Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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rick_chasey said:
Splashed out on some wireless cans and they're f*cking excellent.
Wot, like this, but without the string?
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...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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What’s a bird got to do to get some privacy round here?pinno said:0 -
When you have a hair in your nose, itching and annoying you and eventually a good nose blow frees the wiry torturer.0
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Seeing how many people are using Co-Bikes in and around Exeter. Like their car-share scheme, it's not cheap, but that they are being well used is heartening, as I can see that a lot of the people using them aren't habitual cyclists, and more bikes on the roads means we're more visible, and car drivers will just have to get used to us being on 'their' roads. https://www.co-bikes.co.uk/0
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I've been to Exeter. In fact, i've been all over the world: Bodmin, Gunwalloe, Cornwall, Boscastle...
And what struck me, is that it is a wonder most of them are intelligent enough to pass a driving test.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I have just walked past a United Utilities employee trying to find an underground water main. Was he using the wonders of modern technology to do the job? No, he had two L shaped metal rods with little balls on their ends!
I thought water divining had something to do with witchcraft!0 -
Had a site about 20 years ago where the contractor was struggling to locate a BT duct with the usual methods. The BT guy turned up on site and got a pair of divining rods out of the van. We all looked at each other with raised eyebrows but he found the duct in no time (they tend to hold a surprising amount of water).lesfirth said:I have just walked past a United Utilities employee trying to find an underground water main. Was he using the wonders of modern technology to do the job? No, he had two L shaped metal rods with little balls on their ends!
I thought water divining had something to do with witchcraft!0 -
Making a start on my tax return for 2020-21. Hell, if I feel brave, I might finish it after lunch
Mind you, I'll probably have forgotten by next January that I've done it and will start panicking anyway.0 -
I used to do the short return but when it all went online, I can do it anytime really. I suppose...briantrumpet said:Making a start on my tax return for 2020-21. Hell, if I feel brave, I might finish it after lunch
Mind you, I'll probably have forgotten by next January that I've done it and will start panicking anyway.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
When queuing outside the vaccination centre yesterday someone came out and got in his car that was parked at the end of the cul-de-sac service road in front. The road gets narrower towards the end so he was in the tightest space. He got in his car which was a bit of a knackered old thing, crunched into reverse then reversed out into a cone position on the far side that stuck under his bumper. After a few efforts at getting out of the space he concluded the best bet was to reverse part of the way down the service road to a wider spot and then turn. This took about a 5 point turn (at this point he had at least 1.5 car lengths to play with) with even more crunching of gears. As you can imagine everyone in the queue had been watching with increasing amusement and when he finally drove off he was greeted with a round of applause poor bloke. You can't beat a bit of schadenfreude to cheer you up.1
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Clearly a side-effect of the vaccine. It had downloaded the Tesla auto-pilot software into his noggin.Pross said:When queuing outside the vaccination centre yesterday someone came out and got in his car that was parked at the end of the cul-de-sac service road in front. The road gets narrower towards the end so he was in the tightest space. He got in his car which was a bit of a knackered old thing, crunched into reverse then reversed out into a cone position on the far side that stuck under his bumper. After a few efforts at getting out of the space he concluded the best bet was to reverse part of the way down the service road to a wider spot and then turn. This took about a 5 point turn (at this point he had at least 1.5 car lengths to play with) with even more crunching of gears. As you can imagine everyone in the queue had been watching with increasing amusement and when he finally drove off he was greeted with a round of applause poor bloke. You can't beat a bit of schadenfreude to cheer you up.
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There were a few comments along the lines of 'I'm not sure I want the vaccine if that's what it does to you'.elbowloh said:
Clearly a side-effect of the vaccine. It had downloaded the Tesla auto-pilot software into his noggin.Pross said:When queuing outside the vaccination centre yesterday someone came out and got in his car that was parked at the end of the cul-de-sac service road in front. The road gets narrower towards the end so he was in the tightest space. He got in his car which was a bit of a knackered old thing, crunched into reverse then reversed out into a cone position on the far side that stuck under his bumper. After a few efforts at getting out of the space he concluded the best bet was to reverse part of the way down the service road to a wider spot and then turn. This took about a 5 point turn (at this point he had at least 1.5 car lengths to play with) with even more crunching of gears. As you can imagine everyone in the queue had been watching with increasing amusement and when he finally drove off he was greeted with a round of applause poor bloke. You can't beat a bit of schadenfreude to cheer you up.
