Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread (Read 395554 times)

Bledlow · « **Reply #900 on:** 17 January, 2013, 06:08:28 pm »

Good news: I was offered a free pair of cycling shoes the right size, with pedals to suit, last night.

Bad news: different pedals from those I use now on my bikes, & my three pairs of matching shoes. Not really worth it.

Julian · « **Reply #901 on:** 17 January, 2013, 09:50:24 pm »

Bad news: my weekend away has been called off due to bad weather.

Good news: I can now go to bestmate's birthday bash, which she arranged after I'd already booked the weekend away.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #902 on:** 22 January, 2013, 11:49:09 pm »

GN - I have just filed my tax return. This is an enormous relief.

BN - I have also paid a sum in income tax exceeding the sum I paid last year

GN - it was only £23.90 more than I paid last year, but I earned quite a bit more than I did last year

Worrying thought, possibly BN - does this mean I should be grateful to Gideon?

Peter · « **Reply #903 on:** 22 January, 2013, 11:57:16 pm »

Do not worry: HMRC are notoriously variable - they'll tell you that themselves!

Kim · « **Reply #904 on:** 23 January, 2013, 12:00:19 am »

It's entirely possibly that they've cocked it up and will lump you with a huge bill next year.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #905 on:** 23 January, 2013, 12:48:53 am »

Quote from: Kim on 23 January, 2013, 12:00:19 am

It's entirely possibly that they've cocked it up and will lump you with a huge bill next year.

I don't think so: personal allowances have gone up fairly significantly and the business partnership formed by Mrs. Wow and myself is not a massive money spinner. My pensions take me over the personal tax allowance so all of my share of the business is subject to tax at 20%. We haven't submitted Mrs. Wow's return yet, but I'm hoping she won't have to pay any tax.

Next year the allowances go up again so my tax bill could be halved.

Basil · « **Reply #906 on:** 23 January, 2013, 09:38:33 am »

Good news: I've got loads of leave left that I must use or lose by the end of Feb.
Good news: I've pebble-dashed the next 6 weeks of my calender with duvet days, extended (extended) weekends and general loafing.

Bad news: Well, there isn't any, really.

tiermat · « **Reply #907 on:** 23 January, 2013, 10:35:09 am »

Good News: our friends in Aus are going to meet us in Croatia for a jolliday in September.

Bad News: The shortest route we can take still means a 180Km drive from the airport to where we are meeting them

Guy · « **Reply #908 on:** 23 January, 2013, 03:12:10 pm »

Good: The Col, COS, Adjt & RSM have all gone off to various places - I can sod off at 3.30

Bad: Around 3.30 is when all the badly driven 4-wheel-drive-shopping-trollies come out to play

Andrij · « **Reply #909 on:** 23 January, 2013, 03:16:54 pm »

GN: Office heating is functioning as per specifications, finally!

BN: Office heating is functioning as per specifications. I'm dressed for the usual state of things being just a bit too cold, which means I am overdressed, too warm, feeling sleepy and losing concentration. Shedding clothing at my desk is not really an option. I might loosen my tie and unbutton my collar - just hope it doesn't gain me the reputation of being a bit of a slob.

Marco Stefano · « **Reply #910 on:** 23 January, 2013, 10:18:39 pm »

Good news: Boss handed me £50-worth of vouchers for doing a particular part of my role. I did it well, apparently.

Bad news: I opted for vouchers for John Lewis, so they will drop into the household pot and will likely never be seen again. Sigh.

PaulF · « **Reply #911 on:** 25 January, 2013, 03:13:08 pm »

Bad News: I'm in the Belgian office, but that doesn't quite merit a mention in the bad news thread, and the button that holds my trousers up escaped

Good News: Our finance director has some string that is now holding my trousers up.

Bad News: Obviously I look like a tramp.

Good News: No one has noticed

Bad News: 'Tramp' must therefore be my normal look

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #912 on:** 26 January, 2013, 09:11:41 pm »

Bad - I've tweaked something in my neck/shoulder in one of my pratfalls on Thursday and it fucking hurts.
Good - Pingu has brought me a G&T and my first chocolate in over a week.

