What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[loserone]

Bucketeer Towers I believe.  Are you delivering or collecting?

I'm sat in the office* receiving the most amazing sequence of pictures.

[loserone]

If anyone's interested (I wasn't):

 

PC: 0

WC: 1

 

No splashback though, apparently.

[wuvvum]

Browsing for details Alpine toll roads & found those crazy Austrians using a Spitfire to advertise one of them https://www.goldeck-panoramastrasse.at/gp/en/motorsandtyres/motorsandtyres

Now I want to go to the Karawanks for my next holiday.

[DSdriver]

Now I want to go to the Karawanks for my next holiday.

In a slammed and pineappled VW camper?

[Guest Hooli]

Sounds like an upmarket* version of centreparcs doesn't it?

[stephen01]

Autoshite -  Reading the last few, hilarious may I add, posts from Dave21478 and the sense of togetherness and concern for his wellbeing before the awful news of his untimely death, all from people that have never met the guy. Strangers on the internet for most part. I was and still am shocked at the news.

I'm happy to have Autoshite as a little corner of the internet and will continue to enjoy peoples musings be they fixing old Dysons, welding up rusty shite, or bike buyage, here we have a huge collective of people from varied backgrounds and if you know it or not your posting to strangers on the internet inspires people in more ways than you'll probably ever know. 

[Parky]

“Hello Parky, Margaret here, anyway that job interview last week. They liked the cut of your jib and thought you had good ideas. Anyway, upshot of it is that there will be a second interview but you are the only one of the five candidates who has been invited back”

 

So that’s quite good I think!

[320touring]

“Hello Parky, Margaret here, anyway that job interview last week. They liked the cut of your jib and thought you had good ideas. Anyway, upshot of it is that there will be a second interview but you are the only one of the five candidates who has been invited back”

 

So that’s quite good I think!

Excellent:)

[Captain Furious]

Managed to get my local tyre fitter to price match Halfords autocentre, so £87.99 each for 225/45/18 Bridgestone Potenza S001

 

Fairly happy with that, so off to get 4 of them fitted tomorrow morning along with hunter alignment - it had better drive like brand friggin new

[trigger]

That is a good price, £159 at the place i use who is normally pretty cheap.

[Captain Furious]

Crikey, average price from the likes of blackcircles etc was £96. So it’s not a massive saving, £32 on 4 but better in my pocket than theirs. Is £159 for runflats or something?

 

I also wanted it to go to this place because they have hunter alignment and the internet says it’s the bestest ever. So despite my reservation that “alignment is alignment innit” I thought I’d give it a go, since having the broken spring replaced it has felt miles out.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

“Hello Parky, Margaret here, anyway that job interview last week. They liked the cut of your jib and thought you had good ideas. Anyway, upshot of it is that there will be a second interview but you are the only one of the five candidates who has been invited back”

 

So that’s quite good I think!

 

 

Wahey dude - best of tidings. Looking forward to hearing of mega paid uber easy job installation forthwith..... you got a date for going back yet? 

[loserone]

[xtriple]

Just had the shopping delivered (I am not going into a supermarket with 'common people'     ) and I was casting around Sainsbury's site to find something extra to buy... have to spend £100 to get free delivery and I ain't paying! I ordered some Quorn nuggets which I suppose are supposed to be like chicken nuggets...

 

Just had some, and they taste good, not sure if they are like chicken (can't remember) but they taste alright to me, as a bonus, the dogs don't like them so I actually got to eat them myself!

[fordperv]

Mrs fp is venturing into a business venture alongside regular work, a wedding and prom dress boutique, she is starting small from home to see if it takes off, well we went to collect stock earlier from a lady who can no longer run hers due to getting full custard of her 3 year old granddaughter (long story bless) but she works full time as well, the granddaughter is called...... Sierra yes Sierra, spelled like the car and of course I asked the question after the car, to which she smiled and said I think so, I did say to mrs fp I think it's an omen

 

Also I saw this beautiful motor on the services, as I walked past to take the picture I could smell the glorious interior

 

[John F]

Browsing for details Alpine toll roads & found those crazy Austrians using a Spitfire to advertise one of them https://www.goldeck-panoramastrasse.at/gp/en/motorsandtyres/motorsandtyres

 

Ah... that sort of Spitfire.

