What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[cort1977]

Yee-haw, &c.

 

Funny though, this area, New Orleans and suburbs therein are some of the least "American" places I've been to. It's almost like being in France, here.

 

Phil

 

This is very true, it's a lot less yee-haw then Texas anyway.  Of course most places are.

[Sheefag]

You realise You'll have to get circumcised now? It's in the small print.

[PhilA]

You realise You'll have to get circumcised now? It's in the small print.

Comes with a flag and a .357 revolver though.

 

Phil

[Asimo]

Just got notice. Next Friday, I am to become American.

Phil

Is citizenship automatically granted to straight-eight Buick owners?

[STUNO]

To heck with the girly little beer tap for shitefest, I'm thinking of sending this for you.

Enough for washing in too. just attach a hose.

 

 

Or for the Junkmen amongst you this may do.

 

 

[Tamworthbay]

Head over to the Volvo owners website if you want a laugh, people complaining that the touchscreen on their £30k car could be a better shape and the shape of the bag holders in the boot aren’t as good as those in a Merc. And we wonder why people slag off new cars as having no personality.

[meshking]

Started my PhD on Monday. Day three of lectures and fuck my mind is blown.

 

The challenge to everything that I took for granted is a really eye opening event. It's not often that you get time to actively challenge the underpinning thoughts behind mainstream ideology.

 

It's all very NSFAS as dealing with political underpinnings to most ideas including rationality.

Lectures & PhD? Weird. I spent my three years in a dark room lit only by a monstrous crt monitor and blinking lights of a super computer.

[PhilA]

 

Is citizenship automatically granted to straight-eight Buick owners?

No. It is a requirement to own or to have owned one, I think. I need to check the paperwork.

 

Same as you must have bought an Anglia or Mk2 Transit to move to the UK.

 

Phil

[The Moog]

Lectures & PhD? Weird. I spent my three years in a dark room lit only by a monstrous crt monitor and blinking lights of a super computer.

Well it is a DBA so more applied. We are allowed near the public. And its in business so effectively a made up science

 

 

Only first two years have lectures. After that we have to do the research for the thesis.

[Tamworthbay]

Lectures & PhD? Weird. I spent my three years in a dark room lit only by a monstrous crt monitor and blinking lights of a super computer.

I had a ‘taught’ element in mine. It consisted of invited speakers once a week for an hour and mostly involved us sleeping off the post Friday lunchtime pool tournament and beer effects.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

DIY diagnostics----

 

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Missing:

 

'It's fucking fucked mate, big time.'

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I had a ‘taught’ element in mine. It consisted of invited speakers once a week for an hour and mostly involved us sleeping off the post Friday lunchtime pool tournament and beer effects.

 

 

My brother taught a lot during his PhD but he's very odd and did Mathematics.  Worked for a supercomputing company in Oxford every year to justify his funding.

[Tamworthbay]

My brother taught a lot during his PhD but he's very odd and did Mathematics. Worked for a supercomputing company in Oxford every year to justify his funding.

We used to do undergraduate practical sessions, paid well and was a good way to meet, errrr, undergrads with a common interest in Biochemistry ‘cough’

 

*should point out I was 22-23 at the time and they were 19-21 before anyone gets any weird ideas

[DodgeRover]

Have moved home, am knackered, have a house to unpack, the bed is done so I'm going to use it and see if it all looks better in the morning

[Roobarb]

^^^

Normally does. After a strong cuppa anyway.

 

Just had a big grin. Roobarb jnr (9 yrs) has just taken a liking to Queen - especially Bohemian Rhapsody and We will rock you.

 

He has had Alexa playing it over and over. Interesting twisted lyrics though...

 

‘Waving your bladder all over the place...’ nearly had mine leaking.

Have to apologize now, as he may think I was laughing at his singing.

[oldcars]

Just did an unintentional massive sideways at a mini roundabout in the Reliant this morning. Massive cheer from some council workers. I am the man

[Cheggers]

Dublin taxis.

 

 

The Avensis taking me to the airport has 880,000km on the clock.

[Cheggers]

Dublin taxis.

 

 

The Avensis taking me to the airport has 880,000km on the clock.

By way of a follow up, the driver decided when it hit 600k to get rid when it next went wrong...It's still going (and is only on it's second clutch, apparently)

[Aston Martin]

Yes, we met on Myblacky.

 

 

 

(Before those people say, you only see ads related to your browsing history. I haven't seen any ebony porn on my phone)

[loserone]

I haven't seen any ebony porn on my phone)

That's a very specific statement

[Aston Martin]

That's a very specific statement

Covering my bases...

[GrumpiusMaximus]

We used to do undergraduate practical sessions, paid well and was a good way to meet, errrr, undergrads with a common interest in Biochemistry ‘cough’

 

*should point out I was 22-23 at the time and they were 19-21 before anyone gets any weird ideas

 

 

My brother is your stereotypical autistic mathematician.  He wouldn't have noticed any sort of interest whatsoever.  He barely notices that he has put trousers on.  He's been wearing cords that are about 3 inches above his shoes for months and only noticed when I pointed this out to him at Christmas.

[Ghosty]

MAY?

[Kiltox]

[PhilA]

I thought the US government was shut. Oh I see the office is not open and you are entering to  obtain the certificate whilst no one is around.

 

Seriously good luck.

The government has been working more efficiently since it's been shut down.

 

Phil

[Remspoor]

The government has been working more efficiently since it's been shut down.

 

Phil

That is is you on a no fly list then.

[Remspoor]

 Tonight's meal, steak by a wood burner. Wine and desert also. No potatoes!

[wuvvum]

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Fuck me, an actual apology!!!    I thought the season for miracles was behind us.

[fordperv]

Popped along to the local retro car meet to drop something off to one of the lads

 

After I turned up a marina coupe came on that was running out of electric and the guy who runs the meet started charging the guys battery for him with his rustina estate it made for a great picture

[Tayne]

I’ve just found a cordless screwdriver I didn’t know I had, it was inside another box and I have no recollection of buying it or being given it.

 

It’s a Challenge CSD362 which I think came from Argos in the mid 2000s.

 

It was in its box with a manual and certification paperwork but no charger.

 

Raking in my cable box found me a Sagem charger (I don’t remember owning any sagem items either) with almost the right voltage so I’m now trying find out if the screwdriver still works.