Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread (Read 398706 times)

Marco Stefano · « **Reply #1800 on:** 21 April, 2015, 10:58:54 am »

GN: Mrs and Ms Marco and me are in Sydney.

BN: category 2 cyclone hits Sydney with worst weather for a decade, 130kmh winds and heavy rain for the last two days and nights.

GN: Mrs Marco packed all the waterproofs...

BN: Sydneysiders don't recognise waterproofs as a valid clothing type and make do with umbrellas, which are bloody everywhere. Good choice for a cyclone...

rafletcher · « **Reply #1801 on:** 21 April, 2015, 11:22:53 am »

GN - I received an invite to the Christmas do for the first time this year

BN - It was a mistake as "unfortunately it's company policy that only direct employees are invited to the party" and the person sending out the invites says "This is the first year that I've been asked to arrange and unfortunately I was provided with the wrong information of who to invite."

60% of the most profitable department in the company are - like me - contractors. It's wonderful to be valued...

However..

GN - I wont be faced with the trek back from Sheffield on a December Sunday morning

Marco Stefano · « **Reply #1802 on:** 23 April, 2015, 02:19:48 am »

GN: it has finally stopped raining after 3 days and 2 nights

BN: loads of flooding in Sydney and Hunter Valley, and over 100 car drivers rescued so far trying to drive through floods... Floating houses too.

GN: sun is out!

BN: we still have odd sleeping patterns. Late up...

Pickled Onion · « **Reply #1803 on:** 25 April, 2015, 09:24:43 am »

Quote from: rafletcher on 21 April, 2015, 11:22:53 am

GN - I received an invite to the Christmas do for the first time this year

BN - It was a mistake ...

Are you sure you've not got your G's and B's round the wrong way there?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1804 on:** 26 April, 2015, 02:48:58 pm »

Bah: I cannot have tickets to see Masters Of Reality next month

Hurrah: It was just the Webby SCIENCE timing out after sitting on that page for the thick end of a fortnight. We shall go to the ball

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #1805 on:** 26 April, 2015, 03:13:12 pm »

GN: I am seeing Half Man Half Biscuit in Bury St Edmunds on June 12th

GN: I am seeing the same group in Bilston on December 10th

BN: I have no leave to do either trip, although the latter is within an hour or so by train

GN: I shall accost the scheduler tomorrow to juggle my days.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1806 on:** 26 April, 2015, 03:23:13 pm »

Quote from: A Warwickshire Lad on 26 April, 2015, 03:13:12 pm

GN: I am seeing Half Man Half Biscuit in Bury St Edmunds on June 12th

As am I, since it appears to be the closest to That London they are coming this year. Perhaps we might even manage to meet this time

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #1807 on:** 26 April, 2015, 03:29:04 pm »

The last attempt to meet up being Kentish Old Town, October 2008, IIRC! My local mate has found out about a brew pub near the venue. I shall let you know.

Edit: must be this place: http://www.oldcannonbrewery.co.uk/drink/ though anywhere calling itself a brasserie gets my CAMRA-Man senses tingling.

Cross post in the ether. Are you OK for meeting up in such a place?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1808 on:** 26 April, 2015, 03:36:40 pm »

The Old Cannon? One of the Gulag's zek barracks is about not very many doors down the same street but I never got to live in that one.

fuzzy · « **Reply #1809 on:** 26 April, 2015, 05:42:34 pm »

GN- I haz tokens for a Clan Fuzzy outing to see that Mr William Bailey

BN- In December

fuzzy wrings hands impatiently

Wowbagger · « **Reply #1810 on:** 27 April, 2015, 01:30:07 pm »

GN - my pal's son got married recently

BN - the HC went to Katmandu for their honeymoon

GN - they were outside the city being driven about when the earthquake struck

BN - they could see the city's buildings toppling form a distance

GN - they survived

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #1811 on:** 27 April, 2015, 04:38:42 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 26 April, 2015, 03:23:13 pm

Quote from: A Warwickshire Lad on 26 April, 2015, 03:13:12 pm
GN: I am seeing Half Man Half Biscuit in Bury St Edmunds on June 12th

As am I, since it appears to be the closest to That London they are coming this year. Perhaps we might even manage to meet this time

Talking of The Forum, they're only playing there in October! I shan't be going. London gigs are too big and impersonal.

