5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Oooops toooooo much to catch up on. Oh, uggggggs Chicks.

Bin AWOL, MIA, MPD.

And the King's Telegam
And to thinks I comes back and can speak proper.

5 Back home to Lady Black.
4 Cuddles
3 Sodding cat
2 Great to be back home

1 Together.

ampersand

Sorry peeps, HUGE catch-up post gone again, despite posting. Just sudden return to home screen, then loathed Google Chrome 'unavailable', try later'.

I'm not spending an hour or more doing it again.

That's me done with all of this, cba.

I will read and thank when I can in future.

Kittikins

Ampersand - nooooooooooooo, please don't stop posting sweetiepie, we'll all miss your lovely posts! May I suggest the write it in word and copy and paste across method?!? x

Frith - its such a joy to read how Master Frith is thriving at his new school, every day 21 for behaviour is fabulous

DD - big hugs sweetie, I'm glad home is still home for you despite what's going on with your relationship breakup x

Skint_yet_Again

(((Hugs))) PK DD CCP and Chicken, so sorry to hear about miss barker x

Broomstick so glad to hear you didnt get flooded

Frith great to hear how your youngest son is doing so well

Yesterdays pleasures

1. missed most of the traffic on the way to work

2. only 3 of us on the whole floor as we are all in the process of moving to another floor. It was lovely and quiet ! My specialist desk and equipment are being moved on monday ready for me on tuesday when I join my new team

3. lots of chocs and cake at work as loads of people are leaving today (deserting the sinking ship)

4. pre-loved books I ordered from amazon have arrived. 3 new-to-me books for less than a tenner and they look brand new

5. couldnt decide what we wanted for tea so just cooked a few bits of party food had in for xmas eve. Glad we tried it now as didnt like some bits but Duck spring rolls from Aldi were lovely(I would recommend these to you RevolvingDoor

Its very icy here this morning but the sun is shining so may get some washing freeze-dried on line today ! Out tonight with friends so looking forward to that. Have a good weekend everyone x

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Could not gets the darn OiPod to work on dangle things, so missed out this week. But why do hotelks insist that I must be interested in Breakfast TV. It is carp. People who watch this must have a Brain Stem remoival operation prior to even watching. Thank goodness for quiet corner. Remember, I stopped watching this drivel at 21:33Z 1982-05-03. No wonder.

I see there is some report about the Supermarkets, I read in my hacking rag this week. Well, blow my head off, as if some amongst us fought these places were for the benefit of the public! Boycott these emporiums.

5 Rites, SatDi comes and it is smoked sausage, toms, mushrooms, Spag Hoops, Poached eggs, Toast and Raspberry Jam, with pips.

4 No Rugby.

3 Thinks that the film last nites went a bit soppy and Lady Black was getting hankies out. Sure tear hjerker, but gotta say, the only good Red Indian is a ... If they had John and Wayne,. I thinks the Girls Husband to be would had survived, as them two can pop of them there baddies.

2 Right, tucking into Breakfast at last.

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Skint_yet_Again

well it was sunny when I posted earlier... iits gone very dark so have just ventured out of bed and looked out the window and now its thick fog !!

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Well, seems the keyBored blinked earlier. Just as the last Lady Black had her internet access to moneis rescinded for the tenth time this year. All automatic nowadays, no second chance with Intangiable Finances!

1 Stay warm

mcculloch29

Frith, I keep forgetting to tell you how much pleasure your updates on Smaller Son give me. What wonderful progress he is making. I've been so frustrated reading of a system, school and teachers who refused to even acknowledge your needs.

Sparrer, thank you so much for the comment about my DGC. They are a joy. DGD is 11 and in the first year of senior school, DGS is 10 and in Year 5. (A little part of my mind still translates this to Standard 3.) DGD has similar tastes to me in reading, she loves non-fiction. I gave a little 'compendium of facts' book yesterday from my own bookshelf and she looked engrossed. She's got a few Guinness World Record books, I bought her one, with memories of longing for one as a child.

I'd asked my Dad who left everything to the last minute at Christmas - and the GW Record books always sold out... I do treasure my copy of 'Victorian Inventions' though. Funnily enough, my kids loved looking through that book, and DGD borrowed it a couple of years ago for a school project.

I'd sent my student who didn't pass a 'please do continue trying' email and he isn't giving up, which is great. He told me he just went blank in the test. He has done so well and worked so hard to improve, but just slackened off for a couple of weeks before the test, and that did for him.

