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Post by lagatta on Dec 20, 2017 13:45:24 GMT
"Things" has a very general sense here, it could be events, experiences, people or other sentient beings, you have it, as well as "things" in the sense of inanimate objects.
Of course this can be things individual posters here like, but also in the sense of blogs such as "Things Dutch people like" and "Things Parisians like".
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 20, 2017 14:06:28 GMT
Seeds germinating.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 20, 2017 15:42:49 GMT
Seems a great deal like "Little Things that Mean a Lot".  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 16:24:59 GMT
Seems a great deal like "Little Things that Mean a Lot". I agree that they are similar but in a most subtle and broader sense . For instance, I like classical music, To me it's not a little thing that means a lot but falls more under things I like. Little Things that Mean A lot falls (for me) a thread about specific things that crop up on occasion and I want to share. Things I Like is so much broader a topic. Not to say that there will not be some spillover at some points in time in each thread. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 16:29:24 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 16:31:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 16:35:46 GMT
(sorry for the duplication. which one do you like?)  |
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 20, 2017 16:46:42 GMT
I like red Kood-Aid and Jell-O instant chocolate pudding, and yet I have had neither of them in more than 50 years!
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Post by lagatta on Dec 20, 2017 20:53:59 GMT
There is a particularly beautiful light, blue, mauve and rose, outside my office window on this second shortest day of the year.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 20, 2017 21:02:54 GMT
How lovely ~ a little thing that means a lot!
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Post by questa on Dec 20, 2017 22:55:56 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 21, 2017 11:00:28 GMT
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Post by lagatta on Jan 2, 2018 23:45:41 GMT
I agree with K2 - leeks. Especially since they seem to be quite sturdy, as we still have good local ones here now.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 7, 2018 19:17:03 GMT
I like ice lollies. My favourites are fruity flavour ones...we always have some in the freezer  |
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 8, 2018 19:41:42 GMT
I am an early morning person. It is by far the best part of the day.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 11, 2018 14:35:32 GMT
I am too. I think a client from London was surprised to see me respond to his e-mail in real time.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 11, 2018 16:29:41 GMT
I am frankly delighted every time I manage to throw away my old kitchen sponge and start using a new one. I know it's a bit ridiculous, because sponges really are not every expensive but I tend to hold on to them longer than I should.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 11, 2018 16:53:06 GMT
I am frankly delighted every time I manage to throw away my old kitchen sponge and start using a new one. I know it's a bit ridiculous, because sponges really are not every expensive but I tend to hold on to them longer than I should. You need to get out more.... |
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Post by rikita on Jan 12, 2018 12:34:13 GMT
i am also an early morning person: best time of day to go to bed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 19:08:56 GMT
I like it when I go to do laundry and go through the pockets and find money.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 13, 2018 21:28:56 GMT
I like it when I go to do laundry and go through the pockets and find money. I’m doing laundry today and found nothing but Kleenex in the pockets. (And I missed some of those, because the dryer is full of shredded bits of white paper...) |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 2:02:03 GMT
Hee hee... that's what I generally scour for but today scored otherwise.
We call it "lagniappe" here.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 14, 2018 2:10:35 GMT
I like when I’ve just unloaded the dishwasher and every dish in the house is clean. I like when I’ve just done the laundry and all the clothes in the house are clean. I love it when these two things coincide!
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Post by lagatta on Jan 14, 2018 17:58:18 GMT
Good things! Just remember, "things people like" can also refer to other people, or groups of other people. What Norwegians or Haitians like, what Oaxacans like, what chartered accountants like etc... or by extension what cats, dogs or other sentient beings do even if they aren't exactly "people".
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 4:59:49 GMT
I am not really clear about what you are getting at Lagatta.
Are we somehow veering away from the context or intent of the thread?
I'm a tad confused.( not out of the ordinary these days and not something that this person likes...)
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Post by questa on Jan 15, 2018 13:10:44 GMT
A lot of blokes in Oz like to think they have the image of "Crocodile Dundee". One wife snickered and reminded her hero that last time the mouse trap needed emptying, the little woman had to do it. Mick Dundee became Captain Squeamish.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 15, 2018 15:44:45 GMT
Questa helpfully provided an example. Here is one such list, about the Dutch: stuffdutchpeoplelike.com/complete-list/No, not veering from the topic; it can most certainly be what lagatta likes or what casimira likes. But it can also be about what other individuals or groups of people like. |
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Post by lagatta on Jan 21, 2018 17:23:06 GMT
Learning a new word! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagniappe Lagniappe is obviously French, but I've never heard it here, in Acadia, or in European francophone countries. Of Quechua origin - a long way from Louisiana! - there are many words here of Indigenous origins but that is a new one for me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 17:40:57 GMT
Ha! I'm surprised Lagatta.
I know I've used it a lot on here.
It's very much part of the vernacular here.
Thing I like: Warmer weather!!!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 21, 2018 17:59:40 GMT
!!!!! Who knew?! It never occurred to me to look up the word, as I always assumed it was the French word for an originally French custom. Thanks for that wonderful nugget. The word in Mexico is pilón, which according to my dictionary is specific to Mexico: pilón nm MX (extra gratis) bonus, extra n (rare) largesse, lagniappe n Siempre que pido un kilo de papas, el vendedor me da un pilón. source |
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