Life's little niceties

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For me it's pretty easy, because there is very little traffic on that highway, and there are several very distinctive cars which are easy to spot.
 
I know exactly what you mean. Every day I can almost time myself by where I see a few vehicles ("He's at the lights already, I must be a bit behind"). In both directions going to work (oncoming and same direction traffic), I see the same groups of cars every day. It is kind of comforting, and I wonder if they take note of me in the same way that I take note of them.
 
knowing i can still come to the planet and get away from everything
playing gt4 and running the ring
looking outside and seeing a $40,000 lightning
working grill at work and having a REALLY REALLY hot sandwich maker right next to me...
playing transformers the game and running around as barricade causing chaos... :trouble:
most of all payday...
 
Reading this thread and realising just how many of these things are what makes life great.
 
A few new ones:

Knowing that a new friend of yours is really hot, making your guy-friends jealous

Sitting out on the deck at night, the sound of a nice car drawing near and passing by
 
Realizing that once uber hard/cool lick on the electric bass isn't that hard after all...
 
Having a clean break while in the washroom.
 
This thread is useless without pineapples.
 
Attaching the radio faceplate on the first try

Detachable my 🤬
 
Some new ones:

Reaching that high C# on my euphonium.

Sitting at the computer at 8:30 pm with all the lights on, GTPlanet on the computer screen, and SPEED channel on the TV next to the computer. Ahh, cozy...:sly:

:-)
 
Killing that goddamn mosquito that wouldn't stop buzzing around my ear last night.
 
When mountain biking:

  • Being just out of control but managing to stay on, then sliding right into the groove, control and round the corner. And then making out you meant to do that.
  • Being so out of control you know you're going to fall off, then staying on.

At work:

  • Writing serveral lines of complex code all at one, not being sure if it's going to work, then having it run perfectly first time, without error!
  • Arriving back at work after lunch and the park you left an hour ago is still empty!
 
Thinking of what you want to find a pic of, the using Google Images and finding the perfect pic!
 
Venari
The merest hint of opposite lock.

Finding a corner with an apex that is the lowest point of a severly negative cambered road - the slingshot effect!

Cunning yet safe overtaking maneouvers.
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In a Mini, there's no other kind :)

Venari
Knowing the road better than the guy with a 50hp/tonne paper advantage.
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Yes.

Pupik
Sunsets that cast a warm glow on everything, even if only for 5 minutes.

Seeing the stars...the more, the merrier.

Getting the photo you wanted at just the right moment.
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Moglet
-When you know you've got a good photo lined up and then you review it it turned out better than expected.
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Similarly, taking a photo, knowing it was rubbish... and it turns out to be perfect.

Kylehnat
-Seeing the same people during your commute each day, either on the road or on the bus. I don't know why, but I find it comforting.
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I find that too.

A few more:

  • Walking (or driving) on a cloudless, full moon, warm summers night.
  • Parking in a spot that everyone else has passed because it's slightly too short for their car.
  • Driving through a roundabout on a housing estate that's still a construction zone, knowing that the only other exit that's open is dead ahead and there's no-one coming the other way... clip the left apex, a slight dip, clip the right apex, a slight rise, and then clipping the final left apex as the roundabout spits you out.
  • Driving through a town centre in a Mini convoy - the more Minis the better - and seeing everyone stop and turn around.
  • Waving at other Mini drivers and getting a wave back.
  • +rep for a post that's taken you all afternoon. (Not this one. ;))
  • Crossing the line first at Infineon Raceway in an ASL Garaiya, legging it over to the other LAN and seeing VEXD finish fourth (nothing personal, you understand :))

But best of all:

YSSMAN
Driving alone, in the dark, hearing that one song you haven't heard in years.
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Roo
In a Mini, there's no other kind :)
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Nor in a Charade. ;)

Roo
  • Driving through a roundabout on a housing estate that's still a construction zone, knowing that the only other exit that's open is dead ahead and there's no-one coming the other way... clip the left apex, a slight dip, clip the right apex, a slight rise, and then clipping the final left apex as the roundabout spits you out.
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I love roundabouts that are really quick. This set of two in the pic below (which doesn’t quite look right, damn Google Earth) are awesome, because due to the nature of the setup when you’re heading towards the top of the picture no cars ever will be heading from right to left in-front of you, so you can fly through them at full-pace without the need for much caution on entry, which can often be a problem on some roundabouts if they’re blind.

