I seem to recall that years ago there was a thread where people would say what they were going to do/had done over the weekend. And being the nosey git I am, I thought I'd make a new one.
This weekend I'll be washing the cars and then it's off to town for a mates leaving do. Followed by a day in bed regretting how much I had to drink. Can't wait :D
Sleeping after an 80-90 hour week, including the sleeper to London and then a couple of days in Aberdeen
Sleeping after an 80-90 hour week, including the sleeper to London and then a couple of days in Aberdeen
Con. How'd that happen
Plan for this weekend was to chill out at home with the kids, probably wash the car.
Now flying to Dublin tomorrow morning to see my dad, as he's in hospital following a fall earlier today (he's fine, in terms of effects of the fall - it's the reason for the fall where the concern lies) - flying back on Monday afternoon.
Hope everything's okay there Dave. In our thoughts mate.
Weekend plan A: Marking, washing, planning, reading this weeks tooth.
Weekend revised plan: Marking, washing, planning, nursing sick bairns, not reading this week's tooth 'cos it was a nosho! :'(
All the best Dave. I know how worrying that can be.
I spent today with my dad visiting some family friends. They're more like an uncle and aunt to me really, although we're not related. I knew them growing up and we would visit pretty regularly, although that stopped in later years. (Nobody fell out. The friendship is picked up right where it left off, whenever we meet. Just circumstances. You know how life is.)
It was great seeing them, and their daughter and her family. (She's 8 or 9 years older than me and has aged very well. Actually they all have.) Nice time hanging at their respective homes and wandering around the town in the time in between.
Tomorrow I might meet another friend, if he fills up to it. He came down unwell today/last night. I don't think it's serious, but he did text to a ask for an NHS advice number, which is a bit worrying. (A quick Google later I found '111', the number for stuff that may be serious but not life threatening. He's mainly been feeling nauseas.) He is a bit of a paranoid type though, and hyper-sensitive in some ways, so it's difficult to tell with him, how difficult a situation is. Not a lot I could do for him, but as he has the number, he can act as he sees fit.
Just reading this now, hope all's for the best with your da Dave. Z
Accompanied my girlfriend to a cycle shop so that they could replace the brake cables and pedals and do a general tune-up. Bought some wind-up daleks and a variety of chilli jams while we were waiting. Came back home, watched lots of Lord of the Rings.
Cheers lads - back from Dublin now. As I said, no direct side effects of the fall - but unfortunately the reason he fell is because both of feet are badly infected. We've managed to pinpoint it back to a cut he got over 3 years ago which he never got treated properly (he was prescribed a cream to use to keep it clean but chose not to get it because it cost 50 euro a pop)
He's kept the problem hidden from us (mainly my 2 sisters and my brother, seeing as I'm over in the UK) since then - any walking issues he had were due to tight shoes, or a bad back and so on.
Long story short - he's now in hospital awaiting surgery to continue cleaning things up but is likely to end up with something being amputated. Best case - it's a single toe on the left foot. Worst case - he'll lose the left leg below the knee. Right leg is in slightly better shape, but still a possible amputation there.
In slightly better news, I discovered that I'm still more than capable of chucking over 10 pints of Guinness down my throat on a Sunday night...which scared me :lol:
Glad to hear it wasn't worse, Dave, although still rough. My father had virtually the same problem last year (although in his case diabetes is a factor), and ended up spending weeks in hospital and losing a middle toe and a bit of his foot to osteomylites, all because (despite all our efforts) he refused to properly manage what was originally a minor infection from a cut he got walking on the beach. He too was given a prognosis of losing a lot more of his leg, but fingers crossed the limited amputation seems to have sorted it. He has his full mobility back and takes care of his feet a lot more seriously now. Hopefully the same will apply to your Dad.
Yeah, the nurses at the hospital said that it's not an unusual thing at all for them to see. Will know more tomorrow as my sisters are meeting the doctors/surgeons in the morning to discuss what will be happening.
And you've just reminded me - he's been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes as a result of this, so it probably was a factor.
