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  • boobooB Do not disturb
    boobooB Do not disturb
    booboo
    wrote on last edited by booboo
    #1156

    Plans for Saturday.

    Leave here shite and briny in the a.m. Head towards the big smoke.

    Leave Mrs Boo to guard the cats and sit the house.

    Stop in Sunny Coast to collect female offspring.

    Proceed to gold class cinema on North side of Brisbane for late morning screening of Dune 2.

    Order lunch to have with movie while reclining.

    Watch Dune 2 with female offspring, with whom I had watched first instalment (Mrs Boo not fussed).

    Proceed to accommodation on South Bank of River mid afternoon.

    Have quiet or two with offspring.

    Proceed by foot to Suncorp, approx 15mins, late afternoon, early evening for very civilised 6:30 kick off (thanks to Queensland's refusal to join the civilised world in enjoying daylight "savings" (as Qlders know it)).

    Watch Chiefs play as well as they did last week (work with me here jinx gods), with likely uninterested offspring who only came because I am old and I'm going to die soon and she should spend more time with me (actual phrasing). Seats somewhere between 10m and 22, broadcasting side of the field*.

    Breakfast Sunday somewhere on South Bank.

    Return home, dropping offspring on way.

    Added bonus of not watching Blackcaps v Aus.

    What are you poor people doing?

    • bonus points if anyone is old enough to recall who used to use that phrase in commentary ...
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  • dogmeatD Offline
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    #1157

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    What are you poor people doing?

    Babysitting a three-year-old and a one-year-old in rural Wellsford overnight. Apparently, this means we have to be at Wellsford at 1:00 pm Saturday to get instructions. Really? How hard can it be? Food in this end. Shit out the other. Don't confuse the two...

    We also have to have breakfast with the returning parents on Sunday, so whole weekend fucked.

    Wanna swap?

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    replied to dogmeat on last edited by
    #1158

    @dogmeat said in Happiness Scale:

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    What are you poor people doing?

    Babysitting a three-year-old and a one-year-old in rural Wellsford overnight. Apparently, this means we have to be at Wellsford at 1:00 pm Saturday to get instructions. Really? How hard can it be? Food in this end. Shit out the other. Don't confuse the two...

    We also have to have breakfast with the returning parents on Sunday, so whole weekend fucked.

    Wanna swap?

    Erm why did you agree to it … ?

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  • dogmeatD Offline
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    replied to MajorRage on last edited by dogmeat
    #1159

    @MajorRage
    As you would have guessed - partner's grandkids. Showing support ....

    as I'm sure everyone on the Fern would

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    #1160

    I'm off to a golf weekend at Bonville in Coffs Harbour with 15 other blokes. Genuine highlight of the year, been collecting brownie points so I can cash them in at once. Thankfully in-laws coming to stay to help wife with the kids so the guilt is slightly less.

    Of course the key to this is to never ever sell it as a good time. It's fine. There might even be a few brief moments of enjoyment, but really I'd much prefer to be at home...

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    replied to barbarian on last edited by
    #1161

    @barbarian said in Happiness Scale:

    Of course the key to this is to never ever sell it as a good time. It's fine. There might even be a few brief moments of enjoyment, but really I'd much prefer to be at home...

    does she buy that?

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  • canefanC Online
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    wrote on last edited by
    #1162

    I guess it just pays not to look to joyful....

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  • barbarianB Offline
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    @taniwharugby said in Happiness Scale:

    @barbarian said in Happiness Scale:

    Of course the key to this is to never ever sell it as a good time. It's fine. There might even be a few brief moments of enjoyment, but really I'd much prefer to be at home...

    does she buy that?

    Oh of course not. Hiding the hangover is also part of it. And the overall cost of the thing.

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    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    What are you poor people doing?

    Saturday night I will be taking 10 x 15yr olds to bowling and dinner and ice cream for offsprings birthday party.

    Do I win?

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    #1165

    @voodoo said in Happiness Scale:

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    What are you poor people doing?

    Saturday night I will be taking 10 x 15yr olds to bowling and dinner and ice cream for offsprings birthday party.

    Ear plugs. Incredibly loud.

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    #1166

    @nzzp said in Happiness Scale:

    @voodoo said in Happiness Scale:

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    What are you poor people doing?

    Saturday night I will be taking 10 x 15yr olds to bowling and dinner and ice cream for offsprings birthday party.

    Ear plugs. Incredibly loud.

    This place has a bar at the front so I can leave them alone to bowl in the noise. Unfortunately I also have to drop half the fuckers home after dinner so I can't even get on the beers

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  • boobooB Do not disturb
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    booboo
    replied to dogmeat on last edited by
    #1167

    @dogmeat all good thanks DM

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  • boobooB Do not disturb
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    #1168

    @voodoo said in Happiness Scale:

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    What are you poor people doing?

