What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

22,342 · January 19, 2019

My sister frequently got stopped by the police when she started driving the car, she did not learn to drive until she was 27. She took her PSV test soon after, but never got stopped when driving a coach.

My grin is that while trying to sort out stuff I have found some more old photographs (this always distracts from the task in hand). My scanner and pc are not working so eBay photo of photos

This would have been taken probably late 1967 as the house does not look quite finished The Cortina was a 1964, I am the smaller of the two children.

You do sometimes get snow in Pembrokeshire, the Mk1 Escort belonged to my brother, he didn't quite get home and got it stuck in a drift, we went back after the snowplough had been through to dig it out. I'm not sure if that is my L plate on the mini, or from when my one aunt was trying to learn to drive.

21,351 · January 19, 2019

5,315 · January 19, 2019

Seeing that the red G registration Cavalier 2.0 SRi I used to see regularly is still on the road.

9,380 · January 19, 2019

Driving into town today I see something blue on the side of the road. Ooohhhhh tarpaulin says I. On the way back with junior crusty I see it's still there. Pull over have a look (if there was a dead body in it I would have shit myself!) Only a virtually new unholed tarp!
Kids now think I'm crazy picking shite up off the side of the road, but who doesn't need more tarps????

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can I go one better with my road side find ?

24,060 · January 19, 2019

Son has just been to ASDA and was refused his attempt to buy booze.

He's 36 and works for ASDA

They did let him have it after a 'staff meeting' and him showing his company discount card.

Youngest daughter often gets carded but she is only 34

Grump- I’ve never been refused- must be the grey beard!

26,084 · January 19, 2019

I always suspected you were a pirate.

12,334 · January 19, 2019

Last time I got asked for ID I was flattered and nearly asked them out

62,927 · January 19, 2019

I got asked for ID a couple of years ago, which surprised me somewhat. I think I was clean shaven at the time though, and my hair was short (which makes it less obvious that it's going grey).

62,927 · January 19, 2019

This made me lol:

27,997 · January 19, 2019

can I go one better with my road side find ?

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Oh, that's what it's meant to look like.

I was given one of those.... Some of the sockets broke, the rachet just started spinning and I used the screwdriver as an impact driver and it shattered like a cheap lollipop in a rottweilers mouth.

Every time I go to the shed I notice the lid of it got blown by the wind into the pond. Not been arsed to fish it out yet.

6,740 · January 19, 2019

Last time I got asked for ID I was flattered and nearly asked them out

The last time I was ID'd was when I was 18, and because I had a 16-to-18 season rail ticket and they didn't believe that I was only 18. Having a decent beard - trimmed and shaped - that wasn't wispy bumfluff nor resembled a burst cushion probably didn't help...

19,751 · January 19, 2019

The last time I was ID'd was when I was 18, and because I had a 16-to-18 season rail ticket and they didn't believe that I was only 18. Having a decent beard - trimmed and shaped - that wasn't wispy bumfluff nor resembled a burst cushion probably didn't help...

they had trains then?

sorry cameron

4,256 · January 20, 2019

More a sigh of resignation than a grin. It never surprises me when I see a car that should not exist in the antipodies. But this is yellow and van-like. I did not think they could be road registered here, but it looks like stuno is wrong again.

Spotted on a real estate ad.

13,643 · January 20, 2019

Driving into town today I see something blue on the side of the road. Ooohhhhh tarpaulin says I. On the way back with junior crusty I see it's still there. Pull over have a look (if there was a dead body in it I would have shit myself!) Only a virtually new unholed tarp!
Kids now think I'm crazy picking shite up off the side of the road, but who doesn't need more tarps????

IMG_20190119_104432.jpg

I once founs 2 10L jerry cans on the side of the road, about 20 metres apart.

I picked them up and put them together under a tree near where I found them and waited to see if they were collected by their owner. A week later they were still there so I claimed them.

13,643 · January 20, 2019

Today’s skip bin find:

Did I need it? No.

Did I take it? Yes.

As it turns out, Norman, the original owner of the Holden Commodore Berlina Wagon this handbook belonged to, lived just up the road from my grandparents.

6,201 · January 20, 2019

Maximum beige.