Have to say - the care he is getting at the Mater is amazing, as is the new hospital building itself. Can't fault them at all.
Hope things have improved for your father, Dave.
Yesterday I was low on energy but decided to meet up with some friends for a drink. Turns out that one guy who I've known for years was an extra in the 95 Judge Dredd movie. He had quite a lot to say about a certain actor who had a very bad reputation for how he would treat people on set.
Quote from: SuperSurfer on 31 January, 2016, 11:56:27 PM
Yesterday I was low on energy but decided to meet up with some friends for a drink. Turns out that one guy who I've known for years was an extra in the 95 Judge Dredd movie. He had quite a lot to say about a certain actor who had a very bad reputation for how he would treat people on set.
Yeah, I've heard Max von Sydow can be a primadonna.
Quote from: CalHab on 01 February, 2016, 01:54:47 PM
Yeah, I've heard Max von Sydow can be a primadonna.
The other one. He would hi-ex extras off the set for hardly any reason at all.
Quote from: SuperSurfer on 01 February, 2016, 02:24:28 PM
The other one. He would hi-ex extras off the set for hardly any reason at all.
Rob Schneider? Jürgen Prochnow?
Rob Schneider is many things but I would never have taken him for an arse hole.
Quote from: CalHab on 02 February, 2016, 09:51:54 AM
Quote from: SuperSurfer on 01 February, 2016, 02:24:28 PM
The other one. He would hi-ex extras off the set for hardly any reason at all.
Rob Schneider? Jürgen Prochnow?
No. The little 'un.
This weekend I will mostly be in New York.
Yay!
This weekend I will be looking for somewhere to live, packing my things and walking up a big hill :D
This weekend i'm heading down to Scapa Flow to do my TecRec40 course. Let's go deep!
Quote from: SuperSurfer on 31 January, 2016, 11:56:27 PM
Hope things have improved for your father, Dave.
Thanks mate - slight improvement, relayed to me by sister, in that he looks healthier (he's still in hospital, and likely to be for a few weeks) and he hasn't had a smoke in over 2 weeks (since the day of the fall)
He's had a scan on his head (to ensure that fall didn't cause a problem) and all clear there. And his heart & lungs are fine - especially for a man who has been smoking since he was 12 and is now 78. Unfortunately the diabetes treatement has had to move from metformin pills to insulin injections, so he's on that for the rest of his life.
As far as his legs are concerned, they are still feeding him antibiotics and performing daily cleaning rituals - and edging closer to time for surgery. They've moved him from a general ward back to a surgical ward, so it could be any day soon that he will be in for that.
This weekend, I will be mostly playing with my kids as I've not had much time recently to do it and we've got lots of catch up to do :D
At least he's being looked after now.
I'm on the train to Geneva. Four days snowboarding in Les Carroz d'Arraches. Spitting feathers as I accidentally lost four cans while changing trains.
Well, here's some news that has brightened the weekend up: just got an update on the plan for the next few days with Dad....he has been moved on to the surgical ward for the next round of treatment which will begin on Tuesday. The antibiotics and cleaning have done such a good job that they are not currently considering any amputation at all. So, what is the treatment on the surgical ward going to be?
MAGGOTS - he'll be getting a bag of 'baby' maggots attached to his legs on Tuesday and they'll be having a munch from then on, and they'll see where things lie after a few days of that. They may even introduce leeches.
The wonders of modern medicine, eh?
Six Nations rugby for me.
Quote from: DaveGYNWA on 05 February, 2016, 07:44:24 PM
Well, here's some news that has brightened the weekend up: just got an update on the plan for the next few days with Dad....he has been moved on to the surgical ward for the next round of treatment which will begin on Tuesday. The antibiotics and cleaning have done such a good job that they are not currently considering any amputation at all. So, what is the treatment on the surgical ward going to be?
MAGGOTS - he'll be getting a bag of 'baby' maggots attached to his legs on Tuesday and they'll be having a munch from then on, and they'll see where things lie after a few days of that. They may even introduce leeches.
The wonders of modern medicine, eh?
