Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    In the spirit of this thread...
    Pinno wrote:
    They are stunning in all their colour.

    Quite something when sat on a river bank/up to your waste in waders and it flashes by.

    I think the correct spelling you need is "waist", but I suppose you could have meant the outlet a little lower down... :lol::lol:


    I must say I preferred the image of Pinno up to his nads in shite.

    :shock: As I typed that, another unsavoury picture came to mind.
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    keef66 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Not sure it made me smile but (whilst we're on the subject)...
    I was concreting one day. On the ladder rack of the tipper truck was a collared Dove, minding it's own business and out of the corner of my eye I spotted this thing coming across my line of vision and it took said Collared Dove out at god knows what MPH. I am pretty sure it was a Sparrow hawk as there quite a few in the area. The speed the collared Dove was taken out of and the dexterity of the flight of the Sparrow Hawk was something else.

    Couple of times while dog walking I've been astounded by the agility and speed of sparrow hawks. One in pursuit of a blackbird shot out of a lane to my left, did a smart 90 deg turn right towards me, then immediately 90 deg left and down a lane to my right. I'd love to know what kind of G-force they pull in such fast, tight turns; they look impossible.
    Then a couple of months ago there was a squeal from the hedge to my right, a grey blur in front of me, then a fledgling blackbird dropped stone dead and bleeding copiously at my feet. I'm guessing the sparrowhawk wasn't expecting me to be there..
    Where I grew up, used to get them screaming along the ha-ha (look it up) and diving into the hedge outside our kitchen window - it was the explosion of small birds in all directions that used to impress me.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    At least the Ha-ha is no where near Ae, 'cos then it really would be confusing.
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Pinno wrote:
    At least the Ha-ha is no where near Ae, 'cos then it really would be confusing.
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Other things that cheer me up:
    Remembering the good times growing up in a house with a ha-ha at the bottom of the garden.
    Living (round here you'd say staying) in Dundee
  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,548
    Pinno wrote:

    That leads me on to the arrival of the House Martins. They always nest in the garage which curtails some activities in there (same garage as above) during their stay, which I don't mind as I have total respect for that little bird who has to fly up to 7000 miles to get here every year. Overcoming all sorts of obstacles including people who trap and eat them for some inexplicable reason. Their chitter chatter and seemingly playful behaviour upon arrival is like a sign of spring - it always makes me smile.
    They don't worry about me so much but they dive bomb the cat. 6th sense I guess.

    As this thread has taken on a decidedly ornithological bent, and in a similar vein to the above, I always enjoy the arrival of the feildfares and redwings . . . the augers of winter. They will be here in a couple of weeks or so and are the most beautiful birds.

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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    laurentian wrote:
    the augers of winter
    Describing birds as being oversized corkscrews doesn't augur well for the cheerfulness of this thread once the grammar police get here...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    'Oversized corkscrews'. I like it.

    The 'ornithological' bit is temporary. The 'bent' bit is a permanent.
    What I like about this deviation, is that seemingly nature is far more likely to cheer people up than other people. but then I am sure you would agree that most people are tw@ts.
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Pinno wrote:
    I am sure you would agree that most people are tw@ts.
    On the contrary, most people are decent and all have value as human beings.

    It's just that we can't resist the temptation to act like twåts at regular intervals.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    ...and here was me thinking that there was a permanent mark on my LCD display when it was only the inclusion of a Scandinavian vowel to avoid the swear filter. :roll:

    If they linked swear words to your Paypal account for charitable purposes. i'e every time you swore, it would automatically deduct your account for a given charity... Now there's an idea.
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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Another Sparrowhawk vs blackbird incident again this morning, exact same bit of hedge, again the stricken bird dropped stone dead at my feet. This time the hawk must've come back after I'd gone because 20 minutes later there was just a pile of feathers on the path
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,823
    bompington wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    I am sure you would agree that most people are tw@ts.
    On the contrary, most people are decent and all have value as human beings.

    It's just that we can't resist the temptation to act like twåts at regular intervals.
    Thanks Bomp, that cheered me up a little that some still see there is at least some good in most people. I like to believe that even if people often seem keen to prove it wrong.
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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,548
    bompington wrote:
    laurentian wrote:
    the augers of winter
    Describing birds as being oversized corkscrews doesn't augur well for the cheerfulness of this thread once the grammar police get here...

