What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

28.5 litres & 300bhp  in 1910 

Wow, I bet that scared the horses 

 

 

[Asimo]

 

[Austat]

On 5/24/2021 at 9:04 AM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

You might remember this ad campaign....

 

My Grandad had a Blue 131 Supermirafiori Estate with beige interior in the 80's, my dad recalls it as being "water soluble".

[artdjones]

The weird thing about Mirafioris was that you could find a 7 year old that was ready to be scrapped, but there were some that stayed rust free. I suppose the Soviet steel was very inconsistent, and you would get terrible batches and sometimes really good ones.

[DSdriver]

39 minutes ago, artdjones said:

The weird thing about Mirafioris was that you could find a 7 year old that was ready to be scrapped, but there were some that stayed rust free. I suppose the Soviet steel was very inconsistent, and you would get terrible batches and sometimes really good ones.

Does that apply to Lancia Betas and Fulvias? A question that has occasionally troubled my brain.

[anonymous user]

When I was in school,all those years ago, the lad in my year, who was the first to pass his driving test had a yellow Mirafiori. He was very popular for a short time, until in a triumph of enthusiasm over ability he put it on its roof and wrote it off.

He had to retake his driving test and it was quite a while before his parents trusted him with a car again.

[Minimad5]

Bike passed MOT, not one advisory 🥳

Glad it did, done feck all mileage on it really.

Mild grump - Battery not covered under warranty 

[somewhatfoolish]

23 hours ago, andy18s said:

Fancy outdoing  the Stolly at Chumley?

Withams have a sale on

It'll go for double that or more; CVR(T)s, especially the ones with turrets that look like tanks despite not being tanks, are very popular due to being driveable on the road and not being 60 tonnes.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, artdjones said:

The weird thing about Mirafioris was that you could find a 7 year old that was ready to be scrapped, but there were some that stayed rust free. I suppose the Soviet steel was very inconsistent, and you would get terrible batches and sometimes really good ones.

There was probably also the pleasingly-random element of build quality brought in by the assembly line workers.

[Fumbler]

3 hours ago, artdjones said:

The weird thing about Mirafioris was that you could find a 7 year old that was ready to be scrapped, but there were some that stayed rust free. I suppose the Soviet steel was very inconsistent, and you would get terrible batches and sometimes really good ones.

My gran had two Supermirafioris, had to get them Ziebarted and they lasted a surprisingly long time. She only kept cars for 2 years at the time, mind.

[iainrcz]

The charging connector in my phone has broken. So I've had to spend some money.

Cock.

 

And I've just realised I've posted this in the wrong thread. Even better.

[Isopon]

I was going through some old treads and I found this image-

removed as an advisory now🤣 (for RJ04ZYX)

[Wack]

Ross Robinson knows fuck all 

Just watching millionaire 

Which state is the grand canyon in , nope 

Who does Ian McKellen play in X men , nope 

What is a Sopwith Camel , nope 

I think he's been living in a cave but still managed to walk away with 8k 

 

[Floatylight]

Anyone else see what I see in this Western Digital advert for computer storage.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=962500377896964

 

[High Jetter]

Disco? 🤣 Something about a meeting on Tuesday?

[Austat]

 

[iainrcz]

I bought a new Samsung Galaxy A210 or something. It's shiny and sleek, and has an iridescent blue rear panel. 5!?! cameras apparently too.

 

And...

It's also fucking annoying me already. I just want my phone to be like my PC.

I want the shit I want.  And the shit I don't want, can go away.

I don't want to download and sign up for Tik Tok, I don't want Netflix, I don't want Samsung Galaxy store.

We'll get there, eventually.

[Stanky]

2 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

I want the shit I want.  And the shit I don't want, can go away.

Download Holo Launcher from the play store. Its a new overlay for the UI which allows you to hide apps that you can't install. Its brilliant.

[Skizzer]

I’ve rejoined Twitter for the first time in several years and am quite enjoying it.

Having fun trolling Aston Martin.

[Sheefag]

£20 - Tidy

[Tadhg Tiogar]

6 minutes ago, Sheefag said:

£20 - Tidy

Guessing that's pre-1995 solder....

[MikeR]

Just now, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Guessing that's pre-1995 solder....

I hope so , I have a shit load of the full fat stuff  in the garage ...

[PhilA]

2 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Guessing that's pre-1995 solder....

Ah, the smell of hot rosin flux.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just now, PhilA said:

Ah, the smell of hot rosin flux.

I still have a mostly unused tub of RS resin flux dating from about 1988..... Works well with multicore and also modelling solders (145/174/188 degree).

[Sheefag]

6 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Guessing that's pre-1995 solder....

it damn well is, 2 x 500g rolls - should keep me going for a very good while.

[PhilA]

I need to get me some more 60/40.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Skizzer said:

I’ve rejoined Twitter for the first time in several years and am quite enjoying it.

Having fun trolling Aston Martin.

For a moment there I was wondering whether you'd bought yourself a bonnet mascot shaped like an old Russian jet...

[Skizzer]

58 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

For a moment there I was wondering whether you'd bought yourself a bonnet mascot shaped like an old Russian jet...

Good idea that. 

[Asimo]

Skizzer throws down the Gauntlett over the Victor?

[wuvvum]

I see what you did there...