Author Topic: The Good News Thread (Read 1165130 times)

mike · « **Reply #2200 on:** 04 May, 2010, 01:19:51 pm »

is that good news??

simonp · « **Reply #2201 on:** 04 May, 2010, 01:23:58 pm »

Quote from: mike on 04 May, 2010, 01:19:51 pm

is that good news??

Yes. It's because of an income tax liability which I just incurred.

Frenchie · « **Reply #2202 on:** 04 May, 2010, 05:53:38 pm »

Just found a very good chilhood friend on Facebook; a really good friend I'd lost sight of. Non contempt with working successfully in a financial role it seems, he is studying archeology as a leisure (PhD), has made a bit of a name for himself on developing some fonts for an ancient writing, seems to travel the world to do sub-sea fouilles and has just come back from a trip In Lybia (Roman gold coin dig) and is planning his wedding.

jogler · « **Reply #2203 on:** 04 May, 2010, 06:12:15 pm »

Quote from: peliroja on 04 May, 2010, 09:52:28 am

Got my promotion!

excellent

peliroja · « **Reply #2204 on:** 04 May, 2010, 06:22:45 pm »

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 04 May, 2010, 12:48:33 pm

Quote from: peliroja on 04 May, 2010, 09:52:28 am
Got my promotion!

Well done

Thanks. We saw you just now whizzing past Parson's Green, bum in air.

jogler · « **Reply #2205 on:** 04 May, 2010, 10:19:20 pm »

Quote from: peliroja on 04 May, 2010, 06:22:45 pm

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 04 May, 2010, 12:48:33 pm
Quote from: peliroja on 04 May, 2010, 09:52:28 am
Got my promotion!

Well done
Thanks. We saw you just now whizzing past Parson's Green, bum in air.

a wind assisted ride ?

Bledlow · « **Reply #2206 on:** 05 May, 2010, 08:00:17 pm »

Mrs B has just read an e-mail telling her that her new job will now (if she wants) be full-time, not part-time.

Two fingers to her old employer, who refused to allow her to cut her hours down & combine the two jobs. Right decision, to accept the new job despite it originally being offered as only three days a week.

Someone said 'fortune favours the brave', further up this thread. Damn right!

clarion · « **Reply #2207 on:** 05 May, 2010, 08:47:36 pm »

My Woodrup
<<<----There somewhere

Has some wheels!

She's a fussy beast, wanting 126mmOLN, and I've struggled to find something decent, but I have a pair of Shimano 105 (OK, not 600s like I wanted, but hey) with Mavic MA3 rims and seven sprockets.

Sorry, did you say seven? On a 126 hub?

Yeah. I dunno either. But there it is. I shall have a 14 speed racer very soon

David Martin · « **Reply #2208 on:** 05 May, 2010, 09:12:46 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 05 May, 2010, 08:47:36 pm

She's a fussy beast, wanting 126mmOLN, and I've struggled to find something decent, but I have a pair of Shimano 105 (OK, not 600s like I wanted, but hey) with Mavic MA3 rims and seven sprockets.

Sorry, did you say seven? On a 126 hub?

You forgot the spacers I didn't send you..

..d

clarion · « **Reply #2209 on:** 05 May, 2010, 09:17:50 pm »

No, that little bag of assorted sprockets may still come in handy. I do still have an unmade up 126 hub. But this wheel came with seven. One louder, you see.

MSeries · « **Reply #2210 on:** 05 May, 2010, 09:20:59 pm »

I think my 7 Speed 105 from 1989 is 126mm OLN

clarion · « **Reply #2211 on:** 05 May, 2010, 09:24:35 pm »

The bike is about 1980, so that's good enough for me

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #2212 on:** 06 May, 2010, 04:18:39 pm »

I just got my annual appraisal through & I'm rated 2+, which I'm told, entitles me to a bonus! It's my first one & the civil service has some very complex HR rules, so I'm not exactly sure what it means, but it'll do

andrewc · « **Reply #2213 on:** 06 May, 2010, 06:26:54 pm »

I went to Tesco earlier & bought a bottle of whisky, to numb the pain of a possible Tory victory. This branch of Tesco keeps the empty cardboard containers on the shelves, when you pay at the checkout someone goes and gets the actual bottle for you.

I splashed out on a bottle of 12 yr old Highland Park at £28. When I got it home and opened the cardboard tube there was a bottle of 18 yr old in there

That's usually upwards of £50 per bottle. Their website doesn't list the 18 yr old at all.... I'm wondering if they've got a batch of 18 yr old by mistake...

woollypigs · « **Reply #2214 on:** 06 May, 2010, 07:09:36 pm »

andrewc : result

Jaded · « **Reply #2215 on:** 06 May, 2010, 07:15:00 pm »

I might pop down to Tesco

Adrian · « **Reply #2216 on:** 06 May, 2010, 11:24:45 pm »

It's a benign lump,

peliroja · « **Reply #2217 on:** 06 May, 2010, 11:28:33 pm »

Good news indeed, Adrian.

Butterfly · « **Reply #2218 on:** 07 May, 2010, 08:11:14 am »

That sounds like fantastic news, Adrian.

Adrian · « **Reply #2219 on:** 07 May, 2010, 08:55:59 am »

Thanks, we are mightily relieved.

Adrian · « **Reply #2220 on:** 10 May, 2010, 07:43:02 pm »

Employer told that they can't unilaterally change terms and conditions

Before reacting please read this bit

"We have always accepted that changes are necessary but all we ever asked is that they were fair and protected those who have given loyal service."

Regulator · « **Reply #2221 on:** 10 May, 2010, 10:45:34 pm »

Quote from: Adrian on 10 May, 2010, 07:43:02 pm

Employer told that they can't unilaterally change terms and conditions

Before reacting please read this bit

"We have always accepted that changes are necessary but all we ever asked is that they were fair and protected those who have given loyal service."

Bloody civil servants and their gold-plated pensions...

See - there are some sensible High Court judges...

Adrian · « **Reply #2222 on:** 10 May, 2010, 10:51:49 pm »

Quote from: Regulator (a.k.a. DUG) on 10 May, 2010, 10:45:34 pm

Bloody civil servants and their gold-plated pensions...

They were presumably next on the list

clarion · « **Reply #2223 on:** 11 May, 2010, 10:57:22 am »

A bit of snooping about on my PC meant I could persuade it that there were some speakers attached, so I was able to watch a fillum (or part thereof) with TGL last night, as I applied some bar tape and other fettlesome care to my Woodrup

Greenbank · « **Reply #2224 on:** 11 May, 2010, 12:34:55 pm »

Miss GB went swimming today for the first time.

Author Topic: The Good News Thread (Read 1165130 times)

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