Small pleasures.Things that please you more than they should

[Silenoz]

DoubleSix said:

talksthetorque said:

When you fast forward through the adverts and then nail the timing to start of the next segment.

My Virgin box has removed this pleasure by doing it automatically...

How do you get it to do that?

[Fallingup]

Bacon and egg rolls.

[dazwalsh]

When the wife fks off to work at 6:30am leaving me with an entire super king bed to sprawl out in for a further few hours

New socks or boxers

Stepping into a red hot shower on a freezing January morning

Chugging a pint of seriously cold fresh milk

A poo so big it just goes straight down without the requirement of a flush.

Keeping with the toilet theme, successfully blasting away the skidders in the pan with the force of your piss.

[DoubleSix]

Silenoz said:

DoubleSix said:

talksthetorque said:

When you fast forward through the adverts and then nail the timing to start of the next segment.

My Virgin box has removed this pleasure by doing it automatically...

How do you get it to do that?

Dunno, seems default... you forward and press play in the rough area of the next segment and it just jumps to the correct point.

(V6 Box)

Edited by DoubleSix on Monday 3rd February 00:10

[cherryowen]

Lighting a candle

[OzzyR1]

Throwing a knife at a tree from a decent distance - minimum 15 to 20 feet.

Hitting it point first is one thing. Achieving the level where you can throw it so hard it embeds an inch and produces a "twang" as it vibrates is very pleasing indeed.

[AndrewCrown]

I have a few...

• Waking up on a Saturday morning, thinking its time for work then realising it is weekend and rolling over for 2 more hours of kip.
• The above, having finally woken up and finding bacon in the fridge and bread in the bread bin.
• This is exceptionally rare.. the two above and having a 'no wiper'

[Cold]

av185 said:

A perfectly executed heel and toe downshift especially at c 9000 rpms.

You change down at 9000 rpm? That could end badly for many engines.

[av185]

Cold said:

av185 said:

A perfectly executed heel and toe downshift especially at c 9000 rpms.

You change down at 9000 rpm? That could end badly for many engines.

Agree.

991.2 GT3 has 9k rev limit so the challenge is changing gear (manual) under this limit as the revs rise approaching the limit.

Get wrong and its a 'money change.' :

[jet_noise]

talksthetorque said:

When you fast forward through the adverts and then nail the timing to start of the next segment.

Usually on a Humax PVR three presses of the skip button hits that point. Most adverts are that length but not all.

My small pleasure:
In my last house which had good mains pressure and a non-vented hot tank.
Reaching into the shower, turning it on and sharply withdrawing one's hand without getting sleeve/arm wet in the almost instantaneous deluge

[Cold]

av185 said:

Cold said:

av185 said:

A perfectly executed heel and toe downshift especially at c 9000 rpms.

You change down at 9000 rpm? That could end badly for many engines.

Agree.

991.2 GT3 has 9k rev limit so the challenge is changing gear (manual) under this limit as the revs rise approaching the limit.

Get wrong and its a 'money change.' :

So nothing to do with a "heel and toe downshift" then?

[Shakermaker]

When a really good "driving song" comes on just at the moment you break free from traffic/lights go green/you can put your foot down on a slip road and join a clear dual carriageway/motorway and just imagine for a few seconds that you're a driving hero even if you're just in a mundane diesel Skoda

[captain_cynic]

Monkeylegend said:

Today is Palindrome day 02/02/2020.

The last one was 11/11/1111 and the next will be 12/12/212.

This pleases me

10/02/2001 was a pallindrome.

The next one is 12/02/2021

A pallindrome is any word or number that is the same backwards as it is forwards, like "madam".

[AAGR]

Just occasionally, the two family bulldogs both surge on to the sofa, position themselves strategically, one on each side, and both go to sleep with their chins on my knee.

Domestic bliss !

[Trophy Husband]

Lighting both fires in the house and keeping them both well stoked until bed time when I close the doors and hope that they will still be putting out a little heat when I get up at 0500hrs. I can then chuck a little kindling on and a few smaller logs for my family to get up at 0630hrs and have a lovely firey glow!

Crimping off a length that touches the water before the drop and hoping it will swoosh rather than me needing to get the kitchen knife out!

[CallMeLegend]

Getting my Victorinox nail clippers from my pocket & sorting that annoying nail that snags on things.

[Alex_225]

Few hours outside in the fresh air, earphones in, giving the car a good clean and the satisfaction of all the hard work afterwards.

[Monkeylegend]

captain_cynic said:

Monkeylegend said:

Today is Palindrome day 02/02/2020.

The last one was 11/11/1111 and the next will be 12/12/212.

This pleases me

10/02/2001 was a pallindrome.

The next one is 12/02/2021

A pallindrome is any word or number that is the same backwards as it is forwards, like "madam".

Blame the BBC, I was just reading off their website

[TwigtheWonderkid]

captain_cynic said:

A pallindrome is any word or number that is the same backwards as it is forwards, like "madam".

And a fear of palindromes is aibohphobia.

[tribalsurfer]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

And a fear of palindromes is aibohphobia.