I always enjoy reading your updates Tom, well I don't enjoy it when your family go through tough times but it's certainly better than a 'I won this, I won that thread' as it gives it balance and shows that, for the vast majority of us, poker is just a small part of overall life.
I'm busy right now with my daily chores, but I'll comment later, especially as to some parts of your post which I thought were really thought provoking. (As in, so many of us like to read what others write, but we cba to reply or post stuff ourselves).
I always enjoy reading your updates Tom, well I don't enjoy it when your family go through tough times but it's certainly better than a 'I won this, I won that thread' as it gives it balance and shows that, for the vast majority of us, poker is just a small part of overall life.
Hi Paul. Thanks for the feedback mate, it’s funny you should mention the word ‘balance’ - a word I have pretty much worn out using to my children, so much so in fact all I have to do to get the “ Oh god “ response is to look at them, raise my eyebrows and extend my arms slightly whilst raising them up and down in opposite motions to signify the word 😊.
I'm busy right now with my daily chores, but I'll comment later, especially as to some parts of your post which I thought were really thought provoking. (As in, so many of us like to read what others write, but we cba to reply or post stuff ourselves).
Good Afternoon Mr.K.
I always appreciate you posting here, especially given the extent of your other duties., I look forward to your insight on the topic.
I mentioned “Injection fraction “ in my post about my good lady and Dear Daughter. Apparently I wasn’t listening 😊 - it’s Ejection fraction. Stupid English language .
I'm busy right now with my daily chores, but I'll comment later, especially as to some parts of your post which I thought were really thought provoking. (As in, so many of us like to read what others write, but we cba to reply or post stuff ourselves).
Good Afternoon Mr.K.
I always appreciate you posting here, especially given the extent of your other duties., I look forward to your insight on the topic.
Just managed to squeeze the comment in between naps
The goat photo made me think of our old goat, now gone to goat heaven but used to be a real character. One day we had a lady turn up to get some manure (we have horses, so people collect the free manure for their roses/gardens/fetish parties etc).
Anyway she had two small children with her, aged about 4 and 6, so I kept an eye on our two german shepherds to make sure they didn't accidently knock the little ones over, (actually more to make sure that the kids didn't start pulling their ears/tails etc), anyway the dogs were next to me when there is a thud sound from the field and then a 'mum, mum!' and there was the eldest boy lying on the ground (unhurt and laughing) with our goat standing over him with a victorious look on her face!
First up, good to hear that your Daughter is on the mend, though of course now she (& Mrs GoodUn) have got to endure these heart problems. The level of knowledge that the NHS & others have as to heart problems these days is extraordinary, they seem to be able to fix most heart-related things with a combo of either medicine, surgery or both. Let's hope this is the case with Family Goodun.
Moving on to matters of less import, this struck a chord;
"I am guilty of this myself, but would appreciate any feedback."
Afternoon Tom,
I think that applies to all of us who post on Forums, be it here or elsewhere.
In effect, a post is the start of a conversation, & a one-sided conversation is not only not much fun, but slightly awkward & embarrassing. If we repeatedly post but nobody replies, it hurts a bit. It's bound to, because it suggests our post is not interesting.
Whilst that may be true in some cases though, it's usually not the position at all.
Life is different these days, we have our computers, smartphones, I-Pads, TV's, MP3's, Alexa's & God knows what else, & we can peruse Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, watch the TV, read the newspapers & all sorts, and so it's a wonder any of us have any time left to reply to posts.
That does not mean folks don't read & enjoy what we post though, & we can prove (or disprove) that by looking at the View Count.
People love this Diary, for the inspiration it gives us, the humour, & the lovely laid-back writing style.
I suppose it's an age thing, but I do love to see an online convo start properly, with a "Hi", "Afternoon/Morning or whatever.
In real-life, surely we'd never dream of starting a convo with a bunch of acquaintances or strangers without some form of intro? If we did, we'd be deemed to have very poor social skills, & our convos would not last very long.
