Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

keef66

A nice new, shiny, quality socket set.

I've been using a cheap and frankly rubbish one I bought when I first had a car to fix in 1981. It's performed sterling service, but it's not very nice to use. The multipoint sockets tend to round things off, getting them on and off the handles is difficult, and the ratchet is so vague. I thought I'd hand it on to my son, more in hope than expectation that he'll start fixing his own car, but I think it would put him off more than encourage him.

This one comes in a reassuringly chunky plastic case (one reviewer said his survived being run over, and I can believe it). The tools themselves feel like perfectly weighted, quality items, the 6 point sockets click on and off with a press of a button, and the ratchet purrs like a big cat. And there's no feeling of play or sloppiness when things are clicked together. For £50 I think it is an absolute bargain.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-24pc-socket-set/67315

(having just collected it I can confirm that it doesn't actually weigh 4715kg as that suggests)

haydenm

Matthewfalle wrote:

HaydenM wrote:

I took the skin off my foot with my pressure washer once, I think the trail centre ones have a slightly wider jet than mine...

Another thing that cheers me up- fat, red faced, angry people getting angry and red faced over being referred to as 'gammon' to describe fat, red faced angry people. And the phrase 'gammon fodder' for things that will annoy 'gammon'. Top quality p*ss taking there

MF said that he had never heard the phrase "gammon" used like that before and quite likes it.

I have seen it once or twice, then I had the misfortune of listening to Jeremy Vine yesterday (top quality gammon fodder on there usually so I stay away) and they read out the definition from Urban Dictionary. Muchos amusing

veronese68

Matthewfalle wrote:

a friend of MF's was run over by his own ambulance.

Many years ago one of our bosses ran over his own foot with a fork lift.

Matthewfalle

Veronese68 wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

a friend of MF's was run over by his own ambulance.

Many years ago one of our bosses ran over his own foot with a fork lift.

MF, in his aviation engineer apprentice days, smashed his face open on a fork lift.

diplodicus

keef66 wrote:

A nice new, shiny, quality socket set.

I've been using a cheap and frankly rubbish one I bought when I first had a car to fix in 1981. It's performed sterling service, but it's not very nice to use. The multipoint sockets tend to round things off, getting them on and off the handles is difficult, and the ratchet is so vague. I thought I'd hand it on to my son, more in hope than expectation that he'll start fixing his own car, but I think it would put him off more than encourage him.

This one comes in a reassuringly chunky plastic case (one reviewer said his survived being run over, and I can believe it). The tools themselves feel like perfectly weighted, quality items, the 6 point sockets click on and off with a press of a button, and the ratchet purrs like a big cat. And there's no feeling of play or sloppiness when things are clicked together. For £50 I think it is an absolute bargain.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-24pc-socket-set/67315

(having just collected it I can confirm that it doesn't actually weigh 4715kg as that suggests)

There is a reason why they are nice to use, and that reason is Bahco

laurentian

keef66 wrote:

A nice new, shiny, quality socket set.

I've been using a cheap and frankly rubbish one I bought when I first had a car to fix in 1981. It's performed sterling service, but it's not very nice to use. The multipoint sockets tend to round things off, getting them on and off the handles is difficult, and the ratchet is so vague. I thought I'd hand it on to my son, more in hope than expectation that he'll start fixing his own car, but I think it would put him off more than encourage him.

This one comes in a reassuringly chunky plastic case (one reviewer said his survived being run over, and I can believe it). The tools themselves feel like perfectly weighted, quality items, the 6 point sockets click on and off with a press of a button, and the ratchet purrs like a big cat. And there's no feeling of play or sloppiness when things are clicked together. For £50 I think it is an absolute bargain.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-24pc-socket-set/67315

(having just collected it I can confirm that it doesn't actually weigh 4715kg as that suggests)

High quality, properly engineered things of whatever age always put a smile on my face. Ever held an F1 wheel nut? It'd have you smiling for days . . .

keef66

laurentian wrote:

keef66 wrote:

A nice new, shiny, quality socket set.

High quality, properly engineered things of whatever age always put a smile on my face. Ever held an F1 wheel nut? It'd have you smiling for days . . .

