What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[reb]

On 10/12/2019 at 5:37 PM, Fumbler said:

Breathe in...

That's nothing!

[vulgalour]

I've always trawled through the music selections in charity shops.  These days it's much harder to find interesting stuff, especially in the vinyl section which is usually devoid of anything interesting, let alone good.  Now, CDs are in that place vinyl was when I started music hunting this way and every now and then you find something interesting.  Today was one of those days.  Some sort of promotional compilation album with some pretty good tracks on it, all for £1.50.   The tracks on the CD are all dated 1995 which is I assume when it was put together originally, even though this copy looks pretty clean.  www.Gravenews.demon.co.uk is gone, probably because Demon no longer exists, and I can only find the one entry online for for the record company Grave News Ltd, so I'm not sure if they're still trading.  The website www.kirkbrandon.com is still active, and up to date.  An interesting find, at any rate, and one I've been enjoying today.

 

[strangeangel]

34 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

...www.Gravenews.demon.co.uk is gone

 

 

 

The Wayback Machine is your friend:

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20000604082214/http://www.gravenews.demon.co.uk/

 

The only band I've heard of on that CD is Spear of Destiny, I remember them doing 'Do you believe in the Westworld' on TOTP back in the day*. They have loads of other stuff out that you could look up. Don't know Gravenews, but Almafame were a very dodgy label indeed who put out unauthorised CDs by all sorts of people - Babes in Toyland and Throbbing Gristle to name two off the top of my head.

 

*EDIT: That was Theatre of Hate the band Brandon was in before Spear of Destiny. My memory is not what it was.

 

[busmansholiday]

Number 39 anybody.....

[vulgalour]

Throbbing Gristle.  There's a name I've not heard in a long, long time!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

18 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

Number 39 anybody.....

Technically correct if said duck has only existed on plant material and not invertebrates during its lifetime.....

[strangeangel]

THE TULA IS COMIN

 

 

Courier sez he'll be here between 7 and 8!

 

[vulgalour]

That's an awesome looking little bike.

[anonymous user]

7 hours ago, SiC said:

Saw this in Lacock yesterday


Best bit is that it's obviously someone's work vehicle


As a big contrast, in Bristol this morning I saw this ingenious repair.


 

I liked for the spots, not because some poor buggers have to live in vans.

[myglaren]

[BorniteIdentity]

Good news: My flatmate has just earned a PhD in palindromes.

She'll now be known as Dr Awkward.

[MikeR]

today I stopped the deep fried sausages and avoided pot noodles ...

and for my "on my tod night "   

 

[strangeangel]

Mike's arse, tomorrow:

 

 

What's making me grin? THE TULA IS HERE!

 

 

 

 

[SiC]

6 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Good news: My flatmate has just earned a PhD in palindromes.

She'll now be known as Dr Awkward.

Flatmate? Does your wife like being called that? 

[Cavcraft]

Your pet Tula is magnificent, Strangey.

 

[Floatylight]

A yeah and a grump...

Smoll FL has passed his driving test...

Grump - how fookin much!! - Tonight will be spent looking at insurance websites methinks, Amy recommendations..

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[LightBulbFun]

4 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

A yeah and a grump...

Smoll FL has passed his driving test...

Grump - how fookin much!! - Tonight will be spent looking at insurance websites methinks, Amy recommendations..

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Like for him passing his test  (my driving instructor should be here in 15 minutes or so! )

but a Boo to expensive insurance, at least he has something sensible for a first car!

insurance for my Car is probably going to be either £Allthemoneys or £3 knowing how insurance companies "work" assuming I can find someone who will actually touch it!

 

[barefoot]

A silly quid says that all the money in the world won't insure a blue three wheeler as your first & only vehicle.

[SiC]

1 hour ago, Floatylight said:

A yeah and a grump...

Smoll FL has passed his driving test...

Grump - how fookin much!! - Tonight will be spent looking at insurance websites methinks, Amy recommendations..

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When I first read that, I thought the new monthly price was the yearly and wasn't so bad. 

My first policy in 2003 was £1300 a year on a 2yr old Civic when I was just 18. Current inflation since makes that a whisker over £2k. That was the cheapest after shopping around and most were way more. So tbf prices haven't gone up too much over the years. 

[beko1987]

I remember the sadness of my amended insurance quote when I passed, that was £200ish a month. I lived at home back then so could afford to pay it, it dropped right down on year 2

[Tartan58]

Wowzer, I remember paying £3k to insure my first car a 1991 R8 214SLi, this was in 1999.

Makes me happy that now we pay £500 a year combined for both mine and my wifes car on a multi-car policy - one of the few joys of getting old.

Not looking forward to when the twins hit 17 as I imagine that will be crippling shelling out for two at the same time, still they're only 5 just now so cars will probably be impossible to crash by then and insurance will no longer be required*

[paulplom]

Mine was £850 in about 1992. I ticked on an f reg metro base for 3k. I stuffed it 6 months later and had 2.5 years left to pay. I replaced the front valance, bumper rad etc and swapped it for a w reg orange supersport which I hammered and then scrapped. #Hindsight.

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[LightBulbFun]

4 hours ago, barefoot said:

A silly quid says that all the money in the world won't insure a blue three wheeler as your first & only vehicle.

reminds me of when some modern bloke on the train said to me "if you come from money?, just self insure it!"

oh how I laughed (inside my head)

 

[myglaren]

Bought my first car in 1978, a shite Hillman Minx.  Insurance was £12 - a year

I had been driving for 13 years but always had a company car or van.

[Saabnut]

The ex cpjitservices Saab 9-5 Diseasal estate passed its MOT today meaning I now have a spare towcar that is less than 30 years old!

[beko1987]

2 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

The ex cpjitservices Saab 9-5 Diseasal estate passed its MOT today meaning I now have a spare towcar that is less than 30 years old!

Which will ftp before the 30 year old one... 

[320touring]

Is the 30yr old one not a disco?

[Tickman]

8 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Any recommendations

Admiral were who my two went with but this was their own cars, both clios and both about £1000

 

[Wack]

Lifted from Facebook but what a nice thing to do 

 

[Wack]

Oops

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159631051058636&id=812618635