Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Sitting in the sun eating curry and chips.

    We did that today (substituted chips for beer!) :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,338
    fat daddy wrote:
    joining a Zwift event and using a TT bike, just to make it harder 8)

    No hills I guess. :wink:
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,338
    crispybug2 wrote:
    The very cute young thing in her Fiat 500 who blew me a kiss for letting her out on a busy road!

    That should go in the 'I've still got it' thread. In BB if you want to look for it.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    Walking around the supermarket and being surprised at just how many decent bottles of wine there are for under six pounds.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Having my first bath today since November. Not because Im a dirty pleb but due to having had a total hip replacement. Liked it so much i decided to have another one...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,338
    Mikey23 wrote:
    Having my first bath today since November. Not because Im a dirty pleb but due to having had a total hip replacement. Liked it so much i decided to have another one...

    I tell you what is really nice; go to your local swimming pool when it's quiet and just float. Might not be that easy - I needed a small polystyrene float in the small of my back to compensate for the extra weight. Try it, the 'weightlessness' even for a short period is fantastic. Takes the pressure off everything.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    Mikey23 wrote:
    Having my first bath today since November. Not because Im a dirty pleb but due to having had a total hip replacement. Liked it so much i decided to have another one...


    ? :?:

    Another bath or another hip replacement?
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    @fishfish ... ;-)
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,232
    When you get a message from a hotel that they have found your Garmin which you had thought lost for all time. Now just got to work out how to retrieve it before Monday lunchtime flight. Worst case is a 5 hour round trip to collect.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Lying in bed listening to the howling wind and pouring rain (until the point where you finally have to get up and face it!).
  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    struggling to keep the bike in a straight line and fighting to not drop below 15mph on the straight .. hard hard battling the wind.... then flying past another cyclist and realising they are having a harder time than you D
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,674
    crumbschief wrote:
    Walking around the supermarket and being surprised at just how many decent bottles of wine there are for under six pounds.
    Absolutely. I'd be more than happy to quaff a sub £6 bottle of plonk.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    seanoconn wrote:
    crumbschief wrote:
    Walking around the supermarket and being surprised at just how many decent bottles of wine there are for under six pounds.
    Absolutely. I'd be more than happy to quaff a sub £6 bottle of plonk.

    'Tis a pity that the forum oenophile no longer posts... :wink:

    Anyway, my rule of thumb, sub £5 and 13%
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,674
    Ballysmate wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    crumbschief wrote:
    Walking around the supermarket and being surprised at just how many decent bottles of wine there are for under six pounds.
    Absolutely. I'd be more than happy to quaff a sub £6 bottle of plonk.

    'Tis a pity that the forum oenophile no longer posts... :wink:

    Anyway, my rule of thumb, sub £5 and 13%
    Yes who would have guessed he was a complete fraud. Still I miss being sent 10 pm's when I'd disagreed with him on the forum.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Ballysmate wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    crumbschief wrote:
    Walking around the supermarket and being surprised at just how many decent bottles of wine there are for under six pounds.
    Absolutely. I'd be more than happy to quaff a sub £6 bottle of plonk.

    'Tis a pity that the forum oenophile no longer posts... :wink:

    Anyway, my rule of thumb, sub £5 and 13%

    They have Douro wine 12.99€ (14%) for 2.95 at my local supermarket, I now know how much wine can you fit on a bike :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    eating BBQ'd turkey for breakfast !
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    team47b wrote:
    Ballysmate wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    crumbschief wrote:
    Walking around the supermarket and being surprised at just how many decent bottles of wine there are for under six pounds.
    Absolutely. I'd be more than happy to quaff a sub £6 bottle of plonk.

    'Tis a pity that the forum oenophile no longer posts... :wink:

    Anyway, my rule of thumb, sub £5 and 13%

    They have Douro wine 12.99€ (14%) for 2.95 at my local supermarket, I now know how much wine can you fit on a bike :D

    When in Portugal last year there were some very palatable wines at €1.29.
    Plan to take full advantage again in June. 8)
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,232
    orraloon wrote:
    When you get a message from a hotel that they have found your Garmin which you had thought lost for all time. Now just got to work out how to retrieve it before Monday lunchtime flight. Worst case is a 5 hour round trip to collect.
    Have it back in my possession now. Happy days. Well worth the courier fee. Now back to the pool... 8)
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Ballysmate wrote:
    team47b wrote:
    Ballysmate wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    crumbschief wrote:
    Walking around the supermarket and being surprised at just how many decent bottles of wine there are for under six pounds.
    Absolutely. I'd be more than happy to quaff a sub £6 bottle of plonk.