I take this almost every day and it’s the entry to the freeway home from TAFE. One of the best parts of my day. :sly:



You come from the right lane and clip across to apex in the left lane just before entry into the roundabout, as you enter you have to breath the throttle a little to keep a bit of weight at the front, then you apex in the right lane and keep the throttle flat.

You stay in the left lane, and as you come into the roundabout you get on the brakes and load up the front to get some really nice bite on turn in. You breath the throttle while going hard right (with the inside-rear in the air, as people who have followed me have told me) and then you push down hard while un-winding the steering wheel. At this point the fronts are protesting a little, but it’s okay you can just slide into the outside lane as you enter the on-ramp and you’ll carry a lot of momentum.

Such a fun bit of road. :D
 
Roo
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  • Parking in a spot that everyone else has passed because it's slightly too short for their car.
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  • Waving at other Mini drivers and getting a wave back.
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👍

:D
 
Blake
Nor in a Charade. ;)
I love roundabouts that are really quick. This set of two in the pic below (which doesn’t quite look right, damn Google Earth) are awesome,
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I see what you mean about the Google pic. Two of the freeway lanes, both carrying traffic, appear to end in the middle of nowhere! Imagine doing 65mph or whatever down a motorway and all of a sudden the tarmac just stops and you're in the woods! :scared:
 
Stumbling out of the of the Taxi after a big night drinking just thinking about how good it's going to be when you collapse onto your bed.

Then collapsing onto your bed knowing you don't have to do anything for the rest of the weekend.
 
Hearing a song you haven't heard for ages, then realise you like it

Finding a song you like on Limewire

When I get little to none homework

3:40pm every weekday (School ends)

Lots of empty seats on the public bus home

Talking to your friends

Waking up on a snow day and hearing that school's closed

When everything just works

Kicking ass in school in arguments about Rock and Rap music (Rock music FTW!)

Hanging around town centre with friends

Leaving school on Friday

When you realise just how unique you are at school
 
benzoboy
Hearing a song you haven't heard for ages, then realise you like it

Finding a song you like on Limewire

When I get little to none homework

3:40pm every weekday (School ends)

Lots of empty seats on the public bus home

Talking to your friends

Waking up on a snow day and hearing that school's closed

When everything just works

Kicking ass in school in arguments about Rock and Rap music (Rock music FTW!)

Hanging around town centre with friends

Leaving school on Friday

When you realise just how unique you are at school
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All the same for me :)

And having an argument about cars and knowing that your always right. :)
 
Finding a toy plastic cricket in your kids toy box and taking it with you to the kitchen to play a practical joke on your family by sticking it in the chocolate icing of a half-eaten chocolate cake in the fridge and waiting for the right moment when the wife opens the fridge door and screams, "Oh god! There's a cockroach in the chocolate cake!" so that's when the whole family goes into the kitchen and then you say, "It's a cricket, and they're good for you." as you reach down, grab it and put it into your mouth and start chewing as the whole family goes, "Ewwwwww! You're disgusting!!! Oh, god! I can't believe you did that. Yuck! Get away from me!" and then realizing it wasn't a toy plastic cricket after all, but a real dead cricket.


Oops, wrong thread.
 
That sweet sound of my old truck's inline six groaning to life yet again.

Owning ricers with same truck.

My cat trying to lay on my lap all the time

The sweet song from my engine when my front tires shut up, the wind noise dies down and there's nothing but empty roads and blue skies for miles.

Hearing and feeling that big block start up for the first time in 6 years, knowing that if you hadn't rescued it, it would still be in a high-school auto shop getting kitty litter poured down it's intake...

Seeing that auto move again, after all these years, because you slaved away from 4AM to 11:30PM to install that engine.

Sitting down infront of a pile of legos and, two hours later, having a fully radio controlled mobile crane that can lift a soda can. I've done this before.

Relaxing infront of the TV watching your favorite real life racing series, and your fav driver avoids all the wrecks and mishaps and wins the race by a bumper.

Pizza. 'Nuff said.

Lol'ing at the guy riding your :censor: when your truck decides to miss and produce a cloud of rancid black smoke, then start running perfectly again.

And finally, that sweet sound of that inline six going to sleep when I get home in the afternoon, when I tell it to and not a second sooner.
 
Oh yeah, with you on the pizza 👍

Lego, too. Loved building stuff with Lego, though I never graduated to remote control, or practical usage, for that matter. In fact, I don't think I ever got any more imaginative than crash landing my Lego WW2 fighter plane into my old computer desk. Still, even now, give me a box full of Space Lego and I'll be happy for months.
 
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