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Nice. :) That sounds like a great group of people you get to spend time with.

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Bit flabbergasted that my letter of 30g to my wife 4000 miles away in the US actually got there 2 days after shipping it (delivered by FedEx), having said that for £49 I'd have been a bit annoyed if it wasn't there by end-of-tomorrow.

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Had my laser surgery, it was nothing. I really had nothing to be worried about. It was over in 5 minutes, no pain whatsoever and within 2 minutes my eyesight was crystal clear. Have to keep away from bright light for a day or so but other than that it's all good :)

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Glad to hear that the surgery was so successful. :)

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Well I'm happy and relieved to have finally tackled a job which I've been putting off for ages - removing and redoing the pointing of a section of crazy paving half way up the front steps to our house. It'd started cracking and lifting a few years ago but the excessive snow and ice last year finally did it and it had started to look a real mess. After attacking it with a club hammer and bolster I suddenly remembered that I'd bought a decent sized SDS drill some years ago so dug it out of the garage and set to work. What a difference!!! It only took 2-3 hours yesterday to remove all the old mortar and today I spent a similar amount of time repointing the slabs. Apart from a badly cut finger, courtesy of a buried piece of broken glass, all went well and dare I say that I am delighted with the results. I can now leave/enter the house without feeling any dread or shame.... :)

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Glad to hear it all went well - you can look cool for a couple of days with some shades on....:D

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Pleased for you Russ.;)

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Excellent :) :tu:

My happy thought - well I am now back learning Braille as my hand is a lot better :)

On the whole my life is on an even keel (for now anyway) so I feel a little fluffy.

Not had any abuse from members recently so I've opened up my PM's again.

Conformation class 2 (the Son) next week and I'm looking forward to that.

HHHmmm....

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Not to derail the happy thread but how pathetic do you have to be to abuse a disabled person on the internet via pm...

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l just find it absolutely shocking that some people can go to such a sick low level and do this to such a lovely man.:td::(

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Hiding behind a monitor and sending poison pen missives. Very pathetic and a total coward in my book.

My happiness to-day is the sunshine, Daffodils, Snowdrops and the Cherry Blossom on my tree.

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People are entitled to their own opinions I guess. I could report some of the more nasty stuff but I don't see the point.

Anyway I'm still pretty happy today :)

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I hope you reported everyone of those morons as they should be banned for doing anything like that.

I only accept PM's from contacts and moderators so you know that no idiotic ones will get through.

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The job I've been doing temporary is about to go permenant.

They are justing sorting out the details and it should be sorted out within the month.

Best of all no 6 month probation (well I've been there 10 months:)), secondly its the first job I have got without a interview :D.

Happy days, now to buy that tablet.

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Thats great news to hear Hom3r.:)

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Congrats, Hom3r - you must be over the moon.

Well done, you.:)

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Friend of ours has had her UK visa approved. Just gotta wait for my wife now. :)

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I'm very happy as is more money :D

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Thanks for the thanks :)

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Nice one well done.;)

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Just been round to my daughter's (and her fiancé's) new (to them) house - they picked up the keys at 4pm today.

Cracked open a bottle of champagne there to celebrate - they won't move in for a couple of weeks, as they are off to the USA (Orlando, South Carolina, Vegas) for a couple of weeks holiday.

They grow up so fast.......

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Good for you. Ignore the morons!

:tu:

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They sure do! Our youngest has hairy legs FGS!!! How time flies...

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Congratulations to them, can't believe none of mine are teenagers any more...

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Congrats on the job and the tablet :tu:

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Yep congrats to them Hugh, can't believe how old my son is now to, still at least the girl's still young, for now...

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When your childrens children have children that's the time to feel old lol!:)

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We don't have to worry about that just yet thankfully.... :)

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You are only as old as you feel Tinky.:):hyper:

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Maybe sooner than you think Osem eh? lol!

Thanks Den it's not so bad really, all part of lifes rich tapestry. In my mind I'm only 40. :D:D:D

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How old does she feel then Den?... ;) :D

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:erm::erm::erm::erm::erm:

:D

Sadly our youngest will never have children but our eldest will need to promote girls up his list of priorities ahead of 'A' levels, karate and football before there's much risk of that.... ;)

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I treated myself to the ASUS Transformers TF101 (without the £100 keyboard).

Now to get the videos working.

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l better be careful here as one must not be insulting about a lady's age so l would say late thirties/early fourties.:D

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That is good news.;)

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Off to Jamie's Italian in the old Lutyens HSBC Bank building tonight... :)

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Hope you enjoy

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Peter is playing with my Perkins - we are learning together - nice :)

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Have a nice time.:)

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My daughter has been accepted into Tonbridge Girls Grammar School :)

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That is good news . Hope she does well & enjoys ;)

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I hope you have a lovely time Cobby. Look out for a youngish couple who may appear to be sampling a little of everything on the menu. My son and his partner are having a quiet birthday meal there this evening as well. :)

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Congratulations to Miss Ramrod. :)

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Thats great news.:)

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Seems I'm going to get my cataract sorted hopefully by the summer.

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Thats great news Maggy and lets hope everything goes fine for you.:)

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Excellent :)

My happy thought - just got back from confirmation class two and things are starting to fall into place - nice :)

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Thats good to hear dilli.:)

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I was asked to select a confirmation name - Natalie is not impressed ;)

She thinks four names is enough :)

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[QUOTE=joglynne;35392876]I hope you have a lovely time Cobby. Look out for a youngish couple who may appear to be sampling a little of everything on the menu. My son and his partner are having a quiet birthday meal there this evening as well.[QUOTE]
Very nice meal. There was a couple in our area (balcony to the right of the entrance) who were there when we sat down at 18:15 and still there when we left about 2 hours later...