While I have heard of maggots being used as treatment for putrifying flesh (as in, they get rid of it) I never thought modern medicine would use them, no. But hey, if they work...
Incidentally, aren't maggots by their very nature kind of babies? Or these are a particularly small breed, or maybe they are smaller when newly hatched....
Concerning what I'm doing this weekend:
I'm going to meet a mate soon for a coffee and (possibly) a beer. I also have a chore that really need doing as I've put it off a good while... (Changing bed and vacuuming room, in case you're interested. Lots of stuff to pick up off the floor first though.)
At some point I need to finish off my entry to the story competition thread. First draft is done but there is a bit to add, and a LOT to remove.
Tomorrow, maybe church.
Wallowing in my own crapulence after some poor choices of bargain alcohol. And poor choices generally.
Quote from: Mardroid on 06 February, 2016, 02:36:08 PM
....or maybe they are smaller when newly hatched....
They're ickle until they've had some nom nom nom and thus appear as we more commonly know them. I'm still amazed that it's a treatment - but hey, if it works then all good.
Felt cooped up and stuffy today so got a tram up to Heaton Park and had a bracing 90 minute stomp around the park and woods in the rain, followed by a few pints with the Saturday newspaper in a local boozer.
Bought a steak on the way home, which I've just noshed with mash and carrots, and I can feel a nap coming on...
Quote from: Dandontdare on 06 February, 2016, 09:24:04 PM
Felt cooped up and stuffy today so got a tram up to Heaton Park and had a bracing 90 minute stomp around the park and woods in the rain, followed by a few pints with the Saturday newspaper in a local boozer.
Bought a steak on the way home, which I've just noshed with mash and carrots, and I can feel a nap coming on...
Mildly jealous of you DDD! I'm long due a bit of down time rather than all the mad rushing about that seem's to sum up my life right now.
Scapa Flow was excellent, at first. But a slight incident this afternoon involving a diver (not with us and i'm in no real position to disclose details) put pay to us going out this afternoon. Hope tomorrow turns out better before the long drive home.
Quote from: DaveGYNWA on 06 February, 2016, 08:30:33 PM
.....but hey, if it works then all good.
Unfortunately, 2 rounds of maggot therapy hasn't worked as hoped and they are now preparing my dad for surgery on Wednesday to amputate (best case) his big toe and it's neighbour on his left foot or (worst case) his leg below the knee.
Shouldagonefortheleeches!!!!
Sorry tdelete read that Dave.
Accompanied the missus (well, we're not married, but we live together) to a cycle shop where a bike she'd ordered was customised while we waited. This is the first proper, full-featured bike she's ever ridden (previous one (Gnipper) was an old one on loan from a friend, bit rusty, only had ten gears - one before that (Little Whippet) was a folding bike which made her knees hurt and only had seven gears). This one has 21 gears and she's found that she can actually ride up hills on it. This one is called Hasufel, after the horse from Lord of the Rings which Judge Dredd loans to Aragorn.
Well I have had a weekend of highs and lows. Started well on Friday night going to watch Wales beat France and having multiple beers and a tidy steak dinner to boot!
Saturday involved me going shopping and buying a lovely bottle of wine, which then proceeded to fall through a very poor quality carrier bag and onto my foot before shattering. I now have purple stained jeans and what I believe is a broken toe, as toe is double size, deep purple and rather painful. I did get a replacement bottle of wine though free of charge!!
I am in work today till 12, then an afternoon of sketching and drawing is planned for a project I am currently working on. :)
Get that toe checked. Don't do what I did, after a fall couple of years back. Nothing. My injury didn't seem bad at all. A week after hurting my hand, I could lift things, no problem, so I figured it was just bruised. So how come 2 years on my wrist still aches on occasion? Not a bad injury obviously, but there was probably a bit more damage than I thought.
Sheridan, I love that your missus names her bikes.
