What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[busmansholiday]

  On 03/07/2020 at 16:43, Saabnut said:

Oh, and it is 13 quid for a beer.

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They wouldn't need to worry about social distancing in this country if they charged prices like that.

[New POD]

  On 03/07/2020 at 13:00, Out Run said:

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I'm sure that was an Eastenders plotline with Michel brothers. 

 

[Fumbler]

[Floatylight]

  On 03/07/2020 at 17:55, New POD said:

I'm sure that was an Eastenders plotline with Michel brothers. 
 

I knew someone who used to be involved in a UK race team that managed to get a US 24 hour race, unfortunately their only engine blew up in practice, they went and hired a yank tank with the same engine, swapped it into the race car, did the race, swapped it back and returned it with about 20 miles driven running like a wreck...

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If you're gonna defraud a rental firm bragging about on fb might not be the best idea.

[cort1977]

I have my doubts u haul spec the large engine on their Vans anyway. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

  On 03/07/2020 at 17:23, busmansholiday said:

  On 03/07/2020 at 16:43, Saabnut said:

.... I would go for a celebrationary beer except I am still required to isolate until joining the boat. Oh, and it is 13 quid for a beer........

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They wouldn't need to worry about social distancing in this country if they charged prices like that.

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Only a matter of time before a pint reaches 13 quid in London.

[Wack]

  On 02/07/2020 at 10:19, SRi05 said:

The wee prick who shot out my wheelie bin when I opened it the other morning wasn't popular with me, nearly pat my shants

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At least it was light, imagine if you'd opened the lid in the dark and something jumped out on you

[face]

  On 03/07/2020 at 01:30, Austat said:

The Car of Tomorrow from 1971. A lot of the high-end tech is considered standard equipment nowadays, but it's funny to see it in something from BL.

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That was great.

One thing though, does the car now employ any sensors? 

[paulplom]

I see the Mariners pub in Shields has made a massive effort for opening day.
It sounded rammed when I walked past at 10.30.

[hairnet]

so @RobT @Angrydicky @Six-cylinder

you think you have english car problems........

 

[hairnet]

  On 02/07/2020 at 00:51, PhilA said:

Just arrived home. Reset the trip 36 miles away and drove the journey.

31.3 US, which is 37.5 UK MPG.

Big cars with big engines are very inefficient, obviously.

 

Phil

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nice avenger m9

[paulplom]

Here's away!

[hairnet]

rescue that mini from that hedge?

corsa sat outside in your garden for 10 years?

fuk dat - do dis

 

[Amishtat]

It's been a while.. Cheers all! 

[808 Estate]

[Roobarb]

This was spotted at a park in Minneapolis this weekend...

Pedal powered!

[hairnet]

watching junkyard digs on youtube and theyre roadtripping a olds 88 1981 from iowa to tennessee

they were stopped and put gas in it

180 miles 14 us gallons

they said 13.8 mpg us

oops - good job gas is cheap

[PhilA]

I just woke up from a very strange dream.

It was a mishmash of places rolled into one but in my dream it was my house. I dreamed that my mother spent £70 on this massive old Ransomes wood chipper machine, which was the size of a small bus, steam powered and had it shipped here for £1400.

It ran ok, I picked up a log the size of my leg and threw it at the machine (arbitrarily, not anywhere like a funnel) and that action turned the wood into so much matchsticks.

Then it stopped working and somehow it had grown an electronic control board, with buttons the same as the T1 test set on the switching room at work, and relays behind plexiglass that weren't working right. 

Someone came troubleshoot with me (don't know who it was) and then it all wouldn't work and I woke up.

 

That's the last time I read up on fuel injection control for old engines when I'm tired.

 

Phil

[hairnet]

you were in the garage and a tin of thinners was open??

 

[hairnet]

omg

scroll to 15 mins

@PhilA - why they dis it - is it true also hope yours isnt like that after 50 years

 

[hairnet]

just catching the end of epic gameshow on itv and theyve just won a mini - the gameshow was bullseye and one of the dartboard prizes earlier was a hostess trolley :D

should the car not have been an issigonis mini :D

[hairnet]

what the actual!?!?!!?!?!?!!?

 

6:50

carrera gt mclaren yes

dodge/plymouth/etc WTF

WHY????????

@PhilA i know the aversion to metric is fair enough but this???

nuts

[High Jetter]

  On 04/07/2020 at 19:30, hairnet said:

just catching the end of epic gameshow on itv and theyve just won a mini - the gameshow was bullseye and one of the dartboard prizes earlier was a hostess trolley

should the car not have been an issigonis mini

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I wanted a new teasmaid, but Alan snatched (fnar) it

[PhilA]

  On 04/07/2020 at 21:52, hairnet said:

what the actual!?!?!!?!?!?!!?

 

6:50

carrera gt mclaren yes

dodge/plymouth/etc WTF

WHY????????

@PhilA i know the aversion to metric is fair enough but this???

nuts

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The Pontiac is the same. It was common here until the late seventies.

 

Phil

[PhilA]

I just went dig in the trunk of the new car, looking for the build sheet.

I didn't find the build sheet but I found a live 20 gauge shotgun shell, the knob from the volume control on a DJ record deck and a piece of Lego.

 

Phil

[dozeydustman]

[Floatylight]

Been looking for camping shower solutions and came across this proper autoshite solution.. ingenious.. Next upgrade for facilities at the FOD @Six-cylinder[mention=22262]Mrs6C[/mention]

 

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[paulplom]

Partner sent this pic to me. Passed out after my 1st trip back to the pub. I'm not sure who had more, me or the dog.
2.30am when I woke up. Bitch left me there.

[barmatt]

Saw a space saver for sale on a local selling page last night and she'd only listed the tyre size, I politely pointed out to her that it might be useful for a poential purchaser to mention that it was actually a space saver and to say what car it came off / would fit. She's updated the advert....

 

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