Post something good that happened today, Parts Two

[odeon]

Coffee. I think I will live.

[Gopher Gary]

Plums happened.  I bought them last thursday or friday, but I also bought berries so they had to be eaten first. I was leery of the plums because I've been burnt three times by really crappy nectarines this year so I've been avoiding the stone fruits, but man are the plums super good. After them plums will be watermelon, the first one of the season. I always feel like watermelons are a little like gambling, so I also got a pineapple in case the melon is a bust. Wish me luck. 

[Genesis]

My shift at work didn't suck

[Walkie]

Plums happened.  I bought them last thursday or friday, but I also bought berries so they had to be eaten first. I was leery of the plums because I've been burnt three times by really crappy nectarines this year so I've been avoiding the stone fruits, but man are the plums super good. After them plums will be watermelon, the first one of the season. I always feel like watermelons are a little like gambling, so I also got a pineapple in case the melon is a bust. Wish me luck. 

good luck

I had strawberries, yesterday for the first time in a couple of years.  I'd decided it was too big a gamble ordering straws from the online supermsrkets; can't see what you're getting, and they are too often disappointing.  But this week i softened and ordered some anyway. And got sent a punnet of tiny,  super-fresh super-sweet strawberries, just exactly as described in the customer reviews. Ofc, you can't expect consistent quality with fresh produce. I wasn't expecting that, but that's what I got, and they are fricking delicious (I still have some in the fridge for today)  and only cost  a quid ( it being the height of the strawberry season; Bet i could get three punnets for that price at the local market).

I think i'll gamble on them next week, too.

[Gopher Gary]

Plums happened.  I bought them last thursday or friday, but I also bought berries so they had to be eaten first. I was leery of the plums because I've been burnt three times by really crappy nectarines this year so I've been avoiding the stone fruits, but man are the plums super good. After them plums will be watermelon, the first one of the season. I always feel like watermelons are a little like gambling, so I also got a pineapple in case the melon is a bust. Wish me luck. 

good luck

I had strawberries, yesterday for the first time in a couple of years.  I'd decided it was too big a gamble ordering straws from the online supermsrkets; can't see what you're getting, and they are too often disappointing.  But this week i softened and ordered some anyway. And got sent a punnet of tiny,  super-fresh super-sweet strawberries, just exactly as described in the customer reviews. Ofc, you can't expect consistent quality with fresh produce. I wasn't expecting that, but that's what I got, and they are fricking delicious (I still have some in the fridge for today)  and only cost  a quid ( it being the height of the strawberry season; Bet i could get three punnets for that price at the local market).

I think i'll gamble on them next week, too.

Yeah the produce is what's kept me from ever trying online grocery shopping. The boy hardly eats vegetables, but he does like fresh fruit so I buy loads of it because that's the only way to get any produce into him. Even then he will let it go bad if it's not prepared, washed, cut, and ready to eat. I keep a large plastic container in the fridge which holds a half gallon and he eats so much fruit I have to refill it every two to three days. I call it his fruit bucket.  I eat a little of it too, even though it defeats Jack's low carb efforts. 

[Phoenix]

^ incidentally, "snap" has a very dfferent meaning for our friends across the pond.  it's a sort of mild oath over there.

In case Dunc confused any of you guys, i'll explain :  we have a kiddies card game over here, called "Snap"' where you shout out "snap"whenever you see two cards of identical value being played. It gets pretty boring before you're out of elementary school, yet still we Brits never, ever lose the habit of gleefully shouting out "snap", as appropriate.

I don't know what you mean by "mild oath" over here but we know of the game Snap here as well so I knew what Dunc meant. Maybe it's different in the US?

[Gopher Gary]

I think it's the same in the US. I've never heard of a context where it's an oath.   

[Phoenix]

I think it's the same in the US. I've never heard of a context where it's an oath.   

Maybe we're not part of a secret society? 

[Walkie]

huh. either my US friends were winding me up about that  or...
...they learned english from the Urban Dictionary?  (a few of their definitions fit)
oh! and being autistic, maybe they didn't join in with kids'card games?

[Gopher Gary]

I don't see where urban dictionary says that either.  What sort of an oath were you told it is? 

[Gopher Gary]

I think it's the same in the US. I've never heard of a context where it's an oath.   

Maybe we're not part of a secret society? 

[Phoenix]

I was doing my usual workout in the pool. 25 mins of aerobics followed by 20 laps. I noticed a chipmunk watching me doing the aerobics. He left and then he came back a few minutes later with snacks and ate them while he watched me 

[Phoenix]

Phone chat with my Grandma. She's in a long term care home so we can't visit.

[Gopher Gary]

Phone chat with my Grandma. She's in a long term care home so we can't visit.

Tell grandma I said hi. 

[Gopher Gary]

I was doing my usual workout in the pool. 25 mins of aerobics followed by 20 laps. I noticed a chipmunk watching me doing the aerobics. He left and then he came back a few minutes later with snacks and ate them while he watched me 

I once had a neighbor who said the same bird perched outside his window every time he played his piano.