small pleasures in life

popette

stripping wallpaper off a wall and after an hour of chiping away 2 inch pieces, you get a massive bit that just rips off and doesn't leave any paper behind.

what are yours?

I must have stripped paper for about 8 hours today. I'm going to go and have a bath and paint my nails now why am I telling you this? :?

HarryB

Why don't you use a steam stripper?

SteK

HarryB wrote:

Why don't you use a steam stripper?

There's no simple pleasure factor to be had from that is there?!

I'll go for a similar one to the wallpaper... but with sunburnt skin.

Gross! I know I know...

but you all do it

gavinjw

Writing on the sole of a slipper with a biro ...mmm satisfying

tagmnbagm

Writing on the sole of a slipper with a biro ...mmm satisfying

Wierd!

Finding money in a jacket or jeans you haven't worn in ages..

dondare

Watching an old Clint Eastwood movie in the company of a bottle of Scotch.

Alain Quay

I was going to say doing a fart as you depart an empty lift :shock: ,
but

being a cyclist, my favourite one is this:
in summer in Scotland, on those two rare sunny evenings, on a
smooth stretch of road, if you are riding a decent bike, sometimes
you can hear the midges 'ping' off your sunglasses.

Alain Quay

Sorry, I didn't mean 'two rare sunny evenings'
...
we get at least 3 in bonny Scotland


Oh Australia, why did we fall out, it seems so silly now...

geoff_ss

A successful test flight with a new RC model aeroplane. The best thing is not to have needed the bicycle clips you put on 'just in case'

Think about it

Geoff

biondino

Popette, I got really bad sunburn on my bald scalp 3 summers ago. The only good thing about it was the way I could literally peel sheets of skin the size of credit cards off my head after a few days

popette

HarryB wrote:

Why don't you use a steam stripper?

this was with a steam stripper - there must be about 10 layers of paint on this awful paper.

:evil:

ChrisLS

...having a bath and painting my nails...(only at the weekends though) :oops:

claash

Sitting on the balcony, watching the sun go down over the hills, with the smell of BBQ's and freshly cut grass MMMMM I love summer!!

Popette: I am supposed to be signing for a house today that needs tons of renovation work (this is my first house purchase by the way!!) Does it really take that long to strip paper????? The renovation is going to take me years with that calculation

Stewie Griffin

Waking up naturally 5 minutes before my alarm would normally go off to get me up for work, then realising that its Saturday morning 8)

hobbescp

my weener

idaviesmoore

Sniffing the rubber around the washing machine

popette

seeing a bit of hair sticking out of the plug hole and pulling a wigs worth of hair out! I know it's gross but I like it.

idaviesmoore

popette wrote:

seeing a bit of hair sticking out of the plug hole and pulling a wigs worth of hair out! I know it's gross but I like it.

OOooh baby. Don't get me started Pulling a scab off road rash in one piece

popette

I occasionally used to feed my auntie's dog as a child. I loved it when the pal with marrowbone came out of the tin in one go (it required some skill) so that I could put it in the dog bowl as one huge tin shaped chunk and then cut it in half, just like on the advert.

popette

claash wrote:

Popette: I am supposed to be signing for a house today that needs tons of renovation work (this is my first house purchase by the way!!) Does it really take that long to strip paper????? The renovation is going to take me years with that calculation

Congratulations Claash! I don't think it normally takes this long, it's just an old house with high ceilings and the thickest layer of paint you ever saw.
Good luck with your move and rennovations.

Parsnip49

Emptying out a full hole punch - i take what little pleasure i can while at work

Massimo

That small trickle of warm water that comes out of your ear about 1 hour after you've been swimming :P

McBain_v1

A cheeky pee behind a hedge whilst out on a long bike ride in nice weather :?

Stewie Griffin

Parsnip49 wrote:

Emptying out a full hole punch - i take what little pleasure i can while at work

I trust you emptied the hole punch into either A) A colleagues jacket pocket. A colleagues handbag. C) A colleagues umbrella.

markos1963

How about completing a mechanical job for the first time successfully without a hitch and no spare parts left over.

cee

popette....I share your wallpaper satisfaction.

I bought mine 2 and 1/2 years ago.

There was 10 layers of woodchip on there which had to come off. About a third of it came off in great big sheets, whilst the rest was postage stamp stuff.

Also, stripping paint from skirting boards and door frame surrounds.....(top tip.....nitromorse is garbage....it does not work. Use a heat gun and scrape hook)...when a whole stripe comes off clean, leaving nothing but lovely wood underneath...ahhhhh.

daniel_b

There are some very unusual posts on here

Mine will be resigning from my shitty job, I can't wait, but my mortgage tells me I have to :?

Defo as earlier posted, waking up thinking it's a work day, to realise it's the weekend 8)

Conversely the worst thing is the other way around, but we won't go there.

Dan

st68

spend last three day trimming holly hedges oh its lovely bit stung spiked cut & soaked twice & got to do it tommorow :roll: but my campag centaur is now running sweet the ride home 2nite was silky so i got a bit of speed up off to alpe d huez for soon counting the days cmon

popette

I have always wanted to trim a privet with an electric hedge cutting thingy. I think I would get an enormous amount of satisfaction from that
have fun on the Alpe.

1892

The smell you get when cut wood

geoff_ss

popette wrote:

I have always wanted to trim a privet with an electric hedge cutting thingy. I think I would get an enormous amount of satisfaction from that
have fun on the Alpe.

My late father-in-law used to trim his privet hedge with a hedging bill - a very sharp blade on the end of 4' shaft which he supported under his arm and swung with his hand half way down. Used to end up absolutely dead level.

He was born in 1900 and spent his whole life as a farmer/nurseryman so you could say he was one of the old school.

Geoff