Good news thread..

[Homer]

2 hours ago, fred quimby said:

Wait a minute. 3 people in your spare room, and now they are living with your wife. There is a Louis Theroux doc in there somewhere

 

I will not mention the touching of wood

Ha - did you see the polyamorous doc? I liked the IT geeks in a threeway. They should have got their own show - they could have called it The Big Gangbang Theory.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

[fred quimby]

21 hours ago, Homer said:

Ha - did you see the polyamorous doc? I liked the IT geeks in a threeway. They should have got their own show - they could have called it The Big Gangbang Theory.

I have not see that one but will probably have a bing watch of stuff over Easter so will get that on my list

[Quark]

1 hour ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

See this is why I wouldn't be suited to a role like that.  There's no way I could guarantee that I wouldn't find it funny to start working through celebrity mugshots until I finally got suspended for wearing a picture of Harold Shipman

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

10 minutes ago, Quark said:

There's no way I could guarantee that I wouldn't find it funny to start working through celebrity mugshots until I finally got suspended for wearing a picture of Harold Shipman

Or Jack Nicholson in The Shining, perhaps.

On a real note, I think it's a lovely and wise thing to do. It must be very scary and traumatising for patients to be in the situation that they are in, and I think this move would 'soften' the patients perception of their predicament. Les panic and fear etc.

[Ayrshire Chris]

some new borns  who have  a room with a view! 

[Wellyboot]

3 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

some new borns  who have  a room with a view! 

Oh how adorable!!!!  

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

[Spindles]

Wholesome news from a BBC article about sex workers struggling in the current situation:

StripChat, for example, is handing out hundreds of free tokens to new viewers worldwide, enough for each recipient to pay a sex worker for a 10-minute private session.

"By acting as a central bank, we can increase the money supply and help the new wave of performers survive the crisis," Max says.

"We've also doubled our payouts to our Italian models.

"As a social network of over 60 million people a month, we have a tremendous platform to [help] keep users off the streets."

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

5 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

some new borns  who have  a room with a view! 

It's not fair. I want to be where you are. 

[Spindles]

It's easy to be jealous of that view for sure.  Out of my back window I look onto an industrial unit and throughout the summer there is one REALLY loud bloke who talks seemingly constantly to the level that it's all you can hear in the garden, even in headphones, and he's one of those blokes who feels he can talk with authority on any subject.  Where I've had to overhear through lack of being able to escape the sound and he's talked about subjects I have knowledge in I am confident in saying that he is absolutely full of shit.  He also starts most sentences with 'Actually' and in the 20 years I've lived here has been the unwelcome soundtrack of my summers.  I've loved the peace in the garden these last few weeks, even though the view hasn't improved.

[Ayrshire Chris]

38 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

It's not fair. I want to be where you are. 

Yes we are incredibly lucky with the country walks and almost deserted shore promenade within our exercise time. Though appearances can be deceptive, it’s still woolly hats and gloves time! Also we get the highest rainfall in this area so days like this morning are not all that common.   I only wish I was sitting on top of the Tor looking over the Somerset levels towards Pilton. That’s my fav view that just gives me so much tranquility! 

Edited April 7, 2020 by Ayrshire Chris

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 minute ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Yes we are incredibly lucky with the country walks and almost deserted shore promenade within our exercise time. Though appearances can be deceptive, it’s still woolly hats and gloves time! Also we get the highest rainfall in this area so days like this morning are not all that common.   I only wish I was sitting on top of the Tor looking over the Somerset levels towards Pilton. That’s my fav view that just gives me so much tranquility! 

Yeah, I've been on top of the Tor. Apart from the view you get, there's also (or was in my case) a deep spirituality about the place, and a connection with times long gone by. I was really moved when I went there.

As an aside, when I went there, it was because I had been to a wedding in the area, and promised to take the groom's brother there on our way back to Birmingham. He was a funny sort of bloke, and a self declared white witch. Anyway, when we got down from the Tor we started our way home in my dad's car ( a maroon Ford Escort Estate). I turned on the radio while the white witch smoked dope. Then on the radio came a news bulletin that the police were hunting two suspected IRA terrorists in a maroon Ford Escort Estate in the Shepton Mallet area. So there we were, in the same type of car which was registered to my dad (an Irishman with an Irish surname), and in that area. This wouldn't have been such an issue had this white witch not had so many drugs on him. Anyway, we weren't stopped but the chaos theory of it all was a little spooky.

[Spindles]

22 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

I only wish I was sitting on top of the Tor looking over the Somerset levels towards Pilton. That’s my fav view that just gives me so much tranquility! 

I've rewatched a few Glastonbury sets over the last few weeks and there is always that shot, of the Pyramid with the Tor off to the right in the background, a gradient of brilliant gold to darkening red as the day is giving way to the night, perfect summer skies.  The camera will pull back from the view slowly to the crowd shot, with the site laid out lit behind it.  Best view in the world, just the best and I look forward to the lump in my throat the next time I get to be stood amongst friends and smiling faces taking it in once again.

[Crazyfool01]

only 442 days to go .... seems an age at the moment( it isn't )  ..... but think of those smiles to come ..   

[fred quimby]

1 hour ago, Spindles said:

It's easy to be jealous of that view for sure.  Out of my back window I look onto an industrial unit and throughout the summer there is one REALLY loud bloke who talks seemingly constantly to the level that it's all you can hear in the garden, even in headphones, and he's one of those blokes who feels he can talk with authority on any subject.  Where I've had to overhear through lack of being able to escape the sound and he's talked about subjects I have knowledge in I am confident in saying that he is absolutely full of shit.  He also starts most sentences with 'Actually' and in the 20 years I've lived here has been the unwelcome soundtrack of my summers.  I've loved the peace in the garden these last few weeks, even though the view hasn't improved.

I wonder if you will ever find out it is actually an inner voice talking away

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

57 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

I wonder if you will ever find out it is actually an inner voice talking away

The black bats, the black bats, they're everywhere. Can't you see them, can't you see them?

[Crazyfool01]

My own rainbow build ... 

[Ayrshire Chris]

22 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

My own rainbow build ... 

Lovely, take it that is plasticine! Todays cheer up picture already posted. Lambs! My sensitive side is showing today!  

[Crazyfool01]

3 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Lovely, take it that is plasticine! Todays cheer up picture already posted. Lambs! My sensitive side is showing today!  

Lamb ... sounds lovely ... oh hang on ... oven bake modelling clay 

[oneeye]

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, oneeye said:

Little tip ... try shortly after midnight if you can .. that’s when the Asda ones become available .. enjoy the mince pies  

[oneeye]

32 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Little tip ... try shortly after midnight if you can .. that’s when the Asda ones become available .. enjoy the mince pies  

The one problem there cf1 is remaining sober enough for midnight, or awake 😂😂

Thanks though for your insider top tip, the secret is out 😎

[oneeye]

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

My own rainbow build ... 

I love the smell of plasticine and grass 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, oneeye said:

I love the smell of plasticine and grass 

Shame it’s neither  modelling clay and fake grass