What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Parky]

Everyone’s asleep and Kojaks on. That’s my next hour sorted!

[somewhatfoolish]

Hopefully you don't mind properly breathing in all the fumes whilst cutting through the traffic.

You breathe mostly the same stuff sat in a car or bus, HVAC filters are universally pish at the level of PM10/2.5/verysmallshite.

[Remspoor]

Happy B***k Friday.

The way this world is going next year the colour will have to be changed.

 

[SiC]

Cake maths at its finest there!

Case in point...

 

*nom* *nom*

[Guest Hooli]

Smoll cake is smoll!

[dozeydustman]

Everyone’s asleep and Kojaks on. That’s my next hour sorted!

 

 

Someone's been watching ITV4

[mercrocker]

We had Telly on the telly at work the other afternoon in the mess room.   Cue various managers getting pissed off with everybody calling each other "Saperstein" on the phones.   Nothing like a little in-joke to alienate the twats....

[Eddie Honda]

So when he sang 'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?' he couldn't drive?!?

Well he hadn't passed his test. He says he was 30 (1982/83) when he passed his car test and passed his motorcycle test in 1996 (43/44).

[bub2006]

Mg zs 180 down. Malaysian chod to the rescue. Didn't tow half bad at all. Anyone interested in buying an mg zs180 with snapped belt?!

[oldcars]

I hope you have'nt lost a trim

[bub2006]

Sadly yes but I've another set incoming. Attached to a complete proton auto.....

[Craig the Princess]

Sadly yes but I've another set incoming. Attached to a complete proton auto.....

I hope it is a J-reg

[bub2006]

M I think

[vulgalour]

If for some reason you've completely missed the antics of Cold War Motors, then might I suggest starting with their recent Spliceathon series where they effectively save several hopeless old heaps by combining them into one.

 

 

Part 1 of this series is here:

[PhilA]

Today I have mostly been Beko

 

 

 

One very very stinky, grubby old Hoover. Hot water on the hosepipe, scrubbing brush and suds.

 

 

Needs another belt but I've now got a garage vacuum that actually works.

 

Phil

[Amishtat]

All CWM videos are great but the Fury splice is a new high point

[vulgalour]

It's splicetastic!  Oh no, that hubcap's got a dent.  BETTER SPLICE IT!

[cort1977]

Just sold our camper trailer to a pleasant bloke for more than i paid for it five years ago.  Put it on Craigslist on Wednesday, had a deluge of enquiries but he was first to view, paid the asking in cash with no problems.

 

Happy and quite surprised to be honest.

[Noel Tidybeard]

I had a mk1 mx5 in my eBay watch list, it ended last night and eBay sent me a message with similar* items I may be interested in. To be fair, it is the same colour

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F273447359504

 

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i see it has the optional front mounted long grass trimmer & lawn mower deck fitted plus the low ground pressure tyres

[greengartside]

I follow a bus page on Farcebook and this picture was just posted up.

 

 

Mmmm, sexual Leyland National...

 

Wait, what the fu.....

 

 

JESUS CHRIST A BASE SIERRA. (And Maxi for bonus points.)

 

I can only make out the GCL so it was a local car to Norwich, just like the Cardinal Base is.

[adw1977]

I can only make out the GCL so it was a local car to Norwich, just like the Cardinal Base is.

GCL4??Y - who wants to try the 100 possible combinations?

[Craig the Princess]

GCL4??Y - who wants to try the 100 possible combinations?

111 combinations

[adw1977]

111 combinations

400 to 499 = 111 combinations??

I just tried 420 - 439 without success, although they were all Fords. 400 and 401 were BL.

[Craig the Princess]

4

40-49

400-499

[adw1977]

4

40-49

400-499

Oh yes, I forgot about the one and two digits options!

[Spottedlaurel]

JESUS CHRIST A BASE SIERRA. (And Maxi for bonus points.)

 

I can only make out the GCL so it was a local car to Norwich, just like the Cardinal Base is.

 

Because we're cheapskates in Norfolk?

[greengartside]

Because we're cheapskates in Norfolk?

Could well be! I can just imagine some eccentric farmer buying a Base Sierra as a hack, throwing hay bales and whatnot in the back.

 

I think our mystery one pictured is GCL 436Y. White 1600? Tax expired 1993.

[Spottedlaurel]

Band T-shirt day on 6 Music today made me ponder the Nirvana one that I've hung onto. Haven't worn it for years and years, I know it's an early one because I'm pretty sure I bought it in when I saw them at a small venue in Norwich back in 1989.

 

Had a hunch it might have some value, but when I last looked it was something like £50 and it didn't seem worth the hassle of selling at that price.

 

Looked again today, people are asking three- and even four-figure sums for it:

 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/641029507/1989-nirvana-vestibule

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-1989-NIRVANA-Bleach-SUB-POP-T-Shirt-vtg-80s-vestibule-fudge-packin-M-L/361788787018

 

Really?! Mine probably has a bit more patina, but even so it's something to think about......

[New POD]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fruit-of-the-Loom-Original-Long-Sleeve-T-Shirt/323380075371?_trkparms=aid%3D333202%26algo%3DCOMP.CATCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180608100040%26meid%3Db2b19a6495144813a2284422fb3050a3%26pid%3D100889%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D361788787018%26itm%3D323380075371&_trksid=p2056116.c100889.m5204

 

Or print your own ??

[wuvvum]

Norwich Nationals are before my time - the oldest buses I remember when I moved here were Mk1 Merc T2s and the occasional Bristol VR.  One of the local private companies (Anglian?) had a Greenway up until about 10 years ago though.  I loved that bus - it bloody flew.