Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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Weird sh*t.
That could be construed as objectification PC RC?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Should have added a smiley as that message made me smile, as did the ineveitable reaction to you posting it.rick_chasey said:I.e. worth watching
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A new low resting heartrate for me this morning: 47. I appear still to be alive.1
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My old Almera getting through its MOT at 19yo (with wear-&-tear expenses to do so), and then my being able to park it up and disconnect the battery, as I don't know when I'll use it next. Last bought petrol in February, and I certainly won't need any before May now.0
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My rhr is only 38, but I don't feel alive. I've been (i know you don't like the word) detraining to try and get the old ticker beating a bit faster, but to no avail.briantrumpet said:A new low resting heartrate for me this morning: 47. I appear still to be alive.
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19, is that all?briantrumpet said:My old Almera getting through its MOT at 19yo (with wear-&-tear expenses to do so), and then my being able to park it up and disconnect the battery, as I don't know when I'll use it next. Last bought petrol in February, and I certainly won't need any before May now.
Just fixed the alarm/immobiliser on my '95 C Class. This cheered me up.
No advisories on previous MOT (Aug 20).
However, I bet you haven't done too much to the Almera -Japanese innit?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
pinno said:
19, is that all?briantrumpet said:My old Almera getting through its MOT at 19yo (with wear-&-tear expenses to do so), and then my being able to park it up and disconnect the battery, as I don't know when I'll use it next. Last bought petrol in February, and I certainly won't need any before May now.
Just fixed the alarm/immobiliser on my '95 C Class. This cheered me up.
No advisories on previous MOT (Aug 20).
However, I bet you haven't done too much to the Almera -Japanese innit?
Not much - one or two things (although it's only done 90k, I think it had a clutch-slipping previous owner, as that went on one of the 25% hills a couple of years ago), but, as I was advised by a car-loving friend who also likes to motor on a budget (well, apart from his 1934 Hudson Terraplane), they are cheap & very reliable. That's my kinda car.0 -
Similarly cheering me up, got my dear old mums 20yo Almera through MOT as well and without any advisories or problems. This is a car that hasn't had a service for about 6 years so it got treated to one.briantrumpet said:My old Almera getting through its MOT at 19yo (with wear-&-tear expenses to do so), and then my being able to park it up and disconnect the battery, as I don't know when I'll use it next. Last bought petrol in February, and I certainly won't need any before May now.
It has only done 30,000 miles though!1 -
Just put new brake blocks and cables on my daughters bike.
So bloody simple to do. I do like the performance of my mtb discs but in every other regard they are just so much more faffy.0 -
My daughters mobile phone provider repeatedly offering me deals that are worse than my current one.
Daughter had an iPhone on contract. The phone was overpriced but the sim was very good value pretty much cancelling each other out.
We are now out of contract and I am benefiting from the sim low cost. They appear to have recognised this as undesirable.0 -
First lawnmowing of the year, especially with last year's purchase of a battery-powered rotary mower (I've no access to mains 'lectric for the lawn).
Having fannied about with a scythe to tame the overgrowth for a few years, last year I decided to find something less back-breaking (and less Poldarky). Looked a bit of a brown mess by the end of last summer, trying to get rid of all the matted rotten undergrowth, but several passes and rakings later, and with the winter rest, and it now resembles a real lawn. Now to plant some shrubs.
Hmm, should I start a 'garden matters' thread, @pinno ? 🤔
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where are you B? Looks mega gravy.briantrumpet said:First lawnmowing of the year, especially with last year's purchase of a battery-powered rotary mower (I've no access to mains 'lectric for the lawn).
Having fannied about with a scythe to tame the overgrowth for a few years, last year I decided to find something less back-breaking (and less Poldarky). Looked a bit of a brown mess by the end of last summer, trying to get rid of all the matted rotten undergrowth, but several passes and rakings later, and with the winter rest, and it now resembles a real lawn. Now to plant some shrubs.
Hmm, should I start a 'garden matters' thread, @pinno ? 🤔.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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He's in Alsager, no?0
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orraloon said:
He's in Alsager, no?
Damn, thought the angle away from the food queues would fool everyone.0 -
MattFalle said:
where are you B? Looks mega gravy.briantrumpet said:First lawnmowing of the year, especially with last year's purchase of a battery-powered rotary mower (I've no access to mains 'lectric for the lawn).
