What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[michael t]

i was expecting something small and rubbishy to come out but no a samsung galaxy, wow fair play to you

[ashmicro]

Got handed a nice little surprise as I was leaving the office earlier on.

 

Nice one! Is it any good?

 

 

Seems decent enough, the camera's quite good, and the GPS yoho is pretty accurate. Gonna try it in the car later on to see what it's like. The touchscreen seems sluggish, but I think I rushed the calibration a bit. I'll factory reset it later on and set it up properly. What a great pressie!

[cobblers]

They're a good idea for a gift I reckon too. Something nice to have, but not something you can really justify buying for any logical reason.

[trigger]

That is class!, my phone is the Galaxy S II which is basically the same and that's pretty good (apart from the fact I'm using at spelling stuff on it), At least it's not Itunes either.

[eddyramrod]

Nice! That's a proper thankyou and no mistake.

[Lankytim]

Treated myself to a lovely pair of NOS Raydoyt foglamps for the Volvo. Won them for £1.04! No reply from the seller yet though........

[boobydoo]

Gorgeous Spring weather yesterday, mowing the lawn, pottering in the garden then relaxing on the patio listening to Manhattan Transfer , reading this. Bliss!!

[messerschmitt owner]

on the same subject, sold my motorhome today, cleared the finance with the £15k cash and now, mortgage aside, I am now debt free.

[autofive]

thats strange because today i paid scary the five pounds i owed him, and now im debt free

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Treated myself to a lovely pair of NOS Raydoyt foglamps for the Volvo. Won them for £1.04! No reply from the seller yet though........

 

Sweet. My latest ebay bargain was a set of rain-gutter type Thule roofbars for 99p. Very local too. I think they'd have gone for more if the seller had offered postage.

[scaryoldcortina]

thats strange because today i paid scary the five pounds i owed him, and now im debt free

 

I took the five pounds and paid Mick at the MoT station for the test on the cortina. I too am now debt free.

[HillmanImp]

I was just getting a new fuel cap for the LPG and when I came out of Paypal it gave me this as a suggestion:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-FUEL-SAVER-Gas-Petrol-Diesel-LPG-any-car-van-bike-Z4-/180758428167

 

I think its the sheer professionalism of the ad that gets me.

 

It makes some big claims.

 

+++6100 gauss super power.+++

 

Enjoy these benefits of Magnetic Fuel Saver

1) Save fuel, save money, more miles per gallon

2) 50% reduction of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons

3) Helps pass emission testing

4) High octane performance with lower octane fuel

5) Improved performance - quicker starts

6) Stops scale build-up and corrosion in engine

7) Reduced wear on O2 sensor and catalytic converter

8 ) Brings world peace and an end to poverty.

9) Also doubles as a time machine which can be used to go back in time and prevent the holocaust.

 

[cobblers]

A bloke on Retford market tried selling me one of those. I was all like "Cmon mate, pull the other one, you don't genuinely believe that they do anything" and he actually seemed a bit shocked like nobody had said that to him before. Maybe the general public (alright I realise this is Retford so hardly the intellectual capital of the country) are stupider than I think?

 

Harmless enough, but you're only wasting the £6 you spend on them. Those "lead catalyst" things people sell at autojumbles for old vehicles make me grumpy, cos they don't actually do anything and claim to replace lead additives, so you end up wasting money on the catalyst, and have knackered valve seats in a few years.

[richardthestag]

I was just getting a new fuel cap for the LPG and when I came out of Paypal it gave me this as a suggestion:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-FUEL-SAVER-Gas-Petrol-Diesel-LPG-any-car-van-bike-Z4-/180758428167

 

I think its the sheer professionalism of the ad that gets me.

 

It makes some big claims.

 

+++6100 gauss super power.+++

 

Enjoy these benefits of Magnetic Fuel Saver

1) Save fuel, save money, more miles per gallon

2) 50% reduction of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons

3) Helps pass emission testing

4) High octane performance with lower octane fuel

5) Improved performance - quicker starts

6) Stops scale build-up and corrosion in engine

7) Reduced wear on O2 sensor and catalytic converter

8 ) Brings world peace and an end to poverty.