This weekend, I didn't do much in the morning apart from line up/relocate some model ships in my Star Trek Eaglemoss collection to accommodate the Enterprise B that recently arrived, along with a klingon raptor*
I spent much of the afternoon in Bromley doing a spot of shopping in physical shop (my older sweatshirts are getting a bit tight. Yes I need to lose a bit. Middle age catching up on me.) and online catching some cut price deals at 2000Ad shop.
I then spent hours in Starbucks and later the pub on my laptop paring down a short story I wrote for the Jan/Feb competition on this very forum. I managed to get it down to around 515 words. I think it loses some foreshadowing and turn of phrase and some comedy elements but the snipping down process was still kinda fun. I have the longer version which I might put on a blog after the competition, after a bit of editting.
I left pub around 11:30 pm. I only had 2 pints in all that time. My head was in the task at hand for a large portion of that evening. Thinking about it, I must have been in that pub for over four hours! Dear me. Hope the staff don't hate me.
Today, I've done little apart from having a nice breakfast. This afternoon, I have an overdue opticians appointment. Then i will likely meet a friend in a neighbouring district and do a task for him and have a chat/coffee.
*STAR TREK SHIP MODEL COLLECTION WAFFLE ALERT SO SKIP IF YOU'RE UNINTERESTED:
Cool thing is, the Enterprise B model is not just a replica of the Exelsior with the name and NCC number changed. It is of course very similar being the same class ship but the saucer section is slightly larger and there are other subtle differences. There is some bleeding of the paint on the text on the saucer section, but it's a really nice model.
I am not collecting all the ships by the way. I've decided to confine myself to the main series ships, all the Enterprises (with the possible exception of the future one, (was it NCC-1701-J?) that appeared in an episode of Enterprise where archer has a quick jaunt into the future. That's if it comes out. I probably won't get the ISS Enterprise from the dark parallel universe either, but I might change my mind about that.) and the Klingon and Romulan vessels. So I'm nearly complete. I just need the Enterpise C and E (on order, but currently out of stock) the Defiant and that Romulan warbird that featured in Nemesis. And possibly the larger Abrams film enterprise model. I might skip the small klingon D4 ship. (I wonder why they supervised that one?) It's a lovely model but it doesnt look klingon to me.
Quote from: Mardroid on 28 February, 2016, 02:26:14 PM
Sheridan, I love that your missus names her bikes.
I also name mine - current one is Rhaegal, previous one was Ruby, through a convoluted naming process involving the previous owner having taken a red bike and painting it black.
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This weekend, I didn't do much in the morning apart from line up/relocate some model ships in my Star Trek Eaglemoss collection to accommodate the Enterprise B that recently arrived, along with a klingon raptor*
*STAR TREK SHIP MODEL COLLECTION WAFFLE ALERT SO SKIP IF YOU'RE UNINTERESTED:
Cool thing is, the Enterprise B model is not just a replica of the Exelsior with the name and NCC number changed. It is of course very similar being the same class ship but the saucer section is slightly larger and there are other subtle differences. There is some bleeding of the paint on the text on the saucer section, but it's a really nice model.
I am not collecting all the ships by the way. I've decided to confine myself to the main series ships, all the Enterprises (with the possible exception of the future one, (was it NCC-1701-J?) that appeared in an episode of Enterprise where archer has a quick jaunt into the future. That's if it comes out. I probably won't get the ISS Enterprise from the dark parallel universe either, but I might change my mind about that.) and the Klingon and Romulan vessels. So I'm nearly complete. I just need the Enterpise C and E (on order, but currently out of stock) the Defiant and that Romulan warbird that featured in Nemesis. And possibly the larger Abrams film enterprise model. I might skip the small klingon D4 ship. (I wonder why they supervised that one?) It's a lovely model but it doesnt look klingon to me.
No idea whether it's Eaglemoss or not, but a friend of mine was selling Star Trek models recently. He's due to be at a local BnB that I'll be attending tomorrow, so I'll investigate (there's no way on earth I'm going to remember exactly what it is you're on the lookout for, but if I'm lucky I'll think to remember the name Eaglemoss). Both friend and BnB are in North London.
Thanks Sheridan. Much appreciated.
