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Last night here and loved every nothing seems to work minute in the place.
Practically Wham proof too
oh well just about to end another bottle of Malbec
My morning coffee from my favourite mug(s). This morning's is a 2014 TDF mug when the grand depart passed though my town in Yorkshire. What a weekend that was and 2014 was a brilliant year for cycling for me generally so it holds some great memories.
Plus I love coffee.
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Sabatier Professional Satin Polished Stainless Steel Ladle
The right size, right weight and right length for my wok.
It is a pleasure to use it for stir-frying but I had to bend the "scoop" to almost 180 degree (not easy and could break but I bent it as far as I could). However, I only managed to bend it to around 170 degree which is good enough. The steel is hard and did not bend easily.
I have another wok ladle but this one is much better for smaller wok and making it enjoyable to use. Food also taste good. LOL!
That without fail, someone will start a Mint Sauce “She’s on her way back” thread.
The dog thread.
and I don't have a dog
Arriving at a destination in the van just as a good song on my playlist finishes, lovely.
Using Spax screws rather than the assorted Homebase, B&Q, Focus DIY etc screws knocking about in my screw draw. I didn't have enough 4x40 screws so treated myself to the posh ones.
Opening up a brand new bag of coffee, sticking my nose in and filling my lungs 🙂
Just put all the Christmas decorations up in the loft. MrsMC has reorganised them into new boxes labelled:
Outside lights
Indoor lights
Nativity
Tree Decs
Advent
Jumpers and hats
Tat
Tat
Tat
Realising you have a problem is the first step...
The Avensis I sold for £1,000 a couple of years ago at 15 years old and with 165k on the clock just passed its MOT for the second year running with nothing major noted. Yes it's no longer my car and it was definitely "sold as seen" but it.still gives me a warm feeling inside.
Ahhh, my new tubeless tyres are staying up,the previous set had reached a weird point in their lives where they just wouldn’t stay up,I think it was small punctures in the sidewalls, plenty of devil heads thorns here 🙁
The Avensis I sold for £1,000 a couple of years ago at 15 years old and with 165k on the clock just passed its MOT for the second year running with nothing major noted. Yes it’s no longer my car and it was definitely “sold as seen” but it.still gives me a warm feeling inside.
thought thats a good idea, i'll have a look how my old ocatvia lauren & klement is doing now. i loved that car and only sold it a few years back as i had a company car for a while. i assume its been scrapped? 🙁
@sadexpunk - even if it's been scrapped you should still see the history - I can see my old Celica that was last MOTd in 2014 for example.
Are you sure the reg is correct?
@sadexpunk – even if it’s been scrapped you should still see the history – I can see my old Celica that was last MOTd in 2014 for example.
Are you sure the reg is correct?
@whatgoesup it certainly made me think twice, but i dug out one of the photos from when i sold it....
Riding my bike in the woods, actually just being the woods.
Field Archery... Once again in the woods.
Any form of sketching/drawing.
My collection of historically accurate military figurines ... Or some would say ToySoldiers.
Windows 11's next problem on its next boot. Must be fixed before you can do any real work.
I do like my TV 🙂
Someone's else dog to throw sticks for ... Then you can hand the dog back like grandchildren, when finished.
Actually, quite a few :-). And that makes me happy.
But the woods makes me really happy.
Regarding the Octavia, does changing the registration number for a private plate show on the MOT history? Perhaps not likely on a car of that age
I have just checked the registration number of the first car I owned, a 1977 Mk1 golf and it comes up on the system but apparently never had an MOT! I guess because it was scrapped before the new on line system came in
The smell of napalm in the morning.
This thread makes me disproportionately happy. It's nice that some people actively post about the happier things in life.
Regarding the Octavia, does changing the registration number for a private plate show on the MOT history? Perhaps not likely on a car of that age
dont know tbh. just tried my first octavia and that shows up, altho looks like thats scrapped now. puzzled about that last one tho, id have thought even a private plate would still link to the old number.....
