What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[xtriple]

Or, like me she might not have enough faith in them. You still have a good couple of feet after the solid bleep starts.

Not on mine, solid bleep means STOP NOW! You have at best two inches to spare. I like it this way as I can get into tight spaces, though the first time I really tried them out and thought like you, I had to buy the lady that parks behind me a new no plate! 

 

Not really but it did touch as I didn't put the handbrake on and it rocked an inch or two inn 'park'.

[Louise2cv]

Actually I can admit here (Matt's not looking) I have found them to be a bit hit or miss (pardon the pun).

[fordperv]

Perhaps she is old fashioned like me and believes that "parking by ear" means you keep going until you hear a crunch.

Parking by braille is too common, look at most generic euro shitbox and there will be a parking scrape on it

[steve_earwig]

I've been toying with the idea of fitting parking sensors to the back of the Pug for a while now but that's put me right off that has.

 

I wonder if anyone's ever fitted some of these to their bumper instead...

[xtriple]

I really like parking sensors 'cos the back of my car is fooking terrible to see out of! Even though it's got a little window below the big window, I cannot see a thing out the back. It's just like all modern shite, no visibility so you have loads of accidents but very safe when you do!

 

My grin is: my monthly BT bill has gone down from £45 pm to £36 and I get the next two months free(!) 'cos I is in credit. Still. £36 pm for a phone I never use - call charges were.... zero!

[AlabamaShrimp]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/84448897/

[castros_bro]

gave someone who has a serious job last years AS calander and they had a technical prob where object had to be scanned  many many times at different resolutions and sent to remote sites.  Hope the December pic of someone wearing a turkey hat gurning out of the window isn't copyright as it's now confusing a lot people.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Bathust 12 hours GT race will be live streaming from http://bathurst12hour.com.au/the start is at 7:00pm ish

Stream at http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/live-int

 

 

the non-piccy radio commentary can be got from http://www.radiolemans.com/

 

Entry list at http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/event-info/entry-list

 

50 cars racing over the mountain which is one of the nuttyist race venues in the world

 

[wuvvum]

Cycling into Norwich this afternoon I passed a lovely K-plate Saab 99 - oldest one of those I've seen on the roads in ages.  Then a bit further on that lovely blue Volvo NH12 came past, and a couple of miles from Norwich I was overtaken by an F-reg 309 GTI.  Wasn't really expecting to see owt interesting on a grey and slightly drizzly February afternoon, so it was a nice surprise.

[beko1987]

 

I've not seen a mk3 this clean for ages!

 

 

Then when we came out this was parked near it

 

 

Smiley face transit with a huge tidemark

 

 

Then another lovely volvo!

[theorganist]

That was my thought, she probably had too much faith in the things but they can't see everything.

 

What, you didn't get a picture?

 

Unfortunately my phone was out of reach. There is a crevice behind the Horizon's little shelf in front of the driver, it often slides into there.

[Timewaster]

I love the way the transit arches have bubbled through the tidemark.

[MarvinsMom]

Happy time....for the first time since november i've been able to get both the xj-r and the metro our off of the outlaws drive and actually use them on the queens highway, though not at the same time, obviously!! Plus i managed to get the leaky headlamp replaced with a lovely new one, i've wanted that doing for bloody ages.....

 

Grump mode, i'm coughing my lungs up and bloody sick of it, i dunno if i've got it from work (they are all coughing like mad there) or from SWMBO who was badly last weekend.

[catsinthewelder]

I drove a bunch of lads up to Nottingham Kart track today and they all chipped in so I could join in too.

 

Had a great laugh and was invited to join in the nights pub crawl too.  Next time I'm going to sneak a sleeping bag onto the minibus and pre-warn Ms C that I may be some time.

[STUNO]

Nothing to say about this

 

[STUNO]

[willswitchengage]

I'm not condoning 'direct action' or anything, but this is quite entertaining. Apparently, in Russia, driving on the pavement is a new 'thing'...

 

[DSdriver]

Bathust 12 hours GT race will be live streaming from http://bathurst12hour.com.au/the start is at 7:00pm ish

Stream at http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/live-int

 

 

the non-piccy radio commentary can be got from http://www.radiolemans.com/

 

Entry list at http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/event-info/entry-list

 

50 cars racing over the mountain which is one of the nuttyist race venues in the world

 

 

Well that knocks F1 into the shadows, after 12 hours five cars cross the line within 5 secs of each other and they were all different makes. Shame about Matt Bell in the Bentley losing two places in the last corner though!

[Asimo]

^^^^ No surprise that the bint in the Ewanque caused the most trouble.

[spike60]

I saw some of the race and as a endurance race fan I would have found 20 safety car periods in 12 hours tedious if I'd been there. It's good that it's available to watch free though, thanks for posting details.

[HillmanImp]

I'm not condoning 'direct action' or anything, but this is quite entertaining. Apparently, in Russia, driving on the pavement is a new 'thing'...

 

 

I was watching these the other day too. In this one some dude rescues them by threatening some guys with an AK-47* and some other dude threatens them with a pistol.

 

 

* I personally think the guy with the AK is probably a casually dressed policeman of some sort as there is a siren before he turns up. 

[dollywobbler]

I have to say, rather them than me! Russia seems a risky place to take folk on...

[AlabamaShrimp]

Watched a couple of them videos and you notice it's not people with shite cars that's on the pavement

[DSdriver]

I saw some of the race and as a endurance race fan I would have found 20 safety car periods in 12 hours tedious if I'd been there. It's good that it's available to watch free though, thanks for posting details.

I was thinking about that and wondered if they could make the lead car a virtual safety car. I am surprised that marshals are still waving flags, they must get arm ache in prolonged safety car stints. lights around the track or even in each car - we have the technology.

[Alan_Green]

I was watching these the other day too. In this one some dude rescues them by threatening some guys with an AK-47* and some other dude threatens them with a pistol.

 

 I personally think the guy with the AK is probably a casually dressed policeman of some sort as there is a siren before he turns up. 

• Yes, the AK47 guy was a cop. The siren announced his arrival.  
• I wonder why they don't just stick a few bollards or a boulder at the end of that rat run.
• Watched about a dozen of these vids and the civilians pull weapons regularly. The activists carry on as normal despite a cocked pistol being pointed at them. Balls of steel.  Pistol toters obviously haven't seen this:  

[vulgalour]

I worked on all three of my cars today, successfully too I might add.  Been a really nice day to work outdoors for once.

[Richard]

A day of tower climbing, exploring and hoonage on the B974 and A93.

 

[Pillock]

MOAR Guy Martin on Channel 4 - "Our Guy in India". Ep02 is on right now, but Ep01 is still on 4OD

 

There's currently some elderly Indian woman doing a BOLLOX and fitting a new tyre to a truck with a plank of wood and a hammer. Meanwhile, best quote is "They're not bothered about the Euro 6 Emissions over here" 

[fordperv]

I loved the piece of smoked glass given to guy by the Indian guys to protect his eyes whilst welding the centre stand.

[vulgalour]

It seems likely that I've sold Nugget.... to Mike.