Little things in life that make you smile

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A day piloting a motorboat on the open sea for 10 hours, traveled around 30 miles on glass like smooth water, dolphins following us and showing off - bit of booze, food and swimming in 30ft deep crystal clear grecian water.

The absolute perfect birthday.... :thup:
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Toto Wolff, saying "pumpernickel"
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thamesideiron wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:55 pm
She actual started to come right into the house,looking
for us to give her her Nuts.
I had that once. Coming into the house was the last straw and had to get an injunction.
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The videos of the squaddies that smuggled some dorris into the barracks for a gang bang! :crylol:
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My twin granddaughters running into the kitchen and saying "happy farters day Grandad" :lol:
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Jonah wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:48 pm A day piloting a motorboat on the open sea for 10 hours, traveled around 30 miles on glass like smooth water, dolphins following us and showing off - bit of booze, food and swimming in 30ft deep crystal clear grecian water.

The absolute perfect birthday.... :thup:
Motorboating for 10hours .... Jesus :crylol:
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There was even wine on board!! :shocker: :winker:
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My eldest daughter, her husband and my two grandsons, finally came to see us this week, COVID stopped play previously, the first time have met the youngest, he's a proper thug, two years old and has his mother wrapped around his little finger, on the other hand the eldest has turned into a lovely lad and I spent the week teaching him to swim, it was just a lovely time after a long wait. It made me smile.
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George Kruis, for the Barbarians, in his last game in rugby:

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dasnutnock3 wrote: Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:28 pm George Kruis, for the Barbarians, in his last game in rugby:

Could equally be in the irritate thread because of how poor England were.
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Waking up this morning to a (genuine) email from HMRC telling me I'm due a tax rebate.

It's funny, the reality is that I have inadvertently given them an interest free loan and they are just paying me back what is legally mine, but because it turned up out of the blue it feels like a bonus, like free money.
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My garden rebuild entering the last few days of the project. My contractor's hand built me a beautiful decked area in front of my garden office with a pergola, raised sleeper beds either side of the fake grass lawn (yeah, I know, but grass always got waterlogged and this plastic stuff is much easier to maintain), a lovely porcelain slabbed patio, a marvellously over-engineered fence and gate to hide the dank side return and a new back door to replace the tatty old single-glazed french doors. And a special barbecue zone for my kettle, smoker & pizza oven. Also considering one of them outdoor stoves for cold weather heating but also has a hot plate on the top for cooking steaks.

We've been here 13 years and never had a garden where any of us wanted to spend any time, so this ought to be a pretty transformative addition to our home. It's all so chunkily built, with much more weight and precision than was strictly necessary, but I'm an engineer, and he understood that was my main requirement for the works (my wife handled the aesthetics & layout). I've had stuff done on the cheap before that didn't last more than a couple of seasons, not this time.

Just can't wait to start using it properly & letting the kids have somewhere nice to relax & play. I'm gonna set up an outdoor projector so the kids can watch movies when the sun's setting. I'm just looking forward to cooking some steaks whilst drinking scotch.
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Sounds splendid mate.

Enjoy.

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Seeing the Covid thread has fallen off page one of NUMB..
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S-H wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:51 am Seeing the Covid thread has fallen off page one of NUMB..
And mainstream media
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Top Tip! If you're going to illegally fly tip an empty helium canister in someone's skip, make sure you remove the delivery note from Amazon that shows your name, address, and details of the product you'd ordered, beforehand.
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dasnutnock3 wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:16 am Top Tip! If you're going to illegally fly tip an empty helium canister in someone's skip, make sure you remove the delivery note from Amazon that shows your name, address, and details of the product you'd ordered, beforehand.
Please tell me you dumped it back outside their house.
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Cockneyboy311 wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:52 pm Please tell me you dumped it back outside their house.
Or through their front window?
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Cockneyboy311 wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:52 pm Please tell me you dumped it back outside their house.
Took it round, rang their camera doorbell, stood there with a massive ****-eating grin on my boat, holding the canister in one hand and the paperwork in the other. Heard movement behind the door... but no-one answered, funnily enough. Left it there on their doorstep with the paperwork poking out the top.

Still chuckling to myself now.
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dasnutnock3 wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:58 pm Took it round, rang their camera doorbell, stood there with a massive ****-eating grin on my boat, holding the canister in one hand and the paperwork in the other. Heard movement behind the door... but no-one answered, funnily enough. Left it there on their doorstep with the paperwork poking out the top.

Still chuckling to myself now.
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