Xela Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 11 hours ago, Genie said: Does anyone else ever wake up and have a random song stuck on their head but have no idea how it got there? On a similar vein, heard "I Like To Move It" by Reel 2 Real this morning. Been singing it all day. Don't even like the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I've just woken up with the chorus to Roxanne by The Police going round my head.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, theboyangel said: I've just woken up with the chorus to Roxanne by The Police going round my head.. Ignore the advice and turn the light off. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2023 15 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: I'm the same except for doing it on a Saturday. **** that, way too many people about and wastes a chunk of the weekend. It's only therapeutic if done early. I try to get in between 8 and 8:30am. I'm out of the shop in probably just over half an hour. Then I'm home and ready to do whatever just after 9am. Perfick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 11, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) I have a couple of hip flasks given to me as a thank you wedding present from the groom(s). Not once have I used them. I assume other people receive gifts like this at weddings. Do these hip flasks ever get used? I kinda like the idea of them, I have this romanticised idea of hiking somewhere, big stick in hand acting as a staff, reaching the summit and then out comes the flask for a dram and toast in the scenery. A bit like that Friedrich painting, but up the Wrekin. But they always seem slightly too bulky to carry around, which to my mind kinda defeats the purpose. I have a cylindrical flask which is nice to look at but doesn’t seem very practical to carry around on my person. Edited January 11, 2023 by Mark Albrighton 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 11, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: But they always seem slightly too bulky to carry around, which to my mind kinda defeats the purpose. I have a cylindrical flask which is nice to look at but doesn’t seem very practical to carry around on my person. Cylindrical? There's your problem. They're supposed to be flat, with an arse-shaped curve. Hence the name. It's been a while, but yes, I've used mine on the odd cold winter walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 11, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2023 18 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Cylindrical? There's your problem. They're supposed to be flat, with an arse-shaped curve. Hence the name. It's been a while, but yes, I've used mine on the odd cold winter walk. I have one cylindrical and another shaped as you describe. The flatter, slightly curved one still feels kinda bulky. It’s not comfortable in a trouser pocket. Maybe in the inside coat pocket is a better location, provided the pocket was big enough. Of course, there’s nothing stopping me having a bag with me and it being kept in that, but not actually having it on me seems kinda contrary. Also wherever I am and wanting to use it, I’d also have to not need to drive to get to this hike. Whenever I do go out, I’ve typically driven there first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 11, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark Albrighton said: I have a couple of hip flasks given to me as a thank you wedding present from the groom(s). Not once have I used them. I assume other people receive gifts like this at weddings. Do these hip flasks ever get used? I kinda like the idea of them, I have this romanticised idea of hiking somewhere, big stick in hand acting as a staff, reaching the summit and then out comes the flask for a dram and toast in the scenery. A bit like that Friedrich painting, but up the Wrekin. But they always seem slightly too bulky to carry around, which to my mind kinda defeats the purpose. I have a cylindrical flask which is nice to look at but doesn’t seem very practical to carry around on my person. I have never seen a cylindrical hip flask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 11, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, BOF said: I have never seen a cylindrical hip flask. I’ve spent the past 3+ years thinking it is. A quick search tells me it’s something called a hunting flask. Ok, so now I have one hip flask and one hunting flask I haven’t found cause to use. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 11, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2023 48 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Also wherever I am and wanting to use it, I’d also have to not need to drive to get to this hike. Whenever I do go out, I’ve typically driven there first. Ah, OK. I'm fortunate that there are a few nice walks right from my front door. And then there are holiday places. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 That's so weird - I took down my shadow board on Friday, all because the work's gone abroad due to Brexit idiots. What are the chances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: Also wherever I am and wanting to use it, I’d also have to not need to drive to get to this hike. Whenever I do go out, I’ve typically driven there first. Could put Ribena in it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 72 hour protection anti perspirant. Who the hell doesn't wash/clean themselves in that time? If I went 72 hours with just a squirt of that on, I'd smell like a decomposing badger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 13 minutes ago, Xela said: 72 hour protection anti perspirant. Who the hell doesn't wash/clean themselves in that time? If I went 72 hours with just a squirt of that on, I'd smell like a decomposing badger. Maybe it’s aimed at the lady or gentleman who sweat at three times the rate of a normal human being and this is the most polite way to market to that particular consumer segment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 minute ago, villaglint said: Maybe it’s aimed at the lady or gentleman who sweat at three times the rate of a normal human being and this is the most polite way to market to that particular consumer segment. Could be right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2023 23 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: I have a couple of hip flasks given to me as a thank you wedding present from the groom(s). Not once have I used them. I assume other people receive gifts like this at weddings. Do these hip flasks ever get used? I kinda like the idea of them, I have this romanticised idea of hiking somewhere, big stick in hand acting as a staff, reaching the summit and then out comes the flask for a dram and toast in the scenery. A bit like that Friedrich painting, but up the Wrekin. But they always seem slightly too bulky to carry around, which to my mind kinda defeats the purpose. I have a cylindrical flask which is nice to look at but doesn’t seem very practical to carry around on my person. I have 2 unused hip flasks. Never even considered using them. What's wrong with a nice pen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2023 59 minutes ago, sidcow said: I have 2 unused hip flasks. Never even considered using them. What's wrong with a nice pen? I have an engraved pint glass from when I was an usher. Never used that either. It’s basically an ornament. I obviously know that hip flasks are used by those who will want them, but I just wonder how many that are given as wedding presents to best men and the like are ever used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2023 Sometimes I’ll walk past a fish & chip shop and the smell immediately evokes a memory of fish & chips at the seaside. I don’t know what it is about it, but it’s unmistakably the smell of the chip shop at seaside. Other times I’ll walk past, even the same shop, and the smell doesn’t do that. It just smells like fish and chips. Does anyone else have that? What’s going on there? Is it that they just happen to be cooking with more salt or something when I walk past in the first instance? Or is it me that’s different and the fish & chips are the constant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 12, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 12, 2023 Just now, Mark Albrighton said: Sometimes I’ll walk past a fish & chip shop and the smell immediately evokes a memory of fish & chips at the seaside. I don’t know what it is about it, but it’s unmistakably the smell of the chip shop at seaside. Other times I’ll walk past, even the same shop, and the smell doesn’t do that. It just smells like fish and chips. Does anyone else have that? What’s going on there? Is it that they just happen to be cooking with more salt or something when I walk past in the first instance? Or is it me that’s different and the fish & chips are the constant? IMO it's you. A bit like how you can sometimes be sentimental watching a particular movie, then on another occasion watch the same movie and be bored off your head. It's a frame of mind thing I think. Your mind can be receptive or unreceptive to things at different times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2023 12 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I have an engraved pint glass from when I was an usher. Never used that either. It’s basically an ornament. I obviously know that hip flasks are used by those who will want them, but I just wonder how many that are given as wedding presents to best men and the like are ever used. Probably a whole industry is being kept alive by unwanted gifts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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