Yup, no complaints from me. I've found out why it sold when it did. It was the Queen and Paddington. Paddington is very high profile at the moment, it was around the time when Queenie would have been 100 and there was an Antiques Roadshow special which featured a piece with the actual artist and the picture was shown. The prints weren't valued but the buyer must have seen it and gone hunting.
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Just had an email from Anglian Water about the new bill, £27 in credit. They will drop the DD down by £3
Have you ever thought about bottling some of the water and reselling it on as
"tony's spring water ?"
Charge £2.50 per bottle
Yes, but the market's flooded already
I was never into clubbing but I went on a YT binge of late 90s+ Euphoric dance music, used to really enjoy it, even when I discovered ‘heavy music’ around 2001.
I guess it’s bittersweet, nostalgia can be a double edged sword. Still, happy I rediscovered so many tracks I forgot about.
Got ‘wide open space’ doing loops in my head now.
I guess it’s bittersweet, nostalgia can be a double edged sword. Still, happy I rediscovered so many tracks I forgot about.
Got ‘wide open space’ doing loops in my head now.
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Just had my payrise and bonus confirmed. Pay rise of 3.2% so just above inflation, can't complain. Bonus 13.2% that will be fantastic bit of extra cash as I have a few expenses to cover.
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I mowed the lawns yesterday, in the rain*, and things were looking gloomy, chums.
This morning - dramatic curtain opening - grass looking like a commercial. Hell yeah!
* I know, rookie mistake but unavoidable
This morning - dramatic curtain opening - grass looking like a commercial. Hell yeah!
* I know, rookie mistake but unavoidable
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i haven't given up yet, and i'm still trying.
also bonus this month yay
also bonus this month yay
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^^ Hell yeah and keep on keeping on*, right?
* high five and awkward fist bump but you went to shake hands oh no and it looks like I punched you, which I did not mean to do, oh gosh.
* high five and awkward fist bump but you went to shake hands oh no and it looks like I punched you, which I did not mean to do, oh gosh.
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Do you remember the news article about a male jogger who pushed a woman over on a London bridge back in 2017, where a bus driver with superb reactions swerved to miss her head?
They apparently arrested a bloke ~9 years later!
www.bbc.co.uk
They apparently arrested a bloke ~9 years later!
Arrest over push of woman into bus's path in Putney in 2017
A 44-year-old man is in custody over the incident where a woman appeared to be shoved into the path of a bus.
www.bbc.co.uk
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i learned that DIY can be an experience as a guy
https://www.reddit.com/r/funnyvideos/s/fhipZFWw9K
and you should expect the unexpected and always double check your work or suffer consequences
https://www.reddit.com/r/funnyvideos/s/fhipZFWw9K
and you should expect the unexpected and always double check your work or suffer consequences
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After a gentle reminder about my weight at my annual health check I have just survived my first Thirsty Thursday without drinking Just need the impetous to climb back on the old cross trainer and put some movement back in this tired old body.
Wish me luck
Just need the impetous to climb back on the old cross trainer and put some movement back in this tired old body.Wish me luck
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"anything you can conceive and believe you can achieve" @Fluffybob
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I just got te washing in, lifted the washing basket and there was a cute little slow worm under it.
I love my garden.
I love my garden.
Working for a small independent company for 10 years in a job that i really really liked, met some wonderful customers and built a great rapport with all of them over the years.
Within the last 8 months everything changed, it got worse and worse. Dropped down to 30 hours per week (Instead of 40hours), 2 out of 4 people left, and still tried my best to remain professional and do my job 100% even though i know its failing. Bosses are just useless and terrible, incredibly reactive and not proactive.
My sister got diagnosed with cancer as well. Its been tough. Really ******* tough. She's a proper proper good egg. Like a bloody legend.
But the good news............
My sisters cancer is under control and she will be alright. And i had an interview (Finally) and got offered the job pretty much there and then.
Life can be a right **** at times, and we are allowed to lose focus and control. But eventually it turns around. From this i hope for the people that are in a bit of **** at the moment, it turns around for you.
Within the last 8 months everything changed, it got worse and worse. Dropped down to 30 hours per week (Instead of 40hours), 2 out of 4 people left, and still tried my best to remain professional and do my job 100% even though i know its failing. Bosses are just useless and terrible, incredibly reactive and not proactive.
My sister got diagnosed with cancer as well. Its been tough. Really ******* tough. She's a proper proper good egg. Like a bloody legend.
But the good news............
My sisters cancer is under control and she will be alright. And i had an interview (Finally) and got offered the job pretty much there and then.
Life can be a right **** at times, and we are allowed to lose focus and control. But eventually it turns around. From this i hope for the people that are in a bit of **** at the moment, it turns around for you.
Well I don't how this happened but after years of online dating and not really getting anywhere with it I was about to give up and trow in the towel with it all until some random woman messages me and we got chatting only to find that we both have a lot in common and I mean a lot. I don't know what she looks like so it be a blind date but I'm feeling hopeful about it. Its got me back on track for sure. Just need to get my place into shape next which I've been planning on doing anyway. Things are starting to look up and if the date goes well and we both like each other then I'll be a happy man.
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Stayed up all night for the solstice with my loved ones, bit angsty getting a barbecue together but had a great night in the end. Hopefully no mosquito bites! Looking forward to a very quiet Sunday