Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

arthur_scrimshaw

May have been said in the past 30 pages but that moment when the headwind turns to a tailwind and there's a few seconds of silence where all you hear is the sound of your tyres on the road. Only works on deserted roads obv.

bompington

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

May have been said in the past 30 pages but that moment when the headwind turns to a tailwind and there's a few seconds of silence where all you hear is the sound of your tyres on the road. Only works on deserted roads obv.

Best of all when you can hear the wind roaring in the trees as well

bbrap

When you go out for a couple of hours and it pisses down just after getting back home.

arthur_scrimshaw

bompington wrote:

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

May have been said in the past 30 pages but that moment when the headwind turns to a tailwind and there's a few seconds of silence where all you hear is the sound of your tyres on the road. Only works on deserted roads obv.

Best of all when you can hear the wind roaring in the trees as well

Yes that works for me too!

Ben6899

When the indoor training has clearly paid off and you're only bettered by the two lads almost 10years younger, at their physical peak.

fat daddy

Ben6899 wrote:

When the indoor training has clearly paid off and you're only bettered by the two lads almost 10years younger, at their physical peak.

well assuming you are not 18 years old .... then its plain embarrassing

Ben6899

fat daddy wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

When the indoor training has clearly paid off and you're only bettered by the two lads almost 10years younger, at their physical peak.

well assuming you are not 18 years old .... then its plain embarrassing

Or I'm going particularly well?

I remember being 18years old. Just.

earth

Ben6899 wrote:

When the indoor training has clearly paid off and you're only bettered by the two lads almost 10years younger, at their physical peak.

That was me going up the hills on St. Patricks day. Except even better - I had done no training

type:epyt

The new Goldrapp album ... neither trivial and there is a music thread somewhere but more people need to listen to this album ...

Matthewfalle

When The Hound is asleep and dreaming of chasing things/running and all his legs are going oriental like a chicken.

pinno

Matthewfalle wrote:

When The Hound is asleep and dreaming of chasing things/running and all his legs are going oriental like a chicken.

When my Spaniel used to do that, I would whisper in his ear 'Catch it, catch it, catch it, good boy'. Sometimes this had an effect. Once I said 'catch the pusscat, quick quick...' Nada, diddley squat* so I tried 'who's that at the door?' and he barked and woke himself up in the process, looking around all bleary eyed and a bit quizzical. I was in stitches.

That cheered me up.

*Probably to do with the incident with Squidgy muffin'. She gave him a hiding when he was a pup. He never recovered. It consisted of him running at her full pelt when she was sat on the drive and at the moment he realised she wasn't for running away, the legs locked up and he skidded on all fours in the gravel into a hail of paws and teeth.

That cheered me up too. The best of it was, Squidgy was tiny having been rescued and hand reared and nursed through cat flu.

haydenm

Pinno wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

When The Hound is asleep and dreaming of chasing things/running and all his legs are going oriental like a chicken.

When my Spaniel used to do that, I would whisper in his ear 'Catch it, catch it, catch it, good boy'. Sometimes this had an effect. Once I said 'catch the pusscat, quick quick...' Nada, diddley squat* so I tried 'who's that at the door?' and he barked and woke himself up in the process, looking around all bleary eyed and a bit quizzical. I was in stitches.

That cheered me up.

That sounds hilarious. Mine sleep runs and makes weird bark/howl noises, when he's not that into his dream he just twitches his toes in order, then it gets more and more intense until he starts going for it. Luckily I can blame the snoring/farting in the office on him.

team47b

^ that reminds me of a cat I used to have who was an ex farm cat, she was not scared of anything and would take on cows! One day a near neighbour of mine called round to complain about my cat attacking their dog and asked me to go round to their garden and remove my cat, I went round and her dog was sat bolt upright, too scared to move, my cat was hanging from the dog's face by her claws, refusing to let go, I had to carefully lift my cat from the dog's face, I had to apologise for my cat's behaviour even though I thought the dog must have started it!

The dog was a Great Dane

capt_slog

Matthewfalle wrote:

When The Hound is asleep and dreaming of chasing things/running and all his legs are going oriental like a chicken.

I used to see when my cat was dreaming (REM and mouth moving) and then I'd tap the underside of her paws so she dreamed that she was running.

veronese68

Capt Slog wrote:

Similar for me is a local, dangerous bit of road that has a really good (pavement) cycle path, I enjoy using it to pass the "I'm so serious that I HAVE to ride on the road" cyclists that i see there sometimes.

My favourite place for doing this is a stretch in Richmond Park, slightly down hill with the off road path running parallel to the road. If the path is clear it's quite possible to top 30 mph on a mountain bike. Passing lycra clad roadies that are head down riding down the road is hilarious. Not a good idea if the bracken is too high as a deer stepping out in front of me would hurt.

pinno

Veronese68 wrote:

Capt Slog wrote:

Similar for me is a local, dangerous bit of road that has a really good (pavement) cycle path, I enjoy using it to pass the "I'm so serious that I HAVE to ride on the road" cyclists that i see there sometimes.

My favourite place for doing this is a stretch in Richmond Park, slightly down hill with the off road path running parallel to the road. If the path is clear it's quite possible to top 30 mph on a mountain bike. Passing lycra clad roadies that are head down riding down the road is hilarious. Not a good idea if the bracken is too high as a deer stepping out in front of me would hurt.

