You expect us to believe that?
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Yes M’lud
Last time we were in Bergan, about three years ago, it was pouring !!
We were stood in a queue for the funicular railway and Mrs D asked the young lad beside us, who was clearly Norwegian, “What’s it like here in Bergan when it isn’t raining ?” to which the young lad replied " I don’t know, i’m only 11 and a half !"
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Wind.
This made me smile this afternoon. The original post, set in context, is in the Brain Teaser thread
I carefully explained this visualisation of dealing 52 cards in all their different ways to Mrs D.
I had to take it slowly, especially the concept of how many atoms there are in the Earth - she could visualise the back garden (1/3 acre) - but was struggling a bit with the Earth.
She didn’t feel that atoms could shuffle and deal a deck of cards every second- they would need at least a minute ! and what had the Big Bang to do with it - nobody was around at that point in time 
But eventually, I thought i’d managed to deliver a reasonable concept of how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is until she concluded with “so not really worth trying, I suppose ?”
Bless ! It did make me smile.
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Beginning to hear echos of the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy …
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Pulled out a draw to look for some staples and found my badge collection.
Did make me smile - we used to wear these things.
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That’s bizarre Satori - someone said almost exactly the same to me this afternoon.
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waking up this morning…
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A negative CV19 test this evening
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A Ukranian student telling me their father was in the military. I saluted them, they saluted back, and we smiled at the recent successes.
Valhalla awaits.
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Sometimes though we can be woken too early by factors beyond our control 
…I am in my 70’s so I get the opportunity to wake up and smile a few times during the night and have for years. 
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I’m a bit younger but so do I if that’s any consolation!
It also doesn’t help that I’m a night owl and turn in late - Mrs AC isn’t and her jarring alarm wakes me early as she starts work much earlier.
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As an old(er) man I can confirm that I am often snoring before going to bed.
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For 40 years I was a night owl, and thought that my predisposition to stay up late was well matched to my chosen career in boarding schools. When I moved out of residential responsibilities after 32 years I was worried that commuting for more than 30 seconds would be a step too far.
How wrong I was. Now I am an early bird, who gets to use the BiFrost before any other Asgaardian stirs, and am finally synchronised with the rest of the family who, I have discovered, are actually quite pleasant.
The realm of light is a wonderful thing and makes me smile every dawn with a spectacle almost worthy of the aurora borealis, chorused by nature. 
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Saturn has always been a favourite of mine in our solar system (from NASA/JPL-Caltech):
Wishing everyone a lovely evening/day
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Mrs Willy started an upholstery class yesterday. This morning she was telling me about the tools she needed to get, including a hammer with a “magnifying” head that holds the tack. Mrs Malaprop would have been so proud.
Willy.
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Catching up with ‘farming today’ on BBC radio 4 where they are talking about goats this week. The Royal Welsh has a mascot, a goat, Shenkin IV. He was chosen because he had a perm …
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