What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

All credit to the BBC. Lunchtime news , story about Freddie Mercury’s stuff being auctioned off.

Not once did they use “hammer to fall”.

[Remspoor]

19 hours ago, wuvvum said:

At Tesco just now. 

Three little Citybugs, all in a row.

 

Yes, I do need to get out more. 

The one on the left should swap plates with the one on he right.

[hairnet]

so - was looking at somewhere to go at the weekend after work so saturday aft to monday

obvs with 3 days notice either full or millions

looking at north wales but looked at aberystwyth - the premier inn for saturday is 183!!!!!

the poshest hotel there was 135

place i booked before was full

looked at airbnb and there were two cabins - one had lighting the other didnt one was 35 the other 46  - that would be cool but likle i wouldnt find it

so sacked that off and looked at isle of man 

cos cant book it till sat have to get the evening boat cos likely wouldnt make 1415 heysham is hour and half from here and have to be there hour before

places that would be open when the boat gets in were the premier inn  for two nights

268!!!!!!

the boat is 121 return and a place on the front but mile from town was 113

as happened last week in ireland weather looked not too bad then got worse and was pheh while there

sunday is looking garbage as weather will pass over - which means mountain and shizz wouldnt be fun

oh well - might go llandudno for the transport thing (if i remember @brownnova)

[Dyslexic Viking]

Took the old barge out on its first drive of 2023 and it managed 40km without breaking down which is a big win.

[ETCHY]

Currently on holiday in Madeira ( which is mega & well worth a visit btw).

A lot of '90's chod about here  but the most common is a car i truly love, the humble K11 Micra, the little buggers are everywhere! Makes me grin a lot 😁

[Split_Pin]

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Because garden land equipment?🚜

[Remspoor]

I found my Blu-Tack. Just wonder how old it is. Viscount phone anyone?

 

 

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

[Muniphobia]

6 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Surely not needed, they burn well enough without adding petrol

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

 

[vulgalour]

On 4/25/2023 at 9:34 PM, wuvvum said:

At Tesco just now. 

Three little Citybugs, all in a row.

 

Yes, I do need to get out more. 

[Wack]

This is just how I'd expect to be served coffee if autoshite had a barista 😂

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJmwYhEA/

[Remspoor]

On 4/26/2023 at 5:40 PM, Metal Guru said:

All credit to the BBC. Lunchtime news , story about Freddie Mercury’s stuff being auctioned off.

Not once did they use “hammer to fall”.

It was done in 2021

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-59576959

[High Jetter]

A key phrase.

[AnnoyingPentium]

My grin today was an arrival...

Might have a working window by... whenever I can be arsed.

[Yoss]

Rural Hungary. 

Google maps really can be misleading. So I get on a train going to Diósjenö because it looks like a nice train. Check Google maps and it says there are at least three restaurants, a post office, several other shops, bus stops and all sorts so I should be OK to get something to eat. Looks like this. 

Makes it look like a small town centre. 

Well the main road looks like this. And it's lunchtime so you would think the busiest time of day. 

And looking the other way. 

The white painted building in the middle of the picture was marked as a bakery on Google maps. It really didn't look like it. I walked in asked if anybody spoke English (in English obviously) and a man goes out the back and brings a young woman back with him. She didn't really speak English either (and why would she, I wasn't expecting them to, it was more out of hope) but knew a few words. Beer is fine, beer is understood everywhere (except in Czech where it is pivo) so then she shows me a menu and it  had burgers on it so I understood that. I ordered a Retro Burger out of curiosity. Looks like a normal burger I thought. 

But it was good. That's a decent lunch I reckon in a beautiful village. I went for a little walk afterwards. Very pretty. 

Of course I'm taking a picture of the pretty white church. Lada Niva with a trailer? Oh yeah so there is. 

 

Communist era random concrete sculpture. 

 

I also managed to buy ice cream by pointing and nodding. Chocolate with cherry and coconut with raspberry. 

 

And then had to sit here to wait for the train to arrive. 

I can't think of many better ways to pass a couple of hours. 

[jakebullet]

Back at booths again and got a pic of this top portrait. The kid has a bright future.

 

[Yoss]

I was going to put this in the miniature railwayshite thread (and will probably still do) for obvious reasons but there are only about seven of us on there and this really deserves a bigger audience and I was genuinely chuckling  whilst sat on my own so it is valid. 

