Author Topic: The Good News Thread (Read 1165546 times)

Towards the end of an increasingly frustrating day, on the last street, my colleague gave a hoot of surprise.

He'd just found a bumper catering box of packets of instant noodles, left out with the recycling. The box was open, with 39 intact packets of noodles inside.

That's lunch for the recycling team for two weeks, if we all had noodles everyday. (and I do!)

Free noodles! Oodles of 'em!

Kim · « **Reply #4832 on:** 01 February, 2012, 08:19:14 pm »

Is it the end of term already?

Arch · « **Reply #4833 on:** 01 February, 2012, 08:43:43 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 01 February, 2012, 08:19:14 pm

Is it the end of term already?

No, but a lot of the studenty houses seemed to have had clear outs. Possibly forced tidying up in prep for potential new letters viewing?

It's an interesting juxtaposition, Claremont Terrace, compared with the posher Portland Street about a hundred yards further up Gillygate - ordinary terraces as opposed to three storey terraces. Defintely mostly students in Claremont, and much scuzzier and untidy boxes. Also, an average of 300 pizzas consumed per household per week.

There are also two b and b's at the top end, and on the basis of box cleanliness and tidyness, I know which I'd recommend.

L CC · « **Reply #4834 on:** 01 February, 2012, 08:50:47 pm »

Offered a 3 month contract at the brewery....
My ~~cup~~ glass us running over with work.

Peter · « **Reply #4835 on:** 01 February, 2012, 08:54:18 pm »

^^^ Cheers, L!

Butterfly · « **Reply #4836 on:** 01 February, 2012, 09:23:49 pm »

Quote from: fboab on 01 February, 2012, 08:50:47 pm

Offered a 3 month contract at the brewery....
My ~~cup~~ glass us running over with work.

Cool

Andrij · « **Reply #4837 on:** 03 February, 2012, 11:54:27 am »

The office coffee machine has been repaired!

mcshroom · « **Reply #4838 on:** 03 February, 2012, 06:08:25 pm »

My office has just been condemned - finally I might get to move out of the overheated leaky prtacabin

Andrij · « **Reply #4839 on:** 03 February, 2012, 06:16:31 pm »

Quote from: mcshroom on 03 February, 2012, 06:08:25 pm

My office has just been condemned - finally I might get to move out of the overheated leaky prtacabin

Having a pretty good idea of where you work...

mcshroom · « **Reply #4840 on:** 03 February, 2012, 06:27:47 pm »

Yeah but they look afther the important buildings, and then shove the unimportant things like staff in oversized portakabins

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #4841 on:** 04 February, 2012, 11:03:10 am »

I went to the post office and Tesco Metro this morning without my stick - a round trip of just under a mile. I haven't been using the stick inside much at all for a few weeks now but this is the first time I've done any distance outside without it. I was slow like a limping sloth and I'm achey now but I managed. So I got myself some tulips as a reward.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #4842 on:** 04 February, 2012, 03:35:29 pm »

I've got a Mojo on my lap. Mojo never sits on me.

lou boutin · « **Reply #4843 on:** 04 February, 2012, 04:06:40 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 04 February, 2012, 03:35:29 pm

I've got a Mojo on my lap. Mojo never sits on me.

A kitty radiator is a must on a day like today.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #4844 on:** 04 February, 2012, 05:57:57 pm »

Quote from: Lou Boutin on 04 February, 2012, 04:06:40 pm

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 04 February, 2012, 03:35:29 pm
I've got a Mojo on my lap. Mojo never sits on me.

A kitty radiator is a must on a day like today.

Whereas Pippin, my usual kitteh radiator, has forsaken me this last week in favour of.... the radiator, which haz given me teh sad.

interzen · « **Reply #4845 on:** 04 February, 2012, 07:37:25 pm »

I now has n+1 ... sort of ...

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150517421511636.360423.527151635&type=1

Unfortunately, riding it is kind of difficult given that the rear wheel is currently in bits in the LBS's workshop awaiting a rebuild with an Alfine-8 (sadly, the pics were taken with my phone - they really don't do even a partially-built Pugsley justice)

Wowbagger · « **Reply #4846 on:** 04 February, 2012, 08:26:12 pm »

Is a kitty radiator... oh never mind.

PaulF · « **Reply #4847 on:** 05 February, 2012, 10:25:39 am »

Back on my bike after a month's enforced idleness

7.5 snowy miles this morning via the Common, harder than I imagined even accounting for the snow. Only crashed once!

Feline · « **Reply #4848 on:** 05 February, 2012, 08:59:02 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on 05 February, 2012, 10:25:39 am

Back on my bike after a month's enforced idleness

7.5 snowy miles this morning via the Common, harder than I imagined even accounting for the snow. Only crashed once!

Eeps! Good to hear you are (mostly) back on your bike though!

PaulF · « **Reply #4849 on:** 05 February, 2012, 10:12:16 pm »

Well it was low speed and a soft landing. Whilst more frequent my off road crashes are less dramatic than those on road.

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