Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
GiantMike
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I'll start:
Pay day.
Pay day.
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Waking early on a weekend with a completely blank schedule for the two days ahead.1
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A well-made cup of tea.Purveyor of "up"0
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Peddle Up! wrote:GiantMike wrote:I'll start:
Pay day.
Trivial? :shock:
(for the last 18 years) it happens every month. Still cheers me up though.0 -
Peddle Up! wrote:A well-made cup of tea.
+1
the jaunty flight of the magpie
the comical walk of a starling
backlit trees on an autumn day.The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.0 -
Standing on a platform and having the train stop with the doors exactly slap bang in front of you. Get in there!
Crisp, clean and freshly ironed bedding. Get in there!
Mrs CB asking me if I fancy an early night . Get in there!
Parking the car in a really tight space perfectly first time. Get in there!0 -
Cornerblock wrote:Mrs CB asking me if I fancy an early night . Get in there!
Me too!1 -
GiantMike wrote:Cornerblock wrote:Mrs CB asking me if I fancy an early night . Get in there!
Me too!
I doubt CornerBlock will be happy about that!0 -
Cleat Eastwood wrote:Peddle Up! wrote:A well-made cup of tea.
+1
the jaunty flight of the magpie
the comical walk of a starling
backlit trees on an autumn day.
Aaaaah... You need some appropriate music to go with that lot
Oooo ooo oo ooseanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
gavbarron wrote:GiantMike wrote:Cornerblock wrote:Mrs CB asking me if I fancy an early night . Get in there!
Me too!
I doubt CornerBlock will be happy about that!
I'm not, come to think of it though she has been smiling a lot lately. GiantMike eh! :shock:0 -
Fat women falling over.Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
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The Bike Radar forums (sometimes)seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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A full tank of petrol.
Getting to the top of that hill and still feeling great!
A good shave.
A hot shower after a long cycle.0 -
pinarello001 wrote:Cleat Eastwood wrote:Peddle Up! wrote:A well-made cup of tea.
+1
the jaunty flight of the magpie
the comical walk of a starling
backlit trees on an autumn day.
Aaaaah... You need some appropriate music to go with that lot
Oooo ooo oo oo
Thats brillaint - I'll also to my list plastic betrands lyric
"Allez-oop! One morning
a darling came to my home,
a cellophane puppet with Chinese hair,
a plaster, a hangover,
drank my beer in a large rubber glass
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
like an Indian in his igloo "The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.0 -
A cold beer after a long ride.
The smell of a curry when you really fancy one.0 -
Any of Ian Dury's reasons to be cheerful, except saying 'okey dokey'. That belongs in the other thread.0
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Watching my dog Bertie chew a rawhide bone while holding it up between his front paws.0
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Wood in the morning (mine obviously, before you ask)0
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When the attractive waitress in the cafe looks me in the eyes and smiles. For that split second I think i'm in there. Until I realise she does that to everyone."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0
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Cycling when I can see where I'm going on a night and while having feeling in my hands and feet."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0
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A really good dump!0
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My little boys laugh
Also when my dog farts and surprises herself as if she wasn't expecting it0 -
When Sophie 'super suction pump deluxe no2 guzzler' baby bawls for Scotland... and then in moments crashes out to sleep and looks like an angel. The peace, the tranquility...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Slogging along 10 miles of busy London roads to eventually "come out" at the other end in the Hertfordshire countryside.Ben
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waking up every morning with my dog colin under the duvet
Marmite on toast and Bourbon biscuits (you cant get them in spain so i have to stock up)
Agreed the tank of petrol is some weirdly satisfying thing
riding off the front of a group and not seeing them again
I would imagine sellign something on ebay for more than you paid for it would be good but something I have never achieved.0 -
When a quick flash of the headlights at the blithering halfwit plodding along in the middle lane actually results in said muppet moving over to the empty left lane.0
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mallorcajeff wrote:I would imagine sellign something on ebay for more than you paid for it would be good but something I have never achieved.
I've done that. Paid £49, sold for £172, paid some ebay fees. Most cheered-up as a result.0 -
Finding a book you want in a second hand shop.
A croissant with a morning coffee.
Seeing rabbits when I'm cycling.
Seeing the first daffodil of spring.Mañana1