What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[stonedagain]

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Wooden springs! LMFAO!

[brandersnatch]

I've been to Jaywick, I didn't even want to stop & visit the shop. Crazy really as being right by the beach n all it should* be popular.

It’s a real shame what’s happened to Jaywick. I remember it years ago when it was on the cusp, turning from quite nice to the cess pit it became. The beach is lovely.

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[Guest Hooli]

That must have been a while ago, it was about 2008 I saw it for the first time.

[brandersnatch]

That must have been a while ago, it was about 2008 I saw it for the first time.

Way back in the ‘70’s when I was a teenager

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[oldcars]

This, it's brilliant. Shame they painted over the side strip on the rear quarter.

[Floatylight]

Just seen this on the side of a hybrid bus in the middle of that there Lahnden.. #irony

 

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[Kiltox]

Just seen this on the side of a hybrid bus in the middle of that there Lahnden.. #irony

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Probably more apt

 

[purplebargeken]

Grumpy day at work turned into happy journey home as I stopped off at the RSPCA place in South Mymms. Several minutes of petting and stroking lovely dogs. 3 beautiful pups were especially lovely. Happiness is a sea of fur.

[Remspoor]

Maybe we should find teh way for this lady to join us. Well done tinker BELL

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hereford-worcester-46045054/redditch-woman-s-dream-to-restore-1959-ambulance

[Tamworthbay]

Grand designs animated explanation of the build seemed to have a three door mk3 Escort estate in the garage today!

[LightBulbFun]

Just finished watching DWs latest (30 minute woo) video

 

 

when I check my twitter feed and low n behold New project binky episode, (they are really cranking these out, im getting quite spoilt!)

 

 

Must be Christmas come early    (much to the woe of people who have to work in supermarkets mind)

 

(I think ill save the Project binky video for when im in bed with a nice hot choc )

[HillmanImp]

This:

 

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It's all well and good being able to avoid and Elk but did they test the cars ability to let your heavily pregnant missus out at the local Co-op (or any Co-op for that matter) instead of locking her in?

 

I don't think they did and that's why I'm not allowed to own one. That piece of consumer information would've been very helpful.

[clayts450]

Next door neighbour has shifted my old 45 today, off to the scrappie. Was amused to note that

 

(1) he'd reversed it back into the Cruiser and left it parked like that last night, bumper to bumper (no damage and it's not the first time one of his cars has rolled into the Cruiser - he was seriously bothered he'd damaged the reg plate first time around as there is a star-shaped scratch on it - I just laughed it off) but more comically

(2) the amount of spilt fluids all over the road - the 45 clearly put up a fight when it was being loaded up by the scrapper's lorry. Good for you - went out kicking and screaming

[xtriple]

Was going to wash the car this afternoon - black is a dreadful colour to have when it has to live outside (GIVE ME MY GARAGE BACK COLIN!) but it was cold and I hurt myself fixing the windscreen washers (what a twat I am) so didn't and put it on my list for tomorrow.

 

It is now pissing down big icy drops all over it. Okay not going to make it any cleaner but I am just glad I didn't wash it as I would be posting in the 'grumpy ' thread if I had and then it rained.

[anonymous user]

(GIVE ME MY GARAGE BACK COLIN!)

Where is Colin these days, has he filled the garage with conkas?

[DodgeRover]

Can I collect that Jeep yet?

[M'coli]

The M1 being static southbound on Tuesday between J47 Garforth and J45 the A63 - where I come off for work - has made made me grin and giggle tonight, because I went cross-country to get to work via Kippax and Rothwell.

 

On my way through the back roads I saw a Fiat Marea estate, so flashed the lights and waved because, well, why not? When was the last time you saw one of them? It's been fucking ages!

 

I've just had a PM off of Vin - it was him in the Marea, he sort-of recognised my Pug 106and he tracked me down by my being a "Peugeot fondler" and by me being at Shitefest this year - excellent detective work, Vin.

 

I'm bloody delighted,it's been ages since I've seen a fellow AS member on the road - last time was SambaS in his Samba convertible.

[purplebargeken]

Sat in a new LR Evogue (or whatever it was), lovely seats, heat and massage. My back loved it. 

[angle]

Someone at work bought a new X1 a little while back, which means it got the garage to keep it nice and his wife's Mini got moved on to the drive. He then came in pissed off a few months later when she opened the boot with the remote fob, not realising as its a foot taller than the Mini it would twat the garage roof. £300 smart repair.

 

Fast forward to now when he needed to get some stuff out of the Mini. The fob didn't work though - no matter how many times he pressed the button, the boot wouldn't open.

 

Yeah, you can guess the rest. 

[beko1987]

Starting to plan a Christmas away this year at various family. Amy said straight away we can take the 406 as it's big!

 

Yey! Best wash it before December the 26th

[PhilA]

Back in from the garage. Tidied the workbench. Put brackets on loudspeakers, mounted them up on the wall out of the way. Pulled weedeater out, too a look at it after it just died halfway through doing the yard a few weeks ago.

 

Drained the cloudy looking crap out of the tank, took the carb apart and cleaned it, too the plug out and gapped it. Bloody thing wouldn't start. It would cough a bit and that was it. Easy start wouldn't even get it to go.

 

Then I noticed some black scheiße dripping out the back of it and saw the back of the crankcase (held in with 2 screws) was loose.

 

Tightened it up, thing buzzed into life.

 

Most happy with that. I'll now be able to trim the edge of the grass onto the street in a straight line and get rid of all the damn oxalis triangularis that's growing everywhere right now.

 

Phil

[PhilA]

Also just went pick up dinner.

 

MGB GT is mushrooms, gravy, bacon with garlic toast.

 

 

Phil

[Uncle Jimmy]

Went to see 'Bohemian Rhapsody' tonight, great, I was grinning all through. Most of the audience sat there like miserable dummies and I thought how good it was to be old enough to remember when music was good and life was fun.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Starting to plan a Christmas away this year at various family. Amy said straight away we can take the 406 as it's big!

 

Yey! Best wash it before December the 26th

 

 

if Amy is doing most of the driving then she woukld get to choose otherwise STFUB! lol

[New POD]

Starting to plan a Christmas away this year at various family. Amy said straight away we can take the 406 as it's big!

 

Yey! Best wash it before December the 26th

I ain't moving far for a week. Fami Loo y have been invited for the weekend by before but need to go on Christmas eve.

[beko1987]

if Amy is doing most of the driving then she woukld get to choose otherwise STFUB! lol i'll get me coat.gif

She won't be driving there as we'll leave whwn she gets back from a night shift, she will sleep in the car.

 

Plus the 406 does 48 vs 30 mpg...

[Guest Hooli]

 I hurt myself fixing the windscreen washers (what a twat I am) so didn't and put it on my list for tomorrow.

 

Cheers for the reminder, I've been meaning to adjust mine since I got the Jag. Currently about 50% goes straight out the side & doesn't touch the car at all.

 

*wanders out of the office to do something important*

[bramz7]

Call up FJ to do two vehicle changes and they decide to combine my two polices and refund me £90. I didn't even ask!

[Cavcraft]

On a social media page for my favourite seaside resort, they keep moving a small statue (or image) into/onto different backgrounds. Maybe it's just me...

 

 

[PhilA]

It's just you.