Given the Good morning / Good night thread has gone, we can start a fresh 
How are we all?
How’s the week going so far?
Thank heck it’s Friday is all I can say! Eaten myself into an oblivion this week, and partied like I’m 21 again all month so a nice quiet weekend in.
Where did it go? 
Happy Friday!
Edit: Ignore me, I’ve just seen you gave the reason in another topic
Back on topic. Just counting down the days until our holiday (just 13 to go!), but feeling a bit shocked at how much all the prep and purchases are adding up!
I’m staying at a local hotel to get higher hotel status so I can have free booze at the end of the year for two birthday trips.
That’s how I roll.
I like your style! 
Received my replacement card for my expiring neon communtiy earned card today.
Boring lukewarn coral.
Ah well. It won’t see the light of day, so no major issue tbh.
Ha I’ve been dismissing the notification to order a new card every day since I cancelled Premium a year and a half ago. I can’t actually remember the last time I used the physical card, yet I’m still doing it.
Mine was only to withdraw cash on the odd unexpected occasion I would need it.
I now have an account with a bank where I can generate a code for use at the ATM, so a physical card not required. (I bet even that will backfire one day 
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Mine started at around 57, so there’s hope for you yet Ben 
Happy cake day. You still eat cake at 38, right?
I still eat cake, but the Fire Brigade have banned candles on mine now. Fire hazard 
That’s exciting! Where are you jetting off to?
Supposed to be hotter than Majorca here in the UK next week 
Absolutely love this 
I guess the hotel cost outweighs the cost of your alcohol spend at the two trips? 
They aren’t great. Revolut metal card when? 
I’m creeping up to 40 
it does seem to fly by so fast!
Let’s hope it does begin at 40 for your, and my sake
I’ll still be here next week so I’ll make the most of it at work, in my office 
We’re off to Egypt where I’m likely to burn to a crisp!
Nice, it’ll be warm there for sure! It’s never been a place I’d want to visit in all fairness.
Pyramids, sure, but I don’t think it’s a very 
accepted culture, and I don’t see much point going and just staying in resort.
Significantly yes.
Almost guaranteed upgraded room, breakfast, snacks all day and evening drinks and food included with the basic rooms now for Poland and Malta so will be saving £800 at least on the rooms alone for the £79 for tonight to just randomly stay in a hotel.
We’re kind of making it a night away… got wine and snacks and movies lined up
Egypt is insane, depending on where you go. I’ve been to Cairo a few times and it’s hectic af.
Did the camels/pyramids, turns out I’m very claustrophobic. If you go inside them in Giza you go up a very small tunnel which is two way and you have to crawl basically.
Happy cake day 
Just off to play padel with a mate (first time). Tomorrow will be walking in the Malvern area, no plans on Sunday yet.
Then Wednesday I head out to the Baltics for a few days
I don’t work Fridays (I’m 14% retired🤭) but I worked this morning because a supplier I’ve been asking for a week to have a meeting with decided they could only do two sessions an hour and a half apart on my non working day.
When I worked for a software house we did what the client asked, not the other way round.
So, grumpy.
On the plus side, two loads of laundry line dried, a shedload of personal admin done, spoke to dad’s GP and consultant, and booked an x-ray for myself after less than half an hour in the call queue.
Could be worse.
Happy birthday. Now is the perfect time to start planning your 40th birthday extravaganza. Take it from someone who’s done this at 30, 40, 50 and 60 - make a thing of it and have a ball.
My wife’s the same - she had two birthdays for her 40th because November weather is crap so we had a big “do” the following May.
You’re a long time dead so happy birthday again, I’ll raise a glass to you tonight, and get planning 
I made a surprising discovery today.
We are all familiar with websites which reject postcodes either without or with a space, right?
I found an NHS one which demands a different DOB format depending on what month you were born.
Those born between January and September must use xx x xxxx, while those born between October and December have to use xx xx xxxx or it doesn’t work.
Between that and them booking an appointment with the wrong department (occupational therapy is not the same as physiotherapy) it’s been an annoying day.
