Whats making you happy right now
#19721
Posted 27 May 2025 - 06:36 AM
Yesterday was the annual cheese rolling event in Gloucestershire and honestly the sheer insanity of it always makes me laugh (yes we watched the BBC live feed with commentary and everything for a while)
https://youtube.com/...tDtc1wZWpZYRjUG
https://youtube.com/...tDtc1wZWpZYRjUG
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#19722
Posted 27 May 2025 - 01:18 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 27 May 2025 - 06:36 AM, said:
Yesterday was the annual cheese rolling event in Gloucestershire and honestly the sheer insanity of it always makes me laugh (yes we watched the BBC live feed with commentary and everything for a while)
https://youtube.com/...tDtc1wZWpZYRjUG
https://youtube.com/...tDtc1wZWpZYRjUG
looks like a gouda time was had by all.
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#19723
Posted 27 May 2025 - 01:25 PM
Abyss, on 27 May 2025 - 01:18 PM, said:
Tiste Simeon, on 27 May 2025 - 06:36 AM, said:
Yesterday was the annual cheese rolling event in Gloucestershire and honestly the sheer insanity of it always makes me laugh (yes we watched the BBC live feed with commentary and everything for a while)
https://youtube.com/...tDtc1wZWpZYRjUG
https://youtube.com/...tDtc1wZWpZYRjUG
looks like a gouda time was had by all.
I know right it looks like brielliant fun!
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We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
#19724
Posted 02 June 2025 - 01:05 PM
Went to watch some of the TT racing over the weekend with my son. It's such an insane race and while I'm not really a motorbike guy, it was a lot fun.
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You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
#19725
Posted 03 June 2025 - 06:51 PM
I had a bunch of really good friends in Grade 7, and 8, who I lost touch with after I left private school, and I could not recall any of their names to try to re-establish links with them now....but the other day my dad handed me some stuff he found, and one of the things was the program from our Grade 8 class play and EVERYONE was listed there so I was able to find a few of them on social media and catch up. Made me feel all fuzzy to see them doing well and thriving. I never had friendships even in high school like the ones I have in Grade 8...we were tightly knit.
This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 03 June 2025 - 06:51 PM
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
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"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
#19726
Posted 03 June 2025 - 06:52 PM
Wow that sounds like a blast from the past.
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
#19727
Posted 04 June 2025 - 05:13 AM
QuickTidal, on 03 June 2025 - 06:51 PM, said:
I had a bunch of really good friends in Grade 7, and 8, who I lost touch with after I left private school, and I could not recall any of their names to try to re-establish links with them now....but the other day my dad handed me some stuff he found, and one of the things was the program from our Grade 8 class play and EVERYONE was listed there so I was able to find a few of them on social media and catch up. Made me feel all fuzzy to see them doing well and thriving. I never had friendships even in high school like the ones I have in Grade 8...we were tightly knit.
To quote Stand By Me
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.
Jesus, does anyone?"
I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.
#19728
Posted 04 June 2025 - 07:38 AM
Slow Ben, on 04 June 2025 - 05:13 AM, said:
QuickTidal, on 03 June 2025 - 06:51 PM, said:
I had a bunch of really good friends in Grade 7, and 8, who I lost touch with after I left private school, and I could not recall any of their names to try to re-establish links with them now....but the other day my dad handed me some stuff he found, and one of the things was the program from our Grade 8 class play and EVERYONE was listed there so I was able to find a few of them on social media and catch up. Made me feel all fuzzy to see them doing well and thriving. I never had friendships even in high school like the ones I have in Grade 8...we were tightly knit.
To quote Stand By Me
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.
Jesus, does anyone?"
Not really. Although I'm quite proud of the fact I've stayed good mates with a guy I met in grade 7, when I was 12 (cough1984coughcough).
I was his best man in 1993 and we text often and our families get together for dinner every 6 months or so.
My regular Friday fortnight TTRPG has been running since ... October 1996. Myself and a couple of others are originals, but a few others have come and gone.
The "new guy" has only been with us since about 2001 or thereabouts. It's all blurry back that far.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 04 June 2025 - 07:41 AM
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"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
#19729
Posted 15 June 2025 - 12:07 PM
Had a very social Saturday starting off with flowers to my partner, who received a title bump and a pay raise, some work, seeing a friend for his daughter's birthday, over to help other friends put together a giant swing set (7+ hours they did, my partner and I put in a couple hours that was mostly organizing and distracting the kids), then an early bed for a train trip today to NYC to see more friends for lunch.
Really enjoying the personal side of life lately.
Really enjoying the personal side of life lately.
I survived the Permian and all I got was this t-shirt.
#19730
Posted 15 June 2025 - 12:08 PM
I should add that we've been so busy that my clean laundry is 3 piles, my dining room table is overflowing with things that need to be put away, and my basement isn't organized at all. Yet I'm happy.
I survived the Permian and all I got was this t-shirt.
#19731
Posted 15 June 2025 - 02:57 PM
amphibian, on 15 June 2025 - 12:08 PM, said:
I should add that we've been so busy that my clean laundry is 3 piles, my dining room table is overflowing with things that need to be put away, and my basement isn't organized at all. Yet I'm happy.
Full life. I'm happy for you

A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
#19732
Posted Yesterday, 01:59 AM
Yeah that's rad. I had a cheapo metal tube swing set as a kid and had lots of fun, but those massive wood ones with the clubhouse or whatever look like kid heaven.
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
#19733
Posted Yesterday, 07:09 AM
amphibian, on 15 June 2025 - 12:08 PM, said:
I should add that we've been so busy that my clean laundry is 3 piles, my dining room table is overflowing with things that need to be put away, and my basement isn't organized at all. Yet I'm happy.
Sounds like a lovely, full life which is a nice thing to have

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#19734
Posted Yesterday, 11:36 AM
For Fathers Day my kids (read: my wife) got me three 27" x 40" frames (not usually cheap or easy to find) to FINALLY house and display my three theatrical LORD OF THE RINGS teaser posters that I bought about 20 years ago (back when Toronto still had a movie poster store). I've never displayed them because: A. We didn't have the space t the old Condo and B. I wasn't about to put tacks through them and they are too heavy for museum putty, and 27 x 40 frames have always been nonsensically expensive compared to 24 x 36. But lo and behold Michaels (craft store in Canada) was having a deal on them, so the normally $50+tax EACH that they cost, was halved so she found me three for $75 total. A steal.
Anyways, it will be nice to finally get them up....they've been rolled in a protective cardboard tube since the early noughts.
Anyways, it will be nice to finally get them up....they've been rolled in a protective cardboard tube since the early noughts.
This post has been edited by QuickTidal: Yesterday, 11:36 AM
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon