What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Richard]

This story made me grin today, I hope it's true.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-27735086

[phil_lihp]

Out on a tough bike ride last night on a fast road, rounded a bend to see a gleaming red Alfa 75 coming the other way being driven in the proper manner.  Also noticed on my way through town that a local resident/hero has obtained a very tidy silver Volvo 240 saloon which I've seen a number of times now in various places, suggesting it is a daily driver.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

This story made me grin today, I hope it's true.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-27735086

Just heard this on the radio, I'm getting all indignant and Daily Mail about it( to myself), Who the fuck do these people think they are telling a fully grown adult what he can and can't do or where he can go?

In Farage's Britain it will be compulsory for everyone to visit France every June the sixth.

 

Reminds me of a bit in one of those Police Stop type programmes,where two coppers come across an Arnhem veteran trying to catch a ferry, they help him change a puncture and send him on his way. At the end the VoiceOver says ' George(or whatever) made it to Holland and met up with his old comrades,unfortunately he passed away out there. Brought a tear to my eye, and that don't happen very often

[Junkman]

Find someone with a log fire and ask them for their ash. Put a line of ash around everything and it will keep slugs out. It can also be good for the soil if you mix some ash into it as you plant, but that depends of your existing soil chemistry. I try not to get too bogged down with that sort of thing though and just use it as a slug barrier.

 

The only effective way to get rid of slugs is mechanically, i.e. stab the bastards.

I spent last year's Summer holidays at home doing exactly that.

 

Consequently, here is my message to our resident vegetarians:

 

Purely measured in souls, compared to a lettuce, a pork chop is a fair deal indeed!

[bub2006]

Just heard this on the radio, I'm getting all indignant and Daily Mail about it( to myself), Who the fuck do these people think they are telling a fully grown adult what he can and can't do or where he can go?

In Farage's Britain it will be compulsory for everyone to visit France every June the sixth.

 

Reminds me of a bit in one of those Police Stop type programmes,where two coppers come across an Arnhem veteran trying to catch a ferry, they help him change a puncture and send him on his way. At the end the VoiceOver says ' George(or whatever) made it to Holland and met up with his old comrades,unfortunately he passed away out there. Brought a tear to my eye, and that don't happen very often

I remember that episode. The police said he was actually a good driver. Must have been a job trying to find an hire car at his age and that time of evening. If i recall he had no family left,met his friends there had a celebration and died in his sleep?

[Sloth in a bowl]

It isn't bad, about 3 years ago we (6 families in the village) approached the council to ask for land. We were helped by a local housing association but I think it is possible to go it alone.

 

We finally got the lease a year ago after all the planning and legal whatnots. It was a field rented out for grazing for years and a football field before that. Unfortunately for me it was also a rubbish dump for the railway so I have been digging up all kinds of shite, some photos of that in the gardener corner thread if you are interested. The biggest bonus is that it is right over the road from my house (well over a cycle track too, but you can see it from the front windows) so close by!

 

We also had a big fall out between plot holders over nonsense, which bubbles on, but all in all it is pretty ace, yes.

 

Except SLUGS. Bastards.

 

You need hedgehogs http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/gardening/homes_for_mammals/hedgehogs.aspx or chickens are also good at killing slugs if you are allowed a run on the allotment.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just order a load of hedgehogs off 'hedgehogsonline.co.uk'

[KruJoe]

Watch out road users of the UK, this is now 'legal' and piloted by one Explosive_Cabbage esq. of this parish.

 

[KruJoe]

^ Ha ha, I can do actual posts from a smart* phone too now! With pictures an'all!

[forddeliveryboy]

Find someone with a log fire and ask them for their ash. Put a line of ash around everything and it will keep slugs out. It can also be good for the soil if you mix some ash into it as you plant, but that depends of your existing soil chemistry. I try not to get too bogged down with that sort of thing though and just use it as a slug barrier.

 

Just make sure they only burn untreated wood - nothing else. Painted wood, preserved wood, plywood, chipboard, and coal or coke will have ash which will leach the heavy metals and other toxins present into the ground - you'd be better off eating at MacD's. There was a case of chronic organ toxicity with someone who made a raised bed from old railway sleepers and grew his veg in it.

 

 

This story made me grin today, I hope it's true.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-27735086

 

If you haven't watched this prog, do so. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b045pbq2/britains-greatest-pilot-the-extraordinary-story-of-captain-winkle-brown - bloody excellent viewing. Use get_iplayer http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer_win/get_iplayer_setup_latest.exe prog to download if internet isn't up to speed to stream.

[Cavcraft]

Just heard this on the radio, I'm getting all indignant and Daily Mail about it( to myself), Who the fuck do these people think they are telling a fully grown adult what he can and can't do or where he can go?

In Farage's Britain it will be compulsory for everyone to visit France every June the sixth.

 

 

You HAVE gone all 'Daily Mail' and you have fallen into the trap of only reading the headlines of the gutter press. THAT is the reason the internet, pubs, workplaces and probably schools are full of indignation and 'Angry from Manchester' type rants, because people just don't read the full story. Or non-story in this case.

