cobblers Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I had probably the best nights sleep in recent memory last night, out in a field in the camper with the new heater ticking over keeping me nice and warm and lulling me off to sleep. A big pub dinner and a couple of pints probably helped too. Woke up rested and warm to this: I wasn't expecting snow! I decided to take the scenic route to work since I've got mega knobbly OLLIREMOULDS on, nothing can stop me right? The tyres are unsurprisingly quite decent on snow, but most of it was sheer ice so I must admit there was quite a few moments where I regretted going off the beaten track so far. Brilliant way to start the day though, I have been in a good mood ever since. fairkens, Tickman, jumpingjehovahs and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Well that's my weekend ruined. ? RobT, paulplom, Sir Chocolate Teapot and 11 others 1 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Cavcraft, paulplom, Datsuncog and 8 others 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, cort16 said: Genuinely had that when the MGB was playing up earlier this month. Even more so when I was in the smart* motorway zone on the M4/M5 interchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Joey spud said: Well that's my weekend ruined. ? I did check, it was photoshopped. stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, SiC said: I did check, it was photoshopped. Contact is clearly a euphemism. stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
face Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Talking of drawing knobs on everything, a couple of years back I moved back to the village where I spent my formative years. I’m an 11th generation villager BTW. At least that actually. Back in the mid 80s my mates and I would frequent the (glorious) brick built bus shelter in the village centre for smoking and general japery. During this time marker pens were employed on the odd occasion for drawing, in said shelter, a fine collection of cocks, minges and a wonderful collection of profanities. They’re all still there, clear as day. The Christmas just gone, my (lovely) neighbours popped round to ask me if I would like to walk my children up to the bus shelter as Santa Claus is visiting. All the children from the village are going etc. I made a pathetic excuse and didn’t go. Probably for the best. Tadhg Tiogar, stonedagain and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Quintus and FakeConcern 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainagain Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/28/2020 at 9:21 AM, Alan_Green said: If you liked the Cameroonian taxis search for documentary called "Hulk Through Hell" on YouTube. It follows people taking the 3 week journey up the Congo River in a huge boat. Just amazing. Real heart of darkness stuff. And as someone on reddit said, "Watch this and you'll never complain about anything in your life again". Have you got a link, when I search this I got all sorts of Marvel stuff but nothing about a boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Started painting my bathroom yesterday in a wilkos colour called bali. You can't really see it in the picture but it should be re-named invacar blue. It's all I'm going to be thinking about everytime I go in to curl one out. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk jumpingjehovahs, Roobarb, Jamie and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Trying to make an appointment at "doctors" over the phone... Sorry nothing available until middle of next week.... I happened to be walking past just now, popped in and tried at the desk.... Only one appointment left, tomorrow afternoon... The queue had gone down, so I whispered to the receptionist, big bleed from down below.... Oh 3 o'clock this afternoon then... Unfortunately it's with the same useless twat that I saw before Christmas who sent me to physio, who then said 14-16 week delay to even see anyone... Wish me luck ? richardmorris, Roobarb, myglaren and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 39 minutes ago, rainagain said: Have you got a link, when I search this I got all sorts of Marvel stuff but nothing about a boat. rainagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Jonny Smiths comment that people who think Vauxhall’s r shit are Luton intolerant . Made me laugh anyway . Datsuncog, catsinthewelder, barefoot and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 After just short of 10 months living the highlife pissing about buying hopeless motorbikes and scooters, going to the tip and walking the dog etc I've just landed another job. w00dy, Skizzer, myglaren and 17 others 15 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I hope its as a tip nazi stonedagain, Tadhg Tiogar, Cavcraft and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Craig the Princess and rainagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 5 hours ago, paulplom said: Started painting my bathroom yesterday in a wilkos colour called bali. You can't really see it in the picture but it should be re-named invacar blue. It's all I'm going to be thinking about everytime I go in to curl one out. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk Glass panelled door a bold choice for the toilet! Eddie Honda, Dick Longbridge, High Jetter and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 It's got privacy glass, what's the problem? myglaren and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Grumpy cat is dead Long live even grumpier cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 He/she doesn’t look happy, what did you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Did you mean to order an evil one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 47 minutes ago, richardmorris said: He/she doesn’t look happy, what did you do? Just a picture off t'internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 hours ago, cobblers said: I hope its as a tip nazi Would genuinely love a job there. Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I took my work van in for it’s service this week, when I dropped it off at the garage I always use they asked if there was anything else I knew of that wanted doing so I thought I’d take a chance and see if they could have a look at why there’s a horrendous vibration noise coming from the bulkhead area. I didn’t expect much really coming of it and thought it’d just be ‘they all do that sir’! Its a 66 plate Sprinter and it’s been like this since new (poor QC imho delivering new vehicles like that but...). It’s only at certain times but when it starts vibrating/rattling it’s fucking irritating like you wouldn’t believe. It’s so loud it’ll drown out the radio! I’d tried all sorts myself to fix it but gave up in the end as nothing seemed to cure it. Anyway, I got a call today saying it was ready and they’d fixed the noise! They said it took a while to find what was causing it but seemingly these vans are fitted with an anti theft device on their exhaust, which is basically a chain strap across it to hinder anyone trying to slice the valuable bits of the exhaust off. After spending ages looking at various things to stop it, it was this chain that was slightly slack and was resting on the exhaust. Then at around 2k rpm-ish it would hit the sweet spot and cause the noise! Apparently it’s right under the bulkhead so the noise was just travelling up the panel. They’ve simply bent the chains mounting bracket a bit to increase tension on the chain and stop it rattling! Easy, once you’ve found it! I drove it home today, and my god! It’s glorious! No horrible sounds, no rattles and no noise like someone’s using a jackhammer on the back of your head as your driving. I know it sounds like a stupid grin, but spending the time I have to driving that van it’s made me a very happy boy! SiC, eddyramrod, myglaren and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Cavcraft said: After just short of 10 months living the highlife pissing about buying hopeless motorbikes and scooters, going to the tip and walking the dog etc I've just landed another job. Congratulations - must be the week for it! Looks like mine is going to start quicker than I thought, not confirmed yet but looks like they want me in Stavanger Monday morning! Just got to live through the survival course tomorrow! puddlethumper, stonedagain, The Moog and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Chocolate Teapot Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Great news for Great Britain i see, no not that eu thing, the Wombles are back to clean the place up. Wish they would come over here in italy to give some lessons to this mucky lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said: Great news for Great Britain i see, no not that eu thing, the Wombles are back to clean the place up. Wish they would come over here in italy to give some lessons to this mucky lot. These people? Eddie Honda and hairnet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpingjehovahs Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk myglaren, paulplom, BL Bloke and 12 others 2 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 hours ago, Craig the Princess said: These people? They were on a North West motorway this morning, shortly before someone definitely didn't find out a Transit van can do 3 figure speeds. paulplom, BL Bloke, Craig the Princess and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 19 hours ago, richardmorris said: Glass panelled door a bold choice for the toilet! 19 hours ago, vulgalour said: It's got privacy glass, what's the problem? You jest but this is my loo door... The Union Flag was added by myself when I started dating Girlfriend_70s, because I'm a gent. stonedagain, paulplom, dome and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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