Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread (Read 399006 times)

PaulF · « **Reply #2125 on:** 20 June, 2016, 03:43:20 pm »

BN: the fridge in the lounge at Oslo airport on has alcohol free beer.

GN: there's a tap of draught beer

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2126 on:** 23 June, 2016, 09:34:29 am »

GN: Thanks to something Jo posted elsethread, I am now listening to the Carpenters.
BN: Thanks to something Jo posted elsethread, I am now listening to the Carpenters.

Torslanda · « **Reply #2127 on:** 23 June, 2016, 10:15:14 pm »

Voice of an angel, tragic to lose her so young . . .

Bledlow · « **Reply #2128 on:** 23 June, 2016, 11:53:33 pm »

Bad news. We're down to our last bulb of home-grown garlic from last year.

Good news. There's a lot more garlic in the allotment.

Bad. It has rust.

Good. I dug up the rustiest-looking plant & there was a fat juicy mature-looking bulb underneath.

Ham · « **Reply #2129 on:** 24 June, 2016, 07:59:16 pm »

Well, the bad news, everyone knows.

The good news? well, chez Ham Towers, there is an annual barbecue with loadsapeople and a pig onna stick. As a matter of tradition, said piggy has to be named. The good news, this year there will be no further consideration having fixed on "David"

ElyDave · « **Reply #2130 on:** 24 June, 2016, 09:39:19 pm »

GN: I took the early flight home today, finishing at 12noon on a Friday for once
BN : flight was delayed 1 hour at ABZ, then on landing at LHR, due to a French ATC strike screwing everything up, I had a further 90 min delay on the ground
GN: finally home, drinking French white wine, while it's still available.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #2131 on:** 24 June, 2016, 10:34:37 pm »

GN: Plan to go for a spin with some chums tomorrow.
BN: This might not happen, on account of stopping a carelessly thrown rounders bat with my knee at Scouts tonight.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #2132 on:** 27 June, 2016, 10:00:37 am »

Quote from: Ham on 24 June, 2016, 07:59:16 pm

Well, the bad news, everyone knows.

The good news? well, chez Ham Towers, there is an annual barbecue with loadsapeople and a pig onna stick. As a matter of tradition, said piggy has to be named. The good news, this year there will be no further consideration having fixed on "David"

Seems not quite right. Wouldn't you name the stick David, and the pig Boris?

Andrij · « **Reply #2133 on:** 28 June, 2016, 09:00:00 pm »

GN: Had a lovely day out at Glyndebourne on Sunday to see "Barber of Seville".

BN: The two hour car ride out there made my back twinge a bit; the three-and-a-half hour ride back did me in right and proper. Back to popping pills every few hours.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2134 on:** 28 June, 2016, 09:09:50 pm »

Could be worse. It took the Drs Larrington & Davis five hours to get there from Oxford the other day.

Andrij · « **Reply #2135 on:** 28 June, 2016, 09:26:42 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 28 June, 2016, 09:09:50 pm

Could be worse. It took the Drs Larrington & Davis five hours to get there from Oxford the other day.

Ouch. We made the mistake of coming back via the M4 - which is currently shut from 22:00 to 05:00 near Heathrow. As no one in the car is a regular driver, and even the occasional ones rarely use the M4, this came as a very unpleasant surprise to us.

Legs · « **Reply #2136 on:** 30 June, 2016, 12:16:12 pm »

BN: After my neighbours (both) and Mrs Legs got stung for the second time in two weeks, Mrs Legs and I had a heart-to-heart at the weekend based about
(a) our 3-year-old son
(b) a mild anaphylactic reaction I had a few years ago, and
(c) our beekeeping activities gradually becoming more reactive
and decided that we're going to put our beekeeping on hold for the foreseeable future. We're taking the hives to Hull to give to my father-in-law.
GN: Although they're mega-uppity, our bees have been very productive this year and I took off a couple of supers of honey last night

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #2137 on:** 14 July, 2016, 03:42:27 pm »

GN I finally got a letter from the hospital !

BN It isn't a date for my arm operation, it's a report on my last visit to the neuro. Written 15th of June and just arrived.

