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Lots of lovely happy thoughts since my last visit so well done everyone. :)

Off for a lovely curry later as part of our celebrations for our eldest's 18th birthday. :D

Can't believe how time's flown though.... :erm: ;)

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Hope you have a super day Osem. I'm sure that you will. And best wishes to your eldest :)

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I believe you left out the word FOR.:blush:

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Mebbe he'll post an update :D

Sold my old splitty :( I'm no mechanic and she was getting a bit too much for me to upkeep. But I got a very good price! :)

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EZ camper. She was almost as old me :D Did you have a Moggy?

Hope you both had one for me. :beer:

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Lovely day here in Knaresborough. Un-broken sunshine. For today, locals got a free pass to look around Mother Shipton's, which I haven't done in years.

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Natalie enjoyed her breakfast in bed - now playing / practicing on her keyboard I got her for her birthday - nice :)

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Which one did you get her? (Just out of interest. I play keyboards/piano myself and have had a few different ones over the decades.)

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I got a beginner type 61 key (casio) one from Argos.

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Oh, okay. I have something a little more advanced here, but then I've been playing on-and-off since I was very young :) Good luck to her.

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I play the flute.

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Much easier. Only one note at a time :p:

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takes a big puff to play that lol fair play mate. Now I am getting old I kinda want to learn something musical

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Playing the flute is easy - reading braille music isnt i can tell you :)

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Certainly is, I just read the book. A couple of years back I went to see it on the big screen at the pcc, in London.

I must admit it is one of my all time number one films. I

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Just had a lovely meal at our favorite local restaurant, The Green Dragon, which re-opened to-day after a complete refurbishment.

The place is even more welcoming than before and the food delicious as usual but the unexpected highlight was watching Bradley Wiggins speed past our window in the Tour of Britain on the way to the Toll Bridge at Warburton as we sat enjoying our coffee. Boy do those guys go fast!!!!!!

I have say that the Police outriders seemed to be enjoying themselves as much as the crowds if the grins on their faces was anything to go by as they rode past. :)

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Sounds like fun :tu: :)

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Glad you enjoyed it... :)

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I'm glad you find it so easy :) Flute? Really? 'tis a beautiful sound.

Youngest has arrived home with g/f and insurance intact. I'm guessing there's no money in his wallet and no credit on his phone - but hey :)

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I am happy for Andy Murray. It is brilliant for him & also Scotland & Great Britain

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I really wish he could crack more smiles/share joy :D And yes - well done that man :)

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Thanks caff. He is so series at times. But he can smile now.

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Eldest has been a properly poorly boy for all of his life but we didn't know until 6 years ago.
Supported, incredibly well, by his work place he has worked so hard in his own time to gain his own degree. He missed out last year by 1 mark. (B+ at any section of any stage of any exam is a 'fail').

After a traumatic year and successful recovery, and retake of his finals, I get to go to a ceremony and feel even prouder, smile even wider.
(I think new shoes and handbag might be in order Jo :D )

I just had to share :)

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Sounds like he thoroughly deserves it, enjoy the ceremony and the shoes :)

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I know how proud I felt last year when Grim Jr put on her hat and robe, I can only guess at the feelings when they've had to battle adversity too. Take plenty of photos so you can keep reliving one of the best days of your life.

Cheers

Grim

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Cool stuff :tu: :)

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Thank you for your comments folks :)

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Congratulations to your son Caff. Any excuse for news shoes works for me. :D

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Puppy was clean overnight. First time, so fingers crossed - Wish she would cross her legs more !!!

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:D

Thanks Jo.
I'm passing on all the comments here to him.

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Mrs LR and I are off to Peebles Hydro for tonight without the kids.

http://www.peebleshydro.co.uk/index.html

Anniversary tomorrow so we'll enjoy a bit of chilling, some good food and drink.... and be able to converse without being interrupted :D



.... although our conversation will be mainly about the kids. :rolleyes:

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Nice one LR hope you have a fabulous time on your Anniversary! https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2014/02/6.gif

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Bon Anniversaire LR. Have a wonderful evening :)

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Forget conversations about the kids if you can :D It's a quiet time together. Enjoy every moment.
The place and facilities look very good :)

I'm expecting no resonse for at least 24 hours :D

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Natalie doesn't have to work on Monday so it's a nice three day weekend for us :)

