What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[hairnet]

rent shitta in washington for a week

600$ - 120 of that is tax

rent suburban for a week 2500$

eep

jfk did that too apart from the normal cars

for a week - less than 400 but the tax and insurance means 640 ffs

 

[maxxo]

Fed up of feeling I’m not doing enough for the local community 

I posted this in a local page last night

 

ended up taking to an absolutely lovely couple who only live down the road and have rescued over 400 cats in the last 5 years

I wish I’d given more but that’s all I could carry as I didn’t have a pound for the trolley

its nice to be appreciated it really is

I’ll do the same next month I reckon 

I’d rather do it for people like that, so it stays local than donate money to a charity, doesn’t stay local and I question at times where the money goes

[reb]

16 minutes ago, maxxo said:

Fed up of feeling I’m not doing enough for the local community 

I posted this in a local page last night

 

ended up taking to an absolutely lovely couple who only live down the road and have rescued over 400 cats in the last 5 years

I wish I’d given more but that’s all I could carry as I didn’t have a pound for the trolley

its nice to be appreciated it really is

I’ll do the same next month I reckon 

I’d rather do it for people like that, so it stays local than donate money to a charity, doesn’t stay local and I question at times where the money goes

You've just reminded me I forgot to order cat food!

[maxxo]

3 minutes ago, reb said:

You've just reminded me I forgot to order cat food!

excellent!

i want a cat

i may see about getting one

[Metal Guru]

After watching some highlights from the Dakar last night, I was amuse to see my Bini lined up with a Duster and a Hilux in the town this afternoon.

[Dyslexic Viking]

7 hours ago, maxxo said:

i want a cat

i may see about getting one

Hope you consider taking an adult one from a rescue because there are thousands of those who need a home. It is also an advantage as you can then see the cat's personality so you know what you are getting.

I have had 2 like this and both have been/are fantastic.

[comfortablynumb]

Problem I found locally is that the cat rescue centres are so picky they won't let me re-home them.

Apparently because I live near a main road, and have dogs, I'm not suitable?

Only had cats with dogs for the last 25 years, and never had an issue. Yes we've lost cats to the road, but that could happen on a village back way where they're not expecting traffic.

Ended up buying kittens, which have since cost me a fortune 🤦

[Dyslexic Viking]

2 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Problem I found locally is that the cat rescue centres are so picky they won't let me re-home them.

Apparently because I live near a main road, and have dogs, I'm not suitable?

Only had cats with dogs for the last 25 years, and never had an issue. Yes we've lost cats to the road, but that could happen on a village back way where they're not expecting traffic.

Ended up buying kittens, which have since cost me a fortune 🤦

Since she I have now cannot be let loose outside, I had to build a fenced enclosure for her, so I have from this come to the conclusion that cats should not wander loose outside.

This is much safer and gives my cat a good quality of life, mine she loves it. And she understands that she is inside the fence so feels very safe there which is good as she is a very scared cat. Believe it or not but this happened, she came in and was scared and meowed a lot I then realized something was wrong so went out and she followed in the channel that leads from the house to the fenced in area and suddenly stuck her paw out of a hole in the mesh and meowed , I fixed the hole and everything was fine again and she calmed down and was happy.

She has clearly learned that there is alot of danger outside the fence. Have had several feral cats try to attack her and a fox try to take her but they have been unsuccessful thanks to her being fenced in.

[cort1977]

8 hours ago, maxxo said:

excellent!

i want a cat

i may see about getting one

In my experience if you are thinking about getting a cat one will appear. Ours turned up on our doorstep and never left.

[New POD]

8 hours ago, maxxo said:

excellent!

i want a cat

i may see about getting one

When we had our last one put down in 2020 we came to the conclusion that without someone prepared* to look after it if we go away on holiday, there was no way we would trust a cattery again. So we don't have one. But a bloke at work fosters cats from the rescue. Never had them more than 3 months and then they go back. 

If he goes away for the weekend he takes them back and the following week he will have a different cat.  

Seems like a great compromise. 

 

[beko1987]

25 minutes ago, New POD said:

When we had our last one put down in 2020 we came to the conclusion that without someone prepared* to look after it if we go away on holiday, there was no way we would trust a cattery again. So we don't have one. But a bloke at work fosters cats from the rescue. Never had them more than 3 months and then they go back. 

