What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[BMC Dan]

Someone in Hemel appears to be using a very original looking mid 70's Fiat 126 in faded orange as their daily, pics to follow

[Alexg]

This is funny as fuck - read the story for the full S.P.

 

 

http://uk.deadspin.com/5781702/the-ulti ... e=true&s=i

 

I think that is what is known to internet people as 'owned'

[Negative Creep]

A kid in my class was being bullied on a regular basis at the bus stop. One day he had enough, walked over to the lead bully, smashed his head into the bus shelter then walked off without saying a word. They left him alone after that.

 

Although when I tried to fight back against the kids that had bullied me for years I just ended up getting a kicking. And a weeks worth of detention.

[eddyramrod]

A kid in my class was being bullied on a regular basis at the bus stop. One day he had enough, walked over to the lead bully, smashed his head into the bus shelter then walked off without saying a word. They left him alone after that.

That's what absolutely should happen!

 

Although when I tried to fight back against the kids that had bullied me for years I just ended up getting a kicking. And a weeks worth of detention.

Sadly, this is more representative of what does.

 

Justice? Pah!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Seen on a £20 book safe in Staples, my favourite disclaimer.

 

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a £20 box of riches. It is an empty tin box designed to look like a dictionary.

[Cheggers]

Next door to my hotel in Lille...childish, I know.

 

[scaryoldcortina]

me again

I fitted frets. This was hard, and made me a bit grumpy. But now it's done I'm grinning again.

[autofive]

me again

I fitted frets. This was hard, and made me a bit grumpy. But now it's done I'm grinning again.

 

sounds great

 

well done, now get back to that wallpapering

[scaryoldcortina]

Wallpapering? I've just spent 2 days repointing the fireplace and the chimney breast! (I suspect blackleg miner might have been a more appropriate song)

 

House rule - no playing with toys until important stuff is done....

 

Norm, congratulations on the pun of the day!

[autofive]

oh the pesky fireplace

 

I thought you might have been out in your boat today

[myglaren]

[dollywobbler]

I actually own a car that can accelerate uphill! This is quite a novel experience. Where I used to live, there were no hills, and since moving, I've not owned anything that actually had power. Yeah, the Scimmie's brakes are still a bit too intermittent for my liking, but by jove does it make a nice noise when you're giving it the beans. I can see the locals getting very quickly fed up with my new car.

[trigger]

A few weeks ago someone on freecycle was offering a set of "80's Ford Escort lights" for free so i dropped an email saying I'd have then but forgot about it.

 

Last night i got a email from them asking if i still wanted them and if i did they would drop them round mine, even though i live the other side of town to them, I got home tonight to find a pair of 90's Spec tinted Sierra or Sapphire rear lights and a clear front indicator for the same car sat in my porch.

 

They aren't of much use to me though seeing i own a Escort!

[Cavcraft]

The fact that St Patrick's day was a weekday this year. All being well this will mean I won't have to wade though scores of fucking bellends who are head to toe in Guiness advertising pretending to be Irish, despite the fact they probably couldn't find the fucking place on a map.

[Cavcraft]

He was Welsh, or so I'm told. Makes no odds to me whatever he was though, I'm English!

[trigger]

Well, why don't you email that lousy son of a bitch and tell him to come back across town to collect his spew?

 

Yeah!, I'll be having words with him!, I might offer these to Oldford as he has a Sierra of similar vintage...

[myglaren]

Just been reading a bit about Dilly Keane of

:

Keane often travels for her work, and has said that she particularly enjoys working in Ireland, her country of origin.

 

She drives a Ford Transit: "I'm colossally uninterested in cars... but vans are different. They're incredible fun to drive. You are practically always the bigger dog. People always back up in small country lanes to let you pass. And even lorry drivers are much nicer; they'll flash you to let you in."

 

Potential honorary autoshiter ?

[myglaren]

^^Is she hot?

