What made you happy today?

[mike_sekinger]

Thanks Laura,

We´re going to be busy, busy, busy....

See you in a couple of weeks

Mike S

[Bibs]

You don't own shares in any rubber companies do you Mike?

:veryangry: Congratulations :D

[red vtec]

Congratulations Mike, you must be having my share.

Anyway Passed the MOT today

[USAndretti42]

Congratulations, Mike. And there was me thinking you spent all your time building beautiful engines.

[esprit s2]

Blooming heck Mike! Don't you guys watch TV over there?!

Congratulations!

[Kimbers]

Congrats Mike.

[mike_sekinger]

Thank you all for your kind congratulations.

Although some way off, it is going to take some planning, as Gill wants to have this baby in Italy..... we have some good friends living a little North of Venice, so it looks likely to take some weeks there towards the end of her term.

Cheers,

Mike S

[comem47]

Found out this weekend that Gill and I are having yet another baby...... this will be #007.....

Congrats Mike!!! Now you know if it's a boy the obvious name choice!!

[Boots]

My youngest's birthday was yesterday (he is 11 and autistic) and have bought him an I pod (he kept nicking my I phone to play on) and have loaded it with vids and apps he likes. His giggling is the best noise in the world

[Petrol feet driven]

My oldest is autistic, and making his life that little better and seeing his face is the best filling in the world.

[oneshot]

Spending the day building Lego Mindstorms NXT robots and playing with a couple of these:

all while being paid to do it

[oneshot]

Spending the afternoon at Millbrook with Colin from CAT driver training honing a few skills on the various tracks there!

[MPx]

Using my new Muthing Flail for the first time...its mega!

[Dave Eds]

'kinell Mike - looking forwaed to a few pax laps of Combe on that!

[Rick Edwards]

I just got new tyres on the Esprit and I realise that the handling and ride had slowly deteriorated without me really noticing!!

The grin is even wider now!

[Mark Blanchard]

Being on a sunny island in the Swedish Archipelago with all the family and a full fridge of lager .

[molemot]

It being my sixty-fourth birthday, I thought it appropriate to mark the occasion by taking my mistress out to lunch. But where, exactly..? Then the answer presented itself. The restaurant Le Coligny at Chatillon Coligny, birthplace of Becquerel of nuclear research fame. So..I fired up the Lotus and off we went. A very pleasant 30mile drive saw me parking le bolide outside the restaurant, and bagging a table in the sunlit courtyard. The staff recognised me..even after several years absence .. not sure whether this is good or bad! Had a magnificent lunch; Bottle of Pomerol..pate de foie gras, scollops, le trou normande (pear sorbet and calvados, in this case).. an excellent fillet steak with wild mushroom sauce.. cheese and finally they brought out a dessert of an assotment of sweetie items including a cake with a candle and "Happy Birthday" written on the plate in chocolate sauce!! After the coffee it was time to bimble off home. I'm becoming a wimp...60 odd miles and hardly got above 100mph...

En route my mistress celebrated her birthday, too, by clocking up 98,000 miles....! When I got back to the little chalet by the canal I decided that gardening would have to wait. Having snapped the stepladder like a dry twig yesterday when cutting the top of the hedge, falling flat on back still waving the hedge trimmer, and suffering no more than a slightly bruised coccyx, pushing my luck in that regard didn't appeal. Thus, I have decided to take the rest of the day laying fallow...apart from maybe a few tinctures sur terrasse.

Every time I drive the Turbo Esprit, I realise I have forgotten what it's like....every time it's a revelation!! Next year, may mark 65 years (and the Old Age Pension!) with a party and barbecue. Plenty of room for tents.....!

[Bibs]

Happy birthday John, sounds like a lovely way to spend your day

[molemot]

Certainly was.....maybe a few too many tinctures....just prised spine off mattress at 1130!!

[Bibs]

That's 10.30 uk time so not so bad!

[IanQ]

Happy bunny today...Lotus S4s passed the MOT and was described by the tester as one of the best condition Esprits he had ever seen...and my wife Marion will be back home tonight after working in Germany this week.

[arbell9]

Well yesterday really, but still happy today

My first carp.

It was bigger than my hand span to give you a gauge for size, i reckon about 8-10ibs in weight so not a monster. It stillput up a good fight though.

[rogerch]

Did you put it back?

[arbell9]

Yes, so i can catch him again

[Bibs]

Fried in butter that would have been mucho tasty! Well done mate, that's a decent sized fish!