I was considering cooking for her today but didn't want to poison her ;)

Oh and the land line being broken is great - no one is pestering us at all :)

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Have a great time, Happy Anniversary. Looks a stunning place

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My new free meter finally turned up :)

I do like a gadget ;)

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I want one! My energy providers don't provide them and I figured that I'll just unplug stuff rather than spend £££ buying one :D

Happy thought is that youngest couldn't quite get to grips with tabs to help me out, BUT he did start a bit of acoustic delight for me.
He is quite talented, but shy, and does not perform easily without a band behind him.
He just curled up on the chair and strummed ' Hey There Delilah', and such, to me. Something I can't buy or plan or ask for. Wondrful.

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Just updated my Satnav software and noticed this in the release notes:

"Fix traffic reception in Vladivostok, Russia"

Brill, just what I have been waiting for!

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Loving Siri on my 3rd gen iPad :D

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:D
Your new avatar tempts me towards a full English breakfast every time I see it :D

I'm happy that a good friend got out her walking stick and struggled a few yards to my door. Bless her. She has MS.
We had a good old chin-wag, caught up on news and laughed and giggled quite a lot.
None of us knows what lies ahead for us do we ?

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Lovely to see someone happy.:)

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An MG convertible in British Racing Green with leather bits and pieces.
I'm in love or something like that :)

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I were burnin' and pillagin' the West Country on ITLAP day so gotta have a proper pirate breakfast down ye before settin' sail

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Hahaha... Brilliant matey. (Good job you resisted the black pudding.)

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Natalie signed us up to the cineworld cinema pass thingy last night - so we went and saw Dredd and Hope Springs today. Nice day out :)

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Being in Cornwall sounds enough of a 'happy thought' to me. Oh, and the "local pub" :)
Leaving my lappy at home sounds even better :D

Down to serious business now - have you got the washing machine on and caught up with your mail yet?

Hope you enjoyed your stay there.

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My BT Vision box just turned up and I had an email saying the services are up and running - no more sky :)

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:)
I'm quite good with a poszdriv and WD40 :D
You have a good reason to revisit then :)

(You blokes and your powertools :D )

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I have a happy thought for Thursday. We are off to Las vegas for 9 days. Looking forward to that, but not the long journey.

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@ nash:
I'm guessing that some C&W might be involved? :)
Book yourself some rest for a couple of days afterwards, and enjoy every moment of your break.

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We went to the New Forest today and had a lovely time visiting several places in the Forest.

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Sounds nice :)

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We could not get booked up in Downtown Austin as there was so much going on at this time of the year. So we decided to go to Las Vegas. There is always a lot of Country music in the casino's You knw me Caff, I need my country

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Yup :D

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:D I'll get you back on Thursday :D

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Yes it was dilli as we went to places like Lyndhurst , Brockenhurst , Lymington and Burley and then we took in the Rufus stone at the end.

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OOOhhh apparently I am due four million euro's from the IMF - it must be true I had an email from Bill Scott in Nigeria telling me so ;)

Time to have some fun with him i think :)

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Snap. sent my bank details now waits for the cash to come rolling in:D

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that's really weird - I just did the same thing...*


*i sent your bank details....;)

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:D

My Happy Thought is:
What a wonderful, rich, supportive, helpful range of people we have on this board.
Oh and lovers of diverse musical genres and eras that we share. :)
I'd mention something about tech skills too but that's not my forte :D

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His inbox is overloaded just now.

Post your bank details on here and I'll make sure he gets them. :angel:

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New shoes have arrived (told you I'd get you back heero :D ).
So comfy and smart. Perfect for work, informal dinners, weddings and funerals. And unbelievably good value.

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Tell him you're klench mychiques, stuntman

http://www.419eater.com/html/ahmed_ibrahim.htm

Best scam bait ever imo

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Glad you enjoyed it.

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Hmm they don't sound like Womens shoes then, surely its better to have shoes for each occasion or at least that's what I've always been told :)

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:D Just the one pair (I'm economising).

They're certainly for females, TheDaddy, but they do larger sizes if you fancy a pair for yourself ;) :eek: :Sprint::)

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Mid-H..._rd_s=center-3

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l went to St Pancras railway station yesterday and what a magnificent Victorian inspired building it is with its wonderful architecture and to me it has to be one of the wonders of the world.:)

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well they are good value and perfect for amost any social function as you say, go on then put me down for a pair, do they come in brown?

