Reasons to be cheerful

[Kirk]

25 minutes ago, Grim Jim said:

I was going to slag off Tidy's check shirted pal (either for having too much hair or for not wearing black and having poor taste in music ) , but that aside...   More power to you Kirk, I am truly impressed; whatever that is worth.

I know how devastating the addiction can be to unsuspecting victims in my family.

Haha it is an awfully shirt to be fair.

 

Thanks appreciate it. Been tough but living a much improved and happier life. Had 4 or 5 years of misery and been to some dark places but all going well now.

[TDYER63]

11 hours ago, Kirk said:

I'll jump in, a year free of gambling and feeling great, expanding my business and not worrying about pissing all the money away. If only I'd listened to those close to me years ago and not put them through so much shit.

This must be the best post on here. Can only repeat what Jim has said Kirk ( music jibe aside 😡 🧔🏻‍♂️⛏️) .  Most addictions are incredibly difficult to overcome and with gambling the financial consequences can be devastating, especially these days with betting at your fingertips . 

Well done and long may it continue ❤️

[PapofGlencoe]

On 7/14/2023 at 5:45 PM, TDYER63 said:

Glad you enjoyed it 😊 I am hoping to see more of the US when I retire and it will definitely be on my list. 

I managed to get tickets for Billy Joel a couple of weeks ago for 19 December and am now booked up from 16-21st , so very excited. 
It was a bit of a spooky story getting the tix. By the time I found out the December gig tickets were on sale ( my 60 th is December) there were only platinum tickets left. The cheapest was usd 1200 which was way too much especially as it was x2 . 
I had done a wee bit of research on the Madison Sq Garden layout to see where the  best value seats were. A lot of folk were saying the rear stage seats are good value at his concerts because when Billy Joel plays his piano sits on a revolving platform so he faces every part of the stadium and mainly faces sideways.

I found a pic on a website ‘view from my seat’ of the view someone had from their seat in the rear of the stage . They had mentioned the section , row and seat number and it looked ok so i had a look on secondhand  ticket sites to see if I could find anything similar , the prices are inflated but a fraction of the price of the platinum tix.
There were 2 tix for sale in the same section as the pic i had seen so i bought them. The tickets didn’t have the seat numbers,  you only get that after you purchase them. Got them through a few days later. Can you believe it the seats we have the exact same seats as the pic on the website ! 

I am going to be in the seat this bloke with the checked shirt has on 😂

brilliant seats!  enjoy; never been to MSG but definitely fancy it

 

19 hours ago, Kirk said:

I'll jump in, a year free of gambling and feeling great, expanding my business and not worrying about pissing all the money away. If only I'd listened to those close to me years ago and not put them through so much shit.

Well done.  Cant have been easy but you must feel so much lighter this side of it all. all the best  👍

[Kirk]

On 7/25/2023 at 10:14 AM, TDYER63 said:

This must be the best post on here. Can only repeat what Jim has said Kirk ( music jibe aside 😡 🧔🏻‍♂️⛏️) .  Most addictions are incredibly difficult to overcome and with gambling the financial consequences can be devastating, especially these days with betting at your fingertips . 

Well done and long may it continue ❤️

 

On 7/25/2023 at 5:27 PM, PapofGlencoe said:

brilliant seats!  enjoy; never been to MSG but definitely fancy it

 

Well done.  Cant have been easy but you must feel so much lighter this side of it all. all the best  👍

Thanks to both of you. Not easy at all and will forever be there lingering like any other addiction but I'm doing the right things and the difference in my life in that year is unreal. Being able to look forward to things and actually having cash is great. Hopefully earned enough brownie points again with the Mrs to let me go to Germany haha.....

[TDYER63]

Only 13 more days till the Christmas Tree thread is resurrected……

Just saying 😙

[aaid]

4 minutes ago, TDYER63 said:

Only 13 more days till the Christmas Tree thread is resurrected……

Just saying 😙

Went out to the Chinese takeaway earlier and there’s around 3 or 4 houses with the Christmas lights up - full on outside to the house jobs.

[TDYER63]

6 minutes ago, aaid said:

Went out to the Chinese takeaway earlier and there’s around 3 or 4 houses with the Christmas lights up - full on outside to the house jobs.

FFS do these people not know there is energy crisis. They must be rich, take a picture of the best tree and pretend its yours in 13 days ! 🎄 

[Och Aye]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/845588330372808?s=yWDuG2&fs=e

 

 

 

[Grim Jim]

It's November.   Nothin' cheerful about that 😆   Apart from tomorrow, hopefully.

