What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[trigger]

OMG! I've just got to my hotel room after a great day at the NEC, I've just looked out of the bedroom window to the car park and there's two old boys getting out of a Renault 20/30 outside!

[trigger]

Update, it's infact a A reg R30 TX V6! Perfect!

[Mr Lobster]

Agreed! NEC was excellent.

 

Nice to see you and Mrs Trig as well, and I have decided that it was worth the £23 to get in. Really enjoyed today. Those that are going this weekend - enjoy - theres a lot to see!

 

More on this L8R.

[eddyramrod]

I can has job!

More importantly it's well paid by my standards so that of course will mean new shite time and I will have more to choose from - yay!

 

My Dad has been talking about how I could get a nice sensible 1.4 Focus - boo!

 

Well first off, congratulations! Secondly, ok, new shite... you can please both you and Dad by buying a 1.4 Focus.... 1998 model, for next to nothing. Still get the Focus experience, but the spirit of shite is maintained, especially if you can get one with about a million miles on it, that breaks down every other day. (As long as Dad will fork out for the endless supply of expensive plastic/electronic bits that will need replacing...) Good luck!

[Cavcraft]

 

 

Jesus wept I hope to God I never see her bush.

[Minimad5]

Agree with you too there Billy

 

What is making me grin :

The fact no one does their job propperly.

 

1) Recently changed ISP (internet service providers) - And internet didn't work for a good 2 weeks.

So i got bored of SKY people mumbling lies down the phone an decided to look at it myself - 2 Minutes later i've fixed it - RESULT .

(Wires were incorrectly installed into the ADSL cable)

 

2) Recently had my bedroom door and frame replaced an the "clever man" who did it foobared all my wall (Cracks an so on)

So i pulled all the shit off an have started re-plastering an re-doing his work . It's not looking too bad - RESULT .

 

Also making me grin is my Apprenticeship, had a review yesterday an my manager came in to chat about everything with my tutors.

Things couldn't be going any better - again RESULT

Maths test next week though .....

 

All in all everything seems to be going well.

[Negative Creep]

I can has job!

More importantly it's well paid by my standards so that of course will mean new shite time and I will have more to choose from - yay!

 

My Dad has been talking about how I could get a nice sensible 1.4 Focus - boo!

 

Well first off, congratulations! Secondly, ok, new shite... you can please both you and Dad by buying a 1.4 Focus.... 1998 model, for next to nothing. Still get the Focus experience, but the spirit of shite is maintained, especially if you can get one with about a million miles on it, that breaks down every other day. (As long as Dad will fork out for the endless supply of expensive plastic/electronic bits that will need replacing...) Good luck!

 

 

Oh no, this will be totally bought and maintained by myself. A Focus is nowhere near shite enough for my liking - I'm thinking something like a 6 pot BMW or Merc 190 next. Or maybe an MR2, or XR3i, or whatever I change my mind to in the next 30 minutes

[eddyramrod]

If you're paying for it yourself, get something made of steel, with a carburettor. Steel doesn't break like plastic does, and carbs don't usually need their own Silicon Valley. Hmm, I feel a distinct tang of Allegro in the air...

[STUNO]

I can has job!

 

Got a sales post for a high end audio maker. First "proper" interview I've had in a long time but somehow despite me being shy and utterly lacking in confidence I actually did alright and was offered it a few hours later. It's only until the new year though, but that will give me the opportunity to look for work in Plymouth whilst having the cash for a house deposit. More importantly it's well paid by my standards so that of course will mean new shite time and I will have more to choose from - yay!

 

My Dad has been talking about how I could get a nice sensible 1.4 Focus - boo!

 

Congrats too ! but a house deposit is the end of shite for a while, normality beckons

[Negative Creep]

I can has job!

 

Got a sales post for a high end audio maker. First "proper" interview I've had in a long time but somehow despite me being shy and utterly lacking in confidence I actually did alright and was offered it a few hours later. It's only until the new year though, but that will give me the opportunity to look for work in Plymouth whilst having the cash for a house deposit. More importantly it's well paid by my standards so that of course will mean new shite time and I will have more to choose from - yay!

 

My Dad has been talking about how I could get a nice sensible 1.4 Focus - boo!

 

Congrats too ! but a house deposit is the end of shite for a while, normality beckons

 

 

Nah, this would be a rented house certainly not even thinking about things like a mortgage right now so I can continue combining the two as I have done until now. Hmmm, that might be why I have no money though.......

[scaryoldcortina]

After almost 8 weeks in plaster, my young un got his cast off today... we were sent from orthopaedics to physiotherapy for assesment, after checking his hand for mobility and asking about pain/stiffness the pysio said he was ok, and avoid strenuous exercise and contact sports for a while, then asked Con if he had any questions. Staight away he said

"will I be able to play the piano" you can guess the rest.

[Richard]

"great, I couldn't play it before"?

[scaryoldcortina]

"great, I couldn't play it before"?

 

got it in one. 14 years old and he's trolling real life!

[Lankytim]

This story on ARO made me smile

 

http://austin-rover.co.uk/cotm201011f.htm

 

I wish I had the time/space/money/skills to do things like this!

 

Its for sale!

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1980-AUSTIN-MORRI ... _500wt_951

[RedSparrow]

My latest farmville promotion made me lol:

 

[cms206]

Out for pizza last night, took a wrong turn and stumbled across a Mk3 Granada limo and a driveway containing a Viva and no less than two mid 70's Vauxhall Victors, one saloon, one estate... another visit to be paid in daylight, I think!