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Witchcraft or not, it does indeed work. Proved to me by a friend who worked for my local water board. I was amazed.lesfirth said:I have just walked past a United Utilities employee trying to find an underground water main. Was he using the wonders of modern technology to do the job? No, he had two L shaped metal rods with little balls on their ends!
I thought water divining had something to do with witchcraft!
Some people are better at it than others and it only works, I’m told with running water not stagnant water
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Waiting at the lights to cross as a ped and a cyclist waiting in the ASL was a gold medal Paralympian, complete in full GBR kit.0
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Can't be true as we all know that all cyclists to throughnred lights at all times.rick_chasey said:Waiting at the lights to cross as a ped and a cyclist waiting in the ASL was a gold medal Paralympian, complete in full GBR kit.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/22/water-divining-bunk-popular-myths-science-sally-le-pageCharlie_Croker said:
Witchcraft or not, it does indeed work. Proved to me by a friend who worked for my local water board. I was amazed.lesfirth said:I have just walked past a United Utilities employee trying to find an underground water main. Was he using the wonders of modern technology to do the job? No, he had two L shaped metal rods with little balls on their ends!
I thought water divining had something to do with witchcraft!
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Clubbie roadies vs non clubbies.
I'm setting off out of town on my graveller to go do the ruff 'n' stuff. Section of busy road has wide peds and bikes paths either side, easy. I'm rolling gently just warming up. Cars on the road to right plus a clubbie go past. Traffic lights ahead stop cars and clubbie. I'm on bike path rolling on through.
Bit further on, roundabout. Cars tailing back. Clubbie passes me overtaking on outside of cars. Cool if that's your thing. On I roll. On the first exit from roundabout there's a peds and bikes lights crossing.
Busy. Push crossing button. Changes quite soon. As I start to cross see clubbie who's done a full 360 plus around the roundabout having to pull up on the red to let me cross.
Pal. Honestly it's easier on the cycleway. Case proven.0 -
This post on FB made me smile and ponder at the same time.
As the text is so small - Nobody was home so the guy from DHL threw the parcel up and was successful first attempt. Witnessed by neighbour.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Couple things.
Watching a red kite getting hustled by a crow / corvid type bird and not giving a F. Kite doing the usual slow no effort sail round and round while scanning ground for stuff, crow is doing the 'get off my patch' shouting and faux attack on the kite which is 3 times its size. Carried on for at least 5 minutes until they drifted out of sight.
Wild garlic. First pick and adding oomph to tonight's dish.1 -
Someone on this site who thinks flagging a post will be taken seriously.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.2 -
I flagged it.pblakeney said:Someone on this site who thinks flagging a post will be taken seriously.
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1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Mrs. 666 agreeing with me that we should move house after I've been suggesting it for a while. Possibly not trivial from me in terms of what it will entail in the near future but anyway it probably fits in here now. Will be good to put a bit of green space between us and the borders of the The Big Smoke."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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You mean - you're going to be communting from the 'Burbs?Stevo_666 said:Mrs. 666 agreeing with me that we should move house after I've been suggesting it for a while. Possibly not trivial from me in terms of what it will entail in the near future but anyway it probably fits in here now. Will be good to put a bit of green space between us and the borders of the The Big Smoke.
You'll have to buy a Trek or a Dogma or they'll look down on you.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Were going beyond the 'burbs - which is where we are already. Not as far as banjo country though.pinno said:
You mean - you're going to be communting from the 'Burbs?Stevo_666 said:Mrs. 666 agreeing with me that we should move house after I've been suggesting it for a while. Possibly not trivial from me in terms of what it will entail in the near future but anyway it probably fits in here now. Will be good to put a bit of green space between us and the borders of the The Big Smoke.
You'll have to buy a Trek or a Dogma or they'll look down on you."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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