Reply With QuoteI'm lucky enough tolive about five miles from one of the most amazing beaches in the UK. Walking along there at low tide, sun on my face, wind on my hair.
We have vented out anger and frustration on the 'Most Annoying Things Thread' so what gives you that 'ahhhhhhh' that satisfied and for-filled feeling (Ejaculation is a given!)
Many things for me but having just been out on the MTB and spent an hour cleaning it and still having the rest of the day to do stuff is quite pleasing.
RIAC
I'm lucky enough tolive about five miles from one of the most amazing beaches in the UK. Walking along there at low tide, sun on my face, wind on my hair.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Pizza.
Beer.
A good crap.
Driving with the roof off in a t-shirt and still being hot :D . A rare experience in Scotland :lol:
My Daughter :angel5: :love4:
Cheers
Simon
Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
Rear wheel drive car and a deserted wet roundabout
Hot jam/sponge/meringue pudding with clotted cream
The first bottle of Honey Dew, Friday evening, 6ish
Arnage corner, about 2am, the Sunday of full moon about half way through June
The smell of hot engine mixed with leather and wood interior in a 1950s/1960s car, late on a summer night
"A man of little significance"
Getting some pretty well perfect laps strung together on track - car or bike, especially if they involve passing people in / on quicker machinery.
Scoring a great deal on a long wanted watch on the SC.
Having a properly good laugh at a joke with some good friends.
Seeing England score a winning goal.
The perfect curry - really spicy but not toooo hot.
The perfect pint, sat outside in a beautiful beer garden with the sun on your face.
Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
Where on earth do you live, that you can own a motor torpedo boat?Originally Posted by 100thmonkey
I thought that, but it turns out it is some sort of mechanical contraption with a wheel at either end! :twisted:Where on earth do you live, that you can own a motor torpedo boat?
Going to the pictures with the girlfriend.
Having a fridge full of food.
Sitting down surrounded by my dogs and seeing the look on their faces when i give them some attention.
Walking down Oxford Street on a beautiful sunny day - then coming home to peace and quiet!
I forgot to mention doing together faster laps on track days than all the Cayman and Boxster S's and the slower 911s in my 924S track car!
"A man of little significance"
Yep, my daughter can bring a smile to my face on any day, just by being happy.
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Kids and doing something nice with the Mrs
Smashing a golf ball miles past my mates, sinking a really nice put
A new watch
A cold beer and a good bottle of red wine
When I was fitter (not fatter as I am now) it was an off road cycle ride with my mates, or blasting along in a Time Trial.
The sound of my daughter laughing :)
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Washing/polishing the car - especially the Porsche (well you did ask!!) - then hearing it start up before taking it for an irresponsible hoon around our back roads and not getting stuck behind a tractor.
Play fighting with by son (aged 8) and him laughing because I am so slow!!
Finishing up after a sucessful DIY session.
Selecting, investigating, locating and purchasing the thing I have been looking for (does not have to be a watch)
Getting into my 34" waist jeans - usually happens late summer (hopefully).
Closing a big deal at work.
A really nice Sunday roast dinner (Rib of beef, leg of Pork with Apple sause, etc)
Doozing in front of an open fire after Sunday Dinner and really nice bottle of wine.
Being on or under the water - on holiday - somewhere hot and sunny.
Eating Sushi with my mates.
Andy
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
BJ's
My three year old Son running up to me arms open and screaming Daddy when I come in from work
An ice cold beer on a Friday with the wife, night after a hard weeks graft.
Booking a holiday
Backing a winner on the horses....
Rasping the exhaust note on the Boxster....
Women in short skirts....
A cold Cobra.
There are many women who should not be allowed to wear short skirts.
Rather annoyingly, and against the dictates of good taste, they seem to be the ones who do.....
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a lot less replies than the "What annoys you" thread. Clearly an angry crowd.
What i like:
Noodles.
Not being at work (my current job anyway)
Women
Ealing Comedies
Sunrises and sunsets
The first sip of beer on a summer afternoon.
My wife's cassoulet.
My wife.
that was that Tv program about the trucker and chimp right? i liked that too :?
I'm working on my list right now, these things take time. :wink:
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
riding my (race)horse over steeplechase fences we had built over the local fields......bloody fantastic.
Summer in England.
There is no place more beautiful than a sun washed summer day (almost anywhere ) in south England. Cotswold, here we come...
And I was the Bank Manager that lent Lord Billimoria the money to start the business!!!
Driving my M5 to the golf club - playing a round below handicap and a nice lunch in the club house......ahhhhhh.
Waking up in the morning (always a plus :D ) and realising I don't have to get up for work....
EVER
AGAIN
Utter bliss!
A swim in the sea before breakfast during the summer months, followed by an espresso.
A good session windsurfing in conditions that are just a bit too vicious for your abilities.
The first pint after a long walk in the Peak District.
Hand-made birthday cards from my daughters.
