What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[myglaren]

Looked like one for the grumpy thread - realised that I had left my car key in my pocket when I chucked my overalls in the washing machine.  Alerted by the banging and crashing 

Fortunately it still works. Would have been a disaster as it is the only one.  I have been going to get a spare and had contacted a locksmith but he never made an appointment.

[andy18s]

  On 30/05/2021 at 11:28, andy18s said:

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Tortoise was found to be in good health and more than capable of continuing to live in the wild

So it was put on a return bus to its original town,collected by it's finder and returned to the spot it was found

[reb]

An addition to my record collection just arrived:

The only other place I've ever been able to find it is quite low quality rips on YouTube, I used to have a burned CD with it and other stock car related music on it but I've no idea where that's gone! There's some more songs used as starting music I'd like to get hold of, but I can only get a couple at a time because the price of vinyl has gone a bit silly since the last time I was buying!

[Amishtat]

  On 04/06/2021 at 12:45, reb said:

An addition to my record collection just arrived:

The only other place I've ever been able to find it is quite low quality rips on YouTube, I used to have a burned CD with it and other stock car related music on it but I've no idea where that's gone! There's some more songs used as starting music I'd like to get hold of, but I can only get a couple at a time because the price of vinyl has gone a bit silly since the last time I was buying!

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I might have a spare Mouldy Old Dough if you're interested? Will take a while to find it. 

[reb]

  On 04/06/2021 at 12:55, Amishtat said:

I might have a spare Mouldy Old Dough if you're interested? Will take a while to find it. 

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That would be excellent! Happy to chuck you a few beer tokens for it of course!

[62 Austin]

  On 10/05/2021 at 11:02, Wack said:

This made me grin  

Phil Collins has spent decades buying up original Alamo artifacts for his collection , in 2014 he donated all of them to the Alamo museum so everyone could enjoy them 

They've built a new wing to house them , much better than many things that get passed about amongst those  rich enough to afford them and shut away in drawers 

https://www.thealamo.org/visit/whats-at-the-alamo/phil-collins-collection 

 

 

 

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Has he managed to buy the flag  the Mexicans captured in the battle?  Still in Mexico City in the National Museum.

[155V6]

  On 04/06/2021 at 12:45, reb said:

An addition to my record collection just arrived:

The only other place I've ever been able to find it is quite low quality rips on YouTube, I used to have a burned CD with it and other stock car related music on it but I've no idea where that's gone! There's some more songs used as starting music I'd like to get hold of, but I can only get a couple at a time because the price of vinyl has gone a bit silly since the last time I was buying!

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I had a CD like that,mine got damaged & wouldn't play any more.Still got Mouldy Old Dough on a 70s compilation CD though 😁

[cobblers]

Hang a disposable BBQ off the side of your £50k camper van. Enjoy such benefits as melted paint, all the smoke from your cremated burgers filling up the van and perhaps even set the whole thing on fire! If you're really lucky the flames will melt the nylon straps and your food will fall on the floor! Brilliant! Just fifty pounds! 

[High Jetter]

  On 04/06/2021 at 12:55, Amishtat said:

Mouldy Old Dough

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That is so in my head! BBC4 Singer/songwriter is s good, like TOTP2, only betterer

[New POD]

  On 04/06/2021 at 12:45, reb said:

An addition to my record collection just arrived:

The only other place I've ever been able to find it is quite low quality rips on YouTube, I used to have a burned CD with it and other stock car related music on it but I've no idea where that's gone! There's some more songs used as starting music I'd like to get hold of, but I can only get a couple at a time because the price of vinyl has gone a bit silly since the last time I was buying!

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Please tell me you have the kit to be able to record that onto a blank cassette, and sell for a small profit which you'll give to charity. I have a couple of spare cassettes, and If you are up for it, I'd be happy to check your quality. 

