Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread  (Read 389689 times)

Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #825 on: 12 December, 2012, 07:36:52 pm »
Good news - the Xmas Card list is shorter this year
Bad news - not only because of people we choose not to send to  :'(

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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #826 on: 14 December, 2012, 11:54:34 am »
Good News - I just got a big fat refund to my credit card.
Bad News - because they cancelled 'our' festival in the summer.
Good News - we'll have to think of something else good to do instead.
More Good News - childcare permitting, I might be able to volunteer to help out for Sleepy's 600 now.

Still  :'( about the festival tho....

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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #827 on: 15 December, 2012, 08:16:48 pm »
Bad news - the ginger cake has fallen cos Mrs Cudzo opened the oven door too early.
Good news - ginger cake...
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #828 on: 16 December, 2012, 05:26:50 pm »
Good news: I found and bought 3 slim calendars for the kids in Tesco

Bad news: they were so slim, I left them in the trolley
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #829 on: 17 December, 2012, 11:47:26 am »
Following yesterday's foray to Brick Lane and surrounding areas:

BN: I found a gorgeous green velvet jacket which was a perfect fit, but it had patch pockets.  :sick:
GN: Later in the day I found a lovely black velvet jacket which fit well and had proper pockets. :thumbsup:  Also found a white silk scarf1 at the same shop.

1How have I made it to the ripe old age of mubbledymumbble without owning a white silk scarf???
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #830 on: 18 December, 2012, 02:15:59 pm »
My frame is back from the sprayers! However, 'back' means back at the bike shop in Lancs and won't land with me until the new year.... dammit when I'll once again be short on building time!
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #831 on: 18 December, 2012, 06:02:21 pm »
Bad news:   I got to the counter in Waterstones and couldn't find my debit card....

Good news: It's in Cotswold, where I left it last night  :facepalm:    I can pop in tomorrow to pick it up, as long as I have photo id.

This means I've no cash until I can sort this out.....  A quiet night in then..
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #832 on: 18 December, 2012, 06:18:39 pm »
Gah to mislaid debitcard but glad it doesn't need cancelling or anything.

Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #833 on: 18 December, 2012, 07:01:29 pm »
Gah to mislaid debitcard but glad it doesn't need cancelling or anything.

I'm lucky they didn't report it to the bank, who would probably have cancelled it on the spot.  I still have a cheque book somewhere, but it's been a long time since I used it!
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #834 on: 19 December, 2012, 11:04:45 pm »
Bad news:   I got to the counter in Waterstones and couldn't find my debit card....

Good news: It's in Cotswold, where I left it last night  :facepalm:    I can pop in tomorrow to pick it up, as long as I have photo id.

This means I've no cash until I can sort this out.....  A quiet night in then..
You been drinking with Jaded and Flatus again?  :D
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #835 on: 19 December, 2012, 11:55:12 pm »
Good News - Debit card retrieved.

Bad News  I can't find my TWSBI fountain pen, I'm sure I put it in my pocket when I left work  :(

Left it on my desk  :facepalm:      I seem to be getting absent minded, it must be the iminence of turning 48!
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #836 on: 20 December, 2012, 08:50:44 pm »
Bad - cos I was feeling better (good) I had to go back to work today.
Good - there was a bottle of wine waiting for me under my desk  :thumbsup:
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #837 on: 20 December, 2012, 09:37:04 pm »
I visited my sister today:
Good news: She has a sheffield stand in her garden!
Bad news: She has really bad flu (and now I feel like I might have caught it too).
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #838 on: 21 December, 2012, 11:42:16 am »
Hurrah: Last day at jbex before Christmas.
Bah: What in the name of the wormy black sperm of Beelzebub do They put in those sausages :sick:
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #839 on: 21 December, 2012, 11:48:03 am »
Hurrah: Last day at jbex before Christmas.
Bah: What in the name of the wormy black sperm of Beelzebub do They put in those sausages :sick:

Have you answered your own question?
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #840 on: 21 December, 2012, 12:03:00 pm »
Hurrah: Last day at jbex before Christmas.
Bah: What in the name of the wormy black sperm of Beelzebub do They put in those sausages :sick:

Have you answered your own question?