 

Just outside Budapest Keleti station is a small underground restaurant. The awning outside is in the shape of a big Nohab which is genius in itself. 

For the non train people here a Nohab was a 1940s American GM design built under licence by a company in Sweden (called Nohab, hence the name) and sold to various European railways including Hungary. 

But then you go downstairs and there is a twin track O or G gauge railway (not quite sure) running all round the outside with a spur running off to every table and all drinks are delivered by train. 

 

This was my first drink. 

Food was good hearty Hungarian stuff plus burgers and such for the less adventurous. 

This was two small pork steaks with chips AND rice some token grilled veg and all smothered in garlic. 

 

Now these people got the 218 and I was quite jealous. These were the most common diesel in Germany for many years and I've had many of the real thing. 

 

So when the waiter asked if I wanted another beer I said I'll have another if I can have the 218 deliver it. He looked confused, so I said the big diesel. He sort of laughed, more at me than with me I imagine, and said he wasn't sure, he'll go and see. 

And then a few minutes later this cam round the corner with a single beer and I start getting my hopes up but the points were set the wrong way. 

But then it stopped and the points clicked over. 

Bloody brilliant. You've no idea how happy that made me. 

So a hearty meal, a pudding, 

And two beers came to the equivalent of £16.67. That's, a bargain even without the entertainment value. I tipped well, up to about £24 as that still seemed good value. 

[Markeh]

Currently in Turkiye and I'd forgotten just how much chod is on the roads here. Multiple flavours of elderly Renault and hatchloons aplenty. Won't be travelling further afield this time so no exciting* hire car although we might strike it lucky with the odd cab.

[jakebullet]

Also did the coffee n pasty,  parked near ye olde Norman Church in our face stuffing spot. There's a wedding on so we're enjoying spotting the classy* guests arriving.

It was a tie between the woman with see thru skirt / no knickers and the big girl wearing a backless ABBA jumpsuit.

The bride turned up in a magnificent Rolls Royce, er kit car. Didn't see the groom so don't know if he was wearing a Leeds United shirt.

[Cheggers]

I was going to put this in the miniature railwayshite thread (and will probably still do) for obvious reasons but there are only about seven of us on there and this really deserves a bigger audience and I was genuinely chuckling  whilst sat on my own so it is valid. 
 
Just outside Budapest Keleti station is a small underground restaurant. The awning outside is in the shape of a big Nohab which is genius in itself. 


For the non train people here a Nohab was a 1940s American GM design built under licence by a company in Sweden (called Nohab, hence the name) and sold to various European railways including Hungary. 
But then you go downstairs and there is a twin track O or G gauge railway (not quite sure) running all round the outside with a spur running off to every table and all drinks are delivered by train. 


 
This was my first drink. 





Food was good hearty Hungarian stuff plus burgers and such for the less adventurous. 
This was two small pork steaks with chips AND rice some token grilled veg and all smothered in garlic. 

 
Now these people got the 218 and I was quite jealous. These were the most common diesel in Germany for many years and I've had many of the real thing. 

 
So when the waiter asked if I wanted another beer I said I'll have another if I can have the 218 deliver it. He looked confused, so I said the big diesel. He sort of laughed, more at me than with me I imagine, and said he wasn't sure, he'll go and see. 
And then a few minutes later this cam round the corner with a single beer and I start getting my hopes up but the points were set the wrong way. 

But then it stopped and the points clicked over. 




Bloody brilliant. You've no idea how happy that made me. 
So a hearty meal, a pudding, 

And two beers came to the equivalent of £16.67. That's, a bargain even without the entertainment value. I tipped well, up to about £24 as that still seemed good value. 

I had lunch there almost exactly a year ago...small world!

[Yoss]

38 minutes ago, Cheggers said:

55 minutes ago, Yoss said:

I was going to put this in the miniature railwayshite thread (and will probably still do) for obvious reasons but there are only about seven of us on there and this really deserves a bigger audience and I was genuinely chuckling  whilst sat on my own so it is valid. 
 
Just outside Budapest Keleti station is a small underground restaurant. The awning outside is in the shape of a big Nohab which is genius in itself. 


For the non train people here a Nohab was a 1940s American GM design built under licence by a company in Sweden (called Nohab, hence the name) and sold to various European railways including Hungary. 
But then you go downstairs and there is a twin track O or G gauge railway (not quite sure) running all round the outside with a spur running off to every table and all drinks are delivered by train. 


 
This was my first drink. 





