Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.

[Taipan]

.. boost the economy:

And where, exactly, will the extra money come from to create this boost?

People only have a finite amount to spend, so if they spend on one extra thing, they're not spending it somewhere else.

Not so. Households have the usual recurrent spends but make additional spends for occasions. Xmas does the opposite to tanking the economy!

[weeksy]

.. boost the economy:

And where, exactly, will the extra money come from to create this boost?

People only have a finite amount to spend, so if they spend on one extra thing, they're not spending it somewhere else.

Not so. Households have the usual recurrent spends but make additional spends for occasions. Xmas does the opposite to tanking the economy!

Maybe in the RTTL middle class High income bubble. As horse says, many many others are barely treading water

[Taipan]

And where, exactly, will the extra money come from to create this boost?

People only have a finite amount to spend, so if they spend on one extra thing, they're not spending it somewhere else.

Not so. Households have the usual recurrent spends but make additional spends for occasions. Xmas does the opposite to tanking the economy!

Maybe in the RTTL middle class High income bubble. As horse says, many many others are barely treading water

Lol, I'm in the church mouse low income bubble, but can budget to include the occasional treat!

[weeksy]

Not so. Households have the usual recurrent spends but make additional spends for occasions. Xmas does the opposite to tanking the economy!

Maybe in the RTTL middle class High income bubble. As horse says, many many others are barely treading water

Lol, I'm in the church mouse low income bubble, but can budget to include the occasional treat!

Mate, you spent nearly £50k on a range rover, many people can't afford a £500 shitter. You've lost more on trade ins in the last 5 years than some people would earn..

Don't get me wrong here, I'm in the bubble too, but don't think for a second you are not

[Count Steer]

Maybe in the RTTL middle class High income bubble. As horse says, many many others are barely treading water

Lol, I'm in the church mouse low income bubble, but can budget to include the occasional treat!

Mate, you spent nearly £50k on a range rover, many people can't afford a £500 shitter. You've lost more on trade ins in the last 5 years than some people would earn..

Don't get me wrong here, I'm in the bubble too, but don't think for a second you are not

Not to mention the investments in the loft of plenty.

[Rockburner]

Dumb fucking luck!!

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Must have fallen out of my pocket before I got in the car!

[weeksy]

Kippers for breakfast.

At hotel not home as we've got a viewing later.

I had scallops last night too. I do love a bit of seafood

Viewing apparently went really well. Which makes us very happy. We'll wait and see if that turns into an offer. Some people have had pretty weird reasons for rejecting it lately so a positive one is welcome, even if they don't end up buying it.
The other property in the village that was sort of 'competition' is no longer on the market too, so that can only help. Lets see what comes in the next few days.

[Taipan]

Managed to coordinate my kids and their partners to have meal with us for my wife, Son and my birthdays! They vetoed my suggestion for the Harvester and what I thought was its enticing free salad bar and red devil sauce, in favour of some local Turkish kitchen, but hey ho, is all good!

[Rockburner]

Managed to coordinate my kids and their partners to have meal with us for my wife, Son and my birthdays! They vetoed my suggestion for the Harvester and what I thought was its enticing free salad bar and red devil sauce, in favour of some local Turkish kitchen, but hey ho, is all good!

See if they do baked hummus.... nom nom nom

[Taipan]

Managed to coordinate my kids and their partners to have meal with us for my wife, Son and my birthdays! They vetoed my suggestion for the Harvester and what I thought was its enticing free salad bar and red devil sauce, in favour of some local Turkish kitchen, but hey ho, is all good!

See if they do baked hummus.... nom nom nom

Checked the menu and it'll be octopus starter and sea bass main course!

[gremlin]

Managed to coordinate my kids and their partners to have meal with us for my wife, Son and my birthdays! They vetoed my suggestion for the Harvester and what I thought was its enticing free salad bar and red devil sauce, in favour of some local Turkish kitchen, but hey ho, is all good!

Hummas kavourma (sp?). Hummus with little bits of cooked lamb and stuff on it. Proper nice with bread.

With Turkish we tend to over-order on the starters and share a main, as the little plates are better, IMO.

