What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

  On 27/03/2023 at 08:07, hairnet said:

pleasure

was thinking about san francisco in may but i dont think i could cope with direct to london

east coast is bad enuff

getting too old for it cant hack it

 

 

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My worst ever USA holiday was booked last minute to florida at Christmas from Heathrow 

It was a  4 hour drive in a 1.1 fiesta 4 speed screaming its tits off at 75mph

Hotel at Heathrow 

Up at 4am

Flight to new York 

Flight to chicago

Flight to Orlando. 

18 hours when we landed 

Same coming back, then a 4 hour drive in that fiesta which had a flat battery when we got back

Withing a week the fiesta had gone, I fucking hated that car 

 

[Floatylight]

Jeremy Vine on R2 at 12 talking about what's coming up on today's show.  Blah, blah, blah, 9 year old surprised parents by digging up a live hand grenade in the garden, if its happened to you give us a call... - Fishing in a pretty shallow pool there Jezza!

[iainrcz]

My surround sound amp is back from being fixered. I can put my spare poor people pc speakers away 😁

 

 

[Semi-C]

  On 27/03/2023 at 04:23, Pat Earrings said:

Great to see another fan! I’ve been following him for years, way back when I was in Uni. I saw him recently in Brum and he did not disappoint. 

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Yes yes, it’s reassuring to know he’s already on rotation somewhere else in the AS-tratosphere. No real surprise given your avatar!

[hairnet]

What was I saying about oakland

[wuvvum]

  On 27/03/2023 at 09:01, Wack said:

Flight to new York 

Flight to chicago

Flight to Orlando. 

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That makes absolutely no sense.

[Wack]

  On 27/03/2023 at 23:50, wuvvum said:

That makes absolutely no sense.

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It was the only way to get there last minute on the 23rd December, I was 32, would no do it again 

[Wack]

Only Fans tart has decided to raffle a go in her minge for £20 a pop ( literally) 

I'm not sure the potential winnahs are going to be very happy with the announcement on twitter though. 

[hairnet]

  On 27/03/2023 at 23:50, wuvvum said:

That makes absolutely no sense.

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That's absolutely they way they do it

I wanted a flight to einhoven and one went to Milan the way back via Dublin

 

[cort1977]

It's worth paying the extra to fly UK to Dublin or Shannon and clear US customs there rather than land in the US on an international flight.  Or even fly to Toronto and drive in to the US at a quiet time.

[Metal Guru]

  On 28/03/2023 at 08:18, hairnet said:

That's absolutely they way they do it

I wanted a flight to einhoven and one went to Milan the way back via Dublin

 

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I flew from Edinburgh to Oslo a few years ago just when the 737Max crisis started and Norwegian Air had a load of them so flights were changed and cancelled. Ryanair offered a flight via Krakow.

[Markeh]

I had a brilliant one like this about 12 years ago - East Midlands to Dalaman in Turkey. On the way out, it had a stop in Bodrum. Alright, makes sense. On the way back... stops in Edinburgh first then East Midlands... and because it's the first place you get to in the UK, we had to go all the way through the airport, back through security and back on the plane. Did mean you had to leave your duty free on the plane because you wouldn't have necessarily got it back through security! Thankfully the rather dismal airline responsible, Onur Air, no longer exist.

[Metal Guru]

  On 28/03/2023 at 12:54, Markeh said:

I had a brilliant one like this about 12 years ago - East Midlands to Dalaman in Turkey. On the way out, it had a stop in Bodrum. Alright, makes sense. On the way back... stops in Edinburgh first then East Midlands... and because it's the first place you get to in the UK, we had to go all the way through the airport, back through security and back on the plane. Did mean you had to leave your duty free on the plane because you wouldn't have necessarily got it back through security! Thankfully the rather dismal airline responsible, Onur Air, no longer exist.

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I’ve had a flight back from Spain (Gerona), to Manchester stopping at Birmingham. It’s 12 minutes flying from Birmingham to Manchester but it added a hour to the flight (already 3 hours late), by the time you land , taxi , people get off etc. 

