The General Chitchat Thread

Given the Good morning / Good night thread has gone, we can start a fresh :call_me_hand:t3:

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.

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Where did it go? :confused:

Happy Friday!

Edit: Ignore me, I’ve just seen you gave the reason in another topic

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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!

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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.

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I like your style! :clinking_beer_mugs:

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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.

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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.

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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 :rofl: )

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@Carlo1460 Glad you’ve re-created this thread. Hopefully some others will be-created too. :+1:

In other news, I’m 38 today but really not feeling great about it. Life is passing way too quickly.

Life begins at 40, right?

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Mine started at around 57, so there’s hope for you yet Ben :grin:

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Good to know. Honestly, I woke up so grouchy about it.

Going to need a lot of cake to cheer me up.

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Happy cake day. You still eat cake at 38, right? :rofl:

I still eat cake, but the Fire Brigade have banned candles on mine now. Fire hazard :smiley:

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That’s exciting! Where are you jetting off to?

Supposed to be hotter than Majorca here in the UK next week :flushed_face:

Absolutely love this :joy: I guess the hotel cost outweighs the cost of your alcohol spend at the two trips? :partying_face:

They aren’t great. Revolut metal card when? :grimacing:

I’m creeping up to 40 :face_with_spiral_eyes: it does seem to fly by so fast!

Let’s hope it does begin at 40 for your, and my sake :joy:

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I’ll still be here next week so I’ll make the most of it at work, in my office :sob:

We’re off to Egypt where I’m likely to burn to a crisp!

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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 :rainbow: accepted culture, and I don’t see much point going and just staying in resort.

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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

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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.

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Happy cake day :grinning_face:

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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

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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.

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