Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread (Read 393913 times)

rusky · « **Reply #700 on:** 03 September, 2012, 06:36:30 pm »

Good news: The insurance company have settled my claim.

Bad news: It's in Halfords vouchers.

mcshroom · « **Reply #701 on:** 07 September, 2012, 02:17:41 pm »

Good News: My cracked Dawes Vantage frame is going to be replaced under warranty (as this is being done through the LBS I bought the bike from I haven't even needed to find the paperwork)

Bad news: It'll take 8 weeks to find a suitable frame for me as they don't have any the same size of the same model available (despite still selling the exact same bike

)

Good News: they are going to give me a nice chromoly steel Dawes Horizon frame to replace the aluminium Vantage frame

clarion · « **Reply #702 on:** 07 September, 2012, 02:20:31 pm »

Very good news. The latest Horizon seems to be much improved.

Dibdib · « **Reply #703 on:** 07 September, 2012, 03:34:13 pm »

Bad news: office aircon has been FUBAR'd all day so the office has been at about 30C. Ick.

Good news: typing this into MS Outlook:

Quote

I'm currently out of the office on annual leave and will return on Monday 17th September. I will not have any access to my emails during this time.

matthew · « **Reply #704 on:** 07 September, 2012, 06:21:26 pm »

Good news: views from campsite stunning.

Bad news: had to strike tent wet this morning so there are puddles inside and the midges are paying too much attention outside.

David Martin · « **Reply #705 on:** 07 September, 2012, 09:12:19 pm »

Bad news: I had a meeting with some reps this afternoon which I could have done without.
Good news: They looked like they had spent too long sitting down in cars so we took a refreshing walk up the stairs at fit cyclist pace. Right next to the lift.

They were of course too polite to say anything.

matthew · « **Reply #706 on:** 10 September, 2012, 01:50:59 pm »

Good news, made ferry to harris. Bad news laundry facilities at camp site broken.
Bad news couldn't wait for laundrette at portee to open.
Good news campsite at Uig let me use their washing machine.
Bad news ran out of time to get stuff dry. I therefore have a pannier of damp washing to dry on Harris tonight.

mcshroom · « **Reply #707 on:** 10 September, 2012, 03:18:32 pm »

Quote from: matthew on 10 September, 2012, 01:50:59 pm

Good news, made ferry to harris. Bad news laundry facilities at camp site broken.
Bad news couldn't wait for laundrette at portee to open.
Good news campsite at Uig let me use their washing machine.
Bad news ran out of time to get stuff dry. I therefore have a pannier of damp washing to dry on Harris tonight.

Ah the glamour of cycle camping

- Hope the weather gets better for you

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #708 on:** 10 September, 2012, 03:39:26 pm »

Quote from: matthew on 10 September, 2012, 01:50:59 pm

Good news, made ferry to harris. Bad news laundry facilities at camp site broken.
Bad news couldn't wait for laundrette at portee to open.
Good news campsite at Uig let me use their washing machine.
Bad news ran out of time to get stuff dry. I therefore have a pannier of damp washing to dry on Harris tonight.

you are camping in scotland and expecting to have dry clothing?

SteveC · « **Reply #709 on:** 13 September, 2012, 08:37:25 pm »

Bad news: I dropped my camera this morning.
Good news: the camera itself seems to be OK, the impact being taken by the lens, which is replaceable.
Bad news: the lens is about £300
Good news: it may be covered by insurance

What a prawn!

Pippa · « **Reply #710 on:** 14 September, 2012, 05:55:43 pm »

I attempted some DIY today and managed to successfully replace the washers in my kitchen tap to stop it dripping. Woo hoo.

I now seem to have a leak after the isolation valve. Boo hoo.

interzen · « **Reply #711 on:** 14 September, 2012, 06:31:17 pm »

Quote from: Pippa on 14 September, 2012, 05:55:43 pm

I attempted some DIY today and managed to successfully replace the washers in my kitchen tap to stop it dripping. Woo hoo.

I now seem to have a leak after the isolation valve. Boo hoo.

Sometimes these valves weep a little bit after turning on/off, especially if they've been left in one position for a long period of time - the isolation valve on the feed line of my washing machine did a spectacular impression of a fountain when I opened it after installing the new washer but its been bone dry on the outside since.

