Time for a Happy Thread

[Eric]

My Playa Adventure - Burning Man 2010 [pt.1]

This video was posted on fb when it was uploaded & I fell in love with it. It probably comes the closest I've seen to actually capturing some of the magic.

[MisaBlue]

I have seen that video at least 50 times...

[Savannah]

I guess I'm the last one. Well, I'm happy anyway.

[Sic Pup]

Nope, new to me, I think I have something in my eyes too.

Thank you.

[VeganChoirGirl]

I guess I'm the last one. Well, I'm happy anyway.

(((((HUG)))))

Still...thanks for sharing.

That's exactly how it feels. We'll be home before you know it.

[Trishntek]

God I'm homesick after watching that,,,,, tearssss
thanks for sharing!

Finally fixed the toilet problem today! YAY!

[Foxfur]

God I'm homesick after watching that,,,,, tearssss
thanks for sharing!

Finally fixed the toilet problem today! YAY!

Hope it wasn't like a problem I had to fix.
I was a maint mgr at an apt complex. A tenant had a clog. I tried snaking to no avail. Ended up unbolting the john from the floor. Turns out she had been flushing q-tips, toothpicks, and everything including rebar...
The result was an adobe like blockage at the floor ring but up in the toilet proper. Had to chisel it out with a putty knife. I almost quit right there.
Funny thing was that she'd been crushing uncomfortably hard on me.
Took care of that problem too!

That was happy, wasn't it?

[MyDearFriend]

I guess I'm the last one. Well, I'm happy anyway.

Nope, count me last, and I thank you for posting this.

(((Savannah)))

[Foxfur]

Damn!
I can usually let a youtube video load up while I'm doing other stuff. Takes 30-45 minutes for ~5 min clips.
Today! Noooo.
Keeps timing out!
Need to go to library...

[Ugly Dougly]

Actually I had a great time yesterday.

Did everything come out all right?

Oh, it was legendary.

I normally save my Big Berthas for the toilet at work; my apartment crapper gets overwhelmed easily.

[Trishntek]

After replacing everything in the tank, the seal between tank and stool, snaking everything, dumping buckets of water down just to make sure it does actually flush, I discovered the lime deposit pluggin the 1" hole in the throat of the bowl. Could not even tell there was a hole there due to lime buildup! I've spent the better part of two days fixing things which were NOT the problem,,,, but they were in need of replacement,,,, so now our "place" next door has a functional toilet.

I simply cannot believe people allow such buildup. And the idiot that "fixed" it years before must have believed silicon fixes everything,,,, including worn out seals. It was so built up with silicon between the tank and bowl that the bowl was like the cephalic appendage of a bobble-head doll!

But now it acts like a good porcelain vortex should! YAY!

[Minxy]

That video always gives me goose bumps and makes me cry.

[Sic Pup]

Here's a favorite of mine (some nudity):

[ygmir]

ok, maybe I'm last............

[Savannah]

Weirdly, sometimes the "My Playa Adventure" video starts smack in the middle, and you have to drag the little ball back to the beginning so as not to miss anything. It should start with title graphics and take 5+ minutes to play, not 2.5.

Anyway . . . I'm glad being late to the party meant several of you got to see it too!

Still haven't watched Part 2. I'm still digesting Part 1.

[Trishntek]

the place next door has a little peach tree, which is kinda odd for this neck of the woods,,,, but it has a bunch of ripe little white peaches that,,,, sighhhhh,,,, just need to be picked,,,, and,,, welll as I'm writing this,,,, I'm eating some fresh hot peach cobbler,,,, mmmMMMMMMmmmMMmm

[Foxfur]

the place next door has a little peach tree, which is kinda odd for this neck of the woods,,,, but it has a bunch of ripe little white peaches that,,,, sighhhhh,,,, just need to be picked,,,, and,,, welll as I'm writing this,,,, I'm eating some fresh hot peach cobbler,,,, mmmMMMMMMmmmMMmm

Goddamnit! Why must you do this to me? WHY?

[Minxy]

Haha! Tnt is a sadistic mofo....

[EspressoDude]

Haha! Tnt is a sadistic mofo....

and that makes us happy!

[Dr Jet Sinister]

I guess I'm the last one. Well, I'm happy anyway.

That's one I hadn't seen! Thanks for sharing it. =)

I'm still digesting Part 1.

Part 2 is very happy.

[Minxy]

Haha! Tnt is a sadistic mofo....

and that makes us happy!

Word!!!

[Foxfur]

Note to self:
Do not wear tight shiny hiphugger bellbottom sweats with pink side stripes, silver bracelets and necklace, rabbit fur vest, and nosering into a shitkicker bar!
Edit to add: I also had a small beanie-baby type plush fox stuffed into my back pocket with its head and front paws sticking out.

Met Minxy, Pam and Bruce for dinner. I had said the Helvetia Tavern BUT what I meant was the Rock Creek Tavern, a Mcmenamins establishment.
Sweetpea helped once again in accessorizing me, I looked great.
Got to RCT and figured out my mistake. Headed over to HT. Got there and went in. I looked around and noticed lotsa looks. It wasn't til a bit later that I realized the looks were not very desirable. In fact some were downright hostile. Didn't help things when I went to the register to pay, standing there with my ass (Sweetpea says looked HOT) pointing back at the patrons, I mean fuckwits.
Sweetpea had said before I left that I'd have folks chasing my ass, but...
Sure, they wanted a piece of it but I'd have had none left when they were through.
I didn't think the low waistband of the sweats would have held, let alone supported my concealed carry holster with my compact .45 auto.
I found out that they indeed would! I had to stop at the PO box in my shitkicker sawmill town for the mail. Tied the waistband tight and they held the gun just fine. Learn something new everyday .

