John_W Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 My Great Nephew "Rang the Bell" at Leeds Children's Hospital and is now cancer free. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) On 19/11/2021 at 13:26, John_W said: My Great Nephew "Rang the Bell" at Leeds Children's Hospital and is now cancer free. Absolutely brilliant John. Daughter in Law Candy , wife of Pete my youngest son, was found to have lung cancer. Right at the Covid beginning. Plus being of West Indian Parentage more susceptible to the ravages of covid. Operation. Many tests since & all is OK. However Pete would not let Candy out & a good job he has done. My wife, we in Jersey, they in Stratford London, & we have not seen them since covid began. But they are safe & that is the important bit. There is though more than a tinge of sadness. Edited November 20, 2021 by LaurieS 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Well, I've had a few things. Best of all was Saturday morning, sitting in the food area, just inside the entrance at Telford, and this 9 year old boy comes into view and stands there staring at me for few seconds, until I took my mask off. And then the penny dropped. "It's Granddad! It's Granddad! Dad, look. It's Granddad!" And with that he came running over and threw his arms around me. We haven't seen each other for two years, so it was very emotional. So we spent most of the weekend together. The rest of the weekend went fairly well. I spent a small fortune, but came away with several kits and bits and pieces that I wanted. Oh, and picking up a Commeded (sic). a bronze and a gold medal in the competition. Never had one of those before. So all in all, a very happy bunny. John. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Back playing cricket, wooohooo, although I am so sore today it's really not funny. I need a massage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 (edited) Hi happiness is .... Floods starting to go down and highways slowly reopening here in vancouver area and lower BC and the gasoline at the pumps hasn't run out yet ( maybe rationing is working ) cheers jerry Edited November 26, 2021 by brewerjerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tojo72 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 View from top of the Devils Courthouse on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. One of our happy places 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 A 'win' of £25 in a prize draw on paypal which I did not know about I had ignored their emails about them running a prize draw until Christmas Last night I decided to buy some leather making patterns which were on 'Black Friday' discount even though I could not really afford them right now When I paid for them via paypal I thought the payment had failed. But the 'win' had covered the price plus I've got another £7.50 of it left to spend 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogtail2 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Twitter will be toast inside 18 months under the new management. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 ^with luck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Well what made me happy yesterday was submitting my form for retirement at work at the end of september working for a living will be a thing of the past and i recently sold the house as well cheers jerry 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Enjoy your retirement. I have to say that I have more work now than when I was employed. Something to do with looking after 2 horses, ( up to ) 4 dog and 10 acres of land! John. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, Biggles87 said: Enjoy your retirement. I have to say that I have more work now than when I was employed. Something to do with looking after 2 horses, ( up to ) 4 dog and 10 acres of land! John. 🇺🇦 Like it. Did not think of retirement as an end to part of my life. Just change with more opportunities for other things. Also even now at approaching 84 |I like to keep the brain working at it's mamximum. Although not having an activity which earns money i have revelled in learning to cook. That has brought a great interest into my life. Not sure that goes for my wife !!!!!!! Laurie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 35 minutes ago, Biggles87 said: Enjoy your retirement. I have to say that I have more work now than when I was employed. Something to do with looking after 2 horses, ( up to ) 4 dog and 10 acres of land! John. 🇺🇦 I find having a partner has had the same effect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Seahawk said: I find having a partner has had the same effect. Tell us more John ???!!!**&& Laurie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 Cheese and beans on toast. As humble a food as it is, something magical happens when cheese meets bean. I like to add some smoked paprika and freshly ground black pepper to the beans, as it takes it to a whole ‘nuther level. It’s a simple pleasure that I can’t have very often, (because reasons) but it never fails to brighten my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil.C Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 19 hours ago, brewerjerry said: Well what made me happy yesterday was submitting my form for retirement at work at the end of september working for a living will be a thing of the past and i recently sold the house as well cheers jerry Well done! Work is overrated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, Neil.C said: Well done! Work is overrated. Well 50 years as an architect to the day. One or two rough days but loved the rest. Meeting people. Common thought that architects sit at a drawing board all day. Now off to see client. Meet planning Officers. Argument, loved them, with building inspectors. See plumber. Meet with electrician. Visit 2 or 3 building sites a day. Air con man consultation. Meeting Structural Engineer. Boring meet with Quantity Surveyor. The a bit of design work on the drawing board. Yes great working life. Always worked as a team & had great results with help from all of the team. Miss the comradeship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil.C Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 11 minutes ago, LaurieS said: Well 50 years as an architect to the day. One or two rough days but loved the rest. Meeting people. Common thought that architects sit at a drawing board all day. Now off to see client. Meet planning Officers. Argument, loved them, with building inspectors. See plumber. Meet with electrician. Visit 2 or 3 building sites a day. Air con man consultation. Meeting Structural Engineer. Boring meet with Quantity Surveyor. The a bit of design work on the drawing board. Yes great working life. Always worked as a team & had great results with help from all of the team. Miss the comradeship. I had a couple of my own businesses and made enough to retire at 50. Couldn't wait, miss no one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieS Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 24 minutes ago, Neil.C said: I had a couple of my own businesses and made enough to retire at 50. Couldn't wait, miss no one. Well that is sad. Some in my life work have since disappeared but great to see those still around. To me that is life what else is there friendship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil.C Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 hour ago, LaurieS said: Well that is sad. Some in my life work have since disappeared but great to see those still around. To me that is life what else is there friendship. Not sad. I've got my family. Three sons and grandchildren, that's enough for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Busy weekend for me - but on Saturday nice things happened. I found a suitable length trailer for my (rather large) sailing dinghy on Facebook Marketplace just under a month ago. I contacted the seller and he agreed to my offer to pay half then and hold on to it a few weeks until we could both meet. He made things better by offering to arrange an overdue family visit in Dundee and tow the trailer from his home in Glasgow to there for me, which saved me 2+ hours of driving and a big glug of fuel. Moreover, I'm between cars with a towbar right now so my dad kindly gave me his car for the week - but I had to go to Forres to collect and return it. It's been a while since I've towed anything but it came back quickly enough. Long trailers don't seem difficult to tow. I tried the dinghy on too. It's going to work fine. I need to cut off the current supports which don't suit my boat and weld on new ones which do - but that was expected. We've booked places on a sail making course in April. It's going to overlap with the Scottish Nationals in Perth which I both forgot about but also don't have much choice about - the sail making course is neither often nor widely available and would have taken priority anyway, but needless to say we'll miss the model show as we'll be trying to learn a new skill. I suspect Gill will master it quickly and that I will really struggle - but I'll be giving it a go. I have become incapable of seeing blue water under a blue sky without wishing I'd already finished my little sailing boat. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 So, continuing on from the driving test success, Hannah now has four A-levels (A*, A, A, B ) and is going to study Archeology and Ancient Civilisations at Durham. If you thought I was proud and happy before… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 4 hours ago, lasermonkey said: Cheese and beans on toast. Mmm cheesy beans... except i add several slices of spam to the mix 👍 Regards, Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Seeing this thread back up and running makes me happy, a break from the doom and gloom! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 It's been 25 hrs since this thread was bought back and for the life of me i can't think of one thing that makes me happy... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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