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What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread


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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 :shock:

 

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

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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.

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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! :lol:

 

 

...Seth...Retro-Rides... :?:

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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)

 

The question is: Did he get any further than the Saab? 500 quid isn't bad out of nothing though.

 

last entry dec 4th

 

i would have spent the monkey on having a pleasant xmas :D

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This, I heard on Greg James this afternoon made me lol my socks off.

... Bedford, Leyland Daf, Dover sole, hake, halibut and monkfish; regular outbreaks of wind, rain at times; good. ...

Can't find the original, but here on iplayer, scroll to 1hr09:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... egs_winky/

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This, I heard on Greg James this afternoon made me lol my socks off.
... Bedford, Leyland Daf, Dover sole, hake, halibut and monkfish; regular outbreaks of wind, rain at times; good. ...

Can't find the original, but here on iplayer, scroll to 1hr09:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... egs_winky/

Excellent - and listening slightly longer it has had the added bonus of introducing me to a band whose music I seem to like too (White Lies).

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This, I heard on Greg James this afternoon made me lol my socks off.
... Bedford, Leyland Daf, Dover sole, hake, halibut and monkfish; regular outbreaks of wind, rain at times; good. ...

Can't find the original, but here on iplayer, scroll to 1hr09:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... egs_winky/

Excellent - and listening slightly longer it has had the added bonus of introducing me to a band whose music I seem to like too (White Lies).

 

Oh yeah, I like the song 'Fairwell to the Fairground', look it up on youtube for shite spotting, it's filmed in Siberia I think.

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Some local Asian 'cash trader' (ie ALL UR USED XBOX AND PS3 R BELONG 2 US) type replacing his black private plated Range Rover Sport with one of these, an Infiniti FX.

 

2011-infiniti-fx-2.jpg

 

Obviously the 'tracksuited thug' style wasn't enough so he's now attempting the 'American R'n'B singer who's also a self absorbed, wife beating prick' look, although the finance company sticker clearly visible on the boot means INSTANT FAIL. :D

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For a change, eBay.

 

Put my old MX5 roof on there that I paid thirty quid for, fixed it up but overall it owed me £50 and a weekend. No reserve etc.

 

45 seconds from the end of the auction it was at £150. Ended for £280 and the bloke collected it earlier.

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