What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[High Jetter]

  On 17/09/2019 at 22:10, Rovorsche said:

Nope, that is exactly the way to go but there is a twist!.

When you get off the plane, take your time grabbing the luggage, go for a dump, grab a coffee and saunter to the rental desk when the queue has thinned or vanished.
If your luck is in all the bargain bobbins will have been shifted to those in a hurry and you get a free upgrade.

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I learned that from an Arthur Hailey book I read (Airport?) years ago - must have been in my teens. I've got upgraded on several occasions, on others I got what I'd booked (maybe I wasn't slow enough or everyone else was doing it better than me!) and it back-fired once as they'd over-booked and didn't have anything left and I had to wait another hour while they found something!

[New POD]

I got upgraded at Rome, when I handed back the keys to a Megan scenic with the words, "No I'm not driving a French car" 

Ended up in a lively lancia. 

[Dirk Diggler]

Windgates, the road between Bray and Greystones, Co. Wicklow, 1979. Apparantly the K20 was orange and was destroyed getting it down

[Tamworthbay]

Getting it up there probably didn’t do it much good either

[New POD]

  On 16/09/2019 at 15:45, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I find that adopting an expression of studied indifference works quite well......

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I find telling them that my car cost less, and I've had it 3 years and done 60k in it, works quite better. 

[The Moog]

Started a new job this week and it is going well.

Also fitted this


Which means with a confirmed 9psi of boost, I have been mostly taking the long way home.

[hairnet]

Waffle Ho alert @PhilA

 

 

[PhilA]

Ha, waffle ho.

 

Shame, they have nice mugs, ours here has plain white mugs, boring.

[hairnet]

Oh yes 

And tat too

Impala what a shame looks like a 626

 

[hairnet]

Ooh

[hairnet]

Couldn't see a thing and it was bad on the way down

Lake Logan

Oh yes

Shite

[hairnet]

All kinds films and TV on Roku and it was this and counting cars

[paulplom]

That's the same set up I had when I was in jail ^^^^

[PhilA]

How times have changed. Halfway up I'd have to have set the timing back a few degrees and tweaked the mixture screws.

 

It's amazing how well modern vehicles go up to 6000-odd feet without even flinching. Impalas are comfy cars, had one for a number of years.

 

--Phil

[SiC]

  On 19/09/2019 at 12:36, PhilA said:

How times have changed. Halfway up I'd have to have set the timing back a few degrees and tweaked the mixture screws.

 

It's amazing how well modern vehicles go up to 6000-odd feet without even flinching. Impalas are comfy cars, had one for a number of years.

 

--Phil

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Going up the Tioga Pass 3 years ago, in a rental Mustang V6 we hit 10000ft with no real world noticeable loss in performance. Earlier in the day we had left Death Valley at -282 feet and 49c. Zero change in fuel (same tank full) and roof down the whole way with air conditioning on.

Quite cool really. 

[hairnet]

Prolly worth coin just sat there

MK1 focus further up in a similar state

[PhilA]

  On 19/09/2019 at 13:46, hairnet said:

Prolly worth coin just sat there

MK1 focus further up in a similar state

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Less than you may think. Particularly in base spec trim/engine missing all the expensive shiny bits

 

Probably pick that up for about what I paid for the Chief

[somewhatfoolish]

'68 too I think; my favourite. Black RT please, with all the boxes ticked. And yes I would pretend I was chasing Steve McQueen all the time.

[Cavcraft]

Are you in a Mondeo hire  car, Mr Toupee Mesh?

[Aston Martin]

Not auto related, but occasionally I'll go down a YouTube rabbit hole and want to end it all.

Currently, I'm on a 'prepper, survival' theme. (Normal go-bags or survival kits, fine, treat yourself to £500 of shite.)

 

Recently it seems to be all about, urban go-bags, the videos are 99.9% American and always start with "Martial law could come into affect at anytime, the economy is unstable and overseas threats are coming to attack every baby with a pipe bomb and to piss on the flag"

So of course we all need 'urban' backpacks to get you home or so you can survive 72 hours. Now, I live in an urban environment and I don't know if I'd need a Compass, a signal mirror or a sewing kit.

 

It's fascinating, but I'm not sure for all the right reasons.

[PhilA]

  On 19/09/2019 at 14:47, Cavcraft said:

Are you in a Mondeo hire  car, Mr Toupee Mesh?

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That, believe it or not is a "Fiesta".

