The Good News Thread

[Adrian]

Nine years ago, my 15-year-old daughter was a wild, self-destructive, drop out. She has a few GSCEs but no A levels.... but eventually scraped into Uni via a foundation year.

She's was accepted onto a (paid) Biochemistry PhD course this week.

Moral: never give up on them.

As the father of a 16 yr old who is talking about quitting his A levels, I shall take heart from this one. Thanks

I didn't do A levels and look how I turned out!   



*Waits for Adrian to dissolve into a gibbering mess thinking about such a scenario*

I don't imagine that he is likely to turn to Catholicism.

[Regulator]

Nine years ago, my 15-year-old daughter was a wild, self-destructive, drop out. She has a few GSCEs but no A levels.... but eventually scraped into Uni via a foundation year.

She's was accepted onto a (paid) Biochemistry PhD course this week.

Moral: never give up on them.

As the father of a 16 yr old who is talking about quitting his A levels, I shall take heart from this one. Thanks

I didn't do A levels and look how I turned out!   



*Waits for Adrian to dissolve into a gibbering mess thinking about such a scenario*

I don't imagine that he is likely to turn to Catholicism.

A few years in a religious order might sort him out....   

I can thoroughly recommend the Jesuits.

[Adrian]

Nine years ago, my 15-year-old daughter was a wild, self-destructive, drop out. She has a few GSCEs but no A levels.... but eventually scraped into Uni via a foundation year.

She's was accepted onto a (paid) Biochemistry PhD course this week.

Moral: never give up on them.

As the father of a 16 yr old who is talking about quitting his A levels, I shall take heart from this one. Thanks

I didn't do A levels and look how I turned out!   



*Waits for Adrian to dissolve into a gibbering mess thinking about such a scenario*

I don't imagine that he is likely to turn to Catholicism.

A few years in a religious order might sort him out....   

I can thoroughly recommend the Jesuits.

Personally in some cases no doubt.

[jogler]

I too didn't do A levels.It has not allowed me to turn to crime or become a social misfit.
I raised two resonsible offspring & paid taxes to the exchequer.The only serious vice I have is an interest in audax.

Having said that,if I could do it all again I would do the A levels:I'm certain the path thru' life would have been a little smoother for having them.

[Chris S]

Someone close won their appeal for their Incapacity Benefit. In actual fact, they didn't even need to appeal. DWP said "Ah... we fucked up - have all the money we owe you."

Result!

Now you can get your treatment without worry about suspended benefits.

[Sergeant Pluck]

Found a full pot, that I didn't know I had, of the best tingly minty arse lard ever created.

[jogler]

Got an order to do a job in my lbs

So,do I send him an invoice or have payment in kind?

[PaulF]

 Showed my big boss some screens I've built to show our application could be put on a mobile browser expecting to be told "very nice, now get on with some work". Instead he was excited and I've got the go-ahead to get a summer intern to build a proper prototype

[Mrs Pingu]

I'm having a day off  , and while I won't cycle cos it's too bloody windy, it is very sunny and I am getting heaps of washing dried outside!
Yes, I know I am sad, but it's so good when The Igloo stops looking like a chinese laundry 

And the plasterer came early so I can go and have a mooch round the shops once I've finished lunch and evicted the cat from my lap.

[peliroja]

I'm on my way home from Zurich!

[Regulator]

I'm on my way home from Zurich!

Yay!  Don't forget a ginormous Toblerone for Woolly!   

[David Martin]

Just had a great final lecture with the final year students. As they are supposed to be honours students this tends to be less 'stand up and talk' than inviting them to suggest how problems could be solved and discussing those suggestions. 1 hour lecture morphed into a 2.5 hour discussion with the half dozen who decided to stay behind.  So good to see the transition from smart schoolkid to competent independent and passionate thinkers/scientists.

[Julian]

I have a large bag of wasabi peas. 

[Regulator]

I have a large bag of wasabi peas. 

I fail to see how posessing a large container of snot coloured, revolting legumes can be described as 'Good News'...



 

[David Martin]

I have a large bag of wasabi peas. 

I fail to see how posessing a large container of snot coloured, revolting legumes can be described as 'Good News'...



 

Because she used to have two large bags?

[Moloko]

I have a large bag of wasabi peas.  

I fail to see how posessing a large container of snot coloured, revolting legumes can be described as 'Good News'...



 

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[Manotea]

Nine years ago, my 15-year-old daughter was a wild, self-destructive, rebellious drop-out. She has a few GCSEs but no A levels.... but eventually scraped into Uni via a foundation year.

She was accepted onto a (paid) Biochemistry PhD course this week.

Moral: never give up on them.

Master Manotea is half way through a BA in International Relations.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Oh, the good news is that he has lost his lip ring.

[Chris S]

Oh, the good news is that he has lost his lip ring.

There are several mental images that come to mind - none of them pleasant .

[GillP]

Two months after we packed up and moved, and when Spring is on its way my overshoes have finally decided to come out of hiding! 

[Mrs Pingu]

We no longer haz a big hole in the plaster of our bedroom wall. Which means I will finally be able to finish the 3/4 done decorating soon.

[woollypigs]

Peli broke one of my fancy pint glasses from a random beer festival I have been at today. This gives me a very good reason to go to a beer festival, when is the next one ?

[Mrs Pingu]

We've got a whole box full of beer fest glasses in the shed... anna kitchen cupboard full.....

Aberdeen Grampian & Northern Isles CAMRA - The Campaign For Real Ale

[Cudzoziemiec]

There was once an article in the local paper about a man who was evicted because of the huge number of beer glasses in his flat. They said it was structurally overloading the flat and posing a danger to the people on the floor below.   

[Wowbagger]

There was once an article in the local paper about a man who was evicted because of the huge number of beer glasses in his flat. They said it was structurally overloading the flat and posing a danger to the people on the floor below.   

It wasn't De Selby by any chance?

[Cudzoziemiec]

It was a real live person, and there is even a club of beer glass collectors. This was in a town called Kielce in Poland where I lived many years ago.

I must get around to reading The Third Policeman one day. I've seen it converted into a play, but never read it.