What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[paulplom]

6 hours ago, STUNO said:

Paulplom..........     I'm coming to UK soon for a while, Can I borrow it for a few weeks ?

The other question is    How far can you go before the fuzz stop you for speeding ? Even just a little bit !

They have to catch you before they can stop you. He said it's frightening and he's had super cars as long as I remember. 0-60 in 2.7. 0-124 in less than 8 iirc. Red lines at 7k. The n/a one red lines at 8k. For some reason they dropped it for the turbo.

[wuvvum]

5 hours ago, paulplom said:

The n/a one red lines at 8k. For some reason they dropped it for the turbo.

Emissions innit. 

[wuvvum]

Also scary that the current bASe model Ferrari will piss all over an F40. 

[Wack]

On 8/22/2019 at 10:23 PM, Amishtat said:

I did try peanut butter when I first got the car but didn't find it to be very effective. Also the dog found the bumpers irresistible for a day or two. That Autoglym stuff gets my vote for chalky grey Volvo trim

I bought some Mr Fix from ebay, it's great on black trim , put it on and it stayed black for months 

[cobblers]

Came in to work today to repair a dash cluster for an indian dude who couldn't really take the thing off the road in the week. I don't mind doing stuff on a weekend, I'm nearly at 6 months straight working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day so what's another day?

Anyway, nicest bloke you could hope to meet, had a good crack with him and he brought me 4 bottles of mysterious strong beer and a load of absolutely beautiful food that his mrs had cooked to say thanks for coming on on the weekend.

Absolutely made my day, best customer ever. 

[320touring]

Grimbergen is ace:) nice work on the "being a guid chap" front!

[skattrd]

I had the Grimbergen in Belgium earlier this year, its quite nice … 

[cobblers]

Yes, I can confirm that it is pretty nice. Two down.

[reb]

The welder fairy has been ?

[vulgalour]

Every time someone who has only ever been in a modern gets in one of my elderly heaps they remark on how comfortable it is, some even mentioning they thought older cars weren't comfortable.  Every new car I'm forced to endure sees me remark how intolerable the seats are, with the only exception being a 2012ish Renault Clio which had some sort of memory foam thing going on that was quite nice... then instantly spoiled by the massively reflection prone 'smart panel' or whatever that occupied the whole middle third of the dashboard.

[New POD]

9 hours ago, skattrd said:

I had the Grimbergen in Belgium earlier this year, its quite nice … 

Is that one of those 18% triple brewed "gay beers in a gay beer glass" * ? 

*reference to the film In Bruge 

[MorrisItalSLX]

Well, that’s tonight’s entertainment sorted.

The best dollar I’ve spent in a while.

[MikeR]

along with the lost episode of Rainbow ..

 

 

[Joey spud]

[Joey spud]

 

I was in a window frame factory the other day and spotted an old unloved lathe in the corner complete with a Reliant Robin steering wheel.

[xtriple]

Phoebes birthday today (Phoebe is the older dog, she's 12 today) and I have spent £62 in Pets at home buying her a new bed (her old bed is full of her toys!!)  and a variety of treats and bones and another £32 on poor moo cow for their dinner. Everyone thinks I am mad, glad to prove them right

Oh and the very nice lady (Cheryl) who serves me every time I go in, carried my bags out to the car and kissed me as well! Amazingly, I actually like her as well which is why I will never ask her out. No point in ruining someones life when you like them, I reserve that for people I fancy but don't like!   

[Cavcraft]

Little White Dog fest again today. The numbers were down on the last time we went, but it was still GR8. Dave_Lee_Cartland had an absolute blast and made lots of new friends.

 

 

 

Mucky dog liked him a lot

 

 

[xtriple]

Chester had an interface with a white pup that looked exactly like your mutt, they seemed to like each other... a bit too much if you know what I mean. The lady on the other end of the dogs lead (stupid, let the dog run and be a ...dog!) was mortified that her precious could do such 'mucky' things and even worse was when Chester returned the favour!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just after finding some oul cassettes to play in the CX....

[MikeR]

the lady next door , I was up to my elbow in her drains when she said

" I had this  fella come round to look at my white bits yesterday "

 

it was the look on my face that said it all ....

 

[hairnet]

train to harrygit from manc - 26.80 one way

it stop in leeds.....hmmmm

rain to leeds 4.50 train to harrogate from leeds 3.80

what drugs are they on

megabus was 8.81

 

[cobblers]

 

Picked up the wrong aerosol to spray on stuff when trying to get a fitting out of a casting with a hot air gun. I wasn't using "fire" so wasn't being careful.

Massive fireball, no hair left on either arm, my 5 oclock shadow and nose hairs were wiped out, but thanks to my glasses, other than a sore face I'm unscathed.

Learned a lesson. Need a haircut!

[BL Bloke]

That was lucky. Good to hear no serious harm was done. 

[Tickman]

5 hours ago, cobblers said:

but thanks to my glasses, other than a sore face I'm unscathed.

Liked for this bit not the massive fireball.

 

You don't have CCTV in the workshop do you

[beko1987]

On 8/25/2019 at 3:24 AM, vulgalour said:

Every time someone who has only ever been in a modern gets in one of my elderly heaps they remark on how comfortable it is, some even mentioning they thought older cars weren't comfortable.  Every new car I'm forced to endure sees me remark how intolerable the seats are, with the only exception being a 2012ish Renault Clio which had some sort of memory foam thing going on that was quite nice... then instantly spoiled by the massively reflection prone 'smart panel' or whatever that occupied the whole middle third of the dashboard.

I have bite my tongue when getting into moderns... 

"yes this 2019 i3 is lovely, yes, mmmmm" whilst all the time I'm just thinking how nicer the zx seats are, and their not exactly great unless sitting on exactly the right cog in the adjuster... 

Its also difficult to engage in conversation about auto lights and stuff when I turn mine on subconsciously most of the time, I already have dab and mp3, don't drive far enough to really need cruise control, can't help but notice the orange peel on the paint or that it's been washed by a brush... 

[Floatylight]

Seen on a FB page, excellent job, thought it was oe spec for a minute there...

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[RobT]

22 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

Well, that’s tonight’s entertainment sorted.

The best dollar I’ve spent in a while.

Worth watching some YouTube vids too, such as the Parkinson interviews.  Always preferred Les to Dame Edna?

[MorrisItalSLX]

38 minutes ago, RobT said:

Worth watching some YouTube vids too, such as the Parkinson interviews.  Always preferred Les to Dame Edna?

Been there, done that! ? I’ve heard the album before, but never had the actual record.

I need to dig out my Betamax and watch Les Patterson Saves the World and The Adventure of Barry McKenzie again!

[cobblers]

5 hours ago, Tickman said:

Liked for this bit not the massive fireball.

 

You don't have CCTV in the workshop do you

I do but the camera was pointing the wrong way! What a let down.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

12 hours ago, cobblers said:

....Massive fireball, no hair left on either arm, ...!

The close ups of your forearm and your rug reminds me of mould hyphae that grows on stale bread and rotting fruit. Fascinating, in an appalling way.