    'Tis a pity that the forum oenophile no longer posts... :wink:

    Anyway, my rule of thumb, sub £5 and 13%

    They have Douro wine 12.99€ (14%) for 2.95 at my local supermarket, I now know how much wine can you fit on a bike :D

    When in Portugal last year there were some very palatable wines at €1.29.
    Plan to take full advantage again in June. 8)

    Meet up for a quick pint (wine)?
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    team47b wrote:
    Ballysmate wrote:
    team47b wrote:
    Ballysmate wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    crumbschief wrote:
    Walking around the supermarket and being surprised at just how many decent bottles of wine there are for under six pounds.
    Absolutely. I'd be more than happy to quaff a sub £6 bottle of plonk.

    'Tis a pity that the forum oenophile no longer posts... :wink:

    Anyway, my rule of thumb, sub £5 and 13%

    They have Douro wine 12.99€ (14%) for 2.95 at my local supermarket, I now know how much wine can you fit on a bike :D

    When in Portugal last year there were some very palatable wines at €1.29.
    Plan to take full advantage again in June. 8)

    Meet up for a quick pint (wine)?

    As long as it meets my criteria. :lol:
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Was in Albufeira and an ex pat gave me pointers on which wines to buy.
    He said that the wineries up north bottle any unsold wine for the supermarkets to get rid, that's why it was so cheap.
    Could have been and probably was total bollox, but he never steered me to a bad un. Besides, at that price, I could afford to put it on my chips. :D
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,283
    When we're in Italy the common rule of thumb for dinner is bottle #1 - decent. Bottle #2 - average. Bottle #3 - anything goes.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Meh...wine is wine is wine. Hugely overpriced in Britain hence the discounts. Most wine sold at £10 ish + a bottle and then given 50% off is worth a bit less than that.
    Go to France and buy it by the bladder. Much better.
    Beer, now that's a different matter..
    Ecrasez l’infame
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,338
    I suppose if you are a Laffe/Duvel/Hoegarden drinking connoisseur, wine is a bit of a muchness. TBH, I prefer wine as I get older. 70% of wine in the UK is priced okay and tastes... okay.
    When I was in the Naam, (Cheltenham), there were a couple of good Vintner, one in Stroud (Centurion Vintners).
    You could go in and say "I want an easy drinking red for less than £15 please" and he would point you in the direction of a few. They were always good.
    On one occasion and thanks to a certain female, I was given a bottle of Nuits St Georges. it was stunning. Ever since then, I have been quite prepared to fork out more than a tenner without hesitation for a bottle. By the same token, we don't drink very often because of the kids and work patterns, so a bottle once every couple of months or so which costs as much or more is hardly breaking the bank when 3 pints will cost you more than that and people won't blink at spending £20-£30 on drink of an evening.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    Not knowing what day it is when you wake up then realising it's Saturday and you don't have to go to work :D:D
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Confusing my phone when I get in the car and it tells me how long my journey is going to take but I'm actually somewhere else.

    Getting to a motorway junction faster than the previous information sign says I'm going to.
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    The warm feeling of familiarity, seeing the younger members of our team looking like reheated shoot this morning after over doing it at a leaving do last night. Particularly as they fill in the blanks in each other's memories. Quite sweet.
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • redjeepǃ
    redjeepǃ Posts: 531
    Toric contact lenses (for astigmatism).

    Despite having worn contact lenses for years, I never knew you could get them that correct for astigmatism. I got some this week, and they're stunning. BTW I also found out that you can get varifocal contact lenses (and combination ones that correct both).

    My eyesight is better than it's been in years, and better than with my glasses.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,338
    When a Sausage is gently frying in the pan and rocking from side to side for some inexplicable reason.

    (...even though I don't eat them. I was cooking for the toots.)
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Pinno wrote:
    When a Sausage is gently frying in the pan and rocking from side to side for some inexplicable reason

    Self esteem issues, depression?
    my isetta is a 300cc bike

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