What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[hairnet]

How many given and how do they cost if not

[andy18s]

Or go mobile?

[hairnet]

eep

 

[320touring]

In it's natural habitat. And no, I don't know who owns the streetwise 

[Dyslexic Viking]

No cars have driven past for a long time and there is total silence here. And some evenings I can hear an owl in the distance in the forest.

This is so nice and I will never understand how some of you voluntarily live in cities.

[Remspoor]

1 minute ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

No cars have driven past for a long time and there is total silence here. And some evenings I can hear an owl in the distance in the forest.

This is so nice and I will never understand how some of you voluntarily live in cities.

I am the same here in Spain. However, the owls here are in the tree opposite.  I am in a wooded area. There use to be an owls nest in the near by church. Sadly a few years ago renovations meant the hole was blocked up.

[comfortablynumb]

I lived in cities until my mid 30's, when we moved to a rural village location, in Norfolk.

I'll never go back to a city.

Granted my village is not as quiet as it used to be, and the bigger road near my house ( there are two, but one is a very minor one) is busier at night than it was, but we still get long spells with no traffic.

My mum still lives in st Albans. Every time I go back I think ' where the hell did all these houses come from?' and it's crazy busy now 

[hairnet]

watching grand designs and kevins looking at a cottage at flamborough head thats had a 3 storey glass box attached to it  (the end of the row)

was there the other week and was like wtf but to be fair they rescued it cos it was falling down and it might have taken next door with it - but hes slightly amused as its going up but said better than it is now

[Ohdearme]

Just going through executor stuff for my sister in laws estate.

Customer service* doing great things…

[captain_70s]

A company like Netflix will almost certainly be outsourcing their customer service to a country where English won't be the staff's first language. 

[andy18s]

2 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

No cars have driven past for a long time and there is total silence here. And some evenings I can hear an owl in the distance in the forest.

This is so nice and I will never understand how some of you voluntarily live in cities.

We have a pack of Jackals that do a few laps of the village scavenging most nights.

They start making quite the racket as they go, which in turn sets off most of the dogs in homes.

Ours have sort of gotten used to them,no barking but very alert.

[hairnet]

more vehickles from gadge whos now in NY stateoh @PhilA 

[High Jetter]

59 minutes ago, Ohdearme said:

Just going through executor stuff for my sister in laws estate.

My sympathies, but maybe turn predictive text off?

[Rustybullethole]

On 23/09/2024 at 22:43, myglaren said:

Not grin exactly but interesting.

Actually rather sad as this beautiful, smart and vibrant woman has been bedbound for the best part of two years, a result of Covid infection.

As a physicist and generally intelligent person I'm sure she had the appropriate injections, but still caught it and is now unable to do anything for herself.

 

Liked for the science though yes that's sad. 

[andy18s]

Friend of mine fancies himself as a bit of Grace Jones..

[myglaren]

↟Probably wrong as usual but that looks like a GS

[hairnet]

listening to track of my years

leo sayer

and they ask him about his grammy

'its broken'

and they want $750 for a new one??

so something they give you they want you to pay for??

[myglaren]

 

Biscuits &  gravy?  No thanks.

[wuvvum]

Driving through the Black Forest and got a flash and a wave from a German registered 75 saloon going the other way.  Only other 75 I've seen since leaving Blighty. 

[myglaren]

[hairnet]

Are we nearly there yet 

 

 

T

 

Thatll be a no then - snacks and tea and catch up with the snooker

[Yoss]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Driving through the Black Forest and got a flash and a wave from a German registered 75 saloon going the other way.  Only other 75 I've seen since leaving Blighty. 

Was it dark blue? On all my European trips, which are usually further east admittedly, I always see one 75 and it's always dark blue. And no, it's not always the same one. 

[wuvvum]

Yes.  Yes it was.

[Yoss]

7 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Yes.  Yes it was.

They always are! Here's a hastily papped one from a tram in Brno ČZ. 

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, myglaren said:

 

Biscuits &  gravy?  No thanks.

they aint cookies

americans do their own shit ok - when they try other stuff - shite

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, myglaren said:

 

New improved recipe

[hairnet]

the chap in usa that posts the cars..........

did this........

'Sated, I walk over to the desk to get my key card updated to reflect my one-night extension. They can't find my booking...

They re-check the message I have on my phone. Baskets of fuck! 

 I've reserved (and paid for) a room at the Hampton Inn at the airport... 

I go back up to my room and rebook tonight here - then write a snivelling email to Booking.com and the Hampton Inn at the airport asking if they can waive the cancellation fee (the entire room cost)... '

 

suffice to say hes nowhere near boston

 

ive done similar and got on the wrong hotels bus when there was 3 of the same hotel (!) within 3 miles  also 

[MikeR]

On 20/09/2024 at 11:39, MikeR said:

On 5 floors u say ?? 

It does have a basement ....

[High Jetter]

54 minutes ago, MikeR said:

It does have a basement ....

...for the diving dept.? Or have they sorted the water table?

[andy18s]

12 hours ago, myglaren said:

↟Probably wrong as usual but that looks like a GS

Yes,his latest addition to his collection..