[Angrydicky]

A Pageant Blue S reg Allegro estate has appeared in a driveway a few doors down! It used to be there a few years back, but was replaced with an R reg Metro and I thought it had long been scrapped. Must take pictures in daylight

 

Out for pizza last night, took a wrong turn and stumbled across a Mk3 Granada limo and a driveway containing a Viva and no less than two mid 70's Vauxhall Victors, one saloon, one estate... another visit to be paid in daylight, I think!

 

I wonder if those are the Vivas JJ has spotted in Glasgow?

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

The amount of PRIME CHOD in Cyprus (FIAT 132, Datsun 140J, ancient festering Leyland lorries, etc.), as well as meeting my niece for the first time and seeing my sister for the first time in nearly 2 years.

[MrDuke]

First proper session out in the Riva today - OMG how much do I love it?! It even smells exactly like my old one did!! Same wallowy ride, treacle-filled gearbox, wandering steering, and vague pedal action, I literally couldn't stop smiling

 

Also quite impressed by the amount of disgusted/pitiful/confused/angry looks it generates from onlookers, although the whole unwashed patina might be adding to it a bit too much. In all honesty, it's amazing how many people don't even recognise/remember them, the (young-sounding) lad at the insurers didn't have the slightest idea what it was! Must be my age.....

[Cavcraft]

At long bleeding last Chester seems to have found something to attract people to for Crimbo...

 

 

Not to chipper with heights but it was bloody brilliant and hoping to go back tomorrow for the daytime view and maybe have a bash at the ice skating rink.

 

*Excuse shite photography

[warren t claim]

Ace! A pikey fairground! I'll keep an eye on my diesel when I'm passing.

[Albert Ross]

Great, now you can see your scabby council house in Blacon or the Lache, and see it being robbed whilst YOU are being robbed. Brilliant. Obviously not YOUR house Cavette, more "One's house"

[eddyramrod]

The amount of PRIME CHOD in Cyprus (FIAT 132, Datsun 140J, ancient festering Leyland lorries, etc.), as well as meeting my niece for the first time and seeing my sister for the first time in nearly 2 years.

 

Humblest apologies sir! I forgot the dates you were coming over. Never mind, I hope you'll be posting pics? I don't get to spend a lot of time where you were, so it'll be interesting...

[Cavcraft]

Great, now you can see your scabby council house in Blacon or the Lache, and see it being robbed whilst YOU are being robbed. Brilliant. Obviously not YOUR house Cavette, more "One's house"

 

 

Whoa there Neddy, one used to live in Smokey. Blacon is fucking ace, I had a few years there once and to say it was full of 'characters' would be something of an understatement. It gets a very bad press (some of it deserved) but in all honesty most people there would give you their last fag or slice of bread if you asked them. I loved most of my time there though as I know a lot of people round there and my missus has family in the 'hood it certainly helped. The Lache (or Lar Shay as it's known) is a bit of a blast too and to be fair both of those areas are not full of snobs unlike most of the rest of the place. Having said that I wouldn't be in any great rush to buy a place there if I could help it

 

I still couldn't see my scabby council house in the dark though, I'll try again tomorrow

[Albert Ross]

I used to live in Lloyd's Place in Blacon, and on Sycamore Drive in the Lache. I drank in the then "Saddle" and the Bear n Billet, also another pub that had Dave Brubeck and The Move on the Jukey, nearer the rail station.... (It will come to me). I worked close to Padeswood, opposite the cement works, and drove a late 60's petrol Land Rover in Blue. Used to hang around the Nurses home at Countess too..... that was fun!

 

Got it... Bull and Stirrup. nowhere "near" the station, but closer to it than the Saddle.

[retrogeezer]

Neil Diamond on the electric proms bbc2 is great...

[pogweasel]

Neil Diamond on the electric proms bbc2 is great...

+1

Another great music doc beforehand too. Come the revolution I will make all X-factor-watching PLEBS sit down and be forcibly educated on what music is actually about. These programmes are ace. This one was particularly informative, as although the recent Reuben-collaborative Diamond work is on my radar, my initial contact with his work was the wanky 70's/80's bouffant-era toss that my mother listened to when I were a lad.

 

Always worth a watch regardless of who is being showcased.

In fact as a result of watching the one on Steve Winwood a couple of months back, I ended up with the man himself as a faecebook friend....

[Cavcraft]

Ah couple of my irregular haunts there. The Bull was a half decent place and was quite empty about 8.30pm on a Saturday night so good for a game of pool or two in peace and quiet.

Saddle was good for live bands and some of the regulars were a bit eccentric but a good laugh. That's now called the Chester Bells and went a bit sort of snooty and uninviting. The Bear had one of the worse reputations in Cheshire at one point, I think if you didn't have a pocket full of Columbian marching powder or bush you weren't allowed in.

 

IIrc Lloyds Place is off Stamford Road? I lived the other side behind the old camp shops and many a good night was had in the Wagon, saw some fucking hilarious things in there, though it always seemed a bit of a powderkeg pub.

 

Funny about you mentioning Castle Cement and Land Rovers, there's been a Land Rover specialist right opposite the entrance for as long as I can remember and I expect you'll probably know the fella, D Lawrence is that where you worked?

[autofive]

 

i like the idea of a royal family roundabout

 

presumably it involves pretending your not an interbred German with an uncle who married a man, hiding in Scotland during world war two, then killing a pregnant clothes-horse in a tunnel

[retrogeezer]

Another great music doc beforehand too

 

yeh, that was good - loved the bit about how 'Beautiful Noise' was written.