That's possible, but I think it's more likely a high concentration of cows' lips and pigs' arseholes.
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #841 on: 21 December, 2012, 02:02:36 pm »
Hurrah: Last day at jbex before Christmas.
Bah: What in the name of the wormy black sperm of Beelzebub do They put in those sausages :sick:

Have you answered your own question?

That's possible, but I think it's more likely a high concentration of cows' lips and pigs' arseholes.

That's offal!
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #842 on: 21 December, 2012, 02:16:19 pm »
Hurrah: Last day at jbex before Christmas.
Bah: What in the name of the wormy black sperm of Beelzebub do They put in those sausages :sick:

Have you answered your own question?

That's possible, but I think it's more likely a high concentration of cows' lips and pigs' arseholes.

Could be quite the opposite.
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #843 on: 22 December, 2012, 02:21:09 pm »
Bad News: it's rather wet here.
Good News: David put new roofing felt on his 'warm room' yesterday.

Bad News: it's even wetter in Christchurch, where David's Dad lives.
Good news: we don't visit him for another fortnight. I've booked very cheap train tickets and Premier Inn accommodation for this trip.
Bad news: these bookings can't be refunded or amended...

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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #844 on: 27 December, 2012, 09:00:18 pm »
Bad news:  Barakta just did a CrinklyLion after successfully retrieving one of our many cheese graters from a high cupboard.

Good news:  She landed on her arse rather than her hand or head, and so far doesn't appear to have more than her standard invisible bruising.

Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #845 on: 27 December, 2012, 09:03:29 pm »
Ouch! Hope she's OK.
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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #846 on: 27 December, 2012, 09:26:29 pm »
A spectacular prat fall for no good reason?  Yeah, I do have form for those...

Well, arses make better landing areas than hands, elbows, hips, or indeed one's cleavage straight down in the mud - trust me, the latter is quite funny but it isn't pretty.

Hope that invisible bruising is the full extent of it!

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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #847 on: 27 December, 2012, 09:30:06 pm »
Hope that invisible bruising is the full extent of it!

Quite.

She came over rather queasy afterwards, and I was concerned about shock and the possibility of high-innuendo fractures, but seems to be okay now.  Of course I haven't made her ride 7 miles to check...


Plus, she's supposed to be accompanying me to the hospital tomorrow, and I don't think they do BOGOF.

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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #848 on: 27 December, 2012, 10:02:40 pm »
Hope that invisible bruising is the full extent of it!

Quite.

She came over rather queasy afterwards, and I was concerned about shock and the possibility of high-innuendo fractures, but seems to be okay now.  Of course I haven't made her ride 7 miles to check...


Plus, she's supposed to be accompanying me to the hospital tomorrow, and I don't think they do BOGOF.

What is it with us forum wimmin and why can't we stay upright? Hope barakta's OK.

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Re: The Good News / Bad News Thread
« Reply #849 on: 27 December, 2012, 10:06:11 pm »
Hope that invisible bruising is the full extent of it!

Quite.

She came over rather queasy afterwards, and I was concerned about shock and the possibility of high-innuendo fractures, but seems to be okay now.  Of course I haven't made her ride 7 miles to check...


Plus, she's supposed to be accompanying me to the hospital tomorrow, and I don't think they do BOGOF.

What is it with us forum wimmin and why can't we stay upright? Hope barakta's OK.

There's more than one way of interpreting that sentence, but far be it from me to cast aspersions in any particular direction.  O:-)

For my part, I would much sooner that Mrs. Wow had succeeded in staying upright on Sunday when I was out. GWS to any of the inadvertently horizontal.
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