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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 1, 2018 0:53:40 GMT
I was reading the "random things that delight you " thread and was pretty much "delighted" by its positivity until some yahoo decided to go on a negative rant because they opined that one of the contributors was "delighted" by far too many things.  /  /  |
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Post by Catman on Mar 1, 2018 1:12:27 GMT
Cats.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 1, 2018 2:17:17 GMT
Lagomorphs
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Post by Catman on Mar 1, 2018 3:02:09 GMT
Hasenpfeffer
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Post by someguy on Mar 1, 2018 7:48:09 GMT
The band, !!!. I thought it was a clever name until I tried telling other people about them.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 1, 2018 13:58:34 GMT
That incredibly visually attractive jar of "almond butter" that you bought in the gourmet shop because you were delighted to find a respite from constant peanut butter sandwiches and it sounded like it would be so delicious and then you took it home and opened it and it turned out to be one of those nut spreads that have to be stirred and stirred to get the oil incorporated and then when you get it all nice and spreadable and enjoy like one sandwich you have to put it in the refrigerator because it has no preservatives and then it gets too hard to spread and you have to take it out, leave it on the counter to warm up at which time it has separated again and you have to stir and stir it to get the oil incorporated and then when you get it all nice and spreadable and enjoy like one sandwich you have to put it in the refrigerator because it has no preservatives and then it gets too hard to spread and you have to take it out, leave it on the counter to warm up at which time it has separated again and you have to stir and stir it to get the oil incorporated and then when you get it all nice and spreadable and enjoy like one sandwich you have to put it in the refrigerator because it has no preservatives and then it gets too hard to spread and you have to take it out, leave it on the counter to warm up at which time it has separated again and you have to stir and stir it to get the oil incorporated and then when you get it all nice and spreadable and enjoy like one sandwich you have to put it in the refrigerator because it has no preservatives and then it gets too hard to spread and you have to take it out, leave it on the counter to warm up at which time it has separated again and you have to stir and stir it to get the oil incorporated and then when you get it all nice and spreadable and enjoy like one sandwich you have to put it in the refrigerator because it has no preservatives and then it gets too hard to spread and you have to take it out, leave it on the counter to warm up at which time it has separated again and you have to stir and stir it ...
If it ever gets empty, the jar is still a delight !
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Mar 6, 2018 1:03:09 GMT
Sherman tanks.
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Post by QueenB on Mar 6, 2018 3:56:56 GMT
I like when my dog just randomly howls but not so much when she decides to do it in the middle of the night.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 6, 2018 5:19:02 GMT
I was delighted to see this thread OP and then annoyed that the OP deleted the OP and left it hanging in mid air ( so to speak) with no OP to give delightful feedback, as is their usual delightful, yet somewhat annoying custom.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 6, 2018 5:21:00 GMT
The band, !!!. I thought it was a clever name until I tried telling other people about them. Try to imagine having a Collie named "Guess" My dad did ! |
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Post by Ass_E9 on Mar 6, 2018 5:27:39 GMT
M. Night Shyamalan's filmography.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 6, 2018 5:42:14 GMT
The band, !!!. I thought it was a clever name until I tried telling other people about them. Try to imagine having a Collie named "Guess" My dad did ! He also had a mischievous sense of humor. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 6, 2018 6:41:47 GMT
Home ownership. First five years: delightful. Last five: a pain in the... annoying. Hubby and I had been renters, singly or together, for over 30 years. Suited me fine, but hubby had always longed for a house, a yard, a dog. We'd done it my way for years, so it was his turn. Southern CA real estate prices were prohibitive (newly-built, 2-bdrm condos next door to our Glendale apartment were going for $550k), so up we packed to eastern WA, where we found this 100-year-old, just-renovated foursquare in a charming neighborhood full of homes of similar vintage for less than half the price. Completely turnkey: all-new kitchen; all-new bathrooms; refinished original wood on the first floor, new carpet on the 2nd and 3rd. New plumbing and electric.  