What have you done today thread?

[Skub]

Got 4th place & 42 out of a possible 46 points at the Trivia doodad at the pub last night , then topped that by getting a twofer date this weekend with a couple of gals who appear to be about half my age

Keep an eye on your wallet,Pops.

[Count Steer]

Need a uniform and a firearm! (Or a tank? ).

Apparently a pencil will now do

I'm lethal at distance with a Tombow HB but for serious mayhem I use a propelling pencil.

[Mussels]

Got 4th place & 42 out of a possible 46 points at the Trivia doodad at the pub last night , then topped that by getting a twofer date this weekend with a couple of gals who appear to be about half my age

What's the betting they want to film it for their GILF OF page?

[ZRX61]

What's the betting they want to film it for their GILF OF page?

Here's hoping.....

[Scotsrich]

Charging port on my iPad stopped working so I took it to a local do it all pc / phone repairer expecting it to be expensive.

59 quid with a 2 hour wait and 12 month guarantee was a lot better than I thought.

Although it could end up a lot more expensive as to wait the time away I went to the local BMW dealer. Bad move, now I’m seriously tempted.

[ZRX61]

Spotted some nice looking hot wings at the store, bought a 5lb bag. Came home & cooked up a dozen.

KEERist!

They're great, but I may not survive the entire bag.

[Yorick]

Spotted some nice looking hot wings at the store, bought a 5lb bag. Came home & cooked up a dozen.

KEERist!

They're great, but I may not survive the entire bag.

Best wings I ever had was in Brantford, Canada, at Hooters. Was visiting my cousin

[Mussels]

Charging port on my iPad stopped working so I took it to a local do it all pc / phone repairer expecting it to be expensive.

59 quid with a 2 hour wait and 12 month guarantee was a lot better than I thought.

Although it could end up a lot more expensive as to wait the time away I went to the local BMW dealer. Bad move, now I’m seriously tempted.

That is a pleasant surprise for Apple stuff. Replacing USB ports isn't usually complicated and after issues with repair places I tend to do them myself, but anything I buy now should have wireless charging as a preventative measure.

[Dodgy69]

25 miles on the pusher with Lady D.

[Sunny]

Told my bigger boss that my direct boss is undermining me and being a weird control freak (phrased slightly more professionally), and it's making me unhappy, so I'm considering leaving.

(I have already decided I'm not hanging around, and have a third interview on Monday, so this is basically a courtesy heads up).

[Noggin]

Told my bigger boss that my direct boss is undermining me and being a weird control freak (phrased slightly more professionally), and it's making me unhappy, so I'm considering leaving.

(I have already decided I'm not hanging around, and have a third interview on Monday, so this is basically a courtesy heads up).

That type of direct boss is never worth sticking around for! Good luck in the third interview

[Noggin]

I've driven four lots of school runs, sat in a traffic jam so I was 20 mins late for the last one (but someone else had taken most of the kids - well, mostly college students but still kids to me - but there was one there when I got there so had to do the run )

In between the morning and evening shifts I went back up to resort and filled the car from the garage that has my "stuff not seen for years" stored !! tomorrow I will need to sort that


Now home and drinking a large rum and heading for a long lie in in the morning !!

[.....]

On a whim, went out for pub dinner and quiz.
Returned home well fed with a seven year old bordeaux and box of guyilan choccies for winning the quiz to boot!

[Felix]

Charging port on my iPad stopped working so I took it to a local do it all pc / phone repairer expecting it to be expensive.

59 quid with a 2 hour wait and 12 month guarantee was a lot better than I thought.

Although it could end up a lot more expensive as to wait the time away I went to the local BMW dealer. Bad move, now I’m seriously tempted.

This on the High street? Got a customer looking for reasonable iPad repairers.

[Taipan]

Put the heating on!

[Felix]

Just back from a little play on the bike. Got to the edge of Edinburgh and it started pissing down. Turned back to use a different road home and it was sunny again, like a wall of rain you step into and out just like that. Had it once before but with mist. Sunny day and heading down the Devils Beef Tub before Moffat. Instantly hit a mist wall. After a mile or so back out the other side to sun again.

[KungFooBob]

Just landed back in Manchester, brrrr.

[Horse]

I was on my roof in Bristol on the day of Concorde's last flight...it went straight over us.......

When I lived in London I think they used the tower block I lived in as a navigation point to line up with the runway at Heathrow. & I lived in the penthouse & was almost 14 miles East of the runways.

I used to play cricket some evenings at Sydenham, Sarf Lunnon when it was in service and you could set your watch by when a particular incoming flight passed over.

I think air traffic control shoved everything else to one side to ensure it landed on time.

Of course, we all stopped playing and watched.....every single time. Not many planes would do that.

Been inside one of the test planes and they're pretty small inside. It was long grounded when I did unfortunately.

I have a photo of me standing on the boundary at Heathrow in line with the runway with an incoming one over my head.

One of the best views was from behind as it took off, looking into the engines. It looked like a blue Hades in there!

Strewth I even remember the name of one of the key test pilots. Brian Trubshaw.

At secondary school in Basingstoke, there holding circuit for Farnborough air show meant we had plenty of opportunities to see it flying past.

As you say, everyone stopped and looked.

A mate was working at Heathrow one morning, saw it taxiing out. He was driving along the perimeter road, so stopped at the 'up' end of the runway to watch.

As an afterthought, when he'd stopped, he wound the Landy's window up. Probably saved him from singed eyebrows, and face

[Taipan]

Had a long lunch with my Uncle today. He's been diving for 70 years! He had his Rolex Sea Dweller on and told us he paid £60 for it at a dealers in Hatton Garden in 1967! He has 2 dive computers now but he still wears it every dive as his trusty back up! The afternoon was too short, but are not going to wait too long to meet up again.

[ChrisW]

He's been diving for 70 years!

His hands must be properly wrinkly!