Who made your day today?

[Brandane]

For me today it was a wee red-head; about 2 years old being pushed along in her buggy by her Dad in Irvine, Ayrshire.
I was out for a quick ride in the sun on my motorbike and I saw them on the pavement heading towards me, when the girl gave me a huge wave and a smile that would melt the heart of the SCP contributors (ok, slight exaggeration!). She got a big wave back - hopefully a friend of bikers for life now. Simple things are the best!

 

[Garry A]

My wife :-)

 

[Sara_H]

My 16 year old stepson who has severe dyslexia and other learning difficulties. He passed a theory test on his college course ( music and performance).
It's the first time he's ever passed a test and his delight was infectious.

 

[TVC]

My wife :-)

She's watching the forum isn't she?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

hopefully a friend of bikers for life now

You could have "made" a future cyclist, maybe a world champion, who knows?
... If you had been on your bike

 

[Cubist]

My dog. She made a series of perfect retrieves from Scammonden reservoir using a floating dummy. I also discovered she actually has webbed feet. That's quite a revelation to someone who has owned terriers and lurcher crosses for the last thirty years. Labradors, Newfoundland and various Spaniels share the characteristic apparently. My question is how the hell does evolution decide what would be useful? What is doing the programming?

 

[Brandane]

You could have "made" a future cyclist, maybe a world champion, who knows?
... If you had been on your bike

If I had been on my bike (which, incidentally, I WAS last night - commuting in the rain!!!) she would probably have sneered and told me to get on the bike path at the side of the road coz I don't pay road tax or have insurance!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

commuting in the rain!!!)

 

[mickle]

My dog. She made a series of perfect retrieves from Scammonden reservoir using a floating dummy. I also discovered she actually has webbed feet. That's quite a revelation to someone who has owned terriers and lurcher crosses for the last thirty years. Labradors, Newfoundland and various Spaniels share the characteristic apparently. My question is how the hell does evolution decide what would be useful? What is doing the programming?

That's not evolution that's selective breeding.

 

[Sara_H]

My dog. She made a series of perfect retrieves from Scammonden reservoir using a floating dummy. I also discovered she actually has webbed feet. That's quite a revelation to someone who has owned terriers and lurcher crosses for the last thirty years. Labradors, Newfoundland and various Spaniels share the characteristic apparently. My question is how the hell does evolution decide what would be useful? What is doing the programming?

I didn't know that. I will inspect my big smelly pals paws for webbing in the morning.
Mind you, he hates swimming, he's not a normal Labrador!

 

[steve50]

For me today it was a wee red-head; about 2 years old being pushed along in her buggy by her Dad in Irvine, Ayrshire.
I was out for a quick ride in the sun on my motorbike and I saw them on the pavement heading towards me, when the girl gave me a huge wave and a smile that would melt the heart of the SCP contributors (ok, slight exaggeration!). She got a big wave back - hopefully a friend of bikers for life now. Simple things are the best!

I used to live in Irvine, 1968 to 1971, it was a lovely place to live, have been back once in recent years and didn't recognise the place.

 

[ColinJ]

Whoever it was that made it such a lovely, warm, sunny day!

 

[steve50]

Whoever it was that made it such a lovely, warm, sunny day!

Yeah, hard to believe this time last week we were freezing our nads off.

 

[snorri]

It was the waitress who advised me to miss out on the carrot cake and have the apple crumble instead.

 

[grumpyoldwoman]

My good friend,Jason. Words of advice and encouragement when I asked for them.The bloke's a gem.