And yet, online, it's deemed to be the norm, which always strikes me as very odd.
On this - & every other - forum, complete newbies turn up from time to time to ask a question or make a point, and never - or almost never - introduce themselves, or give context.
If I were standing in a crowd, or at a bus-stop or whatever, & some random stranger walked up & started talking to us without some form of "opener" ("Hi mate") we'd auto-assume we had encountered a weirdo. "Hi mate", or "Morning" or whatever, makes ALL the difference. But not Online, it seems.
The world of online, & what it has done to our social skills & manners, is at the same time the best & worst thing ever.
Good Evening all. Thank you for the comments chaps, really appreciate the feedback. I’ll get the poker out of the way first, I’ve been doing ok lately in both formats strangely enough. Due to my lack of regular updates I haven’t got specifics of FT’s reached, I know it’s 7 since my last post and I won 1 ( I think, could be 2) So my target of 50 this year is going well, 41 so far -barring a massive downswing I seem to be on course ( I’m not saying it’s a certainty, but I’m pretty confident 😊)
Life stuff It’s my birthday today , I feel loved even more than normal 😊 Dear daughter is managing ok at present, it’s a good sign when her wicked sense of humour surfaces and I’m usually the one at the sharp end of her Micky taking ( which I love) Dear wife is coping with the massive burden of having me as a husband alongside the weekly doctors, hospital appointments, so alls good there. Gorgeous Grandson is awesome, he will be 2 years old in a couple of weeks, and he is such a happy lad, he makes me guffaw at times, he is learning lots of new words, he’s even dropped the “ I’ll call everyone by their names except grandad cos I know it winds him up” persona, he saves that for the dog ( her name is Panda but he insists it’s Tia 🙄)
Work is a bit up and down, a lad who I worked with has left to go travelling, I really liked him and we had a great working relationship, the beauty of social media is such that we keep in touch whilst he is in Australia. Which means.. I was asked to go on site to the lovely house we made the oak ballustrades and handrail to fit them, I was a bit worried the lady of the house would ask me to do my ablutions in next doors field due to the history of log-gate, but I needn’t have worried, as my famed charm with ladies of a certain age came to my rescue.😊
So much so that one day I wasn’t there she was asking “ Why isn’t Tom here, and when is he coming again”, well I was on site the next day and she welcomed me with a slice of Lemon drizzle cake 😊 It’s so nice when you meet people and engage i that way.
I’m really tired, may post at the weekend. Love to all x
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Guilty as charged of reading and not interacting enough.
Hope there is good news on the family front.
WP on the FT/wins/horses.
Good luck.
Morning Tom.
I'm busy right now with my daily chores, but I'll comment later, especially as to some parts of your post which I thought were really thought provoking. (As in, so many of us like to read what others write, but we cba to reply or post stuff ourselves).
Thanks for the feedback mate, it’s funny you should mention the word ‘balance’ - a word I have pretty much worn out using to my children, so much so in fact all I have to do to get the “ Oh god “ response is to look at them, raise my eyebrows and extend my arms slightly whilst raising them up and down in opposite motions to signify the word 😊.
Good Afternoon Mr.K.
I always appreciate you posting here, especially given the extent of your other duties., I look forward to your insight on the topic.
Apparently I wasn’t listening 😊 - it’s Ejection fraction.
Stupid English language .
And could you post some pictures?
I forget what it’s named, it’s the one up the A22 just past the Land Rover garage near Golden Criss.
Anyway she had two small children with her, aged about 4 and 6, so I kept an eye on our two german shepherds to make sure they didn't accidently knock the little ones over, (actually more to make sure that the kids didn't start pulling their ears/tails etc), anyway the dogs were next to me when there is a thud sound from the field and then a 'mum, mum!' and there was the eldest boy lying on the ground (unhurt and laughing) with our goat standing over him with a victorious look on her face!