I've just watched my racing hero Mattie Batchelor on the Morning Line (horse racing programme). He is riding the late Lord Oaksey's horse, Carruthers, in the Hennessy Gold Cup later. Last year he won this race, my joint most exciting moment of watching TV racing ever.
I wished him good luck on FB and got a thank you and a x! :j
Mattie is a huge personality, not a big name jockey, a proper journeyman but massively talented with a great sense of humour. He's a great communicator, which is quite rare amongst jockeys.

I first noticed Mattie as a jockey a few years ago; he famously won at the Cheltenham Festival despite losing his irons ( i.e. his feet fell out of the stirrups. Ouch.).
Mattie's biggest fan, his mum Cheryl, had died a few months earlier; he looked to the sky and mouthed "thank you" after the winning line. Cue tears.

When Mattie won the Hennessy last year it was on the seventh anniversary of her passing. There was massive screaming at the TV from me and more tears.

Lord Oaksey was also a hero of mine, I watched him as a kid on TV and I support the Injured Jockeys' Fund that he founded. This link tells you a bit more.

Ooops, what a waffle!

sparrer

Morning all

ampersand I agree with Kittikins, please don't stop posting! I often use the word/copy/paste method if I think the laptop is having a silly moment, do try because we can't afford to lose your lovely posts

I think I need a new mouse because when I click to add a smiley this happens :):):):):) not just one but multiples! So am always having to check and delete the 'extra' ones. Not that you don't all deserve lots of happy faces.....;););););) oops it did it again. Also when I click to open a new page it opens two, every time. So frustrating! I think I need toddle across to the techie board again for more of their invaluable advice.

mcculloch we all love reading, DM still does even though her sight isn't so good now, my DC and DGC all get enormous pleasure from books. My ex was a wonderful story teller and when reading the same bedtime stories for the nth time he'd deviate from the written word to make the story a little different, so adding extra interest. it was almost like a series and the DC loved it . Re your sig, I so agree and have pulled all sorts of nice things out of the cupboards for daily use. After all they are for me to enjoy, so I'm going to!

It's so very, very cold today that I'm not venturing out, in fact still in my fleecy jimmies and dressing gown . Have done loads of housework though, the second load of washing is in, the furniture polished and getting everything ready for the trek to visit DM on Monday to help her write her C-word cards. So far I've got windscreen covers, blanket for inside, water, de-icer, folding shovel, a bar of chocolate (but don't tell the OS weight loss board!) etc, but will no doubt have forgotten something essential.

Wm finished this load so have to drape the radiators and put next lot in then nice hot soup for lunch

Stay safe and warm S

Chickenopolis

Good afternoon all !

Thank you all once again x I did pop over to Mums and was about to shout "Barky !!!" when I went in as I always do out of habit . My mouth opened but fortunately nothing came out just in time !

VJsmum - its weird that "calm in a crises thing" .People tell me I am not scared of the things that I should be scared of, and that I am scared of "normal stuff" . Like I will not pull out of a junction if there are two lanes of traffic, or speaking on the telephone - I am the awkward silence :rotfl:

DD- ((hugs)) to you . But :beer: on the roadkill , are you going to spend the £40 on something nice?

Frith - well I am not sure I want to watch the prog. minus David Haye !

Mcculloch - ditto Lord Oaksey .

5 for today

1. Its not raining indoors ! My lovely cousin the plumber , came over and it was sorted by 9pm . Guess what caused the leak?? An old nail (like a horse shoe nail) in the copper pipe under the floorboards in the upstairs landing had corroded to a skinny point .The leak had followed the natural line of the joists which run under the bath. It must have been OK for decades until yesterday .

2. Banked the HMRC rebate and some 50p's for my brother's 50th party thing - Now up to £280 !

3.Its my B-I-L' birthday tomorrow . I have bought him 3 boxes of his usual brand of fags which I have put in a hair dye box to "disguise them" and wrapped them up. He will go "!!!!!!??" :rotfl:In my 43 years of life on this planet its the first time that I have purchased any cigs.!

4.Got £5 off a £40 shop at Mr. T . My plumber cousin would not accept any money for sorting out the leak - so got him a large bottle of JD's which was on offer and £2 less than the shelf price.

5. The "Country House " just called to confirm that they had taken out the payment for our Xmas dinner . Xmas presents also all sorted for the family now (apart from OH that is ) so I can "relax" .

Have a lovely day all !