We didn’t have to get off but every item  left on the plane had to be claimed by a passenger. Took ages.

[95 quid Peugeot]

  On 28/03/2023 at 03:48, Wack said:

Only Fans tart has decided to raffle a go in her minge for £20 a pop ( literally) 

I'm not sure the potential winnahs are going to be very happy with the announcement on twitter though. 

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Is it just the 59 tickets like here......just asking for a friend 

[Wack]

  On 28/03/2023 at 13:30, 95 quid Peugeot said:

Is it just the 59 tickets like here......just asking for a friend 

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Only if you want your name splattered all over the Internet 

Josh Duffy seems particularly keen 

[95 quid Peugeot]

I was going to register as autoshite wack

[hairnet]

  On 28/03/2023 at 10:31, cort1977 said:

It's worth paying the extra to fly UK to Dublin or Shannon and clear US customs there rather than land in the US on an international flight.  Or even fly to Toronto and drive in to the US at a quiet time.

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99% of the time ryanair to dub then dub to usa straight in euros and itll be far cheaper than starting here

the canada into america has been done too - for exactly that reason (and it was closer than jfk or newark - gas and rental was cheaper in molson land too )

 

[Wack]

  On 28/03/2023 at 15:55, 95 quid Peugeot said:

I was going to register as autoshite wack

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I wouldn't know what to do with her if I won, probably take a DVD and some sandwiches 

[Muniphobia]

  On 28/03/2023 at 03:48, Wack said:

Only Fans tart has decided to raffle a go in her minge for £20 a pop ( literally) 

I'm not sure the potential winnahs are going to be very happy with the announcement on twitter though. 

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I suspect No.10 isn't using his real name anyway 

[Wack]

  On 28/03/2023 at 18:49, Muniphobia said:

I suspect No.10 isn't using his real name anyway 

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They pay a monthly subscription so I'd think they are their real names 

[High Jetter]

  On 28/03/2023 at 15:55, 95 quid Peugeot said:

I was going to register as autoshite wack

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So we all get a go? 

[808 Estate]

 

[Rustybullethole]

Sorry boss having trouble getting materials this morning.

Defo not sitting in the cafe in Selco. 

[New POD]

Add that shit about travelling and then factor in travelling for work. 

We have some warranty issues with a customer in Belgium. We've tested all the returns and the vast majority pass our tests, so myself and a technician who can't drive need to go with some valves.  It was suggested last Tuesday before I broke up for a short holiday to Budapest that we could drive, from Birmingham, yesterday morning. 

I calculated that if I did the driving and took sensible stops I would leave the house at 6 am get to work at 8:30 am, get in the car again at 9:30, drive to Folkestone which must be 5 hours plus stops. Of which I would insist on having 3. So 6 hours. Then wait at least an hour for the train. Plus 2 hours drive the other side. I reckon 10 hours. 

I sent off an email with my suggestion, that we send the parts in a lorry, and fly next week on Monday 

All agreed, but he's just asked if we can get a later flight back from Brussels. On the Wednesday.  There is no direct flight back after 5pm so I'm waiting for him to suggest a flight at 8pm via frankfurt. I may counter that with a flight via Amsterdam on Thursday morning. And spend the morning in Bruges. 

 

[Rustybullethole]

Nicest breakfast baguette I’ve eaten in a long time. 
And still the first man on site.

 

[Muniphobia]

  On 28/03/2023 at 19:09, Wack said:

They pay a monthly subscription so I'd think they are their real names 

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He must really hate his parents to have to go through life called Issac Hunter if it is his real name 🤣

[808 Estate]

[808 Estate]

[Datsuncog]

Ah, so that's what the garage does whenever it fits my drop links, in order to make them utterly unremovable by normal means nine months later...

I always wondered.

[Datsuncog]

Sounds unwise, especially at a higher speed setting, but hey - we don't kink shame here.