That's just a mass to drag thing. Over weight bloke who eats too much curry and drinks too much beer sitting on a £20 Apollo weighing 30kg's is going to descend quicker.

arthur_scrimshaw

Pinno wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Capt Slog wrote:

Similar for me is a local, dangerous bit of road that has a really good (pavement) cycle path, I enjoy using it to pass the "I'm so serious that I HAVE to ride on the road" cyclists that i see there sometimes.

My favourite place for doing this is a stretch in Richmond Park, slightly down hill with the off road path running parallel to the road. If the path is clear it's quite possible to top 30 mph on a mountain bike. Passing lycra clad roadies that are head down riding down the road is hilarious. Not a good idea if the bracken is too high as a deer stepping out in front of me would hurt.

That's just a mass to drag thing. Over weight bloke who eats too much curry and drinks too much beer sitting on a £20 Apollo weighing 30kg's is going to descend quicker.

Is that an accurate description of V68?

pinno

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Capt Slog wrote:

Similar for me is a local, dangerous bit of road that has a really good (pavement) cycle path, I enjoy using it to pass the "I'm so serious that I HAVE to ride on the road" cyclists that i see there sometimes.

My favourite place for doing this is a stretch in Richmond Park, slightly down hill with the off road path running parallel to the road. If the path is clear it's quite possible to top 30 mph on a mountain bike. Passing lycra clad roadies that are head down riding down the road is hilarious. Not a good idea if the bracken is too high as a deer stepping out in front of me would hurt.

That's just a mass to drag thing. Over weight bloke who eats too much curry and drinks too much beer sitting on a £20 Apollo weighing 30kg's is going to descend quicker.

Is that an accurate description of V68?

Totally. Honest.

I should perhaps said Overweight instead of fat as it's world kindness day,

Tashman

me and Tashboy took part in a 12.5 mile local ride yesterday. it was fairly lumpy and was completed at a sedate 11.5 kmh including walking time when his legs ran out, but the look on his face when we crossed the line and he got his medal was fantastic.

veronese68

That's not trivial Tashman, that's great.
Piña, the Apollo is only that fast because my bulk means the suspension in permanently on full compression so no energy is wasted in bouncing.
Back to trivia, Google maps now has a Pac Man mode. Not sure how long it's been there but I just lost a good few minutes there.

Tashman

Veronese68 wrote:

That's not trivial Tashman, that's great.

It is great, and he's looking forward to heading off on a local trail next weekend for a pub-stop 14 miler too. i must get my scaffold pole non-road bike servicable by then

mr_goo

Had a good chuckle when seeing on the BBC London news that a house having a basement conversion had collapsed to a pile of rubble.

rjsterry

Some seriously uninformed reporting about that incident. Thousands of houses in Greater London have basements. A modest single storey basement with a spare bedroom doesn't make it an 'iceberg'. And a property value of over £1million for a detached house in Kingston is hardly remarkable.

mr_goo

rjsterry wrote:

Some seriously uninformed reporting about that incident. Thousands of houses in Greater London have basements. A modest single storey basement with a spare bedroom doesn't make it an 'iceberg'. And a property value of over £1million for a detached house in Kingston is hardly remarkable.

My point is nothing to do with the values of property. It's the fact that people are creating basements retrospectively. I know how it works and one of my clients has 2 years rolling work doing said work in London. Just made me laugh is all.

Ben6899

Mr Goo wrote:

Had a good chuckle when seeing on the BBC London news that a house having a basement conversion had collapsed to a pile of rubble.

Not really funny though, is it?

mr_goo

Ben6899 wrote:

Mr Goo wrote:

Had a good chuckle when seeing on the BBC London news that a house having a basement conversion had collapsed to a pile of rubble.

Not really funny though, is it?

It is if you work in construction industry.

rjsterry

Mr Goo wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Some seriously uninformed reporting about that incident. Thousands of houses in Greater London have basements. A modest single storey basement with a spare bedroom doesn't make it an 'iceberg'. And a property value of over £1million for a detached house in Kingston is hardly remarkable.

My point is nothing to do with the values of property. It's the fact that people are creating basements retrospectively. I know how it works and one of my clients has 2 years rolling work doing said work in London. Just made me laugh is all.

Given that most of London is already developed, any new basements are pretty much going to have to be under existing buildings. Also planning controls resist development in any other direction and the land values are such that it's financially viable.

Still not seeing the funny bit, but I guess we all have a different sense of humour. BTW I'm in the construction industry, too.

Eta: the client only notified Building Control two days before the collapse so clearly cutting corners.

veronese68

rjsterry wrote:

Eta: the client only notified Building Control two days before the collapse so clearly cutting corners.

This is clearly why it collapsed. As you say with property prices as they are people are extending because they can't afford to move. Unfortunately a lot of unscrupulous types are cashing in on it and giving the building trade a bad name. House near was nearly 2 years getting a loft done, went through 3 sets of builders including one set that did a runner with a load of cash. They had to drop the ceilings downstairs as well as upstairs as the original firm hadn't measured things properly.
But Goo finds it funny because he has a huuuuge chip on his shoulder about the liberal elite in London and Surrey. So he thinks it's funny every time they suffer.

Ben6899

Mr Goo wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Mr Goo wrote:

Had a good chuckle when seeing on the BBC London news that a house having a basement conversion had collapsed to a pile of rubble.

Not really funny though, is it?

It is if you work in construction industry.

I do work in the construction industry. Still struggling to see the funny side of someone's house collapsing.

andcp

The cheerful taxi driver who apologised and quickly moved when I pointed out he was partially blocking a cycle lane