Things you like

[43021HST]

Things I like can be broken down into three things

1. Trains

2. Music

3. Comedy

I have a fourth one and it rhymes with banking

 

[mumrar]

I have a fourth one and it rhymes with banking

Strange, I've always been lead to believe that clearing out the retention tanks on a modern unit, known as 'tanking', is a horrible and smelly task. Why would you like that?

 

[Dai.]

What I like?
Blimey!

Lets start the list -

1. Creative People
a. Designing
b. Taking pictures, I am terrible at pictures and I am usually helped, I still can't work a digital SLR camera.

2. Travelling
a. Seeing the World
b. Experiencing the UK.

3. Transport
a. Railway Infrastructure and Business
b. The TOCs and FOCs & their trains

4. Business
a. I like everything to do with business, it fascinates me what people come up with.

5. Helping other people.
a. I want to be there to help other people, whether its giving them some spare change or helping them change their life

6.
a. MUSIC! I forgot music.
That's it I think.

 

[Nightrider]

First Class return tickets.

 

[sprinterguy]

Wow, I could make a huuuge list out of this!

First and foremost, the missus, although "like" is of course too weak a word

Ale, and hence...

Wetherspoons,

Wychwood Brewery

Cropredy Festival

Being president of a University Rock and Metal Society

All my friends, in or out of said rock and metal society

My family of awesome folk

Headbanging

Denim and leather

Fast bikes

Dragons!!!

Those "green pitchers" you used to be able to get in Legends rock club in
Newcastle

Guitars

Music with passion, intelligence and guitars

Songs that tell stories of great quests

Pirate metal

Cheese! Specifically cheddar and wensleydale

My job

University life

Weekends

Travelling on trains

My model railway

60007 "Sir Nigel Gresley"

Deltics

Preserved railways

Long walks in the British countryside

The Isle of Skye, and being on top of the Cuillins on said Island

Waking up on a Saturday, thinking it's a weekday, and then realising I don't have to go to work!

Being out for a long while on a cold, bitter day, then getting back inside and having a large bowl of hot soup

Sunny days

Rainy days that aren't too cold

Snow

Basically, wherever I am, whatever I'm doing and whatever time of day it is, I'm probably loving it!

 

[Aussie_Rail]

I have a few things:

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things


Couldn't resist. hehe

I like railway things, trains, trams, architecture, collecting signs, seeing people being arrested (who doesn't?). I like warm summer days, long drives, nights at the cinema and a whole heap of other things.

 

[Heinz57]

Some of the things I like most...

Trains
Model Railways
Modern civil jets and airports
Comedy
Acting - Particularly performing some sort of comedy, like stand up
Stagecraft (Stage lighting, sound and so on)
Electronicy stuff
DIY
Girls!

And not necessarily in that order

 

[Drsatan]

Some of the things I like:

Iron Maiden
Good friends
Times when drivers let you cross the road instead of attempting to run you over
Real Ale
Guns 'n' Roses
Pink Floyd
Monty Python
The Inbetweeners
Horror films
Trance/house/rave music (I don't like dubstep or r 'n' b )
University life
Long bike rides
Girls
Being in the coach behind a Skip over the S&C
The Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway (www.steamtrain.co.uk), where I spent this summer and the previous summer volunteering

 

[mrcheek]

Very disappointinbg that only one person has mentioned his family so far.

Anyway:
1. Family
2. Friends (my actualt friends that is, not the tv series. altho I kinda like that too...)
3. Cricket
4. Music, especially that of an industrial nature
5. Travelling by train
6. Using the internet
7. Reading
8. Libertarian politics
9. Economics
10. Vodka
11. Toast
12. Porn
13. Manchester United
14. eBay

 

[jimrbrobinson]

Things I like - blimey this could be a VERY long list. However, near the top but in no particular order of preference would be:
My family and friends
RailUKforums
My job (because of my regular customers and my brilliant workmates)
Good single malt Scotch whisky
British railways (buildings, infrastructure, rolling stock, history)
Good food and drink
Motorcycling
Swords
Guns or Roses (Excellent Guns N Roses tribute band)

 

[Dai.]

