Happy Me Thread

[xilman]

I'm about to stop being a bloated plutocrat and to rejoin the proletariat.

Translation: as of 1st October I'll be employed again and will no longer have to live on savings and investments.

[pinhodecarlos]

Originally Posted by xilman

I'm about to stop being a bloated plutocrat and to rejoin the proletariat.

Translation: as of 1st October I'll be employed again and will no longer have to live on savings and investments.

We need to celebrate. I want to schedule a visit to Cambridge but it's so hard to do it because of the uncertainty of the weather.

[Xyzzy]

Originally Posted by pinhodecarlos

I want to schedule a visit to Cambridge but it's so hard to do it because of the uncertainty of the weather.

Isn't it always rainy and miserable?

[petrw1]

Originally Posted by kladner

Now that I just successfully completed the DC assignment, I can say how much I enjoyed the number involved:

34747777

All sorts of Today in Maths kind of games can be played. The simple one which jumped out at me is

'3+4=7, 4= (the number of 7s following)'.

There must be more inventive combinations.

If if were you I would go to Vegas and put $7777 in the biggest slot machine you can find fully expect it to come up 7-7-7-7.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

Isn't it always rainy and miserable?

Not at all! Summer happens for at least one day each year and we invariably get snow instead of rain for at least one other day each year. Sometimes "miserable" isn't emphatic enough and we are forced to resort to "thoroughly unpleasant".

Occasionally it's foggy.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by petrw1

If if were you I would go to Vegas and put $7777 in the biggest slot machine you can find fully expect it to come up 7-7-7-7.

I guess I wasn't quite that amused by the digits. I fear that synchronicity might not affect a one-armed bandit sufficiently.

[ixfd64]

My family recently got back from an amazing trip to New Zealand. Post-vacation blues aside, it was one of our best trips ever.

[jasong]

Originally Posted by xilman

Not at all! Summer happens for at least one day each year and we invariably get snow instead of rain for at least one other day each year. Sometimes "miserable" isn't emphatic enough and we are forced to resort to "thoroughly unpleasant".

Occasionally it's foggy.

Miserable isn't worse than thoroughly unpleasant? To me, thoroughly unpleasant means extremely unhappy, but miserable would involve the addition of tears.

[petrw1]

Originally Posted by ixfd64

My family recently got back from an amazing trip to New Zealand. Post-vacation blues aside, it was one of our best trips ever.

My wife and I are heading there in February...any suggestions:

- Must do
- Don't bother
- South Island vs North Island
etc.

Thx

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by petrw1

My wife and I are heading there in February...any suggestions:

- Must do
- Don't bother
- South Island vs North Island
etc.

How much time do you have there? What sort of things might interest you? What level of fitness/activity is your idea of fun?
A relative went on a Honeymoon there for 2 or 3 weeks and brought back some good advice.
I know some folks there and well be seeing a Kiwi this weekend.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by petrw1

My wife and I are heading there in February...any suggestions:

- Must do
- Don't bother
- South Island vs North Island
etc.

Thx

I would recommend MOTAT:
http://www.motat.org.nz/