What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[hairnet]

  On 24/12/2020 at 15:15, chaseracer said:

*Axles swing.  Time to give this its annual spin...

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enuff about rusty brit tin

what about your frog

sacre bleu merde soixante neuf etc :P

 

[OM646]

  On 24/12/2020 at 15:53, PhilA said:

I once had a Volvo registered D701 SWL but I lost it when I parked it in Chichester on a rainy Thursday in Kent.

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I had a Land Rover reg D701 SWL that i bought in 1987 BRAND NEW from the 6th owner who quit driving but idk where it is now 

[jonathan_dyane]

Bodge of the week?

This is the third winter I’ve had my 9-5 which precipitates a major problem the car has had with misting up as soon as the temperature drops below about 5 degrees C at which point the (highly complex) heater deactivates the a/c.

Helpfully you can get the heater to display fault codes, less helpfully it wasn’t displaying any.

Previous work has been around checking various parts of linkage are in place and not snapped off (which is common) and for good measure I replaced the heater matrix none which made no difference.

 I had a suspicion that the recirc flaps were stuck shut however the motor for them I had already established was fine leaving the linkage suspect however it looked like the whole heater had to be removed and dismantled to get to it. No thanks.

Today with the prospect of a long journey in cold conditions I finally got around to pulling off the wiper linkage and scuttle to see what was happening. As suspected flaps were firmly closed even when the heater was on demist. 
 

My fix was a chunk of timber (tanalised for longevity!) wedged and cable tied into position. Finally the car now demists!

I know I will lose some a/c efficiency in the summer but I think I’m calling this fixed.

[warch]

God I admire you,  looks like the triple cable tie solution to my gear linkage that kept fucking falling off in inopportune situations like the front of the queue at traffic lights or on blind bends. Since fixed after 5 months with one of those 5 quid ebay retaining clips.

My reason for cheerfulness,  managed to run over 20 miles for the first time ever. It was bloody freezing today like running on the ice planet at the start of Empire Strikes Back, but with more sheep and less wampas. Running is part of my shit car ownership plan, if all else fails I can ditch the wheels and jog to my destination. 

[Skizzer]

  On 24/12/2020 at 15:15, chaseracer said:

*Axles swing.  Time to give this its annual spin...

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LOL, I drew that!

I did make a good start on doing the @chaseracer fleet for you, but then the whole web application and its database got taken down due to an admin fuckup by the hosting business.  I’ve still got the code for the site but all the vector drawings are lost, sadly, including a number of variants of the AS logo.  Sigh.

[hairnet]

no turkey this year

woop

 

[chaseracer]

What makes me grin right now is seeing @Skizzerback on the Beige! 😎

[Pete-M]

What makes me grin?

20 miles of dry,  derestricted, empty Autobahn on Christmas Eve and a 354 bhp car.

Fröhe Weinachten!

Every song on Radio Antenne was a Xmas tune. All in English as well, which I didn't expect. 

Don't take long to get home. 

Have a Happy Christmas you lot, and a Merry New Year. 

[Banger Kenny]

I Like This!

These arrived today - the star that is @loserone (hereby known as Winnaone) wouldn't take any payment, so I dropped some shilling to a charatee of his choc ice.

Merry Christmas Everybody.

[loserone]

I can't believe a second class stamp got them to you before Christmas!

[The Moog]

  On 24/12/2020 at 18:47, Skizzer said:

LOL, I drew that!
I did make a good start on doing the [mention=207]chaseracer[/mention] fleet for you, but then the whole web application and its database got taken down due to an admin fuckup by the hosting business.  I’ve still got the code for the site but all the vector drawings are lost, sadly, including a number of variants of the AS logo.  Sigh.

Welcome back Captain@Skizzer !

[Jerzy Woking]

Finally got the hang of balancing the airflow on my woodburner. Logs now burn much longer and hotter (so my thermometers confirm) and takes the chill of the house in the evening.

Also still warm and sunny, so out on the bike to the town to get a few bottles of very good, and cheap, wine

Merry Christmas all!

[STUNO]

Ahh............Christmas day here, lovely warm day . Already had two earthquakes and it's only 10:45 AM (just small shakes).