If he is selling the Defiant that would be cool. Preferably with the magazine, but if he isn't selling that i'll source that separately elsewhere. (Lots of mags on eBay...)
I'm off to That London in the morning for a couple of nights.
I'll be doing my usual trek round the big galleries and the British Museum, a few drinks around Camden, and I've got a ticket to a show I've wanted to see since 1979, Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds! (Hologram Liam Neeson replaces hologram Richard Burton, David Essex is back and Jimmy Nail takes the preacher role. Oh and there's a Sugarbabe in there too somewhere).
Quote from: Dandontdare on 11 March, 2016, 09:11:11 PM...I've got a ticket to a show I've wanted to see since 1979, Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds! (Hologram Liam Neeson replaces hologram Richard Burton, David Essex is back and Jimmy Nail takes the preacher role. Oh and there's a Sugarbabe in there too somewhere).
Haven't seen the new one, but the Burton hologram version was a terrific show. We got Jennifer Ellison when we went, but a Sugababe sounds good (although it doesn't really narrow things down that much). Enjoy!
For myself, work, work and more work, and in the boring bits continue my quest to learn C++. Right now I'm sozzled on the universal prophylactic of cheap plonk while celebrating finding a 17th C well, so all is good.
Board game weekend! Can't wait.
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 11 March, 2016, 11:20:20 PM
Board game weekend! Can't wait.
What games are getting played?
ESTYN (Welsh version of OFSTED) in next week so major planning and admin shit weekend. Especially seeing as we're still in special measures. Plus the usual running kids around various activities and washing / ironing.
Break at some point to read and savour the tooth.
Hey ho!
Quote from: Tordelback on 11 March, 2016, 11:11:26 PM
Right now I'm sozzled on the universal prophylactic of cheap plonk while celebrating finding a 17th C well, so all is good.
As in a well for drawing water? I have a friend who is interested in historic wells. May be misremembering, but I
think he's written a book on the subject.
(edit) yep - quick google reveals he's written one book on holy wells and a number of pamphlets on wells by county.
Quote from: Tordelback on 11 March, 2016, 11:11:26 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 11 March, 2016, 09:11:11 PM...I've got a ticket to a show I've wanted to see since 1979, Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds! (Hologram Liam Neeson replaces hologram Richard Burton, David Essex is back and Jimmy Nail takes the preacher role. Oh and there's a Sugarbabe in there too somewhere).
Haven't seen the new one, but the Burton hologram version was a terrific show. We got Jennifer Ellison when we went, but a Sugababe sounds good (although it doesn't really narrow things down that much). Enjoy!
Well that was a very entertaining show. They'd added a couple of sub-standard songs, mainly to give the stars a chance to get involved beyond their own set-piece numbers. They were cheesy west-end musical type things - one near the beginning was about how lovely everything is (before it all goes to hell) and involved dozens of cute children holding candles. :sick:
Michael "Robin Hood" Praed was good in the main role, as was Jimmy Nail's parson. Daniel Bedingfield (the artilleryman) could sing and dance but he's a truly
awful actor - I was surprised Essex didn't come running across the stage to punch him in the head every time he monotoned through one of his classic lines. Essex himself was playing "the Voice of Humanity" (no, me neither) which means that he got to mime heroically in the crowd scenes and sing Thunderchild.
There were a couple of moments of unintended comedy - When the rubber alien rises slowly from the cylinder, I don't think it was supposed to elicit quite so many giggles; and moments after the Sugarbabe, playing the parson's wife, was killed, she reappeared flying across the stage on wires in ghostly whites to deliver one last "no, Nathaniel..."
I'm sure the band and orchestra are capable of playing all the songs adequately well and in the right order without Jeff "the super-ego" Wayne bouncing around on his little podium waving his arms around. I've never seen a performer milk the final bows so much, and the programme notes make him sounds like he invented modern music.
On the Sunday, I did the National Portrait gallery and the science museum (I did fancy the cosmonauts exhibition, but it cost quite a bit and there's plenty to see in the main exhibition). Followed up by a stuff-yer-face chinese buffet and bit of a Camden pub-crawl.
