What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[strangeangel]

Going to collect my new ride in the morning!

 

 

 

[fordperv]

My mum was telling me she was going to buy a replacement petrol lawnmower, when I asked what was wrong with the old one she told me it was seized, its a briggs and stratton engined mower which is only 12 years old so relatively modern, so I took it away for an hour or so stripped it down cleaned it up etc it unseized very easily, then it was running like a good one, sorted a couple of other little bits on it then took it back around with some fresh fuel in and she was over the moon with it

[strangeangel]

  On 14/10/2017 at 18:57, fordperv said:

My mum was telling me she was going to buy a replacement petrol lawnmower, when I asked what was wrong with the old one she told me it was seized, its a briggs and stratton engined mower which is only 12 years old so relatively modern, so I took it away for an hour or so stripped it down cleaned it up etc it unseized very easily, then it was running like a good one, sorted a couple of other little bits on it then took it back around with some fresh fuel in and she was over the moon with it

 

When I go to the local recycling site to get rid of all my crap, I am often greeted by the sight of petrol mowers left by the metal skip, and I invariably wonder how dead they really are. Sadly, they're too big to fit in the Curver box I use for dumping metal scrap (and squirrelling small items of electrical equipment/gas canisters etc.).

[155V6]

  On 14/10/2017 at 18:48, strangeangel said:

Going to collect my new ride in the morning!

 

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A bit out of touch with bikes now,what is it?

[Lord Sterling]

  On 13/10/2017 at 12:10, wuvvum said:

Stansted airport appears to be taking its heritage seriously and the announcements are all now read in an Essex accent.

I heard of a similar one up in Leeds train station where the announcer announces a safety message in a very northern accent alomg the lines of 'You are not a train'. Never heard it myself.

[strangeangel]

  On 14/10/2017 at 19:19, 155V6 said:

A bit out of touch with bikes now,what is it?

 

A Honda DN-01

 

[Wack]

  On 14/10/2017 at 18:43, omegod said:

My absolute pain in the arse neighbour knocked earlier to say she was moving out along with her 3 pain in the arse dogs , I really struggled to not do cartwheels in front of her.  The landlord appeared a little later and apparently she's not paid rent for months and the place is an absolute shit hole inside which he insisted I see, the massive turd in the middle of the living room was a surprise 

 

We had neighbours like that 15 years ago , it all came to a head when she had a go at my wife who in normal circumstances is easy going but on this occasion the bitch got more than she bargained for, then one Saturday morning  a couple of transit vans turned up and they went , it was quite satisfying waving them off , fuck off enjoy your new life

 

turned out they hadn't been paying the mortgage but the kids were still having riding lessons to fit in with her pretend life of being wealthy

[Stanky]

  On 14/10/2017 at 19:02, strangeangel said:

When I go to the local recycling site to get rid of all my crap, I am often greeted by the sight of petrol mowers left by the metal skip, and I invariably wonder how dead they really are. Sadly, they're too big to fit in the Curver box I use for dumping metal scrap (and squirrelling small items of electrical equipment/gas canisters etc.).

 

this exact phenomenon has kept me in disposable income for the past 2 years. The answer is almost always 'not dead at all' - if the deck isn;t full of holes then its been thrown out for looking old, rather than any flaw. if the deck IS full of holes, then the engine will still be absolutely fine and just needs transplanting.

 

I have only ever had 2 briggs engines which are beyond redemption. One had clearly been used to mow someone's rockery and the other one had been run for a sustained period with no oil at all.

[Eddie Honda]

  On 14/10/2017 at 18:48, strangeangel said:

Going to collect my new ride in the morning!

[strangeangel]

^^^ good innit? Honda haven't made anything that stylish since the Pacific Coast and, before that, the Helix

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Just read a couple of things about the Dn01 , and I'm even more confused than I was before.

But at least it's not another Cafebobber retro thing.

I'm off to try and get my head around the belt less, hydraulic cvt malarkey.

[Eddie Honda]

  On 14/10/2017 at 20:16, strangeangel said:

^^^ good innit? Honda haven't made anything that hideous since the Pacific Coast and, before that, the Helix

FTFY.

