What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[jakebullet]

Jesus hasn't granted Mad Jean a free move to holy moly.

[New POD]

On 30/10/2024 at 19:35, richardmorris said:

That’s why this one is different. Getting your multimillion £ gullwing or 300sl on the grass is a bit more expensive.

That video left me wondering if anyone can actually drive. It all looks very slow compared to driving around the inner ring road in Manchester in the rush hour. 

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, New POD said:

That video left me wondering if anyone can actually drive. It all looks very slow compared to driving around the inner ring road in Manchester in the rush hour. 

With that corner I suspect it’s the sudden change left to right that catches people out. My car will do that ok, but it’s been laser aligned and has good tyres. I’ve only done castle coombe though, not Nurburgring.

[MikeR]

I turned a corner today , not only off my patch but in another time ....   at least the modern cars gave the game away 

I believe the cheapest house in the area is about £ 1.2 million     ....     Thornton Hough 

they also had a red phone box ...

[reb]

I ordered a bottle of wine, I wanted two but didn't want the cheap shit tonight so only got one for reasons of economy. 

About half an hour after it arrived my neighbour came to the door with another bottle.

Smashing.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, reb said:

I ordered a bottle of wine, I wanted two but didn't want the cheap shit tonight so only got one for reasons of economy. 

About half an hour after it arrived my neighbour came to the door with another bottle.

Smashing.

Are they trying to get you smashed for some reason? 🙂

[maxxo]

I Must say

i can’t believe how quiet it is at the new house on a night, neighbours all nice too 

such a nice surprise honestly

especially given I’ve moved 2 miles down the road and now live in a place called Horden, which is famous for apparently being beyond horrible (it isn’t) 

im happy here, I’ll say that much 

[somewhatfoolish]

2 hours ago, reb said:

I ordered a bottle of wine, I wanted two but didn't want the cheap shit tonight so only got one for reasons of economy. 

About half an hour after it arrived my neighbour came to the door with another bottle.

Smashing.

True bevvy merchants drink wine boxes.

[RoverFolkUs]

20 minutes ago, maxxo said:

I Must say

i can’t believe how quiet it is at the new house on a night, neighbours all nice too 

such a nice surprise honestly

especially given I’ve moved 2 miles down the road and now live in a place called Horden, which is famous for apparently being beyond horrible (it isn’t) 

im happy here, I’ll say that much 

I'll come and nail an air-conditioning unit to an external wall just for fun!

[maxxo]

4 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I'll come and nail an air-conditioning unit to an external wall just for fun!

Actually there is a noise I can hear

every 20 seconds there’s a singular drip from the valve in the water tank above the bed in the loft

I must admit I wouldn’t really like an air conditioning unit 

[reb]

17 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

True bevvy merchants drink wine boxes.

I drink sparkly shit, I don't think it comes in boxes because the bag inside would inflate

[somewhatfoolish]

I'm not fussy, prosecco is as good as champagne after the first glass. Or there's cava if you want the full noughties hen party experience.

[62 Austin]

1 hour ago, reb said:

I drink sparkly shit, I don't think it comes in boxes because the bag inside would inflate

I'm with ya on that. The only sparkly shit I drink is lambic. Beer. Bottles have concave bottom. Real wine cork. Sparkly. The framboise is hops/barley/raspberries. Tastes better than it sounds.

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

I'm not fussy, prosecco is as good as champagne after the first glass. Or there's cava if you want the full noughties hen party experience.

Cava is better than Prosecco. It’s made the same way as champagne without the snob badge.

Cava is Skoda Octavia vRS, Prosecco is Fiat 500.

[somewhatfoolish]

Saumur is good too.

[myglaren]

[wuvvum]

20 hours ago, New POD said:

That video left me wondering if anyone can actually drive. It all looks very slow compared to driving around the inner ring road in Manchester in the rush hour. 

The tarmac at the Nürburgring is less grippy than "normal" road tarmac from what I found.  Presumably polished smooth by decades of hooning cars.

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

I'm not fussy, prosecco is as good as champagne after the first glass. Or there's cava if you want the full noughties hen party experience.

 

9 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Cava is better than Prosecco. It’s made the same way as champagne without the snob badge.

Cava is Skoda Octavia vRS, Prosecco is Fiat 500.

If you want the 1980's hen party experience you need a few bottles of Asti Spumante (now just called Asti). It used to be massed produced and was the sparkly win of choice for people who did not like that French muck.

[maxxo]

Bought this the other day for my new house 

An intercity 225 style telephone 

it’s fantastic! It even lights up when it rings

however even better, my broadband doesn’t get installed until Friday, decided for a laugh to plug it into the ancient looking master socket in the lounge

Surprised to hear a dial tone, so called my mobile 

I can’t quite believe I’ve got a functioning line without a provider 

Obviously getting a landline with the broadband so this was just a test

[Metal Guru]

6 hours ago, maxxo said:

Bought this the other day for my new house 

An intercity 225 style telephone 

it’s fantastic! It even lights up when it rings

however even better, my broadband doesn’t get installed until Friday, decided for a laugh to plug it into the ancient looking master socket in the lounge

Surprised to hear a dial tone, so called my mobile 

I can’t quite believe I’ve got a functioning line without a provider 

Obviously getting a landline with the broadband so this was just a test

Don’t get so smug. See if it works next time there’s a train strike!

[Metal Guru]

13 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

If you want the 1980's hen party experience you need a few bottles of Asti Spumante (now just called Asti). It used to be massed produced and was the sparkly win of choice for people who did not like that French muck.

Good marketing. No one needs “Spu” in the name of an alcoholic drink.

(yes I know Spumante is Italian for “ Ha!you can’t afford even Prosecco you cheapskate!)

[reb]

[wuvvum]

Or "Trigger's Broom Tram Problem" to us Brits.

[New POD]

2 hours ago, reb said:

Would the tram leave the track if you tried to swap the first wheel? 

[reb]

26 minutes ago, New POD said:

Would the tram leave the track if you tried to swap the first wheel? 

Keep your physics out of my pop-metaphysics!

[Banger Kenny]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Or "Trigger's Broom Tram Problem" to us Brits.

Or "Carol Vorderman" 

[catsinthewelder]

Nearly 15 years ago, a nice old chap gave me a Citroen BX via Freecycle which lead me, fairly quickly to this website.  I was wandering round his local church earlier and spotted this wonderful tribute to him.

 

[fatmanblue]

11 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

Nearly 15 years ago, a nice old chap gave me a Citroen BX via Freecycle which lead me, fairly quickly to this website.  I was wandering round his local church earlier and spotted this wonderful tribute to him.

 

I ran a 2CV for some years that had been on the receiving end of his ministrations.

Broke all the rules buying it - dark, raining, oil pressure light didn't work - but it was a decent car. Although someone had fixed loose kingpins by welding them into the suspension arm. Probably not the Rev.

[hairnet]

ac aceca on more 4 now

[fatmanblue]

1 hour ago, catsinthewelder said:

Nearly 15 years ago, a nice old chap gave me a Citroen BX via Freecycle which lead me, fairly quickly to this website.  I was wandering round his local church earlier and spotted this wonderful tribute to him.

 

Can you tell me where this is please?