What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[myglaren]

This just turned up on ARRSE

 

[vulgalour]

From a 1978 recipe book that was given to me by a friend a few years ago.  Said friend got the book from a charity shop for £1.50.  The book appears to be out of print.  Boyfriend's parents are the sorts that are impossible to buy for because they're of an age that they've got everything they need so this book has come in incredibly useful for making up a hamper for them.  Stuff I can make is stuff they can't buy and don't already have, so it's perfect.

 

The book is The Picnic Book by Carol Wright and it's full of easy, quick food that doesn't look particularly thrilling but tastes and smells fantastic, in that way no-nonsense 70s recipes often do.  There's no photographs in the book, not even drawings of the food, so I've no idea what stuff is supposed to look like.  The end result is fairly rustic looking things.  The cheese and bacon loaves are some sort of tear-and-share type bread that uses no yeast.  My one of those is unlikely to see the weekend, I keep chopping a slice off to enjoy.

 

The Spiced Nut Cake (ginger and walnut) smells amazing.  Looks a bit crap.  It's made the entire house smell edible.

 

I've got mince pies to make tomorrow, three dozen ideally for those that want them.  I don't need a recipe for those, I've been making them the same way using my late Mum's recipe (which I have no idea where she got from, but probably her Mum) for years and can do it from memory.  So to finish off the hamper it was Mary Berry's Gifts of Food for some Chilli Chutney which are just waiting for me to make labels for.

 

 

I really enjoy baking stuff like this.  Trouble is, most of the things I make Mike doesn't really like and most of the recipes are for family quantities and not easily split down smaller so December is usually the only time of year I get to do it since there's people to give the extra to.  It's certainly been a delicious end of 2017.

[MrDuke]

IT'S A WIFE-MINE NOW!

 

Utter and complete genius, I almost wet myself laughing several times.

[spike60]

Frisky pizza van!

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc73BHPDetu/?r=wa1

[oldcars]

Frisky pizza van!

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc73BHPDetu/?r=wa1

Wish folk would stop videoing me going to work in the morning.

[andy18s]

Just had notice of changes to the Vignette over here for next year

Seems they are doing a full on Doovla and losing the sticky pads you get to show you've paid,and going full electronic

Costs are going up to pay for it obviously

Which means our Legacy is now going to cost 97 lev a year to tax...........

About £40

 

And as a Brucie bonus,if you tax the car on the 2nd of Jan then you are covered untill the 31st so are effectively getting 13 months for the price of 12...

Every little helps

[treehugger]

Man utd losing!

[puddlethumper]

Man Utd lost, me thinks.

[Bucketeer]

Unfortunate shadow art in the house I'm working at today.

 

[FakeConcern]

It's not going in the yard, Russ. It's going in the living room.

 

[Timewaster]

Go and confuse the fuck out of your local Peugeot dealer's service manager.

 

 

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[sierraman]

Halfords had 1/2 drive ratchet rebuild kits in today, selling them off at £1 a go. Bought one on the off chance it will fit my non Halfords one. Then went in Lidl, marvelled at the stupendousy shit bottle jack then bought a can of their anti rust red oxide for £2.49. Whilst in there i bought 24 cans of something else to tide me over Xmas.

[Pillock]

Wish folk would stop videoing me going to work in the morning.

Dollywobbler, Welsh roads, soon hopefully.

[strangeangel]

Listening to Radio Caroline's test transmissions on 648kHz. Broadcasting from the MV Ross Revenge starts tomorrow morning!

[Ghosty]

I think my dickhead neighbour's had to give up his M3.

 

Also, they've fucked off for Christmas.

[Wack]

Could it have been "BIT-CH"? That would make it a local-ish Bitburg number.

 

There a girl that owns a chip shop in Standish with D 81 TCH spaced out to D 81TCH

[puddlethumper]

Listening to Radio Caroline's test transmissions on 648kHz. Broadcasting from the MV Ross Revenge starts tomorrow morning!

Loved Caroline till it sank. Had my top 20 album tracks played in 74, I think, could be wrong coz I iz ain chent, from 9 to midnight, signal coming and going. Aah, nostalgia.

I'll check it out though. Cheers for the info.