[Mr Laurence]

  On 14/10/2017 at 20:11, Eddie Honda said:

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[hairnet]

  On 14/10/2017 at 17:01, John F said:

You went to Dresden to watch a live production of the Jungle Book (in a well-heated tent)?

Went to see this lot

 

Bonus chod on the walk back

 

Cane hire car back to Berlin tomorrow

[Supernaut]

  On 14/10/2017 at 18:48, strangeangel said:

Going to collect my new ride in the morning!

 

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Ahem! That looks nothing like a Raleigh RSW with a chainsaw engine!

 

 

Anyway, this made me snigger slightly.

 

https://youtu.be/2-qHo7YT4w8

[Dave_Q]

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Ruud Gullit!!!! The Toon's best years IMO.

[twosmoke300]

Just completed two days trail riding on the Isle of Man . 11 of us from cornwall travelled up on thurs and head back on the 2.30 ferry today . Fucking awesome ! Bit of a hangover now mind

[hairnet]

Yeah set alarm for 0620

Get up at 751

Gone for 8

At Berlin 0914 (its 106 miles)

Ffs

[hairnet]

Nein

 

Holland and Belgium next weekend

 

I'd have done Czech yesterday in the car as it was only 25 miles but didn't have time

[DodgeRover]

Father DodgeRover has qualified for an invite to the national ploughing championships, I'm assuming it's in the Ferguson class. Hopefully it will be somewhere in the middle of the country so he can attend.

[hairnet]

  On 15/10/2017 at 07:37, hairnet said:

Yeah set alarm for 0620

 

Get up at 751

 

Gone for 8

 

At Berlin 0914

 

Ffs

and due to the above 27 mpg outta the pug hire car

[vulgalour]

  On 14/10/2017 at 16:59, vulgalour said:

Saw an LDV Convoy minibus with a VW T25 Westfalia fibreglass top grafted onto the roof today.  Impressive.  Can't get the photograph off my camera at the moment otherwise I'd share.

 

I'd forgotten about the side windows in the loft extension being made entirely of gaffer tape on both sides. It was huge, like a bungalow on wheels.

[panhard65]

  On 15/10/2017 at 11:52, DodgeRover said:

Father DodgeRover has qualified for an invite to the national ploughing championships, I'm assuming it's in the Ferguson class. Hopefully it will be somewhere in the middle of the country so he can attend.

They are holding a ploughing thing near Taunton this weekend and I can't believe the stupid place they have picked. It is in the middle of nowhere with single track roads to get to it. I had to drop a car back on Friday going past the place and what should of been a half hour return trip turned into and hour and a half nightmare getting stuck behind caravans and bloody tractors

[Tamworthbay]

Possible winner of shittest car ad pic ever? What was the point? Ooh look I have cleaned the car at least once. Even worse, it was the FIRST pic in the listing.

[fordperv]

Today I found my chance to clean up some future shite, fil fps dacia duster, the poor thing was covered in metal fallout causing tiny rust spots and the paint felt like braille it was also very dull, so it had a good wash and dry, clay barring to remove fallout then another wash and dry, then a little paint rectification then finally a polish and wax, I stupidly didn't take a before picture

 

 

To show the finish

 

 

Safe to say he was very pleased with it

[wuvvum]

  On 15/10/2017 at 14:35, vulgalour said:

201710-03.jpgI'd forgotten about the side windows in the loft extension being made entirely of gaffer tape on both sides. It was huge, like a bungalow on wheels.

That's a 400 not a Convoy.

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[wuvvum]

  On 14/10/2017 at 18:48, strangeangel said:

Going to collect my new ride in the morning!

 

 

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Bloody hell, look at the wheelbase on that thing. I bet it's an absolute twat on a twisty back road.

[Guest Hooli]

  On 15/10/2017 at 14:55, Tamworthbay said:

Possible winner of shittest car ad pic ever? What was the point? Ooh look I have cleaned the car at least once. Even worse, it was the FIRST pic in the listing.IMG_0680.PNG

 

Buy my car, it's so good I can't help jizzing all over it!

[strangeangel]

  On 15/10/2017 at 16:39, wuvvum said:

Bloody hell, look at the wheelbase on that thing. I bet it's an absolute twat on a twisty back road.

 

At the speeds I ride I'm very likely to never find out.