The Good News Channel

[Opsa]

Good news: our fundraiser festival this past weekend for our all-volunteer community children's theater raised $500. Yeay! We can afford next season!

[pieces o nine]

    ^ Yay!

[Griffin NoName]

Great news.

[Roland Deschain]

Congratulations on raising enough money for next year. It's surprising how many community activities rely on the generosity of strangers (and the not so strangers).

[Sibling DavidH]

Hooray for Opsa!  Believe me, I know what news like that means.

[Opsa]

Hey-o! We're going to see the broadway musical version of "Peter Pan" tonight at a nearby Arts Conservatory. Can't wait. I was in a community theater production of it when I was a kid and the music has stuck with me forever. Particularly "I Won't Grow Up", which it seems I have taken to heart. 

[Aggie]

I like this one too... 
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[Opsa]

Ahhhhh, that's so wonderful.

Thank you.

[Sibling DavidH]

Went into town today to buy some Euros for our coming holiday.  Last year we were reckoning the Euro at £1 for practical purposes, in fact it was just a bit less.  Today I got €500 for £406.60, so for easy reckoning we can call it 80 pence.  OK, things in Greece will be dearer than last year, but I'd guess we're going to benefit substantially.   

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

It's a lovely thing, when by sheer chance, you gain some sort of benefit from the way the world works, isn't it?   

[Sibling DavidH]

Lovely, but rare!

[Roland Deschain]

It was up to around €1.24 to £1 when I checked a few days ago. The Pound Sterling has definitely become a little stronger against the Euro, which benefits us UK holidaymakers in Europe. It was down to €1.1 not so long ago.*

*Woo! An extra ten Eurocents, lol.

[Swatopluk]

On the other hand it makes my DVD imports from Amazon.co.uk more expensive again (still far cheaper than the UK IMPORT option from amazon.de)

[Roland Deschain]

On the other hand it makes my DVD imports from Amazon.co.uk more expensive again (still far cheaper than the UK IMPORT option from amazon.de)

Buying from Amazon.co.uk also means you'll be able to purchase the more adult (as in violent, not as in prawn) things, especially when it comes to games.

[Swatopluk]

I could get theat from Austria too 

But unless it is horses coming to harm, UK DVDs are less likely to be cut. And I never encountered such madness like "Thai/Mandarin without subtitles or dubbed with (and no option to switch them off)" there (unlike here).