Food was good hearty Hungarian stuff plus burgers and such for the less adventurous. 
This was two small pork steaks with chips AND rice some token grilled veg and all smothered in garlic. 

 
Now these people got the 218 and I was quite jealous. These were the most common diesel in Germany for many years and I've had many of the real thing. 

 
So when the waiter asked if I wanted another beer I said I'll have another if I can have the 218 deliver it. He looked confused, so I said the big diesel. He sort of laughed, more at me than with me I imagine, and said he wasn't sure, he'll go and see. 
And then a few minutes later this cam round the corner with a single beer and I start getting my hopes up but the points were set the wrong way. 

But then it stopped and the points clicked over. 




Bloody brilliant. You've no idea how happy that made me. 
So a hearty meal, a pudding, 

And two beers came to the equivalent of £16.67. That's, a bargain even without the entertainment value. I tipped well, up to about £24 as that still seemed good value. 

I had lunch there almost exactly a year ago...small world!

Excellent. I'll admit I didn't just stroll past it by accident, I had seen it online beforehand and most of the reviews looked good so I had planned to go there. But it turned out even better than I expected. 

I like the fact that occasionally the waiter had to come out and give one of them a push. I know from running my own model railway that things that have always worked sometimes decide not to. 

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

I was going to put this in the miniature railwayshite thread (and will probably still do) for obvious reasons but there are only about seven of us on there and this really deserves a bigger audience and I was genuinely chuckling  whilst sat on my own so it is valid. 

 

Just outside Budapest Keleti station is a small underground restaurant. The awning outside is in the shape of a big Nohab which is genius in itself. 

For the non train people here a Nohab was a 1940s American GM design built under licence by a company in Sweden (called Nohab, hence the name) and sold to various European railways including Hungary. 

But then you go downstairs and there is a twin track O or G gauge railway (not quite sure) running all round the outside with a spur running off to every table and all drinks are delivered by train. 

 

This was my first drink. 

Food was good hearty Hungarian stuff plus burgers and such for the less adventurous. 

This was two small pork steaks with chips AND rice some token grilled veg and all smothered in garlic. 

 

Now these people got the 218 and I was quite jealous. These were the most common diesel in Germany for many years and I've had many of the real thing. 

 

So when the waiter asked if I wanted another beer I said I'll have another if I can have the 218 deliver it. He looked confused, so I said the big diesel. He sort of laughed, more at me than with me I imagine, and said he wasn't sure, he'll go and see. 

And then a few minutes later this cam round the corner with a single beer and I start getting my hopes up but the points were set the wrong way. 

But then it stopped and the points clicked over. 

Bloody brilliant. You've no idea how happy that made me. 

So a hearty meal, a pudding, 

And two beers came to the equivalent of £16.67. That's, a bargain even without the entertainment value. I tipped well, up to about £24 as that still seemed good value. 

Only the other day I watched this on YT. Vienna branch of "Výtopna"- So far there is over 852 and cannot see any mention of this on place. Reading the comments train waters are to be found in many locations..

 

[Yoss]

14 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Only the other day I watched this on YT. Vienna branch of "Výtopna"- So far there is over 852 and cannot see any mention of this on place. Reading the comments train waters are to be found in many locations..

 

Yeah but none of those have a big Nohab out the front do they. Or German diesel locos. Or good Hungarian food. 

[Remspoor]

45 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Yeah but none of those have a big Nohab out the front do they. Or German diesel locos. Or good Hungarian food. 

I know and the decent food and beer. 🍲🍻

[somewhatfoolish]

[Yoss]

13 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

. 

[Garythesnail]

1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said:

If he's happy swapping for an air rifle......

 

[Spottedlaurel]

I've got custody of the ex- @BorniteIdentity Avensis SR while Miss SL and her BF are back at uni (slumming it in the LS400, poor old students). So it would be silly not to use it:

Fold-down rear seat made it ideal for collecting some lengths of timber and it was good fun scooting around between places getting DIY stuff to keep me busy over the weekend. The 2-litre still pulls very well and it's remarkable how tight it still feels after nearly 278k miles. The slight drop on the driver's door and manky, now wrapped/bodged steering wheel cover are the only immediate indications of the mileage it's done. Last year's charity rally stickers are still in place as large amounts of lacquer will come off with them if they're removed....

Also found a purple friend:

Consul (not Granada) in Purple Velvet, doesn't get much better than that does it? The lady said it belonged to her son, lucky chap.