I'm sure it would. Unless of course you're the hapless chap with the air tool who manages to jam one neither on nor off during a pit-stop

Matthewfalle

laurentian wrote:

keef66 wrote:

A nice new, shiny, quality socket set.

I've been using a cheap and frankly rubbish one I bought when I first had a car to fix in 1981. It's performed sterling service, but it's not very nice to use. The multipoint sockets tend to round things off, getting them on and off the handles is difficult, and the ratchet is so vague. I thought I'd hand it on to my son, more in hope than expectation that he'll start fixing his own car, but I think it would put him off more than encourage him.

This one comes in a reassuringly chunky plastic case (one reviewer said his survived being run over, and I can believe it). The tools themselves feel like perfectly weighted, quality items, the 6 point sockets click on and off with a press of a button, and the ratchet purrs like a big cat. And there's no feeling of play or sloppiness when things are clicked together. For £50 I think it is an absolute bargain.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-24pc-socket-set/67315

(having just collected it I can confirm that it doesn't actually weigh 4715kg as that suggests)

High quality, properly engineered things of whatever age always put a smile on my face. Ever held an F1 wheel nut? It'd have you smiling for days . . .

Titanium rear wheel nut off my race motorbike does the same to MF. He just stands there gawping like an imbecile.

Some say that's his normal face but I like to stick up for him.

Matthewfalle

The truly fabulously beautiful young lady who is shopping in Edwyn's as we speak.

Best dressed and looking lady of 2018 by a country mile.

pblakeney

laurentian wrote:

High quality, properly engineered things of whatever age always put a smile on my face. Ever held an F1 wheel nut? It'd have you smiling for days . . .

In the pits, or are you from Liverpool?

cowsham

Matthewfalle wrote:

laurentian wrote:

keef66 wrote:

A nice new, shiny, quality socket set.

I've been using a cheap and frankly rubbish one I bought when I first had a car to fix in 1981. It's performed sterling service, but it's not very nice to use. The multipoint sockets tend to round things off, getting them on and off the handles is difficult, and the ratchet is so vague. I thought I'd hand it on to my son, more in hope than expectation that he'll start fixing his own car, but I think it would put him off more than encourage him.

This one comes in a reassuringly chunky plastic case (one reviewer said his survived being run over, and I can believe it). The tools themselves feel like perfectly weighted, quality items, the 6 point sockets click on and off with a press of a button, and the ratchet purrs like a big cat. And there's no feeling of play or sloppiness when things are clicked together. For £50 I think it is an absolute bargain.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-24pc-socket-set/67315

(having just collected it I can confirm that it doesn't actually weigh 4715kg as that suggests)

High quality, properly engineered things of whatever age always put a smile on my face. Ever held an F1 wheel nut? It'd have you smiling for days . . .

Titanium rear wheel nut off my race motorbike does the same to MF. He just stands there gawping like an imbecile.

Some say that's his normal face but I like to stick up for him.

The cg125?

cowsham

diplodicus wrote:

keef66 wrote:

A nice new, shiny, quality socket set.

I've been using a cheap and frankly rubbish one I bought when I first had a car to fix in 1981. It's performed sterling service, but it's not very nice to use. The multipoint sockets tend to round things off, getting them on and off the handles is difficult, and the ratchet is so vague. I thought I'd hand it on to my son, more in hope than expectation that he'll start fixing his own car, but I think it would put him off more than encourage him.

This one comes in a reassuringly chunky plastic case (one reviewer said his survived being run over, and I can believe it). The tools themselves feel like perfectly weighted, quality items, the 6 point sockets click on and off with a press of a button, and the ratchet purrs like a big cat. And there's no feeling of play or sloppiness when things are clicked together. For £50 I think it is an absolute bargain.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-24pc-socket-set/67315

(having just collected it I can confirm that it doesn't actually weigh 4715kg as that suggests)

There is a reason why they are nice to use, and that reason is Bahco

Bought a nice Bahco spirit level today cos all my others were lying.

crispybug2

Stevo 666 wrote:

crispybug2 wrote:

To join in with the schadenfreude going on above, my ex wife being sued by her French ex boyfriend for money to raise their twins they had together. It’s really quite delicious to watch her being financially ripped apart as she did with me eighteen years ago, all our children we had together have moved out of the home and in two cases moved to England, so I’m not worried about them in this fallout. She has even taken to sending me emails detailing her woes which considering her attitude all those years ago is cheering me up no end!!

