Clare_Bear's smiley happy thread

speshul91 · May 2017

Bucket said:

speshul91 said:

@Bucket I'm fighting the same battle mate, i actually agree with @Sambostar for once, a hat is an absolute gpd send for taming it.

Or the old footballer's-hairband trick, which isn't the best look but is great for keeping it out of your eyes.

Just no.

mike_l · May 2017

Bucket said:

speshul91 said:

@Bucket I'm fighting the same battle mate, i actually agree with @Sambostar for once, a hat is an absolute gpd send for taming it.

Or the old footballer's-hairband trick, which isn't the best look but is great for keeping it out of your eyes.

I want to try this, but wearing a band when your hair starts level with your ears makes you look a cunt.

*Edit, look more of a cunt, before @octatonic gets in.

mike_l · May 2017

This week nothing will upset me.

Off to see Maiden on sunday with @not_the_dj ; and off work for 10 days after Friday.

Grunfeld · May 2017

Just the perfect moment this morning when a full-on, f*cking terrified of needles, needle phobic looks at their arm (which has needles in it), looks at my arm (which has needles in it), and is laughing. Laughing at the absurdity of being terrified of needles and not-being-terrified of needles. Total head f*ck at first and then it integrates to normality.
But watching someone have that moment always puts a smile on my face. This morning was extra smiley!

Grunfeld · May 2017

I feel a bit guilty for two smiles on the trot but today I just heard the best sound ever.
My postman was stuffing 100 yellow rubber ducks through my letter box.
I didn't know they were squeaky rubber ducks.
You've not lived till you've heard 100 squeaky rubber ducks stuffed through your letter box.

Bucket · June 2017

Weird thing happened tonight. I was at one of my dad's covers band's gigs, in which I often get up and do a couple of numbers on lead guitar. The usual deal is that I play in a way that would get me kicked out of pretty much any other covers band - I go on for far too long and show off every trick in my bag like a complete fucking tool, and all the drunk people in the crowd go mental for it. Which, as I'm sure you'll imagine, is very satisfying.

Anyway. I did that tonight, and after I came off I was at the bar, getting a glass of water. A couple came over to me - probably in their mid-20s, with Australian/Kiwi accents, and were talking to me. It was pretty obvious from the start that they were both a couple of sheets to the wind - not the full three, definitely more than one though - but the bloke told me he was a percussionist and we chatted about music for a minute or two. Meanwhile, the girl (his girlfriend, I assume) had been looking at me. She kept trying to talk to me but I could barely hear her over the music, and eventually I parted ways with them and went off back to where I had been.

Then a few minutes later, she came over again, and flat out asked me to come back to her house. This has never happened to me before - being propositioned, very overtly, by a complete stranger - and yes, a very good-looking one, it must be said. It took me very much by surprise, especially given that she was with someone I could only assume was her boyfriend. I said "I can't, sorry". She kept asking me, and I kept saying no, and she walked off. Then about ten minutes later, she came over again, and asked again. I said "I have a girlfriend, sorry." She didn't seem to accept that, so I said it again, and she looked a bit put out and walked away. My dad and sister saw all of this and were splitting their sides laughing when I told them. As flattered as I was by that kind of attention, the whole situation made me feel really uneasy and weird. May be because it's never happened before.

Then I texted my girlfriend.

I told her everything that had happened - mainly because I was just feeling weird, more than anything else. She often says she's noticed girls eyeing me up (I haven't, but she's pretty sure) and although she knows she can trust me, I think it bothers her. So I'd been half expecting her to freak out a bit over it, and I would have understood if she'd come over all jealous and possessive, but that wouldn't have been a particularly fun situation to have to deal with - not that she's ever been like that, but I have been with someone else who was, and she'd probably have gone nuts over it. So I was very happy when Miss Bucket replied with three crying-with-laughter emojis, and "Well it's because you're so beautiful. I wonder if they wanted a threesome."

I don't know why this situation in particular made me think, but it reminded me I am very lucky to have her. She's really cool.

tl;dr - humblebrag of the goddam century. I do feel ashamed.

Bucket · June 2017

Also, I spent two hours playing through my Mesa earlier, which crapped out on me a couple of weeks ago but now works perfectly again. Feels good to have it back in full working order. Even though I'm going to sell it soon to fund a complete change of rig.

joeyowen · June 2017

To be honest @Bucket if you look even half as good as your profile pic on here... I'd invite you home too. What a handsome animal

Bucket · June 2017

As honey badgers go, I'm fucking hot. I am aware of that.

viz · June 2017

Bucket said:

tl;dr - humblebrag of the goddam century. I do feel ashamed.

