Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.

[Saga Lout]

A little thing that pleases me: I've just found out that my watch automatically adjusts itself to local time when it finds itself in a new time zone.

(I'm not in Essex any more.)

I will bet it is not a Rolex GMT.

You win that bet. It's a fancy Casio, aka G-Shock.

[Mussels]

A little thing that pleases me: I've just found out that my watch automatically adjusts itself to local time when it finds itself in a new time zone.

(I'm not in Essex any more.)

That would annoy the hell out of me, like my alarm clock that sets itself from the atomic clock transmissions. It is frequently a few minutes, hours or days out, thankfully I can rely my phone alarm. I want a watch to be consistent and not guess which side of a border I'm on.

[Saga Lout]

A little thing that pleases me: I've just found out that my watch automatically adjusts itself to local time when it finds itself in a new time zone.

(I'm not in Essex any more.)

That would annoy the hell out of me, like my alarm clock that sets itself from the atomic clock transmissions. It is frequently a few minutes, hours or days out, thankfully I can rely my phone alarm. I want a watch to be consistent and not guess which side of a border I'm on.

Hmmm... My phone reset itself to local time as well. Maybe I should post in the other "Insignificant Things..." thread, Why can't my phone keep consistent time?

[Taipan]

Cultural gifts make me happy. My nephews other half is Lithuanian. During the summer when we had a BBQ she brought loads of pork on skewers, that were flavoured in traditional Lithuanian flavourings and various other things, including dried or jellied pigs ears! At Christmas she brought us a a Sakotis tree cake. Normally this is turned on a spit in front of fire and layers of batter added, which we cant do, but apparently you can just eat it as is, or with a sweet flavouring of your choice poured over it.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0akotis

[Taipan]

Off to Leigh-on-Sea for a NYE (afternoon) drink. As previously said, I'm meeting up with an old mate I haven't seen since before covid lockdowns. A couple of other invites went out and now there's 5 of us plus other halfs/halves meeting up! Looking forward to it, although they're mad footie fans and Gooners too and guess whose playing whilst we're there!

[Buckaroo]

Off to Leigh-on-Sea for a NYE (afternoon) drink. As previously said, I'm meeting up with an old mate I haven't seen since before covid lockdowns. A couple of other invites went out and now there's 5 of us plus other halfs/halves meeting up! Looking forward to it, although they're mad footie fans and Gooners too and guess whose playing whilst we're there!

Going to go to Saarfend tomorrow for some greasy chips

[cheb]

Watching an otter, aka a weasel with good pr, larking about in the bay at the end of the garden.

Fishing looks to be good.

[Yorick]

In the Enduro WhatsApp group, one of the lads is saying it's currently -18 where he is skiing in Norway. He's freezing and boot buckles have frozen.

We're all taking the piss cos it's 25c here

[Jody]

It snowed !!

First time in too long. I'll be getting out for a couple hours with the powderboard tomorrow

[Treadeager]

Some light browsing here...
The " village cricket " video was brilliant.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/ ... mal-cameos

[KungFooBob]

Driving the wife's car.

When I got a new job I gave the wife my car as I needed some thing more economical for the commute.

Today she insisted we used it to go shopping as it needed filling up with go-go juice. As I was pulling on to the drive the check engine light came on. Bugger.

I reset the light (Torque on Android is aces) it was the Bank 1 NOx sensor. Then decided to give it an Italian tune up to see if the error re-occurred.

I took it down the by-pass in sports mode at 130mph between roundabouts. After spending the last year driving a 190bhp diesel I'd kinda forgotten how hilarious a moderately fast (306bhp) car is.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Yeah but it's a V6 innit?

[KungFooBob]

Yeah but it's a V6 innit?

Yeah, I couldn't afford the V8 or the V12 version.

[ZRX61]

Woke up to the news that actor Ian Ziering had been "attacked by the gang of bikers in Hollywood". Was hoping it was because the twunt pronounces his name as "Iron".
Expecting to see video of him being bludgeoned by the Mongols, Vago's or HA etc, I was amused to see it was 3 kids on mini-bikes.

[Felix]

Woke up to the news that actor Ian Ziering had been "attacked by the gang of bikers in Hollywood". Was hoping it was because the twunt pronounces his name as "Iron".
Expecting to see video of him being bludgeoned by the Mongols, Vago's or HA etc, I was amused to see it was 3 kids on mini-bikes.

How many?

[Druid]

Driving the wife's car.

When I got a new job I gave the wife my car as I needed some thing more economical for the commute.

Today she insisted we used it to go shopping as it needed filling up with go-go juice. As I was pulling on to the drive the check engine light came on. Bugger.

I reset the light (Torque on Android is aces) it was the Bank 1 NOx sensor. Then decided to give it an Italian tune up to see if the error re-occurred.

I took it down the by-pass in sports mode at 130mph between roundabouts. After spending the last year driving a 190bhp diesel I'd kinda forgotten how hilarious a moderately fast (306bhp) car is.

I have been commuting in a 75bhp Renault Clio 1.2 for the last two years. I can only dream of a190bhp diesel.

[Felix]

I have been commuting in a 75bhp Renault Clio 1.2 for the last two years. I can only dream of a190bhp diesel.

I was down south Wales picking up a 1.6 Diesel Citroen DS3. Only 90BHP but its quick. and fun on the back roads. Sat at 75/80 all the way home back to East Lothian and a loony moment at 110. It only used 3/4 a tank of fuel and gave me 48.9MPG. Fantastic little car what apparently has a 120bhp version.

[v8-powered]

I was down south Wales picking up a 1.6 Diesel Citroen DS3. Only 90BHP but its quick. and fun on the back roads. Sat at 75/80 all the way home back to East Lothian and a loony moment at 110. It only used 3/4 a tank of fuel and gave me 48.9MPG. Fantastic little car what apparently has a 120bhp version.

I daily a DS3 for railway station duties - fun little car, I have the 120bhp version. They do a 155bhp version too - bet that's a proper laugh.....

[ZRX61]

How many?

Selective editing by US media cut off the beginning of the incident. They started it as the moron in the blue hoodie attempts a sweep & gets it so wrong he almost took out his buddy & ended it as the fat bitch in the green helmet runs herself into the side of a car.

[mangocrazy]

Woke up to the news that actor Ian Ziering had been "attacked by the gang of bikers in Hollywood". Was hoping it was because the twunt pronounces his name as "Iron".

You may or may not know this but the term 'Iron' is old cockney rhyming slang for 'poof', as in 'Iron hoof' = 'poof'. The late great Bob Hoskyns uses this term a few times in The Long Good Friday.