[Asimo]

Blue Ridge Parkway. Did a bit of that with a friend in his Mk1 Diesel Golf.  And a hateful, gutless little shitbox it was too. Still a lovely drive though....

[louiepj]

Similar to this I have found myself watching: steve1989mreinfo on the tube, it's kind of soothing in a Bob Ross painting kind of way but with the added interest of him eating 20 to 30 year old mre's.


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[hairnet]

  On 19/09/2019 at 14:47, Cavcraft said:

Are you in a Mondeo hire  car, Mr Toupee Mesh?

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No. Next stoopid question

[purplebargeken]

Just back from Berlin. Had a brilliant time! Saw everything on my list barr the Trabi museum,  I like Trabis and have driven one, that was great fun. The Reichstag building was awesome.

Berlin was a wonderful place, very nice people, lovely and clean, only heard annoyed car horns on two occasions. Nice selection of food but not much traditional German stuff. Had a couple of currywursts instead.  The best one was in the food hall of the Mall of Berlin. I remembered enough German not to make a twat of myself too.

They had a Lidl which was bloody posh. I compared it to the one in Tottenham on the way home this evening. The one in Tottenham had a security guard on the door.

Sigh....... I'm back in London then.  Fuck.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 19/09/2019 at 21:33, purplebargeken said:

Just back from Berlin. Had a brilliant time! Saw everything on my list barr the Trabi museum,  I like Trabis and have driven one, that was great fun. The Reichstag building was awesome.

Berlin was a wonderful place, very nice people, lovely and clean, only heard annoyed car horns on two occasions. Nice selection of food but not much traditional German stuff. Had a couple of currywursts instead.  The best one was in the food hall of the Mall of Berlin. I remembered enough German not to make a twat of myself too.

They had a Lidl which was bloody posh. I compared it to the one in Tottenham on the way home this evening. The one in Tottenham had a security guard on the door.

Sigh....... I'm back in London then.  Fuck.

 

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Speaking  of Trabis, did you manage to visit Höhenschonhausen? I  think there's a Barkas displayed there

[gm]

I've been house hunting recently and went to view a place a couple of weeks ago, it is in a good area and is obviously well looked after but the rooms all felt a bit small. I sort of mentally wrote it off but then had the brainwave of measuring the rooms of the flat I'm currently renting and comparing them to the house - it turns out the house is bigger but has so much furniture and clutter, it felt really cramped. spurred on by this, I went for a second viewing and paid a bit more attention - once the current owners take out their six giant wardrobes, two monster sofas, umpteen chests of drawers, book cases etc it'll do just grand. 

so I made a cheeky low offer, a bit of to-ing and fro-ing was done and they have accepted ! I'm buying a bloody house ! 

and the best bit - a decent sized garage with light and power - can't wait 

it's off the market already, my mortgage application is in progress and I'm hoping to be in before Christmas 

[Alex66]

  On 19/09/2019 at 22:31, gm said:

I've been house hunting recently and went to view a place a couple of weeks ago, it is in a good area and is obviously well looked after but the rooms all felt a bit small. I sort of mentally wrote it off but then had the brainwave of measuring the rooms of the flat I'm currently renting and comparing them to the house - it turns out the house is bigger but has so much furniture and clutter, it felt really cramped. spurred on by this, I went for a second viewing and paid a bit more attention - once the current owners take out their six giant wardrobes, two monster sofas, umpteen chests of drawers, book cases etc it'll do just grand. 

so I made a cheeky low offer, a bit of to-ing and fro-ing was done and they have accepted ! I'm buying a bloody house ! 

and the best bit - a decent sized garage with light and power - can't wait 

it's off the market already, my mortgage application is in progress and I'm hoping to be in before Christmas 

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May I be a bit rude and ask what sort of percentage did you low ball by?  We are up that way a bit South of you looking at houses tomorrow and if we can low low ball people all the better. I am as they say a tight git. 

[gm]

It was on at £135, I offered £129, they countered with £132 and we settled on £130. I think I did well but this was based purely on instinct. They were keen to sell as they have found a place they want down south and, as I sold my house in Scotland back in February, I am effectively a first time buyer again so can act fast. 

good luck with your house hunting !

[Rovorsche]

Yesterday whilst making good progress to work with JackFM babbling away, Ant-Music by Mr A. Ant of the 1980's was playing.

 

Right in the middle of this a Black Range Rover came the other way, reg number ADM 777A