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Discussion in 'Just Talk' started by WillyEckerslike, Dec 14, 2017.

  1. WillyEckerslike

    WillyEckerslike Screwfix Select

    These are a few of my favourite things...

    Following on from Btiw2's reply in Retired Sparks' thread about things we hate I wondered what people like?

    So to start us off - in no particular order or by any means comprehensive.....

    • Good manners
    • Cricket
    • Wales
    • Louise Lear (BBC weather)
    • Gangsta rap
    • Popular classical music
    • Walking in the rain (a prerequisite of liking Wales maybe?)
    • Dogs
    • Family gatherings - birthdays, Christmas and so on
    • Technology - although I don't understand it at all. The range of things that a mobile device can do is mind boggling compared with 20 years ago.
    • Mrs Eckerslike!
     
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  2. CGN

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    Gangsta Rap!! :D
     
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  3. Sparkielev

    Sparkielev Screwfix Select

    Wales!!!:)
     
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  4. btiw2

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    I quite agree. Wales is like hell... if hell was damp. I like that it's rural, but, c'mon, it's possible to be too rural.

    Whereas I think the Welsh are possibly the most lovely people in the world. Patient and kind to a fault. They'd have to be, to put up with living in Wales.

    So more for my list:
    • I'll also add Gangsta rap. Why not? I'm not entirely sure what it is, but I like angry music.
    • Radio four (if you ignore Woman's hour).
    • Mastic.
    • Torx head screws. Controversial on this forum. But I like not caming out heads with my ham-fistedestness.
    • Those automatic wire strippers that grab the sheath and just remove that.
    • Angle grinders and chainsaws. I want something destroyed. Make it so.
    • Lithium-ion batteries. Because... Ni... cad.. ju.. st.. s.l.o.w.l.y. g.i...v....e.....s.......u...........p
     
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  5. WillyEckerslike

    WillyEckerslike Screwfix Select

    That's a good selection.
    The wire strippers are fascinating and I'm sorely tempted to take them apart to look at the mechanism in the rear to see how it works but haven't dared to yet.
    Torx head fastenings are great in my opinion I just wish I could tell at a glance what the size was sometimes. Most of my vehicles have a mass of random sizes throughout their construction. It's usually the third one I try but going for my third choice first usually fails! Grrr.
    I have learned a lot about life and Mrs Eckerslike's world by listening to Woman's Hour.
     
  6. DIYDave.

    DIYDave. Screwfix Select


    Gangsta C....rap maybe :p
     
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  7. CGN

    CGN Screwfix Select

    Uh uh uh uh...yeah, yeah...uh uh!
     
  8. Sparkielev

    Sparkielev Screwfix Select

    Freshly made bread straight out of oven hmmmm
    Holidays abroad in the sun
    Opening a new drill
    Finding an electrical fault that other sparks couldn't find :)
     
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  9. soabar

    soabar Member

    Fast German saloons & coupes

    Supersonic flying stuff

    Blazing wood burners

    Ludicrously expensive tools (having, not buying)

    Nut riveters

    Quality chronographs

    Recaro seats

    60 foot plus Pershing yachts

    Johnny Cash

    The Cult

    Good film / TV

    Stainless fastners

    Surprisingly useful stuff

    ** Many of the things I like I cannot afford....., so;

    Large lottery wins!
     
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  10. WillyEckerslike

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    That sounds like the script to a porn movie. Maybe I'm confusing that with gangsta.
     
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  11. CGN

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    Well with a name like Willy Eckerslike, you're probably an expert on such matters :D
     
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  12. WillyEckerslike

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    I was told early on that porn movies aren't like real life - it's impossible to get a plumber to arrive that quickly!
     
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  13. Harry Stottle

    Harry Stottle Screwfix Select

    I like
    Racing cars, turbine rotor blades, white shirts, rip top cans of green giant corn, Varta batteries, see through windows, fast moving wheelbarrows, Isabel Oakeshott, summer picnics by the river, French villages, supersonic air intakes, multi function TV programmes. self warming acorns, freestanding light bulbs, Intel microchips, diesel guitars, motorbike aircon, thermostat fittings, etc. In fact there's not much I don't like.
     
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  14. teabreak

    teabreak Screwfix Select

    Waving goodbye to the Grandkids!
     
  15. Isitreally

    Isitreally Super Member


    :mad::mad::mad: grandkids are lovely
     
  16. Isitreally

    Isitreally Super Member

    Real Ale.

    Brexit.

    Rugby.

    Brexit.

    Motorcycles.

    Brexit.

    1970s Fords.

    Brexit.

    Toad in the Hole.

    Brexit.
     
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  17. retiredsparks

    retiredsparks Super Member

    Mrs RS
    Brexit.
    Democracy.
    Schadenfreude.
    Brilliant orators...J Rees Mogg, G. Galloway,
    One line comedians.....plus Simon Evans, George Carlin,
    Nikola Tesla.
    Muhammed Ali..."The Greatest".
    Singing in foreign languages.
    Lateral and original thinkers.
    Jamón ibérico (pigs were fed on acorns) also called Pata Negra.
    Craftsmanship.
    Specialist tools.
    Red wine.
    People who listen and are capable of logical reasonable discussion of ideas.
    RS
     
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  18. Coloumb

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    Fridays
     
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  19. Harry Stottle

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    I like any day that Isabel Oakeshott appears on TV
     
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  20. retiredsparks

    retiredsparks Super Member


    Has a certain look......not quite posh enough tho
    also like Victoria Coren.......very smart gal.
    Holly Willoughby...so much fun and giggly
    Nigella......that general dark look.
    Julia Hartley-brewer...or is that just me ?
    lol RS
     

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