What made you happy today?

[Gjk]

Congratulations Ian

[C8RKH]

Congratulations. Hope mum and baby are both doing well. What an honour.

[Chillidoggy]

Thanks!

NB - This does not mean I will become any more responsible overnight.

[Sparky]

20 minutes ago, Chillidoggy said:

NB - This does not mean I will become any more responsible overnight.

Precisely what I was alluding to.  Terrible role model.

[Bibs]

Sausage roll perhaps?

[bogle]

Welcome Grand Dad and Congratulations!

[PaulCP]

9 hours ago, Chillidoggy said:

Thanks!

NB - This does not mean I will become any more responsible overnight.

No, it means that you have become a member of the “now poorer club” overnight if my experience is anything to go by 😉

Congratulations 👍

[Sparky]

Not forgetting, of course, the limitless babysitting opportunities.  The gift that keeps on giving.

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

When we first had kids, we moved closer to the in-laws so they could help with babysitting. It never really happened. The grandparents got ill in turn and we ended up having to look after them instead.

[bogle]

2 hours ago, LotusLeftLotusRight said:

When we first had kids, we moved closer to the in-laws so they could help with babysitting. It never really happened. The grandparents got ill in turn and we ended up having to look after them instead.

This is what's known as a complete backfire of well laid plans.  So sorry this happened to you and your family.

[Chillidoggy]

10 hours ago, Sparky said:

Not forgetting, of course, the limitless babysitting opportunities.  The gift that keeps on giving.

Leaving aside the small matter of a 5-hour round trip and a pair of cats in residence.

[Sparky]

29 minutes ago, Chillidoggy said:

Leaving aside the small matter of a 5-hour round trip and a pair of cats in residence.

Hehe, you think they'll  be doing the travelling?

[Chillidoggy]

25 minutes ago, Sparky said:

Hehe, you think they'll  be doing the travelling?

No, but it might just stop the spur of the moment jobs.

[Dave Eds]

Got treated to a ticket for RAF Marham Family Day today....day out with granddaughter, daugher and son in law plus his brother's family. The brother is an F35 pilot based there.

Air displays, classic car show with lots of Hethel and Cheshunt cars, sunny weather, and a good run out for the Elan with the top down....

 

 

 

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Sounds like the perfect day to me you lucky so-and-so!

[drdoom]

Yesterday I again spotted a Tesla Cybertruck, this time in close quarters near home. Just a ludicrous abomination to behold.

[bogle]

29 minutes ago, drdoom said:

Yesterday I again spotted a Tesla Cybertruck, this time in close quarters near home. Just a ludicrous abomination to behold.

They look only a little bit better when wrapped, but otherwise it's an overdone Pontiac Aztek which was an abysmal failure. 

[exeterjeep]

8 hours ago, drdoom said:

abomination

sounds like Elon himself.

[drdoom]

This evening at dinner I got a good look at the 2nd generation Acura NS-X and found its styling sublime, surpassing most hypercars of recent years in terms of balance, flow and integrity. Very smart in an orange shade rather like Colorado Orange familiar to Esprit fans.

[bogle]

6 hours ago, drdoom said:

This evening at dinner I got a good look at the 2nd generation Acura NS-X and found its styling sublime, surpassing most hypercars of recent years in terms of balance, flow and integrity. Very smart in an orange shade rather like Colorado Orange familiar to Esprit fans.

I find the 2nd gen NSX quite nice.  It's almost like they were thinking - imagine you were going to update an Esprit (regrettably there's no new Esprit).  The McLaren Artura is another design which resembles the Emira.  Of course, the Artura is much more powerful, and the price tag reflects that extra power.

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Never appealed to me. Like many Japanese sports cars, it’s very transatlantic looking.

In fact it looks like it never appealed to anyone over here. These are the reported sale figures for all of Europe combined:

2017, 126 units; 2018, 45 units; 2019, 36 units; 2020, 8 units, 2021, 3 units.

Woeful.

[bogle]

3 minutes ago, LotusLeftLotusRight said:

Never appealed to me. Like many Japanese sports cars, it’s very transatlantic looking.

In fact it looks like it never appealed to anyone over here. These are the reported sale figures for all of Europe combined:

2017, 126 units; 2018, 45 units; 2019, 36 units; 2020, 8 units, 2021, 3 units.

Woeful.

No wonder I haven't seen one in person.  

[C8RKH]

Supposedly they are fantastic. Big issue, iirc, is that there is only one official service centre for them in the UK, and it's in London. Ideal I suppose if you're a stock broker....

[exeterjeep]

Ought to be in a 'what made us knackered yesterday' thread,

got around 130 small bales in using quads bikes and trailers for the lady next door who has 2 such animals .... but the bales left are for the guys who cut/baled my field.

[Bibs]

Nice field!