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. 😊
A post on Instagram featuring a pair of Pileated Woodpecker nestlings poking their heads out the tree in heavy rain
Sure there's the cesspit side of social media, but there's also stuff like this.
Bumping into old friends at the Real Ale Wobble today was lovely. And it didn't rain.
Hearing about the latest thing that makes someone disproportionately cross.
When it's really windy, I can hear the playground noise from the (Primary)school up the street.
It's like the wind turns them up to 11 and they sound like they are having the best time.
When it's really windy, I can hear the playground noise from the (Primary)school up the street.
It's like the wind turns them up to 11 and they sound like they are having the best time.
Our village seems to have gone through another generational shift - houses that had young kids when we moved in 25 years ago now have grandkids, and a fair few families with young kids have moved in. There's the lovely chatter of pre-schoolers jabbering away, the village events like the scarecrow trail and trick or treating have got a new lease of life, and there serms genuine exvitement for the Christmas fair and light switch on.
Snow, just generally snow.
Opening a box of Weetabix this morning to find that they are packaged in paper.
Every little step.
Mrs FH practicing her singing as she wanders around the house.
Discovering (thanks to MrsMC, I hasten to add) that the main sponsor of Hallmark Christmas Movies this year is Mercedes Benz commercial vans.
Imagine the marketing meeting that identified what their target demographic was and how to reach them.
Sleeping for 8 hours solid without having to get up for a pee.
Titanium Chopping Boards
Billy Strings always makes me disproportionally happy but i just noticed they have done a Tiny Desk!
Using my new super sharp kitchen knife for the first time. It's just totally different and a hundred times better. I remember having the same experience about 10 years ago when we last bought a couple. Should probably learn how to sharpen them I guess 🙂
Using my new Horl sharpener to make my 10 year old Wusthof knives super sharp again!
Actually got my new plug sockets to fit in the wall without losing any skin or anything going horrible wrong or any cables being too short or getting stuck in the backbox or, you know, the million other things the bastards do to you, and they're even straight. Miracle. I just stood looking at em for a while, basking in the glory of my basic apprentice level semicompetence.
My "Haflinger Grizzly" slippers.
Follow up to my last one with the plugs, I then finished wiring em in and got an open earth fault on most of them. Spent ages figuring out what it was, yes it was the plug tester. So that made me annoyed but also disproportionately happy because I don't have to actually fix anything
Driving down Moor Lane in York towards Tesco after exiting the bypass. The taxi driver in the car behind me wasn't happy that I was doing 30 in a 30 so overtook me. Only to get stopped by the unmarked police car that was following him 🤣
It's a long 30 stretch but rules are rules.
When I've amazingly managed to NOT find out who won the downhill World Cup before I get a chance to watch the YouTube highlights.
Opening the blinds in the kitchen this morning to find a robin stood in the washing line looking in.
The view from my bedroom window
Coffee
morning sun is the drug that keeps me here
our silicon toilet 'brush'
after many years of owning a 'proper' brush that collects clegnuts and makes you gag when you pull it out the holder, the silicon one is always soooo clean you could eat your dinner off it. probably.
saw a smooth one at our friends and thought what a good idea, wife bought the 'stippled' one which i thought would be a mistake and still collect said clegnuts, but no, its been a game changer and makes me smile and sigh contentedly every time i pull it out the holder.
This is a simple one.
My ex-racer living life like a proper pet should at home is great, the house revolves around her.
But it's when we're out in nature that really makes me happy. She turns from this affable dopey creature into something more instinctive.
We're currently staying on a private estate that is teeming with wildlife. Her prey drive goes off the charts, her nose is in bushes, she's tracking things before we can see them.
A way better life than kennels and the track.
Sleeping for 8 hours solid without having to get up for a pee.
Reminds me of that joke
”I move my bowels regularly every day at 7”
”That’s good”
”Not really, I get up at 8”
Having the right weather to hang washing up on the line rather than using the tumble dryer, especially if the washing is bedding.
our silicon toilet 'brush'
Surely that should be on the PSA thread 🙂
