Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    ddraver said:

    I've got something that decreases in volume by 6 times when you take it out of the box etc...

    FTFY. I think.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    If you took it out it probably would, yep...

    (oh good lord)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    What slippery slope is this going down?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    pinno said:

    What slippery slope is this going down?


    "Going"? It ended up in the ditch at the bottom of the slope some time ago.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    Ironically (given the family tracking discussion), watching the live Garmin GPS trace of a friend completing a 200km audax today, despite the cràp weather. My other friend who started with him baled out at 140km. Considering the finisher had covid over Christmas (his 3rd or 4th bout of it), and his longest ride since was about 20 miles, it's an impressive effort.
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  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    mully79 said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Good black pudding with an English breakfast.


    A good black pudding and plum tomatoes makes my year.
    The Ulster fry is by far the best breakfast in the UK. White pudding is the food of Gods.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    briantrumpet said:

    Ironically (given the family tracking discussion), watching the live Garmin GPS trace of a friend completing a 200km audax today, despite the cràp weather. My other friend who started with him baled out at 140km. Considering the finisher had covid over Christmas (his 3rd or 4th bout of it), and his longest ride since was about 20 miles, it's an impressive effort.

    He'll be totally fcuked tomorrow.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    pinno said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Ironically (given the family tracking discussion), watching the live Garmin GPS trace of a friend completing a 200km audax today, despite the cràp weather. My other friend who started with him baled out at 140km. Considering the finisher had covid over Christmas (his 3rd or 4th bout of it), and his longest ride since was about 20 miles, it's an impressive effort.

    He'll be totally fcuked tomorrow.

    If I recounted what he's been through in the last 15 years, and especially the last three, you'd realise just how determined and stubborn he is. He's not exactly your stereotypical cyclist build, but boy, he can keep churning out the miles when lesser mortals give up.

    I'll ask him tomorrow how fvcked he is. But he does deserve the day off, I'll admit.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    edited January 2023
    Receiving an email asking if I am interested in a new role. Prospective new employment is not the reason for cheer. The recruiter's name, Megan Müff. Made me smile.
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,816
    pblakeney said:

    Receiving an email asking if I am interested in a new role. Prospective new employment is not the reason for cheer. The recruiter's name, Megan Müff. Made me smile.

    Is it a job in the porn industry?

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    mrb123 said:



    pblakeney said:

    Receiving an email asking if I am interested in a new role. Prospective new employment is not the reason for cheer. The recruiter's name, Megan Müff. Made me smile.

    Is it a job in the porn industry?

    No, engineering. Excellent porn name though. 😉
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    pblakeney said:

    Receiving an email asking if I am interested in a new role. Prospective new employment is not the reason for cheer. The recruiter's name, Megan Müff. Made me smile.

    Piping designer?

    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    Receiving an email asking if I am interested in a new role. Prospective new employment is not the reason for cheer. The recruiter's name, Megan Müff. Made me smile.

    Piping designer?

    Currently.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Watching the British Cyclocross champs and watching a toddler trying to climb the hill and failing. Mum had to pull them up with both arms through the mud.
    Literally grass routes sport.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,918
    There's no Tate thread, so apologies to those who need thread order, but he was discussed upthread.

    In this article there is a video of two women being interviewed. They say they are not victims. One has "Property of Tate" tattooed on her, the other has "Tate Girl".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64285341

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited January 2023
    TheBigBean said:

    There's no Tate thread, so apologies to those who need thread order, but he was discussed upthread.

    In this article there is a video of two women being interviewed. They say they are not victims. One has "Property of Tate" tattooed on her, the other has "Tate Girl".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64285341

    Seeing all the cars he was boasting about getting carted away on the back of trucks by the Romanian police cheers me up especially as that boasting seemed to speed up his downfall.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    TheBigBean said:

    There's no Tate thread, so apologies to those who need thread order, but he was discussed upthread.

    In this article there is a video of two women being interviewed. They say they are not victims. One has "Property of Tate" tattooed on her, the other has "Tate Girl".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64285341

    That cheers you up? 🤔
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,918
    pblakeney said:

    TheBigBean said:

    There's no Tate thread, so apologies to those who need thread order, but he was discussed upthread.

    In this article there is a video of two women being interviewed. They say they are not victims. One has "Property of Tate" tattooed on her, the other has "Tate Girl".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64285341

    That cheers you up? 🤔
    No. Pross has managed to bring it on topic though.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,154
    He's currently still locked up isn't he? That's on topic.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    TheBigBean said:

    There's no Tate thread, so apologies to those who need thread order, but he was discussed upthread.

    In this article there is a video of two women being interviewed. They say they are not victims. One has "Property of Tate" tattooed on her, the other has "Tate Girl".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64285341

    This is where it’s really difficult to understand or discuss as a male without being told to butt out.

    Same as the oppressive clothing restrictions imposed on women in many states.

    Some women claim they choose to wear it.

    I.e. they choose to wear something that is very much dictated by men.

    I see these women being property of a self confessed misogynist as the same and simply don’t understand the mindset.
  • Jezyboy
    Jezyboy Posts: 3,606
    I would guess that Tate has convinced them that they're much better off in his care and inner circle than out in the real world of low paid miserable jobs.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    edited January 2023
    The most effective strategy in trafficking/grooming is to convince those being trafficked/groomed that they are doing it out of choice.
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  • wallace_and_gromit
    wallace_and_gromit Posts: 3,618
    Got through to HMRC on the phone today. I was on hold for 50 minutes. No reference to unexpected call volumes, which was a relief as I was the muppet phoning 15 days before the submission deadline (even though my query wasn't related to this). Service once I got through was first class, including a call back to relay some info that needed looking up.

    Also got through to TSB on the phone. No time spent on hold, the price for which was utterly hopeless call handlers.

    Everyone I spoke to was very pleasant.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,918
    wallace_and_gromit said:

    Got through to HMRC on the phone today. I was on hold for 50 minutes. No reference to unexpected call volumes, which was a relief as I was the muppet phoning 15 days before the submission deadline (even though my query wasn't related to this). Service once I got through was first class, including a call back to relay some info that needed looking up.

    Also got through to TSB on the phone. No time spent on hold, the price for which was utterly hopeless call handlers.

    Everyone I spoke to was very pleasant.

    They have been surprisingly helpful when I have spoken to them in the past including starting the process for me to reclaim £15 of interest which the computer said I owed.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Gradually picking off the people that fly past me at the start of a running race.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    The sun is getting stronger 😎 Moved the Škoda from the shaded side of house, so covered in ice and frost as been minus 7-8 past couple of nights, into the sunshine. And immediately seeing the frost melt away, water dripping off within seconds.

    Bring on the springtime.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    Robins. Working away today clearing paths of leaf debris, Mr Robin was always right there, right in close. Indeed more than 1 Mr Robin, think max at one time was 5. With lots of birdie scuffles going on. 😊

    Cue pic (not mine) courtesy brian OTP


  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    pinno said:

    Wahey!

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-135453/Planet GBC/gbc-bin-end-by-pinno/#details

    pinno said:

    Wahey!

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-135453/Planet GBC/gbc-bin-end-by-pinno/#details


    Totally nuts and brilliant! Congratulations! 😎
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    pinno said:

    Wahey!

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-135453/Planet GBC/gbc-bin-end-by-pinno/#details

    I’d like to be impressed but just how many bloody cookie options are there?
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