Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Watching the Dureells curled up on the sofa with TDV and the cubs of the caliphate with Das Hound snoozing at my feet.

    Aaahhhh - lovely innit....

    As an aside, they are all now beating 7 bells out of each other upstairs instead of cleaning their teeth ready for bed, so normal service resumed.....

    It's funny how the whole conception of 'normal service' changes when you're a parent.

    I'm watching pre-recorded Durrells, so don't spoil it.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Pinno wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Watching the Dureells curled up on the sofa with TDV and the cubs of the caliphate with Das Hound snoozing at my feet.

    Aaahhhh - lovely innit....

    As an aside, they are all now beating 7 bells out of each other upstairs instead of cleaning their teeth ready for bed, so normal service resumed.....

    It's funny how the whole conception of 'normal service' changes when you're a parent.

    I'm watching pre-recorded Durrells, so don't spoil it.


    It's alright - Margot doesn't lezz up with Mrs D until the end of tonight's episode.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Light rain this morning. On the back lawn, as I was doing my modern man bit of washing up, a Starling fledgeling is getting fed by parent who is smaller than fat fledgeling on the lawn. Fluffing and wiggling his feathers and hopping around after parent eagerly.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    Campagnolo Record.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Shortfall wrote:
    Campagnolo Record.

    Hmmm... I much prefer the directness and feel of my Record 10 than the Record 11.

    The Record 10 is now 7 years old, the 11, 4 years old. The R10 is still better. I'm in half a mind to buy a NOS R10 gruppo and flog the 11. I think I could just about cover it. The only downside, is finding a 10 speed cassette with a 27 cog on it.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Pinno wrote:
    Light rain this morning. On the back lawn, as I was doing my modern man bit of washing up, a Starling fledgeling is getting fed by parent who is smaller than fat fledgeling on the lawn. Fluffing and wiggling his feathers and hopping around after parent eagerly.
    Sure she wasn't feeding a cuckoo?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Garry H wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Light rain this morning. On the back lawn, as I was doing my modern man bit of washing up, a Starling fledgeling is getting fed by parent who is smaller than fat fledgeling on the lawn. Fluffing and wiggling his feathers and hopping around after parent eagerly.
    Sure she wasn't feeding a cuckoo?

    No I have seen that (on TV). As soon as I saw it, I started to dislike Cuckoo's. They're lazy, gits and they subordinate the care of their children to some poor, over worked bird who has to feed this mammoth chick that dwarfs them and who also chucked the other eggs out of the nest or ate them.

    If I had my way it would be "Cuc..." BANG, supper.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    Heavy rain outside when going to sleep, had to open the window a crack
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    When small changes to your bicycle that you think will make no difference at all make a world of difference.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    When small changes to your bicycle that you think will make no difference at all make a world of difference.

    Like putting on tyres and chains?!
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Pinno wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    When small changes to your bicycle that you think will make no difference at all make a world of difference.

    Like putting on tyres and chains?!

    Twit :)

    Swapping a stem over. I thought it would be a pointless exercise but has worked bizarrely brilliantly.

    I AM A STEM CHANGING AND TECHNOLOGY GENIUS MAN.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    Beating Fulham last night and the absolute meltdown of some of their fans on Tw*atter :D
  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    Being able to use my Amazon payment settings on Sports Pursuit. The downside might be that I just spend £40 because it was easy...
  • jmm434
    jmm434 Posts: 18
    A bowl of cereal
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    Had a new shower fitted, yesterday, had my first shower this morning......... bloody fantastic!

    Like being hit by a million tiny sharp knives, I'm fairly sure that the next step up from this shower is a water cannon.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    The Hound, asleep next to me on the couch, has just finished his dream about chasing things (I gather it was by the furious running movements of the legs) and has now woken up and is panting like he has just finished chasing things.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Did you whisper in his ear "Catch it. catch it. catch it. Good boy, you can do it...". I used to. Sometimes he would get himself into quite a fever and bark. The bark would wake himself up. Then he would look around, bleary eyed and wondering just what happened.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • forehead
    forehead Posts: 180
    9 Strava PRs and a Cat4 on a lunchtime ride. Even more satisfying knowing that everyone else in the office was sat on their elbows in the office eating lunch at their desks.
    Cube - Peloton
    Cannondale - CAAD10
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Forehead wrote:
    9 Strava PRs and a Cat4 on a lunchtime ride. Even more satisfying knowing that everyone else in the office was sat on their elbows in the office eating lunch at their desks.


    Great - really great. Well done.

    Hat.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • forehead
    forehead Posts: 180
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Forehead wrote:
    9 Strava PRs and a Cat4 on a lunchtime ride. Even more satisfying knowing that everyone else in the office was sat on their elbows in the office eating lunch at their desks.


    Great - really great. Well done.

    Hat.

    Cheers. Not actually sure if it's trivial, but it was bloody fun.
    Cube - Peloton
    Cannondale - CAAD10
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Err...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,233
    orraloon wrote:
    When your missus, on contemplating your new current n+1, says hmm, maybe I need a new bike as well, thereby opening the door to the next potential n+1.
    Missus has now ordered her n+1, my turn next. Delayed gratification, will be waiting to see what the 2018 models are like 8)
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    Breakfast TV milfs accidentally flashing their knickers. Or is it accidental?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Shortfall wrote:
    Breakfast TV milfs accidentally flashing their knickers. Or is it accidental?

    Pics/link OIDH,

    Not Mrs S Reid again surely?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    https://youtu.be/RBy-RAvfL68
    Here's one of the delightful Sian Williams
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    Out for a ride this morning and decided to add an extra 2km to the route through a industrial estate.

    Set up a Strava section for this loop and it's a great feeling to discover that no one else has used this loop and I've got the KOM all to myself
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    crispybug2 wrote:
    Out for a ride this morning and decided to add an extra 2km to the route through a industrial estate.

    Set up a Strava section for this loop and it's a great feeling to discover that no one else has used this loop and I've got the KOM all to myself

    Where is this loop?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Pinno wrote:
    crispybug2 wrote:
    Out for a ride this morning and decided to add an extra 2km to the route through a industrial estate.

    Set up a Strava section for this loop and it's a great feeling to discover that no one else has used this loop and I've got the KOM all to myself

    Where is this loop?

    Who's loop is this extra distance?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    For the past 24 hours and counting having to carry a fully loaded and ready Nerf gun around at all times because me and the bambini have declared all out war on each other and keep ambushing each other at every opportunity.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • andy9964
    andy9964 Posts: 930
    Inflation obliterating 18% pay rise . (Technically it's an increase in shift allowance for doing a 4 on, 4 off 12 hour shift rotation, but meh!!!)

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