Read from the 3rd paragraph under the picture of the jeep on the beach and you'll see why I typed the above.

[Richard]

When I posted that link the story didn't identify the veteran and it definitely did say he had been told he couldn't go, and the BBC radio news said the same, so the BBC are also guilty of not reading things properly.

[TagoraSX]

[NorfolkNWeigh]

You HAVE gone all 'Daily Mail' and you have fallen into the trap of only reading the headlines of the gutter press. THAT is the reason the internet, pubs, workplaces and probably schools are full of indignation and 'Angry from Manchester' type rants, because people just don't read the full story. Or non-story in this case.

Read from the 3rd paragraph under the picture of the jeep on the beach and you'll see why I typed the above.

The story is changing hourly,the radio news and indeed the Sussex Police originally stated unequivocally that he had not been allowed to go.

I'm no lover or believer in the press, gutter or otherwise, but neither do I necessarily believe Mr Smarmy Bollocks from the care home.

The fact remains they reported him missing to the Police. Whether out of spite because he wouldn't comply or because they didn't bother to ask his wife where he'd gone.

[Richard]

 

I wonder where that is, it's supposed to be near me but I don't recognise it. The guy says he's planning to do more so there's a fair chance I'll bump into him.

[MrDuke]

Except SLUGS. Bastards.

 

 

Copper pipe, all round the bed. Has to be touching all round with no gaps, but doesn't need actual joints or anything.

[dave21478]

Just order a load of hedgehogs off 'hedgehogsonline.co.uk'

 

 

 

 

"Hedgehogs sent with insufficient packaging - would not buy again."

[beko1987]

A40 screwed and closed!: http://youtu.be/t41z8sHDDsE

 

Mmm the post options aren't showing, but not dashcam omg holding my phone up to laugh at the people stuck after the a40 was closed earlier!

[Cavcraft]

At 26 seconds exactly I saw something worth viewing. I didn't laugh at the traffic going the other way though. 

[MrDuke]

Yes, I know it's thoroughly revolting, but the fact that it's EXACTLY like a late 80s Matchbox model, only in REAL LIFE, makes me utterly love it.

 

[Spiny Norman]

My old Nan would have been 100 years old today.

She nearly made it too, just missing out on a telegram from HMtheQ by less than 5 years. 

[DSdriver]

^God bless 'er.

I met an old boy in the pub today who wanted to chat, normally a reason to drink up and move on but he turned out to be rather interesting as he had been a panel beater in the days when they actually made panels by beating sheets of flat metal against a leather sand bag. Went on to rolling curves and explained that metal actually has a 'grain' so you have to roll the sheet in both directions. He talked about making new panels for a Tatra many years ago and showed me a pic of an aluminium bodied kiddy racing car that he built a few years ago. 

Nice to meet you Sir.

[STUNO]

Just popped out to the hardware store. I passed a very old lady as she was coming out. she was very bent up and just shuffling slowly with the use of a stick. When i came out she was getting into her car....a 1968 Ford Mustang !!

[Junkman]

I was thinking about old times I had. Really sentimental. Made me chuckle.

[Gerald]

What a complete pillock! (No offence Mr Pillock).

 

http://www.wearebarnsley.com/mobile/news/article/5604/smoker-suffers-burns-from-soldering-iron

[Cavcraft]

Some of the replies. calling him things such as 'idiot' and 'pot nob' are fabulous. They look like they were typed by a drunken chimp.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Yes, I know it's thoroughly revolting, but the fact that it's EXACTLY like a late 80s Matchbox model, only in REAL LIFE, makes me utterly love it.

 

That looks like it should be attached to an ashtray. In the 70's everyone's Grandad had one of these for their pipe.

[gordonbennet]

Just popped out to the hardware store. I passed a very old lady as she was coming out. she was very bent up and just shuffling slowly with the use of a stick. When i came out she was getting into her car....a 1968 Ford Mustang !!

 

Bloody good girl.

 

I used to deliver lots of Network Q cars years ago, well remember having to deliver an Astra GTE convertible thingy, think it was turbo too, curvy shape one, rare as hens teeth and bloody quick, to a little village dealer in the depths of the west country.

Anyway i eventually find this dealer and somewhere to park in the lovely picturesque place, nearly blocked the place with the lorry.

 

This lovely looking, well spoken and obviously very senior lady comes bounding up the road like a schoolgirl, she'd seen the lorry go by her cottage and 'her' new car on it, she was brimming with excitement at getting her mitts on it.....good for you girl sod the bloody shopping trolley with its 900cc engine, get a bloody road rocket and enjoy life...sales geezer told me she was well over 70 and she could still turn your eye, must have been a stunner in her prime.

[Gerald]

Some of the replies. calling him things such as 'idiot' and 'pot nob' are fabulous. They look like they were typed by a drunken chimp.

Most probably were…

There are some prize comments on faceache but the link didn't work.

 

As a side line, I worked with an agency lad who we called Shaggy on account of his hit and miss approach to personal hygene, who used to light his rollies on the canteen toaster.

[chaseracer]

Watching 'Romanza Criminale': 70s Italian chodfest!