Some of the things I like:
Guns 'n' Roses

Long bike rides

I agree with those two.

Motorcycling

I like motorbikes full stop

 

[jimrbrobinson]

Ah, Mr. Dai, sir. You have excellent taste.

 

[CarterUSM]

Love biking myself, started off roading at 8 years old. Also love music, gaming, football, don't mind cricket, horses, holidays, and excluding a minority of passengers, having a travelling office.

 

[Dai.]

Ah, Mr. Dai, sir. You have excellent taste.

Why thank you - I'm not too keen on the new GnR, the old GnR, (Axl, Slash, Duff, etc.) was much better - used to listen to my dads cd's as a kid and yeah biking in all forms I adore -
Mountain Biking
BMX'ing,
Motorcross,
Superbike
MotoGP.

Love biking myself, started off roading at 8 years old. Also love music, gaming, football, don't mind cricket, horses, holidays, and excluding a minority of passengers, having a travelling office.

I used to hang out with a bunch of freestyle motorcross riders which really got me into anything bike-shaped. lmao.

Personally I adore anything extreme -
Dew Tour
X Games
X Fighters
Relentless NASS

Skating
Mountain biking
Motorbikes
World Rally
Bungee Jumping (never tried but really want to)
Parachuting (as above)
Base Jumping (as above)

I mainly like the look of most things and very rarely have the courage to do something like base jumping or parachuting but I love it when I do, do it.

 

[CarterUSM]

Why thank you - I'm not too keen on the new GnR, the old GnR, (Axl, Slash, Duff, etc.) was much better - used to listen to my dads cd's as a kid and yeah biking in all forms I adore -
Mountain Biking
BMX'ing,
Motorcross,
Superbike
MotoGP.



I used to hang out with a bunch of freestyle motorcross riders which really got me into anything bike-shaped. lmao.

Personally I adore anything extreme -
Dew Tour
X Games
X Fighters
Relentless NASS

Skating
Mountain biking
Motorbikes
World Rally
Bungee Jumping (never tried but really want to)
Parachuting (as above)
Base Jumping (as above)

I mainly like the look of most things and very rarely have the courage to do something like base jumping or parachuting but I love it when I do, do it.

That hardcore x games stuff is crazy! I just cannot imagine even attemping the simplest of the sort of moves they do! Big up to them though! Always preferred off road to tarmac, though i do neither nowadays for one reason or another.

 

[Dai.]

That hardcore x games stuff is crazy! I just cannot imagine even attemping the simplest of the sort of moves they do! Big up to them though! Always preferred off road to tarmac, though i do neither nowadays for one reason or another.

yeah it is crazy, something I'd love to give a go and yeah off road is so much better than the tarmac, I once watched a programme about downhill mountain biking, where the only thing illuminating your path was the head lamp on your bike,
CRAZY!

 

[Kneedown]

My Family.

My Countries (Wales and UK)

My job (Even though you wouldn't think so to hear me moan sometimes!)

Land Rovers. Would love to do up an old Series 3 or Defender, but Mrs Kneedown has put her foot down so have to make do with the Freelander for the time being.

Motorcycles. Proud owner of a ZZR1200.

The British Countryside and amazing wildlife.

Countryside and wildlife elsewhere in the world.

Fishing, specifically catching a double figure Zander or Pike, or being out on the Bro in Laws boat around Anglesey, catching something for the bbq, and topping it off with a Lobster from his pots.

Theakstons, Batemans and Brains bitter.

Single malt Whisky, notably Penderyn, Dalwhinnie, Glenmorangie or Bushmills.

Anything to do with aviation. Got a particular soft spot for classic British aircraft and, you may be surprised given my dislike of communism, older Russian airliners. Stems from my childhood when we lived under the approach to East Mids airport. During the summers, as a change to the usual Viscount's, DC9's and 737's, we used to get Tupolev 134's and 154's come over. Always liked em, always wanted to have a flight on one. Sadly, since Balkan went over to Airbus's, i probably never will unless i get the chance to go on a dodgy airline deep inside Russia.

