Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Managed to get a cracker, Blakey!
    That’ll cheer you up.
    Details?

    Compressed a bit because I transferred from the camera via NFC and then Instagram compresses again...
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BhxGWqdH5uK/

    F5.6 / ISO3200 / 1/1000
    Ben

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,823
    I like that Ben, very nice.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Thanks VN!
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,344
    Very nice. And as I suggested, no tripod required.
    That cheers me up. :wink:
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    https://youtu.be/zBFFrsvgu1Y

    What a load of bollox.
    Are you Mr Dinyulls's mate?

    Must always have the last word.

    It's farking to at T.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Ben6899 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Managed to get a cracker, Blakey!
    That’ll cheer you up.
    Details?

    Compressed a bit because I transferred from the camera via NFC and then Instagram compresses again...
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BhxGWqdH5uK/

    F5.6 / ISO3200 / 1/1000
    that's brilliant.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Cheers lads. Blakey, I did use a tripod. But you were right, the moon goes at a fair lick when viewed at 300mm and an additional 10x digital zoom on the screen.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,601
    Ben6899 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Managed to get a cracker, Blakey!
    That’ll cheer you up.
    Details?

    Compressed a bit because I transferred from the camera via NFC and then Instagram compresses again...
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BhxGWqdH5uK/

    F5.6 / ISO3200 / 1/1000

    That's one to stick on the wall. Could have done with a long lens this morning as the litter of fox cubs living under our shed were sunbathing and using our compost heap as a slide.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,483
    Dinyull wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    https://youtu.be/zBFFrsvgu1Y

    What a load of bollox.
    Are you Mr Dinyulls's mate?

    Must always have the last word.

    It's farking to at T.
    Back on topic - as your post was both trivial and cheered me up (after a bit of a crap day). Thanks.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Red-Dwarf-12.01-Cured-selfie.png?zoom=2

    Me and the lads
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    You do realise that Red Dwarf is to your generation what Last of the Summer Wine is to residents of old folks homes don't you?
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    Cowsham wrote:
    Red-Dwarf-12.01-Cured-selfie.png?zoom=2

    Me and the lads

    Haha that is totally shady.
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Ballysmate wrote:
    You do realise that Red Dwarf is to your generation what Last of the Summer Wine is to my generation

    FTFY
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,483
    Cowsham wrote:
    Ballysmate wrote:
    You do realise that Red Dwarf is to your generation what Last of the Summer Wine is to my childrens' generation

    FTFY
    FTFY.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • robert88
    robert88 Posts: 2,696
    SteveO I think we are soul mates, mate.

    Will you marry me?

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,348
    Robert88 wrote:
    SteveO I think we are soul mates, mate.

    Will you marry me?

    Oh, go on Stevo. It'll be different.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,483
    Pinno wrote:
    Robert88 wrote:
    SteveO I think we are soul mates, mate.

    Will you marry me?

    Oh, go on Stevo. It'll be different.
    Well he does appear to be the looker of the family...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,348
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Robert88 wrote:
    SteveO I think we are soul mates, mate.

    Will you marry me?

    Oh, go on Stevo. It'll be different.
    Well he does appear to be the looker of the family...

    Fair enough. I guess we should put it in the inexplicable thread.
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  • Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson Posts: 930
    Seeing hetrosexual relationships in soaps.
  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    Seeing hetrosexual relationships in soaps.

    What a sad life you must have.

    Watching soaps I mean :wink:
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Hearing the gate clang behind you as you walk out of work for the day and thinking to yourself that you are going to go and have a Pastis in the garden and feck the lot of them.
    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.
  • Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson Posts: 930
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Hearing the gate clang behind you as you walk out of work for the day and thinking to yourself that you are going to go and have a Pastis in the garden and feck the lot of them.

