Whats making you happy right now

#13472 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 18 May 2016 - 04:31 PM

I don't tend to pay much attention to my health - I do zero organised exercise, drive everywhere, drink far too much alcohol (when not up the duff) and am a total pig when it comes to my diet although I do try to keep it varied. Despite my pregnancy ailments of lots of pukage and hip pain my routine midwife checks register me as fit as a fiddle. My blood pressure is absurd for such a lazy sod. It's awesome! One day overdue though. I was feeling quite ready for it all but starting to feel like these things happen to other people and I won't actually have a baby at the end of all this.... I checked and apparently they do always come out one way or another.

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#13473 worry

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Posted 18 May 2016 - 08:53 PM

Laziness rules.

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#13474 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 18 May 2016 - 09:23 PM

You'll
Never
Win
Again!!

:laughing:

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#13475 worry

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Posted 18 May 2016 - 09:57 PM

Is that another soccer thing?

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#13476 Gnaw

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Posted 18 May 2016 - 11:59 PM

Had one of those epiphany things today. The right thing got worded in the right way at the right time and a huge bunch of shit fell into place for me. CBT rocks.

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor Frankl

#13477 Gust Hubb

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Posted 19 May 2016 - 12:45 AM

Yeah, CBT does work

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#13478 Andorion

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Posted 19 May 2016 - 04:54 AM

Its raining! Its raining hard! Its raining for more than 5 minutes!

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#13479 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 19 May 2016 - 03:39 PM

Afternoon solo trip to the cinema. Hoping the Captain America surround sound doesn't rupture something while I'm out on my own.

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#13480 Abyss

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Posted 20 May 2016 - 03:23 AM

Mezla PigDog, on 19 May 2016 - 03:39 PM, said:

Afternoon solo trip to the cinema. Hoping the Captain America surround sound doesn't rupture something while I'm out on my own.

If the film triggers labour you're going to have to name the child Bucky. Whatever the gender.

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT

#13481 Mentalist

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Posted 20 May 2016 - 03:40 AM

All packed for the long weekend cottage trip. Good times ahead. :laughing:

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#13482 Centzon Totochtin

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Posted 21 May 2016 - 12:30 AM

Love my job, parents are visiting this weekend, holidays start in 2 weeks (3.5 weeks off work!) and my best friends in the whole world get married (to each other) in just over 3 weeks. Life is good Posted Image

That Elephant is looking rather frayed at the edges

#13483 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 21 May 2016 - 10:49 AM

Flipping sexy new car arrived today. Love it!

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#13484 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 21 May 2016 - 10:31 PM

It's been a poor season for United but by heck winning the FA Cup feels good!

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#13485 Gnaw

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Posted 22 May 2016 - 11:00 AM

Tiste Simeon, on 21 May 2016 - 10:49 AM, said:

Flipping sexy new car arrived today. Love it!

Tiste Simeon, on 21 May 2016 - 10:31 PM, said:

It's been a poor season for United but by heck winning the FA Cup feels good!

Hmmmm

The second statement casts large shadows on your ability to accurately judge 'sexy'. Also 'new' and maybe 'car'. :laughing:

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#13486 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 22 May 2016 - 02:05 PM

It's new to me, and only 3 years old. It's a Ford Mondeo Titanium estate. Got all the bells and whistles inside. Lots of space too!

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#13487 Loki

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Posted 23 May 2016 - 01:18 PM

It's not exactly making me happy per se but I couldn't comment on Facebook so I am doing it here.

Tiste liked a photo of another forum member and it came up on my feed and I just wanted to say (in the least creepy way possible) "SO PRETTY!"

That's all. :laughing:

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#13488 Arthur Dayne

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Posted 23 May 2016 - 02:14 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 22 May 2016 - 02:05 PM, said:

It's new to me, and only 3 years old. It's a Ford Mondeo Titanium estate. Got all the bells and whistles inside. Lots of space too!

I started out reading this as "Ford... What?..." but then I realized i'm just a stupid American that figured most vehicles would have the same name outside the US unless it was offensive or made no sense in that country. Also, the "Titanium Estate" model sounds super fancy for it being basically an upgraded Ford Escape.

If your cat wasn't meant to fly, why wouldn't they make them bigger?

#13489 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 23 May 2016 - 02:52 PM

Arthur Dayne, on 23 May 2016 - 02:14 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 22 May 2016 - 02:05 PM, said:

It's new to me, and only 3 years old. It's a Ford Mondeo Titanium estate. Got all the bells and whistles inside. Lots of space too!

Estate is a type (usually longer with a bigger boot) that many makes use. Mondeo is one of the Ford models (I guess it might just be in Europe) and the Titanium range is on most Ford models and usually denotes a better car, with extra bits and pieces. If that's the same thing as an Escape, I guess you're right. :laughing:

Here:

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#13490 Silencer

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Posted 24 May 2016 - 08:37 AM

Briar King, on 23 May 2016 - 08:22 PM, said:

Looks good. Yeah I don't think I've seen one here. We have SUVs and that looks like a Crossover mostly.

No, SUVs and crossovers are different again. An estate (sometimes referred to as a station wagon) is just an elongated sedan. A crossover isn't nearly as long, and tends to be more about the height than the length.

As far as car branding and types goes, America is (as usual) the odd one out.

While there are regional variances, in most places around the world Tiste's new car is a Ford Mondeo Titanium Estate (the bits most likely to change are, in order, 'Titanium', 'Mondeo', 'Estate', 'Ford', with America basically being the only country with a different last one).
Holden is called Vauxhall in England (because that's originally what the brand was), otherwise most of us are the same. America has Chevrolet, GM, and whatnot, and also tends to have different names for other brands historically (e.g. look up the Wikipedia page on Honda Accords...so many exceptions for America!) even if they are starting to come in line now.

It's all about brand recognition and appealing to local taste (thus why things like 'Titanium' are likely to change more than the rest; giving different names for different specifications is the easiest way to manage regional variance while maintaining consistent branding), but it's hella annoying.

*this is ignoring things like manufacturing location, and America's obsession with gigantic and oversized utes/4x4s.

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<Vote Silencer> For not garnering any heat or any love for that matter. And I'm being serious here, it's like a mental block that is there, and you just keep forgetting it.