What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[62 Austin]

On 1/27/2023 at 11:25 AM, 808 Estate said:

One Does Not Put A Trailer Hitch On A Blower Bentley With Which To Tow A Nissan Boy Racer Special unless you have the IQ of a Cherrystone Clam!

 

 

 

 

 

[New POD]

14 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Shitty but not terrifying, at least not directly, an insulation clamp falling off will only result in sweaty tiffs being slightly sweatier; that fitters who think this is an acceptable way to behave are anywhere near a submarine is a concern and I hope Babcock receive a large corporate wedgie. Shades of the glued on bolt heads on an RN patrol ship recently.

How did they find it? The fitter, will have filled in an assembly build complaint, and this will have been checked along with a pile of 2000, other build issues. He propably glued it back so they knew where to look. 

[Markeh]

I love whoever's writing the descriptions for Jeremy Vine's show on Radio 2 this week:

[Remspoor]

 

5 hours ago, Markeh said:

I love whoever's writing the descriptions for Jeremy Vine's show on Radio 2 this week:

My version

[wuvvum]

16 hours ago, 62 Austin said:

One Does Not Put A Trailer Hitch On A Blower Bentley With Which To Tow A Nissan Boy Racer Special unless you have the IQ of a Cherrystone Clam!

 

 

 

 

 

Nissan??

[Sunny Jim]

Savage interrogation by the Portuguese Maritime Police on arrival at Sevagen Grande an uninhabited island between Madeira and the Canaries. 

Link to video

[Metal Guru]

Not really a laughing matter, I know  but just watched a police traffic car programme. Women driving a Range Rover reported for erratic  driving and eventually stopped by police.

They open the car, small bottle bank’s worth of empties in the back and a bottle of wine in the front cup holder. That’s taking drink driving a bit too literally.
Officer says “anything over 35 , and you’ll be arrested . Oh , it’s 145” FFS.

Thing is , she’s sounds completely  ok. speech not even slightly slurred.

Got a bit angry that she only got fined £300, ( she’d nearly drunk that much judging by the empties), although banned for 24 months and sent on a rehab course.

[New POD]

4 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Not really a laughing matter, I know  but just watched a police traffic car programme. Women driving a Range Rover reported for erratic  driving and eventually stopped by police.

They open the car, small bottle bank’s worth of empties in the back and a bottle of wine in the front cup holder. That’s taking drink driving a bit too literally.
Officer says “anything over 35 , and you’ll be arrested . Oh , it’s 145” FFS.

Thing is , she’s sounds completely  ok. speech not even slightly slurred.

Got a bit angry that she only got fined £300, ( she’d nearly drunk that much judging by the empties), although banned for 24 months and sent on a rehab course.

It's amazing how much you can train your liver to cope with. 

Isn't fine related to income? 

If she was a housewife, she might have no income. 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 hour ago, New POD said:

It's amazing how much you can train your liver to cope with. 

Isn't fine related to income? 

If she was a housewife, she might have no income. 

You clearly didn't know my old mate Mad Dog, who would wake up and swig vodka despite being (at the time) unemployed.  Glad to say that he kicked it and the last time I saw him he was doing much better.

[Wack]

6 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Not really a laughing matter, I know  but just watched a police traffic car programme. Women driving a Range Rover reported for erratic  driving and eventually stopped by police.

They open the car, small bottle bank’s worth of empties in the back and a bottle of wine in the front cup holder. That’s taking drink driving a bit too literally.
Officer says “anything over 35 , and you’ll be arrested . Oh , it’s 145” FFS.

Thing is , she’s sounds completely  ok. speech not even slightly slurred.

Got a bit angry that she only got fined £300, ( she’d nearly drunk that much judging by the empties), although banned for 24 months and sent on a rehab course.

I watched that, I bet his reaction would've been different without the camera crew, if she's drunk that much this won't be her first time, just the first time they've caught her 

[Wack]

Years ago I worked with a guy who was a drinker, got banned, a year or so later got banned again but he was bricking it when he went to court , the alcohol reading was high so he was advised the court could fine him up to 10k and or 2 years in prison 

Came out bouncing, £500 fine which wasn't even a weeks wages and a mandatory 3 year ban, he didn't even serve all of that because they let him give them some money for an awareness course, might've been 2½ years in. 

 

[New POD]

53 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

You clearly didn't know my old mate Mad Dog, who would wake up and swig vodka despite being (at the time) unemployed.  Glad to say that he kicked it and the last time I saw him he was doing much better.

I wasn't saying alcoholism is a good thing, just that some people can get to the point where it takes a good amount to start slurring thier words. To be fair, if she was weaving all over the road, then she probably isn't one of them. 

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

[Spurious]

 

[Sunny Jim]

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

[MikeR]

Go on say it.  Vroom vroom ...

[Matty]

Just saw this in a carpark. Fair made my day really. After all, you can never be too careful 😄

 

[cobblers]

18 minutes ago, Matty said:

Just saw this in a carpark. Fair made my day really. After all, you can never be too careful 😄

 

They could actually be trims, some newer stuff has very rudimentary alloy wheels with plastic trims like this on them. When it's a "wasteful" style they can save the money on excess alloy and the wheel ends up lighter and cheaper to make.

[hairnet]

why is it everytime i think about going on a plane

what do i see on the tv

cast away

ffs

[808 Estate]

[richardmorris]

4 hours ago, MikeR said:

Go on say it.  Vroom vroom ...

Honestly, my first thought was the wurzels.

[Matty]

2 hours ago, cobblers said:

They could actually be trims, some newer stuff has very rudimentary alloy wheels with plastic trims like this on them. When it's a "wasteful" style they can save the money on excess alloy and the wheel ends up lighter and cheaper to make.

I thought that so I had to have a check. Defo alloys. Poor old bugger, wasting his pension on cable ties.

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, 808 Estate said:

Ah, I'd like to see the clever sod's smug face change when informed it won't be loaded and it needs to all be taken off 😅

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Honestly, my first thought was the wurzels.

Ooh Ah Ooo Ah!

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

3 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Ah, I'd like to see the clever sod's smug face change when informed it won't be loaded and it needs to all be taken off 😅

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Ah, I'd like to see the clever sod's smug face change when informed it won't be loaded and it needs to all be taken off 😅

That should feature in the McDonalds “ like to get your money’s worth” ads.

[Markeh]

Was given a box of techy crap to wipe/dispose of by a friend of mine's mum. Chucked her some cash thinking I'd flog a couple of the older tablets and cover my costs.

Delphi clone and an already set up laptop, thanks very much for that one - saves me buying one!

[Blunderguts]

[808 Estate]