GrumpiusMaximus Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 5 hours ago, 808 Estate said: Good ol'-fashioned Rickroll. That makes me grin even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 808 Estate, Remspoor, Vantman and 13 others 4 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 According to a survey done by ATS , 80% of drivers don’t know what the “tree” symbol over some wavy lines on their dashboard means. That’s a thermometer in water for anyone with brain cells in double figures! Social media has people tweeting “wow, never knew that and what it means”. How do such people earn a living or survive a week in the real world? myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 https://www.bbc.com/news/av-embeds/64982398 Yoss, Vantman, ProgRocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Lanchester has stolen all my time and money lately with the emergency repairs it needed, making the Princess wait longer for me to get the stuff to finish the brakes. So long, in fact, I was sure the battery would be flat and I really ought to charge it to start it. I needn't have worried. Battery wasn't even registering as low and it started as if I'd only used the car yesterday, happily sat idling, all the electrical things work and aren't being stupid like they usually do when it's stood for a bit. Proper motivational boost that, I'm looking forward to finishing the Lanchester jobs so I can turn my attention to the Princess and get it freshly MoT'd again. Off to my first car meet since the pandemic began tomorrow too (all being well). The Furious Driving coffee morning thing at Torque Moto. It'll be nice to finally do something 'normal' again, it's well overdue. privatewire, Sunny Jim, Remspoor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Didn't know whether to post this in the grin or grumpy thread My son came home with 2 tickets to the theatre but his GF isn't well so free night out for us Fuck me, that's 2 hours of my life I'm not getting back An inspector calls, one of the most bizzare things I've ever watched, it was that bad I was thinking at least we'll be able to fuck off at the interval, no they've thought of that, they want you to stay to the end so there's no interval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 12 minutes ago, Wack said: Didn't know whether to post this in the grin or grumpy thread My son came home with 2 tickets to the theatre but his GF isn't well so free night out for us Fuck me, that's 2 hours of my life I'm not getting back An inspector calls, one of the most bizzare things I've ever watched, it was that bad I was thinking at least we'll be able to fuck off at the interval, no they've thought of that, they want you to stay to the end so there's no interval Each to their own, I'm not a theatre/book person in the slightest but I quite enjoyed AIC for some reason, both as a performance and reading the book 🤔 I do agree, it's a bizarre storyline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Stopped some theiving shite as she darted for the door at Aldi and the manager found me after and told me to pick some beer up as its on them as a thank you. Free beer always tastes good! LightBulbFun, richardmorris, Floatylight and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 21 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said: Each to their own, I'm not a theatre/book person in the slightest but I quite enjoyed AIC for some reason, both as a performance and reading the book 🤔 I do agree, it's a bizarre storyline! I just didn't get it, it's been decades since I've been to the theatre to see a play In the 80s I went to London with my ex wife and some friends to see steaming, a play set in a steam Bath The opening scene went straight into it, the curtain went up and the leading member of the all female cast walked to the edge of the stage naked Total silence until the guy next to me whispered fuucckk meeee under his breath and I burst out laughing rainagain, Rust Collector, Tickman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 11 minutes ago, Wack said: I just didn't get it, it's been decades since I've been to the theatre to see a play In the 80s I went to London with my ex wife and some friends to see steaming, a play set in a steam Bath The opening scene went straight into it, the curtain went up and the leading member of the all female cast walked to the edge of the stage naked Total silence until the guy next to me whispered fuucckk meeee under his breath and I burst out laughing It's written in the perspective of the 1930s if I remember rightly depicting anti capitalist views. All the characters are evil apart from Eva or whatever her name was. There, I could have saved you two hours! Also; that's not the version I remember 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 16 hours ago, vulgalour said: Off to my first car meet since the pandemic began tomorrow too (all being well). The Furious Driving coffee morning thing at Torque Moto. It'll be nice to finally do something 'normal' again, it's well overdue. Never mind, other half is quite unwell so we've had to cancel last minute. Remspoor, Tickman and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 23 hours ago, Metal Guru said: According to a survey done by ATS , 80% of drivers don’t know what the “tree” symbol over some wavy lines on their dashboard means. That’s a thermometer in water for anyone with brain cells in double figures! Social media has people tweeting “wow, never knew that and what it means”. How do such people earn a living or survive a week in the real world? I work with one, she asked what the Aladdin's lamp meant on the dash of her car. Chorus from everybody "It's your oil light" It had been on for a while before she asked. She did put oil in it (under supervision to make sure she didn't use olive oil, or put it in the screenwash) The car did not last long afterwards myglaren, mitsisigma01, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 11 hours ago, Wack said: Didn't know whether to post this in the grin or grumpy thread My son came home with 2 tickets to the theatre but his GF isn't well so free night out for us Fuck me, that's 2 hours of my life I'm not getting back An inspector calls, one of the most bizzare things I've ever watched, it was that bad I was thinking at least we'll be able to fuck off at the interval, no they've thought of that, they