What's made your day today?

[Thenop]

Maybe we need a thread for ageing and ailments?

We have an entire message board for that 

[Matt2112]

From last night, really: I (along with seemingly quite a few others) have been pestering petitioning Irish folk-rock legends The Saw Doctors for quite a while via their social media channels to play at the Piece Hall, its size and surroundings being absolutely tailor-made for the band.

So, last night at their gig at Leeds Academy, just before their last song, guitar-vocalist Leo Moran announced that next summer they're playing the very venue I've been dearly wanting them to play, which had me literally roaring with delight as if my football team had scored a last minute winner in a cup final.

That didn't so much make my day as make my year - and next year, come to that.

[R6GYY]

Bagging a free copy of Konami's Castlevania Anniversary Collection from the Epic Store. They do different free games every week and whilst I already have the Castlevania Advance collection on Xbox, this was a treat that I had intended to get at some point, but here it is for free.

Grab it while you can if you want it.

[The Picnic Wasp]

An old friend who moved away a while back finally replied to a Facebook message I sent four years ago. He'd missed it entirely. He was a keen photographer and back in 1979 he managed to take the most incredible photos of Queen at the Glasgow Apollo. I was with him both nights and was extremely worried for his safety when he sneaked down to the front at one point to get some fantastic close ups. The Apollo bouncers had a fearsome reputation and were well known for beating folk up and smashing their cameras. However, he got away with it and later that night printed off some pictures of the concert in his garden shed. He gave me several copies which I have always treasured.

Many years later whilst working as a cop at the SECC, he left some photos for Sir Brian. Brian later got in touch with him apologising for the fact that he mistakenly thought they were just for signing and selling on eBay and not realising they were a gift without any catch. He promised to do something with them and later they were published in a book about the Crazy tour by Gary Taylor. My friend is also a real aircraft geek and sent me some lovely shots of various civil and military aircraft. Some of the A380, Glasgow Airport pictures are really fantastic.