Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread (Read 399158 times)

Clare · « **Reply #1900 on:** 13 August, 2015, 10:38:20 am »

In...

Clare · « **Reply #1901 on:** 13 August, 2015, 10:40:45 am »

Mostly out...

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1902 on:** 13 August, 2015, 11:29:14 am »

Shake it all about.

(Does the hokey-cokey)

Clare · « **Reply #1903 on:** 13 August, 2015, 11:39:49 am »

(Turn's around)

That's what it's all about. Oy!

Andrij · « **Reply #1904 on:** 13 August, 2015, 08:10:40 pm »

BN: Bought pomegranate, instead of cranberry, juice (packaging looks similar).
GN: The pomegranate juice works almost as well as the cranberry, so not a total loss. (But I will be more careful in the future.)

Clare · « **Reply #1905 on:** 14 August, 2015, 09:01:28 am »

Out...

De Sisti · « **Reply #1906 on:** 14 August, 2015, 10:31:14 am »

Bad: Lots of rain, constant fear of leak via chimney brest.
Good: Eight weeks post Achilles tendon rupture, removal of Aircast Boot. Lots of physio and mobility exercises to follow.

David Martin · « **Reply #1907 on:** 14 August, 2015, 12:32:43 pm »

Always in if you are from RUK and willing to £££ (and have the grades)

andrewc · « **Reply #1908 on:** 14 August, 2015, 06:22:38 pm »

GN: My Ornette Coleman Box Set has arrived

BN: After it being vacant for several years, a young couple have just moved into the flat next door.... I hope they like music.....

De Sisti · « **Reply #1909 on:** 14 August, 2015, 07:08:02 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 14 August, 2015, 06:22:38 pm

GN: My Ornette Coleman Box Set has arrived

Good choice.

Jakob W · « **Reply #1910 on:** 17 August, 2015, 09:56:21 pm »

GN: I turned up a couple of books I'd been wondering where they were.

BN: none of them were actually the book I was looking for right now...

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1911 on:** 25 August, 2015, 08:34:53 am »

GN I rode my bike. Only to Tadcaster and back (about 15miles), but it is a start.
BN The beta blockers definitely have an effect - I just can't 'put the gas down'. Try to push, put in effort and there is just nothing there. It's like a vehicle speed limiter.
GN It felt good to ride anyway.
BN I broke something in the BB, which is one of these modern things. Don't have tools to fix it, bike going into shop on thurs.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #1912 on:** 26 August, 2015, 03:18:24 pm »

GN: Got my camera back from the rozzers.

BN: The lens hood I bought for it is the wrong size. Hooter.

More GN: They want a statement from me (the rozzers, not the lens hood people).

Jurek · « **Reply #1913 on:** 26 August, 2015, 03:25:08 pm »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 26 August, 2015, 03:18:24 pm

GN: Got my camera back from the rozzers.

BN: The lens hood I bought for it is the wrong size. Hooter.

More GN: They want a statement from me (the rozzers, not the lens hood people).

Have you checked to see if there's anything new on the memory card?

clarion · « **Reply #1914 on:** 26 August, 2015, 03:29:23 pm »

Definitely worth checking.

And yay!

Dibdib · « **Reply #1915 on:** 26 August, 2015, 08:53:31 pm »

GN (of sorts): I'm seriously considering re-starting my OU studies after about five years away from it.

BN: I've pretty much missed, or am at least right on top of, the deadline for registering for Autumn '15 modules.

BN: They've withdrawn the degree path I was studying towards.

GN: I can hopefully reuse quite a few of my previous modules on the replacement degree path.

Really BN: OU course fees have skyrocketed (part of why I stopped before). I'm looking at the pointy end of £6-7,000 for the four courses I'd need to do.

I'm going to ring them tomorrow to ask if I can wangle some kind of credit transfer to avoid the level one courses that've changed. I completed all of the level one and level two courses I needed on the old pathway, and really don't want to have to spend four grand and two years essentially repeating introductory material I've already passed.

