The Good News Thread

[BrianI]

My parent's second guide dog puppy Zeus has just graduated as a fully grown guide dog!     

[David Martin]

Just been chatting to a journalist who will do a high profile story on the calendar. Watch the various web sites..

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[Greenbank]

Just checked my student record page on the OU website:-



Might have to go get a coffee and then take the plunge.

MSXR209 (the residential course)...

Minimal expectations: Grade 2 pass (88% in first assignment, need 70% in second)
Happiness would be: Grade 1 (Distinction) (would need 85% in second assignment)

MST209 (half of a second year Maths degree. Coursework mark is already known to be Grade 2 pass so can't get any higher than that.)

Minimal expectations: Grade 3 pass (the exam was a git). I'd hope for at least 60%
Happiness would be: Grade 2 pass (exam was a git that may mean the threshold was dropped below 70% and I got enough...)

Grade 2 in MST209 means I need I can get one Grade 2 and one Grade 3 pass in the remaining 3rd year modules and still get Grade 2 (a 2:1) overall.

Grade 3 in MST209 means I need to get Grade 2 in both remaining 3rd year modules to get a 2:1 for the degree.

Back in 10 mins...

[Greenbank]

MSXR209: Distinction

90% in the second assignment (worth 80% of the course).

Woohoo!

Now to click on the MST209 link....

Blimey.

MST209: Grade 2 pass

75% in the exam. Wasn't expecting that at all.

That should be a Diploma in Mathematics in the post, and only half my third year to go to finish off a whole Bachelors...

[Chris S]

Mrs S got a tax rebate. 

[clarion]

Hey, Greenbank!  Very well done there.  I remember how much work you were putting into that.  You got what you deserved.

[CAMRAMan]

Sainsburys dropped off my seasonal booze delivery 25 mins late.

SOOO, I get a £10 e-voucher to buy more booze!

I was sitting at home doing bugger all anyway, so I'll call that a result.

XO calvados, hmmmm.

[TimO]

I just found Talisker's vaccination certificate, which is good news for me, since I was reckoning on having to take him into the vets tomorrow to get another set of vaccinations done, just to get the certificate, and it would have cost >£50 probably, and it's also good news for Talisker, since he's not exactly a fan of the vets (or traveling there) !

[andrewc]

Walking into Bold St Coffee for a cappuccino,  a departing customer gave me a very obvious up & down look followed by a saucy wink 

I'm obviously not as ugly or decrepit as I thought.

He was half my age as well..... 

[Andrij]

I don't have any bruised ribs! 

But I do have a nasty muscle spasm, which has been likened unto a stone.  As least that should clear quicker than a bruised rib.
 

[Feline]

I just found Talisker's vaccination certificate, which is good news for me, since I was reckoning on having to take him into the vets tomorrow to get another set of vaccinations done, just to get the certificate, and it would have cost >£50 probably, and it's also good news for Talisker, since he's not exactly a fan of the vets (or traveling there) !

Your vet would have done a duplicate vaccine certificate for you from their records without charging you. I do these all the time, clients lose these more often than they find them, especially if they move house 

[David Martin]

Enjoying the sight of two naked bums on the front page of the Cycling Weekly web site..

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[TimO]

Your vet would have done a duplicate vaccine certificate for you from their records without charging you. I do these all the time, clients lose these more often than they find them, especially if they move house 

Would they?  It never occurred to me that they might be able to do that!  Still, easier all round finding the original, and it saves me a three mile journey when I'm not feeling all that well.

I find the certificates a bit of a farce, since there's no proof that it's Talisker's certificate, other than my word.  They really ought to check the cats chip against the certificate's record of that ID (and on a digital record somewhere rather than a bit of cardboard that I could probably fake up without too much effort).

[clarion]

Enjoying the sight of two naked bums on the front page of the Cycling Weekly web site..

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Good work, fella!

[Feline]

Your vet would have done a duplicate vaccine certificate for you from their records without charging you. I do these all the time, clients lose these more often than they find them, especially if they move house 

Would they?  It never occurred to me that they might be able to do that!  Still, easier all round finding the original, and it saves me a three mile journey when I'm not feeling all that well.

I find the certificates a bit of a farce, since there's no proof that it's Talisker's certificate, other than my word.  They really ought to check the cats chip against the certificate's record of that ID (and on a digital record somewhere rather than a bit of cardboard that I could probably fake up without too much effort).

There is no legal requirement to microchip your pet though so it would be very difficult to enforce this.

Anyone that would borrow someone else's vaccine card to put their own (unvaccinated) pet into a kennels or cattery would be putting their pet at risk. Some kennels and catteries board rescue pets on behalf of the RSPCA etc. and these animals only receive their first vaccinations on arrival there, so could be carrying infection. I would never leave my pets in an establishment that didn't ask to see their cards. It isn't a perfect system, but faked certificates would probably be obvious to anyone used to looking at them and can be very quickly double checked with the vet who's signature is on the card. The batch number of the vaccine can be checked with the manufacturer to see if it was in use on the date claimed.

[TimO]

... Some kennels and catteries board rescue pets on behalf of the RSPCA etc. and these animals only receive their first vaccinations on arrival there, so could be carrying infection. ...

Oh, I'm not saying it's that bad a system, it could certainly be worse, and you could also have a much more secure systems, that was overly bureaucratic and expensive to operate.

I know the cattery I use takes in cats for the local cat protection bods, because a kitten that I found on the A23 (actually in the road!) went there after the vet saw it (the same ones I use, and next door to the cattery), and I actually quite like the fact that they look after these cats, since it means that they really have cats welfare at heart, so I know they'll look after my ball of furry trouble when he's staying.

... but just because it would be daft to do something like misuse another cats vaccination certificate, doesn't mean that some people won't try it.  People are stupid, and do even more stupid things than that to save smaller amounts of money.

[perpetual dan]

I think my particle filter is behaving now.

[her_welshness]

I have won on 5 scratchcards in a row, only £1 on each card, but this evening I bought my last from the proceeds of the one before and I won £10  

[Adrian]

I have won on 5 scratchcards in a row, only £1 on each card, but this evening I bought my last from the proceeds of the one before and I won £10  

Time to quit?

[her_welshness]

I have won on 5 scratchcards in a row, only £1 on each card, but this evening I bought my last from the proceeds of the one before and I won £10  

Time to quit?

Hmmmm...maybe! 

[perpetual dan]

The samaritans were collecting in the bookshop in town today. That, itself, isn't really good news.
The good news was that they had an old fashioned collecting tin, not a load of direct debit forms. That's the first time in a long time that any charity has actually got anything from me in the high street. That probably is good news.

[L CC]

My colleague has just texted me some confidential salary info.
My annual bonus is going to be 2%. As I had a disciplinary less than 3 months ago I hadn't expected anything. Nice.
Cinderella, you can go to the ball, and even get a new dress.

[hellymedic]

Not before time...
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23908753-police-driving-bicycle-thieves-from-brick-lane.do

[simonp]

Turns out a payroll error last month meant I paid far too much income tax. 650 refund tomorrow.

[Chris S]

Turns out a payroll error last month meant I paid far too much income tax. 650 refund tomorrow.

 

'Kin ell, bet that was a shock!