Having fannied about with a scythe to tame the overgrowth for a few years, last year I decided to find something less back-breaking (and less Poldarky). Looked a bit of a brown mess by the end of last summer, trying to get rid of all the matted rotten undergrowth, but several passes and rakings later, and with the winter rest, and it now resembles a real lawn. Now to plant some shrubs.
Hmm, should I start a 'garden matters' thread, @pinno ? 🤔
Alsager, or as the locals call it, Romeyer. At the southern end of the French pre-Alps. That's 6,600ft of limestone behind.0 -
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seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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pinno said:
Though it would give you another place to go off on a wild tangent... cats called Brian that wee in your garden, cars parked in gardens and whether their suspension needs some work, Kenyan gardens... the opportunities would be endless!0 -
If you categorised every possible facet of discussion*, there would be no tangent and I couldn't go off on one.
*In your bid for total compartmentalisation.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
pinno said:
If you categorised every possible facet of discussion*, there would be no tangent and I couldn't go off on one.
*In your bid for total compartmentalisation.
I am confident that you'd find a way. Tangents aren't for squares.0 -
How about a hybrid thread -cats in gardens. One is a brainbox, the other not so much. I think you'll be able to tell.
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I'll take that as a compliment.briantrumpet said:pinno said:If you categorised every possible facet of discussion*, there would be no tangent and I couldn't go off on one.
*In your bid for total compartmentalisation.
I am confident that you'd find a way. Tangents aren't for squares.
Ta.
Nice cat Masjer.
That's another 'he'. What's his name?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Sisters, although you wouldn't think so. The one with a straw up her nose is Muffin.
Brainbox is called (not so original), Pickle. They're both 15 now. living near a farm, they are adopted ferals. Adopted their parents too and found homes for at least 10 others. There are at least 3 from the farm visiting now, attracted by the bird food in the garden. Kitten season again soon!0 -
Well done. (I thought the 2 pics was the same cat).masjer said:Sisters, although you wouldn't think so. The one with a straw up her nose is Muffin.
Brainbox is called (not so original), Pickle. They're both 15 now. living near a farm, they are adopted ferals. Adopted their parents too and found homes for at least 10 others. There are at least 3 from the farm visiting now, attracted by the bird food in the garden. Kitten season again soon!
15 is good going and they look healthy enough for a few years yet.
I've had feral cats and that feral bit never leaves them. They have character.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
They are softies now they are old, but like you say have character. Muffin's seen off the odd fox in her time, and she's tiny!0
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Yeah we had 'Midnight'.
Found in the field aged approx 8-9 weeks next to us. Smashed pelvis, crushed tail and cat flu. How she got there, we had no idea. Must have crawled in pain as it was a good 200 yds from the road.
I carried her in and she scrabbled (front legs only) round and under the fridge spitting and scratching, petrified.
Vet amputated the tail and we nursed her for the next x months. He did say it would have been better to put her down.
Was told later on she couldn't have the snip because she was too weak and had a never ending cough and breathing problems... and then she got pregnant. She was tiny but what a hunter! She would be out in all weathers. Daft as a brush, totally loving (and missing something) but didn't detract from her hunting ability.
Mother nature kicked in whilst being pregnant and the cough and breathing problems disappeared.
She had 2 healthy tabbies. She was black as coal.
We lost them all one day and there they were jumping through the grass struggling to keep up behind mum after she took them to the small forest near us on a hunting trip barely 7 weeks old.
Every time you picked her up she would break into a deep purr. She was eternally grateful. She brought back rabbits, ferrets, rats... anything that wriggled or moved.
Found her (dead) curled up neatly on a verge aged 14 (with no injuries) after she wandered off for the last time.
On the plus side, the local birds and wildlife benefitted her from her passing.seanoconn - gruagach craic!1 -
We have a cat called Smarty which is rather ironic because he’s not.
However this one Kitty is rather too clever for her own good.
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Love it.
We had a pair of feral farm kittens about 16 years ago from behind a stable partition.
Male lived 6-7 years but died with cancer.
Female was batty and absurdly playful by any cat standards.
Randomly gave birth to one kitten 11 years ago.
We still have the kitten (who only made it through birth thanks to panicked, google aided home veterinary work).
The kitten was (still is) tiny and absolutely nuts. Inherited her mothers playfulness coupled with a nasty streak. Bosses all the dogs and the other cat around.
Other cat is almost twice the size. 6Kg vs 3.6.1
