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Micro-joys - the little things as an adult that make you happy/ find joy in

Ian said:
… And then pretending you didn’t notice it and ******* off back out the room so that someone else will actually empty it.
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ScottishChris said:
Back in the day, our 'date night' go-to was to have pizza delivered - either Domino's or Papa John's. Then I realised I could pop to Sainsbury's get home and cook it faster than Domino's delivers, for a quarter of the price and a much better pizza to boot.
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Depends very much on the pizza you are getting from Sainsbury's. None of the own brand will be as good as fresh takeaway. I've found Crosta & Molica is good though, but twice the price of supermarket own.
 
rob666 said:
Is there just me left making them from scratch then?
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Not at all, here's my recipe for New York style thin pizza dough. Either for 4 large, or 6 x 12".
  1. Measure out 530 ml of lukewarm water and pour into a bowl
  2. Add 1 tbsp of sugar to water
  3. Weigh out 7 g of active dried yeast and add to water
  4. Add 1 tbsp of salt to water
  5. Add 2 tbsp of olive oil to water
  6. Give everything a bit of a stir
  7. Pour a little olive oil into 4 - 6 pizza dough tubs or normal bowls, put aside
  8. Weigh out 600 g of strong white bread flour and add to mixing bowl with water
  9. Stir with a spoon until combined
  10. Start adding more strong white bread flour, about a tablespoon at a time to the mixture, and start kneading (about 10 mins), keep adding strong white bread flour as required. You'll end up using an additional 200 - 250 g of strong white bread flour.
  11. When kneading is done, weigh out the final dough mix
  12. Divide the weight of the dough by 4 or 6
  13. Divide the dough into 4 - 6 equal portions, or roughly, place into the oiled pizza pots / bowls
  14. Once divided, swirl the dough around in the tub / bowl, to oil up the sides of the tube and all over the dough
  15. Loosely cover with cling film
  16. Put immediately into the fridge
  17. Dough will be ready within 24 hours to stretch
  18. OR if for same day
  19. Loosely cover with a damp tea towel and leave to rise for 4 hours at room temp
  20. After 4 hours cover loosely with cling film and place in the fridge for 30 mins at least. Cold dough is much easier to stretch.
  21. Cook for 9ish minutes (maybe more if you need it, until the cheese is starting to go golden, but before it goes too far) at preheated 230˚ C (fan or conventional).
Pizza Sauce
Combine 1 x pack of Tomato passata, 2 tbsp of olive oil, 1 tsp of granulated white sugar, 2 tsp of dried oregano

You'll end up with pizza hopefully looking like this!

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Used to cook home made pizza, from scratch, for up to fifteen people, when I worked in the care system with teenagers.
Never looked as pretty as yours, but I used to get bonus points from the inspectors when they came for tea...
"Can we have Robs pizza please...again".
Used to put loads of garlic in the base just to upset the boss.
Whole house stank for days.
 
The joy of getting on a train. Something rewarding about it. Someone else does the driving. No need for a seat belt. No clutch to push down. Traveling with a beer on your hand is acceptable. You can get up and go for a wee whenever you want. Even the price of train travel is so expensive these days that it seems like an undervalued luxury that you somehow don't deserve. Like you deserve to be stuck in your car pushing your clutch up and down whilst avoiding mowing down old ladies instead. I never thought I'd see the day where I thought of public transport as a luxury, but here we are.
 
Took my llttle nephews on a country pub crawl with family round the Ribble Valley on the train...so all the adults could beer...the kids went on about it all year!
You begin to forget what fun is...especially going past your own home on the train.
One other thing...
What's a clutch?
I still have the ability, but my last four have been autos.
Once driven, few return to that funny stick and extra pedal.
Old men's cars matey, time you joined the club.
 
When I visit the family back home, I absolutely love going by train. Sitting with a coffee, a big bag of crisps and a film on Netflix with nothing to do for a few hours is bliss. The problem is it costs around £160 return on the train compared to £50 driving and it's a 3 hour drive versus 5 on the train - so it is really hard to justify.
 
As a non-driver, I can never understand why some people are so in love with manual cars. “Automatic‽ Pah! That’s not real driving!”
Usually when technology takes a workload away from us, it’s a good thing. You don’t see these same people scorning dishwashers for not being “real” washing up. Unless you are an F1 driver, why does it matter what gear you are in? Just get where you are going with as few distractions as possible!

Anyway, there is no greater micro-joy than a pint. If you disagree you are wrong. Fight me.
 
Oh but to be the contrarian I am occasionally accused of being...
Love my 4th auto...sooooper shed volvo estate, nearly thirty years young, green mould in all the window corners, headlight wipers that squirt water over the bonnet.
Previous cheap grand shed autos, tuareg and two focus estates, absolutely loved em, nothing more than a dodgem without the big rubber bumpers.
But I hate dishwashers, would not have one, don't do a proper job, but take ten times longer.
Lovely excuse for a brew, bit of music, and potter in the yard while I do the dishes.
And a pint,
 
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I'm the only person on the planet that actually bought a manual Jag. I mean, no one does that! Why did I do it? I don't know. So few people bought them that when they face lifted the model 3 years ago they got rid of manual entirely. My clicking left knee cap shows me it's a lesson learnt.
 
I've never driven a manual. I purposely chose to learn automatic as I felt that all the gears would just have been an overwhelming extra to add to my already tough time learning to drive...

On the subject of driving, I must say that even though I'm generally quite a nervous driver, I do find driving fast along a straight dual carriageway in good conditions quite exhilarating! Does anyone else find that?

I don't ever feel the urge to go much above 60mph, though...
 
Matt N said:
On the subject of driving, I must say that even though I'm generally quite a nervous driver, I do find driving fast along a straight dual carriageway in good conditions quite exhilarating! Does anyone else find that?

I don't ever feel the urge to go much above 60mph, though...
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I used to, but trust me, it'll pass my friend. Now it's just whacking the cruise control on and chilling out listening to a pod cast for me.
 
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