 

To be fair, strafing motorists would probably discourage use of toll roads..

[loserone]

Had to click the link after that comment, I'd assumed a plane too.

 

My second chance was some shit ale..

[catsinthewelder]

Our work computer is always chock full of shit clickbait but todays was quite good.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/how-today’s-cars-might-have-looked-in-the-past/ss-BBL4MrP?ocid=spartanntp#image=1

[dozeydustman]

Also I saw this beautiful motor on the services, as I walked past to take the picture I could smell the glorious interior

 

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Nothing like the smell of a Micra's interior

[fordperv]

Nothing like the smell of a Micra's interior

Usually piss and werthers original for a Micra, then as they get older they smell like take away

[loserone]

I'd rock a whole load of those.

[chaseracer]

WOOD.  Big Corniche fan here.

 

 

Is that Corley southbound?

[New POD]

“Hello Parky, Margaret here, anyway that job interview last week. They liked the cut of your jib and thought you had good ideas. Anyway, upshot of it is that there will be a second interview but you are the only one of the five candidates who has been invited back”

 

So that’s quite good I think!

FUCK ME. no. I wouldn't waist you're Tyne. Insulting cunts. If they didn't work out that you were the only candidate that they Need after the first interview then they are just wasting resources. And on a fucking power trip.

Tell them to make a decision this week or your gonna take another job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my initial reaction to these things. I then attend the second interview and fuck it up.

I prefer interviews where there are 3 jobs and 2 candidates

[mrbenn]

Tell them to make a decision this week or your gonna take another job.

 

I think in 99% of cases the reply to actually saying this to a potential employer would be a polite version of:

 

"Fair enough, piss of then".

 

Certainly in a non-specialist field. Not sure what area of work Parky is in.

[DeeJay]

Shocked and gutted about Dave numbers but the grin is reading through a load of his posts.

[Frogchod]

Hey Frogchod, how did you get your Reliant onto French numberplates?

It's registered as a motorcycle as are all light weight trikes, so no CT needed. Certificate of conformity came from FFVE. (FRench classic vehicle federation ) Very simple and cheap to do ☺

[fordperv]

WOOD. Big Corniche fan here.

 

 

Is that Corley southbound?

It is indeed corley

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Gotta say, I’ve definitely felt a bit quiet today over the Dave numbers thing. I still find it surreal that a stranger from inside the computer feels like an old acquaintance. Such a sad loss.

Quickly getting back on point though, and on a positive note, I was tickled to receive my Autoshite mug earlier today. It’s greyhound approved as well, which can only be a good thing.

 

[Parky]

FUCK ME. no. I wouldn't waist you're Tyne. Insulting cunts. If they didn't work out that you were the only candidate that they Need after the first interview then they are just wasting resources. And on a fucking power trip.

Tell them to make a decision this week or your gonna take another job.

This is my initial reaction to these things. I then attend the second interview and fuck it up.

I prefer interviews where there are 3 jobs and 2 candidates

Just got to do the grubby stuff. Bit of basic negotiation. I won’t be a dick if they aren’t dicks. Otherwise the trump card comes out...

 

This afternoon one of their rivals offered me a job too. Not quite as good a job as option one but useful leverage.

 

Even better, both companies are rivals to my previous company who are being utter dicks about a useful sum of commission owed. Already I have formulated a plan to extract as many of their customers over to a far better arrangement with the new one.

 

I have even commissioned a new shirt for the new job....

[New POD]

I think in 99% of cases the reply to actually saying this to a potential employer would be a polite version of:

 

"Fair enough, piss of then".

 

Certainly in a non-specialist field. Not sure what area of work Parky is in.

Moist of that was tongue in cheek.

 

I have had experience of a great first interview and then at the second finding out that My personality had pissed than off from the 3rd second in the room. You either love me or hate me which means 50% Chance of instant failure with each and every interview. If i am interviewed by a panel th erm there will be one who loves me and one who hates me. And the rest will be confused.