    Saturday night I will be taking 10 x 15yr olds to bowling and dinner and ice cream for offsprings birthday party.

    @voodoo said in Happiness Scale:

    @nzzp said in Happiness Scale:

    @voodoo said in Happiness Scale:

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    What are you poor people doing?

    Saturday night I will be taking 10 x 15yr olds to bowling and dinner and ice cream for offsprings birthday party.

    Ear plugs. Incredibly loud.

    This place has a bar at the front so I can leave them alone to bowl in the noise. Unfortunately I also have to drop half the fuckers home after dinner so I can't even get on the beers

    Do I win?

    What do you reckon?

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    replied to booboo on last edited by
    #1169

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    @voodoo said in Happiness Scale:

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    What are you poor people doing?

    Saturday night I will be taking 10 x 15yr olds to bowling and dinner and ice cream for offsprings birthday party.

    @voodoo said in Happiness Scale:

    @nzzp said in Happiness Scale:

    @voodoo said in Happiness Scale:

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    What are you poor people doing?

    Saturday night I will be taking 10 x 15yr olds to bowling and dinner and ice cream for offsprings birthday party.

    Ear plugs. Incredibly loud.

    This place has a bar at the front so I can leave them alone to bowl in the noise. Unfortunately I also have to drop half the fuckers home after dinner so I can't even get on the beers

    Do I win?

    What do you reckon?

    play stupid games, win stupid prizes

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  • KiwiwombleK Online
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    Kiwiwomble
    wrote on last edited by
    #1170

    have the first club social event of the year and Mrs Womble is out of town

    pub crawl where the players (in teams) have to track down the put where the coaches/managers are....looking forward to it

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    Nepia
    replied to booboo on last edited by
    #1171

    @booboo Sounds like a great weekend with the highlight obviously being the match.

    But, to go all a bit Grumpy Old Man thread, I hate Gold Class, absolute worst way to watch a movie, the first 30 odd minutes it's a restaurant with a big screen, food delivers walking all over the place, people complaining their order is wrong, annoys the fuck out of me. Plus, you could fund the Rebels with a single ticket.

    To keep with the happiness theme, I'm going to it on Sunday in Vmax (the best way to watch), and completed my rewatch of part one last night.

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  • KiwiwombleK Online
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    Kiwiwomble
    wrote on last edited by
    #1172

    Mrs Womble and I probably only go 4-6 times a year to the cinema...and almost always gold class, Village normally have 30-50% off sales and we'll pick up a few tickets

    love getting to sit there and have hot food brought out or an ice creme only come when im ready to eat it

    to each their own

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  • voodooV Offline
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    voodoo
    wrote on last edited by
    #1173

    I stand with @Nepia on this one

    If I had the entire Gold Class to myself, that'd be another story. So really it's not Gold Class I hate per se, it's just other people.

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  • SmudgeS Offline
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    replied to booboo on last edited by Smudge
    #1174

    @booboo said in Happiness Scale:

    Plans for Saturday.

    Leave here shite and briny in the a.m. Head towards the big smoke.

    Leave Mrs Boo to guard the cats and sit the house.

    Stop in Sunny Coast to collect female offspring.

    Proceed to gold class cinema on North side of Brisbane for late morning screening of Dune 2.

    Order lunch to have with movie while reclining.

    Watch Dune 2 with female offspring, with whom I had watched first instalment (Mrs Boo not fussed).

    Proceed to accommodation on South Bank of River mid afternoon.

    Have quiet or two with offspring.

    Proceed by foot to Suncorp, approx 15mins, late afternoon, early evening for very civilised 6:30 kick off (thanks to Queensland's refusal to join the civilised world in enjoying daylight "savings" (as Qlders know it)).

    Watch Chiefs play as well as they did last week (work with me here jinx gods), with likely uninterested offspring who only came because I am old and I'm going to die soon and she should spend more time with me (actual phrasing). Seats somewhere between 10m and 22, broadcasting side of the field*.

    Breakfast Sunday somewhere on South Bank.

    Return home, dropping offspring on way.

    Added bonus of not watching Blackcaps v Aus.

    What are you poor people doing?

    • bonus points if anyone is old enough to recall who used to use that phrase in commentary ...

    Off to Invercargill on Friday night. So that's my weekend ruined.

    Not really. Off to the races on Saturday for a great day out at very affordable prices.

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    replied to Kiwiwomble on last edited by
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    @Kiwiwomble said in Happiness Scale:

    Mrs Womble and I probably only go 4-6 times a year to the cinema...and almost always gold class, Village normally have 30-50% off sales and we'll pick up a few tickets

    love getting to sit there and have hot food brought out or an ice creme only come when im ready to eat it

    to each their own

    I basically go weekly, Mad Men style, so I'd burn through cash if I went to Gold Class every week (assuming I liked it).

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