What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Sham]

This made me grin

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

"full service history" , "oil, oil filter and air filter all changed within last 3 years " !!

Ok.

[Sham]

6 minutes ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

"full service history" , "oil, oil filter and air filter all changed within last 3 years " !!

Ok.

Indeed, with 4 miles on the clock, I'm pretty sure it's fine.

[eddyramrod]

Today's news: my laptop has come back!  The hard drive was corrupted, apparently, no idea how that happened.  I asked if it was something I might have picked up off the internet, but apparently it isn't.  Then I asked if they'd managed to save my photo files.  Silence descended.

I've had a look in the system and it seems my photos might be backed up on Microsoft.  Haven't checked them individually yet, but there is a list of files.  Anyway it works; I'm talking to you ain't I?  That's a Grin!

[808 Estate]

[Remspoor]

This

https://www.veed.io/view/c97c9758-b6dd-4e32-9cf1-33d1843d3ae4

 

It is a video and will not embed, screen shot below.....

[eddyramrod]

OK, anything I've downloaded is still here... looks like I might have lost the pics I had in my albums.  Oh well, partial success.  I'll take it.

[mitsisigma01]

On 4/7/2023 at 10:44 AM, Metal Guru said:

Rhubarb contains oxalic acid, stewing some will probably clean your copper pans too.

Would that work on some old pennies , ranging from very worn 1860 up to a bit battered 1967 🤔

[cobblers]

I've been wiring 3 phase motor start stuff today. I don't like 3 phase. Double, triple checked it all but there's always a pucker factor because there's a lot more energy and three times as much to do wrong.

ENGAGE SAFETY BRUSH:

[Rust Collector]

I was doing some gardening today, so the 4x4 was on the front lawn with the gardening trailer attached. My mrs was going out to get some beer and wine for after the gardening was done, her car was blocked by my truck so she asked if she could borrow it. I unhitched the trailer and sent her on her way… but she forgot the throttle is a bit notchy on the truck, and whilst pulling away left a big number 11 diagonally across the lawn and mud tracks down the road 🤣 as if the neighbours don’t love me enough already…

[hairnet]

Friend went to tow law

Spotted this

 

[hairnet]

8 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

Not @PhilA ( joke Phil)

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, cobblers said:

I've been wiring 3 phase motor start stuff today. I don't like 3 phase. Double, triple checked it all but there's always a pucker factor because there's a lot more energy and three times as much to do wrong.

ENGAGE SAFETY BRUSH:

It's fine. Just work 240 x 3 to make 415 and you'll be reet. 🤣

[Metal Guru]

5 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Would that work on some old pennies , ranging from very worn 1860 up to a bit battered 1967 🤔

Don’t see why not.

[808 Estate]

12 hours ago, cobblers said:

I've been wiring 3 phase motor start stuff today. I don't like 3 phase. Double, triple checked it all but there's always a pucker factor because there's a lot more energy and three times as much to do wrong.

ENGAGE SAFETY BRUSH:

A few years ago, I was regularly working on 125KW DC power supplies. 400v @350A going in and 800v DC @ 200A going out. In the middle of all this was a small PCB with half a dozen trim pots that needed to be individually adjusted. On my first day there, the managers safety talk comprised of "there is enough energy there to kill you, cremate you and blow your ashes actross the car park before your safety boots have melted into the concrete". I instantly became quite anal about applying safety lockouts on the power switches before going anywhere near it with a spanner.

[AnnoyingPentium]

[Remspoor]

 

[High Jetter]

You've been bugged!

[willswitchengage]

Looks like Charles is getting the SE version

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65194594

[vulgalour]

Saw another TR7 in the wild today, second time this year!  Although, the gold badge on the boot claimed it was a TR8, so maybe it was, not long after a Stag went past too.  A 90s pre-facelift Mitsubishi Charisma was also seen before I ended up following an S reg Ford Focus saloon for a bit and was followed by a mk1 Ford Puma.  Quite an impressive assortment of stuff for what is a traditionally soggy bank holiday Monday.

[robinmasters]

Obviously I don't condone driving around without road fund licence, but on the other hand...

[EyesWeldedShut]

08:00 ..... need to buy ATF for new barge
09:00 ..... still looking
10:00 ..... rest of household is getting breakfast, I've about to spend £££ - sorted.
11:15 .... Find 7 litres of Millermatic SP111 in the shed - allegedly Dextron II and III compatible - not sure if that make me happy or grumpy?

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Had a lovely day out with a friend in Hastings on Good Friday. 

She also bought me a Christmas Egg. First one I've had for years! 😁 

[MikeR]

quite pleased tonite , my son got a Fujitsu lifebook A for uni many years ago , supplied by memtech , which was abandoned for somat that worked better 

last year or so after completing his masters or somat like that , any way despite debloating it , it was still shite and was abandoned until

tonight ...  it was dragged out , cleaned , powered up from 0% battery 

I cleared the bios warning bit for the battery that prevented a thermal event ?? and the the bar steward BIOS password !!  ( why the FFFF do that ? ) 

cleared that with some help from some supportive web sites such as BIOS Master Password Generator for Laptops (bios-pw.org)

and now thanks to the latest Linux Mint and a SSD  the Lappy is up and running     

saved from living behind the cupboard destined for landfill !   

[Dick Cheeseburger]

You had one job, Jeff.

[EyesWeldedShut]

12 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

 

You had one job, Jeff.

I mixed that up with a quote from the English Job

[Dick Cheeseburger]

15 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

I mixed that up with a quote from the English Job

 

[cort1977]

Taxed the lovely ex @davehedgehog31 purple Lexus and drove it to work today.  First day back after a week off, sun shining, birds singing and feeling on top of the world in a luxurious barge.

[richardmorris]

Happy again, as this morning the x1/9 drove 220 miles without a single complaint and kept 80degees even up the hill to the air-balloon roundabout. Not quite half a tank of Esso e5 either, so high 40mpgs

 Since 2019 nov mot it’s only done 213 miles until today. 

[Markeh]

18 hours ago, MikeR said:

quite pleased tonite , my son got a Fujitsu lifebook A for uni many years ago , supplied by memtech , which was abandoned for somat that worked better 

last year or so after completing his masters or somat like that , any way despite debloating it , it was still shite and was abandoned until

tonight ...  it was dragged out , cleaned , powered up from 0% battery 

I cleared the bios warning bit for the battery that prevented a thermal event ?? and the the bar steward BIOS password !!  ( why the FFFF do that ? ) 

cleared that with some help from some supportive web sites such as BIOS Master Password Generator for Laptops (bios-pw.org)

and now thanks to the latest Linux Mint and a SSD  the Lappy is up and running     

saved from living behind the cupboard destined for landfill !   

Oh god the battery warnings on this era of Fujitsu are a pain in the arse. It seems to prevent lawsuits or any other assorted grief, they try and artificially limit used batteries to something like 50% of its capacity. As far as I can tell it does this on age or some arbitrary statistic without actually checking the battery. Automatically installed by Windows Update too.