    The most satisfying moment Matthew is when you close the gate behind you for the very last time. Wish I had been a copper or other such that retired at an early age but although not that blessed am grateful I will never have to do another day in work.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Hearing the gate clang behind you as you walk out of work for the day and thinking to yourself that you are going to go and have a Pastis in the garden and feck the lot of them.

    The most satisfying moment Matthew is when you close the gate behind you for the very last time. Wish I had been a copper or other such that retired at an early age but although not that blessed am grateful I will never have to do another day in work.
    I started a new job a few years ago and I met three "retired coppers on my intake group. It seems that either the Police pension is crap or the prospect of early retirement, once it happens, isn't so attractive after all.
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    mrfpb wrote:
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Hearing the gate clang behind you as you walk out of work for the day and thinking to yourself that you are going to go and have a Pastis in the garden and feck the lot of them.

    The most satisfying moment Matthew is when you close the gate behind you for the very last time. Wish I had been a copper or other such that retired at an early age but although not that blessed am grateful I will never have to do another day in work.
    I started a new job a few years ago and I met three "retired coppers on my intake group. It seems that either the Police pension is crap or the prospect of early retirement, once it happens, isn't so attractive after all.


    Don't think I'll ever retire if I have my health and still enjoy my work, which I do -- I'll stay as long as they'll keep me and after that maybe get a job in b&q or be a lolly pop man.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    My dad retired on a really good pension (30 years working for John Lewis!) and after six or seven months of retirement he went back to working as a lorry driver (which he absolutely loved doing!) for another six years. He said that retirement was grossly overrated.
  • robert88
    robert88 Posts: 2,696
    When the dishwasher that was going 'clink' every 1.5 seconds stops and everything is nice and clean after all.
  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    crispybug2 wrote:
    My dad retired on a really good pension (30 years working for John Lewis!) and after six or seven months of retirement he went back to working as a lorry driver (which he absolutely loved doing!) for another six years. He said that retirement was grossly overrated.

    I work with a lot of very wealthy guys who seem to work for fun. I like to think I'd be out the door at the first sniff of a few million but I guess it's a different prospect when it happens.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    HaydenM wrote:
    crispybug2 wrote:
    My dad retired on a really good pension (30 years working for John Lewis!) and after six or seven months of retirement he went back to working as a lorry driver (which he absolutely loved doing!) for another six years. He said that retirement was grossly overrated.

    I work with a lot of very wealthy guys who seem to work for fun. I like to think I'd be out the door at the first sniff of a few million but I guess it's a different prospect when it happens.
    If you're home all day the missus will only find you jobs to do. Or worse - want to go shopping with you in tow.
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  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    BelgianBeerGeek wrote:
    HaydenM wrote:
    crispybug2 wrote:
    My dad retired on a really good pension (30 years working for John Lewis!) and after six or seven months of retirement he went back to working as a lorry driver (which he absolutely loved doing!) for another six years. He said that retirement was grossly overrated.

    I work with a lot of very wealthy guys who seem to work for fun. I like to think I'd be out the door at the first sniff of a few million but I guess it's a different prospect when it happens.
    If you're home all day the missus will only find you jobs to do. Or worse - want to go shopping with you in tow.

    I've dragged the missus round many guitar shops in the past and still managed to avoid any real shopping time on her terms, I could see that changing quickly if we had a lot of free time. To be honest, if I had real money now I'd be in Canada riding mountain bikes again but by the time I could possibly have any real money I'll be too old to enjoy it properly
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,344
    HaydenM wrote:
    crispybug2 wrote:
    My dad retired on a really good pension (30 years working for John Lewis!) and after six or seven months of retirement he went back to working as a lorry driver (which he absolutely loved doing!) for another six years. He said that retirement was grossly overrated.

    I work with a lot of very wealthy guys who seem to work for fun. I like to think I'd be out the door at the first sniff of a few million but I guess it's a different prospect when it happens.
    I have had a few periods of being between contracts. I loved it! I also found out that I am ideally suited to retirement. So much to do, work just gets in the way.
    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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