Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.

[gremlin]

Me and Mrs Gremlin went to M&S. We parked a 10 minute walk away and ended up lugging half a dozen bags of groceries back to the car. As we're waiting at a crossing some school girl asks Mrs Gremlin if she wanted a hand carrying the shopping. We declined, but what a nice thing to offer.


Of course, Mrs Gremlin then commented that she obviously thought we looked fucking old.

[KungFooBob]

Me and Mrs Gremlin went to M&S. We parked a 10 minute walk away and ended up lugging half a dozen bags of groceries back to the car. As we're waiting at a crossing some school girl asks Mrs Gremlin if she wanted a hand carrying the shopping. We declined, but what a nice thing to offer.


Of course, Mrs Gremlin then commented that she obviously thought we looked fucking old.

I was sure this was going to be another story about you pissing yourself.

[gremlin]

Give it time.

[Noggin]

I got sent a t-shirt by a lovely friend (sometimes of these parts!) back when I had a foster kitten - who was a bit bitey scratchy for a while!!

Wore it touring today, the mate I was with has a cat and so when we got back to the cafe after, I took off my coat and showed him the shirt!!

HUGE laughter when he says "can I take a picture of your t-shirt to send to Asta?" (his wife)!!!

I couldn't help howling with laughter cos I'm stood in my favourite cafe with a load of french and an old mate is essentially taking a photo of my boobs

Picture (well, one I took!!) -

[gremlin]

Tip run.

No queues.

Middle-aged man win.

[Yorick]

Tip run.

No queues.

Middle-aged man win.

When I first retired I saw quickly how much better it was getting things done midweek when everyone's at work

[katana]

I told you. I wake up every day, right here, right in Punxsutawney, and it's always February 2nd, and there's nothing I can do about it.

[Rockburner]

Being able to sit outside for lunch at last.

[cheb]

Being able to sit outside for lunch at last.

I tried that, my soup blew away. We've had some proper weather up here, base level F9 and gusting F11.

[Count Steer]

Being able to sit outside for lunch at last.

Cracking day. Spring is in the air, snowdrops are out, daffs are on their way, trees and bushes showing signs of life etc. Popped down to the cabin to fetch a daylight lamp to do some fiddly, crafty stuff and ended up pottering around the garden and fishing a few leaves and other crut out of the pond. Although the pond iced over (apart from where the 'water feature' drops into the pond) for a few days it didn't kill off all the green, hairlike pondweed but the water is crystal clear. Must start planning more planting in it.

No sign of yesterday's deer but the knob with the leaf blower is still 'blowing leaves' in the woodland behind us. So it's probably gone for some peace and quiet. The work was obviously too much for one bloke, one whole day a week...so they're paying for two blokes now. Ah, the peace and quiet of the countryside. 7 hours of two-stroke engine. The utter ing s. Fortunately it's a big bit of woodland so he's now 0.5 miles away.

[mangocrazy]

Never understood the concept of a 'leaf blower' other than the wind. Wherever you blow leaves to, the wind will have other ideas.

The obvious best place for leaves (other than on a tree) is in a compost heap. Brilliant in there.

[gremlin]

I've gone full Mumsnet after the tip run.

Batch cooking granola and just about to start on a frangipan tart.

My man card is temporarily suspended whilst my undercarriage recovers.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Never understood the concept of a 'leaf blower' other than the wind. Wherever you blow leaves to, the wind will have other ideas.

The obvious best place for leaves (other than on a tree) is in a compost heap. Brilliant in there.

When you've got loads of 'em though, it's much easier to blow 'em into a pile in the corner first

[Felix]

Never understood the concept of a 'leaf blower' other than the wind. Wherever you blow leaves to, the wind will have other ideas.

The obvious best place for leaves (other than on a tree) is in a compost heap. Brilliant in there.

I opened the side door of my van. Jumped in the back doors with the leaf blower to clear the crap out but forgot i cut a big hole in the bulkhead for longer planks of wood. The cab was covered in dirt, leaves, old grass and general gardening shit

[Count Steer]

Never understood the concept of a 'leaf blower' other than the wind. Wherever you blow leaves to, the wind will have other ideas.

The obvious best place for leaves (other than on a tree) is in a compost heap. Brilliant in there.

I can see the point in getting them off the lawn but why buy a place with woodland/wildlife and then try and manicure the woodland and disturb the wildlife? The previous people, he just used to harvest a tree or two each year for the drying shed then log burner and the woodland thrived on a bit of thinning. The new folk, within a week of moving in had two cowboys lopping stuff off trees at random (left the dead tree on our boundary alone )...turns out she had to tell them to 'get off my laand' on day 2.

I'd best not mention the filling in of the old, natural pond, the security lights...on the house and, get this, in the woodland on the wood shed (fortunately all decommissioned...it was like a disco you could see from space and the fairy lights in the fruit trees between this house and theirs etc etc etc.

(They're actually very, very nice, just a bit clueless on (semi) rural existence ).

[Horse]

Never understood the concept of a 'leaf blower'

Apparently very good for getting a big Nov 5th bonfire going.

Build the heap with a tunnel from the side. Push in a lit box of oil-soaked rags. Then, when the kindling takes, blast it with the leaf blower.

[cheb]

Never understood the concept of a 'leaf blower'

Apparently very good for getting a big Nov 5th bonfire going.

Build the heap with a tunnel from the side. Push in a lit box of oil-soaked rags. Then, when the kindling takes, blast it with the leaf blower.

Vaguely related, it involves combustion: A mate used to help his Ariel Leader on hot starts with a bit of compressed oxygen.

[Horse]

Vaguely related, it involves combustion: A mate used to help his Ariel Leader on hot starts with a bit of compressed oxygen.

I have a cylinder of O2

But its supposed to only be for people who are struggling with their tickover

[Mr. Dazzle]

Never understood the concept of a 'leaf blower'

Apparently very good for getting a big Nov 5th bonfire going.

Build the heap with a tunnel from the side. Push in a lit box of oil-soaked rags. Then, when the kindling takes, blast it with the leaf blower.

Roots superchargers, beloved of 1990s/2000s Jags and enormous drag car V8s among others, were originally invented for doing basically that ^^^ in blast furnaces.

[Rockburner]

Never understood the concept of a 'leaf blower'

Apparently very good for getting a big Nov 5th bonfire going.

Build the heap with a tunnel from the side. Push in a lit box of oil-soaked rags. Then, when the kindling takes, blast it with the leaf blower.

Roots superchargers, beloved of 1990s/2000s Jags and enormous drag car V8s among others, were originally invented for doing basically that ^^^ in blast furnaces.

Rootes (iirc). Also used on Pre-war Bentleys (amongst other things).

Nope - it is Roots. I am certain I've seen it somewhere with an "e", and that's stuck in my head. Maybe an old description that I read.