ElyDave · « **Reply #2138 on:** 14 July, 2016, 10:34:55 pm »

GN : finally got an appointment for orthotics (or at least an assessment)
BN : as usual they sent me an appointment out of th eblue with no consultation and I couldn't make it, but at least they changed it easy enough. It's only beeen 7 months since the x-rays.

andrewc · « **Reply #2139 on:** 23 July, 2016, 07:19:55 am »

BN: the closest 3 Citybike stations to my flat were empty so I had to walk to the station & missed my train by a couple of minutes.

GN: The Virgin train manager was OK about me using my cheap day return on the next one.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2140 on:** 23 July, 2016, 06:59:48 pm »

Hurrah: my new Shiny arrived a Several of days earlier than expected

Bah: In the box with the Shiny are vouchers (various), viz.

10% Lifetime Discount & Free Razor from shaveclubuk.com
£60 off a case of wine costing a hundred or more of the BRITONS' pounds from nakedwines.com
£20 off my first two boxes of fresh food (and recipes) from hellofresh.co.uk

Nice gesture, Mr E Buyer, but I am a bearded recovering alcoholic whose idea of haute cuisine is a takeaway pizza

hellymedic · « **Reply #2141 on:** 23 July, 2016, 07:05:54 pm »

We received a similar large denomination wine voucher recently, with something ordered electronically. It went straight into paper recycling; we don't drink much...

Pedaldog. · « **Reply #2142 on:** 24 July, 2016, 12:48:37 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 23 July, 2016, 06:59:48 pm

Nice gesture, Mr E Buyer, but I am a bearded recovering alcoholic whose idea of haute cuisine is a takeaway pizza

Thing about that is, they may be haute when you get 'em but they're generally a bit cold by the time you'm got home.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2143 on:** 26 July, 2016, 04:05:05 pm »

There ought to be some sort of community voucher exchange, like those phone boxes repurposed as book boxes.

hellymedic · « **Reply #2144 on:** 05 August, 2016, 12:37:53 am »

BN: Our microwave died tonight after about 8 years.
GN: I've ordered a basic replacement for £34.99 from Curry's.

GN: The Council will collect dead microwaves. (W are car-free and several miles from any ~~dump~~ Recycling and Reuse Centre.
BN: The earliest possible collection date is seven weeks after booking.

jsabine · « **Reply #2145 on:** 05 August, 2016, 12:48:56 am »

I think that the WEEE directive means that any supplier of electrical goods must also take back similar items for recycling and disposal. While it wouldn't surprise me if they can get away with only doing that instore, it's probably worth asking Currys if their delivery service will take the old one away.

ETA - Hmm. Reckon a microwave counts as a large kitchen appliance?

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/recycle-1042-theme.html

hellymedic · « **Reply #2146 on:** 05 August, 2016, 01:03:07 am »

The website stated I could take the microwave to a store.

Given that I am disabled and car-free, that isn't very cheaply practicable.

I am not prepared to pay £15 to dispose of my microwave if I can get this free from the council.

Given the length of wait, I'm not surprised people fly-tip.

arabella · « **Reply #2147 on:** 05 August, 2016, 12:42:14 pm »

Wonders if this counts as being discriminatory. When I got a new washing machine from, I think, AOL, they did take the old one away.
otoh I currently have 2 no-longer-wanted mattresses and the council here charge £26 or thereabouts for up to 5 objects. So I need to find 3 more items I don't need and which don't fit on my bike trailer... Perhaps I'll ask some of the neighbours instead.

ElyDave · « **Reply #2148 on:** 05 August, 2016, 01:02:25 pm »

Quote from: jsabine on 05 August, 2016, 12:48:56 am

I think that the WEEE directive means that any supplier of electrical goods must also take back similar items for recycling and disposal. While it wouldn't surprise me if they can get away with only doing that instore, it's probably worth asking Currys if their delivery service will take the old one away.

ETA - Hmm. Reckon a microwave counts as a large kitchen appliance?

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/recycle-1042-theme.html

There are several alternatives for the manufacturer (or importer into the EU) - it's them that has the obligation on the recycling IIRC.

They can fund local authorities, or incentivise the retailers as options, but there is no statutory obligation on the retailer.

Kim · « **Reply #2149 on:** 05 August, 2016, 04:10:32 pm »

Can't you just leave it in the front garden and discover it's mysteriously vanished the next day?