What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

  On 09/05/2024 at 16:24, beko1987 said:

I followed this up the junction 4 off lane this morning thinking it was a triumph of some sort but no, it was a mini pickup! 

Back tailgate had Domino stamped in it (hence I thought it was a dolomite pickup from the back). 

Was being towed by an AA flatbed which had a range rover on the back so I assume it was being relayed somewhere

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Hasn’t a pick-up been stolen relatively recently? Can’t be many of them about.

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

[DavieW]

  On 09/05/2024 at 16:24, beko1987 said:

I followed this up the junction 4 off lane this morning thinking it was a triumph of some sort but no, it was a mini pickup! 

Back tailgate had Domino stamped in it (hence I thought it was a dolomite pickup from the back). 

Was being towed by an AA flatbed which had a range rover on the back so I assume it was being relayed somewhere

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Domino made fibreglass Mini bodyshells in the 80s. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 09/05/2024 at 17:12, DavieW said:

Domino made fibreglass Mini bodyshells in the 80s. 

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You can see it is a fibre glass shell. The doors don't got to the sills and there are no external door hinges.

 

Domino also made these

[Supernaut]

I've been in this new job since Tuesday.

They're sending me to Aviemore for the weekend and paying my mileage, accommodation, everything, so I can do a course to get certified as a bicycle mechanic.

Of course I'm taking the E36! The route involves the Lecht...

 

I don't feel like I'm at work each day, I piss about playing with bikes and drinking tea, and get paid for it. I even have a wee project going in a corner, being built from a load of very nice donated parts.

Even the half hour each way commute isn't exactly a hardship. The Megane is doing high 40s mpg and the route is all flowing B roads. The only traffic I have to contend with is the odd tractor.

[beko1987]

Recently sold for £6k too https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/364-1984-domino-pup/?lot=25335

 

[wuvvum]

I just became an uncle for the second time.  Little Noah was born earlier this evening.  This is especially good news as we all thought my sister in law wouldn't be able to have more kids, after complications with my other nephew (now nearly 7).

My planned trip to Belgium and Germany next month is now going to incorporate a detour southwest to Grenoble to meet the new arrival.

[catsinthewelder]

@Supernaut Thats the best news I've heard for ages, really chuffed for you.

[hairnet]

2.30 in and @Skizzer talking to @Kiltox and lowers the tone

 

them chairs seem kinda retro

auntie had some a long time ago but without the flip out front bit

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Hang in, Fatboy Cook was in The Housemartins? 

Not a fan of their music, but even so, I'm not sure how I missed that detail along the way.

[ProgRocker]

At work doing some repetitive data entry on some paper records. I got frustrated when my typing got mixed up and exclaim: "Oh, you cockwomble!" 

My colleagues had to ask me what it meant. Then it dawned on me that I perhaps picked it up from this very forum.  Cue one colleague explaining that she was a fan of the Wombles and likes their philosophy of litter picking and recycling. 

[Supernaut]

I'm only here to do my bronze Velotech but ok!

The barman even mixed me a very large and strong G&T earlier.

 

[Yoss]

  On 10/05/2024 at 18:20, Dick Longbridge said:

Hang in, Fatboy Cook was in The Housemartins? 

Not a fan of their music, but even so, I'm not sure how I missed that detail along the way.

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You know Paul Heaton was too don't you? Sorry if I'm stating the obvious. But between the two of them they went off in very different directions and sold many many millions of records each but The Housemartins seem to have been largely forgotten. Not entirely, but compared to Fatboy Slim and The Beautiful South they have.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 10/05/2024 at 19:45, Yoss said:

You know Paul Heaton was too don't you? Sorry if I'm stating the obvious. But between the two of them they went off in very different directions and sold many many millions of records each but The Housemartins seem to have been largely forgotten. Not entirely, but compared to Fatboy Slim and The Beautiful South they have.

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Yup, I'm aware Heaton was in the band. I just seem to have missed the fact Cook was also a member. 

You're going to tell me that Brian Cox was in D'Ream or something next! 

[Popsicle]

  On 10/05/2024 at 20:11, Dick Longbridge said:

You're going to tell me that Brian Cox was in D'Ream or something next!

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Before D-Ream he was the keyboard player in Dare - they where shit too!

[ProgRocker]

I very briefly had a MySpace account and I'm fairly sure Paul Heaton friended me on there. 

[Yoss]

  On 10/05/2024 at 20:58, ProgRocker said:

I very briefly had a MySpace account and I'm fairly sure Paul Heaton friended me on there. 

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He seems a likeable chap. He has occasionally sat in on Marc Riley's 6 Music show was very listenable. 

[Keymaster]

Northern Lights!

[High Jetter]

They guide me back to you...

🙂

[TataBobu]

I'm not convinced it made the trip from wherever it's registered (Sardinia?) over here under it's own power, but grin-inducing image for me:

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 10/05/2024 at 20:58, ProgRocker said:

I very briefly had a MySpace account and I'm fairly sure Paul Heaton friended me on there. 

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I'd imagine there were quite a few Paul Heatons on there. I was Ferris Bueller and had a fair old following. Life moves pretty fast. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 11/05/2024 at 09:10, TataBobu said:

I'm not convinced it made the trip from wherever it's registered (Sardinia?) over here under it's own power, but grin-inducing image for me:

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SA is Salerno

[cobblers]

Bagged a beauty of a camp spot #inspirational #wild #nature #vanlife #dubbing

 

[Mally]

  On 11/05/2024 at 12:43, cobblers said:

Bagged a beauty of a camp spot #inspirational #wild #nature #vanlife #dubbing

 

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But did you walk the pole?

[scaryoldcortina]

  On 11/05/2024 at 10:18, Dick Longbridge said:

I'd imagine there were quite a few Paul Heatons on there. I was Ferris Bueller and had a fair old following. Life moves pretty fast. 

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The actual (housemartins/beautiful south) Paul Heaton once left an angry comment on a friend's YouTube but didn't engage in conversation.

 

Anyway I'm only here to post why I'm grinning

 

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 11/05/2024 at 15:51, scaryoldcortina said:

The actual (housemartins/beautiful south) Paul Heaton once left an angry comment on a friend's YouTube but didn't engage in conversation.

 

Anyway I'm only here to post why I'm grinning

 

 

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A large, overweight car parked next to a Caddy.

[808 Estate]

[808 Estate]

[motorpunk]

bucket list day today (the event, not the recovery truck) 😂