What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Happy birthday Ghostlington.

[xtriple]

Happy birthday young 'un

[Zelandeth]

#lightsandoldcars

 

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Thorn/GEC I'm guessing from the construction...

[dozeydustman]

Happy Birthday Ghosty, I'm intrigued as to what a shite related hat could be.

A fedora with an allegro embroidered onto it? Actually that would be pretty good.

[LightBulbFun]

indeed its a BLI 2ft 40W Red Tube made for the MOD (hence why its mostly un branded) I got 2 of these plus 2 GEC made versions from Claire Pendrous a few years ago (im guessing the MOD was dual sourcing) for those who dont know Thorn owned BLI

 

 

you know how in films when a ship gets attacked and all the lights go Red? well your looking at that

 

I also have some Crompton incandescent versions made out of proper Dark red ruby red glass that looks almost black when off which produces a lovely deep red colour when lit that no camera can photograph properly

 

[Snipes]

What's the reason for the red? I have no doubt you will know the answer!

[LightBulbFun]

What's the reason for the red? I have no doubt you will know the answer!

 

IIRC its to due with night time operations and how apparently the human eyeball adjusts the quickest from (dim) red to low light situations

 

say if a submarine has to come up to the surface at night you dont want to have to step outside and have to wait for your eyes to adjust etc

[MorrisItalSLX]

Happy Birthday Ghosty!

 

I have just got home from seeing Bohemian Rhapsody, excellent film, you are in for a treat.

[busmansholiday]

Found this free download on the N gauge web site.

 

[myglaren]

Happy Birthday Ghosty!

 

I have just got home from seeing Bohemian Rhapsody, excellent film, you are in for a treat.

Daughter saw this last night and it was far better than she expected.  Also no-one wandering off to the toilet or using mobile phones during it.

[MorrisItalSLX]

Daughter saw this last night and it was far better than she expected.  Also no-one wandering off to the toilet or using mobile phones during it.

 

The was one toilet wanderer when I saw it, but he was an old chap so can be excused.

 

10/10 would watch again.

[Pillock]

Had a team meeting. Boss waited for a quiet moment to have a chat

 

"Pillock*", he said, "how many work miles do you do in your company provided car? Only the requirement is 20k a year and without checking I don't think you do... They're going to be looking at some cost savings soon and they might be taking it off you"

 

I don't think he was expecting me to say "Oooh, fab, they can have it back whenever they like!" It was a bit of a deal breaker when I got the job, I was leaving another job with a car and didn't have the cash to buy one myself that would reliably do 3 hour commutes. Effectively I told him without a car, I wouldn't take the job.

 

Two years on, finances have eased and I'm a bit bored of it. It's got another 8 months on lease, it's a slightly baggy 80k BMW F21 and actually I'd like the freedom to have an auto, or something quicker, or actually anything I can choose myself.

 

Also helps I'd go to 40p/mile instead of 10p so I'd be quids in on the expenses at typically 1000 business miles a month.

 

Only downside is he's asked me not to give it back until asked, as soon as I mention it the others will also find themselves under scrutiny.

[hairnet]

Sitting outside the hotel after summat to eat watching Oman go by

 

Sea of new j tin but have seen 90s Lincoln town car and three of them Honda 3 door SUV things that I can never remember the name of

 

Or it might be toyota it's been a loooong 36 hours

[Tamworthbay]

Spotted yesterday, turned into a MOT station.....

Who ya ganna call?!

Sorry for pics being wrong way!

That was parked up at Crich Tramway museum a couple of weeks back when we visited.

[bramz7]

Greece is so cheap for a Euro affiliated country. Today I have bought:

A large coffee

A chicken wrap

A honey and chocolate bar of some kind. It was big.

One smoothie blended in front of me.

One smoothie blended in a bottle which I then bought.

2 litres of water.

Two prepackaged Greek snack bars.

