass for the ex-Vantman Saab today, this puts me in the shocking position of having 2 cars which both have MOT without a single advisory between them!

Hush! Not so loud..

The cars may hear you!

[yellowperil]

As part of getting the Renault Modus on the road I had to change both dipped beam bulbs, because the last time it was driven both had packed up.

I had all the plastics off the top of the engine to put a new battery on and had read on a forum about someone who managed to change the bulbs "from the top" so I thought I would try.

New battery on, turn lights on to see what was what and the drivers side is working, bonus!

So I set to,trying to do the passenger side and got the cover off the back and was trying to figure the clip out without being able to see it,wiggling it when I noticed the bulb was on.

I wiggled everything and couldn't get it to go out again, so cover back on and I shall drive at night praying to the French God of illumination.

The other grin is the lorry I was driving three days ago caught fire today on the A47 and everyone got away unhurt.

[overrun]

Saw either a Megane rescuing a 307 CC, 307 CC rescuing Megane, or more likely, two fucked, French cars, bonnets up and facing each other

[wuvvum]

The other grin is the lorry I was driving three days ago caught fire today on the A47 and everyone got away unhurt.

There were a lot of people whingeing about that at work this morning...

 

 

Edit: the fire and resulting delays, not the fact that everyone got away unhurt.

[yellowperil]

If it's any consolation I got caught up in the traffic myself. It really did make a massive tailback.

 

The time from when the crew saw the smoke to the flames taking hold was very short, so they were very lucky.

[Guest Hooli]

I saw a real proper genuine Lotus Carlton in the wild tonight, not seen one for years. Still a bloody wonderful looking motor, wish I could afford one.

[outlaw118]

I've made an executive desicion to come off the anti-depressants. That don't seem to be making me any happier, just moar tired, which then means i cba to do anything, which in turn cause teh grumps.

 

So i've been self medicating with this lot:

 

(And crack obvs)

[Guest Hooli]

Can't beat a nice bit of crack to cheer you up...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anti-depressants always make me chuckle, I've never seen any that don't list suicidal thoughts as a side effect. Which seems to be proof they do fuck all as why else would you be on them?

[Parky]

My TV remote control never fails to make Mrs Browns Boys go away. That makes me happy

[EssDeeWon]

Parky, I am yet to know someone who doesn't think that show is absolute shit but it keeps getting new series.

 

Its beyond shit, its just plain awful.

[eddyramrod]

Grin today because I scored two 8x4 sheets of ply from the builders working at the back of our shop today.  They had been serving as a temporary garage door until the new one was installed, which must have happened yesterday after I delivered.  Fuck me are they heavy!  They're bloody thick, must be 2cm or thereabouts.  So a builder and I wrestled them into the van and I thought I'd take them to my lockup, but because of other factors, time wasn't going to be on my side, so I dropped them at home, in the back alley.  Came home from work, said nothing about them to MrsR, and when I took the dog out at 8pm I brought them in.  Bloody hell it's hard work single-handed!

Tomorrow when she steps outside she's going to notice these two bloody big sheets of ply in our tiny yard.  I will be in Shit Street then...

[omegod]

I paid £46 for a sheet of 8x4 inch thick ply last month, couldn't see the  gold plating but I'm sure it's there somewhere. Might make her happier if she reads this 

[eddyramrod]

In all the time we've been together, she's been distinctly unimpressed by my scavenging abilities, but thanks for the effort!

[M'coli]

Spotted on tonight's bike ride: plenty of rabbits, some fledgling rooks on the deck by the rookery at The British Library looking very JUVENILE!, a flying heron, a rat, and an owl... ...plus in one driveway a pair of Volvosaurus 240 saloons and something with the roofline of a Triumph Herald.

[trigger]

There's a new program on during the days at 11am on BBC1 about the A1 carriageway, it's pretty good to be fair for a daytime show, today's one featured a motorbike with a built in friggin A frame! I've never seen anything like it, they are called minutemen, they pull up, open the back of the motorbike open and this bloody great A frame pulls out and they tow them off the motorway. Amazing!

[fiatdaft]

A front end facelift for my fabia,

 

 

 

 

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[M'coli]

Aye...

 

 

 

It's all about the chinny chin chin!

[M'coli]

A front end facelift for my fabia,

 

 

 

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Is that a 1600 sport in that shot?

 

[fiatdaft]

Aye.

 

 

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[Mr A Lawrence]

There's a new program on during the days at 11am on BBC1 about the A1 carriageway, it's pretty good to be fair for a daytime show, today's one featured a motorbike with a built in friggin A frame! I've never seen anything like it, they are called minutemen, they pull up, open the back of the motorbike open and this bloody great A frame pulls out and they tow them off the motorway. Amazing!

We saw that.

 

Amazing bit of kit, wonder what they cost.