What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[DeeJay]

I finished my mortgage today. That's gotta be grin worthy.

 

Liked but through gritted teeth.

 

Jealousy is a terrible thing.

[danthecapriman]

I’ve had a grim day today. Up at disgusting o clock this morning to go to a company training course in Thatcham. I fucking hate the place! The drive up is bloody awful too, M27 M3 A34 three of my all time most hated shitbag roads (only one missing from the list is M25).

 

So why a grin?

 

Well because on my way home I was behind an absolutely fantastic piece of machinery.

A 67 Mercury Cougar! What a gorgeous looking and sounding car it was aswell. When you see cars like that you’ve got to wonder what the hell has been going on for the last 30 odd years with car design! How can mankind hit the nail perfectly on the head back then and fuck up so unbelievably badly and produce the utter abortions they do now? It’s lost on me it really is. Anyway the car was stunning!

 

Then I get home to an email waiting for me...

 

From my trimmer.

Turns out he’s had a cancellation. The car that was booked in ended up needing more bodywork before they could retrim it so he’s asked if I want him to get my Capri seats and interior trims done in its place.

Which of course I absolutely would like him to do! So that should be sorted much sooner than I’d thought.

 

Makes up for having to go to Thatcham put it that way.

[John F]

My Disco 2 weldathon is back on track after running out of argon / CO2 mix on Saturday afternoon, the back end is now largely finished which leaves only a couple of tricky patches forward of the rear axle to do on the ramp later this week.

 

Massive thanks to Scotty (HillmanImp of this parish) for offering to lend me his gas cylinder to finish the job if I couldn't get gas from anywhere else - you're a star, mate!

[DodgeRover]

I’ve had a grim day today. Up at disgusting o clock this morning to go to a company training course in Thatcham. I fucking hate the place! The drive up is bloody awful too, M27 M3 A34 three of my all time most hated shitbag roads (only one missing from the list is M25).

 

So why a grin?

 

Well because on my way home I was behind an absolutely fantastic piece of machinery.

A 67 Mercury Cougar! What a gorgeous looking and sounding car it was aswell. When you see cars like that you’ve got to wonder what the hell has been going on for the last 30 odd years with car design! How can mankind hit the nail perfectly on the head back then and fuck up so unbelievably badly and produce the utter abortions they do now? It’s lost on me it really is. Anyway the car was stunning!

 

Then I get home to an email waiting for me...

 

From my trimmer.

Turns out he’s had a cancellation. The car that was booked in ended up needing more bodywork before they could retrim it so he’s asked if I want him to get my Capri seats and interior trims done in its place.

Which of course I absolutely would like him to do! So that should be sorted much sooner than I’d thought.

 

Makes up for having to go to Thatcham put it that way.

There a very down at heal Mercury Cougar runs about round our way occasionally, in my mind it looks as hard as nails as it is and a great car to daily and sounds ace.....

[Aston Martin]

I saw a beautiful DB11... With the brakes squealing.

[omegod]

I've just had six PPI claims against First Direct identified going back to the mid 90s. No idea how much yet but I know I was borrowing a lot back then should it should be a nice little cheque when it's all sorted out.

You sir, are going to have a very merry christmas indeed ! 

[Guest Hooli]

Goes well with the one off Barclays last month never know I might clear my debts before I retire at this rate!

[PhilA]

I glanced up at the TV, American Pickers show is playing. A flash of turquoise catches my eye.

 

 

There's at least one running Invacar in the States, has the same controls as TWC, too.

 

Phil

[Des]

Pre 1986 and German. What else do you need?

 

Pre 1939. Before they burnt their bridges.

[Noel Tidybeard]

One of these old men is younger than my son.

 

he's only young on the outside- he likes ovlovs & giffer rovers FFS!

[Noel Tidybeard]

I finally have my very own drill, after years of borrowing other people's.  Okay, so the chuck says "made in W Germany" and the date stamp on the side says 1983, but it's mine and it works and it was free, so I'm not complaining.

 pitchers or your lying

[Tetleysmooth]

Liked but through gritted teeth.

