Things that made you smile.

[Sophie 24,410]

3 hours ago, Kupar said:

The actress, who wrote the sitcom Hullraisers, added: "He looks like a very lovely young man and he should stay away from the region or he'll be savaged by middle-aged Hull women."

I can confirm!

[Sophie 24,410]

 

[gldenwetgoose 21,488]

Being reminded of this put a big smile on my face tonight:

 

[gldenwetgoose 21,488]

Just spotted this on a Face-X-Gram-Chat page or somewhere similar.   

It I put it in 'funny stuff' it'll be about three pages down before anyone sees it.  Maybe not that funny anyway, but made me smile...

 

[Sophie 24,410]

2 hours ago, gldenwetgoose said:

Just spotted this on a Face-X-Gram-Chat page or somewhere similar.   

It I put it in 'funny stuff' it'll be about three pages down before anyone sees it.  Maybe not that funny anyway, but made me smile...

 

I want to rate this both love and funny.

I especially like the follow up questions "Are you weighing people?" "Is it milk?" "Is it cow milk?" Brilliant!

[Kupar 13,339]

51 minutes ago, Sophie said:

I want to rate this both love and funny.

I especially like the follow up questions "Are you weighing people?" "Is it milk?" "Is it cow milk?" Brilliant!

There is the issue of recipes ... it's both pounds / ounces and kg / g here!

[LovesToWet 3,800]

I finished my 1st commission I've had in a long time today, that made me smile.....but a little nervous too as I won't be around when they pick it up so I won't truly know if they like what I've drawn

[Sophie 24,410]

I've opened the Celebrations!

[Kupar 13,339]

14 minutes ago, Sophie said:

I've opened the Celebrations!

Can I have the Bounty bars please?

[Sophie 24,410]

6 minutes ago, Kupar said:

Can I have the Bounty bars please?

Of course you can!

[Sophie 24,410]

FlightRadar24 tracking Santa. Complete with all the details. Festive callsign, aircraft type as "Sleigh", Registration as "HOHOHO" and the animated reindeer as the icon! I look at this every year and it never fails to make me smile.

[gldenwetgoose 21,488]

Not quite sure where to best post this one - so here it is...

For a certain generation growing up in the UK - 41 years ago today (30th Dec '82) was the first moment Allo Allo arrived on our TV screens.

Young impressionable minds melted hearing the french accents of Yvette, Maria & Michelle, not to mention the visual impression they and of course Helga left on us.

  

[Kupar 13,339]

Saw this oldie-but-goodie yesterday and it made me smile 🙂

[gldenwetgoose 21,488]

Not sure whether this should be a Geeky Project, a What Song Are You Listening To - but it's making me smile, so here it is.

A few years ago I got a turntable which ended up in my study.  What were decent, at the time, bookshelf speakers and a rather quirky Fatman amp.

All was sweet, apart from the unfathomable earthing issue - where it'd play for a while and then lose one channel. Or hum.  Unplug one of the phono cables and it'd be fine again.  I'd swapped for a better phono input stage, but no difference.

Anyway - over Christmas I decided to sort it out, and finally found the issue.  A broken ground on one channel at the cartridge, which was getting an earth through the preamp, sort of.  Anyway that's now permanently fixed.  The next issue was a huge amount of rumble picked up through the cartridge.  First suspicion (in my flawed logic) were the turntable bearings, so off with the platter and on with a little bit of light oil.  But alas that wasn't the fault.

Today's flash of inspiration -  maybe it should have been obvious(?) the tonearm counterweight had obviously been knocked and the noise I was hearing was the pickup being forced down into the groove.  So that's now back where it should be and all is sweet.

First album on - Queen, The Works.

  

[Kupar 13,339]

44 minutes ago, gldenwetgoose said:

the noise I was hearing was the pickup being forced down into the groove.  So that's now back where it should be and all is sweet.  

Less damage to the precious vinyl now too 🙂

[mickymoist 3,513]

Curled up under a tele blanket by candle light with a whiskey makes me smile 

[Kupar 13,339]

Watching this made me smile ... and laugh out loud ... this morning

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b086tw3q/bob-monkhouse-the-last-stand 

A couple of examples from early on in the routine: 

"I'm feeling my age recently. I haven't got one of those walk-in baths yet, but my bed does have something that gradually brings you to an upright position. Viagra."

"When I stay in a hotel room, it's my domain. I can sleep in the nude. So I'm lying there on my bed, naked, and the chambermaid walks in .... finally. But there's nothing wrong with sleeping in the nude. Well, perhaps you shouldn't do it on those long flights."

[Kupar 13,339]

Discovering that James May makes gin (or at least has put his name to some gins) made me smile this morning because his 'James Gin' website is typically quirky and includes gems like these:

jamesgin.com if you're interested.

[oliver2 4,418]

2 minutes ago, Kupar said:

Discovering that James May makes gin

I wonder what its octane rating is

[Kupar 13,339]

Err...

 

[LovesToWet 3,800]

On 1/5/2024 at 3:57 PM, gldenwetgoose said:

First album on - Queen, The Works.

  

You picked a dam fine album

Edited January 19 by LovesToWet

[mickymoist 3,513]

Being out for a lovely frosty walk this morning made me smile

Edited January 19 by mickymoist

[Sophie 24,410]

8 hours ago, Kupar said:

Err...

 

and they say weather isn't sexy...

[mickymoist 3,513]

Watching Amol Rajan interviewing Shirley Hancock on BBC tonight made me smile, what an amazing lady.

[LovesToWet 3,800]

On 1/5/2024 at 3:57 PM, gldenwetgoose said:

Not sure whether this should be a Geeky Project, a What Song Are You Listening To - but it's making me smile, so here it is.

A few years ago I got a turntable which ended up in my study.  What were decent, at the time, bookshelf speakers and a rather quirky Fatman amp.

All was sweet, apart from the unfathomable earthing issue - where it'd play for a while and then lose one channel. Or hum.  Unplug one of the phono cables and it'd be fine again.  I'd swapped for a better phono input stage, but no difference.

Anyway - over Christmas I decided to sort it out, and finally found the issue.  A broken ground on one channel at the cartridge, which was getting an earth through the preamp, sort of.  Anyway that's now permanently fixed.  The next issue was a huge amount of rumble picked up through the cartridge.  First suspicion (in my flawed logic) were the turntable bearings, so off with the platter and on with a little bit of light oil.  But alas that wasn't the fault.

Today's flash of inspiration -  maybe it should have been obvious(?) the tonearm counterweight had obviously been knocked and the noise I was hearing was the pickup being forced down into the groove.  So that's now back where it should be and all is sweet.

First album on - Queen, The Works.

  

My daughter brought a small record player today so we went vinyl shopping so she has something to play and yep, I just had to get this album for her. Luckily she likes it