(Turkish wine is rank...give it a miss, if offered)

[Rockburner]

Managed to coordinate my kids and their partners to have meal with us for my wife, Son and my birthdays! They vetoed my suggestion for the Harvester and what I thought was its enticing free salad bar and red devil sauce, in favour of some local Turkish kitchen, but hey ho, is all good!

Hummas kavourma (sp?). Hummus with little bits of cooked lamb and stuff on it. Proper nice with bread.

With Turkish we tend to over-order on the starters and share a main, as the little plates are better, IMO.

(Turkish wine is rank...give it a miss, if offered)

Not in Turkey it aint...

[IccyV2]

The other day a longstanding internet weirdo* friend asked me for my address (had read stuff in various places and thought I needed a cheer up, I've said to family before, when I stop posting about my life on FB and just share random shit, I'm hiding!!)

Yesterday I remembered to check the post box on the way to work - didn't have time to open and look before work so took the package with me to the shuttle I was doing because I get a minimum of 20 mins at the start point before I have to go pick up passengers

* I have no idea if this friend is actually weird!!! I just called my forum/FB friends my "internet weirdo friends" and it's stuck!!!


Some people have a knack of finding the right stuff for someone they've never actually met!! I do so LOVE my internet weirdo friends (yes, all of you included!) - you've all kept me fighting on for too long, not sure I'd be even half as sane as I am now without you all (not that I'm remotely sane of course!!)


Anyway, I now have an emotional support turtle - he sits on the dash of the bus to keep me smiling! Well I did laugh out loud when I found him in the package!




And a freaking awesome crystal tree Will spend some time making the branches more open but already looks gorgeous




Internet weirdo friends ROCK, from whichever place/social media/etc - it doesn't matter where we "met" or that we haven't actually met IRL, we're friends and that's what really counts

My wife went on our Amazon account today and found strange gifts to a woman in France that she doesn't know.
That was an awkward conversation trying to explain

[Noggin]

The other day a longstanding internet weirdo* friend asked me for my address (had read stuff in various places and thought I needed a cheer up, I've said to family before, when I stop posting about my life on FB and just share random shit, I'm hiding!!)

Internet weirdo friends ROCK, from whichever place/social media/etc - it doesn't matter where we "met" or that we haven't actually met IRL, we're friends and that's what really counts

My wife went on our Amazon account today and found strange gifts to a woman in France that she doesn't know.
That was an awkward conversation trying to explain

Hope you found an adequate explanation!!

[gremlin]

Booking and planning holibobs.

Decided to have a mooch around the foothills of the Dolomites at the end of May, for no other reason than they look bloody impressive and we don't mind a bit of a stroll.

Managed to get some reasonable BA flights into Venice, which we'll depart as soon as we get the hire car, then a night in Treviso as it looks nice, then a couple of hotels a bit further up north to do some walking and eating hearty food and drinking the local vino.

I get quite excited.


Edit: Tis done. And on a spreadsheet. And yes, I am a dweeb for creating a spreadsheet.

[Sunny]

Ooo - similar. I've just booked a trip to Krakow. I've never been to Poland and I fancy a mooch around the salt mines for starters

[KungFooBob]

Ooo - similar. I've just booked a trip to Krakow. I've never been to Poland and I fancy a mooch around the salt mines for starters

I've been to Poland a few times, I liked Wrocław. You can spend ages dwarf hunting

If you don't know how to pronounce it, you'd never work it out in a million years.

[cheb]

Ooo - similar. I've just booked a trip to Krakow. I've never been to Poland and I fancy a mooch around the salt mines for starters

I can't remember which salt mine I went to in Poland. I went there by train, possibly from Warsaw. It had a cathedral in it. There were two ways down, the tourist route and another route. I suspect the other was more exciting from a rusty technology point of view. And don't buy the souvenir salt, it was about a third grit, which is impressive when you consider it comes from brine from the drainage system.

[cheb]

Likely this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine and I would have traveled to it from Krakow.

[gremlin]

Got a call from the Gremlinette last night.

"Father! what's the 80's electronica tune that goes 'do-do-da-do-do...'".

I deduced it was 'Only You' by Yazoo.

"Thanks!..."

Me, "Wait. Are you doing a pub quiz and cheating?"

"Nope. It's only cheating if you use Google, not your dad's musical knowledge! BYE!"

Strange moral code.