 

This hasn't even cost me €10. I've been eating out and struggled to spend more than €16 for three courses and drink. The serving sizes were frankly obscene too.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Spotted yesterday, turned into a MOT station.....

Who ya ganna call?!

Sorry for pics being wrong way!

Pleased to see it passed after failing on Thursday for a track rod end about to detach.

No mention of weird bodywork addenda on advises , interestingly.

[richardmorris]

Greece is so cheap for a Euro affiliated country. Today I have bought:

A large coffee

A chicken wrap

A honey and chocolate bar of some kind. It was big.

One smoothie blended in front of me.

One smoothie blended in a bottle which I then bought.

2 litres of water.

Two prepackaged Greek snack bars.

This hasn't even cost me €10. I've been eating out and struggled to spend more than €16 for three courses and drink. The serving sizes were frankly obscene too.

.

 

 

This could well explain why the country is broke!

[bramz7]

Yeah there isn't many new new cars about. Only police car has been a unmarked gold C4 coupe with a blue beacon on it. Likewise the only doctors car was an Almera saloon...

The army seem to go around in ancient licence built G classes (ELBO I believe).

 

 

There is a lot of homelessness and signs of serious poverty still. However there is stuff actually being built, they are finally giving Thessaloniki a metro system, although I'm not sure how long it's going to take.

 

It's still a nice place though.

[castros_bro]

Are you near Thessaloniki?

 

I'm just trying to arrange a visit to Kavala (east of Thessaloniki) to look at a (very cheap) shack/house and give up the UK and maybe go live there.

[bramz7]

I am in Thessaloniki until tomorrow evening. Really underrated city, very vibrant.

Not been to Athens though.

 

The cost of living seems a lot less here but fuel is quite pricey. Food and water is very reasonable though.

[w00dy]

The girlfriend passed her test yesterday (1st time) and we went car shopping today. Despite never having shopped for anything sensible before, this little 2-owner Jazz seems like a decent little motor. 

 

[dozeydustman]

I've been feeling low all day, however Mrs D has decided to cheer me up by putting a DVD on. Upside down because Apple.

 

 

 

 

That'll do while scoffing dinner (recipe to follow in SierraMikeHotel's cookeryshite thread)

[dome]

indeed its a BLI 2ft 40W Red Tube made for the MOD (hence why its mostly un branded) I got 2 of these plus 2 GEC made versions from Claire Pendrous a few years ago (im guessing the MOD was dual sourcing) for those who dont know Thorn owned BLI

 

Image from iOS (9).jpg

 

you know how in films when a ship gets attacked and all the lights go Red? well your looking at that

 

I also have some Crompton incandescent versions made out of proper Dark red ruby red glass that looks almost black when off which produces a lovely deep red colour when lit that no camera can photograph properly

 

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[LightBulbFun]

alright you asked for it

 

there was actually a special blue fluorescent tube made for the MOD called Radar Blue it was also made along side Radar Red they where designed for use in Radar operations rooms and contrasted against the Radar screens (Red was used where Green CRTs was used and Blue was used with Amber CRTs IIRC)

 

 

sadly that picture is not mine, Radar Red and Radar blue tubes are incredibly rare, id love to get some examples for the collection but I have not been able to find any

[Richard]

I've had worse Saturdays.

 

 

 

[clayts450]

An honest ebayer who, realising he'd charged way too much postage, sent me a £2 refund without me even asking.

[Eddie Honda]

I've had worse Saturdays.

 

 

 

[DodgeRover]

In answer to the question of why red lights it doesn't bugger up your night vision as much also if you are looking* for wildlife they seem less disturbed by a red beam than white light.

[Ohdearme]

Went to the dentist today, after check up, they polished my teeth.

 

I like the taste of tooth polish. Win.

 

I know, weird, etc.

[Zelandeth]

Nice, got a couple of those BLI red tubes here too. Not come across any of the specialist radar colours yet. That or a proper gold are definitely on the list.