Sounds like a cracking weekender, DDD. Wayne's WotW is on almost constant repeat at the local dive centre, me and Matt can't listen to it enough but neither of us have ever seen it live though we keep threatening to go.
Good to hear, DDD. Do we have an ID on the Sugababe yet?
Quote from: sheridan on 13 March, 2016, 03:00:33 AM
As in a well for drawing water? I have a friend who is interested in historic wells. May be misremembering, but I think he's written a book on the subject.
Aye, a drystone-lined hand-dug water well, over 6m deep, hollow timber pipes surviving for a later pump and everything. In a very public place and yet completely missing from any available records. Very exciting! If you like that sort of thing. Who's your friend Sheridan, sounds prolific!
Quote from: Tordelback on 15 March, 2016, 01:15:29 PM
Good to hear, DDD. Do we have an ID on the Sugababe yet?
Heidi Range apparently, which sounds more like an Ikea stove - I've mislaid my Eye Spy Guide to Sugarbabes, so I wouldn't have recognised her!
Quote from: Dandontdare on 15 March, 2016, 01:32:04 PM
Quote from: Tordelback on 15 March, 2016, 01:15:29 PM
Good to hear, DDD. Do we have an ID on the Sugababe yet?
Heidi Range apparently, which sounds more like an Ikea stove - I've mislaid my Eye Spy Guide to Sugarbabes, so I wouldn't have recognised her!
Wow, a Wave 2 Sugababe, and an Atomic Kitten to boot!
The Cosh in the wild on a recent weekend:
(http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii544/TheCosh/PublicShare/IMG_20160305_134558_zpsnmi7lovf.jpg)
Quote from: Tordelback on 11 March, 2016, 11:11:26 PM
For myself, work, work and more work, and in the boring bits continue my quest to learn C++.
Out of interest, what made you choose C++? I guess easy availability of free compiler and masses of mature material on the internet will be a help but you're throwing yourself in at the deep end a bit.
Quote from: Tordelback on 15 March, 2016, 01:36:53 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 15 March, 2016, 01:32:04 PM
Quote from: Tordelback on 15 March, 2016, 01:15:29 PM
Good to hear, DDD. Do we have an ID on the Sugababe yet?
Heidi Range apparently, which sounds more like an Ikea stove - I've mislaid my Eye Spy Guide to Sugarbabes, so I wouldn't have recognised her!
Wow, a Wave 2 Sugababe, and an Atomic Kitten to boot!
I wouldn't be able to tell her apart from Nicole Appleton either, but wasn't she the first replacement Sugababe?
Like every right-thinking person I've had a well-worn vinyl copy of War of the Worlds since I was about 5 years old. It's the kind of thing I'd be very wary of going to see in case it spoiled the magic but sounds like a grand day out anyway.
I had that Action Man.
Quote from: The Cosh on 15 March, 2016, 01:38:53 PM
Out of interest, what made you choose C++? I guess easy availability of free compiler and masses of mature material on the internet will be a help but you're throwing yourself in at the deep end a bit.
It's all the deep end.
Well, it is for me. C++ mainly because I'm working on Arduino with my son's Coderdojo, and it's the parent of that language and so much else, and I just feel the need for a better grasp of the basics. No intention of doing anything serious or going very far with it so I feel no pressure, but as you say there is an abundance of free IDEs and compilers, and (so far) solid tutorials. It's nicely brain-occupying, and even the bit I've picked up to date has proved enlightening in understanding conventions that formerly mystified.
Quote from: The Cosh on 15 March, 2016, 01:38:53 PM
Out of interest, what made you choose C++? I guess easy availability of free compiler and masses of mature material on the internet will be a help but you're throwing yourself in at the deep end a bit.
Which language would you suggest?
