What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Bren]

Picked my eldest up from College.

Watched the exodus - students were split into two groups.

Those glued to their phones and the rest seemed to have an air of confusion - they reminded me of the returnees at the end of Close Encounters of the third kind when they walk out of the mothership having lost twenty odd years.

[MikeR]

just seen a great idea , I did think of it years ago . minge bag RV build ?

ramps , some coach bolts , sorted ?

[Wack]

40 minutes ago, Bren said:

Picked my eldest up from College.

Watched the exodus - students were split into two groups.

Those glued to their phones and the rest seemed to have an air of confusion - they reminded me of the returnees at the end of Close Encounters of the third kind when they walk out of the mothership having lost twenty odd years.

My daughter went to edge hill, the scousers uni 

On graduation day some of the mothers and sisters looked like they'd just finished a shift at a strip club. 

Mums were tits out, sisters in dresses that looked like they'd been painted on, about 2" below their arse cheeks 

I thought I be this isn't happening at Oxford and Cambridge l

[MikeR]

26 minutes ago, Wack said:

My daughter went to edge hill, the scousers uni 

On graduation day some of the mothers and sisters looked like they'd just finished a shift at a strip club. 

Mums were tits out, sisters in dresses that looked like they'd been painted on, about 2" below their arse cheeks 

I thought I be this isn't happening at Oxford and Cambridge l

Sounds more like McDs on lord st Liverpool , took me ages to eat a big Mac because of the tight tic tocs and tops 

[808 Estate]

[warch]

TBH I’m 17 stone and I’ve been using an old milk crate of uncertain provenance as a handy foot stool for years now. I expect I’m rather heavier than that engine.

Not sure I’d want an engine landing on my face though if there was a sudden crate related failure.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, warch said:

TBH I’m 17 stone and I’ve been using an old milk crate of uncertain provenance as a handy foot stool for years now. I expect I’m rather heavier than that engine.

Not sure I’d want an engine landing on my face though if there was a sudden crate related failure.

Individually they are pretty strong in compression but any bending in that bar could push them sideways and they’ll part company. 

[omegod]

As some may know I used to be the North Wests leading purveyor of Vauxhall Omega parts, in particular manual gearbox models, I've not done any for a couple of years as they are pretty much extinct .

Whilst siting at my desk this afternoon I looked wistfully through the window at the park opposite and was greeted by the rather unusual sight of 2 policeman and a small elderly woman pushing an Omega down the street, seems they had a flat battery so obviously I didn't hesitate at the offer jump start and had a chat about Omegas. 

She left with a smile and my number for when it is ready for scrapping   It's a manual too !!

 

[wuvvum]

19 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

@catsinthewelder take note - that's how you do it!

[Andyrew]

Nothing worse Badly rattle canned bumper. Just use trim gels FFS 

 Thinners and scotch bright. *scrub scrub scrub*

 

 

 

 

Okay fine, that didnt work so i cheated aswell.

 

[808 Estate]

[808 Estate]

[Metal Guru]

55 minutes ago, 808 Estate said:

Just out for a spin!

[vulgalour]

Have to be careful they don't go for a tumble on that.

[Andyrew]

Rummaging out back at work and i found this forgotten at the back of the safe with an accident book from 2002! 

[MikeR]

bumped into this on the web ....

spot the show off ...

 

[hairnet]

Oops

Od"d

[Metal Guru]

9 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Have to be careful they don't go for a tumble on that.

I’ll give you that. It does look more like a tumble dryer, ( fewer controls).

[morrisoxide]

[808 Estate]

[EyesWeldedShut]

Not my picture but - first Cuckoo of the year this morning - Spring is sprung  

Guess that's why it's 6 degree outside right now and zero expected overnight?

[dome]

4 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Not my picture but - first Cuckoo of the year this morning - Spring is sprung  

Guess that's why it's 6 degree outside right now and zero expected overnight?

Funny enough, was riding up the Kilpatrick Hills outside Glasgow this morning and heard one. No pics though 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Just now, dome said:

Funny enough, was riding up the Kilpatrick Hills outside Glasgow this morning and heard one. No pics though 

We get them all around here for about the next 6 weeks before they and the missus(es) all leg it and leave the youngsters with the child minders. No idea how that evolutionary step occurred but it's absolutely brilliant. 

[Wack]

A Welsh council has spent £6000 on a sculpture to commemorate the 10th anniversary of a coastal path 

Locals say it looks like a baked potato in tin foil 

Where do they get the people that make these decisions, the country is falling apart and they're buying £6000 spuds 

[fairkens]

Tbf you don't need to be a local to see that is quite clearly a spud wrapped in tin foil.

Why isn't it at least on a plinth or something?

[cobblers]

32 minutes ago, Wack said:

A Welsh council has spent £6000 on a sculpture to commemorate the 10th anniversary of a coastal path 

Locals say it looks like a baked potato in tin foil 

Where do they get the people that make these decisions, the country is falling apart and they're buying £6000 spuds 

Next week we find out that a councillors wife has an unsurprisingly failing vanity business making and selling massive replica jacket potatoes

[cobblers]

6 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Not my picture but - first Cuckoo of the year this morning - Spring is sprung  

Guess that's why it's 6 degree outside right now and zero expected overnight?

Up until the age of 32 I was like "FUCKING BIRDS THEY CAN ALL FUCKING GET FUCKED, WAKING ME UP AT BASTARD 5AM, SHITTING ALL OVER THE PLACE, I'LL HAPPILY SHOOT THE LOT OF THE NOISY FILTHY BASTARDS!" and 5 years later I have 3 different apps on my phone to identify them from their noises and a pair of binoculars on my bedroom windowsill so I can get a better look at them because now I'm a soft twat.

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, cobblers said:

now I'm a soft twat

naah - it's called maturity/growing old(er)  

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, fairkens said:

Tbf you don't need to be a local to see that is quite clearly a spud wrapped in tin foil.

Why isn't it at least on a plinth or something?

Cost of Living Crisis - the spud took up all of the £6K budget?

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, cobblers said:

Up until the age of 32 I was like "FUCKING BIRDS THEY CAN ALL FUCKING GET FUCKED, WAKING ME UP AT BASTARD 5AM, SHITTING ALL OVER THE PLACE, I'LL HAPPILY SHOOT THE LOT OF THE NOISY FILTHY BASTARDS!" and 5 years later I have 3 different apps on my phone to identify them from their noises and a pair of binoculars on my bedroom windowsill so I can get a better look at them because now I'm a soft twat.

I’ve got the Cornell labs Merlin app for birds, which is very good.