Topic: The small things in life that make you happy

[AndyInVA]

Finding the Arielle Free show on Radio 1

Great music and a nice presenter who isn't up herself or fascinated at their own voice or wants to tell us about their juvenile escapades

[reddebs]

Just checked the wildlife camera and we had a deer in the garden last night ☺️

[24/7]

This morning, the skies were clear and the sun has managed to pop up over the 5-story apartment block over the road for the first time since Oct/Nov......

Sitting on the bed and feeling the warmth of sunrays through the window when I know it's minus ridiculous outside is such a nice feeling.

[rob1966]

Just checked the wildlife camera and we had a deer in the garden last night ☺️

Just got to catch it now and that's tea sorted

[reddebs]

Just got to catch it now and that's tea sorted

Omg Rob how could I eat Bambi 😯

[rob1966]

Omg Rob how could I eat Bambi 😯

Marinaded and grilled


I love lamb, kleftiko, slow cooked Moroccan lamb etc, but when I go to Scotland and see fields of them bouncing about, I feel a bit tight. Dunno if I could actually kill a lamb anymore. I could kill and eat rabbits and squirrels though.

[24/7]

Dunno if I could actually kill a lamb anymore. I could kill and eat rabbits and squirrels though.

Rob needs to add some more graphics to his truck.....

[jillcwhomever]

Marinaded and grilled


I love lamb, kleftiko, slow cooked Moroccan lamb etc, but when I go to Scotland and see fields of them bouncing about, I feel a bit tight. Dunno if I could actually kill a lamb anymore. I could kill and eat rabbits and squirrels though.

I will have fisticuffs if you kill a Red Squirrel. 

[24/7]

I will have fisticuffs if you kill a Red Squirrel. 

Blue ones? Crack on, like.....

[jillcwhomever]

Blue ones? Crack on, like.....

Blues one? Which country are you living in again? 

[24/7]

Blues one? Which country are you living in again? 

You'll find loads in Rhyl or on Country Road - oh wait, that's rabid ferrets, not squirrels, sorry, carry on......

[jillcwhomever]

You'll find loads in Rhyl or on Country Road - oh wait, that's rabid ferrets, not squirrels, sorry, carry on......

I'm obviously not properly awake. 

[Elzar]

Walking around the house with no crutches again! Delighted, I can get myself a brew with ease.

[reddebs]

Marinaded and grilled


I love lamb, kleftiko, slow cooked Moroccan lamb etc, but when I go to Scotland and see fields of them bouncing about, I feel a bit tight. Dunno if I could actually kill a lamb anymore. I could kill and eat rabbits and squirrels though.

We're surrounded by fields of pregnant ewes that are just starting lambing, we've cut our lamb dinners down to nearly zero since moving.

We also have pheasants, partridge, rabbits and red squirrels wandering around the garden and making good use of the bird feeders so I couldn't kill or eat any of them either.

[24/7]

We're surrounded by fields of pregnant ewes that are just starting lambing, we've cut our lamb dinners down to nearly zero since moving.

We also have pheasants, partridge, rabbits and red squirrels wandering around the garden and making good use of the bird feeders so I couldn't kill or eat any of them either.

You're running out things to eat when living off-grid. All that'll be left soon will be trespassing, day-tripping Scallies

[rob1966]

I will have fisticuffs if you kill a Red Squirrel. 

I adore reds, I'd never harm one of those.

Greys are certified vermin/invasive species and can be killed. In fact, if a grey gets in your house, it's illegal to let it out, you have to humanely kill it.

Rob needs to add some more graphics to his truck.....

I DO like trucking and I like to truck

[jillcwhomever]

I adore reds, I'd never harm one of those.

Greys are certified vermin/invasive species and can be killed. In fact, if a grey gets in your house, it's illegal to let it out, you have to humanely kill it.



I DO like trucking and I like to truck

I'm not a great lover of the Grey Squirrels to be honest, they have wrecked too many of my bird feeders. 

[reddebs]

You're running out things to eat when living off-grid. All that'll be left soon will be trespassing, day-tripping Scallies

There's plenty of fruit and vegetation to keep me going and the scallies are more than welcome 😁

[rob1966]

I'm not a great lover of the Grey Squirrels to be honest, they have wrecked too many of my bird feeders. 

