What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Wife's sister and family are with us at the moment, reminding us just how exhausting parenthood is (seriously, I could not cope with this on an ongoing basis!). 

 

But it's great fun. Our niece is just over 2 now, so talking and very interesting. Had a BBQ on the beach last night, watched dolphins, ate pork chops and chips (ok, chips were bought from a chippy) and generally larked about. Huge fun. Fleet shenanigans have entirely ground to a halt - brake pads haven't arrived for the Merc so I can't crack on with that job. Everything else is here though.

[phil_lihp]

From cort16 on the ebay thread:

 

 

  On 15/07/2013 at 22:13, cort16 said:

 

 

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/for-seal/1025245044

 

[Station]

  On 15/07/2013 at 20:57, Cavette said:

Took the dog for a walk earlier and he was 'accosted' by some beagle or basset type. Apparently (no joking) it was a hermaphrodite which I found quite amusing, until the owner said it was called Billy.

Haha funniest thing I've heard all day!!!!

[Junkman]

  On 15/07/2013 at 19:58, Conrad D. Conelrad said:

It always cheers me up when I see a New Beetle with a flower in the little vase. Just saw two in ten minutes. 

 

I saw a beige cabriolet today with a plastic flower in the vase. I'm ashamed having to admit that it cheered me up.

[autofive]

pug 205 gti on twin 40s making me grin this evening

 

 

scary testing out the brakes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfyOvJImZxU&feature=youtu.be

[autofive]

oh and......

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-H6xTTt-yA&feature=youtu.be

[scaryoldcortina]

Yeah, that made me grin too. Proper hooligan car!

[SambaS]

Driving over the moors at night with the roof down:

 

 

+

 

[inconsistant]

THE APPRENTICE FINAL!!!

 

I'm so excited I need a poo just thinking about it.

 

 

[Station]

Wasn't sure whether to put this in the grumpy thread or this one.

Selling driveshafts on ebay that I converted to have a small gearbox and large hubs, so essentially you can use larger brakes and still keep the same engine/gearbox setup (instead of upgrading and messing around with flywheels/adapters/etc). Large cv joint on the hub end to match the larger splined 2.0 struts, and standard smaller splines on the gearbox end to fit your 1.4 engine or whatever.

 

I get this message:

 

 

 

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Hi could u use these shafts the other way round eg run a 2.0 gearbox with 1.4 hubs as doin a turbo conversion and dont want to change hubs

 

He wants to use a 200bhp+ engine using standard brakes which are fitted to the 1.0 Corsa, which I found inadequate on a 1.4.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just tell him 'yes'.

[Mr Lobster]

^ That Apprentice clip has just had me firing up the LOLcopter. Superb, ta for posting.

[loserone]

[Pillock]

Station.... Agree with Bo11, it's called survival of the fittest. We don't need his genes anyway.

 

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[Wilko220]

A "back to the floor" style programme on C4 at the moment about Hyundai. All a bit hopeless, although given that their sales are supposed to be doing very well, I can't really understand why they would expose themselves to such risky publicity.

[Spiny Norman]

I saw that last night, looks like the whole organisation is hanging together by a bawhair.

If that bloke in the Portakabin takes a day off on the sick no bugger will know where anything is and the whole shebang will grind to a standstill.

[Cavcraft]

I have just re-fuelled my car, cleverly* using an old pop bottle as a funnel. I then felt a warm, wet sticky sensation as veg oil went down my leg and right into my shoe and sock.

 

 

Next time I think I'll take the cap off the funnel.

[freebird]

You know that feeling you get when you're told that your car has passed its MOT?

You know, that feeling akin to being blown by Linda Lovelace while your head is resting between the breasts of Katie Price?

Today I feel like ive been sucked to death while my head was nestling between two soft pillows.

Fuck, ive even bought a Euromillions lucky dip because.....Im feeling lucky.

[HillmanImp]

Just saw this. Sorry if its glasscock

 

[chaseracer]

  On 17/07/2013 at 22:15, Metrobi said:

** HILARIOUS Tesco correspondence **

BRILLIANT!! Thank you!

 

[Cavcraft]

That Renault boot lid is qual. Just a shame the lock area isn't rusty to complete the look.

[Richard]

  On 18/07/2013 at 21:08, chaseracer said:

BRILLIANT!! Thank you!

 

 

You might like Dear Air 2000 and Dear Coca Cola by Terry Ravenscroft.

[vulgalour]

Spending time outside in the sun the past few days, my skin and the plastics I'm cleaning inside the Golf are approaching the same mahogany hue.  To quote the Wobbly One, brown is for winnahs.

[Station]

Sold my Fuego on ebay - it went for £1550.

Let's hope I don't get messed around by the buyer.

[beko1987]

http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/10556969.Huge_support_for_kebab_van_man_in_Stokenchurch/?ref=mr

 

Parish council meeting was a riot (nearly literally!)

[Wilko220]

  On 19/07/2013 at 18:49, beko1987 said:

http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/10556969.Huge_support_for_kebab_van_man_in_Stokenchurch/?ref=mr

 

Parish council meeting was a riot (nearly literally!)

 

Good job banger racing wasn't on the agenda - Councillor Bloggs might have had a coronary...

[155V6]

Following a bright yellow Jag XJ220 through town today.Normally these are fairly quiet,this one wasn't,it sounded amazing.It would of been easier to count the people who didn't turn round and stare

[Junkman]

Three weeks of well deserved holidays. Today was my last day at work.

[Des]

On way into town today stopped in traffic opposite a parked truck so left a large gap so overtaking cyclists could escape to the cycle lane when the inevitable 4X4 comes hurtling toward them, a cyclist does so, right into the path of another who is absolutely flying, has to run on the kerb with his left leg to keep from going over, that was good but the ensuing shouting was great, proper cycle rage.

[tooSavvy]

  On 20/07/2013 at 00:50, Des said:

On way into town today stopped in traffic opposite a parked truck so left a large gap so overtaking cyclists could escape to the cycle lane when the inevitable 4X4 comes hurtling toward them, a cyclist does so, right into the path of another who is absolutely flying, has to run on the kerb with his left leg to keep from going over, that was good but the ensuing shouting was great, proper cycle rage.

........ I do, so, like the wobbly - profane - vein bulging rage of nearly wiped out 'helmets'.

 

Mind you I run slowly behind them, until wide to pass, and get 'laser eyes' in the neck off following drivers...

 

tooSavvy