 

Can't have everything Norm

[Lord Sterling]

Just come back from the land of Londinium after picking up a 1990 Rover 820E. The car is actually a mates who asked me to pick it up as he didnt have time, he has also kindly lent it to me until I get my Sterling sorted, so I'll be tooling around this for bit. I've never driven a single-point 2.0 800. And what a strange experience it was, sitting in a under-powered 800 where the petrol gauge doesnt fall down every time you press touch the accelerator

 

 

Its a nice old bus that has a bit of poke though its gonna take a a bit of getting used to the, the engine kind of sounds like a cross between a sowing machine and a Montego 1.3 I'll be giving it a valet inside and out (Needs it more inside than out ) and fettling a few bits here and there.

 

In other news, earlier this week I swapped a car CD player for a whole PC which included flat-screen moniter/keyboard and tower with my cousin, he's not much of a computer bloke but is into his cars/car stereos so he's happy and so am I. Switched the computer on to find a nice fresh copy of Windows XP, it runs nice and fast. Not swapped anything over yet apart from the moniter as it saves deskspace.

 

Great, finally, some good stuff has happend!

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

That grille needs binning.

[Lord Sterling]

Definitely, but as its not my car, I'll have to leave that for the owner to do, he the original replacement bits.

[Negative Creep]

Suddenly not being able to log into my mail.com email address as I'm told my stored password is invalid. Try to reset it, click "answer security question" then to be told I haven't answered it correctly without even being given an input box. Click on "contact us" to get an automated response giving you the same link to reset a password I've just been trying. Click on the "next" button and nothing happens but taking you to the same screen again.

 

So I've found the address so contact the customer service team - "it may take up to 10 business days for your inquiry to be dealt with". So now I have no way of accessing my email

[autofive]

revenge of the 3 litres......

 

yesterday i had a conversation with a man who's building a superspeed mk1 escort; dropping a 3 litre essex and manual box into his mk1 and wanting a front bowl sump

 

this morning a man arrived at my house to pick up an essex flywheel for a friend whos restroring a mk2 Cortina Savage (also a 3 litre essex powered screamer) then i notice the guys Mk2 Transit van sat outside. we talk Transits for a while then he announces it runs a 2.9 Cosworth BOA motor

 

with the price of fuel over 6 quid a gallon, it's comforting to know that im not alone in prefering 3 litres

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

[myglaren]

Suddenly not being able to log into my mail.com email address as I'm told my stored password is invalid. Try to reset it, click "answer security question" then to be told I haven't answered it correctly without even being given an input box. Click on "contact us" to get an automated response giving you the same link to reset a password I've just been trying. Click on the "next" button and nothing happens but taking you to the same screen again.

 

So I've found the address so contact the customer service team - "it may take up to 10 business days for your inquiry to be dealt with". So now I have no way of accessing my email

 

That sounds very much like the Post Office.

My wife signed up with them and got an email address that has never been accessible despite lots of frustrated contact with the ISP.

 

Abandoned completely now and has a Gmail address and no problems at all.

[pompei]

This amused me ...

 

http://www.virginmedia.com/science-natu ... a,highway1

 

reminded me of the Hamlet cigar advert where the monkeys dismantle a Cresta. I've tried to upload but can't get it to work.

[Station]

Slightly optimistic:

 

http://www.ferrariforfree.com/

 

No wonder it stopped at £500 for a Saab. I wonder how longer it would've taken him after all the typical failed turn-ups selling the car, etc to actually earn the money to buy a Ferrari!

[Cavcraft]

Slightly optimistic:

 

http://www.ferrariforfree.com/

 

No wonder it stopped at £500 for a Saab. I wonder how longer it would've taken him after all the typical failed turn-ups selling the car, etc to actually earn the money to buy a Ferrari!

 

 

...Seth...Retro-Rides...

[mattblack]

[seth]

...Seth...Retro-Rides...

 

Ashley is my oldest friend. I think he started that when his business was quite quiet but he's doing reasonably well at the moment (He buys cars for people)