After that, it's two more level three courses and then boom, second degree

Dibdib · « **Reply #1916 on:** 27 August, 2015, 08:53:22 pm »

Quote from: Dibdib on 26 August, 2015, 08:53:31 pm

GN (of sorts): I'm seriously considering re-starting my OU studies after about five years away from it.

BN: I've pretty much missed, or am at least right on top of, the deadline for registering for Autumn '15 modules.

BN: They've withdrawn the degree path I was studying towards.

GN: I can hopefully reuse quite a few of my previous modules on the replacement degree path.

Really BN: OU course fees have skyrocketed (part of why I stopped before). I'm looking at the pointy end of £6-7,000 for the four courses I'd need to do.

I'm going to ring them tomorrow to ask if I can wangle some kind of credit transfer to avoid the level one courses that've changed. I completed all of the level one and level two courses I needed on the old pathway, and really don't want to have to spend four grand and two years essentially repeating introductory material I've already passed.

After that, it's two more level three courses and then boom, second degree

More BN: the more I read about the OU's credit transfer options, the less optimistic I am. After ringing them this morning they're going to get back to me after they've assessed my previous OU modules to see exactly what I can apply to the new degree spec, but I think it's unlikely that they'll exempt me from any additional "intro" modules based on my previous degree (in an unrelated field).

If that's the case, I really don't know if I can justify the time and money it'd take to finish what is essentially a 'hobby' degree.

Ruthie · « **Reply #1917 on:** 27 August, 2015, 09:15:45 pm »

BN: Got shampoo in my eyes

GN: Can blow bubbles out of my nose! Awesome!

woollypigs · « **Reply #1918 on:** 27 August, 2015, 09:53:14 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 27 August, 2015, 09:15:45 pm

BN: Got shampoo in my eyes

GN: Can blow bubbles out of my nose! Awesome!

You gotta video that and upload to YouTube

Marj · « **Reply #1919 on:** 27 August, 2015, 09:54:54 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 27 August, 2015, 09:15:45 pm

BN: Got shampoo in my eyes

GN: Can blow bubbles out of my nose! Awesome!

Next you'll be telling us you can whistle dixie from... Oh never mind 😊

Torslanda · « **Reply #1920 on:** 28 August, 2015, 09:55:49 am »

MATRON!

Torslanda · « **Reply #1921 on:** 28 August, 2015, 10:22:18 am »

GN: After arriving in the Vendee to rain & force 8 winds (seems we got the tail end of a tropical storm) culminating in almost 48 hours of unrelenting precipitation. The rain has stopped, the puddles drained and the sun is almost visible through the cloud cover.

BN: We begin our homeward journey tomorrow.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1922 on:** 28 August, 2015, 11:39:50 am »

Quote from: Torslanda on 28 August, 2015, 10:22:18 am

GN: After arriving in the Vendee to rain & force 8 winds (seems we got the tail end of a tropical storm) culminating in almost 48 hours of unrelenting precipitation. The rain has stopped, the puddles drained and the sun is almost visible through the cloud cover.

I had the tail end of a Pcific hurricane on my holibobs last year. New Mexico and Texas largely under water. But it didn't manage to wipe the graffiti off the Mudstang.

GN: AFAIK chief graffiti artist Thomas van Schaik is not going to Battle Mountain this year, having recently moved to China.

BN: AFAIK Thomas van Schaik, a chap who could make $HUMOURLESS_GIT roffle helplessly, is not going to Battle Mountain this year.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1923 on:** 12 September, 2015, 12:24:36 pm »

BN: I took my v expensive platinum & diamond nose stud out before swimming and left it on the bedside table, and then when I went to put it back in it had vanished
GN: I found it again, exactly where I had left it

Peter · « **Reply #1924 on:** 12 September, 2015, 06:54:50 pm »

Chlorine, it's a bugger!