Best way of avoiding making it look like a humblebrag is to post it in the piss-boil thread not in the smiley happy thread

Bucket · June 2017

viz said:

Bucket said:

tl;dr - humblebrag of the goddam century. I do feel ashamed.

Best way of avoiding making it look like a humblebrag is to post it in the piss-boil thread not in the smiley happy thread

But it didn't boil my piss. Just unsettled it briefly.

Bucket · June 2017

Just counted up a load of spare change from the last couple of years, which I had sitting in a jar.

In addition to some notes I've put aside in the last month or two, I have £98 that I can now pay in. Lovely.

rsvmark · June 2017

I help raise donations to a charity at Ross Nobles tours. We raised £22,000 this tour. Chuffed

viz · June 2017

rsvmark said:

I help raise donations to a charity at Ross Nobles tours. We raised £22,000 this tour. Chuffed

Excellent!

Bucket · June 2017

I have a new job.

snakemanStoo · June 2017

Bucket said:

I have a new job.

Yay!!

Nitefly · June 2017

Bucket said:

I have a new job.

Good work, @Bucket - does this mean you can go on holiday after all?

Bucket · June 2017

Nitefly said:

Bucket said:

I have a new job.

Good work, @Bucket - does this mean you can go on holiday after all?

Ah, that - well, this is a school job so it starts in September. I probably won't be able to quit my old job until the second half of August, so the answer is still no

Although to their credit, they've been ok at swapping my shifts around for those weeks so a fair amount of that is sorted out now.

Bucket · June 2017

Ya boi's degree results are in.

Got a first.

Yeah man.

ESBlonde · June 2017

Bucket deserves a wow. congratulations.

I have been saving my pennies hard for several years and seem to have spent it all in the last 3 weeks. New 22ft long Workshop erected in the back garden and tonight Mathew i'm going to collect a new(ish) automobile. Kept the Skoda for over 4 years because it's been brilliant but at 137,000mls I suspect clutch and Cambelt are pending so time to offload it. if the Volvo has the same reliability and similar economy I'll be an even happier bunny.

stickyfiddle · June 2017

Well done @Bucket, on both counts!

A very well deserved first by the sounds of it. Fantastic!

mike_l · June 2017

ESBlonde said:

Bucket deserves a wow. congratulations.

if the Volvo has the same reliability and similar economy I'll be an even happier bunny.

The Volvo I had did me for 10 years, without asking for much other than servicing. Same as the 740 Mum had.
@Bucket congrats young Padawan, hard work does pay off.

mike_l · July 2017

Tomorrow is effectively Friday for me.
No more work after tomorrow until next week.

Emp_Fab · July 2017

One of the loveliest things in my life is when I lie on the sofa and Pugsley comes up for a cuddle. He burrows himself along my side, between the sofa back and my left hip & leg. When he's comfy he lets out a big sigh and he is in the perfect position for me to tickle his back and smooth his little head while he nods off and starts to snore. Utter bliss for me. I do adore him

snakemanStoo · July 2017

Just got greaded to 2nd Kyu (lower level brown belt) in karate. With a knackered shoulder too.

Hurting now but feeling pretty good.

Bucket · August 2017

Handed my notice in yesterday.

mike_l · August 2017

@Bucket ; excellent news, I'll bet you have a massive sense of relief now.

robgilmo · August 2017

Ive had a real bad tooth ache in my back tooth for days now, cant sleep, grumpy, doing my head in. Then , today, life decided to throw some very painfull arse grapes at me just for good measure, I cant take time off work because I wont get paid if I do, they say shit5 happens in threes, so one more shitty thing and I'm all done with shitty things happening to me, so that's a bonus.

robgilmo · August 2017

Oh, hang on, I think I might have a cough, so every time I cough my arse hole feels like its being stabbed with a kitchen knife and my tooth throbs like my jaw has been snapped off with a lump hammer, awesome!

Grunfeld · August 2017

My second Microsoft wireless mouse had developed the same problem as the first... the rubber grip tyre which goes around the scroll wheel becomes loose and useless, falling apart and leaving debris in the mouse and icky crap on your scrolling finger.
I've just fixed it by taking it apart and replacing the crappy tyre with an O-ring washer super-glued into place. Added a smear of silicone grease to the wheel mechanism while I was in there and I have a super mouse! Somehow it's all made me far happier than it really should!

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