What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[MikeR]

Pc ram , and its new found cost level , throu the roof ....

my son hinted his laptop was struggling wth some games , ok , he has 8gig DDR4 ram , I can add another 8 from my pc which is for sme reason refusing to use it all .

remove ram from my pc , thinking some tme in the future I can pop 4gig back in ...

open up his laptop and the supplers have already used the expansion slot to give his laptop 8gig !!!

ok , lets take out the  4gig and add the 8gig and see how it goes , it went ok ..   game frame rates are up , running smoothly 

so now the 4 gig is now going in my laptop ..

 

a win !

 

 

 

[myglaren]

[chaseracer]

On 10/01/2026 at 13:40, Metal Guru said:

My wife announced this morning that she was going to Boots to get some crystal meth. (She meant menthol crystals to clear her sinuses). 

Are you SURE about this?! 😁

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Are you SURE about this?! 😁

She was in a funny mood when she came back now you mention it!

[motorpunk]

On 31/12/2025 at 16:06, motorpunk said:

Always something cool on this street 

And nearby (!)

[grizz]

Grin or Grimace 

[Floatylight]

Feels familiar

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=593086750216502

[myglaren]

I'm sure that there is a more appropriate place for this but can't think where.

New to me and I suspected AI but apparently not.

Ulexite.

[goosey]

Watching Channel Four News, the dude in the background is seriously persistent, when the camera zoomed in so did he 

[MikeR]

took youngest son to the pub tonight as he is 18 ...

the local pub order , one pint , one soft and a pack of salt and v crips ... £10.99   , yeah , hfm , we are locals , anyway we played darts and I nearly lost ...

so we walked onto wetherspoons    , showed him the q at the bar , how to do ordering , one pint , one soft and  a pack of salt and v .....  5 notes ....

he soon noted the change in prices ...... 

but how the big change in prices , not like it was a quid or two !!!!

 

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, MikeR said:

took youngest son to the pub tonight as he is 18 ...

the local pub order , one pint , one soft and a pack of salt and v crips ... £10.99   , yeah , hfm , we are locals , anyway we played darts and I nearly lost ...

so we walked onto wetherspoons    , showed him the q at the bar , how to do ordering , one pint , one soft and  a pack of salt and v .....  5 notes ....

he soon noted the change in prices ...... 

but how the big change in prices , not like it was a quid or two !!!!

 

In 2050 something he’ll be taking his son to a pub and after paying £150 for a pint , will recall the good old days when you could (almost) get a pint, soft drink and bag of crisps for a tenner.

[hairnet]

thanks @CaptainBoom you slaaaaaaaaaag (c) @trigger

 

[DavieW]

Brilliant calendar in a client's canteen. 

[myglaren]

 

[Pieman]

On 12/01/2026 at 10:51, grizz said:

Grin or Grimace 

What the?

Is that a BMW Mini under all that crap?

[comfortablynumb]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

What the?

Is that a BMW Mini under all that crap?

Does anyone actually care? 🤢

Edit yes I know this isn't the grumpy thread 

Edited January 14 by comfortablynumb
Additional

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

What the?

Is that a BMW Mini under all that crap?

A modern take on the Riley Elf / Wolseley Hornet of the 60s?

[myglaren]

[hairnet]

❤️

 

[myglaren]

[Timewaster]

8 hours ago, myglaren said:

When AI thinks a coffee cup is bigger than the kettle.

 

 

[eddyramrod]

What makes me grin?  @Angrydicky's tale of survival!

[Metal Guru]

5 hours ago, Timewaster said:

When AI thinks a coffee cup is bigger than the kettle.

 

 

What do you mean AI? That’s a proper sized mug . 

[IronStar]

A few folks from the company I work for came down from London HQ, and one of my colleagues brought me a treat.

I really wish someone imported this stuff here. 

[grizz]

[Fumbler]

Had to collect a friend from hospital and just had to park next to this absolutely rodgered Caprice. As soon as I saw the door I started laughing. 39 years of a high salt diet will do that to you.

[DSdriver]

A friend was showing me a photo album of cars he used to own, what particularly piqued my interest was a mini van with side windows and a complete Wolseley front end bodywork grafted on.

[Surface Rust]

 

1 hour ago, Fumbler said:

Had to collect a friend from hospital and just had to park next to this absolutely rodgered Caprice. As soon as I saw the door I started laughing. 39 years of a high salt diet will do that to you.

That's brilliant. Worth moving to the US just to smoke around in something like that, just like Uncle Buck.

[Timewaster]

19 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

What do you mean AI? That’s a proper sized mug . 

Should have Sports Direct written on it.

[Remspoor]

A Dutch chain of Stores called Action has recently opened a shop near us. We went to see what was on offer.

Mmm fresh balls