Clare_Bear's smiley happy thread

seany65

snakemanStoo said:

boogieman said:

snakemanStoo;567646" said:

Sprog 2 got her orange belt in ju jitsu yesterday.

Congrats! My daughter got up to a black belt in karate then gave up. Don't make the mistake I did and say " go on then, show me what you can do". She's only 4'11, I'm 6'1", how much harm could she do? I was still aching after three days. Doh!

I'm a blue belt assistant instructor at her club.  I know what she can do and occasionally I let her do it.  Mostly I counter her and tickle her just to be anoying.

So long as you don't laugh at her every time she can't hit you. That'll just make her hate you, or at least want to avoid you. That was done to me years ago when I tried wing chun. I knew I wasn't talented at it, but I had no objections to the being 'hit' (slight cuts and bruises etc.), it was the laughing and not showing me what I was doing wrong that annoyed me. Luckily it was an instructor from another branch, who only turned up a couple of times.

Bucket

Spent a very nice evening in the company of old, old friends, Jack Daniel's, darts and FIFA.

The game of darts may or may not have caused significant damage to my mate's living room walls.

not_the_dj

Your old friend is called Jack Daniels?

Phil_aka_Pip

broncho stop cough syrup. It works

EDIT

and I went for a "medication review" this morning, with the head pharmacist at the quacks. she's gorgeous

Frankieabbot

I've passed my cricket umpires course/exam. Any village teams in/around York need a team umpire?

Phil_aka_Pip

I just found the data cable that connects my BJ30 printer to the Acorn RISC PC.

I also found an Alesis SR-16. I'm not sure yet whether it's the one that went berserk losing all the user data and corrupting its presets, or if it's the one I bought to replace the one that went wrong.

lloyd

Looks like my contract is going to be made permanent, which is nice. I've been here nearly 2 years on a rolling 3-6 month contract so it's always a bit nervy going into the final month or 2....

No job's 100% secure but good news to me.

Phil_aka_Pip

Ordered some valves from HotRox yesterday morning. Delivered here to my day job address just now.

EricTheWeary

Had a sherbert fountain after tea. They are awesome. Will add 4 for £1.20 to the Tesco online shop. I have to comb my beard out after though.

mike_l

Had a nice day out with Mum and Dad at Duxford.

Recommended for a day out if you have any interest in aircraft.

Bit expensive though (2x pensioners, 1 adult was £45.50!)

Dinosauria

The sun is shining and the only "work" I have to do today is write a guitar part.

stickyfiddle

mike_l said:

Had a nice day out with Mum and Dad at Duxford.

Recommended for a day out if you have any interest in aircraft.

Bit expensive though (2x pensioners, 1 adult was £45.50!)

Always a good day out. I haven't been for 10 years though probably.

stickyfiddle

I just made perennial UAE-curry-favourite, Murgh Makhani (aka butter chicken) from scratch for the first time. Holy hell it's brilliant

mike_l

stickyfiddle said:

mike_l said:

Had a nice day out with Mum and Dad at Duxford.

Recommended for a day out if you have any interest in aircraft.

Bit expensive though (2x pensioners, 1 adult was £45.50!)

Always a good day out. I haven't been for 10 years though probably.

We were lucky with decent weather, although the wind was cold. And a mini airshow from the Buchon (Spanish built, Merlin engine ME-109).

Hootsmon

got my twice yearly rheumatology Hospital appointment over with today.....they really stress me out

CRP & ESR levels normal...very pleased with that (CRP has been very high in the past).....lost 2" in height since my 20s....not pleased. lost 7lbs...pleased with that

white coat syndrome high BP raised through the roof...not pleased....promised steroid injection in greater trochanter if hip not better in 6 months....pleased with that

don't go back until December....pleased with that

Phil_aka_Pip

Took some gear round last Wednesday to our local repairs wizard: Tom Evans MicroGroove MC phono stage, EAR 834P phono stage, and my AC30CC2X chassis. The MicroGroove had a massive mains buzz in the LH channel, the 834P had a dry joint causing loss of the LH channel, and the AC30 had the design fault alluded to in other threads recently. Phone conversation today - he's fixed everything.

Nice!

mike_l

Stitches out this morning. Shoulder feels good, a little sore, but good.

 

monquixote

My coffee machine was playing up and making a bit of noise and my two year old said:

"Is it broken daddy, do you need to hit it with a hammer?"

I have taught her well.

speshul91

Looking forward to my birthday. Someone ring the funny farm, on a serious note I get my mountain board next Friday, and my parents got here cos the car is on my drive haha

Phil_aka_Pip

Phono stage fixed, put back in place. Mozart on vinyl.