Hope you've sent her some suitably mocking emails about karma and 'what goes around comes around' etc.

No, I decided that simply ignoring her whining and treating it as the inconsequence it is was the best method!!

She emailed me again this morning !!

This is the last line of a very long and rambling email..

“I’m the mother of your children for Christ’s sake, don’t you care what happens? This affects them too! Show some compassion!”

dinyull

crispybug2 wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

crispybug2 wrote:

To join in with the schadenfreude going on above, my ex wife being sued by her French ex boyfriend for money to raise their twins they had together. It’s really quite delicious to watch her being financially ripped apart as she did with me eighteen years ago, all our children we had together have moved out of the home and in two cases moved to England, so I’m not worried about them in this fallout. She has even taken to sending me emails detailing her woes which considering her attitude all those years ago is cheering me up no end!!

Hope you've sent her some suitably mocking emails about karma and 'what goes around comes around' etc.

No, I decided that simply ignoring her whining and treating it as the inconsequence it is was the best method!!

She emailed me again this morning !!

This is the last line of a very long and rambling email..

“I’m the mother of your children for Christ’s sake, don’t you care what happens? This affects them too! Show some compassion!”

That last line is an invitation to tell her all about karma. You'll not get another opportunity and if you don't take it you'll always regret it.

dinyull

Oh, I could carry on the schadenfreude theme with 2 crackers, but I'm better than that......

lostboysaint

Matthewfalle wrote:

The truly fabulously beautiful young lady who is shopping in Edwyn's as we speak.

Best dressed and looking lady of 2018 by a country mile.

Useless without pics etc.

veronese68

lostboysaint wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

The truly fabulously beautiful young lady who is shopping in Edwyn's as we speak.
Best dressed and looking lady of 2018 by a country mile.

Useless without pics etc.

Bear in mind these things are all relative, he lives in a cave in deepest darkest Wales. Susan Boyle would be considered a catch in those parts.

cowsham

crispybug2 wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

crispybug2 wrote:

To join in with the schadenfreude going on above, my ex wife being sued by her French ex boyfriend for money to raise their twins they had together. It’s really quite delicious to watch her being financially ripped apart as she did with me eighteen years ago, all our children we had together have moved out of the home and in two cases moved to England, so I’m not worried about them in this fallout. She has even taken to sending me emails detailing her woes which considering her attitude all those years ago is cheering me up no end!!

Hope you've sent her some suitably mocking emails about karma and 'what goes around comes around' etc.

No, I decided that simply ignoring her whining and treating it as the inconsequence it is was the best method!!

She emailed me again this morning !!

This is the last line of a very long and rambling email..

“I’m the mother of your children for Christ’s sake, don’t you care what happens? This affects them too! Show some compassion!”

You could say this " Thank you for contacting me. This is the time in which I should like to take the opportunity to tell you that I've missed you, would ask for your forgiveness for anything I had done during our time together to drive you away from my loving arms and into the embrace of another, but I won't this time -- now get tae Fcuk yae silly owl b1tch.

bompington

People who think that life's genuine traumas belong in a thread on trivial things :?

Stevo_666

crispybug2 wrote:

No, I decided that simply ignoring her whining and treating it as the inconsequence it is was the best method!!

She emailed me again this morning !!

This is the last line of a very long and rambling email..

“I’m the mother of your children for Christ’s sake, don’t you care what happens? This affects them too! Show some compassion!”

I'd be tempted to write back with something along the lines of 'Happy to show you some compassion when you repay all the money you fleeced off me when we split up. No such thing as a free lunch, dearie...'

crispybug2

Thanks for the above suggestions for replying to my whining ex, however I find that exhibiting bored indifference will wind her up far more!

pinno

bompington wrote:

People who think that life's genuine traumas belong in a thread on trivial things :?

