What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

5 hours ago, DavieW said:

To clarify - I should have said bar. 🍺🍺🤣🤣

I had a similar experience on holiday in Spain about 30 years ago.  Apart from my wife and I, (30ish), there was a younger couple with a baby, but the rest of the “guests” probably averaged over 75. One of them actually died during the fortnight we were there.

[New POD]

On 9/17/2023 at 10:36 PM, Markeh said:

Drove up to the land of Volvos and square sausage today. Got another friend in tow who doesn't particularly do long journeys. We stopped at Scotch Corner first then at Gretna Green. Leaving Gretna I'm surprised to see my friend turn left when Google Maps says to turn right.

They had somehow managed to set their maps to Scotch Corner again, and realised when they passed a farm shop 5 miles away from it...

To fair, if Gretna was typical of Scotland and that's all you'd ever seen, you'd turn right on leaving and give the rest of Scotland a miss. Luckily most of Scotland isn't like Gretna. 

[Timewaster]

Saw a Range Rover with the no. plate JD 15 FUN

 

Might belong to this guy

[EyesWeldedShut]

Perusing FaceBook Marketplace for tat and this appears:

Hmmmm - 'how much for your daughter?' springs to mind

[goosey]

Countdown just got interesting 

[warch]

22 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

But the main reason for the grin was that, amid all the scam competitions, there was a genuine competition win that I nearly deleted - a code for a £50 voucher from Oxford Diecast, in a recent prize draw (which I did enter).

Wasn't 100% sure of the legitimacy at first, but I navigated to their website separately, made a few selections from their catalogue and the code was accepted at the checkout so... guess I'll wait and see what arrives!

Well done Datsun! My happy is also Oxford Diecast related, although unlike you I'll have to pay for the privilege.

Oxford are (hopefully) releasing this, a teeny 'railway scale' County 1884 next year. Praying it doesn't get mired in development hell. 

 

 

[vulgalour]

On 9/15/2023 at 9:34 PM, cobblers said:

Here's the photo I was actually looking for - I saw this in real life and thought I was having a bloody stroke or something:

It's a normal, production vehicle too, thousands made on the 23 inch wheelbase.

 

The overhang!  Makes it look like the rear axle is practically under the b pillar.  Amazing.

[catsinthewelder]

Isn't there some rule about overhang not being more than 2/3rds of wheelbase?

[hairnet]

Hateful piece of shit

No limiter tho and no tracker

Had the nissan version in 18 and this thing has no cruise and an air suspended seat and the radio is garbage

they took me transit to truckfest and someone drove into it so its getting repaired

[horriblemercedes]

Had a bit of a strange appetite lately and haven't been eating much. Had an Aldi vindaloo for lunch - I forgot how much I like them. I'll have to get some more of them for the freezer

[gm]

just in from the local pub after a few beers with @DVee8 and had a right good night  cheers !

[hairnet]

Ein bischen luft

[hairnet]

Fek 

Wish I could do that as I type this just over a massive joint in the runway

How he still asleep lol

[hairnet]

Still a bit far away

[hairnet]

Why can't UK airports do that

Ironically they've overbooked the connection but the train they put you on to Dresden takes 4 hours I'd miss the gig 

They'd give you 250 euro also but no I'd rather the gig

[MikeR]

I just happened to be in the right place and all set up when this Heron landed in front of me and waded into the pond at a reserve ....

I know Herons are very nervous and vanish at the first hint of man being around ...

But the vid has had 400 plus views ...  what did I do right ????

[808 Estate]

[hairnet]

So hit a roundy birthday

Do something daft

Snack and dushe nu

Then lol at German TV

Only spot so far has been a Corsa D and a.schaeft spec Audi a6

 

[hairnet]

Lol at the Chinese guy on the train when the dB chap asked for his ticket in perfect English he said youust buy a ticket or it's 60 euros ( ticket is only 3)

Oddly you buy the ticket from theachine but then there's a machine you punch it with

Wtf

If I'd not seen a.local do that.......

What would dB have said @Schaefft 

[richardmorris]

47 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Lol at the Chinese guy on the train when the dB chap asked for his ticket in perfect English he said youust buy a ticket or it's 60 euros ( ticket is only 3)

Oddly you buy the ticket from theachine but then there's a machine you punch it with

Wtf

If I'd not seen a.local do that.......

What would dB have said @Schaefft 

Many decades ago on my last and only  train trip in Italy, (Florence to Venice) you had to punch the tickets to validate them.

[hairnet]

Oh yes

The new Renault ad the backing music

That's this lot

[hairnet]

Burp

[hairnet]

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Many decades ago on my last and only  train trip in Italy, (Florence to Venice) you had to punch the tickets to validate them.

It's not 1965 that's all

[richardmorris]

6 minutes ago, hairnet said:

It's not 1965 that's all

My trip was 1992 I think. First class train was very nice- I remember we flew out on Dan dare airways which folded the same week. Thompson city break I think it was. Flight to Pisa, bus to Florence train to venice and flight back to Manchester. I’ve flown again twice - to Bordeaux and Marseille, and not for nearly twenty years.

[hairnet]

Lol I've made it a law not to use any of the holiday type flyers ever because of that

And for more than 20 years not used tu Jet2 Thompson etc

[hairnet]

@PhilA

Not that one

[hairnet]

So I was thinking about following the gig to Hamburg but €€€€€€ for the train and flight from Hamburg

But then Berlin is only 100 miles to visit bee Emm vay but can't cos

the marathon is on

That happened in Stuttgart when visited Merc

[MikeR]

We must live on a posh estate , not just any old abandoned trolly ,

an abandoned M&S trolly !!! 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

We must live on a posh estate , not just any old abandoned trolly ,

an abandoned M&S trolly !!! 

Plus, it's still got all four wheels!