Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Ye-es, all very nice, but enough of the toilet scenarios.

    Coming upon a mega family group of Canada geese, the adults on full neck up stance look out and the youngsters busy beaking their way through the short grass. All within almost touching distance. Lovely to see.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,317
    https://geometrygeeks.bike

    Great site ^.
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  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    edited July 2020
    The media's disappointment at Super Saturday aka the re-opening of pubs, bar and restaurants, not kicking of like they wanted it to
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,398
    Going to a pub last Saturday evening and having a civilised, socially distanced drink outside :smile:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,317
    Don't people steer clear of you normally anyway?
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,398
    pinno said:

    Don't people steer clear of you normally anyway?

    Only when I grin...the hair has grown back to a normal length now.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    I thought it was common knowledge that he has always practised social distancing when it came to his round.

    "Stevo?, Stevo? ... Where's he gone?"
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    ballysmate said:

    I thought it was common knowledge that he has always practised social distancing when it came to his round.

    "Stevo?, Stevo? ... Where's he gone?"

    Is it the aversion to paying that much tax voluntarily? :smiley:
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,398
    edited July 2020
    All of the above o:)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,551
    He is hilarious 😁
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,551
    The clarity of light you get when it's blowing from the Northwest.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,317
    rjsterry said:

    The clarity of light you get when it's blowing from the Northwest.

    Go to Scandinavia in mid summer and experience that Baltic blue light late evening and early morning.
    And on the subject of clarity; go to the Isle of Skye on the Western fringes and see how clear the sea is.
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  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    coopster_the_1st said:

    The media's disappointment at Super Saturday aka the re-opening of pubs, bar and restaurants, not kicking of like they wanted it to

    Did you miss the Soho gathering?
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,325
    pinno said:

    rjsterry said:

    The clarity of light you get when it's blowing from the Northwest.

    Go to Scandinavia in mid summer and experience that Baltic blue light late evening and early morning.
    And on the subject of clarity; go to the Isle of Skye on the Western fringes and see how clear the sea is.
    Or the Outer Hebrides... ;)


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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,551
    edited July 2020
    pinno said:

    rjsterry said:

    The clarity of light you get when it's blowing from the Northwest.

    Go to Scandinavia in mid summer and experience that Baltic blue light late evening and early morning.
    And on the subject of clarity; go to the Isle of Skye on the Western fringes and see how clear the sea is.
    *sigh* Will have to make do with South London for the time being.

    Most of my formative beach experiences were on the Bristol Channel or the Norfolk coast, so I was slightly mystified as to why people thought the sea was blue rather than brown.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,915
    freddievonrost said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    The media's disappointment at Super Saturday aka the re-opening of pubs, bar and restaurants, not kicking of like they wanted it to

    Did you miss the Soho gathering?
    London has finished with Covid-19, so it's fine.

  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    Ever the optimist then, TBB?
    Not a Giro Hero!
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rjsterry said:

    pinno said:

    rjsterry said:

    The clarity of light you get when it's blowing from the Northwest.

    Go to Scandinavia in mid summer and experience that Baltic blue light late evening and early morning.
    And on the subject of clarity; go to the Isle of Skye on the Western fringes and see how clear the sea is.
    *sigh* Will have to make do with South London for the time being.

    Most of my formative beach experiences were on the Bristol Channel or the Norfolk coast, so I was slightly mystified as to why people thought the sea was blue rather than brown.
    only many years later did you realise that the foam might be related to the big pipe ending 100 yards offshore.... surely it could not contain sewage
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,551
    surrey_commuter said:

    rjsterry said:

    pinno said:

    rjsterry said:

    The clarity of light you get when it's blowing from the Northwest.

    Go to Scandinavia in mid summer and experience that Baltic blue light late evening and early morning.
    And on the subject of clarity; go to the Isle of Skye on the Western fringes and see how clear the sea is.
    *sigh* Will have to make do with South London for the time being.

    Most of my formative beach experiences were on the Bristol Channel or the Norfolk coast, so I was slightly mystified as to why people thought the sea was blue rather than brown.
    only many years later did you realise that the foam might be related to the big pipe ending 100 yards offshore.... surely it could not contain sewage
    Very little foam, just sediment. It's not called Weston super Mud for nothing.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    Woohoo. My post-CV 19 haircut and the barber shaping my Flasheart moustache.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    pinno said:

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    And on the subject of clarity; go to the Isle of Skye on the Western fringes and see how clear the sea is.

    You’ve just brought back memories of 35 years ago when I spent a week in midsummer diving off Skye coast. Crystal clear water, lobsters and scallops picked and cooked fresh from the sea. And a fisherman gave us a bottle of malt and a huge salmon for retrieving an anchor and untangling his prop.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rjsterry said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    rjsterry said:

    pinno said:

    rjsterry said:

    The clarity of light you get when it's blowing from the Northwest.

    Go to Scandinavia in mid summer and experience that Baltic blue light late evening and early morning.
    And on the subject of clarity; go to the Isle of Skye on the Western fringes and see how clear the sea is.
    *sigh* Will have to make do with South London for the time being.

    Most of my formative beach experiences were on the Bristol Channel or the Norfolk coast, so I was slightly mystified as to why people thought the sea was blue rather than brown.
    only many years later did you realise that the foam might be related to the big pipe ending 100 yards offshore.... surely it could not contain sewage
    Very little foam, just sediment. It's not called Weston super Mud for nothing.
    I was thinking of the North Sea churning it up.
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    Woohoo, the gods smiled on me this morning. Gave the quill stem screw one last whack before starting on the walk of shame to my local bike shop. Out came the nut and out came the stem. Happiness.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Managed to go for a ride today with my bib shorts inside out. Which fool came up with the idea of black pads.
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    Yes Officer, that one. Excuse me sir ....
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Was that the time you forgot to put yours on.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,325
    webboo said:

    Managed to go for a ride today with my bib shorts inside out. Which fool came up with the idea of black pads.

    Presumably the sort of fool to have censored fungus? 😉
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,317
    pblakeney said:

    webboo said:

    Managed to go for a ride today with my bib shorts inside out. Which fool came up with the idea of black pads.

    Presumably the sort of fool to have censored fungus? 😉
    Oh no, not that thread.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,317
    freddievonrost said:

    Woohoo, the gods smiled on me this morning. Gave the quill stem screw one last whack before starting on the walk of shame to my local bike shop. Out came the nut and out came the stem. Happiness.

    For seized things, soak for 12 hours with this:



    It's the dog's danglies.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,317
    Edit: WD40 is shyte. 'WD' - water dispersal. Designed for dodgy ignition systems in the 70's. Some may remember the Marigold glove hack for Mini dizzy caps.
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