What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[cobblers]

Last night I went camping, and there's a nice pub (Royal Oak) a couple of miles away where I went for my tea and a couple or three pints. Lovely stuff. I'd booked in last because it's always very busy, even when operating at full capacity. They've had to rip out 20% of the tables on account of coronabukkake precautions.

7:45PM a group of about 9 or 10 people come in. Americans! Noisy! Stereotypical!

"We've got a table booked under XX name"

The waitress pokes at the computer a bit and you can see her face dropping. "We've got no bookings under that name or for this amount of people tonight, sorry"

"We have, we've even got a booking number!"

More computer poking. Reference number is not anywhere like the format this place uses.

"Here - Look, I've got the confirmation email"

They'd googled "Royal oak" and booked online to eat at the first one on the list, unaware that there are probably about 900000 Royal Oaks.

Much animated tooing and froing followed.

 

 

I can laugh now, but I did basically the same 15 years ago. Only when applying for halls of residence I realised that there are two universities in Bristol, and one is shit. Guess which one I'd applied for and been accepted to, thinking it was the good one? Jokes on me really, they ended up having to wait an hour for their dinner. I ended up going to Hull University.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, cobblers said:

Last night I went camping, and there's a nice pub (Royal Oak) a couple of miles away where I went for my tea and a couple or three pints. Lovely stuff. I'd booked in last because it's always very busy, even when operating at full capacity. They've had to rip out 20% of the tables on account of coronabukkake precautions.

7:45PM a group of about 9 or 10 people come in. Americans! Noisy! Stereotypical!

"We've got a table booked under XX name"

The waitress pokes at the computer a bit and you can see her face dropping. "We've got no bookings under that name or for this amount of people tonight, sorry"

"We have, we've even got a booking number!"

More computer poking. Reference number is not anywhere like the format this place uses.

"Here - Look, I've got the confirmation email"

They'd googled "Royal oak" and booked online to eat at the first one on the list, unaware that there are probably about 900000 Royal Oaks....

Dunno which one you were at but, being steroetypical Americans, they probably booked at one of the London ones....which probably has now recorded them as "no-shows"

[face]

https://youtu.be/0VMST-Odjfg

[paulplom]

That's a good sign. Look at the oil pressure.

[mitsisigma01]

On the Autobahn in Germany then ?

[mitsisigma01]

Now put it in 5th ?

[paulplom]

Quite high revving!

[gm]

Don’t break it before tomorrow ! 

[Roobarb]

Look at the fuel gauge!

Didn’t know we had rich shitters on the site ? Or is it just appropriately broken? ?

I guess keeping it in a tank in the car is as safe as keeping it under the mattress and about the same return as a bank these days. 

[PhilA]

5 minutes ago, Roobarb said:

Look at the fuel gauge!

Didn’t know we had rich shitters on the site ? Or is it just appropriately broken? ?

I guess keeping it in a tank in the car is as safe as keeping it under the mattress and about the same return as a bank these days. 

It might work like my gas gauge- disconnect the wire for immediate happiness, the needle goes straight to FULL when you switch the ignition on then.

[Jon]

Was just perusing my business bank account when I noticed 3 repayment had been made to the account from my car insurer. Naturally, I think the Autoshite way and assume the worst and invent the scenario that my insurer has decided to cancel my insurance and isn't this an outrage, etc.

After calling the insurer, they've informed me that they've refunded me 40% of my policy for the 12 weeks of lockdown, due to reduced risk associated with reduced usage of cars at that time.

I'm only paying £12 a month TPFT with windscreen cover on a 2006 Mondeo as it is (could pay less if I bought a yearly policy, too) but I'll take back £14.something or so gladly!

This is not the first time NZ car insurance has made me comment positively on here - it's so much easier to deal with when it isn't compulsory and there's no whiplash claims etc. that the insurers are liable for. 

[paulplom]

13 hours ago, Roobarb said:

Look at the fuel gauge!

Didn’t know we had rich shitters on the site ? Or is it just appropriately broken? ?

I guess keeping it in a tank in the car is as safe as keeping it under the mattress and about the same return as a bank these days. 

£40 to fill it with premium hardly breaks the bank!

And it's jap so definitely works.

[barefoot]

I've been aware for many years that Rolls Royce jet engines are all named after rivers; Conway Dart, Derwent, Spey, Trent etc 

But only discovered at the weekend that its piston engines are all named after birds of prey! Merlin, Griffon, Peregrine, Vulture etc

[Wack]

Now that is a good looking car 

 

[Borsuq]

One of my parents' neighbours has performed a brilliant repair job in his bonnet.

A+ if you ask me.

[Three Speed]

29 minutes ago, Borsuq said:

One of my parents' neighbours has performed a brilliant repair job in his bonnet.

A+ if you ask me.

I can’t even see it

[andy18s]

Scooby is in for it's yearly check over....

Starting to get a bit rough around the edges but keeps on plugging away

Even though I've just had to weld up its exhaust, which was still on the original Subaru back box!

I'll treat it to an oil and plug change soon enough once it cools down a little weather wise

[paulplom]

@gm at teeside at present.

[paulplom]

This jag was awsome. Proper flyer and must have been straight piped.

[gm]

He let me have a go for two laps and I’ve broken his car ! 
 

[High Jetter]

That's a grin because...?

[gm]

[eddyramrod]

I sold a box of leftover Granada parts today, and was telling the buyer about AS.  Don't be surprised to find him joining up!

[loserone]

Popped a brake line?

[paulplom]

Small rad hose.

[gm]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

That's a grin because...?

Oops - thought we were in news 24 there  

grin is we borrowed tools and made good a repair and were back out on track within twenty minutes  

the offending article - a smoll rubber coolant  nipple buried at the back of the engine 

[DVee8]

On 7/23/2020 at 1:19 PM, gm said:

Homemade ramps look suspiciously like IKEA dvd shelves lying on their sides 
 

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/324238223062?ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F710-53481-19255-0%2F1%3Ficep_ff3%3D2%26pub%3D5575378759%26campid%3D5338273189%26customid%3D%26icep_item%3D324238223062%26ipn%3Dpsmain%26icep_vectorid%3D229508%26kwid%3D902099%26mtid%3D824%26kw%3Dlg%26toolid%3D11111%26srcrot%3D710-53481-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D2525245487873%26rvr_ts%3D7b709f501730ac3cc731a1a9fffee895&_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1&ul_noapp=true

 

 

If you don't trust those ramps how about these?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/854907731671164/

[gm]

Yikes - that is proper sketchy stuff !

[gm]

Mr Plom having fun this evening down at Teeside trackday

 

[paulplom]

On 7/26/2020 at 8:32 AM, gm said:

Don’t break it before tomorrow ! 

I'll leave it for you to break then.