JohnP · « **Reply #712 on:** 14 September, 2012, 07:03:50 pm »

Quote from: SteveC on 13 September, 2012, 08:37:25 pm

Bad news: I dropped my camera this morning.
Good news: the camera itself seems to be OK, the impact being taken by the lens, which is replaceable.
Bad news: the lens is about £300
Good news: it may be covered by insurance

What a prawn!

If it's not insured then it may be worth contacting

service-enquiry@hlehmann.co.uk

H. Lehmann Ltd
247 – 249 London Road
Stoke on Trent
Staffs
ST4 5AA

Telephone: 01782 413611

I recently had a damaged Nikon 70-300 AF mechanism repaired and a D7000 checked and adjusted as the lens was on the body when it got damaged. Not cheap but all less than half the cost of a new lens.

SteveC · « **Reply #713 on:** 14 September, 2012, 07:28:46 pm »

Thanks, John

Details saved for when I get back to blighty.

S

jogler · « **Reply #714 on:** 03 October, 2012, 11:57:50 am »

I have "borrowed" the monitor from Marj's desk top PC so

Good News...I can use my desk top PC to read my business & personal emails

Bad News... Marj cannot read the Sage programme

or

or $:-\$

tiermat · « **Reply #715 on:** 03 October, 2012, 12:08:19 pm »

Quote from: jogler on 03 October, 2012, 11:57:50 am

I have "borrowed" the monitor from Marj's desk top PC so

Good News...I can use my desk top PC to read my business & personal emails

Bad News... Marj cannot read the Sage programme or or $:-\$

Assuming both PCs are in the same room(and you only ever use one at a time), the cheap way around this is one of these:

http://www.cclonline.com/product/8073/F1DL102PEA/KVM-Switches/Belkin-2-Port-KVM-Switch/KVM0024/

It's how I managed to use 2 laptops on my desk, with one HUGE (28") monitor.

jogler · « **Reply #716 on:** 03 October, 2012, 02:29:32 pm »

Thanks for that ^^^^^

atm I quite like having one less monitor on the desks.

It's likely that I'll make more use of my laptop & Marj's monitor will go back to the Sage PC.

SteveC · « **Reply #717 on:** 04 October, 2012, 07:16:41 pm »

GN: Today, my cycling mileage for the year passed the 1000 mile mark.
BN: This year's target was 2000 and the date is...

Ham · « **Reply #718 on:** 04 October, 2012, 08:43:37 pm »

Good News: I just found out today that my employer's bike to work scheme limit is now £2,000 ¹

Bad News 1: Scheme entry is in March

Bad News 2: I just found out today that my employer's bike to work scheme limit is now £2,000

¹People erroneously think that the limit is £1,000 - it is not. That is the limit that the employer can provide without a consumer credit license and is therefore the most commonly found limit. If they have a CCL, the absolute limit is (I think) £2,500 if they wish to.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #719 on:** 04 October, 2012, 10:43:29 pm »

Good news: I have a new pair of mitts, with - as yet - no wiped in snot marks (

).

Bad news: They are 'classic crochet backed' mitts. I might be turning into a hipster! Could this be start of a slippery slope leading to a purple and lime green fixie with white disc wheels and no bar tape?

Andrij · « **Reply #720 on:** 04 October, 2012, 10:56:18 pm »

Good news: exercised enough willpower to leave the works do (read: piss-up) in a suitable condition to cycle home.

Bad news: didn't have enough willpower leftover to resist the temptation of the chicken shop around the corner when I arrived home.

hulver · « **Reply #721 on:** 07 October, 2012, 02:02:53 pm »

Good news: I've just saved £600 by not having to go to the specialist Dentist on Tuesday for a complicated root canal.

Bad news: Because my tooth just split in half from end to end.

interzen · « **Reply #722 on:** 07 October, 2012, 03:22:10 pm »

Good news: I now fit in XL shorts rather than XXL shorts

Bad news: cost me £61 to work this out ...

(to be fair, though, I desperately needed a new pair - with the existing ones my modesty, such as it is, is in dire peril)

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #723 on:** 09 October, 2012, 01:40:41 pm »

Good news: Both papers I & colleague submitted were indeed accepted for publication at conference.

Bad news: Stress of writing 2 papers at once, and the 2nd one is only accepted for an ePoster but it still means I have to write a full paper. (Only submitted cos mentor told me to and I was hoping it would get bumped altogether).

hellymedic · « **Reply #724 on:** 09 October, 2012, 05:44:07 pm »

I've had my electricity back for an hour.
The local burglar alarms celebrated for twenty minutes...