Whats making you happy right now

#13252 Gnaw

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Posted 10 April 2016 - 01:04 AM

Slow day at the rehab. Also snow day.

So we 'borrowed' some trays from the cafeteria and went sledding.

Who gets caught? Me. Who gets yelled at? The fella with me. Why? 'Cause they don't think the guy wearing the leg braces is stupid enough to get on a cafeteria serving tray and slide down a hill that has a rock wall at the bottom.

They drastically underestimate my stupidity. :doh:

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#13253 worry

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Posted 10 April 2016 - 01:24 AM

Gnaw revealed:
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#13254 Solidsnape

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Posted 10 April 2016 - 09:38 AM

A got an upright piano yesterday.
For free!!!
It's an old primary school one that was getting ditched. I rescued it and now its sitting in my dining room!

So while I can't play the piano for shit, my music theory is a whole lot better than it was, so I've just been messing around building some chords and trying out different inversions of them. Wasn't long before I was transposing some guitar songs into piano chords and having a blast.
I love it!!

For anyone who knows about this kind of shit, it's a Daneman upright acoustic piano.
The lady at the school assured me it were "well priced" when bought, so I might have gotten a bargain!!
However, it's tired and needs a good cleaning and probably some restoration work (slight vibration buzz happening around the middle section of the keyboard).
But for my limited abilities, it sounds good enough.

I imagine my partner will want to get it "Jazzed up" and can't wait to see what it looks like when I come back from Italy in June!!

Also, still got a week at home. Yey!!
Parenthood and chill!!

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#13255 Abyss

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 01:54 AM

Nikka coffey grain whiskey.
Proof that there is a God and he wants us to be happy. And drunk.

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#13256 Morgoth

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 07:23 AM

Abyss, on 12 April 2016 - 01:54 AM, said:

Nikka coffey grain whiskey.
Proof that there is a God and he wants us to be happy. And drunk.

The water of life

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#13257 Morgoth

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 11:12 AM

As for what's making me happy right now. I'm going to Tokyo in two days.

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#13258 QuickTidal

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 12:45 PM

Abyss, on 12 April 2016 - 01:54 AM, said:

Nikka coffey grain whiskey.
Proof that there is a God and he wants us to be happy. And drunk.

And you found this WEHRE?

Come on man, the LCBO never has that!

I MUST KNOW WHERE!

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#13259 Morgoth

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 01:02 PM

QuickTidal, on 12 April 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Abyss, on 12 April 2016 - 01:54 AM, said:

Nikka coffey grain whiskey.
Proof that there is a God and he wants us to be happy. And drunk.

And you found this WEHRE?

Come on man, the LCBO never has that!

I MUST KNOW WHERE!

You can buy it at the state run liquor stores here. And I suspect I might have one or two while in Japan. It's an excellent grain whisky, though I still prefer the japanese single malts.

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#13260 QuickTidal

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 02:22 PM

Morgoth, on 12 April 2016 - 01:02 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 12 April 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Abyss, on 12 April 2016 - 01:54 AM, said:

Nikka coffey grain whiskey.
Proof that there is a God and he wants us to be happy. And drunk.

And you found this WEHRE?

Come on man, the LCBO never has that!

I MUST KNOW WHERE!

You can buy it at the state run liquor stores here. And I suspect I might have one or two while in Japan. It's an excellent grain whisky, though I still prefer the japanese single malts.

Hmmm, our liquor is run by the province in LCBO stores, and so Abyss would have the same options as me. I'd love to try it.

They have Nikko in stock, but just the pure malt whiskey, not the coffey grain.

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#13261 Gorefest

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 02:54 PM

DeadHedge, on 08 April 2016 - 12:33 PM, said:

For those that may be interested, my work was featured on BBC 1's The One show on Wednesday night - http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/p03q63s8

Ooh, I saw that. Impressive. You built that thing? I struggle with our garden fence

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#13262 Macros

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 09:48 PM

Tax return filed and accepted, it seems I have overpaid tax this year, and they're going to give it back to me.
wunderbar!

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#13263 Abyss

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Posted 13 April 2016 - 02:40 AM

QuickTidal, on 12 April 2016 - 02:22 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 12 April 2016 - 01:02 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 12 April 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Abyss, on 12 April 2016 - 01:54 AM, said:

Nikka coffey grain whiskey.
Proof that there is a God and he wants us to be happy. And drunk.

And you found this WEHRE?

Come on man, the LCBO never has that!

I MUST KNOW WHERE!

You can buy it at the state run liquor stores here. And I suspect I might have one or two while in Japan. It's an excellent grain whisky, though I still prefer the japanese single malts.

I have a small collection of Japanese whiskeys... I picked up a couple in London, loved, then went on a buying spree when the NAS crisis hit last year. Now any time people travel I look into what's available... I was gunning for a 17yo Yoshi but they were out and the Coffey was all they had so my friend bought it for me AND IT IS GLORIOUS. Seriously for a blend this stuff is amazing, better than some of the 10 and 12yo single malts I've tried.
I'm afraid you're sol w the Lcbo QT. All they seem to have is the Miyazaki NAS that replaces the 12yo. It isn't bad at all tho. I maaaaaaay have bought the last couple of 15yo singles in TO last summer. Sorry not sorry.

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#13264 Maark Abbott

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Posted 13 April 2016 - 04:20 AM

Black coffee cut with rum.

Give a shit that I've had it made since before 5am and it's a workday. I'm one of them bad anuses.

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#13265 Andorion

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Posted 13 April 2016 - 04:36 AM

Second hand reports (haven't had time to read the papers) claim that the El Nino is over, a La Nina is coming, and we are set to have an above normal monsoon with lots of rainfall. In the middle of this heatwave, June can't come fast enough

#13266 Tsundoku

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Posted 13 April 2016 - 06:00 AM

Maark Abbott, on 13 April 2016 - 04:20 AM, said:

Black coffee cut with rum.

Give a shit that I've had it made since before 5am and it's a workday. I'm one of them bad anuses.

... I think we just found your front cover quote.

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#13267 Maark Abbott

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Posted 13 April 2016 - 06:45 AM

Tsundoku, on 13 April 2016 - 06:00 AM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 13 April 2016 - 04:20 AM, said:

Black coffee cut with rum.

Give a shit that I've had it made since before 5am and it's a workday. I'm one of them bad anuses.

... I think we just found your front cover quote.

It tactfully omits the fact that the main character is the most violent of all women.

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#13268 DeadHedge

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Posted 13 April 2016 - 08:07 AM

Gorefest, on 12 April 2016 - 02:54 PM, said:

DeadHedge, on 08 April 2016 - 12:33 PM, said:

For those that may be interested, my work was featured on BBC 1's The One show on Wednesday night - http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/p03q63s8

Ooh, I saw that. Impressive. You built that thing? I struggle with our garden fence :doh:

Well I'm not physically building it (I work for Transport Scotland and were managing it lol) and I second you on the garden fence lol

It is pretty impressive though

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#13269 QuickTidal

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Posted 13 April 2016 - 05:21 PM

Attended a Jane Goodall lecture last night. That was a life goal. She's a fascinating and amazing woman, and having seen her live was a real treat!

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

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#13270 Gust Hubb

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Posted 13 April 2016 - 06:19 PM

Finally off the Ex's lease! I think I am very close to being mostly unhooked from her.

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