What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[DeeJay]

The smell of an appreciating asset.

[dozeydustman]

1 hour ago, DeeJay said:

The smell of overhyped scene tax

EFA

[chaseracer]

From our cousins on the Malaise Motors FB page...

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[Tamworthbay]

I was heading home when I spotted a car I didn’t recognise in front, it was about 100yds away at first. From the look of it, it looked like a five year old with no eyes on a rollercoaster had attempted to copy the back end to a Rover 75. It was truly hideous and looked sooooo cheap. I assumed it was some Chinese monstrosity I had missed. Nope, as I got closer I noticed the unmistakable RR badge in the back. And to add to the ‘quality’ look the number plate was wonky. I was chuckling to myself all the way home. It’s the small things in life........

[brownnova]

Had a lovely moment on the M5 last night where a young man in a rather new Golf R seriously underestimated the acceleration skills of a 22 year old 190,000 mile Saab Turbo...  

[hairnet]

Got mooged

[hairnet]

Then this happened

Thanks to will @snagglepuss

@Conan it wont fit  so you can have it

 

[The Moog]

Then this happened
Thanks to will [mention=3994]snagglepuss[/mention]
[mention=27681]Conan[/mention] it wont fit  so you can have it
 

Glad you didn't have a strange steering wheel accident on the way back!

[Fumbler]

Looked at Micra's front crossmember this morning. Minor surface rust and that is it! It's been refurbished before and was done properly it seems!

[hairnet]

10 minutes ago, snagglepuss said:

 

its prolly gone quicker than mx5 ever went or conan will

*hides

[anonymous user]

Currently half watching a gardening programme on TV, it has Miranda Hart and her mother (who is a garden fanatic) the grin is that her mother drives a rather nice Arrow series Singer Gazelle Estate

[Wack]

[Fumbler]

 

[Aston Martin]

Best Popmaster ever.

[dozeydustman]

2 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

Best Popmaster ever.

Wasn't it! I've never heard of a game ending like that.

[jakebullet]

A man smoking a pipe discussing the merits* of a poo brown maestro.

[Noel Tidybeard]

said maestro looks to be a plah so merits indeed

[DVee8]

Got a new trainee at work this morning,now this isn't the grin as we often have a high turn  over of starters.

The grin is that when talking to him I asked what he did for his last job... He worked for Euro Car Parts,as a picker,so send me any complaints you may have and i'll get a written apology for you.

[Datsuncog]

^^^ Just gimme a minute...

[Andyrew]

[clayts450]

Just been for a good old hoon in the 214, well as best as I can manage with a fully laden boot containing 4 alloys, various bits of old manifold and exhaust, and a blowing flexi. Urban, country lanes, A-roads, and Jct 27->26 on the M1. Didn't miss a beat all the way round. 

It's like a slightly watered down version of the 420 power-wise, but just as much fun handling-wise - can really throw it into the corners. Had a little mini race with a Ford Puma (we were two abreast on a 50mph dual carriageway). Gave it the beans and left the Puma for dust*. At 51 mph.

Most fun I've had actually driving the 214 in my 8 months of ownership.

[Zelandeth]

On 6/23/2019 at 12:05 PM, brownnova said:

Had a lovely moment on the M5 last night where a young man in a rather new Golf R seriously underestimated the acceleration skills of a 22 year old 190,000 mile Saab Turbo...  

It's fun isn't it.  I quite frequently cause people to have that same moment of confusion, albeit with a 26 year old Citroen with rampant clearcoat peel...

[Wack]

Physiotherapy 

A month ago some numpty ran into me in the car, my back has been stiff since, today had a physiotherapy session and I'm gobsmacked that 1/2 an hour of being twisted about can make such a difference , he's given me 3 exercises to do ( 1st since the 80s) which I'm definitely going to do

So if you've got a bad back get some physio 

[New POD]

1 minute ago, Wack said:

Physiotherapy 

A month ago some numpty ran into me in the car, my back has been stiff since, today had a physiotherapy session and I'm gobsmacked that 1/2 an hour of being twisted about can make such a difference , he's given me 3 exercises to do ( 1st since the 80s) which I'm definitely going to do

So if you've got a bad back get some physio 

Wife, went to a chiropractor when the physiotherapist proved to be useless.  There was alot of cracking, which sorted out her fused veribrae and slipped discs.  4 trips over 6 weeks. 

It didn't sort out her shoulder, and neither did 10 further physio appointments Which actually made it worse.  She's now on the waiting list for a MRI or x-ray of shoulder. And taking naproxen.  Which barely touches the pain. 

But yes. Don't ignore your back. Look after it. 

[LightBulbFun]

10 minutes ago, New POD said:

She's now on the waiting list for a MRI or x-ray of shoulder

if they dont find anything there, ask for a MRI scan of the brain incase she has CP or something such that may be causing the muscles in her shoulder to play up

speaking from painful experience here!

(with me they kept focusing on my back, no one ever thought to check my brain out, supposedly I was supposed to be screened for CP when I was young due to being born at 29 weeks, but that never happened...)

[jumpingjehovahs]

I got confused/worried when I saw what you'd written but only the first photo, as I couldn't see the RX! You can achieve the same effect but in reverse if you park the RX next to a current Discovery, as I noticed last week.....
Good to see those Fords all looking so standard.

It’s funny you say that as when I left and got on the motorway I overtook a Highways Agency Discovery and thought how low down I felt...!

Yep, all pretty much standard and all looking like they were months old. Really impressive little collection, just wish I’d had time to meet the owners!


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[New POD]

3 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

if they dont find anything there, ask for a MRI scan of the brain incase she has CP or something such that may be causing the muscles in her shoulder to play up

speaking from painful experience here!

(with me they kept focusing on my back, no one ever thought to check my brain out, supposedly I was supposed to be screened for CP when I was young due to being born at 29 weeks, but that never happened...)

CP????? 

[LightBulbFun]

3 minutes ago, New POD said:

CP????? 

cerebral palsy

(thank you enhanced spell checker! normally I butcher that word so bad not even spell checker can sort it out LOL)

[New POD]

3 hours ago, Nyphur said:

Chiropractors are charlatans. 

 

Well, in my wife's case he removed all lower back pain.  So the snake oil worked. W hg at i didnt understand was why the previous psycho had failed to do anything.  Now we look back to it, she was given really strong painkillers which take weeks to become effective, and weeks to come off. So with the NHS limiting her to 5 sessions, at the last session she was "cured" of all pain, only due to the drugs starting to work. 

It took her 5 weeks to wean herself off the tablets with advise from a pharmacist, to find the pain was still there. 

[New POD]

4 hours ago, Wack said:

Physiotherapy 

A month ago some numpty ran into me in the car, my back has been stiff since, today had a physiotherapy session and I'm gobsmacked that 1/2 an hour of being twisted about can make such a difference , he's given me 3 exercises to do ( 1st since the 80s) which I'm definitely going to do

So if you've got a bad back get some physio 

Sorry this is the grin, not grim thread.

We should celebrate your improved fitness. 

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