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Instead of moaning, lets all big up things that are just [b]BRILLIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANTTTTTTTT!!!![/b]

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Six Music for a start. Orbital's Satan, Rage Against the Machine, and Bassheads in quick rotation. What more do you want on a Friday Morning. Got it cranked right up

Your nominations for those little day to day things that make life worth living please..........

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TMS!

[b]FANTASTIC![/b]


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 10:15 am
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Fruit Cake

(the baked product, not the OP or CF)


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 10:16 am
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My wife.


 
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Coffee
Olympics. No wait, sport in general.
My new bluetooth mouse
Cameras
My camera
My job (I'm grudgingly coming to that point of view)
My family
My kids
Treat day
Bikes
My bikes
Mountains
My wife's family in the US
Sunshine
Camping
Cardiff's recycling system


 
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Bean to cup coffee machine


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 10:20 am
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The better half has just texted to say, on Bury market, she's just discovered steak pies with a layer of mushy peas under the pastry.

Utter genius!!!! I haven't even tried them and already I know they are going to be EPIC!!!


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 10:21 am
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cheesey peas?


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 10:21 am
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[i]My new bluetooth mouse
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Linky please.
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Oh, and my addition.
The roof on my car.
Weather permitting, it retracts.
When that happens.
I smile.


 
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Brie.


 
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+1 for 6Music
Arcade Fire
Riding bikes in the woods
Almost everything about my children
Curry
Beer
Wine
The Bridge (conclusion this weekend - don't forget!)
A well sharpened knife


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 10:24 am
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MolGrips.

Thanks muchly 😀

Binners.
Good Thread !.

😀 😀


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 10:26 am
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Battlestar Galactica

The Walkmen

My rediscovered Country and Western hits of Trucking CD

My Cat

My soon to be under-employed status

My wee motorbike


 
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my friends
rush
nin
my guitar
my bike
nature
playing computer games
cake
pies
coffee
project gotham racing 2 (haven't played it for about 7 years,just playing it today again.still an awesome game.oh and it has Edinburgh tracks 😀


 
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Summer, Buddy Holly, the working folly
Good golly Miss Molly and boats
Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet
Jump back in the alley and nanny goats

18-wheeler Scammels, Domenecker camels
All other mammals plus equal votes
Seeing Piccadilly, Fanny Smith and Willy
Being rather silly, and porridge oats

A bit of grin and bear it, a bit of come and share it
You're welcome, we can spare it - yellow socks
Too short to be haughty, too nutty to be naughty
Going on 40 - no electric shocks

The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot
A little drop of claret - anything that rocks
Elvis and Scotty, days when I ain't spotty,
Sitting on the potty - curing smallpox

Health service glasses
Gigolos and brasses
round or skinny bottoms

Take your mum to Paris
lighting up the chalice
Wee Willy Harris

Bantu Stephen Biko, listening to Rico
Harpo, Groucho, Chico

Cheddar cheese and pickle, the Vincent motorsickle
Slap and tickle
Woody Allen, Dali, Dimitri and Pasquale
balabalabala and Volare

Something nice to study, phoning up a buddy
Being in my nuddy
Saying hokey-dokey, Sing Along With Smokey
Coming out of chokey

John Coltrane's soprano, Adi Celentano
Bonar Colleano


 
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Craig Charles on 6Music

Shimano DX pedals (old red ones)

80ft Scalextric with too many cars

Wind turbines (Ooooh... controversial)

Home made spicy squash and ricotta ravioli

Making dens with my kids

Drinking chilled white wine with my wife in the garden


 
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Being able to pause live TV. I know its a paid for Sky thing but it is brilliant!!!


 
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The Singlespeed Frankenbike - I loves it!
Ickle lambs and bunny rabbits on the trails.
Wifey and kids
My camper van
Living in the Peak District
The new office filter coffee machine
Podcasts
My hammock


 
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[i]Country and Western hits of Trucking CD[/i]
😯

Weeksy.
Cool !.

[i]Making dens with my kids[/i]
Aww.
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Posted : 18/05/2012 10:30 am
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Thanks for posting that work of genius jota180! Good call!! 😀


 
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John Coltrane's soprano, Adi Celentano
Bonar Colleano

Oh yes and as well as my Donna Summer montage this evening whilst drinking a new world red (also brilliant!) I will be listening to Miles and John!!

