The small things in life that bring you joy

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, saint francis said:

Sparrowhawk 😎

With lunch !

Started out like this...

 

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

 

Can you tell what it is yet?

[Hamilton Saint]

Watching cricket on TV for hours on end. I got the bug back in the early 1960s, watching the West Indies playing test matches in England on TV with my father. England players back then included Freddie Truman, Ted Dexter, Colin Cowdrey, John Edrich, Ken Barrington, Geoff Boycott, Brian Close and Derek Shackleton. Three T20s and five ODIs versus Australia coming up later this month. Bliss!

[badgerx16]

5 hours ago, Hamilton Saint said:

Watching cricket on TV for hours on end. I got the bug back in the early 1960s, watching the West Indies playing test matches in England on TV with my father. England players back then included Freddie Truman, Ted Dexter, Colin Cowdrey, John Edrich, Ken Barrington, Geoff Boycott, Brian Close and Derek Shackleton. Three T20s and five ODIs versus Australia coming up later this month. Bliss!

We are, at this moment, watching a live YouTube stream of the European Cricket Networks's Austrian T10 tournament from the Vienna Cricket Club. It is a series of tournaments that travels round various European countries; the last few have included Spain, Portugal, Malta, Hungary, and Romania. There is also a set of companion international T10 matches that includes just about every nation on the continent.

It is a sort of cricket, but I don't think Geoff Boycott would be impressed.

[Whitey Grandad]

5 hours ago, Hamilton Saint said:

Watching cricket on TV for hours on end. I got the bug back in the early 1960s, watching the West Indies playing test matches in England on TV with my father. England players back then included Freddie Truman, Ted Dexter, Colin Cowdrey, John Edrich, Ken Barrington, Geoff Boycott, Brian Close and Derek Shackleton. Three T20s and five ODIs versus Australia coming up later this month. Bliss!

And no adverts.

[Toadhall Saint]

I’ve been known to take several days of work as holiday to watch a whole test match - lovely 

[badgerx16]

One of our Passion Flower plants has flowered only 3 months after being planted

 

Edited 17 September, 2024 by badgerx16

[buctootim]

 

https://x.com/i/status/1836412381024379270

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, buctootim said:

 

https://x.com/i/status/1836412381024379270

Setup, innit.

[badgerx16]

Unexpected but classic lines spoken on TV.....

"She only wanted to leave after I threw up on her"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

( From a 'case' on Judge Judy )

[sadoldgit]

For a very brief moment when I read this headline neutering came to mind. Alas it wasn’t so.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39zvnx9p3o.amp

 

[Lighthouse]

This dog’s arse wanting me to stay another day.

[Sheaf Saint]

Completing my first ever 10k run this morning.

[Gloucester Saint]

Autumn colours 

[badgerx16]

As a former quiz compiler, random facts;

16 US states are geographically north of the southernmost point in Canada.

[Lighthouse]

3 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

As a former quiz compiler, random facts;

16 US states are geographically north of the southernmost point in Canada.

I’m fairly sure that more than half of all Canadians live South of Seattle.

[egg]

2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I’m fairly sure that more than half of all Canadians live South of Seattle.

True story. Nearly 70% apparently. 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

On 13/10/2024 at 17:38, Gloucester Saint said:

Autumn colours 

The less rain in autumn the more colourful the trees apparently.

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, badgerx16 said:

As a former quiz compiler, random facts;

16 US states are geographically north of the southernmost point in Canada.

And Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff.

[trousers]

And Madrid, Naples and Istanbul are on the same latitude as New York City (more or less)

Edited 4 November, 2024 by trousers

[Picard]

This video is going to fascinate a lot of people on here.

 

 

[Weston Super Saint]

37 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

And Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff.

Bristol yes, Cardiff no....

[egg]

18 minutes ago, Picard said:

This video is going to fascinate a lot of people on here.

 

 

Cheers. Pyongyang and Ibiza on the same latitude. Who knew. 

[Whitey Grandad]

3 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Bristol yes, Cardiff no....

Hmm,
 

Edinburgh 3.1883 West

Cardiff       3.1681  West

[Weston Super Saint]

6 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Hmm,
 

Edinburgh 3.1883 West

Cardiff       3.1681  West

Not according to OS maps.

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Not according to OS maps.

The UK National Grid is not aligned North-South. No, I didn’t know that either.

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/three-norths-where-are-they-now

[sadoldgit]

Not so small, but it does give me pleasure.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/nov/29/inside-the-restored-notre-dame-cathedral-in-pictures

[sadoldgit]

Best pizza ever today at a local micro pub. Turkey, gammon, pigs in blankets, stuffing and cranberry sauce. 

[badgerx16]

From kitchen worktop offcut to rocking horse head.......

 

[harvey]

A good full bodied red wine.

[Weston Super Saint]

One of the January arrivals in the gym on Monday. Possibly the least coordinated person I've seen who decide to throw a medicine ball against the basketball backboard thingy. Only the ball he was using was way too heavy and he was useless. About a third of the time he missed the board completely almost wiping out some girl on one occasion. Then when it bounced he looked like Laurel and Hardy picking it up again.

When he came in yesterday as well I actually laughed out loud at the thought of a repeat performance.

Marvellous entertainment.

[Gloucester Saint]

29 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

One of the January arrivals in the gym on Monday. Possibly the least coordinated person I've seen who decide to throw a medicine ball against the basketball backboard thingy. Only the ball he was using was way too heavy and he was useless. About a third of the time he missed the board completely almost wiping out some girl on one occasion. Then when it bounced he looked like Laurel and Hardy picking it up again.

When he came in yesterday as well I actually laughed out loud at the thought of a repeat performance.

Marvellous entertainment.

Don’t be so harsh on Adam. He’s had another tough season in the PL but he tries his best 😉

[Gloucester Saint]

What helps sustain me through January and February is the thought of our first significant hillclimb of the calendar year in March up one of our local hills with far reaching views across the Severn Plain, Malvern Hills, Black Mountains and Shropshire Hills. Had to clamber over a large fallen tree at the summit last year and that almost certainly will be the case this year. Lovely village pub at the end with great local healthy meals and patio if it’s sunny like last year, log fire inside if not. 

Edited 23 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[whelk]

2 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

One of the January arrivals in the gym on Monday. Possibly the least coordinated person I've seen who decide to throw a medicine ball against the basketball backboard thingy. Only the ball he was using was way too heavy and he was useless. About a third of the time he missed the board completely almost wiping out some girl on one occasion. Then when it bounced he looked like Laurel and Hardy picking it up again.

When he came in yesterday as well I actually laughed out loud at the thought of a repeat performance.

Marvellous entertainment.

@Turkish always gave the impression he was the master of the gym

*appreciate Gloucester already made similar joke