What made you happy today?

[Purple Train]

Welcomed our first child into the world on Sunday night; a little baby boy.

Now comes the real struggle

Congratulations!

 

[Bald Rick]

Welcomed our first child into the world on Sunday night; a little baby boy.

Now comes the real struggle

Congratulations!

The first one is easy. The second….

 

[Purple Train]

Mount Edgcumbe. More specifically, heading over from Plymouth for a brief paddle and wander through the gardens, and timing it just right to stop off at the Edgcumbe Arms for half a pint of Thatchers' Juicy Apple, looking out over a glorious blue sea and a cloudless sky, and watching the little ferry come sputtering over the water to bring a huge crowd of people back. There's not much that feels nicer than timing something just right.

 

[High Dyke]

Back to winning ways for Nottinghamshire Outlaws in the One-Day Cup cricket. A 6 wicket win over Surrey, at the Oval, sees them progress to the quarter finals stage.

 

[3141]

Actually it was yesterday, when my older granddaughter got her A level results and confirmation of a place at Exeter University to read Medicine.

 

[75A]

Actually it was yesterday, when my older granddaughter got her A level results and confirmation of a place at Exeter University to read Medicine.

Normal service has been resumed - the kids are back @ School over here, cue chaos on the roads.

 

[Camberman]

Well, in Surrey the schools have not resumed. I was VERY happy today because I went with my ex-wife (we get on well!), my daughter and 3 year old grandson to a local playground. Some kind children, about 6 years old, politely opened the gate for us without being asked and we thanked them after we had gone through. It was wonderful to see all the children in the playground running around and laughing, none of them using any phones or screens. I saw children patiently waiting turns and no queue jumping for a go on the equipment. It made this old man very happy indeed to see that at least some young children are being brought up with manners, politeness and selflessness.

 

[eastwestdivide]

A perfectly toasted teacake.
Simple things!

 

[m0ffy]

First day at primary school for my daughter today. She’s growing up so quickly.

 

[nlogax]

Finally exchanging and completing on my flat sale next week. It's only taken eighteen months and a bucketload of stress to get to this stage but nearly there..

 

[Camberman]

Finally exchanging and completing on my flat sale next week. It's only taken eighteen months and a bucketload of stress to get to this stage but nearly there..

Glad that you got through the many obstacles!

 

[eyebrook1961]

Congratulations!

The first one is easy. The second….

You about get the hang of things when number 5 turns up . . . . .

 

[Egg Centric]

This probably wouldn't make most people happy but I have a very dark sense of humour and I'm still grinning.

I'm staying at the Voco Bloomsbury for work purposes for the next few days. First and will be last time I think based upon what I've seen so far; I usually stay IHG on work (which Voco is) and the nearby Holiday Inn (also IHG) is much better imo despite things being meant to be the other way around.

Anyway, some silly online conversation means I accept a challenge to eat off a 0-1 "scores on the doors" takeaway this evening - that is to say one where the hygeine rating is appalling.

So I set an AI agent on it to find me somewhere that'll deliver. Well it does that... but it also points out that I don't actually need to look very far. My hotel has the coveted 0/5 score - so ordered a decent looking curry from somewhere sensible and will instead go with the health hazard at Brekkie.

Mind you literally when typing this another incident has occurred but I can't really go into it cause I don't want to risk anyone's job, suffice to say it doesn't reflect badly on the staff but reflects very badly on the owner/manager.

 

[styles]

some silly online conversation means I accept a challenge to eat off a 0-1 "scores on the doors" takeaway this evening - that is to say one where the hygeine rating is appalling.

So I set an AI agent on it to find me somewhere that'll deliver. Well it does that... but it also points out that I don't actually need to look very far. My hotel has the coveted 0/5 score - so ordered a decent looking curry from somewhere sensible and will instead go with the health hazard at Brekkie.

Mind you literally when typing this another incident has occurred but I can't really go into it cause I don't want to risk anyone's job, suffice to say it doesn't reflect badly on the staff but reflects very badly on the owner/manager.

Having once looked at how these ratings are comprised, I'm surprised many 0-rated businesses are allowed to stay open.

I generally have good immunity though and used to frequent a place which, when displaying the food hygeine ratings became mandatory, I learnt was rated a 1. It makes you think twice!

Still, sounds like you had a good curry! Good luck for brekkie!

 

[Strat-tastic]

Well, we haven't heard from Egg Centric yet.
Maybe they were a little yeuch...

 

[Egg Centric]

Well, we haven't heard from Egg Centric yet.
Maybe they were a little yeuch...

I didn't make breakfast, for unrelated reasons. Got all week though to find out!

 

[Rover]

Taking my little dog for a walk as it does every day, it's never a chore.

 

[eastwestdivide]

Taking my little dog for a walk as it does every day, it's never a chore.

Appropriate user name!

 

[martin butler]

Taking my little dog for a walk as it does every day, it's never a chore.

I think that goes for all of us dog owners, I love my morning walk with my dog, meeting with other dog owners, is it just me, but I find fellow dog owners far more sociable than non-owners, ?

My morning walk though takes in a local park, and a stretch along the sea front, then trough another park and gardens, and no two days are the same, the sea especially can be calm one morning, and rough the next and ever changing, you might get lucky, and see a seal, occasionally Dolphins when they come in close,

 

[contrex]

'Danny Tommo' has been arrested.

 

[Rover]

Appropriate user name!

Yes I hadn't realised that - nice one!

 

[nlogax]

Glad that you got through the many obstacles!

Thank you - just completed in the last half hour so I'm very much in a celebratory mood!

 

[Forty29]

Been going to the pub lately and pondering on what to order never could make up my mind. Tired of Guinness just doesn't taste like it used to or maybe just me, tired of lager at the moment and don't order shorts unless had a couple of pints of something. Then l noticed a new Thatcher's cider pump with three fruity flavours, l thought the blackcurrant one sounds interesting so l tried and was the most quenchable drink l've had in ages so very pleased. Cheers!

 

[Ashley Hill]

Then l noticed a new Thatcher's cider pump with three fruity flavours, l thought the blackcurrant one sounds interesting so l tried and was the most quenchable drink l've had in ages so very pleased

Out of interest I tried a drop of the pre-mix without the fruit syrup, it was foul.

 

[Sun Chariot]

A pleasant surprise tnis morning: HMRC tax rebate, of nearly five-figures. Mind you, it is from the 2023-2024 tax year - and I had all but given up trying to get it back...

 

[aftv]

Spending some quality time with my dad in London. It's the simple things that please me.

 

[Camberman]

Spending some quality time with my dad in London. It's the simple things that please me.

Quality time with close family is so very important and it is indeed pleasing. Now I'm in the later stages of my life I have come to realise this.

 

[aftv]

Quality time with close family is so very important and it is indeed pleasing. Now I'm in the later stages of my life I have come to realise this.

Absolutely. Since I lost my mum I've come to realise that time is precious.

 

[Acey]

Winning £725 on the Premium Bonds !

 

[Harvester]

Not quite that amount this month, only £100. Still it made me happy, as did our garden robin in full song as I left home. Later in the local nature reserve I surprising heard a chiffchaff that had not yet bothered to migrate!