Happy Things/Thoughts/Videos/Jokes

[Ch1pbutty]

Not sure how to post videos, hopefully below will work:

https://www.facebook.com/592835534/posts/10158783310780535

 

[66tim99]

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

 

[Elly Swanson]

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I absolutely love almonds, but can’t stand marzipan (stuff of the devil).

 

[T6 CFO]

Mike

 

[Elly Swanson]

Before I watched this I thought it’d be pants. It’s actually wicked!

 

[Perfectos]

Thats funny S hit

 

[Auberg-ine]

 

[Amarillo]

Posted on this day five years ago... is Ben really seven!?

 

[Auberg-ine]

And another one!

New monolith appears in Isle of Wight
It follows identical sculptures appearing in Utah, California and Romania
6 December 2020 • 11:29pm

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An extraordinary reflective monolith emerged on the Isle of Wight yesterday at the bottom of a sheer cliff on Compton Beach, baffling locals.
Ami Blackburn, 31, went to investigate and take her own photos with her son and boyfriend after seeing pictures on social media but reading rumours they may have been photoshopped.
Miss Blackburn, who is a healthcare assistant from Newport, Isle of Wight, said: "I saw the comments about the possibility of photoshop so my partner, myself and my youngest went to check it out.
"I thought I was very bizarre when I first saw it and immediately researchedthe ones found in Utah, California and Romania.
"We moved some of the sand from around the bottom and it's partly buried but we felt underneath and it was made of wood with mirrors stuck to the side.
"I'd love the idea of it being delivered by aliens but it's more than likely an unusual art project. But can 2020 get any weirder?

(a communication device from the 'people' of the planet Syrius. For real!...)

 

[willwander]

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

My daughter in law (living with us) did a cluck and collect Tesco shop for our Christmas lunch. Made a mistake with the sprouts.

Click and collect.

 

[Perfectos]

My daughter in law (living with us) did a cluck and collect Tesco shop for our Christmas lunch. Made a mistake with the sprouts.

Click and collect.

Micro Cabbage, all the rage at this time of year!

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Micro Cabbage, all the rage at this time our year!

Can’t help thinking about the Tesco packer who selected, weighed, bagged and labelled a single sprout

 

[Vagophile]

Can’t help thinking about the Tesco packer who selected, weighed, bagged and labelled a single sprout

Read about a Tesco click and collect customer who was told that she had exceeded her item limit and couldn't understand why.
It transpired that the sprouts that she had ordered were counted as individual items.

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Following on from this.

Manure... An interesting fact Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas of course. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen.
Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!
Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruction ' Stow high in transit ' on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.
Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T ' , (Stow High In Transit) which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.
You probably did not know the true history of this word.
Neither did I.
I had always thought it was a golf term....!

 

[Velma's Dad]

Following on from this.

Manure... An interesting fact Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas of course. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen.
Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!
Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruction ' Stow high in transit ' on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.
Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T ' , (Stow High In Transit) which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.
You probably did not know the true history of this word.
Neither did I.
I had always thought it was a golf term....!

Great story but the S.H.I.T. bit of course is quite untrue, at least as a source for the everyday word. The word goes back to Old English and is similar in other Germanic languages.

A bit like the supposed P.O.S.H (Port Out, Starboard Home, as reputedly stamped on ocean liner tickets). No actual evidence for that either, apparently.

I suppose sailors always had plenty of time to weave these yarns.

However, I am certain that guano (ie birdshit) was indeed a hugely valuable resource in the nineteenth century and its international trade made many millionaires.

Funny what you pick up along the way.

 

[Ch1pbutty]

However, I am certain that guano (ie birdshit) was indeed a hugely valuable resource in the nineteenth century and its international trade made many millionaires.

Funny what you pick up along the way.

An economic tale from a country that had no Plan B

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[GrumpyGranddad]

Ginger Bread Men

 

[Perfectos]

As 2020 closes out, the U.K. has a deal with the EU, we have the hope of a COVID Vaccine, let’s hope 2021 brings us some cheer, California crew wishing you all a happy Christmas like no other and hoping for a better 2021.

Have a great Christmas like no other we have experienced!

 

[capt kirk]

Best pressy ever but can only use it one day

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Dreaming of a post Covid life and getting back to normal. Travel, theatre, cinema, dining out and live music. Here’s a happy memory of my good friend Nick Dutton at the First Thursday Music Club in Thame. Maybe get him to play at a Club Meeting in the future?

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Dreaming of a post Covid life and getting back to normal. Travel, theatre, cinema, dining out and live music. Here’s a happy memory of my good friend Nick Dutton at the First Thursday Music Club in Thame. Maybe get him to play at a Club Meeting in the future?

Nick’s on Lead Guitar.

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Nick’s on Lead Guitar.

And here’s Johny and Jim (AKA - 2AM Blue)

 

[SimonB]

Loved this one, a very happy dog having fun

https://imgur.com/a/bVnfdBx