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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    edited November 2017
    Tashman wrote:
    Nice with half a best to make a "mother-in-law"

    Fine until you drink it?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    no, Old & Bitter :)
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    The pure adrenaline overload when you're on the home straight and you cut the downhill corner at 30 like you always do - only to find a top-down MX-5 coming the other way, hidden by the hedge that you always thought was too low for anything to hide behind :shock:
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,166
    Suddenly realising in my 40s that I actually can ride no-handed.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Suddenly realising in my 40s that I actually can ride no-handed.

    Funny that. I changed my saddle position and managed to do that just yesterday and i'm still alive.
    It's great innit? Put a smile on my face. Felt like a proper cyclist (momentarily).
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Starlings at about 4.25pm swirling around. Not as good as Gloucester docks but still pretty good. Even the feral pigeons were doing their bit to loose a bit of spare fat seen as they get a regular supply of Kebab, Pizza and chip shop left overs.
    My 5 year old loved it.
    She also loved the Robin over at PPP. He's a smart little fella. He knows if I come, there will be food so I got her to place some seed on a wall. He came soon enough.
    He also recognises my van and the fact that there is always some crumbs or leftovers in it. If I leave the door or the window open, he pops in. I really need to leave a note asking him not to sh1t on my steering wheel though.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    Pinno wrote:
    Starlings at about 4.25pm swirling around. Not as good as Gloucester docks but still pretty good. Even the feral pigeons were doing their bit to loose a bit of spare fat seen as they get a regular supply of Kebab, Pizza and chip shop left overs.
    My 5 year old loved it.
    She also loved the Robin over at PPP. He's a smart little fella. He knows if I come, there will be food so I got her to place some seed on a wall. He came soon enough.
    He also recognises my van and the fact that there is always some crumbs or leftovers in it. If I leave the door or the window open, he pops in. I really need to leave a note asking him not to sh1t on my steering wheel though.

    Does your van look like this

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Ha ha CC. That only comes out once a year.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    The bitter salty tears of the Aussie fan at Twickenham today who after England’s fourth try which gave an, admittedly undeserved but, highly enjoyable gloss to the score stood up and shouted “you f*cking cheating bunch of f*cking c*nts!”
    As someone who sat through the debacle against the Aussies during the rugby World Cup, it was enjoyable to see him storm off in high dudgeon being serenaded “Cheerio Cheerio Cheerio” by the England fans.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    The view on the way in to work this morning. Not a great pic but the view is top quality!
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Bompy; those houses are pi$$ed.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    The smell of Satsumas around Christmas time.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    The smell of fried onions at my little lady’s school Christmas fair!!
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,600
    Seeing the supermoon first thing this morning.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
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    Jurgan the gorilla from cbbc show -- my 10yr old was watching before school this morning -- it's the German accent and how well it suits the character I found very funny.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    This morning was the first time in a while I've had the sort of tailwind that feels like still air at 25+mph, but you can hear it roaring in the trees around you.

    Not so sure I'll like it tonight though, as we're forecast for the same sort of wind except at sub-zero temps :-(
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Colleague lent me her spare lightbox.

    *winning*
    _
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    New Parkrun PB for the first time in three and a half years. First time below 24 mins (23:55) and only ten seconds behind my son's PB.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    Seeing the first daffodils starting to come up. Warmer weather is on its way!
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Watching one of our cats working something out in his brain.

    I went to feed our two cats in the garage and had just dished out half a tin of cat food into one of the dishes. On hearing the dish rattle both cats come dashing in but I notice one is standing over the dish growling but not gobbling up the food as usual. I also notice he has a live mouse in his mouth so I pause to see what he is going to do with the mouse cos I don't want the mouse running around in the garage.

    He didn't want the other cat to start eating first cos the one that finishes first usually starts eating what's left of the others and therefore gets more, so he was guarding the one dish I'd filled. At the same time he didn't want to let go of the mouse and let the other cat eat it. So what did he do?

    I saw the little wheels turning in his head for a few moments then when he saw I wasn't filling the other dish he decided to eat the mouse while still growling and guarding the dish. Just crunched it down tail an all, greedy barsteward.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Facing the prospect of standing behind someone with a huge trolley load of food while it was all unloaded and scanned with a single item that I couldn't take through self-service but then being told by the guy with the trolley to go in front.
  • Moonbiker
    Moonbiker Posts: 1,706
    BBC pidgin english site:

    https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Moonbiker wrote:
    BBC pidgin english site:

    https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world

    Is that real?!

    Hilarious. Wish I could tak like dat:

    "Teething na natural process wey all pickin go must pass through wen dia teeth wan begin come out but na big challenge na im e be to some mama dem wen dia pickin wan grow teeth.
    Recently tennis champion Serena Williams go for social media to look for advise on top how she go fit help her pickin wey don dey grow teeth.
    She tweet say; "Teething - aka di devil - dey very hard.""
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Discovering albums by your favorite bands and finding out they are actually very good.
    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.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Discovering albums by your favorite bands and finding out they are actually very good.


    Name??
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    crispybug2 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Discovering albums by your favorite bands and finding out they are actually very good.


    Name??

    Val Doonican and Des O'Connor did hundreds of albums.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    crispybug2 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Discovering albums by your favorite bands and finding out they are actually very good.


    Name??

    Oasis' "Dig Out Your Soul". 2008!

    I completely missed this first time around due to being quite busy but after all the tripe they came out with after "Morning Glory" I had lost real faith in them (but kept on listening and being a fan and annoying everyone with going on about how good they are).

    This is actually really good and will be my Christmas time tunes.
    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.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Pinno wrote:
    crispybug2 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Discovering albums by your favorite bands and finding out they are actually very good.


    Name??

    Val Doonican and Des O'Connor did hundreds of albums.

    I do remember that Mr Paddy McGinty bought a goat.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    Ballysmate wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    crispybug2 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Discovering albums by your favorite bands and finding out they are actually very good.


    Name??

    Val Doonican and Des O'Connor did hundreds of albums.

    I do remember that Mr Paddy McGinty bought a goat.

    Are you kidding?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpqLgfc8n8Q
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    And Mr Delaney had a donkey

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