[Wack]

New customer, I'll get my van washed 

[HillmanImp]

[reb]

  On 05/06/2021 at 04:17, New POD said:

Please tell me you have the kit to be able to record that onto a blank cassette, and sell for a small profit which you'll give to charity. I have a couple of spare cassettes, and If you are up for it, I'd be happy to check your quality. 

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Unfortunately I don't have a cassette deck, I've never fancied messing around replacing belts and whatnot to use a format I only own 3 or 4 of. I could probably record it onto the computer but that's not quite the same.

[R1152]

  On 02/06/2021 at 19:49, clayts450 said:

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You jest - there's an AED at the cemetery where several of my family are buried.

[twosmoke300]

There is sound logic there . A lot of people at funerals are old and it can be a stressful / upsetting time 

[gm]

I was on my way back from the supermarket in the mx5 with the roof down and these two passed me by, I briefly joined their convoy and we negotiated several roundabouts in an appropriate* manner  

the occupants were all old enough to know better, good to see them enjoying themselves !

 

[hairnet]

mine had its botty looked at :D

i got reminded of 10 years ago today

on orkney

must go back (upset)

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I'm pretty sure the Torygraph got this photo from a past FoTU....

[beko1987]

Modern aircon is fucking good isn't it. Drove my dad's car 100 miles earlier and was deep shivering.after a while. Makes my own aircon seem fucking fucked m8

[cobblers]

none of my cars/vans have aircon and it makes me quite sad. My wifes Captur has it but she drives round with the windows down instead! 

[Timewaster]

  On 05/06/2021 at 22:03, beko1987 said:

Modern aircon is fucking good isn't it. Drove my dad's car 100 miles earlier and was deep shivering.after a while. Makes my own aircon seem fucking fucked m8

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Best a/c I ever used was my old I***O Daily work van.  I think it was spec"d to cool the whole van but it had a bulkhead fitted so was quite a small area. 

That got absolutely freezing cold, even in weather like we had this week it could give you a headache. 

 

The rest of the van was dog shit obvs. 

[Austat]

One of my favourite clips:

It's at a train station in Cologne, and multiple people in the comments say that the hole is still there.

[omegod]

  On 02/06/2021 at 19:49, clayts450 said:

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My vicar brother was yesterday regaling me about how he got delayed at the crematorium last week as the previous funeral was over running, a mourner had dropped dead during the service!   

[Wack]

  On 06/06/2021 at 11:31, omegod said:

My vicar brother was yesterday regaling me about how he got delayed at the crematorium last week as the previous funeral was over running, a mourner had dropped dead during the service!   

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It's a risk , my mother in law is 96 , when she goes she has a 92 year old sister, a 72 year old daughter who had a serious heart attack a couple of years ago and neighbours she's known for 60 years who are in their late 80s  so there might be three nines dialed on the phone ready to hit go

[wuvvum]

Pulled in to Tesco earlier to stick some diesel in the van and the chap on the next pump over was filling up a Lada Niva on a 64 plate.  I had to do a double take, which I must have been rather more obvious about than I thought as the bloke laughed.

[beko1987]

@BorniteIdentity what milage is your Toyota on again?

https://mag.toyota.co.uk/high-mile-club/

[Wack]

  On 05/06/2021 at 05:43, Wack said:

New customer, I'll get my van washed 

 

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It does show what's wrong with people today though , they could see what was going to happen but instead of looking for an emergency stop button or telling the operator they watched him drive in and recorded it 

[Wack]

Just read something that made me grin 

Trying to understand a woman is like trying to understand what the colour seven smells like 

I think after 25 years of marriage I'm at that stage

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 06/06/2021 at 21:32, Wack said:

Just read something that made me grin 

Trying to understand a woman is like trying to understand what the colour seven smells like 

I think after 25 years of marriage I'm at that stage

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Then again, if you've lost your sense of smell, it could be a sign of Covid....

[High Jetter]

Uh, what does that taste like?