C++ was my main programming language in my Software Engineer days. It's a good powerful language to learn, but arguably not the easiest for a lot of people. I didn't find the main stuff that difficult, but I think my mind might be wired that way. Not that I'm especially intelligent. I remember taking a business class as part of my Computing Science degree, and while I passed, a lot of it went over my head. So not much intelligence as a way of thinking. Programming is logical, so my mind can follow it. Business theory seemed a lot more abstract (it probably wasn't, I just wasn't all that interested so my mind didn't absorb it) so kinda fluked it. My project involving team work probably helped.
I like Java too, which is pretty much based on C++ but probably a bit easier.
I haven't programmed for years, and I haven't kept up with developments so I'm not sure what the main thing is nowadays but I think Java is still pretty strong. But I think C++ is still strong too, particularly amongst Linux users but dont quote me on that.
This weekend, I'm supposed to be meeting up with a friend. She wanted to arrange something for today or tomorrow as it's my birthday tomorrow, but I haven't heard from her yet. I suspect she has forgotten. I don't really blame her for that. She has a lot on her mind. I'm not sure I should remind a person when they might end up insisting on paying and they should save their money. Not that I want anything other than a drink and maybe a quiet meal which I'd be happy to pay for. And I'll admit I'm worried she just can't be bothered or changed her mind. I'd rather she had just forgot, if that was the case.
But I'll probably contact her this evening if she doesn't contact me first. Give her benefit of the doubt and maybe arrange something tomorrow or later. At the least I can check she is okay.
I am meeting another friend a bit later today anyway. Nothing birthday related (I kept it quiet and only told my other friend because she enquired as she knew it was soon) , we usually meet for a coffee each week. And probably to watch rugby at the pub today. ( More accurately, he'll watch and I'll do stuff on phone or read.) Thinking of catching a film at the cinema on my way home. I haven't seen Deadpool yet.
So, I pretty much have this evening planned. Tomorrow, possibly church, and maybe I'll meet up with my other friend. If I don't I'll probably end up binging on Death Note and Daredevil series 2. I'll probably watch a bit of Netflix tonight as well actually.
Happy birthday Mardroid. Hope you are having a good one.
Aye, happy birthday Mardroid! Hope it's gone well.
HP to u Mandroid.
Thanks guys.
I never met up with that friend in the end. But I did happen to see another friend after the church. She was going out to dinner with a bunch of her friends and invited me along. We went to a New York Italian Restaurant in Greenwich. I had a steak dinner.
It was nice.
There was a really embarrassing moment after they informed the staff it was my birthday. Cue blaring Happy Birthday through the speakers, and people looking round... and the staff bringing a blob of ice cream with a candle... Really cringewworthy but sweet of them.
Quote from: Tordelback on 15 March, 2016, 01:15:29 PM
Aye, a drystone-lined hand-dug water well, over 6m deep, hollow timber pipes surviving for a later pump and everything. In a very public place and yet completely missing from any available records. Very exciting! If you like that sort of thing. Who's your friend Sheridan, sounds prolific!
James Rattue (http://amzn.to/1XL8zdU) (link to amazon search results, but various books and pamphlets were the top ten results).
Quote from: Mardroid on 21 March, 2016, 06:02:30 PM
I never met up with that friend in the end. But I did happen to see another friend after the church. She was going out to dinner with a bunch of her friends and invited me along. We went to a New York Italian Restaurant in Greenwich. I had a steak dinner.
That rings a bell - is it on the gyratory system? If so I may have been there myself about five years ago. Reminds me that I haven't been to Greenwich for quite some time.[/quote]
Quote from: sheridan on 22 March, 2016, 11:12:48 PM
Quote from: Mardroid on 21 March, 2016, 06:02:30 PM
I never met up with that friend in the end. But I did happen to see another friend after the church. She was going out to dinner with a bunch of her friends and invited me along. We went to a New York Italian Restaurant in Greenwich. I had a steak dinner.
That rings a bell - is it on the gyratory system? If so I may have been there myself about five years ago. Reminds me that I haven't been to Greenwich for quite some time.
It's pretty close to the Cutty Sark. Which isn't saying much as there are a few in that location.
One Google later, it was Frankie and Benny's (http://www.frankieandbennys.com/).