    I though that looked odd when I wrote it . . . if one has a premonition of a corkscrew, does one augur an auger?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    Veronese68 wrote:
    bompington wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    I am sure you would agree that most people are tw@ts.
    On the contrary, most people are decent and all have value as human beings.

    It's just that we can't resist the temptation to act like twåts at regular intervals.
    Thanks Bomp, that cheered me up a little that some still see there is at least some good in most people. I like to believe that even if people often seem keen to prove it wrong.

    They do say: 'Drive carefully, most people are accidents'.
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  • Sciencemike
    Sciencemike Posts: 28
    It cheers me up that this thread currently seems to go growing faster than the "things that annoy you" thread.
  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    keef66 wrote:
    Another Sparrowhawk vs blackbird incident again this morning, exact same bit of hedge, again the stricken bird dropped stone dead at my feet. This time the hawk must've come back after I'd gone because 20 minutes later there was just a pile of feathers on the path

    Red kites (common round my way) do some amazing airborne fighting where one tries to dive on the other and attack it with its talons, while the one being dived on will flip very quickly upside down to bring its own talons to bear. I watched one a few weeks ago being mobbed by a rook - the kite did that same flip manoeuvre, and the rook dropped like a bundle of rags until it finally landed, stone dead, in a neighbouring garden. Raptors know who's boss.
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  • thestrand
    thestrand Posts: 112
    Sciencemike wrote:
    It cheers me up that this thread currently seems to go growing faster than the "things that annoy you" thread.

    It actually makes me smile as to how many posts there are in the "things that annoy you thread"
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    The taste of perfectly cooked peas and a fork full of mashed potato together.
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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    Pinno wrote:
    The taste of perfectly cooked peas and a fork full of mashed potato together.


    Good call, peas are under-rated and overlooked amongst all the clamour for recipes with new trends. I'll be having Shepherds pie with peas in the next week and it's your fault.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,235
    The Indian restaurant I was in last night offered Indian Style Shepherd's Pie. I didn't have it. I had Capsilla chicken with naga chili which cheered me up a lot.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    verylonglegs wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    The taste of perfectly cooked peas and a fork full of mashed potato together.


    Good call, peas are under-rated and overlooked amongst all the clamour for recipes with new trends. I'll be having Shepherds pie with peas in the next week and it's your fault.

    I'll just have to take that one on the chin.
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    I planted a tree today.
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    team47b wrote:
    I planted a tree today.

    How do you expect the bloody thing to grow?:
    team47b wrote:
    So it didn't rain in June

    It didn't rain in july

    It didn't rain in august

    It didn't rain in September

    It's not gonna rain in October, apart from this Wednesday...
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Pinno wrote:
    team47b wrote:
    I planted a tree today.

    How do you expect the bloody thing to grow?:
    team47b wrote:
    So it didn't rain in June

    It didn't rain in july

    It didn't rain in august

    It didn't rain in September

    It's not gonna rain in October, apart from this Wednesday...

    That's why I planted it before Wednesday :D
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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I was on holiday in the Algarve in early September. I can vouch for how dry it was; a lot of it was on fire. Not so entertaining when you're trying to have a nap round the pool and you're being showered in ash and the locals are muttering about evacuating the hotel. On a positive note it did make it quite exciting on the day I hired a bike and headed into the hills. never seen so many fire engines / helicopters / planes!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    I was there in February and it was dry!
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    It's slightly damp here today :D
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    We're enjoying an Easterly breeze and High Pressure. Bit chilly bt dry and very sunny. So there :P
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    team47b wrote:
    I planted a tree today.

    Planted on Monday and it has grown a bit already!

    Mainly reporting arboreal activity to bump the 'seemingly trivial things that cheer you up' thread to the top of the list :D



    Bought wine today 12.99€ A bottle for 3.69€, cheers!
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  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    Along the Bristol 2 Bath railway path there is a patch just after a level crossing with a delightful fragrance of burning rubber in the air.

    That's not sarcasm. I really like it. Brings back a feelings of being kid and I pretend it must be my tyres that have melted due to the obnoxious pace I've been setting. :lol:

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