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They were quite impressed by how reasonable the meal was. 3 courses each and a bottle of wine for under £60. She did her work experience there when she was at school and was very interested to see how the original features had been incorporated into the design of the restaurant.

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Just watched Storyville on this guy makes me feel positive about the future that the human race can produce people like him...

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My wife just bought me a surprise gift - some Bose QuietComfort 3 Noise Reduction headphones.

Apparently it was because I hadn't complained about all the time / money we have spent on planning / buying stuff for my daughter's wedding (which is in June, so 3 more months of planning / spending.... :;)).

Just tried them out - they're amazing.....

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l hope you enjoy your new headphones Hugh and it just shows what a kind wife you have.:)

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Passport has arrived for my Florida holiday in August and i have had confirmation of my annual bonus which will be 15% to be paid this month, so that will pay for the holiday! :)

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Yeh! Nice one SnoopZ! :)

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Thats great news snoopZ.:tu:

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Good one Snoopy Don,t forget your EST form that you get on line $14

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Good stuff indeedy :)

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Youngest son passed his driving test today, we are so happy for him. :):):)

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Excellent :tu:

My happy though - off to the RNIB members forum in Cambridge tomorrow.....

Which as well as helping out with RNIB is also good as its the first time I'll be in Cambridge and not in hospital ;)

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Thats great news Tinky and many congratulations to your son and you should be very proud of him.:)

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Thank you Dilli nd Den he is over the moon.:)

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Check this out....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbRzCmjWyMU

Yes it's very old but I now have a working Braille computer that I can save work on :)

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I worked for that company in a round about way years ago and just about every product they do is amazing...

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and beware the many bogus sites offering to sort the esta's out for extortionate cash. Enjoy your hols btw.

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I bet, good on him :tu:

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Agreed -I have a SoundDock2, and it is terrific.

Most of the rest of their kit is a bit out of my financial range...

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Well done her!

Did they tell you the boys school is just the other side of the fence?..... ;)

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I am back at the eye clinic tomorrow - which is, after the last few really bad hospital trips, a welcome return to normality :)

I've only had two or three bleeds in the last month so it's cool.

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l hope everything goes well tomorrow dilli.:)

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I'm going to be getting the QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones :) . I also have their Companion 5 desktop speakers, which sound amazing :)

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Just had a wonderful two week family reunion holiday and l feel so blessed that we are all together now after 24 years of being apart and l just wish l could turn the clock back to make up for those 24 years we have missed being together but now every day we spend together now is so precious and we intend to make the most of it.

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This sounds very nice. I am happy for you Den

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It's not often in this life that we get a second chance so it's great hearing that you and your family can look forward to a good future together. :tu: to you all.

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Thank you kindly joglynne.:)

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Really pleased for you and your family, den - it was brave of whoever made the first move, but obviously worth it.

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Yes when l look at it now it was stubborn foolhardy pride that kept us apart but hindsight a wonderful thing after the event and if only some of us had it we would not have missed 24 years of being apart but all is healed now and now we have many more great days to look ahead to in the future.:)

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So happy for you Den, after all these years of being apart glad someone made the first move. Make the most of your time together now that you are all back again, life is too short.:):):)

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To true life is to short and all to often we don't get 2nd chances, I hope and am sure you'll make the most of this one Den.

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Nice one.:)

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Thanks kindly.:)

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Thank Peter.:)

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Yes we never know whats round the corner so l intend to make the most of it.:)

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Thanks Hugh.:)

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Yay I get to go to my blind group today :)

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And my third confirmation class was great - some of the pieces are starting to fall into place.

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l hope you have a nice time at your blind group today and l am pleased you have got your third confirmation as well.:)

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Some things just make you grin.....

I met a guide dog called Linux today.

Excellent :)

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my laptop's fixed :)

1 new battery
1 new hard drive

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Glad its all fixed for you now MG.:)

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Good News about the Laptop

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We've had the council in for the past 2 week and half rewiring and updating the kitchen, we made the stupid decision of staying in the house while they do it, the happy news is its nearly finished, maybe monday!.

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Yes that reminds us of the same stupid decision when we had our place decorated several years ago as the place was like a battlefield with things strewn everywhere and everything in a state of disarray.

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Its a pain isn't it we had no choice on the matter with it being the council, looking forward to the weekend with no banging and drilling first thing in the morning haha.

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The sun is trying to peer through the mist..

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Extremely thick fog most of the morning in Cambridge, but now we have blue sky and 17.5c outside.

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Yes there does seems to have been a awful lot of fog in the last week in parts of Southern Britain as where my parents live in Fareham it has been prevalent every morning since Sunday.

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Same here about 30miles SW of you

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My Bose QuietComfort 15 Headphones, sound awesome :D

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Great to hear that you are enjoying them.:)

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Glad you like them. Headphones make a big difference

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Been buying more guitars :hyper:

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Which ones Peter.

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Another Schecter C1...eBay bargain

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And a Martin DCP electro-acoustic I'll be picking up tomorrow

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Excellent and who are your favourite guitarists Peter.

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Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray, Jimi... God rest their souls

and Roger Mcguinn from the Byrds... loads really but they're at the top of the pile.

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Yes brilliant guitarists and add on to that Clapton,Knopler and May and many many more as well.

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Happy to be back home after being in South Wales for three nights.

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Yes l have to agree after our family were away for 12 days and even though we had a wonderful time there is still no place like home.

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Another British ticket holder has won £38,000,000 on the Euro Lotto :D

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16190640