Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    Doing part of today's coast path walk in T-shirt and shorts, though I don't think I'll get any tan lines.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    I have just learnt how to fold a formal shirt.

    The late-to-party-ness is totally outweighed by how pleased I am (it's been a day...).

    Total game changer!

    (In my limited defence, it's been a while since I had to wear not-creased shirts at work)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    briantrumpet said:

    Doing part of today's coast path walk in T-shirt and shorts, though I don't think I'll get any tan lines.

    Dunno, I caught the sun a bit on Sunday on the beach with the doggos. It was a properly beautiful cornish day. One of those when there legit aren't better places to be...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    ddraver said:

    I have just learnt how to fold a formal shirt.

    The late-to-party-ness is totally outweighed by how pleased I am (it's been a day...).

    Total game changer!

    (In my limited defence, it's been a while since I had to wear not-creased shirts at work)


    I cheer myself up with getting away with un-ironed black shirts when I'm in school... normal attire for a muso anyway. When I do wear a white shirt, it's under a DJ, so that does the ironing for me.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,326
    The old trick was hanging the shirt on a hanger in the bathroom whilst having a shower.
    (Thank fook) I no longer have the dilemma of ",,,shall I iron 5 shirts or one a day?" every Sunday.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    My residents parking permit having dropped by £15 because they are now ranked on emissions. Not bad for a 1600c 20-year-old car.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited February 2023
    pinno said:

    The old trick was hanging the shirt on a hanger in the bathroom whilst having a shower.
    (Thank fook) I no longer have the dilemma of ",,,shall I iron 5 shirts or one a day?" every Sunday.

    Non-iron is a game changer.

    Iron them every other time you use them and they are crease free aaaalll day. Looks so much smarter if you're not wearing a tie when you get to 5pm or you've been travelling downstairs.
    _
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,423
    rick_chasey said:

    pinno said:

    The old trick was hanging the shirt on a hanger in the bathroom whilst having a shower.
    (Thank fook) I no longer have the dilemma of ",,,shall I iron 5 shirts or one a day?" every Sunday.

    Non-iron is a game changer.

    This, basically. Add in hybrid working and going in on dress down Fridays and my shirt usage is down to 2 a week max.
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 585
    There is something of note - Stevo and Rick agree on something.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,329
    bm5 said:

    There is something of note - Stevo and Rick agree on something.

    That they don't enjoy ironing?
    A fairly low bar to set there. 😉
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited February 2023
    The value of having no creases deep into the day is underrated.

    Especially when business casual is normal
    _
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,326
    Business casual was a PITA when I was on the rungs of a ladder I never scaled thankfully/
    Eagle star had the policy that if you weren't meeting outside clients, you could dress casual. People would wonder why you were wearing a shirt and tie.
    But when you're fresh out of Uni, the problem was that you couldn't compete with the casual wear of established employees earning silly money and you looked like a tramp.

    I'm pretty sure that at the free canteen*, some of them thought there was a charity bash for feeding the homeless.

    *Wonderful selection of food.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    pinno said:

    Business casual was a PITA when I was on the rungs of a ladder I never scaled thankfully/
    Eagle star had the policy that if you weren't meeting outside clients, you could dress casual. People would wonder why you were wearing a shirt and tie.
    But when you're fresh out of Uni, the problem was that you couldn't compete with the casual wear of established employees earning silly money and you looked like a tramp.

    I'm pretty sure that at the free canteen*, some of them thought there was a charity bash for feeding the homeless.

    *Wonderful selection of food.

    a chap in our postroom joined a boutique FS company and they sent him to the company tailor to get a couple of suits made.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,423
    rick_chasey said:

    The value of having no creases deep into the day is underrated.

    Especially when business casual is normal

    It's more the minimisation of ironing required for me. Thankfully we don't have business casual - it's either a suit (with the only concession being no tie) or casual on dress down Fridays. Used to hate all that chino rubbish.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,558
    This picture. Strong shoes.

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,154
    rjsterry said:

    This picture. Strong shoes.

    Yes, they've got little wheels on the back, I thought they might be heelies.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,558
    kingstongraham said:

    rjsterry said:

    This picture. Strong shoes.

    Yes, they've got little wheels on the back, I thought they might be heelies.
    I like to think they called it a draw.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,548
    BBC 6 Music only playing tunes from 1978 today
    Wilier Izoard XP
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,329
    laurentian said:

    BBC 6 Music only playing tunes from 1978 today

    Thanks for the heads up! Genuinely surprised Giorgio Moroder was doing his electronic thing in 1978. Guess there may be a few more surprises.
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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,548
    pblakeney said:

    laurentian said:

    BBC 6 Music only playing tunes from 1978 today

    Thanks for the heads up! Genuinely surprised Giorgio Moroder was doing his electronic thing in 1978. Guess there may be a few more surprises.
    been listening since 5.30am . . . some belters
    Wilier Izoard XP
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,154
    John Travolta and Boney M put together were at number one for half the year.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,329
    Wrong thread but keeping the momentum...
    Disappointed that Craig Charles is repeating a track played earlier - Hard Working Man.
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    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    After 2 bad years of running, managing to run a new PB on my local Parkrun (that I’ve done over 100 times). I genuinely didn’t think I was ever going to get a PB again, I was pleased with my last run on the course 2 weeks ago which was by far my quickest there since before the pandemic but somehow improved it by 1.5 minutes today.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    That it looks dry & warm enough to put bedlinen on the washing line with a chance of it drying in less than a week.
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Watching Katie Archibald ride circles around not just a track but everyone else on it.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    Faffing around with photos on Facebook (in particular, one of my great grandfather -below, doing what I might have been doing had I been born in 1861), and after a quick Google discovering that one of my great great grandfathers (whose family name was my mother's maiden name) was born in Leeds in 1828.

    Isn't the internet amazing?


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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,229
    Born in Leeds. Kids in abundance. Is this in the regime of first name Jimmy, second Saville? 🤔 Or was that Paul (Gary G) Gadd? No, that was Banbury.

    For the avoidance of doubt, the above is deemed a joke...
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    orraloon said:

    Born in Leeds. Kids in abundance. Is this in the regime of first name Jimmy, second Saville? 🤔 Or was that Paul (Gary G) Gadd? No, that was Banbury.

    For the avoidance of doubt, the above is deemed a joke...


    Ha - you had second thoughts, didn't you? 😜
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    edited February 2023
    Getting my spreadsheets up to date so I can fill in/file my tax return in April as soon as my P60's arrive.
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  • mully79
    mully79 Posts: 904
    Garmin watch says rest so I went for a 4 mile run, minute a mile quicker and 10bpm slower.
    Take that over bearing know it all watch 🤣

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