[hairnet]

  On 24/12/2020 at 21:50, STUNO said:

Ahh............1954 here, lovely warm day .  it's only 10:45 AM (just small shakes).

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chocolate or vanilla?

hope its not serious

merry christmas kiwi dude

[STUNO]

  On 24/12/2020 at 23:00, hairnet said:

chocolate or vanilla?

hope its not serious

merry christmas kiwi dude

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Both very vanilla .

And now I have had too much food and drink. But I liked it.

[New POD]

  On 23/12/2020 at 22:58, puddlethumper said:

Is that legal ?

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Yes. Completely. 

[Wack]

The real cost of Ferrari ownership

I read this post on another forum

456’s ”can” be cheap in the short term. But if you keep one for long, and use it, you’re in for financial pain. I remember putting the figures for mine on here a few years ago. I try not to remember, but distantly recall that my daily travelling to/from London/Dorset was cheaper by helicopter than 456...

 

 

 

 

[hairnet]

  On 24/12/2020 at 20:06, chaseracer said:

What makes me grin right now is seeing @Skizzerback on the Beige! 😎

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stalker :D

[DoctorRetro]

I'm now engaged! 

[ProgRocker]

Watching the chod in the Carry On Films on ITV. Carry On Behind with a beige Maxi towing a caravan, an early looking mark 3 Cortina in a shade of 'sewage farm' greeny brown and a Land Rover. 

And some fit young actresses too! "Cor Blimey!" 

[hairnet]

italian job on channel 4

chod everywhere :D

mmmm lorna - spesh when shes beating caine up with the monkey mmmmm brown leather

on +1 at 1630 :D

 

[captain_70s]

  On 25/12/2020 at 15:55, ProgRocker said:

Watching the chod in the Carry On Films on ITV. Carry On Behind with a beige Maxi towing a caravan, an early looking mark 3 Cortina in a shade of 'sewage farm' greeny brown and a Land Rover. 

And some fit young actresses too! "Cor Blimey!" 

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Quality.

[dozeydustman]

Present from the wife today.

This will prove hours of fun for someone as puerile as me

[Fumbler]

  On 25/12/2020 at 18:09, dozeydustman said:

Present from the wife today.

This will prove hours of fun for someone as puerile as me

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Viz Profanisaurus would be a brilliant accompaniment to that map!

[dozeydustman]

  On 25/12/2020 at 18:12, Fumbler said:

Viz Profanisaurus would be a brilliant accompaniment to that map!

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I’ve got one somewhere. Few years old now

[hairnet]

bangers and cash

nice pilgrim cobra

he wanted 11.5k for it

had a pinto in it :D

someone bid 8 for it and they said no - he passed and someone else bid him 10

which they accepted

new fella will now be putting a v8 in it - as it fkin should be - isnt that whole point

[omegod]

The child in me is entertained by the absolute toxicity that is emanating from my body, I think I had a dodgy chicken leg last night. If the bods from Porton Down are knocking on my door in the morning I will not be at all surprised. Family have retired to bed for safety reasons and I swear the fake Christmas tree wilted at the last emission, I actually made myself gag  it's that bad  

[PhilA]

Neighbor brought some satsumas for us, which was nice of him.

They're still attached to several large chunks of tree.

Got child #2 a basketball goal because she wants to play. Cost $0, someone was throwing it away. Cleaned up well enough. If she doesn't want to play then it'll recycle to someone else.

 

Hairy reindeer.

 

Phil

 

[hairnet]

  On 25/12/2020 at 16:12, captain_70s said:

Quality.

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carry on girls is on now and aprt from the train that bresslaw gets on - which nerds on here will know just by the door

robin askwith got out of a bnrand new mk1 escort estate :D

 

[hairnet]

  On 25/12/2020 at 22:55, PhilA said:

Neighbor brought some satsumas for us, which was nice of him.

They're still attached to several large chunks of tree.

Got child #2 a basketball goal because she wants to play. Cost $0, someone was throwing it away. Cleaned up well enough. If she doesn't want to play then it'll recycle to someone else.

 

Hairy reindeer.

 

Phil

 

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so dug helped with car and then you did that

doesnt look impressed :D