What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[New POD]

On 12/02/2013 at 12:58, SambaS said:

Pancakes!

@MikeR just a reminder.

Real men use the 1,3,5 method

1 egg 3 oz flour 5 floz milk (preferably full fat)

Real men do not use Tesco's readymix (just add piss or water?) 

Social services child protection team are on call, should anyone be aware of anyone using that shit. 

You can use glutin free flour, but will.need more sugar to hide the nasty texture. 

 

[DavieW]

In today's Metro paper. 

Brooklyn Beckhams job title 😄😄

 

[New POD]

4 hours ago, Merryck said:

I recently got a text off my sister asking about tyres. She wanted to know what to get as they all seemed really expensive. They've got an X5 I think, with ridiculously wide wheels. I found her some options and explained that she didn't need to get the best out there, but she needed to get good ones etc.

Then I pointed out that she's got three kids, and if she ended up having an accident because she bought shit tyres, and one of the kids was injured/killed, how much money would she pay to undo that? By getting the best she can, she's essentially paying that in advance.

If it goes between you and the ground, then buy the best you can. Shoes, tyres, beds. You'll only regret buying cheap shite.

If  you live in Scotland maybe invest in winter tyres for winter, but being somewhere milder in the UK I always end up buying wet grip A rated as its always fucking drizzling. 

(Rainsport 5s at 120 quid each) 

[iainrcz]

Just had a snooze on the settee, feel fucking great.

[rainagain]

23 hours ago, 108 said:

A silly story from earlier today. 
 

My buddy asked if his tyre looked flat. 
Yes, the wheel was on the ground. 5psi!

 

He wanted to know where he could get it repaired. 
 

A quick check showed that both rear Tyres were below the legal minimum. Decent brand tyres too. 
 

The fronts were Ling Long ditchfinders. 
 

The spare in the boot was a brand new Hankook. Still with the factory QC labels. 
 

He has owned this Hyundai new since 2015 but never put anything except cheapest part-worns on it. 
 

I suggested to put the new tyre on and get a part worn on the spare, then get another proper Hankook and get both onto the front axle. 
 

He exploded with rage. Not worth the money etc.

 

Meanwhile he is hooning around with 2 baby seats in the back. 
 

Muppet. 

OH's friends are like this, spend £££'s on the best baby seats but buy the cheapest Chinese triangles of death when the car fails an MOT on low tyre tread. I've given up trying to talk to them about it. 

[omegod]

Remarkable scenes at the weekend in company of other shiters , I left my number with a lovely old duffer in a chance car park conversation  when admiring their car 5 ....yes ... 5 years ago  ! I received the call and have collected some prime 80's chod ! 

Thread to follow at some point  

[paulplom]

My mate's just landed after a two month stint in Thailand. 

He brought me two gifts.

[myglaren]

'Oral Jelly', as opposed to?

[cobblers]

Anal jelly? 

[Dyslexic Viking]

I think we need an explanation about the use of that.

[High Jetter]

I didn't think plumbers ever need it 🤣

[paulplom]

It's an age thing apparently.

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

I didn't think plumbers ever need it 🤣

They just wind 20 turns of ptfe round it and leave it all hanging out and looking a right old mess 😂

[beko1987]

5 hours ago, New POD said:

If  you live in Scotland maybe invest in winter tyres for winter, but being somewhere milder in the UK I always end up buying wet grip A rated as its always fucking drizzling. 

(Rainsport 5s at 120 quid each) 

My qq came with 2 very nice winter tyres on the front. 

In this cold weather their ace, but I'm going to start saving now as I know come the end of summer they'll be worn out from the hot roads 😢

Even if it does snow I'll wfh 🤷😂

[IronStar]

I started at a new job 3 weeks ago. I've noticed two things so far:

I don't hate my life on Sunday, and dread the fact that it's Monday tomorrow.

Despite being completely disorganised compared to the previous place, I'm actually looking forward to doing the work,

 

Didn't have this for a looooong time. 

[comfortablynumb]

14 hours ago, cobblers said:

They just wind 20 turns of ptfe round it and leave it all hanging out and looking a right old mess 😂

You saw the installation of the u bend on the bath in my daughter's house then? 🤦

[cobblers]

6 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

You saw the installation of the u bend on the bath in my daughter's house then? 🤦

Any plumber who puts PTFE on the threads of a waste pipe should be forced to hand back their gun and badge.

[Metal Guru]

47 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Any plumber who puts PTFE on the threads of a waste pipe should be forced to hand back their gun and badge.

I always have more problems with leaking waste pipes than the pressurised supply pipes. Maybe they’re no made to the same tolerances?

(DIY , I’m not a plumber).

[comfortablynumb]

Still, in my case apparently it's been used to try to mask the fact that whoever did it had managed to strip EVERY SINGLE THREAD off both sides of the fittings.

Turns out that PTFE doesn't work as a contact adhesive 🥺

[paulplom]

Sometimes the thread on the actual waste is slightly too small so you have to build it up with ptfe. The trap doesn't tighten and jumps the threads otherwise. Shouldn't be used for fixing leaks though.

Especially prevalent on Chinese shit.

[Soundwave]

Just been for a lunchtime stroll, saw this:



Nobody nearby, just sitting in the middle of the pavement. Not sure what's happened here, has a clown just been raptured?

[hairnet]

Burp

[hairnet]

The red car and the blue car had a race

 

Obvs.

[motorpunk]

Went to Aldi and bought beans. I love this little car. 

[jakebullet]

After the success of doing a 6 week plumbing course, I'm now doing 6 weeks of be a sparky. I'm one of 3 peeps who already knows how to wire up a plug so go straight to the top of the class.

He's explaining how to do said complicated task, and says "this green wire is the CPC". Say what? CPC??? Don't you mean earth?

Apparently it's no longer called earth, and is now CPC. Trouble is he can't help saying earth himself constantly. For this next part you need some twin & earth cable......

[High Jetter]

53 minutes ago, jakebullet said:

After the success of doing a 6 week plumbing course, I'm now doing 6 weeks of be a sparky. I'm one of 3 peeps who already knows how to wire up a plug so go straight to the top of the class.

He's explaining how to do said complicated task, and says "this green wire is the CPC". Say what? CPC??? Don't you mean earth?

Apparently it's no longer called earth, and is now CPC. Trouble is he can't help saying earth himself constantly. For this next part you need some twin & earth cable......

It's ok, I get loads of bits from CPC, great suppliers 🤣

[EspenO]

On 04/03/2025 at 19:25, beko1987 said:

.In this cold weather their ace, but I'm going to start looking for some part worn summers soon, so they’ll be good for the next winter season

 

Edited for scandinavianness. Winter tyres are awful in the summer 🙂

[beko1987]

7 hours ago, EspenO said:

Edited for scandinavianness. Winter tyres are awful in the summer 🙂

I remember getting part worn winters on my xm during dec/Jan back in the day (as it's all the place had in my size when I visited) and being quite excited about it... Cue the warmest winter we had for ages 😂 Had to get them replaced at the end of the  autumn ready for the next winter 🙄

I've worked out what a nice pair of tyres cost (rears are very new normal tyres so should be fine), I'll save up over the next few months to be ready. But I'll use all the tread until then... 

[reb]

Amazing what you can achieve with several copies of viz, a pair of scissors, a pritt stick, and too much coffee.

[comfortablynumb]

Oooops!

https://m.facebook.com/groups/643084805762021/posts/28589744744002652/

Sorry don't seem to be able to copy pic🤔