19,751 · January 20, 2019

More a sigh of resignation than a grin. It never surprises me when I see a car that should not exist in the antipodies. But this is yellow and van-like. I did not think they could be road registered here, but it looks like stuno is wrong again.
Spotted on a real estate ad.

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bit like frogchod - a car in a place you wouldnt expect

19,751 · January 20, 2019

bought mp3 off amazon

put it into phone

downloaded their app

logged in and - expecting this album only 10 songs

nope

319 tracks

wtf

have been on amazon since 2001 - dont buy this kinda thing off them much - cant remember doing all that

21,183 · January 20, 2019

81 classic cars found in a french barn and various fields including a Lamborghini muira

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/incredible-81-car-french-barn-find-includes-miura

18,315 · January 20, 2019

^ Loads of interesting stuff reported there, including a Tagora and a Renner 30, and a Toronado.

Will be good to see more pics as they become available.

Miura's reported as having a "broken crankhandle".

Can you imagine sticking a crank handle on the end of a V12, cranking by hand, and firing it up?

No wonder it's broken.

Must have added to the drama of returning to your car with a sexy bird on your arm in 1970s St Tropez.

Don't look for the ignition button mate, there isn't one.

24,060 · January 20, 2019

Posted on the 2cv Facebook friends page, learn French with pictograms!

https://www.facebook.com/100000166009894/posts/2502549263093916/

It’s all great and the last scene is not safe for children.

https://youtu.be/RTH9MKiYvM0

7,595 · January 20, 2019

Refilled the brake fluid today with an eezibleed which always leaves the reservoir too full, fuckwit brainwave when I spot a big bit of fat tubing, I'll suck a bit into that then blow it out, turns out I've a better suck than a £50 whore and I got a gobfull of brake fluid

It tastes horrific, as did the washing up liquid gargle to follow

I think there's a lesson to be learned

12,536 · January 20, 2019

... Ahh .... This page has hit 'Maxi', is it Diesel?

9,380 · January 20, 2019

Refilled the brake fluid today with an eezibleed which always leaves the reservoir too full, fuckwit brainwave when I spot a big bit of fat tubing, I'll suck a bit into that then blow it out, turns out I've a better suck than a £50 whore and I got a gobfull of brake fluid

It tastes horrific, as did the washing up liquid gargle to follow

I think there's a lesson to be learned

those sqirty tops from bath side soap dispensers are handy ?

put bottom hoze in fluid and bang away ...

18,127 · January 20, 2019

Last time I got asked for ID I was flattered and nearly asked them out

I didn't ever get asked for ID until I was 27. Didn't get ID'd when I was 15.

Went into a pub a few years back with a (young looking but 28-year-old mate) and she was ID'd. I laughed and told them how funny it was, given that I was younger than her and then they ID'd me. Oh well.

24,060 · January 20, 2019

those sqirty tops from bath side soap dispensers are handy ?

put bottom hoze in fluid and bang away ...

Top tip there- Thanks.

16,454 · January 20, 2019

Refilled the brake fluid today with an eezibleed which always leaves the reservoir too full, fuckwit brainwave when I spot a big bit of fat tubing, I'll suck a bit into that then blow it out, turns out I've a better suck than a £50 whore and I got a gobfull of brake fluid

It tastes horrific, as did the washing up liquid gargle to follow

I think there's a lesson to be learned

You can get a primer bulb off eBay for about £2, they look like a rubber grenade and avoid those sort of experiences.

23,676 · January 20, 2019

Has anyone seen this website?

http://seoi.net/penint/

It lets you draw and write stuff and then turns it into knobs.

Here's my attempt to write Autoshite:

40,215 · January 20, 2019

I slipped earlier and had a bit of an accident.

Why the grin? Well I usually wear welding gauntlets but I was only wearing thin gloves this time. Given how quickly a flap disc can munch through metal, I am extremely lucky this didn't end out much worse.

24,614 · January 20, 2019

Posted on the 2cv Facebook friends page, learn French with pictograms!

https://www.facebook.com/100000166009894/posts/2502549263093916/

It’s all great and the last scene is not safe for children.

Saw this over on FB, my step son wanted to watch... glad I watched it first!

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