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The weekend begins here - until the 8th October.

Drive down to London tomorrow, to meet up with my bro-in-law, his daughter, and her fiance, then off for a nice Goan meal in Putney.

Up at 5am Sunday morning, to get a taxi to Gatwick, off to the north Ionian islands for a flotilla holiday for a week, on one of these bad boys (Beneteau 361).....

http://www.sailingholidays.com/image...eneteau361.jpg http://www.sailingholidays.com/image...e/41851_XN.jpg

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wow Hugh I have to say I envy you :)

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It looks very nice Hugh and l do hope you and your family have a wonderful time.

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Enjoy your hols Hugh :)

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They do the shoes in 'nude' but you can have them in brown if you play muddy sports in them :D

Hugh - it looks like a fantastic break-away!

My happy thought is that it's good weather for washing and drying a week's worth of towels.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19477930

Now this would be cool for kiddies.

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12 weeks today is Christmas Eve ........:Sprint:

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Oh dear.:Yikes:

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Well done heero, I was mortified when our dishwasher died. It's OK when there's only two of you but a family Sunday dinner is another matter :).
My happy thought is that our younger daughter is moving, with her boyfriend, into a flat next week. The downside is that we have to buy the sofa. Good luck to them, they met at University about 5 years ago but were just friends. Now they're together and the missus and I are very happy for them :D.

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I wish them every happiness :)

I'm 2 down and one to go :D

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It's 1.30am and I am dancing drunk to Sweet Child Of Mine On a Greek island beach with a bunch of strangers .....

What's not to be happy about?

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Not pulling a bird before bedtime.

and it's way past your bedtime.

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i don't need to pull a bird - I am happily married.

My bedtime is when I decide, and it isn't yet - tonight may get messy....:D

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just remember to keep telling her that. at the start, in the middle, and in the morning.

A few straight faces in the morning then.

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Juliann is back tomorrow after 12 days away in Dubai & Hong Kong. :)

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I can tell how pleased you are. :) You lucky pair :)

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Juliann brought me a Shanghai Tang t-shirt back from Hong Kong :)

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Very nice. Now for the interesting stuff, did she buy herself any shoes? :D

Good to know Juliann is home safe and you can enjoy your time together before she jets off again.

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Any pics? I hope you both have the rest of the week off Cobby :)

Shoes you say, Jo? Gurl after my own heart :D
Well, Cobby - did she treat herself to some shoes?

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Some good news for a change, my 3 month average blood glucose levels have dropped from 130 (they changed to a new system instead of the old 7.8 and so on) to 110. Which means it has gone from 14 down to 12.1, a big step forward in my diabetes management. I am also allowed to drop my dose of Simvastatin from 20mg to 10mg as my cholesterol has gone down, and my blood pressure is to be checked on Wednesday.

So all in all, looks like things could be on the up from now on.

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Thats excellent news Mark.:tu:

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Well done Mark, that's a nice drop, onwards and downwards. Hope Wednesday brings equally good news. :tu:

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Thanks, I'm hoping Wednesday will bring good news as well.

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:sniper::redcard:for saying the "C" word before December :D

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My 8 year old nephew (9 on Halloween) was given "Man of the match" in a footie match today.

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No shoes, amazingly! 'Twas this one, guess it may be cheaper out there, but nonetheless, she's a naughty girl!

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And yes, that's me in it... :erm:

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You little liar!!!!!! :D

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Moi? :D

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My Bold 9790 has been upgraded to OS 7.1 meaning that I can now use my mobile as a WiFi hotspot, when im out with my iPad :D

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I'm already playing Christmas music. Love Christmas, unfortunately I get in the mood earlier and earlier each year so by the time December comes around I am in the 'Bah humbug' mode!

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:D
A very good-looking T. Juliann has good taste.
So... T in the wardrobe - what have you done with the hunk? !

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Watch out for those data charges you may well be better off getting a contract sim as tethering can be a data killer.

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He's in pieces down the garbage disposal chute...

(Joke, before anyone complains!) :rolleyes:

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:D

John Williams has won the Classical Brit Award for his contribtion as a composer this year. Well-deserved IMHO.
He has an outstanding history of composing for previous screen play.