What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[EyesWeldedShut]

Watching this last week on eBay out of idle interest

Go away for a few days:

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

I have a non-airbag version. Made by Wade.

I am sure my grandparents had a Dunlop* ashtray with a removable tyre? Definitely remember my grandad rolling the tyre as a toy when I was a toddler. I’d actually quite like it as a memento. I have a 2cv etched glass astray to keep all my car keys in .

[hairnet]

Mah nam is purdom @jaypee

Ahh wak it aboot a bit

Thanks john ( and the other headers)

 

[myglaren]

[Rustybullethole]

3 minutes ago, myglaren said:

Tarts love donuts. 

[320touring]

Braw day today!

 

Was out with @Tickman and his boss today, had a great wander up to the Bracklin Falls in Callander - absolutely stunning, and a new bridge has been installed so you can get to the far side of them now.

Then I was out with the Burd and the outlaws for a meal tonight..

Firstly the pub had this available 

So I thoroughly enjoyed role playing as my grandpa in the miners welfare 1988.

The meal was delicious and on the way home the Campsies looked stunning!

[hairnet]

since entering and almost leaving scotland ive heard nothing but scottish music all day

theyve just played stuck in the middle with you on top 10 greatest hits

theyre playing sweet now (ive guessed its 74)

have heard annie lennox and rod stewart cough del amitri and ultravox (3 times)

today

and the fone is set on northampton  cos they talk about it when doing news

[Floatylight]

20 minutes ago, hairnet said:

since entering and almost leaving scotland ive heard nothing but scottish music all day

theyve just played stuck in the middle with you on top 10 greatest hits

theyre playing sweet now (ive guessed its 74)

have heard annie lennox and rod stewart cough del amitri and ultravox (3 times)

today

and the fone is set on northampton  cos they talk about it when doing news

Hope you're not on that sleeper train.

[hairnet]

the cricket in manc didnt start cos it pished doon all day

been beautiful up here (apart from drizzle hexham corbridge this morning)

madness

[hairnet]

3 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Hope you're not on that sleeper train.

shit peugeot of much europeanness

itll need a service when it gets home

13 european countries its been to now

[hairnet]

And goj nto main dealer parts 

Which is 4 miles from the dealer

Oil filter please have ya ordered it

No

It might take half an hour to pick 

Wtf

[Remspoor]

On 15/09/2024 at 10:20, Joey spud said:

That is just showing off .

[Remspoor]

18 hours ago, hairnet said:

ive heard nothing but scottish music all day

[hairnet]

two of them lol

is the bottom one runrig?

even the scottish hate bay city rollers lol

[Dyslexic Viking]

43 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Forgot  Peat and Diesel

[Metal Guru]

On 15/09/2024 at 18:00, richardmorris said:

I am sure my grandparents had a Dunlop* ashtray with a removable tyre? Definitely remember my grandad rolling the tyre as a toy when I was a toddler. I’d actually quite like it as a memento. I have a 2cv etched glass astray to keep all my car keys in .

The Dunlop ones were very common in the 60s. My Dad had one. I think they might have been a free gift if you bought 4 tyres or something like that.

[jaypee]

23 hours ago, hairnet said:

Mah nam is purdom @jaypee

Ahh wak it aboot a bit

Thanks john ( and the other headers)

 

Cheers @hairnetfor popping in, much appreciated, good to see you and glad you enjoyed it! 

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

The Dunlop ones were very common in the 60s. My Dad had one. I think they might have been a free gift if you bought 4 tyres or something like that.

My gran worked in a local garage for years ( in the office) so could have picked it up there. I remember playing with this, a black Bakelite / ivory elephant and a giant conch shell they had.

[IronStar]

This has arrived in the post today!

Fairly sure no one else has this over here. I’m really hoping to make it to a Zastava meet to see reactions (that are probably going to be no one in his/her right mind noticing or caring)

[myglaren]

[BorniteIdentity]

Millennial discovers interest rates… 

[EyesWeldedShut]

3 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Millennial discovers interest rates… 

I read that piece this morning and it struck me that putting it out there just as Freshers' Week looms was a bit inflammatory?
The guy that features in the title comes over as a bit of a dick - but there is a fella later on that lays it out as it is - graduate tax, not a loan. 
Currently I owe about 20% more than my student load was - not sweating it,

[myglaren]

 

[fairkens]

11 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Millennial discovers interest rates… 

Ahem, Gen Z 

The oldest millennials are in their 40s now

[BorniteIdentity]

1 minute ago, fairkens said:

Ahem, Gen Z 

The oldest millennials are in their 40s now

You are of course correct. 

[cobblers]

12 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Millennial discovers interest rates… 

It's a bit of a pisser for some, and only very recently did I realise how lucky I was to sneak in on the "early" student loan system. Took full loans for four years at uni, £25/30k?

Even including nearly a decade not earning enough to meet the repayment threshold, I finished paying it off last year.

Mates of mine a few years younger went to the same universities, did the same courses, now owe £30-40k with no realistic prospect of ever paying it off.

 

[myglaren]

My eldest lad had a letter from the student loans mob, expecting them asking for more money when he opened it, he found that he had paid it twice, huge windfall for him.  They even paid the interest on the overpayment.

[myglaren]

[myglaren]