Hi Tom,
First up, good to hear that your Daughter is on the mend, though of course now she (& Mrs GoodUn) have got to endure these heart problems. The level of knowledge that the NHS & others have as to heart problems these days is extraordinary, they seem to be able to fix most heart-related things with a combo of either medicine, surgery or both. Let's hope this is the case with Family Goodun.
Moving on to matters of less import, this struck a chord;
"I am guilty of this myself, but would appreciate any feedback."
Afternoon Tom,
I think that applies to all of us who post on Forums, be it here or elsewhere.
In effect, a post is the start of a conversation, & a one-sided conversation is not only not much fun, but slightly awkward & embarrassing. If we repeatedly post but nobody replies, it hurts a bit. It's bound to, because it suggests our post is not interesting.
Whilst that may be true in some cases though, it's usually not the position at all.
Life is different these days, we have our computers, smartphones, I-Pads, TV's, MP3's, Alexa's & God knows what else, & we can peruse Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, watch the TV, read the newspapers & all sorts, and so it's a wonder any of us have any time left to reply to posts.
That does not mean folks don't read & enjoy what we post though, & we can prove (or disprove) that by looking at the View Count.
People love this Diary, for the inspiration it gives us, the humour, & the lovely laid-back writing style.
Don't stop, its a treat to read.
I rather enjoyed this too;
"Good Afternoon"
I suppose it's an age thing, but I do love to see an online convo start properly, with a "Hi", "Afternoon/Morning or whatever.
In real-life, surely we'd never dream of starting a convo with a bunch of acquaintances or strangers without some form of intro? If we did, we'd be deemed to have very poor social skills, & our convos would not last very long.
And yet, online, it's deemed to be the norm, which always strikes me as very odd.
On this - & every other - forum, complete newbies turn up from time to time to ask a question or make a point, and never - or almost never - introduce themselves, or give context.
If I were standing in a crowd, or at a bus-stop or whatever, & some random stranger walked up & started talking to us without some form of "opener" ("Hi mate") we'd auto-assume we had encountered a weirdo. "Hi mate", or "Morning" or whatever, makes ALL the difference. But not Online, it seems.
The world of online, & what it has done to our social skills & manners, is at the same time the best & worst thing ever.
Thank you for the comments chaps, really appreciate the feedback.
I’ll get the poker out of the way first, I’ve been doing ok lately in both formats strangely enough.
Due to my lack of regular updates I haven’t got specifics of FT’s reached, I know it’s 7 since my last post and I won 1 ( I think, could be 2)
So my target of 50 this year is going well, 41 so far -barring a massive downswing I seem to be on course ( I’m not saying it’s a certainty, but I’m pretty confident 😊)
Life stuff
It’s my birthday today , I feel loved even more than normal 😊
Dear daughter is managing ok at present, it’s a good sign when her wicked sense of humour surfaces and I’m usually the one at the sharp end of her Micky taking ( which I love)
Dear wife is coping with the massive burden of having me as a husband alongside the weekly doctors, hospital appointments, so alls good there.
Gorgeous Grandson is awesome, he will be 2 years old in a couple of weeks, and he is such a happy lad, he makes me guffaw at times, he is learning lots of new words, he’s even dropped the “ I’ll call everyone by their names except grandad cos I know it winds him up” persona, he saves that for the dog ( her name is Panda but he insists it’s Tia 🙄)
Work is a bit up and down, a lad who I worked with has left to go travelling, I really liked him and we had a great working relationship, the beauty of social media is such that we keep in touch whilst he is in Australia.
Which means.. I was asked to go on site to the lovely house we made the oak ballustrades and handrail to fit them, I was a bit worried the lady of the house would ask me to do my ablutions in next doors field due to the history of log-gate, but I needn’t have worried, as my famed charm with ladies of a certain age came to my rescue.😊
So much so that one day I wasn’t there she was asking “ Why isn’t Tom here, and when is he coming again”, well I was on site the next day and she welcomed me with a slice of Lemon drizzle cake 😊
It’s so nice when you meet people and engage i that way.
I’m really tired, may post at the weekend.
Love to all x