The Good News Thread

[Deborah]

[Julian]

I've finally got round to dying my hair again.  Fingers crossed for a sophisticated 'nearly black' look in fifteen minutes to replace the 'nearly grey' that I was sporting earlier.

[Butterfly]

I've finally got round to dying my hair again.  Fingers crossed for a sophisticated 'nearly black' look in fifteen minutes to replace the 'nearly grey' that I was sporting earlier.

Good luck . I always end up with 'really purple' when I aim for that look . Actually when I aim for any look that isn't light ginger or blond. My hair seems to like being purple.

[Moloko]

My hair seems to like being purple.

It would match your outfit so beautifully though.     

[Julian]

It's gone darker brown.  And a bit shinier.  That'll do. 

[Butterfly]

  That sounds nice.

[PaulF]

I've been asked to present at a conference that one of our clients is hosting for their staff.

In Bannf.

The one in Alberta

Where there is a metre of snow

And I have 2 spare days before I need to be in Toronto

Only downside is that last week I thought "my passport is full and I have no travel coming up" and I sent it for renewal . Hopefully they can beat the '3 week turnround'

[PaulF]

Only downside is that last week I thought "my passport is full and I have no travel coming up" and I sent it for renewal . Hopefully they can beat the '3 week turnround'

Well I phoned the passport office to see if I could upgrade from the standard service to 'next day'

"Sorry sir we can't do that because your passport has already been sent back to you"

And it arrived this afternoon by courier

So a big for the Passport Office - a renewal in less that a week

[Wowbagger]

I spoke to my younger son this evening. He's off to a conference in Grenoble in June where he is going to present a paper on the relationship between the nuclear industry and renewables and the Government's treatment thereof (my paraphrasing - he didn't tell me the precise title).

[Regulator]

Only downside is that last week I thought "my passport is full and I have no travel coming up" and I sent it for renewal . Hopefully they can beat the '3 week turnround'

Well I phoned the passport office to see if I could upgrade from the standard service to 'next day'

"Sorry sir we can't do that because your passport has already been sent back to you"

And it arrived this afternoon by courier

So a big for the Passport Office - a renewal in less that a week

I've always found the Passport Office fantastic.  I've actually had a passport renewed in under a week - and without paying for any extras.

[Greenbank]

My previous passport was done in 45 minutes for no extra charge. They did get the name wrong though. The second one with the correct name took 15 minutes.

(But it did mean queuing up at Petty France from 6am to be at the front of the queue.)

[DuncanM]

My N900 arrived yesterday.  Shiny.

[woollypigs]

Moaned at easyBus and how 3 off their drivers behaved and got a reply back today.

One have left, one received final written warring and one was pulled from service and has undergone training and is now back in service undergoing spot checks.

So it does sometimes help to moan.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

At lunchtime I went to the cashpoint and withdrew £20, then went to Tesco and spent nearly £10. Tonight, coming home from my silver class, I decided I had a craving for rice pudding and tinned pineapple, so nipped into the corner shop at the end of Montagu Street. It's not my nearest corner shop and I bet I've only been in it about 5 times in 8 years, so it's not like they know me. I got two pots of rice pudding and a tin of pineapple and went to the till - only to find I had about 80p in change and no tenner. I said oh no, I'm sorry, I thought I had a tenner, I've no money, I'll put them back on the shelves, but he let me take them anyway and told me to bring the money next time I'm passing.

I found the tenner when I got home. I must have dropped it when I was rooting through my purse for bus fare.

[Polar Bear]

Rice pubbing and tinned pineapple.   Scrummy     

[SandyV]

When I got back to the office from a site visit, I realised I was no longer wearing my ruby ring (inherited from my mother).  It was only the second time I'd worn it and I knew it was loose 
I went down to the car park and found it on the ground behind my car.  I must have dropped it when I was putting stuff in the boot on the way out as it was a little bent, presumably I ran over it on the way back, but otherwise in one piece!
Now safely in my bag to go to the jeweller!   

[peliroja]

Bonus and pay rise! 

[Valiant]

Well dinners on you tomorrow night! :p

I have a new personal best. 19.6 Miles in just over an hour.

I did have the mother of all nosebleeds and stuck in bed today as a result but damnit it was worth it. I just wanted to ride and hard.

[woollypigs]

Good news Valiant

But don't push too hard, you and Peli are very much alike when it comes to pushing hard too early.

See you tomorrow

[woollypigs]

Bonus and pay rise! 

n+1 ?

[Valiant]

Bonus and pay rise! 

n+1 ?

Hah! In your house I think it's more currently like N+16

[woollypigs]

naa only n+12

But what is more important is that she have more bikes than me, so it should be n+2 for me and then we are even.

[Butterfly]

naa only n+12

But what is more important is that she have more bikes than me, so it should be n+2 for me and then we are even.

You need a nice tandem

[Regulator]

I am going to show Mr R this page.  He complains that with 6 bikes in the house there are too many... 

[peliroja]

I'd like a tandem, but Woolly isn't keen on the idea.
Fingers crossed that I get my unpaid leave request approved so we can spend it on a cycle tour in Oz and NZ (not looking too likely at the moment, sadly).