What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[tooSavvy]

^^^^ commendable compassion, marrer  

 

TS

[philibusmo]

All these pictures and a reasonably interesting article on Russian hydrofoils:

https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.darkroastedblend.com%2F2012%2F07%2Fstreamlined-soviet-passenger-hydrofoils.html&h=nAQG3ie7t

 

Here's a taster:

[fordperv]

On my way home from helped a couple of lads who had run out of petrol in a Renner Clio they were on a very big busy roundabout no one else had stopped to help and obviously they were struggling so I helped them push it out of harm's way off the roundabout and along the road left it right by a petrol station, good deed for the day done

[mouseflakes]

This is a grump followed by a grin.

 

I had my Clio stolen by a couple of youfs today - but little did they know, it was nearly out of fuel. Pretty sure the rozzers will pick them up soon, unless they manage to push it to a fuel station.

[DSdriver]

I rocked up at Chatham Dockyard in the DS Safari to pick up some paperwork from the office. There was a film crew there with lots of people in WW1 uniforms. For some reason the blokes with walky-talkies* thought the car must be part of the filming and tried to get me onto the set. No wonder there were so many wrong cars in Life on Mars etc.

*For the younger shiters who may not be aware, this is an old fashioned term for two way radios.

[Ratdat]

Took a trip down south today to collect the shitecycle gantry from richardthestag (cheers fella!) and on the way back as I was nearing Conningsby, I spied some classy planeshite circling so got the pedal to the metal and arrived just in time to capture this lovely Dakota. Made my day...

 

 

Apologies for not getting the touchdown but the fence was a bit too high!

[Vin]

That Dakota is ace. Like the rest of the BoB flight I've seen it fly over my house on occasion. Good work. :-D

[Spiny Norman]

Anyone else remembering these when they look at the pics of that Russki Hydrofoil or is it just me?

[Ghosty]

In one street in London, I spotted a 1986 Aston V8 Vantage, a Bristol, and a large bumpered, left hooker Merc 560SL!

And it's not every day you get to say 'oh, some twat's parked their Ferrari in the cycle lane'...

[morris_ital_lover]

I hope they nail them too, and stick them in chokey for a long time. BUT: (i) It is politically inexpedient to lock up Republicans, of whatever hue and (ii) The PSNI are constantly being hampered by political interference. One of the reasons I left. Good people, trying to do the near-impossible with BOTH hands tied.

 

Unfortunately true on both accounts. The PSNI are relatively crap at community policing but after watching them dealing with the flag protests as well as the constant background bullshit from every shade of dissidents and big mouths over the last 18 months I've nothing but respect for what the average peeler out here.

 

Speaking of NI, this weekend I finally leave the place... It's been an amazing experience and the people I've met have been absolutely smashing but I was made an offer I couldn't refuse so now I'll go home and never be referred to as 'that english one' ever again.

 

p.s. I'm pretty sure I saw the SauceDoctor Rover in the city centre a while ago, that things spectacular and must be one of the best 25s left, keep up the good work!

[Cavcraft]

I found out last night that oxygen and magnesium are going out, and I was like O Mg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Sorry

[twosmoke300]

Everyone knows what the chemical symbols for water are ......H2O.

 

But what a're they after they pass through a dog ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K9P

 

 

 

 

Also sorry

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Don't give up the day job will you

[Mr Lobster]

I've travelled on a couple of those Hydrofoils in Greece. They make a tremendous amount of noise - good to start with but a bit wearing after three hours - but were curiously comfortable and the open central section was a pretty good spot for photography if thats your thing. Sadly I think they are relatively rare in Greece now.

 

[nigel bickle]

Likewise in Croatia, I used one recently from Dubrovnik to Korcula. Sadly the weather chopped up midway and the tub had to come off its foils, turning us into a very rolly 5 knot tub.

 

Deeply unpleasant.

[DSdriver]

Likewise in Croatia, I used one recently from Dubrovnik to Korcula. Sadly the weather chopped up midway and the tub had to come off its foils, turning us into a very rolly 5 knot tub.

 

Deeply unpleasant.

I had a similar experience travelling between St Malo and Guernsey many years ago on the UK version. I did however enjoy immensely a trip between Dieppe and Brighton through the sunrise of a perfect autumn day which got even better when the car i hired at Brighton was a bright orange Citroen GS. That was in one of the big Boeing jobbies. The seventies ROCKED.

[r.welfare]

Those Channel Island cats are buggers in rough seas, far more civilised to go on the truckers' conventional ferry, even if it does take 14 hours (you get a cabin so I just used to have a long kip)

[catsinthewelder]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26921734

 

The quote from the Mazda spokesman in particular

[chaseracer]

Motha_Racer is back home avec bionic knee.  Affectionately giving the Owd Giffer a hard time already, so all is well.

 

[TagoraSX]

[twosmoke300]

Roses are red , violets are glorious . Don't go surprising Oscar pistorious

[twosmoke300]

Personally I don't see why the court case is taking so long . The bathroom door was glass !

[mattblack]

RESPCT YO! to the owner of the Rover 100 I saw yesterday with an unpainted wheelarch repair panel Pop* riveteted on.

 

 

*Other brands of blind rivet are available.

[Skizzer]

...a very rolly 5 knot tub.

 

Deeply unpleasant.

But possibly good training for driving home a Zaz Chaika unearthed on a council estate in Tblisi

[Gerald]

This made me smile yesterday at work...

 

I know, it doesn't take much...

 

[HillmanImp]

All these pictures and a reasonably interesting article on Russian hydrofoils:

https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.darkroastedblend.com%2F2012%2F07%2Fstreamlined-soviet-passenger-hydrofoils.html&h=nAQG3ie7t

 

Here's a taster

 

Reminded me of that Caspian Sea Monster thingy. 

 

 

Never realy figured out how you were meant to fly this shit in rough seas? Were you only able to drive it in clement weather (a bit like a Mini).

[oman5]

apparently harder to control on rough seas, it would pitch and roll with the waves. still a bloody incredible machine though. like a 1950's sci fi vision of the future

[spike60]

Reminded me of that Caspian Sea Monster thingy. 

 

 

Never realy figured out how you were meant to fly this shit in rough seas? Were you only able to drive it in clement weather (a bit like a Mini).

This thing weighed in at 400+ tons, did 500km/h and carried about 8 ballistic missiles. It was meant to travel under the radar of the day. Some of them flew about 10 metres high, I think there is modern smaller one that flies bout 10000metres high though I don't know the difference between that and a plane. 

[saucedoctor]

My enormously fat neighbour is out using the worlds noisiest and least effective hedge clippers. The sweat is blinding him and he's cut fuck all. Truly, sound and fury signifying nothing.

 

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[simmo]

A friend asked if I wanted an 18K from new Polo for scrap money, so I say sure what's up with it ?  he says the clutch has grenaded and he was right.