What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

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On 4/6/2020 at 4:48 PM, Timewaster said:

The best car show on at the moment for me is Bangers and Cash following Matthewsons classic auctions.  Main man Derek seems to really have a passion for old cars and would be a top bloke to chat with in the pub.

Great program, Sarah is lovely too.

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On 4/7/2020 at 4:49 AM, Rab said:

I photographed Fuzz drumming with The Beat in London on the German culture ship..MS STUBNITZ..and RIP Roger Ranking..such a nice bloke as well...we gently kidnapped him for a photoshoot..thats me on his left

I also saw The Beat live with Fuzz on drums.

Exho the RIP for Roger, him and Ranking Junior were great front men together.

I really like their ska-rapped up version of Rock the Casbah:

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

This weeks Classic Car Weekly has two examples of a particular classic marque for sale, one even makes it into their Pick of the Classifieds feature.

What amuses me is that I ( and you) know* them both, yep forward @DodgyBastard and @Cavcraft purveyors of classics more rare than Cobras, Aurelias or DB4GTs ( more of each in Octane than these gems) And none of the DB4 GTs say they’ll swap for a moped either.

[Cavcraft]

(runs to newsagents wearing a builder's dust mask)

[mitsisigma01]

1 hour ago, Coprolalia said:

For ages I've seen a proper ratty CX and an LDV about but not been able to get a photo.

Whilst out on my bike I found they're both owned by this winner.

Needs to be on here.

What's he got under the tarpaulin ???

[catsinthewelder]

That soft top behind the CX looks fairly unusual too.

 

[reb]

Why bother washing a car that's just sat parked up on a farm?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

44 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

That soft top behind the CX looks fairly unusual too.

 

AC (Brooklands) Ace. Slightly awkward, a bit like a gangly MX-5

[catsinthewelder]

Thanks, that's been bugging me all afternoon ?

[Coprolalia]

I was trying to work it out too. Knew this place would come through, it's registered as an AC Sports.

Rare too.

Makes me really wonder what's under the two tarps if one of 58 handbuilt AC soft tops isn't...

[richardmorris]

23 minutes ago, Coprolalia said:

I was trying to work it out too. Knew this place would come through, it's registered as an AC Sports.

Rare too.

Makes me really wonder what's under the two tarps if one of 58 handbuild AC soft tops isn't...

Probably his marina and allegro.

[DodgyBastard]

2 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

This weeks Classic Car Weekly has two examples of a particular classic marque for sale, one even makes it into their Pick of the Classifieds feature.

What amuses me is that I ( and you) know* them both, yep forward @DodgyBastard and @Cavcraft purveyors of classics more rare than Cobras, Aurelias or DB4GTs ( more of each in Octane than these gems) And none of the DB4 GTs say they’ll swap for a moped either.

 

I think I might have two in it, the white Riva and the yellow Cavalier. It's incredibly frustrating because they listed the location as Crossgates with no further location info and I've had about 10 people from Yorkshire calling about it thinking it's Crossgates Leeds.

Most of the people who called can't use the internet so trying to forward on detailed photos is difficult.

I'd sold the Lada before the advert had even appeared in the paper so whenever someone calls about it I just pass on Cavcrafts number for them to call and annoy him about it.

[cobblers]

I wish the M1 was always like this! (obviously my passenger with 6ft long arms took the photo)

That said, a mile later I did have to pass some prick sat in the 3rd lane doing 58mph.

[wuvvum]

 

[PhilA]

Gotta make pressure washing the fence fun somehow.

[paulplom]

God, I spent years on that game. Atari jaguar iirc.

[Remspoor]

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Everyone knows of a Wangler.

 

[SiC]

On 4/7/2020 at 11:12 PM, cobblers said:

Pretty poor timing for the wife to leave her cushty job in schools and come and work with me, but 10 days in it's going really well. She's great on the phone and an absolute dab hand with the desoldering gun. But for some reason she seems to absolutely love sandblasting stuff.

I only gave her a quick go on it because it gives you massive static shocks every few seconds and I thought it would be funny, but now I can't get her away from it, I've got piles of stuff that needs doing but I have to keep dragging her off it when the air compressor is about to go on fire.

Or good time maybe? With all these lorries running around ferrying goods, the probability of them breaking is going to go up? Plus if the economy does falter, operators are going to need to keep their fleet trimmed and working as much as possible. Throwing a truck to the back of the yard for a few weeks or sending it off for auction and buying another because the dash has died will become less of an option. 

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3 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Everyone knows of a Wangler.

 

Has a badger stolen his car keys? 

[wuvvum]

I'm pretty sure RX8s are counted as 2.6 litres by the DVLA rather than 1.3.

[MikeR]

thats my 3rd queen wasp dispatched with the fly spay !!

this one flew into the greenhouse and was trapped ...by a closing door ..

[DeeJay]

[bramz7]

Not sure if a grin but funny enough I guess.

Boots is now the only shop open at Waterloo. People keep trying to rob from there and keep getting caught, as there is barely a dozen people who are not staff there at any one time, and there is police here all the time. 

Also I'm really glad I'm in a key worker job and get to go outside without breaking any rules. 

[omegod]

Wife thinks I’m being paranoid, had  someone picking up some parts earlier and the cash is stewing in hot soapy water 

[Timewaster]

Money laundering? 

[outlaw118]

SWMBO has just told me that Kelly Brook and Carol Vorderman were on Celeb Bake off thing last night.

The least she can do is piss off out so I can watch it in "peace"....

NSFW OBVS

[richardmorris]

23 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Cross channel ferry exhaust!

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6 hours ago, Timewaster said:

Money laundering? 

fk that its liverpool - is it real

 

[hairnet]

5 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Cross channel ferry exhaust!

tunnel prototype