As well as Robert Glasper who may be brilliant but not quite sure yet!

Anyway Fridays are brilliant and Saturday early runs in the hills when most people are still in bed. Brilliant!!!!


 
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My Orange 5
My Triumph Speed Triple


 
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Mazes amaze me.


 
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Damn...

Forgot to add riding bikes with the lads and vegetables that look like knobs or bums.

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Perfectly boiled duck eggs.....runny for me.


 
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Marmite on toast and a cup of tea.
Bike bits parcel arriving.
Riding to work off road.
A lady who just popped in my shop in her gym gear.
Teenage fanclub playing in the shop.
That's just this morning.


 
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Teenage fanclub playing in the shop.

Wow! did you get their autographs?

Currently Liking Richard Hawleys new album
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my son
peanut butter sandwiches


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 11:14 am
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Great piccy Harry. We're due another one soon eh?


 
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thebikechain's wife

Sportive racing

discussions on nuclear power.


 
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We're due another one soon eh?

Don't see why not, but I've got a busy few weeks coming up.

Rivington?

New bermtastic trails are opening in HTNshire in June. That should make for an interesting morning's playing out.


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 11:22 am
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1xtra (radio6 is a bit too...Elbow, you know?)
big fat sandwiches
snogging
my guitar
my low converse, which are just perfectly battered now


 
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1xtra (radio6 is a bit too...Elbow, you know?)

Shut it! 😉 Most people on here are 25 years older than you!


 
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1xtra? 1xtra?!! [b]1xtra?!! [/b]

BURN THE HERETIC!!!!!

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Harry Rivington sounds like a plan. A hurtle down the Belmont? Next weekend?


 
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Wife working, my dad's 70th and 3 Saturdays lost due to holibobs mean that the full susser is staying clean until July. 😐


 
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skepta in the live lounge....

c'mon 8)


 
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ice cold water on a warm day
downhill, fast
white water rapids in a kayak
chickens
the sign that said"soapy hot hand jobs" at the car wash on my way home (taken down now, but for 6 months made smile every time)
youth, sadly not appreciated by those who have it
scottish mountains, pretty much all of them, but especially those not littered with ski-ing detreitus,
in fact, considering the above, the hutchison memorial hut in choire etchacan
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diving, especially on hms port napier (last week, excellent)

..and take a deep breath..
any of a range of scottish malts
the aprilia rst futura
ducati 900ss (aircoled, early full faired version), I know, pretty crap bike but still managed to be brilliant at the same time
days out that don't end up in a and e
naples
venice
pizza
that web site with the kittencam
forfar bridies, especially the "sadler's special"
arbroath smokies, just out the barrel and still warm
showering after a long, sweaty ride
people who don't whinge

loads more, i'll get back to you once this unicorn is ringfenced


 
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Smokey and the bandit....


 
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Bikes
Boats
Beer
Birds
Buscuits
Blamonge
Bacon
Brie


 
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mates in general but specifically Cynic-A111


 
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Friday night, ride then pub (The Red Rooster)


 
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tj trying to dig himself out that hole - the deeper it is, the funnier it gets


 
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Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 11:59 am
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Binners, for sorting me stickers

LOVE YOU MAAAAAN!!

*manly bear hug, nothing gay or 'owt*


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 12:03 pm
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My iPod
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Quakers!


 
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Cadbury's Chocolate Mini Rolls in a 15% extra free pack.

One of the main culprits in turning my ayeDave diet into a nawDave diet.


 
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Mrs Sneaky

Crisps

Coca Cola

Anything fast enough to hurt myself with.

YouPrawn


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 12:09 pm
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When your kit Kat has no biscuit,just solid chocolate.
Really you've lost out but you feel like a winner.


 
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a cold beer from the fridge in the landcruiser when you've spent the day hiking in the outback.