9) Also doubles as a time machine which can be used to go back in time and prevent the holocaust.

 

 

 

 

check feedback and see how many he has sold, i mean a fool and his money have never been so easily parted

 

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI ... ckAsSeller

[Pete-M]

so you end up wasting money on the catalyst, and have knackered valve seats in a few thousand years.

 

EFA

[messerschmitt owner]

so you end up wasting money on the catalyst, and have knackered valve seats in a few thousand years.

 

EFA

I made a conscious decision in my S2a Dormobile that I could pay for a rebuild of the head and hardened seats or just run it and rebuild when the valve seats had burned away.

 

It lasted thousands of miles in my ownership, then I sold it and the guy that bought it did the same. The valve seats are probably still OK.

[Angrydicky]

I've been running 40+ year old BMC cars daily since 2008, all on unleaded with no additives. Never had a problem with any of them.

[dollywobbler]

I've been running 40+ year old BMC cars daily since 2008, all on unleaded with no additives. Never had a problem with any of them.

 

Ditto with our Mini. The FBHVC even used the A series engine to test additives! Mind you, the Mini rarely gets thrashed (as I rarely drive it) and it's constant high-speed running that really does the valve seats in from what I understand. Most older cars just potter to the occasional show, so arguably don't need an additive at all.

 

The Mini has clocked up over 30,000 miles in our ownership.

[messerschmitt owner]

left my wallet at home and had to borrow a fiver from a friend - am no longer debt free!!!

[Mr H Sceptre]

Yesterday I washed, T-Cut'd & polished the Simca. Its looking good.

 

[eddyramrod]

left my wallet at home and had to borrow a fiver from a friend - am no longer debt free!!!

 

You can afford a wallet????

[messerschmitt owner]

left my wallet at home and had to borrow a fiver from a friend - am no longer debt free!!!

 

You can afford a wallet????

thankfully, because I left it at home, yes!

[autofive]

colour match polish really does work

 

SWMBO dropped a bottle of it earlier, its colour matched the carpet, her jeans, socks and hands along with a good portion of the wall

 

she doesnt think its that funny, she's looking a little blue at present

 

this made me giggle this afternoon

 

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/l ... _seafront/

 

not so much the news item (serious face) but it now means im off on a cracking night out with some MOD wire-cutting chaps later, and usually they pay for my booze

[DSdriver]

colour match polish really does work...

she's looking a little blue at present

 

 

This has brought tears to my eyes I laughed so much.

[TimothyClaypole]

Another cheque from Rotherham Council for £91.00 this time to add to the other two... Council Tax robbing faggots.

[RoadworkUK]

It strikes me that the wrong people have been getting shot in Afghanistan...

 

[rml2345]

Getting a wee box full of unwanted die-cast models for free yesterday and finding it was basically all old Bburago and Matchbox Yesteryears is still making me grin.

Especially since it was about to be skipped...

[eddyramrod]

Getting a wee box full of unwanted die-cast models for free yesterday and finding it was basically all old Bburago and Matchbox Yesteryears is still making me grin.

Especially since it was about to be skipped...

 

Excellent work! That's the kind of thing I'd save too...

 

It's Thursday, so Quiz Night. We won, second week on the trot, and I went up for the Jackpot as the kitty was up to 500 euros this week. No pressure then! And I got it right! Five of us on the team, so my share was 100, not a bad prize methinks. Our wedding anniversary is on Tuesday so we might go for a meal....

[autofive]

dipped a skip this morning and found thousands of slides. i m scanning them now

 

expect a shite scans update later

[STUNO]

Bus passenger I had yesterday, She's permantly on crutches unless she is in a hurry. Was on a route about a mile from her home and not going any closer. She rang for the next stop and got off bitterly complaining that we did not go any closer. My suggestion that she stay on to the terminus and get a bus to her front door ( at no cost to her) brought the reply "I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT "

All the nearby passengers started laughing which did not please her, and I found it hard to keep a straight face