 

[43021HST]

Some of the things I like:

Iron Maiden
Good friends
Times when drivers let you cross the road instead of attempting to run you over
Real Ale
Guns 'n' Roses
Pink Floyd
Monty Python
The Inbetweeners
Horror films
Trance/house/rave music (I don't like dubstep or r 'n' b )
University life
Long bike rides
Girls
Being in the coach behind a Skip over the S&C
The Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway (www.steamtrain.co.uk), where I spent this summer and the previous summer volunteering

You listen to some DECENT stuff.
I forgot TV programs like Southpark, Family guy, Simpsons, Braniac Science abuse, Mock the Week, QI, Red Dwarf, Charlie Brookers screenburn, Charlie Brookers you have been watching, Top Gear, Arguemental, Live at the Apollo, Open all hours, Only Fools and Horses, Clarance, The Two Ronnies, Poridge. I think thats it.

 

[43034 The Black Horse]

Ale
Trains
Cars (Proper ones, not chavvy ones)
80s Music

Mustn't grumble.

 

[class156]

For me it's,

1. Buses
2. Coaches
3. Trains
4. Airliners
5. Exploring the British Railway Network
6. Gaming
7. Food
8. Having fun with friends
9. Something rhyming with Banking and Tanking

Loads more that I can't be bothered typing up...

 

[MidnightFlyer]

1. Family
2. Trains
3. Travelling
4. Footy
5. Food
6. The Smilie
7. The Eagles
8. Led Zepp
9. Rangers FC
10. My English teacher (when I say 'Like' I mean she's fit )

 

[MCR247]

6. The Smilie

I'd never have guessed :P

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I'd never have guessed :P

You wouldnt would ya? Closely followed by hock: I like the way the eyes bulge out of its head hock:

 

[jimrbrobinson]

10. My English teacher (when I say 'Like' I mean she's fit )

What is it with English teachers???

I used to fancy one of ours at school!!! She'll be nearly 50 now!!!

(P.S. Smilies Rock!)

 

[MidnightFlyer]

What is it with English teachers???

(P.S. Smilies Rock!)

mine's about 30, but she's just unbelivabely fit

 

[Vulcan]

• Obviously, my family and friends first
• Railways (all types, real and model)
• My job
• Living on the coast in Devon
• Real Ale (and hence volunteering at the Great British Beer Festival once a year)
• All other types of public transport, indlusing things that arn't really 'public', such as planes, helicopters, ships, and other interesting things.
• All other types of private transport (motor bikes last I'm afraid, noisey, dangerously ridden menaces! )
• err....cake?....I'll think of some others in due course.

 

[Dai.]

• All other types of private transport (motor bikes last I'm afraid, noisey, dangerously ridden menaces! )
  

How dare you, they are noisy but I wouldn't say dangerously ridden menaces, there's a small percentage of stupid idiots on bikes but the same could be said about car drivers!

I would also like to add -

I adore Nitro Circus, Jackass, The Simpsons, Ice Road Truckers, Mythbusters and such

 

[Vulcan]

How dare you, they are noisy but I wouldn't say dangerously ridden menaces, there's a small percentage of stupid idiots on bikes but the same could be said about car drivers!

True its a steriotype, but one that unfortunately I have found to be accurate on so many occasions, especially on these Devon country roads.

 

[sprinterguy]

True its a steriotype, but one that unfortunately I have found to be accurate on so many occasions, especially on these Devon country roads.

The thing with the idiot bikers, who I am pleased to say do not make up the majority of the bikers population, is that often they are a bigger danger to themselves than to others, which you would hope would make them a bit more aware. Doesn't seem to sink in for those sort of folk though :roll:

 

[jimrbrobinson]

The idiots spoil it for the rest of us, sadly. I like Scoobies, but I'd never buy one 'cos the majority of Scooby drivers seem to drive like total valves hock:, and I wouldn't want people linking me with them . But I find the majority of real bikers are considerate and sensible motorists, and that's how I like to be seen!