want you to stay to the end so there's no interval I remember An Inspector Calls. J.B. Priestley, I think? It's one of those wank plays where you're meant to overlook that the story itself is shit and focus on the hidden metaphors behind each character RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypee Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Some automotive manoeuvring with @davidfowler2000 @320touringand @Supernaut loserone, Tickman, Remspoor and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 book it in for a mot and drive it doon? or is it bit more borked than that jaypee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypee Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 2 minutes ago, hairnet said: book it in for a mot and drive it doon? or is it bit more borked than that Needs to be less borked for that to happen. Heeed gaskit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, horriblemercedes said: I remember An Inspector Calls. J.B. Priestley, I think? It's one of those wank plays where you're meant to overlook that the story itself is shit and focus on the hidden metaphors behind each character Something like that, only I was tired, hungry and thinking WTF am I doing here so all that passed me by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 2 hours ago, jaypee said: Some automotive manoeuvring with @davidfowler2000 @320touringand @Supernaut If we do any more trailering with that V70 I'm going to have to get Autoshite.Recovery.Shiteshifting.Etc. decals made for it LightBulbFun, AnnoyingPentium, The Moog and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808 Estate Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Remspoor, MiniMinorMk3, GrumpiusMaximus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back_For_More Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 5 hours ago, jaypee said: Some automotive manoeuvring with @davidfowler2000 @320touringand @Supernaut Wondered what had happened to that..... What's the plan then? Manual 645 swap? jaypee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 How things have changed, chased across the country and bought to justice for some towels, pillows and a key 1970s clipping gm, Yoss and MiniMinorMk3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 One of the lads I work with became a dad for the first time last year at the age of 53. His missus is 29 years his junior. Today is his 54th birthday. Another colleague chose to wish him a happy birthday on facebook... 😂 fairkens, GrumpiusMaximus, 108 and 9 others 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypee Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 5 hours ago, Back_For_More said: Wondered what had happened to that..... What's the plan then? Manual 645 swap? Just rebuild the 3.5 top end 😊 The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 3 hours ago, cms206 said: One of the lads I work with became a dad for the first time last year at the age of 53. His missus is 29 years his junior. Today is his 54th birthday. Another colleague chose to wish him a happy birthday on facebook... 😂 He's done better than Alan. Cashback! Banger Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 16 hours ago, anonymous user said: I work with one, she asked what the Aladdin's lamp meant on the dash of her car. Chorus from everybody "It's your oil light" It had been on for a while before she asked. She did put oil in it (under supervision to make sure she didn't use olive oil, or put it in the screenwash) The car did not last long afterwards I look forward to the “Aladdin’s lamp “ becoming a feature of a similar future poll and subsequent revelation on social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808 Estate Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 GrumpiusMaximus, Remspoor and myglaren 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vulgalour Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Made some more progress on the Lanchester today. Last of the woodworm treatment done, wood hardener applied, and that's as far as I could go on frame repairs due to drying/curing times. I'll come back another day to do the filling work to get the shape back. Didn't want to do welding, partly out of respect for the neighbours what with it being Mothering Sunday (or Mother's Day, if you prefer the American import) and partly because I just didn't want to. Got the intermediary floor back in too. This was tricky since it's a very particular fit for the space and I didn't want to damage the original arch inner trims that are really very fragile. After that was in, I sorted through the medley of fasteners that had been holding it down when the car arrived and made sure only the proper ones went in the appropriate holes. New grommets in the bodywork for the new wiring was done too, as well as routing the new wiring for the high level rear lights ready for when the brackets are finished for those lights to go in. The wiring will be hidden by the side trims when they go back in the car once I've got everything connected and am happy it all works. To wrap things up, the rubber floor mat was put back in for the first time in months and I can draw a line under this job. Not sure what the next target is yet. It will either be the bit of welding to the sill ends and floor, completion of the high level rear lights wiring and bracketry, or connecting the front indicator wiring up. Maybe a mix of all of that. It's all going in the right direction at any rate. Each job is feeling progressively smaller and less stressful, which is nice. Wibble, Remspoor, 320touring and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 GrumpiusMaximus, adw1977, myglaren and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 On 3/17/2023 at 10:47 PM, Wack said: Didn't know whether to post this in the grin or grumpy thread My son came home with 2 tickets to the theatre but his GF isn't well so free night out for us Fuck me, that's 2 hours of my life I'm not getting back An inspector calls, one of the most bizzare things I've ever watched, it was that bad I was thinking at least we'll be able to fuck off at the interval, no they've thought of that, they want you to stay to the end so there's no interval Liverpool Empire I assume, my daughter reported the same this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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