If he goes away for the weekend he takes them back and the following week he will have a different cat.  

Seems like a great compromise. 

 

I got my budgies from a charity and a blokes flat like that 😂 He had 3 massive cages and a few smaller ones and took in the rescue birds until they found a home. 

I got given his address and met the charity lady there, they d been with him about a month apparently (which is why they were bloody timid when I got them) 

Rent a cat, sounds a decent compromise. What happens if it gets damaged whilst with you though? 

[maxxo]

3 hours ago, New POD said:

When we had our last one put down in 2020 we came to the conclusion that without someone prepared* to look after it if we go away on holiday, there was no way we would trust a cattery again. So we don't have one. But a bloke at work fosters cats from the rescue. Never had them more than 3 months and then they go back. 

If he goes away for the weekend he takes them back and the following week he will have a different cat.  

Seems like a great compromise. 

 

I have considered doing that

however I’ll get attached to the cat and be really upset when I have to give them back

so I’ll end up adopting 10 cats

[gm]

as reported last night in the grump thread, the lolvo failed to proceed

fortunately, @DVee8 was just round the corner and came to my rescue

we towed the stricken Volvo home and discovered it was pissing diesel out from the back end

as it was -4oC, it was abandoned on the naughty step and left for further investigation today

a leak was found

the inlet to the fuel filter had come undone

an easy fix - the filter is one off an xc90 so doesn't fit the bracket very well. cable ties to the rescue  

started first turn of the key ! well worth a grin  

 

[Metal Guru]

8 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Problem I found locally is that the cat rescue centres are so picky they won't let me re-home them.

Apparently because I live near a main road, and have dogs, I'm not suitable?

Only had cats with dogs for the last 25 years, and never had an issue. Yes we've lost cats to the road, but that could happen on a village back way where they're not expecting traffic.

Ended up buying kittens, which have since cost me a fortune 🤦

Our local rescue centre wanted a £200 “donation”. I know they have costs but I thought they actually wanted to rehome them. (Assuming we were deemed suitable)

Ended up getting one off gum tree for £30 including at least £20 worth of food. Didn’t get on with new dog apparently. Dog obviously costs too much, so the cat had to go.

Still have him 6 years on, best described as a loveable rogue.

[Remspoor]

19 hours ago, hairnet said:

rent shitta in washington for a week

600$ - 120 of that is tax

rent suburban for a week 2500$

eep

jfk did that too apart from the normal cars

for a week - less than 400 but the tax and insurance means 640 ffs

 

There to say goodbye to one peanut farmer or welcoming in the Mr Orange for his second term?

[hairnet]

9 hours ago, cort1977 said:

In my experience if you are thinking about getting a cat one will appear. Ours turned up on our doorstep and never left.

friend had a cat and it deed - hes been a cat person for years

one day hes pottering in the garden and kept getting visited by one when the weather was kack and never seemed to want to leave

she never left

[hairnet]

want to go gig and looking for somewhere to stay

place ive stayed at previous doesnt do it anymore 

but looking at how much they seem (apart from one that was 40 miles away)

to be 3 figures

but saw one

'two bedroom suite in historic house'

333GBP!!!!!1111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a night  - b and b in usa has always been £££££ but thats madness - and theyre not mad local to stuff either - fair way from philly schlep back into new york

but looking at others and went looking again for it and theres another listing

for 254!!!!!!!

but

130 quid of that is cleaning fee WTAF?

the courtyard by marriott was 111

I dont wanna buy the place

[hairnet]

omg louise lears trousers

 

[gm]

5 hours ago, gm said:

as reported last night in the grump thread, the lolvo failed to proceed

fortunately, @DVee8 was just round the corner and came to my rescue

we towed the stricken Volvo home and discovered it was pissing diesel out from the back end

as it was -4oC, it was abandoned on the naughty step and left for further investigation today

a leak was found

the inlet to the fuel filter had come undone

an easy fix - the filter is one off an xc90 so doesn't fit the bracket very well. cable ties to the rescue  

started first turn of the key ! well worth a grin  

 

ah well, that will teach me to be smug !