Things that give me pleasure
1. Morning sunlight through the window
2. The first taste of a good Saint-Émilion
3. Sarah the waitress in T4’s Exec lounge
4. Having a till just open as I arrive at the checkout
5. Dive cylinders with more than 200bar in them
6. Beachcombing
7. Getting my Arabic correct
8. Birds on our feeders
9. Driving my brothers racing RIB
10. Empty slip-roads onto the M5
11. Rolling on the throttle of my Blackbird just behind the front-end lifting point
12. Drivers who thank you for showing them courtesy
13. The sound my canoe makes in still water
14. The excitement of the dogs when we arrive at the beach
15. Getting a clear run at the bends northbound on Telegraph Hill
16. Flights that are called on-time
17. The leak-detector on my underwater camera housing not flashing
18. Diving with the best dive partner ever: Roxy Carmello
19. Completing a ‘Fiendish’ level Sudoko
20. Smiling shop assistants
21. A morning espresso overlooking Lake Garda
22. The first view of Bigbury Bay as you start down the hill
23. Listening to Amused to Death whilst lying on the open roof of my dive-boat
24. The hourly beep on my B-1 corresponding exactly with the radio pips
28. A good measure of Laphroaig with a single piece of ice in the tumbler
29. Getting the subject to relax completely in my view-finder
30. Mozzarella, tomato and basil salad made by Reda at the Full Moon
31. Lighting up a ‘rolly’ after downloading the day’s images
32. Successfully undoing a ‘rats-nest’ of knots in lines
33. That point when the throttles are cut back and you are poised between sky and runway
34. Getting the shot that tells the story
35. Returning to air when completing a tri-mix dive
36. The smile on my wife’s face when I walk in the door after a trip abroad
37. Suspended at depth when the first light of day just lightens the water above
38. Wilkinson Butchers sausages
39. Tomatoes that actually taste
40. Sitting with my biking pals around a fire when away camping
41. The call to prayer awaking me in the early morning
42. A Sakara beer at the end of the day’s diving
43. Pottering around in my den
44. The smell of the Sinai desert at night
45. Firing my bike up for a days trail-riding
46. Watching the disabled children’s smiles when they ride their horses
47. Seeing the dawn breaking
48. The first swallow of my usual pint, Jail Ale
49. Listening to my wife practice her guitar
50. Just being.
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
Nice list, a couple of comments:
23 - Amused to Death was the first CD album I bought and I still listen to it on a regular basis. Yes, Waters is mad but he also makes some stunning music and this album still rings true almost 20 years later. Until now I'd not known of anyone else with a copy!
39 - Strawberries that actually taste, and are a lovely shade of deep red rather than the pink ones they sell in supermarkets!
"A man of little significance"
A good indian...United winning...Liverpool losing...a new watch...a new women...a cider...a seasidewalk...a country walk...
cycle ride...a sunday roast...a job well done...a tee shot down the middle...a 25ft putt...pay day...spring...summer... 8)
:D :D :D
After reading that list
Closing my eyes and just imagining I was Ralphy was quite nice
Thanks for that.
Back to work now though :cry:
Claudia Schiffer
decent drive "on the cam" in the one below
The steep ski descent from the Wurmkogel in Obergurgl on a sunny day followed by a beer in a mountain hut.
the sun on my face after a month in the chamber, better even than a beer :wink:
cheers
mike :wink:
Ahh, but do you really go in a chamber? :wink:
:mrgreen:
R
(Oooh, I just realised this is an example of me 'humping' you...............)
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
:D :D what if its all a dream!!!!Ahh, but do you really go in a chamber? :wink:
:mrgreen:
R
(Oooh, I just realised this is an example of me 'humping' you...............
Having a day with my kids
My daughter's sense of humour
Watching Hampshire win with my son from the upper deck of the Members' Stand at the Rose Bowl. With the sun out. Or under floodlights.
Watching my son rip opposing batsmen's stumps out of the ground
Women with great legs in short skirts/shorts
Sitting on my balcony on a warm day with a cold beer and watching the boats.
Proper coffee
Test Match Special
The company of friends
A post-race Grand Prix or Moto GP post-mortem with my best mate
Formula Vee (we'll get back out there one day)
Bruce Springsteen and the East Street Band
Glory Days (Springsteen tribute band and the next best thing!)
And probably a few more as well.....
Regards
Ian
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Move to the Boys' Room please. I can't answer. :lol:
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Just watching the Gadget Show and thought of another.
Suzi Perry.
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A sunny day with my mates at the Goodwood revival
Touring Tuscany in a convertible with my wife
Lattitude festival with my girls (12 and 13)
laughing my socks off at a comedy night
Early morning jog round the park
Fresh fish
Flea markets
cashmere socks
Movies
Lee Child books
Cooking for family and friends
Clean sheets
Working with my colleagues as a team when it all comes together
Open fire when its wet and windy outside
lieing in bed listening to a thunderstorm
Oriental ladies
Watches
Er, that's it. Easily pleased me :D
My Family.
Watching the wild geese return after winter
sitting in the garden with my dog at my feet, both of us catching the sun
going on long walks with my dog, in he woods, especially on a sunny day
watching Liverpool lift a trophy (or even win a friggin game, nowadays :evil: )
getting my dream watch for a good price (116710LN anyone?)
diving/snorkling in the red sea and laughing my head off at the clown fish
waking up in the morning with a start, then realising I don´t have to go to work
days when no deaths in Afghanistan or Iraq are reported on the Military net
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