Bledlow · « **Reply #1812 on:** 27 April, 2015, 05:07:16 pm »

Quote from: fuzzy (retd.) AAGE on 26 April, 2015, 05:42:34 pm

GN- I haz tokens for a Clan Fuzzy outing to see that Mr William Bailey

BN- In December

fuzzy wrings hands impatiently

I loved it when he & Kevin Eldon did Kraftwerk-does-the-hokey-cokey.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1813 on:** 27 April, 2015, 06:27:56 pm »

Quote from: A Warwickshire Lad on 27 April, 2015, 04:38:42 pm

Talking of The Forum, they're only playing there in October! I shan't be going. London gigs are too big and impersonal.

Typical

I imagine I shall have to drag Miss von Brandenburg along, kicking and screaming.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1814 on:** 27 April, 2015, 08:07:27 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 27 April, 2015, 01:30:07 pm

GN - my pal's son got married recently

BN - the HC went to Katmandu for their honeymoon

GN - they were outside the city being driven about when the earthquake struck

BN - they could see the city's buildings toppling form a distance

GN - they survived

Hope they get home safe and sound.

Andrij · « **Reply #1815 on:** 29 April, 2015, 06:33:48 pm »

BN: At a funeral this morning.

GN: Friend whom I haven't seen in years came to the UK for funeral, and we'll catch up tomorrow.

GN: After above BN found a charming used book shop staffed by a lovely proprietess, with whom I passed quite some time chatting about everything and nothing.

GN: In less than two hours I'll be listening to a talk on bikes & bloomers.

After a rough start, it's turned into a pretty good day.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1816 on:** 06 May, 2015, 12:39:15 pm »

GN I'm getting a new decent spec PC at work

BN It will be running Windows 8 . . .

tiermat · « **Reply #1817 on:** 06 May, 2015, 12:59:17 pm »

BN: I got soaked walking into town at lunchtime (10 minutes to walk there, 30 minutes to walk back!)

GN: I got Mrs T a birthday card! Organisation is not my strongpoint at the moment (her B'day is tomorrow!)

BN: No pressie though!

GN: I got the most gorgeous pork burrito for lunch!

Basil · « **Reply #1818 on:** 06 May, 2015, 01:58:15 pm »

Quote from: tiermat on 06 May, 2015, 12:59:17 pm

GN: I got Mrs T a birthday card! Organisation is not my strongpoint at the moment (her B'day is tomorrow!)

Ooh, thanks for the reminder.
(Mrs B, not Mrs T

)

jenhunt · « **Reply #1819 on:** 06 May, 2015, 04:24:04 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly on 06 May, 2015, 12:39:15 pm

GN I'm getting a new decent spec PC at work

BN It will be running Windows 8 . . .

ditto....

in other news.

GN - it's only 4 office based days until my (cycling in Mallorca) Holibobs (or a week otherwise).

BN - I've got a 13mile obstacle course, literally in my way first.... :/

mcshroom · « **Reply #1820 on:** 06 May, 2015, 04:40:30 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly on 06 May, 2015, 12:39:15 pm

GN I'm getting a new decent spec PC at work

BN It will be running Windows 8 . . .

I get 'migrated' on Monday, but at least it's to Windows 7.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1821 on:** 06 May, 2015, 05:16:34 pm »

Win 8 is mostly OK if you're allowed to install Classic Start Menu, though there are still some things buried in the depths of the Fisher-Price interface which you can't get at from Control Panel chiz.

fuzzy · « **Reply #1822 on:** 07 May, 2015, 12:18:14 pm »

G.N. I fly out to S.A. tomorrow evening for a fortnight of kittie sitting at the sanctuary.

B.N. I have an assignment to get to my pool operators course tutor before I go- big technical drawing type thing to finish it off

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1823 on:** 10 May, 2015, 05:13:42 pm »

Hurrah: I have booked my holibobs

Bah: No convertibles available at Vancouver airport

Hurrah: Viva Sea-Tac

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1824 on:** 11 May, 2015, 06:10:19 pm »

Hurrah: my motor-car passed its MOT without issues.
Bah: my washing machine sounds like it's full of rocks. I didn't think washings machines used the same gearbox as a Speed Six Bentley.