The robot vacuum cleaner that I treated myself to just before christmas, it is genuinely wonderful application of technology that seams so unnecessary, but just works so well and keeps my floors effortlessly clean without ever really having to think about it.
After googling a term from another thread that I'd never seen before ("drystane dyker"), I made the glorious discovery that there is a version of Wikipedia in Scots.
https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drystane_dyke
I don't know why this amuses me so much. I think it's the seriousness of Wikipedia written in a language that I associate mostly with the Nac Mac Feegles.
Another thing for disproportionately happy is reading/contributing to the disproportionately cross thread. It's cathartic. Though it says something about STW that that thread is 59 pages and counting but this one is only 3 pages 😆
Today I did my first local ride on my hardtail after switching from summer tyres (Race King rear, DHF front) to winter tyres (DHR II rear, Argotal front). Lots of grins, particularly on one fast and rough but always wet descent down track through the woods that (probably) used to be a coal pit access route. With summer tyres: good fun but a bit "hang on for dear life". With winter tyres: complete drift-round-corners blast. Switching to grippier tyres always brings happiness on some trail sections - though I still wouldn't use them in summer because of the limitations in distance I could reasonably cover.
The rolling round of the seasons.
A walk on a beach ( but that is bittersweet)
A day out in the hills
seeing eagles and otters ( and any other good wildlife spots)
Getting "likes" on STW 😀
Still not worked out how that works....
I'm moving house and fitting out the spare room/nerd cave while trying to spend no money. I had to buy some shelf brackets, and I did get some used ikea wardrobe units off facebook but I'm reusing the kitchen worktop that came in the new house, some MFI wardrobes that my mum and dad bought in the 1970s that have already been reused in 3 houses getting worse every time and are now finally getting cut up and reshaped into shelves and smaller units, plus a chest of drawers and a bunch of other shelf stuff and lights and things that my brother used to fit out his bedroom when he was about 15. All the shelf supports are bits of pine from my childhood bunk bed which my dad stashed in the shed "just in case" and which never moved an inch for 3 decades after that. And quite a lot of the storage boxes and suchlike were stolen from the bank of scotland in 2014. Something just amazingly satisfying about seeing all these bits coming together from different decades and doing a new job and having it be good.
Being able to wake up and do stuff without pain. My replacement hip is 11 months old and I can now just go out and do stuff. Today I explored an old quarry and then had a ride in the forest on some new trails.
The NHS fixed my brother by putting a pacemaker into him. He arrived (self-refferred) in A&E and less than 48hrs later is home with a thing that will help keep him alive. I like the NHS.
Though it says something about STW that that thread is 59 pages and counting but this one is only 3 pages
I'd honestly forgotten it existed (ironically). Hopefully the resurrection will attract a bit more attention.
Randomly stumbling across the BBC Pidgin English website, and reading everything in my head in a faux African/Caribbean accent
The dog running down a steep bank this morning ,kicking all these sycamore seeds up the air.
She stopped and watched as lots of the seeds helicoptered past her,then turned back to me with a look that said " isn't that brilliant ".
So I just nodded my approval 👍 🙃
Gigs. With mates.
The bloody best of times.
Found some anchovies to put one in my scrambled eggs for lunch. Suddenly a quick lunch became magical
Running the Huddersfield park run with my daughters and 700 others in the lovely autumnal sunshine.
Achieving a numerical palindrome at the petrol pump.
Saw two beautifully behaved 14 week old puppies today, a Visla in a cafe and a Jack Russell in the pub. Credit to their owners
A massive skein of geese flying over the house into a beautiful sky,then watching them move formations as they hit the higher winds.
Some good sounds playing in the background from Femi Koleoso ( standing in for Iggy Pòp),and a perfect mug of tea.
Love when those moments of calm wrap themselves around,very Hygge. 😊