What lovely positive things are happening in your life at the moment?

I am looking foward to a salary raise and am planning a thailand holiday for end of february

My build finally has the start of the first floor and internal walls and roofer is booked in and windows being delivered shortly. Finally feels like it's all coming together rapidly and the end is in sight.

Just got broadband sorted in my flat so I can finally play fallout 76... when it arrive from amazon heh.

My niece was born around 20 minutes ago with no complications, which is pretty and lovely in my opinion

Pretty positive and lovely, obvs.

Aww Meh! That's fantastic news. Congratulations. Is this your first go at being an aunt? xx

Looks like MJJ and I will be moving house in a couple of months.

I can apply for my decree absolute on 7 March.

I'm about to sell my investment property and realise a chunk of cash for myself.

I'm probably getting laid tonight.

I've just remembered there's a load of game pie mix in the freezer.

I've now built my Lego Death Star and it's AMAZING.

Also working on a ski holiday in March which will be first holiday in a while that hasn't been spent labouring.

I promise nothing badders, we’ll just have to see how it goes later on today.

I have regular bowel movements

HEH!

Oh, and I'm going running tonight for the first time in ages.

Although it sounds like it may be running away from the raging stonker Strutter will be unfurling when he knocks on my door.

I never knew strutter and badders had something going on...

Nope, not my first time. Got three other very loud little ones but a shiny new one is always nice!

He's just using me for my body and toying with my affections.

I've moved on to a drysuit to hide the fearful ugliness of my ageing and decrepit body.

With certain flaps cut into it and secured with Velcro, obviously.

So an older guy in what is essentially a body bag. Great look for anyone "decrepit". Which you're not, you vain twot. That said, I am going to get a drysuit for when the sailing season starts. Capsizing in a wetsuit in April is not a nice thought.

Now dusty in a nice tight wetsuit - there’s a thought to keep a chap warm of a chilly evening.

Drysuits provide far better thermal protection than a wetsuit. I got mine about 12 years ago, after I went for two dives in Lulworth Cove in February and couldn't stop shivering for about two hours afterwards. Brrrrr.

They're not at all flattering. But that's the last thing you're thinking about when scores of meters submerged in sub-10 degree water. I wouldn't consider myself vain - I was trying to inject some levity. Sheesh.

I've sort of successfully completed my move. New flat, new job and promotion.

My wife and children love me and we are all happy and healthy.

I've just been promoted and am, for once, enthused about the opportunities this brings, as well as the extra spondies.

I'm sober.

I have some nice work trips and family holidays to look forward to.

I am looking for a new car for my 40th birthday, which I always love to do but on this occasion am getting just what I want.

Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3

Jamal, are you the artist formerly known as Thomas Pink?

Oh Badders, I was genuinely taking the piss. Don't be all hurt.

Strutter - it needs a shit load of spandex in it to be any use whatsoever.

my libido and potency is on the up, been shagging the missus twice in a row on the WE, like a twen

Decided to not wait for amazon, so going to buy my new game now. Need something to do for the rest of the week anyway. Yay, new game!

I am mitching from work and on a train to Paris RIGHT NOW \ :)/

Not hurt, Dusty - didn't realise you were tweaking my tits and was afraid I had offended you somehow. As you were!

And congratulations Meh that is happy news :)

And in the general spirit of the OP, everything is running on rails at strutter towers.

In terms of particular good things, the junior strutters are not disgracing themselves academically and I am moving closer to my designated dates for starting two entirely new hobbies - which might work out or they might not but in either event it will be fun finding out.

which two (!) new hobbies?

im hoping my new bargain boots have arrived.

Describe said bargain boots please.

Can’t really say as they are sufficiently random to identify me but further information will be happily volunteered at any future rof drinks for anyone even vaguely interested.

koi fish breeding?

archery?

Heh!

I have just eaten an entire Ritter Sport Peppermint. It's basically a massive After Eight.

Awww man, I am doing After Eightuary...

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I have a work phone that is much newer and fancier than my own phone

it does that thing in apple photos where they slightly move as you scroll through them

Phoebe did you know the "slightly move" thing has a purpose more helpful than just making them animated and nice.

They are essentially a photo made up of about 40 photos. If you select to edit them, you can scroll through them to find the one photo in the snapshot which is the best one. Especially good when photographing groups or children where there is literally a thousanth of a second where EVERYONE is looking at the camera or smiling.

Blew my tiny mind it did!

What! no I didn't know that.

Shame that it is a work phone or I could have used it for filth

Also, when you go into photos type search. Think of something you like doing. So for me and cycling I put "bike". Amazing search functionality

It doesn't work if you type in "septic tank" to find the photos of your septic tank being installed.

Presumably that just finds all your pictures of Americans

My little boy! 15 months old and cute as a button. Me, him, and the missus are cosily ensconced in our new house after a two year refurb. Work is a bit of a worry just now but I don’t care about that too much!

Very nice gin.

Well Dusters as you know the other half's biz is going ok and we tied the knot, although some of the family coming to the celebration in march think we are ACTUALLY tying the knot there..