What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[TataBobu]

On Sunday, in a cold drizzle, I've seen one in the wild doing the national speed limit. OK, it's Romania, it's home, but they are almost extinct. At least 41 years old green beast:

 

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, 808 Estate said:

I'd like to get on board with this but wd40 is good for absolutely fuck all, any other aerosol with oily contents is better in every way at making things move

[Noel Tidybeard]

every yoo toob car expert are waxing lyrical about bulldog bdx- can't find it via normal channels

[wuvvum]

Earlier this evening I was reading one of my Michel Vaillant books (a long-running French series about a racing driver whose family are also car manufacturers).  I must have read the book half a dozen times over the last 30 years or so, but I noticed something just now which I'd never spotted before.

That orange car to the left of the Vaillante Le Mans GT - is that or is that not a Montego estate?  If so, is this the only known appearance of a Montego in a cartoon strip?

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, cobblers said:

I'd like to get on board with this but wd40 is good for absolutely fuck all, any other aerosol with oily contents is better in every way at making things move

Makes me laugh when people spray just the bolt heads and then sing their praises for it. Achieves absolutely fuck all, as you would say there

Very much a placebo. Only thing I find it good for is spraying dirty (but not rusty) threads directly before wire-wheeling them. Helps to break it up. Oh, and spraying periodically when drilling but only to reduce temperatures when there's nothing else to hand.

I do find the silicon WD-40 good, but then it isn't WD-40 so your point stands 

[Timewaster]

It is good for shifting old glue left behind from stickers without causing too much damage.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

True to his word, my boss has authorised a rather generous bonus and paid me early.  I don't regret changing jobs back in April one iota...

[808 Estate]

On 12/6/2022 at 1:12 PM, Yoss said:

Uptons of Bassett in Winchester Road, by the roundabout with Hill Lane. They also do a good full English for about a tenner and being a butchers they don't have wishy washy stuff like beans or tomatoes. Two eggs, decent bit of toast and the rest is all meat. Can recommend. 

A superb  place. The curry house next door is particularly good as well.

[eddyramrod]

Went to the theatre last night (ooh, get you ducky!) to see and more importantly hear the Down For The Count swing orchestra. Oh boy are they great! There isn't enough Big-Band music around. These guys had four singers among them, all of whom were excellent and looked like they were enjoying themselves. Marvin, the big black guy, has a particularly luxurious voice, even just speaking. If a Cadillac could sing, that's what it would sound like. They're on tour again in April and coming back to Ulverston, so I reckon we will be going again.

[Yoss]

4 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

A superb  place. The curry house next door is particularly good as well.

Yes can confirm this. We usually walk if we're going there. Not so I can have a drink, though that is a bonus, but because you usually come out completely stuffed so a fifteen minute walk does you good. 

[808 Estate]

Same here. We used to live in Hill Lane opposite the college.

[808 Estate]

Yay for Southampton Council.  🙄

[Blunderguts]

[Yoss]

3 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

Yay for Southampton Council.  🙄

Is that Daisy Dip? I haven't been round that way for a, while. If it is there is a bloke who collects Sierras about a hundred yards behind the camera. 

So if there was an incedent it would be very difficult to apportion blame for insurance purposes. 

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

[hairnet]

watching top gear on bbc three now

db11 and of course they ref the bond thing (matt bond obvs)

watched it before and only now i notice harris has blofelds jacket on

bwhahahaha

edit theyre getting chased by the feds - over the radio we want joey from friends and a bald guy in a bad jacket

shit. lost.

glad i wasnt drinking tea

stupid = funny (like @beko1987 )

(joke sam)

 

Edited December 21, 2022 by hairnet
beko dis mode ON

[myglaren]

[somewhatfoolish]

21 hours ago, cobblers said:

I'd like to get on board with this but wd40 is good for absolutely fuck all, any other aerosol with oily contents is better in every way at making things move

Edzackery; it's ok for removing sticky gack from paintwork/glass/etc but it's bog all use as a penetrant. I like Plusgas.

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

27 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Edzackery; it's ok for removing sticky gack from paintwork/glass/etc but it's bog all use as a penetrant. I like Plusgas.

https://www.nulon.com.au/products/aerosols/shift-ya-bastard-multi-purpose-lube-spray

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Blunderguts said:

That's a see-saw!

 

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, myglaren said:

On a serious note, the very people who complain about the press hounding them (and Diana before), are by and large the actual people who buy the papers and magazines the photographers work for .

Stop buying publications that run stories about them and they’re not going to bother chasing them round the world. At the end of the day, it’s about making money.

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

[Alan_Green]

[62 Austin]

On 12/20/2022 at 11:56 PM, GrumpiusMaximus said:

True to his word, my boss has authorised a rather generous bonus and paid me early.  I don't regret changing jobs back in April one iota...

I've never received a holiday bonus, but last year about this time my wife's boss gave her an 8 cent raise. Now's the 1-year anniversary of when she quit after 5 years! 8 cents is about the same as 1/100 of a British Iota or an Irish Smidgen.

[808 Estate]

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

[Andyrew]

*unpackaging delivery from supplier*

Score! 

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Bastards!

[Yoss]

On 12/6/2022 at 1:12 PM, Yoss said:

Uptons of Bassett in Winchester Road, by the roundabout with Hill Lane. They also do a good full English for about a tenner and being a butchers they don't have wishy washy stuff like beans or tomatoes. Two eggs, decent bit of toast and the rest is all meat. Can recommend. 

I know it's a bit vain to quote yourself but this is the Uptons breakfast as sampled this morning. 

It doesn't look too much in the photo but the plate is bigger than it looks. It's more than enough to keep me going til lunch anyway. With most black pudding I'll cut it with beans or hash browns or something. This black pudding I'm more than happy to eat on its own. The sausages are only chipolatas because they cook everything on a hot plate behind the counter so chipolatas cook through quicker. But they are award winning chipolatas. 

We arrived at 07.30 in pouring rain thinking it would be quiet. There were only two tables left, and a big queue in the shop side too. 

[DavieW]

Off until Jan 4th 😉

[808 Estate]