 

Jealousy is a terrible thing.

 

Sorry, not meant to be smug, but it's been a tough 25 years. Almost emotional walking out of the building society today.

[cort1977]

Spent a couple of hours this morning with a very pleasant bloke pulling parts of a 90s mustang I'm breaking.  

 

He turned up on time, paid the money and we spent a happy couple of hours pulling bits off the car.  Restored my faith in human nature as it turns out not everyone on craigslist/ebay/gumtree is a chancer.

[Guest Hooli]

Sorry, not meant to be smug, but it's been a tough 25 years. Almost emotional walking out of the building society today.

 

I had no idea you had to go in at that point.

[omegod]

He was wearing a Balaclava and getting his money back 

[Richard]

I think you have to go in so they can give you your title deeds back.

[Guest Hooli]

I think you have to go in so they can give you your title deeds back.

 

Yeah that'd make sense, I'd forgot about them as I've never paid a mortgage off.

[twosmoke300]

The now ex and me were almost at the point where we could have made some big payments off our mortgage and been clear in a couple of years . Not bad to be mortgage free at 42 these days but since we split I’m starting again with a 100k 25 yr one . Oh well better than renting I suppose

[Parky]

Tetley is now planning a massive party to celebrate paying off his mortgage....by taking out a 25 year loan secured against his property

[stephen01]

I finished my mortgage today. That's gotta be grin worthy.

 

More than grin worthy that, well done sounds patronising because it's hard work, had a mortgage since I was 18 and it will be a good day when it's paid off!

[John F]

Des, on 16 Jul 2018 - 7:46 PM, said:

Pre 1939. Before they burnt their bridges.

 

TBF they burnt most of their bridges in late 1944...

[Ghosty]

The banner has been found??!

 

alcyonecorporation got sick of the banner some time ago - I think it might have been before he moved to Peebo, as in order to get rid of it he gave it to Junkman, who proceeded to do nothing with it. At local meetings in Glossop in early 2017, JM and Conrad made a couple of vague references to it without saying what it was. These puzzled me a bit but didn't go unnoticed.

 

At Shitefest '17 someone mentioned the banner in the presence of alcyonecorp, after something was said I put two and two together, asked Jon, and he confirmed that Junkman had it. I PM'd him asking for it - I had to visit him anyway to deliver an XJ40 wing that had found its way to SF17 with RichardK I believe, who had no intention of taking it home again, so was palmed off on JM and Conrad who happened to have an XJ40 at the time, via me and my Rover 200 (which also had all my camping gear and two bicycles in it).

So I went up after I left the Bubble Car Museum, and I've had The Banner ever since. Over the past year it's been to Chumley, a few local car shows in Manchester, SF18, and most recently the Field of Dreams. It's always in my car boot so comes to every AS gathering I'm at, and is put up wherever possible and won't cause offence.

[bub2006]

Trike passed mot today first time and motability have allowed me to change the hateful Skoda early.

[captain_70s]

I saw a Mk2 Escort 1.6 Ghia on my drive home today. It was slightly down at heel with at least one front wing finished in primer and had 4 spotlights on the front.

 

10/10 top 1980s daily driver.

[Kiltox]

Trike passed mot today first time and motability have allowed me to change the hateful Skoda early.

Probably missed some posts - what went wrong with the Skoda?

[bub2006]

Too low to get in and out comfy, struggling to get mobility scooter in it along with a few niggles a 7k miles car shouldn't have

[loserone]

You've done 7k in it? You only got it last week!

[DeeJay]

Sorry, not meant to be smug, but it's been a tough 25 years. Almost emotional walking out of the building society today.

 

It's alright, you never came across as smug just absolutely delighted.

[Aston Martin]

Upullit have got 41 Navaros, most in the last month,

 

https://www.u-pull-it.co.uk/search/model/Navara

[Kiltox]

Too low to get in and out comfy, struggling to get mobility scooter in it along with a few niggles a 7k miles car shouldn't have

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