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #913 on:** 27 January, 2013, 03:01:23 pm »

Bad news - SmallestCub wasn't very well last night, on the hostelling weekend. He got up this morning after a good night's sleep but was still a bit wobbly. This was suboptimal when we were in a Northumbrian bunkhouse a long way from home with a long and complicated journey ahead. Which was a sightly stressful prospect.

Good news - Mcshroom diverted via Scotch Corner so that he could drive us halfway home, and CrinklyAuntie drove up to meet us there, arriving about 2 minutes before us, so the boy didn't even have to change out of his jimjams and had a very calm and peaceful journey door to door, and is now tucked up on his own sofa with childrens tv to watch and a self-prescribed medicinal jam sandwich for lunch.

Hooray for kind people going a lot of extra miles.

andrewc · « **Reply #914 on:** 29 January, 2013, 01:54:44 pm »

Good News - I have a ticket for The Parker Quartet at St Georges Hall tonight.

Bad News - I'm sneezing loud enough to wake the dead, there is a Niagra of mucous running out of my nose and I think I've got a bit of a temperature

I may have to consider asking for a refund on my ticket

jogler · « **Reply #915 on:** 31 January, 2013, 05:54:53 pm »

GN : I've just been told that my lunch box is too big

BN : I appear to have gained 6kg since last November

Butterfly · « **Reply #916 on:** 31 January, 2013, 06:01:39 pm »

That can happen!

:-*It comes, it goes...

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #917 on:** 01 February, 2013, 12:50:30 pm »

Bad news: Guardian Extra thingy are doing two-for-one tickets on a concert we're going to. We've already got our tickets.

Good news: It'll be a good concert anyway.

nicknack · « **Reply #918 on:** 02 February, 2013, 05:09:06 pm »

Bad: I am now 60.

Good: The kids with their other halves are coming round and we're all going for a curry. The Belgian beer is already going down very nicely.

jogler · « **Reply #919 on:** 02 February, 2013, 06:18:50 pm »

Quote from: nicknack on 02 February, 2013, 05:09:06 pm

Bad: I am now 60.

welcome to the Saga+ club

Quote from: nicknack on 02 February, 2013, 05:09:06 pm

Good: The kids with their other halves are coming round and we're all going for a curry. The Belgian beer is already going down very nicely.

We did similar involving pizza & Grolsch & I loved it.

Have a gudun.

nicknack · « **Reply #920 on:** 02 February, 2013, 06:33:20 pm »

Quote from: jogler on 02 February, 2013, 06:18:50 pm

Quote from: nicknack on 02 February, 2013, 05:09:06 pm
Bad: I am now 60.

welcome to the Saga+ club

Quote from: nicknack on 02 February, 2013, 05:09:06 pm

Good: The kids with their other halves are coming round and we're all going for a curry. The Belgian beer is already going down very nicely.

We did similar involving pizza & Grolsch & I loved it.

Have a gudun.

Thanks. I'm sure I will.

clarion · « **Reply #921 on:** 02 February, 2013, 07:27:50 pm »

Quote from: jogler on 02 February, 2013, 06:18:50 pm

Quote from: nicknack on 02 February, 2013, 05:09:06 pm
Bad: I am now 60.

welcome to the Saga+ club

Quote from: nicknack on 02 February, 2013, 05:09:06 pm

Good: The kids with their other halves are coming round and we're all going for a curry. The Belgian beer is already going down very nicely.

We did similar involving pizza & Grolsch & I loved it.

Have a gudun.

I read that as 'pizza and Goldfish'

jogler · « **Reply #922 on:** 02 February, 2013, 09:23:32 pm »

Specsavers is that >>>>>> way.
They do free eye tests for those aged 60 & more.

mike · « **Reply #923 on:** 04 February, 2013, 08:04:34 am »

Bad: Our newish marketing bod has produced a corporate video to show the rebranding.

Good: it's actually quite good... I had suspected she knew what she was doing, this almost confirms it. Phew.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #924 on:** 07 February, 2013, 11:03:13 am »

GN: we won a 3-course lunch at Meltons in York

BN: I'm having serious dental work done this Sat so can't go.