What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[108]

Heading north on the M1* Passing Balbriggan I spied  a 1991 Corolla saloon. A friendly wave resulted in grins, a wave and flashing of headlights. Happy days. 

 

* Quiz question: Which M1?

[hairnet]

north county dublin obvs

where in drogheda are ya going and did ya skip the toll at julianstown

[Skizzer]

15 hours ago, paulplom said:

I went for my 1st ever eye test yesterday at 47. I've been using pound shop plus 1.5 glasses to read, computer etc. £30 later and he said your long sight is perfect and you need 1.5 glasses to read.

The grin is that there are no health issues and the structure and everything else is bob on. It's a big relief for me to know. I've never been to the doctors for around 12 years.

Win.

Since I turned 45 my short sightedness has been getting better. Luckily I haven’t thrown out any of the glasses I’ve had since I was nine years old, so I can just work my way back through them until I’m 80.

My wife persuaded me to go to the doctor a while back when I had paralysing bronchitis but he basically told me to fuck off, so I won’t bother doing that again. And I haven’t been to a dentist since Thatcher was in power.

[paulplom]

I was at school and forced to see a dentist the last time I saw one. The last time I was at the doctors I waited over an hour after my appointment was due (how can you over run an hour at 8.30am?). I went to see about my crippling migrainnes. He looked for a solution on the computer and said I can give you tablets to cure it but it'll make you impotent or you can continue taking anadin extra. Total and utter waste of fucking time.

[108]

8 hours ago, hairnet said:

north county dublin obvs

where in drogheda are ya going and did ya skip the toll at julianstown

I headed up to Cooley for the day, and yes I bypassed the toll. 

[Fumbler]

Father Fumbler was driving down from Essex when he was overtaken by a RHD 6-wheeler CX estate. That made his afternoon.

[quicksilver]

27 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

Father Fumbler was driving down from Essex when he was overtaken by a RHD 6-wheeler CX estate. That made his afternoon.

That must be this one, owned by Phil Collins (no, not the guy from Genesis)

1989 Citroen CX 25TGI Loadrunner by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

[Fumbler]

Interesting. I might pop a few questions this evening!

[SierraMikeHotel]

Really pleased to see he's still got it! He'd recently finished it when we were active in the same CCC branch. Haven't seen him for years but I remember him being a thoroughly nice chap.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Not convinced by the wisdom of lengthening an already long car, although I hear someone else is having a go at recreating a Tissier newspaper van.....

[myglaren]

3 hours ago, quicksilver said:

That must be this one, owned by Phil Collins (no, not the guy from Genesis)

1989 Citroen CX 25TGI Loadrunner by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Is that the bloke that drags half a light aircraft around as a caravan?

[Tamworthbay]

No idea where to put this but lots come on here so why not. Bought some Owatrol stuff for the bumpers of the 205 after recommendation on here, it didn’t really work on the grey of the 205 if I am honest but worked well on blacks such as the door handles. They do a range of stuff but can’t see me buying anymore anytime soon, they have emailed me a code for a fiver off anything apart from test pots, if anyone wants to use the code feel free - SPBD5BF7B6B5

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, myglaren said:

Is that the bloke that drags half a light aircraft around as a caravan?

Yes, that's the one.

[paulplom]

Partner on a works do at the quayside. She left a massive pan of home made minestrone. Kids it their respective rooms. I have king goblin, rick and morty. Not really sure how this can be improved upon. Pooch to walk but that's a bonus.

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[beko1987]

Yey, love rick and morty! 

[GrumpyCat]

Good effort!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-49508070/man-fined-after-driving-car-with-a-car-on-its-roof-in-aberystwyth

[beko1987]

Hubnut does top gear? 

[hairnet]

before or after the car was put on?

[iainrcz]

Scrolling through shit book and saw this.

Surely they're on here.

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[320touring]

Driving the GSA near home today, I was on my favourite local backroad and giein it fuuu shoe (Laldy/GLF).

As I swung into a left haner, a MK2 astra GTE was coming the other way flat out - we flashed lights and waved.

1/2 a mile later at the roundabout, I stopped to let a gent sail serenely past in his MK2 Carlton - looking resplendent in that light blue metallic they did them in

[hairnet]

yeah but your way is stuck in 1994

[Andyrew]

Tits! 

A pair of them! , only small but they make me smile,  when I'm at the workshop they seem to pop out and make an appearance.  

I'll show you but I'm only letting you see the one. . . . 

 

[New POD]

Just spend 1.5 hours disassembling reassembling a brass bed, so i could move it down a floor into what will be the airbnb / lodgers room.  

And then an hour assembling a similar bed in the room where the first bed was.  This new one is 6 inches wider.  Mattress to.be delivered next week.  They guaranteed to able to get it up 2 flights of stairs though gaps that are very small. 

The grin? I'm flat pack.assembly king..

 

[AdeMk1]

Scrolling through shit book and saw this.

Surely they're on here.

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I'm sure this is near to me....

[beko1987]

9 hours ago, Andyrew said:

Tits! 

A pair of them! , only small but they make me smile,  when I'm at the workshop they seem to pop out and make an appearance.  

I'll show you but I'm only letting you see the one. . . . 

 

Mind they dont shit on that Dyson! Must collect that soon

[paulplom]

In getting my van tyres on and look what rocks up.
I didn't know renault put the scenic in the wrc. More like wtf.

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[paulplom]

The back was just as good

 

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He's sitting in it I'm taking the pics covertly

 

[somewhatfoolish]

Did he get Stevie Wonder to put the giffer tat on the bumper?

[Aston Martin]

Shaved cat, with an unshaven face.

[5speedracer]

Shaved cat, with an unshaven face.

That looks weird, go on it's photoshopped isn't it.....

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