Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,695
    veronese68 said:

    We are no longer members of a building society

    No mortgage?
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  • veronese68
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    Wheelspinner said:

    veronese68 said:

    We are no longer members of a building society

    No mortgage?
    Indeed, very glad about that.
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  • pblakeney
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    veronese68 said:

    Wheelspinner said:

    veronese68 said:

    We are no longer members of a building society

    No mortgage?
    Indeed, very glad about that.
    Not trivial though. 😉
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  • veronese68
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    pblakeney said:

    veronese68 said:

    Wheelspinner said:

    veronese68 said:

    We are no longer members of a building society

    No mortgage?
    Indeed, very glad about that.
    Not trivial though. 😉
    No, that bit isn't trivial, hence only posting about the building society initially 😁
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Some will hate them but I rather like the new coin designs.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67091137
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    JimD666 said:

    Some will hate them but I rather like the new coin designs.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67091137


    They should have used the opportunity to get rid of 1p & 2p coins.

    The farthing (1/240 of £1), which was taken out of circulation in 1961, allowing for inflation (£1 in 1961 = £27 in 2023), would be equivalent to about 10p now (very roughly 1/240 of £27).
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Who actually uses coins in 2023? Has 'King' 🤔 Brian got some crypto NFTs on the go?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Been a long time since I've held a coin in my hand.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Some of the cafes we lunch at on our Wednesday rides are cash only.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    webboo said:

    Some of the cafes we lunch at on our Wednesday rides are cash only.

    Yikes, that would put me off going.
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  • webboo
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    rick_chasey said:

    webboo said:

    Some of the cafes we lunch at on our Wednesday rides are cash only.

    Yikes, that would put me off going.
    They are usually the cheaper ones. Beans and cheese on toast and a mug of tea for £4:10p or full English breakfast and tea for a fiver.
  • photonic69
    photonic69 Posts: 2,799
    Looking at the bubbles in the toilet bowl after a good long p!ss and imagining they are hundreds of little jumping spider eyes looking back at me.
    Did someone say it's Shroom season?


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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    photonic69 said:

    Looking at the bubbles in the toilet bowl after a good long p!ss and imagining they are hundreds of little jumping spider eyes looking back at me.
    Did someone say it's Shroom season?

    That's all the meds you're on. I spooked my mate at Uni when I was on enteric coated steroids. They were a brilliant red and made your pee pink. So I ate half a jar of sweet pickled beetroot and after a pint or two, said 'come and look at this - I think I need to see my doctor'. Big bloke, played rugby for HKR but soft as pudding off the pitch. I said it was a bit private, so I hope you don't mind. We went to the gents and I pi$$ed scarlet red into the very white urinal. You should have seen the look of horror on his face.
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  • morstar
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    bikes_and_dogs said:

    People that wave a thank you for letting them cross a zebra crossing.

    I’m actually not a fan of this. Whilst it’s nice and polite, the first time I was ever aware it was even a thing was in my early 20’s when a lad (who couldn’t even drive due to epilepsy) went on a rant about how the driver of the car he was in didn’t get acknowledged for stopping at a zebra crossing.

    It’s the car is king mentality and you must thank me for not breaking the law and not running you over.

    I’m torn between it being the driving equivalent of being polite and thanking when somebody lets you through or stupid like being expected to acknowledge everybody who has waited at a give way line when you are on the main carriageway they want to join.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Slow cooked some chuck in a mexican barbacoa style on Saturday.

    Lovely enough, but I made enough to have lots of leftovers; makes for a 10/10 Monday lunch.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    'chuck' ?!

    Yeehaw, slap a my thigh.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    *shrugs* that's the cut they sold me.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    Beef shoulder.
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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,548
    . . . seeing the first two flocks of fieldfare of the winter arriving
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    laurentian said:

    . . . seeing the first two flocks of fieldfare of the winter arriving

    Not seen any of them locally. Plenty of geese in winter and sometimes if the weather is really bad up north (more north than me), we get Puffins.
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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,548
    pinno said:

    laurentian said:

    . . . seeing the first two flocks of fieldfare of the winter arriving

    Not seen any of them locally. Plenty of geese in winter and sometimes if the weather is really bad up north (more north than me), we get Puffins.
    There is zero chance of puffins here! I've never seen one but would love to.

    I do love to see the fieldfare arriving. . . it somehow reassures me
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited October 2023
    pinno said:

    Beef shoulder.

    strictly speaking, they're slightly different cuts.

    The shoulder is closer to the front leg and contains the blade bone while the chuck is located nearer to the neck usually with some marbling.

    If the butcher is using American cuts, what am I to do? Rename it incorrectly?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    Nothing originated from America.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    ...apart from Turkeys.
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  • photonic69
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    pinno said:

    ...apart from Turkeys.

    ...and tobacco (Central and South)


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  • rjsterry
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    edited October 2023
    pinno said:

    Nothing originated from America.

    Strong contender for daftest statement of the day.

    'Chuck' steak is perfectly acceptable in British English usage
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  • pinno
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    rjsterry said:

    pinno said:

    Nothing originated from America.

    Strong contender for daftest statement of the day.

    'Chuck' steak is perfectly acceptable in British English usage
    I don't get hung up on facts.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,320
    Shifted a frog off the road today. He was a bit slow. Thought I might bring him home and knit him a cardigan.
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  • photonic69
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    Why is it every time I see a squirrel that the Mission Impossible music plays in my head? Or is this just me?


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  • pblakeney
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    photonic69 said:

    Why is it every time I see a squirrel that the Mission Impossible music plays in my head? Or is this just me?

    Just you. 🤣
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