The Subsim Cheer-Up Thread

Kapitan_Phillips · 02-05-14, 09:42 PM

Monday blues? Life getting you down? We all need to let our hair down every now and then (except Neal, who has my haircut, but inside out) so why not post a few things that always cheer you up in this thread and spread the cheer?

I'll begin with a classic:

Red October1984 · 02-05-14, 10:36 PM

Bout time we got one of these

MUSIC!

I could go on forever about music....but instead, I'll just put up a few specifics.

20th Century Masters Millennium Collection - Louis Armstrong

The Beach Boys: 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits Vol. 1

Music between the late 30s and early 70s can cheer you right up sometimes. It also seems there was a lot of depressing music in the 70s onward....not saying that's bad but I do hear a lot of it.

Also,

A lot of their music is good

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However, I've found that the best way to cheer up is to talk to somebody who has been through what you're going through. Or somebody you can talk to about anything.

Admiral Halsey · 02-05-14, 10:54 PM

This one always makes me chuckle.

TG626 · 02-05-14, 11:31 PM

+1

"Super duper supermen"

Stealhead · 02-06-14, 12:27 AM

Music can cheer a person up of course it can also annoy the living crap out of someone if the music they hear is not to their tastes.

That is why I always like Monty Python because it does not annoy me.

Honestly if I am feeling down the best thing is being outdoors in total "silence" with not one irritating man made sound to be heard.If I cant be in a place like that I zen myself there.

Aktungbby · 02-06-14, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red October1984

I could go on forever about music....but instead, I'll just put up a few specifics.

And this favorite theme o ye of the Moisin Nagant

Jimbuna · 02-06-14, 05:32 AM

Still trying to come to terms with retirement but broadly speaking I'm a creature of habit. Once esconced in the man cave I usually find myself checking out the forum here whilst playing music from a multitude of artists I like.

In addition I maintain regular contact with a select group of friends via Skype and occasionally view, reposition and dust my ever growing collection of Brit post WWII diecast that are housed in six cabinets opposite my computer station.

A couple of shots from my SAR section:

raymond6751 · 02-06-14, 06:58 AM

Folks, take a walk and look around you. Most folks, when feeling blue, stare at the ground.

I take a walk in the nearby woods and let my eyes wander up, up, over there. I'm soon not thinking about the problems, only enjoying the sights.

Sailor Steve · 02-06-14, 07:26 AM

I pull out my guitar and play a few old favorites.

Gunsilnger · 02-06-14, 07:55 AM

I like to take my Geo Tracker to the off road trail after a rough day at work(when it's not sub-arctic temps) There's nothing like a cold beer surrounded by nothing but trees for miles

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nikimcbee · 02-06-14, 10:10 AM

It cheers me up to see you back here posting again KP!

Stealhead · 02-06-14, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

And this favorite theme o ye of the Moisin Nagant

I guess you you could take the song that way if you like guns.

That song is basically about an acid trip that Lennon had the name was based on the cover of a gun magazine that someone had showed Lennon though.More of a sexual metaphor "I've got my finger on your trigger"(a man talking to a woman) means uh well not family friendly but it does not take much thinking to figure what else might be a trigger metaphorically that is part of the female anatomy.

Jimbuna · 02-06-14, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stealhead

I guess you you could take the song that way if you like guns.

That song is basically about an acid trip that Lennon had the name was based on the cover of a gun magazine that someone had showed Lennon though.More of a sexual metaphor "I've got my finger on your trigger"(a man talking to a woman) means uh well not family friendly but it does not take much thinking to figure what else might be a trigger metaphorically that is part of the female anatomy.

Correctamundo

Herr-Berbunch · 02-06-14, 03:20 PM

I go for a walk around the village, or a blast on my bike. I'm never usually stressed though, not stressy stressed anyway.

Jimbuna · 02-06-14, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I go for a walk around the village, or a blast on my bike. I'm never usually stressed though, not stressy stressed anyway.

02-05-14, 09:42 PM	#1
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	The Subsim Cheer-Up Thread Monday blues? Life getting you down? We all need to let our hair down every now and then (except Neal, who has my haircut, but inside out) so why not post a few things that always cheer you up in this thread and spread the cheer? I'll begin with a classic: __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

02-05-14, 10:36 PM	#2
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Bout time we got one of these MUSIC! I could go on forever about music....but instead, I'll just put up a few specifics. 20th Century Masters Millennium Collection - Louis Armstrong The Beach Boys: 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Music between the late 30s and early 70s can cheer you right up sometimes. It also seems there was a lot of depressing music in the 70s onward....not saying that's bad but I do hear a lot of it. Also, A lot of their music is good ____ However, I've found that the best way to cheer up is to talk to somebody who has been through what you're going through. Or somebody you can talk to about anything. __________________

02-05-14, 11:31 PM	#4
TG626 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USS Seal - Somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 268 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 3	+1 "Super duper supermen" __________________ T. E. Thompson, LTCDR Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Seal (formerly S-40 (SS-145))

02-06-14, 05:32 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Still trying to come to terms with retirement but broadly speaking I'm a creature of habit. Once esconced in the man cave I usually find myself checking out the forum here whilst playing music from a multitude of artists I like. In addition I maintain regular contact with a select group of friends via Skype and occasionally view, reposition and dust my ever growing collection of Brit post WWII diecast that are housed in six cabinets opposite my computer station. A couple of shots from my SAR section: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-06-14, 06:58 AM	#8
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,338 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	Look up Folks, take a walk and look around you. Most folks, when feeling blue, stare at the ground. I take a walk in the nearby woods and let my eyes wander up, up, over there. I'm soon not thinking about the problems, only enjoying the sights. __________________ Game Designer: Close The Atlantic - World War Three https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...orld-war-three

02-05-14, 10:54 PM	#3
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	This one always makes me chuckle.

02-06-14, 12:27 AM	#5
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Music can cheer a person up of course it can also annoy the living crap out of someone if the music they hear is not to their tastes. That is why I always like Monty Python because it does not annoy me. Honestly if I am feeling down the best thing is being outdoors in total "silence" with not one irritating man made sound to be heard.If I cant be in a place like that I zen myself there.

02-06-14, 07:26 AM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I pull out my guitar and play a few old favorites. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-06-14, 10:10 AM	#11
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It cheers me up to see you back here posting again KP! __________________

02-06-14, 03:20 PM	#14
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I go for a walk around the village, or a blast on my bike. I'm never usually stressed though, not stressy stressed anyway. __________________