Oh aye, and just been reminded, oor anniversary's coming up the day after 😱

 

 

[Grim Jim]

2 minutes ago, Och Aye said:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/845588330372808?s=yWDuG2&fs=e

 

 

 

Beat me to it 😆

[TDYER63]

12 hours ago, Och Aye said:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/845588330372808?s=yWDuG2&fs=e

 

 

 

Can anyone tell me how to get sound on this? I am not on Facebook and seem to have lost sound to any Facebook posts. 

[TDYER63]

12 hours ago, Grim Jim said:

It's November.   Nothin' cheerful about that 😆   Apart from tomorrow, hopefully.

Oh aye, and just been reminded, oor anniversary's coming up the day after 😱

 

 

In case I am still too hungover to remember, happy anniversary for tomorrow ! 👏 👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️❤️

[Grim Jim]

Cheers Tidy!

[Hertsscot]

Just caught up on the celebrity University Challenge from yesterday. It probably reflects badly on me but I took great delight in seeing Ruth Davidson leading Edinburgh to abysmal failure and inglorious defeat. I'm not sure she contributed much to Edinburgh's paltry tally.

[StirlingEgg]

4 hours ago, Hertsscot said:

Just caught up on the celebrity University Challenge from yesterday. It probably reflects badly on me but I took great delight in seeing Ruth Davidson leading Edinburgh to abysmal failure and inglorious defeat. I'm not sure she contributed much to Edinburgh's paltry tally.

Might have to watch that then! Could do with a minor gloat the way things are going...

[Hertsscot]

16 minutes ago, StirlingEgg said:

Might have to watch that then! Could do with a minor gloat the way things are going...

I think the only one she got right was one about alcohol!

[StirlingEgg]

18 minutes ago, Hertsscot said:

I think the only one she got right was one about alcohol!

Did she make a crap joke about Scots being drunk? (Like when on HIGNFU)

[TDYER63]

Just back from NYC , had never been before and absolutely loved it apart from the cost . It was unbelievably expensive . God knows how folk manage to go more than once. 
It has fantastic energy but its strange how its often small things that make you happy. I absolutely loved seeing the steam coming from the streets, it reminded me of Top Cat when I was a wee girl. Mr Tidy loved it too as it was about the only thing that was free. 

[StirlingEgg]

3 hours ago, TDYER63 said:

Just back from NYC , had never been before and absolutely loved it apart from the cost . It was unbelievably expensive . God knows how folk manage to go more than once. 
It has fantastic energy but its strange how its often small things that make you happy. I absolutely loved seeing the steam coming from the streets, it reminded me of Top Cat when I was a wee girl. Mr Tidy loved it too as it was about the only thing that was free. 

Hope you had a great trip overall though 🚕 It is a shame that cost (inflated or otherwise) taints most things at the moment. It's just a feeling that sort of follows you around everywhere. 

Reasons to be cheerful today, it's my birthday! Got some new slippers and some After Eights which are my favourite, partly due to the wee envelope. Going bowling at 2pm, first time for wee Stirlingegg. 

This is me for the next fortnight...

 

 

 

[TDYER63]

39 minutes ago, StirlingEgg said:

Hope you had a great trip overall though 🚕 It is a shame that cost (inflated or otherwise) taints most things at the moment. It's just a feeling that sort of follows you around everywhere. 

Reasons to be cheerful today, it's my birthday! Got some new slippers and some After Eights which are my favourite, partly due to the wee envelope. Going bowling at 2pm, first time for wee Stirlingegg. 

This is me for the next fortnight...

 

 

 

Thank you StirlingEgg, tbh, overall the cost was the least of my worries. I managed to lose my purse with all my credit cards and bank cards in it before I even left Glasgow Airport. I had to freeze/ cancel all my cards at Heathrow and all I had was usd 350 in cash. For 5 days 🤦‍♀️
My husband had one credit card and had no idea how much the credit limit was. He is normally a cash guy . I was greetin on the flight . Mainly because I was going to have to ask him for his card everytime I wanted to buy something…

There is a massive story to this involving getting charged twice by a crazy , thieving taxi driver on a usd 120 trip, and our luggage not arriving home with us, but this is a cheerful thread so I will spare you the saga 😁

Far more importantly, Happy Birthday!! I hope you have a great day at the bowling. Now, I must ask, is the pic you posted a reference merely to the After Eights , or are you a woman ???? Please, please be a woman, this would make me VERY cheerful I am fed up being the only woman on here apart from the occasional visit from Heuch Moray but she stays on the bloody Tunes thread all the time. I have had a look at your profile but you are ‘not telling’, however that means absolutely nothing as mine says that as well…. . 