[trigger]

I had myself another daughter today. Mrs T was in labour for 45 mins before popping out a 7 Ib 1 oz baby girl!, It's amazing to think that after 9 years and 4 failed IVF treatments what we were told that we couldn't have children before our first one came along two years ago, and then we was told again that we couldn't have children and low and behold then a second one arrives, goes to show that the doctors don't always get it right.

 

Can't say that I'm looking forwards to all the black nappies and sleepless nights again though!

[beko1987]

The second one is always the badly behaved one! Also the one you give less of a toss about, I mean the first one is still alive, so meh, carry on child!

[Pillock]

Congratumalations Trigger and Mrs Trigger!

[FakeConcern]

I had myself another daughter today. Mrs T was in labour for 45 mins before popping out a 7 Ib 1 oz baby girl!, It's amazing to think that after 9 years and 4 failed IVF treatments what we were told that we couldn't have children before our first one came along two years ago, and then we was told again that we couldn't have children and low and behold then a second one arrives, goes to show that the doctors don't always get it right.

 

Can't say that I'm looking forwards to all the black nappies and sleepless nights again though!

Second daughter is the cheeky one!

[Louise2cv]

Nice one Trig!

 

Is Mrs Trigger ok? Quick labours can often be quite a shock. Sure you are looking after them all though.

 

Many congratulations, enjoy the new arrival!

[DeeJay]

Are you going to pick them up in the van?

[trigger]

Nice one Trig!

 

Is Mrs Trigger ok? Quick labours can often be quite a shock. Sure you are looking after them all though.

 

Many congratulations, enjoy the new arrival!

She was in shock for a while with the shakes and everything but calmed down about a hour later, she's staying in the hospital over night as they want to run some checks in the morning and Dorothy had a birth mark under her nose they want to check over.

 

No such excitement sadly with the collecting them, I can't even collect them in the Rover as thats in the in laws garage!

[beko1987]

Are you going to pick them up in the van?

Quickly weld some seats and a bar to strap the car seat down as would have been customary when the van was new!

 

Apparently my grandparents a reg nova had a bar welded into the boot for child seat straps and I'm still alive! Think grandad still has the straps somewhere incase they come in handy

[Guest Hooli]

Luxury!

 

My dad had a mini van that he put bucket seats in, so we got the front seats loose in the back. Taught me to read the road to know when to hang on though.

[gm]

It was my nephews birthday on Monday so I bought him a new duvet set. I know that doesn't sound like a very exciting gift for an eleven year old but he seems to like it

 

 

 

 

I mean, who wouldn't want to wake up in a giant pizza ?

[dollywobbler]

Luxury!

 

My dad had a mini van that he put bucket seats in, so we got the front seats loose in the back. Taught me to read the road to know when to hang on though.

 

I recall my dad taking us food shopping in a Bedford Rascal. I sat on the wheelarch tub in the back, holding onto my sister in her pushchair...

[Tamworthbay]

We used to go down to Wales to see relatives in my Brothers works carpet van, he drove with Dad up front (whoonly ever rode a motorbike), My mum, three sisters and me were in the back on a double mattress. I also remember being taken to a scouts 5 a side football match in the scoutmasters car, there were seven of us (5+2 reserves) and him driving so 8 in total in a MK2 escort. No one thought anything of it then but if you look at the road deaths over the years there may have been something in it. After all the people who died horribly aren’t going to be arguing the counter point.

[RickRirai]

Cracking plate

 

Let's see pictures of the escort cabriolet Your sat in then

 

Blimey you got sharp eyes. Sorry I was offline fro a few days so couldn't oblige.

Here is it, i don't have so many pictures so it's a bit lame. As soon as they're running well I kind of loose interest and start looking for the next one to do. I bought it in Feb for the princely sum of 50 Euro! It still had a test 'till Sept and I got another 2 years test in Sept so a bit of a winner really:

It's a Escort Tennis I believe.

Some top German reg plate spots there guys! The funny thing is the Germans just don't seem to understand this kind of humour. For example the German word for anus is after and believe it or not After Eights are very popular here...WTF Anus Eights??? But no one seems to find it funny...I've been here for more than 17 years and I am still practically hammering the floor whenever I see them in the supermarket.

Another weird thing is how many people have a swear word for their surname. Wanker, fucker I've seem them all. Apparently you can get a free deed pole change if you do have such a surname but such names are still relatively common.

Imagine my delight when I saw a van with Fucker Brothers on the side of it, and here they are http://www.formenbau-gf.de/

Wierd.