 
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My Daughter
Outside
Inside
Lie ins
Bikes (all of them, not just my ones. They are all ace in their own way, alot like boobs)
6 Music
The Beastie Boys
A tribe called quest
De La Soul
A cup of tea some ones else made/ bought for you
Buddies
Beer
Brooks saddles
Surly Cycles
Salsa Cycles
Viynl records
G shock watches
Morvelo
Dirt
Sunshine
Birthdays (mines tomorrow by the way)
Knowledge
Bath time
Playing squash
Driving with the windows open
Camping
Beers of Europe (The UKs biggest beer wharehouse 5 miles up the road from me)
Wool clothing
Tweed
The chap
Letting your beard grow
Loving work
Pay day
The stone roses
These animal men

To many things to list.....


 
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loud music
seeing the people you love smiling/laughing
dezb's sideburns


 
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holding onto a poo until you get into the office then having a banging poo and getting paid for it (even if you have to crab on the way out of the house and into the office).

Going to Malton to see family and riding up Rosedale Chimney Bank

21 hours of driving to get to and around Scotland and riding at three different places on three different days two of which Hannah Barnes is at and then pulling a big goofy smile at her only to get one back

waking up with your tent taped into the scottish six day trail course on the first day in fort william.


 
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home made lemonade
line dried bed sheets
slightly sweaty gf smell
fresh made bread
summer riding just going wherever
loud music
splashing about in streams
being in the mountains with my dad
first morning wake up at Glasto anticipation
a great gig
a day in the pub
saturday lie in
itunes
cake


 
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To the thoroughly excellent post from tommid may I respectfully add to De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest the surely compulsory:

Jungle Brothers

And added onto emsz

Fresh baked [i]Sourdough[/i] bread. Yum. My home made attempts not bad and getting better. It's the little things in life...


 
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Cold melon.


 
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First 30 secs

and hearing the opening chords to your favourite songs on the radio when you are on the road to a great ride


 
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[i]dezb's sideburns[/i]

I'll post em to ya


 
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I'll post em to ya

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beer - really, how good is it?
scallops
the smell of cut grass after the rain
louis armstrong singing wonderful world
baloo the bear singing the bear necessities of life (they'll come to you, yeah)
the bbc
the nhs
the crown bar, belfast
snowball fights
another place by anthony gormley
caravaggio paintings
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the north yorkshire moors railway
the paddle steamer waverley
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2 minute flight from westray to papa westray
seeing killer whales in the wild, - i haven't yet, but i will and it'll be pure dead brilliant when i do


 
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Waitrose in Bristol selling proper Bury ring blackpuddings
Road cycling round the Mendips
Mountain-biking in the Quantocks
Rugby League
Scandinavian TV dramas - The Killing, Wallender, The Bridge etc
Skiing
The NHS (until the Tories bugger it up)
The huge numbers of real ales that have been launched in the last few years
Fish & chips (particularly from the Mayflower chippie in Otley)
Leeds United (although that's probably a wish rather than reality)


 
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Leeds United (although that's probably a wish rather than reality)

ah well, if we're moving into fantasy land

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When I was an apprentice car mechanic I used to have a cup of coffee, a chocolate muffin, followed by a fag mid morning.

I used to love that little break.


 
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When I was young and used to go fishing all the time. I loved when my float would wobble slightly, and then bob up and down a little, and eventually sail away.

When ever that happened I would get so excited, whispering "go on, go on..." to myself.

I used to dream about it.

I still get excited when that happens.


 
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boobs


 
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My new bmx. Can't see the mtb getting a proper look in for a while now!


 
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I can't believe we got to this stage, before Phil gets that in. We ought to be collectively ashamed of ourselves

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rusty are they your gandads? they look fun


 
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Emsz, that's Binners and Hora.

They're not as much fun as they look.


 
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Don't listen to him emsz. We're more fun than a great big bag of boobs 😀


 
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What's brilliant? My tickets to see Black Sabbath tomorrow night and reservation in a dirt cheap 5 Star hotel thanks to Last Minute Dot Com.


 
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Indeed MF. Whats also brilliant is I've just got tickets to see Thea Gilmore, Joan Wasser and PP Arnold do a homage to Sandy Denny at the Bridgwater Hall next week, after hearing it on Six music. Woo and indeed Hoooooooooooo

Which kind of takes me back full circle to my original post 😀


 
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beer+cycling+mountains+nice friends+music+bbq+great weather. That'll do me. 😀


 
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Heated wing mirrors are ACE!


 
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Wing mirrors? Heated? Are you sure about this?


 
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