[News] Anyone remember 'good News'?

[birthofanorange]

I went to see my former PhD supervisor last week. Stayed at his place in Vancouver. He talked non stop. It was emotional. Do whatever your nearest need. That's all, really.

Easy, innit?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Easy, innit?

Yes. Very. There are no excuses.

 

[birthofanorange]

No.

Don't fib!

 

[zefarelly]

Don't fib!

Hand's up . . . I made a mistake.

Thatchers dead.

Although she seems like a birthday treat compared to the succession of cockwombles who've ruined the country since.

 

[birthofanorange]

Hand's up . . . I made a mistake.

Thatchers dead.

Although she seems like a birthday treat compared to the succession of cockwombles who've ruined the country since.

Indeed, don't bite the hand that steal your milk.

 

[birthofanorange]

Yes. Very. There are no excuses.

Why do people look for them? It's beyond me, especially when it comes to killing. Do people (in general) not appreciate the fact of being alive? That's not to denigrate the conditions that an awful lot have to endure, but that's a man(and I say 'man', purposefully)-made situation.
There is still so much to enjoy on this sweet and so-far forgiving planet....let's not throw it away.

 

[raymondo]

Now that the wheat has been separated from the chaff, what other stories have made you happy, in recent years?
That was the general idea of this post - to alleviate the general (albeit warranted) malaise of modern life.

My niece's best friend in Ukraine is girlfriend to a local lad. When Russia invaded he volunteered immediately. After his UK based training he was posted to the front line and, within a month, lost one leg below the knee in an explosion.
She stayed with him.
Last week he invited his girlfriend to a surprise dinner and proposed... and she accepted. I don't often shed a tear of happiness when watching a video of a couple I've never met...but I did watching this one on my niece's phone.
Here's to them, such hope and positivity in the face of troubles.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

My niece's best friend in Ukraine is girlfriend to a local lad. When Russia invaded he volunteered immediately. After his UK based training he was posted to the front line and, within a month, lost one leg below the knee in an explosion.
She stayed with him.
Last week he invited his girlfriend to a surprise dinner and proposed... and she accepted. I don't often shed a tear of happiness when watching a video of a couple I've never met...but I did watching this one on my niece's phone.
Here's to them, such hope and positivity in the face of troubles.

Some genuine indefatigability. My best wishes to them.

 

[birthofanorange]

My niece's best friend in Ukraine is girlfriend to a local lad. When Russia invaded he volunteered immediately. After his UK based training he was posted to the front line and, within a month, lost one leg below the knee in an explosion.
She stayed with him.
Last week he invited his girlfriend to a surprise dinner and proposed... and she accepted. I don't often shed a tear of happiness when watching a video of a couple I've never met...but I did watching this one on my niece's phone.
Here's to them, such hope and positivity in the face of troubles.

That's incredible! Absolutely all the best to them, and I could wish nothing more than they come out the other side with years of happiness ahead of them. Thank you for sharing that good news.

 

[raymondo]

That's incredible! Absolutely all the best to them, and I could wish nothing more than they come out the other side with years of happiness ahead of them. Thank you for sharing that good news.

and thank you for the thread

 

[Norman Potting]

I was in Asda Hollingbury recently and I have to confess to being in a bit of a bad mood and I was moaning to Mrs Shingle about the general yobbery out in the car park and inside the store. When we came out of the checkout area there were 2 or 3 trolleys full up and overflowing with tinned stuff, dried pastas etc and nobody was requesting donations, there was just a sign saying food bank. Hollingbury/Carden is one of Brightons poorer areas, yet so many of the shoppers had contributed to this food bank without being asked. It was most humbling to see it.
Just to put it in perspective, Tesco in Affluent Lewes has the same thing but the trolleys are never full.

Up here in the Northern heights of Sussex we have a very active and organised food bank. Also, the donations boxes in our local supermarkets are usually well filled. It is a pity that they are needed.

 

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