Small pleasures.Things that please you more than they should
Discussion
bucksmanuk said:
Trophy Husband said:
Holding on to the Pringles p155 whilst on the ale (on e you pop you can't stop), and timing it. I've managed 52 seconds to last squirt. Unfortunately those days are nearing an end at 53!
why are you timing this? 
bucksmanuk said:
Trophy Husband said:
Holding on to the Pringles p155 whilst on the ale (on e you pop you can't stop), and timing it. I've managed 52 seconds to last squirt. Unfortunately those days are nearing an end at 53!
why are you timing this? I also count my steps around the house if that provides an additional insight?
Trophy Husband said:
I also count my steps around the house if that provides an additional insight?
Slight thread drift but I relate to this, I count corners of window frames, lap top screen, doors, the TV, in fact anything with four corners I count in my head.
I suppose it's a sort of OCD
Monkeylegend said:
Trophy Husband said:
I also count my steps around the house if that provides an additional insight?
Slight thread drift but I relate to this, I count corners of window frames, lap top screen, doors, the TV, in fact anything with four corners I count in my head.
I suppose it's a sort of OCD
When I lived within the town walls of Conwy I knew how many steps it was to every pub, the Spar, pals houses etc. Unfortunately it was only 11 steps to the nearest pub! Sometimes 20 home!
Trophy Husband said:
Monkeylegend said:
Trophy Husband said:
I also count my steps around the house if that provides an additional insight?
Slight thread drift but I relate to this, I count corners of window frames, lap top screen, doors, the TV, in fact anything with four corners I count in my head.
I suppose it's a sort of OCD
When I lived within the town walls of Conwy I knew how many steps it was to every pub, the Spar, pals houses etc. Unfortunately it was only 11 steps to the nearest pub! Sometimes 20 home!
Using a really good pepper grinder. A lifetime of crap overpriced rubbish makes you appreciate when you get a good one. Peugeot make some of the best by the way - seriously, look it up.
Throwing a stone at a small target from a challenging distance and hitting it bang on.
A really well made cup of tea.
Getting on a flight to discover that you have a spare seat next to you and then realising that amazingly you are not surrounded by flatulent fat b
ds.
Using a beautifully sharp knife in the kitchen to slice and dice what would otherwise be challenging ingredients (tomatoes for example)
Getting more than three questions in a row correct when watching Mastermind or University challenge.
Completing a DIY job that does not result in massive additional expenditure because you completely fked it up.
Successfully winning an argument with your wife. I have no direct experience of this of course but I imagine it would be quite an emotional moment.
Late on a Friday night when you wife asks if you can put on some porn - see above.
Throwing a stone at a small target from a challenging distance and hitting it bang on.
A really well made cup of tea.
Getting on a flight to discover that you have a spare seat next to you and then realising that amazingly you are not surrounded by flatulent fat b
ds.Using a beautifully sharp knife in the kitchen to slice and dice what would otherwise be challenging ingredients (tomatoes for example)
Getting more than three questions in a row correct when watching Mastermind or University challenge.
Completing a DIY job that does not result in massive additional expenditure because you completely f
ked it up.Successfully winning an argument with your wife. I have no direct experience of this of course but I imagine it would be quite an emotional moment.
Late on a Friday night when you wife asks if you can put on some porn - see above.
grumpy52 said:
The late Autumn early morning at a race track , bright sunlight, slight mist and that special silence.
The best days racing always started like that .
I used to work at a stock car stadium, and in the autumn Saturday night meetings would start just as it got dark with the floodlights being lit just before start time. If it was cold and dry, but windy at about this time, the drivers would just be getting ready and the crowd settling in before the first race...the atmosphere would be electric.The best days racing always started like that .
Just remembered a driving-related one - you know the bit in Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden where it goes up to full speed after the intro? There's a piece of road not far from me that used to go from 30 into NSL, and if I had my Iron Maiden CD on I would try to time it so I hit the NSL and put my foot down just at that point in the song.
I'm strange.
I'm strange.
Seeing the bulbs flower and provide a burst of much needed colour and cheer on a grey and soggy day.
Driving home after work for the first time in daylight in months.
The much reduced traffic, when it's half term.
Doing a diy job to find you have the right tools to complete the job
Starting a diy job, to find you dont have the right tools to complete the job and can justify a trip to Screwfix to buy the new tools you need as well as whatever shiny new thing takes you fancy.
Driving home after work for the first time in daylight in months.
The much reduced traffic, when it's half term.
Doing a diy job to find you have the right tools to complete the job
Starting a diy job, to find you dont have the right tools to complete the job and can justify a trip to Screwfix to buy the new tools you need as well as whatever shiny new thing takes you fancy.
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