Some of it belongs in the other thread :roll:

bompington

Pinno wrote:

bompington wrote:

People who think that life's genuine traumas belong in a thread on trivial things :?

Some of it belongs in the other thread :roll:

True. It's just that by now, it's getting hard to tell the difference.

laurentian

PBlakeney wrote:

laurentian wrote:

High quality, properly engineered things of whatever age always put a smile on my face. Ever held an F1 wheel nut? It'd have you smiling for days . . .

In the pits, or are you from Liverpool?

Ha! Neither. An ex employee of a mate went to work for Williams and gave it to him.

pinno

Freddy the Pheasant, who's made the PPP garden his home.

viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12888192&p=20287795&hilit=Freddy#p20287795

Last Thursday I was working late and Freddy was walking beside his new GF, who's about as bland and boring as they come, through the garden.

Very proud he is too. Today, every Robin, Blue tit, Coal Tit, Dunnock and hedge Sparrow* was sent off with much noise and provado (in no uncertain terms) as he paraded his brown, beige and bland woman around the garden.

*Those most threatening beasts.

Matthewfalle

Cowsham wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

laurentian wrote:

keef66 wrote:

A nice new, shiny, quality socket set.

I've been using a cheap and frankly rubbish one I bought when I first had a car to fix in 1981. It's performed sterling service, but it's not very nice to use. The multipoint sockets tend to round things off, getting them on and off the handles is difficult, and the ratchet is so vague. I thought I'd hand it on to my son, more in hope than expectation that he'll start fixing his own car, but I think it would put him off more than encourage him.

This one comes in a reassuringly chunky plastic case (one reviewer said his survived being run over, and I can believe it). The tools themselves feel like perfectly weighted, quality items, the 6 point sockets click on and off with a press of a button, and the ratchet purrs like a big cat. And there's no feeling of play or sloppiness when things are clicked together. For £50 I think it is an absolute bargain.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-24pc-socket-set/67315

(having just collected it I can confirm that it doesn't actually weigh 4715kg as that suggests)

High quality, properly engineered things of whatever age always put a smile on my face. Ever held an F1 wheel nut? It'd have you smiling for days . . .

Titanium rear wheel nut off my race motorbike does the same to MF. He just stands there gawping like an imbecile.

Some say that's his normal face but I like to stick up for him.

The cg125?

Not just a CG 125. A racing CG125.

SPEEDY

Matthewfalle

Pinno wrote:

Freddy the Pheasant, who's made the PPP garden his home.

viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12888192&p=20287795&hilit=Freddy#p20287795

Last Thursday I was working late and Freddy was walking beside his new GF, who's about as bland and boring as they come, through the garden.

Very proud he is too. Today, every Robin, Blue tit, Coal Tit, Dunnock and hedge Sparrow* was sent off with much noise and provado (in no uncertain terms) as he paraded his brown, beige and bland woman around the garden.

*Those most threatening beasts.

We shoot peasants around these parts the minute they stray onto your land. MF uses a Bushmaster to keep it real, so to speak in modern popular parlance.

It makes it difficult to find staff sometimes but it is tradition.

bompington

Taking it very easy on the commute today, as I'm doing my final big ride tomorrow (Glenshee & Braemar, 150km / 2000m) before the 3 pistes next week.

Final 4km rises steadily, maybe 75m or so, but my heart rate on arrival was just over 60. Now it's true that my meds do suppress heart rate a bit, but what actually chuffed me about this is that, although I couldn't properly call myself fit by any real standard, I have at least got to the the stage where cycling 40 miles a day doesn't really count as exercise.

keef66

bompington wrote:

Taking it very easy on the commute today, as I'm doing my final big ride tomorrow (Glenshee & Braemar, 150km / 2000m) before the 3 pistes next week.

Final 4km rises steadily, maybe 75m or so, but my heart rate on arrival was just over 60. Now it's true that my meds do suppress heart rate a bit, but what actually chuffed me about this is that, although I couldn't properly call myself fit by any real standard, I have at least got to the the stage where cycling 40 miles a day doesn't really count as exercise.

Hat!

robert88

Royal Weddings, obviously.