Everything inspected fine before closing, and the first five years were a suburban idyll. But everything had been done on the cheap, and it's been one plumbing-heating-electrical-roofing headache after another ever since. Commiserating with a brother recently, he said, "Well, the house is over a century old." I pointed out to him that all the stuff that's gone wrong were things that were new only ten years ago. We had this fabulous apartment in Glendale: 2-bdrm/2-bath/den/dining/fireplace/central air/terrace/1500 sq ft in a 4-unit building. We lived there 20 years and the landlord, a doctor for whom it was just gravy and had inherited it from his father, raised the rent only twice in that time. When anything went wrong, we picked up the phone and he said, "Okay, hire whoever you want and send me the bill." No questions asked. Ever. When I wanted new carpet and appliances after ten years, he said, "Okay, get what you want and send me the bill." Oh, how I miss that. And now, hubby's starting to miss it too. Last week for the first time, he started talking about moving back to Glendale. Dorothy Gale was right: "The next time I go looking for my heart's desire, I won't look any farther than my own backyard."I'll say this much: one thing here that remains delightful to me are the winters. I'd still rather shovel snow than cut grass, pull weeds or rake leaves.  But my neighbors still think I'm crazy. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 6, 2018 13:54:49 GMT
But Bet my your neighbors still think I'm you are crazy cool ! Doghouse6recycled note |
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Post by marianne48 on Mar 6, 2018 15:08:09 GMT
Stinkbugs.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 6, 2018 15:23:59 GMT
But Bet my your neighbors still think I'm you are crazy cool ! Doghouse6 recycled note Most of them are natives, and they liked to tease me for the first few years. When I'd be out with my shovel after each new snowfall, one of 'em would say something like, "Hey, California, sick of it yet?" They've given up on that, anyway. I will admit it gets a little harder every year. Hubby's brother-in-law (who's a few years older than I) stayed with us for some months several years back, and the first good snowfall we got, he grabbed the shovel and headed out to the street to clear both our cars. I told him not to worry about mine, but he insisted, "I grew up in Chicago and did this for my dad all the time. I'll have both those cars cleared in 20 minutes." About 45 minutes later, he came staggering back in, having just finished only his own. As he collapsed into a chair, he gasped, "A young kid's memory just came up against an old man's reality." |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 6, 2018 15:47:07 GMT
Someone sent me a page long "piece" about the delights of winter in a house on a dirt road in the country gradually turning into an anti-snow, anti-snowplow anti deer etc rant. It's a hoot! Then I moved into such a place and it turns out to be true ! I think of it sometimes as I make the 200 foot trek from door to mailbox thru snow drifts and/or skating rink iced driveway in below zero weather to find just one piece of junk mail (usually "buy insurance" or "here's a new pre-approved credit card !") Gets a tad old by this time of year. <--- speaking of rants Drifts aside, the snow this year has been light enough that just driving out has worked for "plowing" -- even the snowplow piles at the end of the lane have not been in-surmountable ! The pictures of the Doghouse6 house are great ! Especially like the icy-cycles ! |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 6, 2018 16:08:16 GMT
Someone sent me a page long "piece" about the delights of winter in a house on a dirt road in the country gradually turning into an anti-snow, anti-snowplow anti deer etc rant. It's a hoot! I'll never mount an anti-snowplow rant. All the houses in this neighborhood have garages in the rear, facing unpaved gravel alleys that the city doesn't plow...and which I refuse to use in the winter. And here I am going on about 75 feet of sidewalk! As you probably know, those things can be lethal when they start to break off as it warms up. When I step out the side door, I feel like Damocles. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 6, 2018 16:15:27 GMT
Doghouse6Some of the stores here have big WATCH FOR FALLING ICE signs above the front door / parking areas. I had a camera for a while with a "sparkley" feature and I took pictures of the sunrise and sunset through the ice-cycles. They were, if I do say so myself, COOL ! <--- pardon the pun 
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 6, 2018 16:26:10 GMT
Doghouse6 Some of the stores here have big WATCH FOR FALLING ICE signs above the front door / parking areas. I had a camera for a while with a "sparkley" feature and I took pictures of the sunrise and sunset through the ice-cycles. They were, if I do say so myself, COOL ! <--- pardon the pun I've done the exact same thing (only without the sparkley feature) through our 2nd-floor windows! |
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