What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[DSdriver]

  On 10/12/2024 at 18:11, chaseracer said:

To celebrate my not-quite-60th birthday, Domestic Management took me out to lunch; we decided on a carvery at a garden centre.  The full horror of the implications struck us as we ate, surrounded by the demographic typical of such places, and we realised that the inevitable next step was either a Saga cruise or a week at a Warner hotel!

I'm completely with Dylan Thomas on this...

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Yeah, we keep finding ourselves in rooms full of grown-ups 😁

[DavieW]

The nice and simple Famous Grouse Christmas TV ads,

[morrisoxide]

Just seen this cardle quiz thing over on RR. 

This made me chuckle. 

[myglaren]

Ford didn't make many of those, can't have been popular  

[DavieW]

This came up on my FB memories. 

Can't remember what hotel.it was in. 

 

[Stinkwheel]

  On 11/12/2024 at 08:19, morrisoxide said:

Just seen this cardle quiz thing over on RR. 

This made me chuckle. 

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This sort of thing really grinds my gears, you had one job, be a car authority for your daily quiz. But no, cant even get the make right, would 3 seconds of googling have sorted it? Yes it would, did they do it? No, FFS!!!

[Metal Guru]

  On 11/12/2024 at 09:18, Stinkwheel said:

This sort of thing really grinds my gears, you had one job, be a car authority for your daily quiz. But no, cant even get the make right, would 3 seconds of googling have sorted it? Yes it would, did they do it? No, FFS!!!

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Next one is the Vauxhall Fiesta and after that it has to be the Robin Reliant.

[camryv6]

  On 11/12/2024 at 08:23, myglaren said:

Ford didn't make many of those, can't have been popular  

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I must admit it is very rare

[richardmorris]

[iainrcz]

I've joined the bobble hat wankers club. I've got myself a Grimsby Town one.

[iainrcz]

Unfortunately I don't look as cool as this guy

[24vdiamond]

  On 11/12/2024 at 15:15, iainrcz said:

Unfortunately I don't look as cool as this guy

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Oh is that what cool looks like? 😁

[iainrcz]

  On 11/12/2024 at 15:29, 24vdiamond said:

Oh is that what cool looks like? 😁

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That sir, is Jens Martin Knudsen.

Ex Faroe Islands international goalkeeper.

[chaseracer]

  On 10/12/2024 at 22:29, High Jetter said:

How long untill you get all the discounts?

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364 days.

[High Jetter]

  On 11/12/2024 at 17:59, chaseracer said:

364 days.

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It'll fly by! Just think, free prescriptions for all the ailments you'll (hopefully not) start to develop.

[chaseracer]

  On 11/12/2024 at 18:43, High Jetter said:

...free prescriptions...  ailments...

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Already there! 😄

[maxxo]

My elderly grandparents “loft conversion”

they did this themselves

obviously 

enjoy

[Snake Charmer]

  On 11/12/2024 at 08:23, myglaren said:

Ford didn't make many of those, can't have been popular  

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 RS2100 Droopsnoot X-Pack Custom Coupe. DTV really means "Don't Tell Vauxhall"

[andy18s]

  On 11/12/2024 at 23:25, Snake Charmer said:

 RS2100 Droopsnoot X-Pack Custom Coupe. DTV really means "Don't Tell Vauxhall"

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More of a "Don't Tell Lotus" when they used their 16v head on the 2.3 Chevette HS,until somebody did tell them anyway 

[horriblemercedes]

  On 11/12/2024 at 21:53, maxxo said:

My elderly grandparents “loft conversion”

they did this themselves

obviously 

enjoy

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They must have some really shit table football matches

[MikeR]

just test Linux mint with the new all in one printer ..

it found it , and printed on it , and even scanned with it ..

all dependencies on MS removed for running the printer.

[myglaren]

  On 12/12/2024 at 11:03, MikeR said:

just test Linux mint with the new all in one printer ..

it found it , and printed on it , and even scanned with it ..

all dependencies on MS removed for running the printer.

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I always bought HP printers as they always just worked with Linux.

Except the last one, a laser printer.

I had to email the files to HP in the USA and it was then formatted fir the printer and emailed directly to it to be printed.

Only took a few seconds longer than direct printing though.

Then my grandson had some of his artwork to print.  Sent from his phone to the printer, worked perfectly.

But that was the last time it printed anything, it just rattled and moaned after that, asked to be restarted and dit the same again.

There was a message came up on the screen that grandson responded to, don't know what it was but that finished it off.

[paulplom]

  On 11/12/2024 at 21:53, maxxo said:

My elderly grandparents “loft conversion”

they did this themselves

obviously 

enjoy

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I hope those two supports are not all that's holding the roof up. My last house had one evry 18"!

[DavieW]

After 20+ years, head office have finally realised 2nd of Jan is a public holiday in Scotland and have given us the day off. 

[Stinkwheel]

Its funny this is 2 days running wrong

We all know this is a Chrysler Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. According to Carly or whatever its called, its just a sunbeam lotus. Wrong, can they not see the badge on the bonnet that reads 'Talbot' (or indeed the Chrysler logo proudly sittin gin the middle of the grille)

[maxxo]

  On 12/12/2024 at 13:38, paulplom said:

I hope those two supports are not all that's holding the roof up. My last house had one evry 18"!

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There’s another 2 on that side holding the roof up behind the camera

the roof supports are erm

interesting 

[comfortablynumb]

  On 12/12/2024 at 14:08, maxxo said:

There’s another 2 on that side holding the roof up behind the camera

the roof supports are erm

interesting 

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I've got a beam in a bedroom of my house like that.

There's no supports along the length of it at all, just each end.

The house is 300+ years old, so I'm not going to worry about it. Its more of a pain that EVERYONE in the house has hit their head on it at some point 😁

[comfortablynumb]

Bin men came round yesterday, emptied our recycling bin.

I went out a few minutes later, and they're just up the road, doing their usual reversing up the lane to the next cottages to get the bins there.

About an hour and a half later, I came back down the road, and saw said bin lorry still there, albeit at a jaunty angle.

Moral of the story - when reversing up the narrow lane, keep it on the black bit, and not in the ditch,!

Sorry, no pics, I was driving 

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 12/12/2024 at 14:05, Stinkwheel said:

Its funny this is 2 days running wrong

We all know this is a Chrysler Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. According to Carly or whatever its called, its just a sunbeam lotus. Wrong, can they not see the badge on the bonnet that reads 'Talbot' (or indeed the Chrysler logo proudly sittin gin the middle of the grille)

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Only sold as the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus as the Peugeot take over happened before the Lotus version of teh Chrysler Sunbeam ti was released.

[95 quid Peugeot]

Torn on which thread to put this in....grin or grumpy.

Subjected to unbelievable pain and torture in Syria under a mad regime....however look at  what a stunner is waiting for you