Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

Stevo_666

orraloon wrote:

So thought I'd go fishing, see if I got any nibbles. Not that it was personal in any way, this being the impersonal internetz and that.

Almost plausible But clear who it was aimed at....

bompington

Stevo 666 wrote:

Bit of a sad indictment of the chip on shoulder mentality that is all too common.

I would have to agree - but then, for every chipped shoulder, there's always someone who's waving a different part of the anatomy

bompington

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.
My favourite "wind up the plonker in the arsemobile" game* is to continue at 50 all the way along the lanes on the way to work - actually a pretty respectable speed for the road - but then just not slow down for the handful of quite vicious bends. A few times I've seen them fail to spot the bend and perform the panicky brake, wobble and drop back manoeuvre.



*Apart from this thread, obvs.

Stevo_666

bompington wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Bit of a sad indictment of the chip on shoulder mentality that is all too common.

I would have to agree - but then, for every chipped shoulder, there's always someone who's waving a different part of the anatomy

If people don't like the idea of anyone having a nice car they can bog off out of this thread, go on the other thread and moan about how much it annoys them

Stevo_666

bompington wrote:

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.

You won't get sympathy from me that way ...although it was a very good try

robert88

Stevo 666 wrote:

bompington wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Bit of a sad indictment of the chip on shoulder mentality that is all too common.

I would have to agree - but then, for every chipped shoulder, there's always someone who's waving a different part of the anatomy

If people don't like the idea of anyone having a nice car they can bog off out of this thread, go on the other thread and moan about how it annoys them

I love the idea of people buying nice new cars!

Since I have investments in both the automotive and financial services industry what is not to like? People buy new cars on loan - perfect.

From the automotive perspective it's important the punters embrace the new tech, too. For too long the concept of the car has been fossilised and not just because of the fuel it uses but also by the excessive conservatism in which it has been pickled. It's good to see that GM has taken that on board although Trump doesn't like it too much. There's no doubt the Chinese will be taking the driving seat if given half a chance.

rjsterry

bompington wrote:

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.

I don't even drive. Imagine!

Stevo_666

rjsterry wrote:

bompington wrote:

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.

I don't even drive. Imagine!

This might get a bit '4 Yorkshiremen' Let's see if anyone can top that.

robert88

Stevo 666 wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

bompington wrote:

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.

I don't even drive. Imagine!

This might get a bit '4 Yorkshiremen' Let's see if anyone can top that.

I often just go by bicycle.

cowsham

rjsterry wrote:

bompington wrote:

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.

I don't even drive. Imagine!

Chauffeured around ? Or you've only got a bicycle ? ( not that there's anything wrong with that ) two extremes there Robby.

pinno

Cowsham wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

bompington wrote:

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.

I don't even drive. Imagine!

Chauffeured around ? Or you've only got a bicycle ? ( not that there's anything wrong with that ) two extremes there Robby.

cowsham

Robert88 wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Robert88 wrote:

Further up the road someone has a Tesla - that's a crazy beast.

Yes they are -- no multi speed gearbox -- no clutch -- 0 to 60 in a G suit worthy 2.5 sec from a 4 door saloon. No power zapping gearbox to worry about and when the new batteries start arriving the i c engine is finished.

rjsterry

Cowsham wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

bompington wrote:

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.

I don't even drive. Imagine!

Chauffeured around ? Or you've only got a bicycle ? ( not that there's anything wrong with that ) two extremes there Robby.

Helicopter. Everywhere.









Alas no, I cycle. Mrs RJS drives.

cowsham

Pinno wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

bompington wrote:

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.

I don't even drive. Imagine!

Chauffeured around ? Or you've only got a bicycle ? ( not that there's anything wrong with that ) two extremes there Robby.

He's at a vintage rally so at least he has the bike if the old hack brakes down.

cowsham

rjsterry wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

bompington wrote:

Anyway, I mainly drive a Kia Picanto. It has three cylinders. Three. And does 0-60 in about 15 seconds.

I don't even drive. Imagine!

Chauffeured around ? Or you've only got a bicycle ? ( not that there's anything wrong with that ) two extremes there Robby.

Helicopter. Everywhere.









Alas no, I cycle. Mrs RJS drives.

A kept man -- I envy you now.

rjsterry

Ha. Nothing so exotic, I'm afraid.

Pross

Unable to sort out switching my daughter's mobile to a SIM only plan online we had to call BT (which I thought would make it into the other thread). However, the call resulted in her contract dropping from £17 to £10 with a data allowance increase from 500mb to 10gb, 12 months free BT Sport via the phone app and upgrading to a new Broadband deal that includes an improved Smart Hub plus the WiFi discs to extend the signal around the house with a money back guarantee when speeds are below those quoted which is great as I work from home quite a lot and sometimes have WiFi dropout in the office. The deal also doubled the data allowance in our mobile phone contracts all for no increase in the price. So an overall cost saving of £7 for a hopefully greatly improved service.

