What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[The Moog]

Just off to Borneo for two weeks. I am very excited.

 

Currently an amber alert for kidnapping in the area so if I do get taken, can I publicly bequeath the mx5 to Bucketeer as long as he looks after our two dogs.

[Des]

You want an Irish passport for that, if you then get kidnapped it'll be by mistake and they might even give you a few quid and whatever old bits of scrap they have lying around.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

...How thick are squaddies?

Having heard some of the tales from an acquaintance who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, I get the impression that squaddies are not necessarily thick, but they do tend to think laterally. All kinds of inventive thoughts....

[andy18s]

Yep!

[beko1987]

Just had my ears jet washed out, I can hear again! Should have had it done before shitefest really, apologies if I ignored anyone due to not hearing them!

[AlabamaShrimp]

Your knife is on the wrong side for normal* people

Er no they aren't

[yes oui si]

I'm more concerned that someone is using a knife and fork for a meal which would most easily be eaten with a spoon...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Discovering that Duran Duran used to drive to their early gigs in a Citroën CX Break! My life is complete. 

 

[Mr A Lawrence]

 

I'm calling bullshit though. 

 

8×365= 2920

 

80000÷2920= 27.34.

 

Even with no sleep that's 1 an hour 

 

He must be a looker!!

[Guest Hooli]

Er no they aren't

 

Oh yes they are, you righties are freaks. Just being more of you doesn't make you correct, I mean look at PCP car users - loads of them & all wrong.

[dozeydustman]

I would send you a virtual pint Dozey, but you probably aren't allowed!  Well done, top class effort!

 

 

A virtual glass of port would be fine - I don't drink beer!

[andy18s]

And in the winners' car park....

A distinct lack of duct tape too

Few scuffs but intact bumpers on the saloon Mondy

[dozeydustman]

Well done, Mrs BMH has manage 2 stone with them.

 

 

Congratulate Mrs BMH from me.

[puddlethumper]

Just off to Borneo for two weeks. I am very excited.

 

Currently an amber alert for kidnapping in the area so if I do get taken, can I publicly bequeath the mx5 to Bucketeer as long as he looks after our two dogs.

Have a good time. Diving I presume ? Don't forget to come upwards after going downwards.

Tends to be a bit fatal otherwise.

[richardmorris]

Have a good time. Diving I presume ? Don't forget to come upwards after going downwards.

Tends to be a bit fatal otherwise.

My sister has spent a while there at the imperial college ( and others) research station at Sabah ( I think that’s the place anyway). Her speciality is rain forest ecology and associated parasites. Some of the spiders are BIG.

[Floatylight]

I love finding little gems of TV programmes that I never knew ever existed. Today after washing the BMW and Micra I bounced on down to the local Charity Shoppe and found a late 80s series on DVD called "Nice Work" with Warren Clarke and Haydn Gwynne. Even better, it was bloody filmed in non-other than Birmingham. Though it reminded me of the early episodes of Boon, loads of very bad attempts at the Brummie accent. Makes me laugh though! Loads of shite to spot aswell, Haydn's character drives an early 80s Renault 5.

 

Micra may well be on the way to repairs. So far, more inspection of the damage has seen that the boot floor is actually intact, the panel behind the bumper that seperates the bumper and boot floor is the one that is damaged. I managed to release the spare tyre. A mate of mine who owns a crash repair garage (around the corner from Sims) has inspected it and deemed it is repairable. I have also negotiated some correct-coloured parts, both front and rear bumpers, bonnet, brand new expansion tank and side mirrors for £100. I only need to pick them up from Brierley Hill. Ma is getting the 52-reg roffle Micra as a permanent replacement, the Blue Micra will be deposited for repairs next weekend.

If I remember Nice Work got a bit racy (to a then 15 year old)

 

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[M'coli]

Oh yes they are, you righties are freaks. Just being more of you doesn't make you correct, I mean look at PCP car users - loads of them & all wrong.

...and just how much left-foot-braking do you do, then?!!

[Richard]

I like the Austin picture on that cufflinks website http://classiccargiftsdirect.co.uk/epages/950018525.mobile/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950018525/Categories/Car_Makers_A__D

[Guest Hooli]

...and just how much left-foot-braking do you do, then?!!

Plenty when riding old Brit bikes

[dozeydustman]

I like the Austin picture on that cufflinks website http://classiccargiftsdirect.co.uk/epages/950018525.mobile/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950018525/Categories/Car_Makers_A__D

 

 

I notice they also sell Citreon key rings

[puddlethumper]

My grin is sitting in Holland on the aft deck, as we nauticals call it, of a pre Hitler barge, (non wafting) with a big Gin and Tonic, with lime and ice, in 24 degrees. 

[fordperv]

Oh yes they are, you righties are freaks. Just being more of you doesn't make you correct, I mean look at PCP car users - loads of them & all wrong.

Mrs fp has always said I eat wrong, im a rightie but eat opposite like a leftie it just feels natural to me

[richardmorris]

My sister ( the PhD in natural sciences from Cambridge) has just sent me this pic.

[Guest Hooli]

Fossil flavour with added minerals?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

My sister ( the PhD in natural sciences from Cambridge) has just sent me this pic.

  Fossil flavour with added minerals?

New Ice Age?

[junkyarddog]

Picked up this little beauty today.

 

Loving the viva photos on the box,didn't even see them until I got it home.

 

 

 

 

How cool is that!

 

[purplebargeken]

Spent several hours today with a mate who has 5 bee hives. Had a great time.

 

The honey was utterly amazing!

[Jerzy Woking]

Had the time today to take each of these lovlies out for a 40 mile loop of my favourite, almost empty, roads.

 

Just watched the Assen MotoGP recorded earlier, accompanied by a couple of ice cold beers.

 

Not sure any Sunday could be better.

 

[M'coli]

Plenty when riding old Brit bikes

So the clutch lever is on the right, then?

[Guest Hooli]

So the clutch lever is on the right, then?

 

Don't be silly old chap. The levers remain the same (on most) with the addition of a decompresser lever on the left for big singles. The gears are correctly located on the right & normally go one up, rest down. Meaning the rear brake is for use by the left foot.

 

They changed in about 1972 due to simpleton americans getting confused because the japs & themselves did it the wrong way around.