I was out in the lolvo this evening and was literally telling myself how pleased I was not to be scrapping it and the bloody thing broke down again !

I bumped it up onto the kerb, wriggled underneath and with a lot of fuss, managed to reconnect the errant fuel pipe. I had a cable tie in the boot so stuck that on to hopefully hold it in place. made for a very nervous journey home which included the tyne tunnel and a section of motorway  

home safe, I think I'll be using the mazda for work tomorrow 

on the bright side, it was only -1oC tonight !

 

[BorniteIdentity]

I loves me a bit of growth and positivity - but this is VILE.  

Imagine feeling that there was something to be gained, to be won, by sharing this so widely.

What a stroker.

[Rust Collector]

14 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I loves me a bit of growth and positivity - but this is VILE.  

Imagine feeling that there was something to be gained, to be won, by sharing this so widely.

What a stroker.

Man invents talking to partner about their relationship.

Although from the questions it sounds more like a workplace probation review 🤣

Did you see the one where a couple were bragging about inventing ‘bottle night’, which involved getting a bottle or two of wine in and staying home chatting for the evening? Couldn’t tell if it was a wind up or not, but struck me as the kind of self promoting shite that people feel the need to publish.

[hairnet]

Ffs

[captain_70s]

3 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I loves me a bit of growth and positivity - but this is VILE.  

Imagine feeling that there was something to be gained, to be won, by sharing this so widely.

What a stroker.

LinkedIn is leaking...

[Supernaut]

5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I loves me a bit of growth and positivity - but this is VILE.  

Imagine feeling that there was something to be gained, to be won, by sharing this so widely.

What a stroker.

There's a whole subreddit for this sort of toe-curling utter SHITE, called LinkedInLunatics

[MikeR]

found a nice ice covered back road today and gave the C1s ABS some exercise ... as well as spinning the wheels ...  a bit of fun  ...

interesting to note the car seemed to stop quicker with genteal braking ...

but slowly  increasing pressure on the brakes with the resultant hammering kicking in and the car appearing to quicken up the pace once the ABS started up.

stamping on the brakes seemed to do  just the same ..  lots of ABS noise and continuing forward progress ...

no off switch for the ABS ..... ??

[Jazoli]

24 minutes ago, MikeR said:

found a nice ice covered back road today and gave the C1s ABS some exercise ... as well as spinning the wheels ...  a bit of fun  ...

interesting to note the car seemed to stop quicker with genteal braking ...

but slowly  increasing pressure on the brakes with the resultant hammering kicking in and the car appearing to quicken up the pace once the ABS started up.

stamping on the brakes seemed to do  just the same ..  lots of ABS noise and continuing forward progress ...

no off switch for the ABS ..... ??

Not a chance of an off switch these days, pulling the fuse is the only way.

[Stinkwheel]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

found a nice ice covered back road today and gave the C1s ABS some exercise ... as well as spinning the wheels ...  a bit of fun  ...

interesting to note the car seemed to stop quicker with genteal braking ...

but slowly  increasing pressure on the brakes with the resultant hammering kicking in and the car appearing to quicken up the pace once the ABS started up.

stamping on the brakes seemed to do  just the same ..  lots of ABS noise and continuing forward progress ...

no off switch for the ABS ..... ??

Is it not a thing that in snow and ice ABS doesn’t actually work/can’t react quick enough, so you slide more ?
and yes, gentle braking is better. 

[MikeR]

11 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

Is it not a thing that in snow and ice ABS doesn’t actually work/can’t react quick enough, so you slide more ?
and yes, gentle braking is better. 

I have a recent set of tyres on the car , all under 2 years old , so the rubber is still decent , it does tell , it was interesting to watch the face on the driver of a tow truck and trailer who had to climb the slope over the bridge , that the ice caused some concern and all the tow shackle and trailer wheels started banging and sliding around !!!

[hairnet]

Rental car made me go rofl and wtf at the same time

How is that possible:D

No its not rented from @beko1987 or @Remspoor

Pics tomorrow i cant be arsed going outside now lol

[hairnet]

 

Note to self 

 

When you go to the supermarket

 

Also buy bread (only open till 930 and theyre 8km away)