Love to watch them run about, taking the piss out of the local moggies, but same as you, they wrecked my feeders, robbed all the bird food, and dig holes all over the front and back garden. They're breeding in numbers now, our road has too many of them now

[Mumm-Ra]

I've made my feelings clear on this, greys should be exterminated with extreme prejudice.
That being said I did catch one once (they'd burrowed into my roof) and I just drove off to a park and let him out 

[afc tukrish]

I've made my feelings clear on this, greys should be exterminated with extreme prejudice.
That being said I did catch one once (they'd burrowed into my roof) and I just drove off to a park and let him out 

Collaborator...

[Nobby Reserve]

My dog hates them. IF we're out for a walk and she see's one, she's after it.

If she ever caught one, she wouldn't know what to do with it. She's a proper soft-arse.

[Chakan]

Stupid squirrels, spent around $1000 2 years ago trying to get 4 of them out of my roof. They chewed through the siding and set up a nest, drove us absolutely insane with their running in the gutters.

[Danny Boys Dad]

We've got reds that come into the garden, great to see them. They haven't worked out how to get into the bird feeders yet.

They have battles with the magpies

[Son of Spion]

I suppose it's a bad day to say we've just been over to Sefton Park to feed the squirrels. 

[Chakan]

I suppose it's a bad day to say we've just been over to Sefton Park to feed the squirrels. 

Squirrels are great when they're not around the roof.

[rob1966]

Rylan Clark and AJ Odudu. Rylan because he fucking gets everywhere and AJ as she had an awful bloody lancashire accent. They're presenting the Eurovision thing from St Georges Hall on BBC2 and we had to turn it off due to her voice.

[Elzar]

Rylan Clark and AJ Odudu. Rylan because he fucking gets everywhere and AJ as she had an awful bloody lancashire accent. They're presenting the Eurovision thing from St Georges Hall on BBC2 and we had to turn it off due to her voice.

Why did that make you happy Rob?

[Crosby Nick]

Why did that make you happy Rob?

He got to watch his soaps instead.

[rob1966]

Why did that make you happy Rob?

Fucks sake , wrong fucking thread

[rob1966]

Listening to Alice in Chains, Faith No More, Hole, Garbage, Stone Temple Pilots on a mix I found on You tube.

[Red_Mist]

Realising dry January has finally come to an end. Can’t lie, it dragged on a bit towards the end.

[24/7]

Realising dry January has finally come to an end. Can’t lie, it dragged on a bit towards the end.

I've just started Dry Feb-Nov. Yip, going for 9 months this year. Next year, if I succeed this year, will be a 12 month stretch, after which I'll take a "one year at a time" approach.

[Nobby Reserve]

I've just started Dry Feb-Nov. Yip, going for 9 months this year. Next year, if I succeed this year, will be a 12 month stretch, after which I'll take a "one year at a time" approach.

[Red_Mist]

I've just started Dry Feb-Nov. Yip, going for 9 months this year. Next year, if I succeed this year, will be a 12 month stretch, after which I'll take a "one year at a time" approach.

Good luck Jim. That’s too much of a stretch for me. I know my limitations

[reddebs]

I've just started Dry Feb-Nov. Yip, going for 9 months this year. Next year, if I succeed this year, will be a 12 month stretch, after which I'll take a "one year at a time" approach.

You seem to be in a much happier place mate so well done 👏👏👏

[24/7]

To be honest, I wish I'd just kept going last year. Might try that this year. Nov 1st isn't a goal for me to look forward to drinking on, it's a stepping stone to never wanting to drink again. I know this is the wrong thread for this, sorry, it's just that it makes me happy to do this in life. Small steps become bigger ones once momentum gets going.

[rob1966]

To be honest, I wish I'd just kept going last year. Might try that this year. Nov 1st isn't a goal for me to look forward to drinking on, it's a stepping stone to never wanting to drink again. I know this is the wrong thread for this, sorry, it's just that it makes me happy to do this in life. Small steps become bigger ones once momentum gets going.

Nah, its a good thread for it, it's something that is making you happy and giving us a lift seeing you doing well and hitting goals.

[Red_Mist]

Nah, its a good thread for it, it's something that is making you happy and giving us a lift seeing you doing well and hitting goals.

Spot on. I kind of enjoyed giving it a go, and I know it would be good for me to try something longer. Just not ready yet, enjoy a beer and glass of vino too much. Maybe in few years time. But well in Jim, nothing but admiration.

[Son of Spion]

I've just started Dry Feb-Nov. Yip, going for 9 months this year. Next year, if I succeed this year, will be a 12 month stretch, after which I'll take a "one year at a time" approach.