BTW, that smile on my face? It's really a "FUCK! Let's get the photoshoot done and get the fuck outta Tombstone" smile.

[Fufa]

At first this doesn't sound happy BUT....

The cat I mentioned a couple pages ago that we were taking into our home because my grandma was admitted to a care facility, well she arrived last Thursday. Totally withdrawn, would hide under the beds and couches all day long and then at night walk around crying non-stop. MEW MEW MEW MEW. I slept with ear plugs. She was affectionate and cuddly when you got right up to her and would purr like mad, but then would not come (or even turn her head!) when called or whistled at. It was really confusing. She should know her name, she's been called it for 8 years.

WELL, last night my mom had an epiphany: "Maybe the cat can't hear us!" So it was after midnight and we were ripping paper, clapping our hands, and making all manner of loud, surprising noises inches from the back of her head. She didn't even flinch! It's almost relieving to find out she's almost entirely deaf, because it explains a lot of her odd behaviour. She jumps/flinches when you come up behind her and touch her, she stares blankly at my other cat when he's growling and hissing at her, and overall she just gives the impression that she's completely ignoring you 99.999999999% of the time. Now we know its not her fault and that she isn't just a total snob of a cat. My dad jokes we should buy her a hearing aid, and we're thinking of things to do so she's not scared or surprised all the time. Might take her to the vet to get her ears checked for wax build-up, because she does react slightly to some high pitched noises (bells and whistles). Hopefully it will help her hearing a bit. We were debating earlier about changing her name, but now it doesn't matter what we call her cause she can't hear it anyway.

Also, it's made me perhaps TOO happy to clang pot lids like a little kid and not get a reaction out of her.

[Savannah]

I didn't think the low waistband of the sweats would have held, let alone supported my concealed carry holster with my compact .45 auto.
I found out that they indeed would! I had to stop at the PO box in my shitkicker sawmill town for the mail. Tied the waistband tight and they held the gun just fine. Learn something new everyday .

[Foxfur]

We were debating earlier about changing her name, but now it doesn't matter what we call her cause she can't hear it anyway.

Also, it's made me perhaps TOO happy to clang pot lids like a little kid and not get a reaction out of her.

Thanks Fufa!
I needed a good laugh and you were there for me!
Got a few bonus giggles from reading it again, too.

[EspressoDude]

That bar we met Minxy and Foxfur at was so shit kicker, that I think Carrhardts would have earned the stink-eye.. Lee dungarees or jeans - not Levi's
About the only guys in sweats were college jocks off for the summer helping dad wrestle cows on the 6th generation family dairy farm or loggers that didn't need a skidder/yarder/tractor...just drag them out and toss the logs on the truck..

prominently displayed on the back bar was a 1950's book "How to be a Good Wife"..

Looks I got were not as strange as Ff : tricorn pirate hat, black commodores jacket with braid and piping, shorts and Wesco Jobmasters..I think it was the Wesco's that saved me. made 10 miles away in Scapoose.. Any trouble..Helga and Minxy would have been happy too kick ass and take names...at least the last part.

standard hamburger there is two 1/3 pound patties for 8.95. heaping dinner plate of fries 6.95 / onion rings 8.95 heaping means you cannot pile any more on it!!

Happy to turn some heads, happy to survive, happy to tell about it

[Dr Jet Sinister]

That is why there are things you wear in defaultia and things you wear at 'home.' We stopped off Hwy 50 in Utah for lunch on the way back in 08 and I thought, based on their behavior, that they could smell the liberal on us, despite our normal clothing. Most likely, it was that small town mentality towards strangers that I sensed.

[ygmir]

That is why there are things you wear in defaultia and things you wear at 'home.' We stopped off Hwy 50 in Utah for lunch on the way back in 08 and I thought, based on their behavior, that they could smell the liberal on us, despite our normal clothing. Most likely, it was that small town mentality towards strangers that I sensed.

I just crossed Nevada and Utah on 50........and will be doing it again in a week.
I can attest to the "stranger walks in the door" phenomena.
I'm not even sure they could see my CA plates on my car, but, dang........

[Dr Jet Sinister]

That is why there are things you wear in defaultia and things you wear at 'home.' We stopped off Hwy 50 in Utah for lunch on the way back in 08 and I thought, based on their behavior, that they could smell the liberal on us, despite our normal clothing. Most likely, it was that small town mentality towards strangers that I sensed.

I just crossed Nevada and Utah on 50........and will be doing it again in a week.
I can attest to the "stranger walks in the door" phenomena.
I'm not even sure they could see my CA plates on my car, but, dang........

The town was Delta. The Rancher Motel and Cafe has some of the best DAMN pie I've EVER had! The waitress was wearing an NRA tshirt.

[ygmir]

That is why there are things you wear in defaultia and things you wear at 'home.' We stopped off Hwy 50 in Utah for lunch on the way back in 08 and I thought, based on their behavior, that they could smell the liberal on us, despite our normal clothing. Most likely, it was that small town mentality towards strangers that I sensed.

I just crossed Nevada and Utah on 50........and will be doing it again in a week.
I can attest to the "stranger walks in the door" phenomena.
I'm not even sure they could see my CA plates on my car, but, dang........

The town was Delta. The Rancher Motel and Cafe has some of the best DAMN pie I've EVER had! The waitress was wearing an NRA tshirt.

I'll check it out, thanks.
I'll try to check the rest of her ensemble.