And if you look like Joan Collins it will make the blokes really cheerful too ! 😁

[StirlingEgg]

6 hours ago, TDYER63 said:

Thank you StirlingEgg, tbh, overall the cost was the least of my worries. I managed to lose my purse with all my credit cards and bank cards in it before I even left Glasgow Airport. I had to freeze/ cancel all my cards at Heathrow and all I had was usd 350 in cash. For 5 days 🤦‍♀️
My husband had one credit card and had no idea how much the credit limit was. He is normally a cash guy . I was greetin on the flight . Mainly because I was going to have to ask him for his card everytime I wanted to buy something…

There is a massive story to this involving getting charged twice by a crazy , thieving taxi driver on a usd 120 trip, and our luggage not arriving home with us, but this is a cheerful thread so I will spare you the saga 😁

Far more importantly, Happy Birthday!! I hope you have a great day at the bowling. Now, I must ask, is the pic you posted a reference merely to the After Eights , or are you a woman ???? Please, please be a woman, this would make me VERY cheerful I am fed up being the only woman on here apart from the occasional visit from Heuch Moray but she stays on the bloody Tunes thread all the time. I have had a look at your profile but you are ‘not telling’, however that means absolutely nothing as mine says that as well…. . 

And if you look like Joan Collins it will make the blokes really cheerful too ! 😁

Did your purse turn up? What a nightmare. Hope you succumbed to a Bloody Mary at least on the flight. It might be a bit soon but hope eventually your trip will be an amusing tale among all your travels. 

Have you ever met Heuch Moray in person? Yes I am a fellow woman. Sometimes I assume that's obvious based on a) profile pic b) lack of tactical/formation input and c) general demeanor...It's one of the main reasons I remained a guest for so long. I like the Independence/News and Tunes threads best but head over to TA/non TA sometimes too just to keep abreast of things 😋

 

[Hertsscot]

11 hours ago, StirlingEgg said:

 Yes I am a fellow woman. Sometimes I assume that's obvious based on a) profile pic b) lack of tactical/formation input and c) general demeanor.

I think you'll find that b) is not gender specific judging by most of the comments on this board!

[vanderark14]

Reason to be cheerful

My 2nd child arrived this morning. A baby boy so we have one of each now 👶 😊 

🍺 🍻 🍺 

[TDYER63]

13 minutes ago, vanderark14 said:

Reason to be cheerful

My 2nd child arrived this morning. A baby boy so we have one of each now 👶 😊 

🍺 🍻 🍺 

I was responding to StirlingEgg when this came in.
What fantastic news VA !❤️ That has got to be THE most reason to be cheerful . I hope your new baby and his mum are doing well and you all have a fantastic Christmas 😍xx
 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2023 by TDYER63

[TDYER63]

15 hours ago, StirlingEgg said:

Did your purse turn up? What a nightmare. Hope you succumbed to a Bloody Mary at least on the flight. It might be a bit soon but hope eventually your trip will be an amusing tale among all your travels. 

Have you ever met Heuch Moray in person? Yes I am a fellow woman. Sometimes I assume that's obvious based on a) profile pic b) lack of tactical/formation input and c) general demeanor...It's one of the main reasons I remained a guest for so long. I like the Independence/News and Tunes threads best but head over to TA/non TA sometimes too just to keep abreast of things 😋

 

Yes it turned up 🙄 The day was a bit of a fiasco but as you say, will be tale to tell .  On the bright side we were flying BA on the way out and got free booze so that took the edge off the drama.

No , I  have never met Heuch Moray. She sounds very nice though and actually ‘liked’ one of my songs on the Tunes thread which I was very proud  of as the  folk who post on there have a wide range of musical knowledge, mine consists of the Top 20 from about 1970-2010.
That was back in the days when you could show your appreciation of something by way of an emoticon,  and before the naughty children had it withdrawn . 

I joined this board almost 20 years ago but it was literally just to get bus transport to an away game. I only started reading things after the independence referendum. I was absolutely gutted and needed to feel some folk felt the same way, I work in an industry that was hardly supportive of independence , and surrounded by people who were indifferent at best . My brother told me to look at the TAMB and I am still here almost 10 yrs later 🙄

It’s funny, looking back at your posts I can now see you do write more like a woman , using emojis etc and more ‘chatty’. I just assume every single person on here is a bloke, or Chripper in one of his many disguises. I hope you hang around 😊

Merry Christmas to everyone when it comes,  I need to go peel some tatties 🧑‍🎄🥃🎼