What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Guest Hooli]

Nice views around here.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Wythall transport museum have a pair of running days on the August bank holiday. I'll be there on the Monday.

[Tamworthbay]

Nice views around here.

Ah, good old Bradford

[M'coli]

Being overtaken yesterday by a bad-ass middle-aged biker on his bad-ass custom bike, and he's so bad-ass he's not got full leathers on but a sleeveless denim jacket so you can see his bad-ass tattoos all the way up his arms...to his bad-ass bingo wings which are flapping around in the breeze!

[M'coli]

Ah that's a shame. Still, it might not matter at all if I can't get the CoD reversed!!! Ha ha

If that's the case, what about the 818 in the yard in Balby that's still on the DVLA website? Ok so I took these photos last October but I'd forgotten about them until now.

 

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[Inspector Morose]

Nice views around here.

 

Popped out in the Saab for a few days, the views were quite good too:

[hairnet]

I'm at the Transport Museum in Wythall. Literally crashing my yoghurt truck at every turn. They've got loads of free mags and books too, and some carrier bags to help you cart them home. LOOK.

 

 

Have the ASMM been here for a gathering yet? If not, totally recommended - four quid entry and a cafe run by pleasantly confused gent selling home made cakes and tea in little pots.

 

I'll do a proper writeup in due course

 

 

theres a thing on at locomotion in shildon near bishop auckland next sunday

 

free in

 

many bus many loco

[loserone]

Which is conveniently the morning after the north east England shiters meet the night before, for any travelling shitists.

[SiC]

If that's the case, what about the 818 in the yard in Balby that's still on the DVLA website? Ok so I took these photos last October but I'd forgotten about them until now.

Mr. Mr_Bo11ox to the beige phone please.

[M'coli]

Mr. Mr_Bo11ox to the beige phone please.

"Take...these rusted wings..."

[AMC Rebel]

From my sister who knows me all too well

 

[Craig the Princess]

Second dibs please?

Can I have third dibs Mr Pillock, please?

[Pillock]

I'll attempt to include a post-it inside the book when I send it on with all the current dibsies but once it leaves my hands it's down to the individual dibsers

[meggersdog]

On my way into work this morning I spotted five pedal and pop step through mopeds on the foot bridge across the bypass.They all had yellow reflective tabards  on and the lead 'ped had some sort of weather-proof map attached to the headlight.(he was just riding down off the bridge onto the footpath as I drove by).

I stopped at the shop in the next village and watched them all ride by.They had an outline of GB on the back of each tabard and the newest moped was a 1974 N.reg Honda PC50. They were obviously on some sort of charity ride and either had a very old map (bypass opened early 90's) or decided using the bridge would save a mile of their journey.If they got caught I would think they would switch the engines off and pedal like a bicycle.

Made me smile seeing a bunch of 40+ year old mopeds at rush hour on these quiet B roads.Makes a change from the pelatons we usually see.

[Bianconeri]

Managed to drive today for the first time in almost seven months. Only 6 miles and knee is now sore as hell but it’s a start. Had a nice cup of tea* at the golf club while Mrs BN had a walk, then she drove me home.

 

Thinking of buying an MGF / TF despite OMGHGF as I’m obviously OK* now.

[chaseracer]

Musical Offspring has returned.  They done good.

 

https://www.rncm.ac.uk/news/percussion-ensemble-wins-china-national-competition/

[Wack]

[richardmorris]

Went on my work's do last night and got absolutely wankered, it was a great night out.

How many works doos doo yooo have ?

[Sloth in a bowl]

Always wondered how people found good stuff at the tip and today I struck gold*

 

On the top of the electrical waste stack was a perfect pair of Eltax Mini speakers, not something I would use for a good hi-fi, but a massive step-up on the budget ply and cardboard shit that was in the kitchen.

Even a piece of junk sound box is improved by some proper weighty speakers.

 

 

*black wood and copper

[richardmorris]

Musical Offspring has returned.  They done good.

 

https://www.rncm.ac.uk/news/percussion-ensemble-wins-china-national-competition/

Very well done indeed. 1st of 170 in competition! Does he know what he wants to do now he’s graduated - work or more study?

[chaseracer]

Determined as he is to bleed me dry  he's off to do a Masters at Guildhall in September.

[dollywobbler]

If that 107" was based at Bearwood Garage, chances are I've been in that when I was nipper, my Grandad was quite a senior manager at Midland Red and my Dad a Motorways Express driver, we often seemed to have the Land Rover or a Thruppenny Bit to take stuff to the tip or whatever. As a 5 year old I was fascinated by all the gear levers.

 

That's just reminded me. I was driving along the Fosse Way on Saturday after the Dacia show (having left my washbag at the AirBNB) and a Midland Red coach turned out of a junction and narrowly missed a flying Dacia. Then a half-cab coach came racing along behind it! Both in wedding garb, both emerging from different directions. There may have been 'wow' noises.

[catsinthewelder]

A strange grin this evening,  I was fetching the washing in and a young magpie landed on the line right in front of me.  He looked straight at me and opened his mouth so I assumed he wanted food.  I hunted around under a few rocks with him sat on my head and found a worm for him which he took out of my hand and sat on my shoulder to eat.  My 8 year old daughter came out at this point and was very pleased that he wanted to say hello so fetched some cheese from the house for him.  He ate some of that from my hand then flew up into the tree while we went in.  I'm always meaning to feed the birds but rarely get around to it.  Time to put that feeding shelf outside my bedroom window that I've been meaning to do for over a year then.

[Stanky]

Cats - maybe put a dish of water out too? in this heat I've seen crows near my house drinking water from the bowls people leave out for dogs to drink from.

[catsinthewelder]

Good plan,  there should be water out in the chicken pen but some more on the shed roof wouldn't hurt.

 

edit,  tis done

[RobT]

I've just done the same, as been meaning to do it for ages. The mice I see scurrying about might also benefit. I think one of them has been nibbling at my tomatoes, but we've had a bumper crop in this heatwave so I can spare a few.

[Joey spud]

 

[clayts450]

Hedgehog wandered into my living room this evening. Gently picked the little fella up and plonked him outside next to some dried mealworms.Nom nom nom . Forgot how fluffy hoggie bellies are (been a while since I rehabbed them)

[wrenchvolt]

Antidote to grumpiness? Having a sense of humour. A wise man sad to me if you lose you sense of humour you are done for. Being able to laugh about something means you are well on the way to dealing with it. I try to find a way to laugh at something no matter how terrible, this offends some but it's not meant to. Read an anecdote along time ago and can't vouch for it's truth, but it was about concentration camp inmates joking that at least they got a free haircut and a new set of clothes. I was in awe of the guts that would have taken. I suppose with a sense of humour you are never completely beaten and done for. I try my best not to take life seriously, it makes things a lot more fun.

 

Besides, a sense of humour is pretty easy to get hold of and it doesn’t cost much!

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

One of the fox cubs, now grown, is still coming back for the chicken etc... I leave for them. Unfortunately the dog is long gone due to a blood disorder - but as he used to sit and watch them eat from his bowl it's still in place. 

The other 2 cubs and mum are still around an barking to each other - but one of 'em just trots on up to the back door and tucks in..... 

 

- noted on the water thing too - I left it out for the fox - must go and leave extra out for the birds etc.. in the area. Thanks for the heads up, can't believe I didn't think of it!