Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.

[Yorick]

Then Pen's gonna paint blue sea around each one

Nah, leave it as it is it look good, adding blue paint will look like you've left painters tape up

She's very artistic so gonna give it a go. If not happy, just splash some more white paint.

[Wreckless Rat]

"alexa say coffee bean 100 in welsh"

[Sadlonelygit]

Well today we had a good day/bad day.
Good day was finding out the Ren-0 cruise control cutting out is an earth related issue on the back light!
Bad news was we were supposedly taking the motorhome to Bordeaux to take our friend to the airport, but she developed what can only be described as a 'limp' en route, then lots of flashing cars behind us. Yep, the other rear tyre sidewall had delaminated, so had to turn around and crawl back. So up at 4am today to go to Merignac......might have a lie down now!

[Taipan]

I love fish but always seem to over cook it. But tonight, I pan fried a whole sea bass and got it bang on!

[Bigjawa]

Took Mental Fred to the vets as to go to the doggy headshrinkers he needs fully vaxxed. Since I got him, he's went from 20kg to 30kg and he's apparently in perfect physical condition according to the vet. He wasn't even badly behaved by his standards. Proud Mali Daddy here.

[Jody]

Watching my dog play with his new mate, despite my dog being 8 times the size of the other one.

[Jody]

It's the end of season, the guests have all left and yesterday the campsite owners treated us all to food and booze

[Ian]

Eating something I've grown, I hate gardening with a passion but I've just ate my second chili and it was lovely ( I know you've been eating yours all year but I didn't plant the seeds until the end of June ).
Gardening, whoda think it ! Retirement is creeping up on me.

[Skub]

Eating something I've grown, I hate gardening with a passion but I've just ate my second chili and it was lovely ( I know you've been eating yours all year but I didn't plant the seeds until the end of June ).
Gardening, whoda think it ! Retirement is creeping up on me.

You'll be twirling your dibbler like a pro before you know it.

[Noggin]

I finally got the Releve Informations Restrainte - or something like that - today. The bit of paper that confirms your driving licence and points etc, from the equivalent of DVLA.

Basically, I was about to get thrown off the course as I couldn't get it

I couldn't get it because the DVLA equivalent, despite giving me my licence in my legal name, have kept my old name on their system.

So whenever/however I tried to get this info, the computer would say a big fat NO - usually with the comment, your licence doesn't match our info.


This morning I left the revision class to go to the prefecture to see if they could help but they said no.

Then one of the other students mentioned a system called "L'Identié Numerique". I hadn't realised that you could scan an approved ID and then your face and they would connect you. Luckily my residency card counted as the approved ID. Did that at lunchtime and the app said it could take 24h to confirm.

BUT - got a message about 2 hours later to say that I was confirmed in the system. Then tried to do the request for the RIR and -

Holy FUCK - it only worked (really didn't expect it to as nothing else had!!). I think I surprised everyone in the revision room cos I was very very happy! LOL LOL


Sooooo - can relax a bit now cos I'm staying on the course. Just got to try not to stress about all the learning I have to do!!

[Yorick]

Through situations out of my control and some choices, I was never able to have kids, and subsequently grandkids.

But I've always had a special bond with my only nephew.
Today his daughter was born and I'm beaming like a loon. And a few little tears..

I can nearly imagine what it feels like to have kids and grandkids.

[ChrisW]

My eldest daughter's had a rough 2 or 3 years but started a job recently - a massive positive change for her. I had a message from her a little while ago and she just seems so happy that I was sobbing for half an hour. There were times that I couldn't have imagined something like this happening for her.

Bloody kids.

[Skub]

My eldest daughter's had a rough 2 or 3 years but started a job recently - a massive positive change for her. I had a message from her a little while ago and she just seems so happy that I was sobbing for half an hour. There were times that I couldn't have imagined something like this happening for her.

Bloody kids.

You never stop worrying about them,it's the work of a lifetime. I was 67 when my da died and he still worried about me riding bikes!

[gremlin]

I can nearly imagine what it feels like to have kids and grandkids.

To complete your experience I'm sending the Gremlinette over, so stock the fridge with wine and snacks, get ready to hand over cash and be prepared to acknowledge that you know virtually nothing and you have no taste in neither clothes nor music.

[demographic]

Walking past the mosque near my daughters house and its the first time since the Farage/Tommy Robinson induced riots when they haven't felt the need to have a couple of security guards outside the mosque to protect it from possible racist attack.
Well that and the fact that there was as much local support to them.
Well, it kind of reinforced my faith in humanity anyway

[Yorick]

Walking past the mosque near my daughters house and its the first time since the Farage/Tommy Robinson induced riots when they haven't felt the need to have a couple of security guards outside the mosque to protect it from possible racist attack.
Well that and the fact that there was as much local support to them.
Well, it kind of reinforced my faith in humanity anyway

I sort of infiltrated a scumbags racist FB group. They were all moaning about the police defending the mosques. They hadn't the brains to see why.
I waited a few days to learn a few things.
When I blurted out the obvious, they all turned nasty and I was banned.

Their hatred almost matched their stupidity.

[weeksy]

Through situations out of my control and some choices, I was never able to have kids, and subsequently grandkids.

But I've always had a special bond with my only nephew.
Today his daughter was born and I'm beaming like a loon. And a few little tears..

I can nearly imagine what it feels like to have kids and grandkids.

Don't be so harsh on yourself, we're not magicians or superbeings us parents, all we did was stick ourselves inside

By having that bond you're already an equal to the parents, i'd even argue better than a fair few based upon society today.

Take your win and run with it...

[Cousin Jack]

To complete your experience I'm sending the Gremlinette over, so stock the fridge with wine and snacks, get ready to hand over cash and be prepared to acknowledge that you know virtually nothing and you have no taste in neither clothes nor music.

Thanks but NO! Been there, done that, got one of my own!

Seriously she is still a teenager (or thereabouts). IME they get MUCH better with age.

[Pirahna]

Don't be so harsh on yourself

It's Yorick, be as harsh as you like.

[Yorick]

Don't be so harsh on yourself

It's Yorick, be as harsh as you like.

I'll get you at playtime.