What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Minimad5]

Stop talking about alchohol !!I have a bottle of Brown Rum begging to be drank, but an upcoming piss test says "DO NOT DRINK"

[Mr H Sceptre]

I've earnt a drink. I offered to help a good friend out by clearing her garden. This has involved pulling down a shed and fence, felling half a dozen trees, pulling down a brick wall, lifting paving slabs & breaking up a concrete path.I'm 2 days into the 4 day 'project'. Its actually going quite well, but every bone & muscle in my body is aching, unsuprisingly.

[Minimad5]

Keep at it Mr H !Soon you will look like a wild stead-head

[pogweasel]

You must be taking alot of tea breaks.

[r.welfare]

No pictures, but I spotted one of the mythical 1.7 TD Mk3 Astra "Sports" that was referred to on AXRescuer's Pineapple recommissioning thread on the M42 earlier this afternoon.It had the rather nice 15" steel wheels that they came as standard with, too.

[Mr H Sceptre]

You must be taking alot of tea breaks.

Hell yes of course!I was also provided with a high-viz jacket & hard helmet. I drove to the local shop in the Maxi in the jacket & felt like a 1970's million dollars.

[barrett]

You must be taking alot of tea breaks.

Hell yes of course!I was also provided with a high-viz jacket & hard helmet. I drove to the local shop in the Maxi in the jacket & felt like a 1970's million dollars.

isn't that, like, 10 million dollars in todays money?

[Cavcraft]

I saw what I thought was the abandoned local Montego on the road this morning. Cracked back bumper, big hole in the n/s/r wing and exhaust blowing loudly.

[Minimad5]

Cavette just reminded me !Scoped out a Diseasel Countryman smoking around Birkenhead Park.It made me smile - Don't ask why

[Mr H Sceptre]

You must be taking alot of tea breaks.

Hell yes of course!I was also provided with a high-viz jacket & hard helmet. I drove to the local shop in the Maxi in the jacket & felt like a 1970's million dollars.

isn't that, like, 10 million dollars in todays money?

Yip, and thats just about how good I felt.

[dollywobbler]

BX passed its MoT today. Ok, so there's two pages of advisory items (mainly OMG, there's a tiny bit of surface corrosion near a seatbelt mounting!) but she's legal again. This = grin.

[M'coli]

Bought this on eBay last week, and it turned up in the post:

It's a Peco "Universal Straight Through Silencer" - type COMP1. It's taken me right back to the early 1990's when we used these or variants thereof instead of the rear box when we couldn't afford the full performance system. I had a comp4 - same diameter, 6 inches longer - on my Lada 1200 and a peco Red Bullit on my Metro.

 

I don't know what I'll put it on, but everytime I look at it, it makes me grin!

[Cavcraft]

Type 'lol Limewire' into Google then hit 'feeling lucky'.

[Mr Lobster]

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[Rusty Pelican]

Well it appears my housemartins have sucessfully hatched a couple of eggs as the parents are flying back and forth like mad . We have had a nest every year except one for 17 years , that year the nest collapsed through drying out , We stuck a RSPB concrete type thing up and this is the forth year of sucess with them using it , never seases to keep me entertained , especiallt when the chicks stick their heads out for feeding when they are a bit older , Weve blackbirds nesting at the front of the house somewhere under a tile , oh and two hegdehogs come around most nights eating all our slugs

[Cavcraft]

Love wildlife, got any pictures please Rusty?

[Rusty Pelican]

Love wildlife, got any pictures please Rusty?

Finally got a half decent camera so im going to try and get some of the parents feeding the chicks when they are older and poking their heads out , temped to get one of those little nest cameras for next year and watch it all on the pooter , il post them when it all happens

[Cavcraft]

Thanks.Keeping me happy the last couple of days has been gardening. We've only got a shitty back yard (not a 'proper' garden) with no grass so thought it was time to brighten it up a bit. Scored a few plant pots etc from Freecycle so got to work with bedding plants and what have you and it's coming along nicely.Have plans for a sort of 'theme' for the yard, first stage coming along nicely.

[Richard]

Have plans for a sort of 'theme' for the yard, first stage coming along nicely.

Can I suggest a "Trebus" theme?

[Cavcraft]

I'll have to Google that one!I'm pondering an Autoshite(ish) theme as it 'appens.

[Tayne]

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[Minimad5]

I spotted a REALLY nice orange Volvo Amazon yesterday on my way to interview 4529.-Thats It-

[PatrickMcRebel]

De Tomaso Pantera makes me grin. I know someone who's blown a showroom window out with the roar from that lovely mid-engined V8

 

 

[Minimad5]

The interview i went for yesterday, turned out well.The company have already got in touch with me, and said it is pretty much mine.There is a small medical to do, and afew forms to fill out.Other than that - YES Wonder if the other 3 Companies will ever ring me.Anyway i'm happyNice Weather & Nice phone call

[Parky]

I'm happy, its been a heck of a week and the tough stuff is out of the way.Firstly had x-rays on Monday to assess extent of my crohns. Seems to be limited to one area thank goodness so am booked in to have it chopped out 12th June. Should in theory give me several years of normal life which I havent had for about ten years!Secondly went to a conference Tuesday and Wednesday which I expected to be total shit, but was only semi shit - so thats a result. And I dont have to go again until next year thank christ. Thirdly I had a fourth interview for a new job this morning. Allow an hour, spent two hours chewing the fat with potential new boss and got on really well. He is supposed to be a ballbusting pr*ck but I have worked with far worst people than him so am not concerned. His final words were "yes, you'd fit in nicely, I'll have a word with the team". Sounds promising but the other candidate might be better. And if he speaks Dutch, I'm screwed as its a job dealing with Dutch and Belgian clients which I have done for years but because they all speak better English than I, I never had the need to learn the language. Either way, the hassle and stress is finished this week and I can look forward to a nice easy straightforward day tomorrow. Well in theory anyway!

[Minimad5]

Result , Wish you the best Parky.Good luck with that job too

[Parky]

Yeah, cheers Minimad. Was worried about the op until I saw the x-ray and my exact words were "get that facker out!"No doubt I will take my netbook in with me to keep up with developments. Dont be surprised to see notes from me on June 13th simply saying "OWWWWWWWWWWWW!"Job wise I'm relaxed. Que sera sera and all that. I am in a decent enough job so not a crisis if I dont score the new one. To be honest, four interviews has been pretty heavy going and I am suffering a bit of jobseeking fatigue! But the weekend is almost here, Operation Liebensraum fur Shitzen (cleaning out my garage) commences 06:00 Saturday and I cant wait to get stuck into that.

[Gompo]

Saw this TriBSA the other day, sounded great:

 

[Parky]

Strange looking girl with red hair on the tube carrying a Depeche Mode 86-98 bag whilst reading a book about "love in the time of the pre-raphaelites" Couldnt help but feel that eclectic mix of musical, literary, and hair colour choice would make her an interesting character. It made me smile anyway.

[Rusty Pelican]

Finally worked out my top 10 fave songs EVA , in no real order and not to every ones tastes Talk Talk , time its timeLindisfarne , run for home Joolz Gianni , Pavanne opus 50Delerium , silenceAsia , The last timeREM ,Find the riverSnowy white , bird of paradiseRobert Plant , big logThe Smiths , How soon is now