Oh, and I picked up Eurosport Player for £20 for the year at the weekend as well having been without the channel for 2 years.

cowsham

Pross wrote:

Unable to sort out switching my daughter's mobile to a SIM only plan online we had to call BT (which I thought would make it into the other thread). However, the call resulted in her contract dropping from £17 to £10 with a data allowance increase from 500mb to 10gb, 12 months free BT Sport via the phone app and upgrading to a new Broadband deal that includes an improved Smart Hub plus the WiFi discs to extend the signal around the house with a money back guarantee when speeds are below those quoted which is great as I work from home quite a lot and sometimes have WiFi dropout in the office. The deal also doubled the data allowance in our mobile phone contracts all for no increase in the price. So an overall cost saving of £7 for a hopefully greatly improved service.

Oh, and I picked up Eurosport Player for £20 for the year at the weekend as well having been without the channel for 2 years.

That's a result Pross -- if she's very young get the Google family link app for internet safety -- gives you control ( via your phone ) over what she downloads / watches on her phone --

orraloon

Getting a sensible response letter from my MP after her initial reply to the current CyclingUK campaign on Road Justice was nothing more than a standard wording cut and paste, here's what the Gummint are investing in cycling and walking, totally ignoring the issue raised, that of getting the Gummint to deliver on their promised full review of road traffic offences and not just be Daily Heil stylee 'clamping down on dangerous cyclists'.

Course a single letter means more or less F all, but at least she's listened and taken some action as a result. Minor things can cheer one up.

mr_goo

Season ticket waiting list for NFL teams.
Green Bay Packers - 30years with approx 133,000 people registered.
Seattle Seahawks - 50-100years with approx 65,000 registered.

Matthewfalle

meeting up with an old friend you haven't seen in 25 years and having a brilliant time.

Stevo_666

Matthewfalle wrote:

meeting up with an old friend you haven't seen in 25 years and having a brilliant time.

Male or female friend MF?

orraloon

Watching Primal Scream: The Lost Memphis Tapes, is on the BBC iPlayer the now. After Screamadelica, recorded, never released, 'kin A.

Matthewfalle

Stevo 666 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

meeting up with an old friend you haven't seen in 25 years and having a brilliant time.

Male or female friend MF?

male.

brilliantly talented car restorer turned metal sculptor. he popped round to look at a job i need doung doing on the race motorbike and two hours later we were still gossiping away.

Pross

Watching the Gareth Edwards try for the Baa Baas yet again. Pretty sure there'll never be a better one scored.

FishFish

Matthewfalle wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

meeting up with an old friend you haven't seen in 25 years and having a brilliant time.

Male or female friend MF?

male.

brilliantly talented car restorer turned metal sculptor. he popped round to look at a job i need doung doing on the race motorbike and two hours later we were still gossiping away.

dung

sniper68

Seeing the look on the lads face when you pick up yet another bike for him(4th in 12 months) and it's three weeks before Xmas so he knows he's still getting a new X-Box 8)

Matthewfalle wrote:

meeting up with an old friend you haven't seen in 25 years and having a brilliant time.

I bought something for the wife from an ex-GFs sister I haven't seen since 1988.Met her at a cafe in her village and ended up chatting for about three hours 8)

cowsham

Matthewfalle wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

meeting up with an old friend you haven't seen in 25 years and having a brilliant time.

Male or female friend MF?

male.

brilliantly talented car restorer turned metal sculptor. he popped round to look at a job i need doung doing on the race motorbike and two hours later we were still gossiping away.

Or female -- old girlfriend and thinking "thank God I dodged that bullet"

happened to me on Friday morning.

crispybug2

Mr Goo wrote:

Season ticket waiting list for NFL teams.
Green Bay Packers - 30years with approx 133,000 people registered.
Seattle Seahawks - 50-100years with approx 65,000 registered.

My brother lived in New York for five years or so in the nineties, he managed to secure tickets for me and him and a mate for a Jets vs Patriots match, I’ve never walked past so many people holding up signs for any spare tickets, I genuinely don’t think I’d be lying if I said that there was comfortably over a thousand of them!

Matthewfalle

Cowsham wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

meeting up with an old friend you haven't seen in 25 years and having a brilliant time.

Male or female friend MF?

male.

brilliantly talented car restorer turned metal sculptor. he popped round to look at a job i need doung doing on the race motorbike and two hours later we were still gossiping away.

Or female -- old girlfriend and thinking "thank God I dodged that bullet"

happened to me on Friday morning.

Had this a while ago: saw the ex and thought exactly what you typed.

Lucky escape. I definitely didn't look at the breeding stock potential of that one.