ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Something completely unexpected happened to me this afternoon...
Something good. Something VERY good...
No, I didn't hit it off with an attractive unattached woman in the supermarket (or anywhere else). I didn't win a prize in a competition. I didn't go out on my bike...
What happened was that my bubble pal met up with her brother and brought him round for coffee and snacks in my sunny back yard. We had a nice chat and a laugh. Then he instructed me to hold out my hand. Why? Just do it...
He reached into a pocket and took out a roll of bank notes, and started counting them out into my open palm... £10, £20, £30, £40, £50, £60, £70, £80, £90, £100...
Whaaaaaaaat!?
I asked if this was a joke. Nope. Did I remember buying him a used bike years ago? Nope. Oh, hang on, yes - it must have been 25+ years ago. He couldn't afford it at the time, so I'd told him not to worry about it; just pay me back one day when he wasn't skint. Today was finally that day!!!
I had forgotten all about it, but he had been feeling guilty about it and wanted to set things right. He has plenty of money in the bank now, so I wasn't going to turn it down! It will go towards a second pair of wheels for my Devon bike. I'm looking at ads now to see what is available at an affordable price.
"What goes around, comes around!"
Something good. Something VERY good...
No, I didn't hit it off with an attractive unattached woman in the supermarket (or anywhere else). I didn't win a prize in a competition. I didn't go out on my bike...
What happened was that my bubble pal met up with her brother and brought him round for coffee and snacks in my sunny back yard. We had a nice chat and a laugh. Then he instructed me to hold out my hand. Why? Just do it...
He reached into a pocket and took out a roll of bank notes, and started counting them out into my open palm... £10, £20, £30, £40, £50, £60, £70, £80, £90, £100...
Whaaaaaaaat!?
I asked if this was a joke. Nope. Did I remember buying him a used bike years ago? Nope. Oh, hang on, yes - it must have been 25+ years ago. He couldn't afford it at the time, so I'd told him not to worry about it; just pay me back one day when he wasn't skint. Today was finally that day!!!
I had forgotten all about it, but he had been feeling guilty about it and wanted to set things right. He has plenty of money in the bank now, so I wasn't going to turn it down! It will go towards a second pair of wheels for my Devon bike. I'm looking at ads now to see what is available at an affordable price.
"What goes around, comes around!"
