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Thursday 10th-(nearly Friday!) Daily chat!

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  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    I thought 1408 was brilliant, I'm not a huge fan of Steven King based films, some stuff I love, some stuff I hate. I keep meaning to try and get hold of some of his books.

    Oblong jaffa cakes? I didn't like the idea till I read about the edge to edge filling, which sounds good. I'm not a VAT geek, but I know about the cake/biscuit thing, does that make me just a geek?

    Heating is now apparantly working - they had to replace loads of bits. They've also changed the fan speed so hopefully some heat'll get into the bedroom. Wonder if it'll last the whole winter!
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • bookseller1980
    bookseller1980 Posts: 7,924 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    Bookie~You got your Job Seekers sorted out yet?

    SRM~Im bored too.

    Not a penny!
    beanielou wrote: »
    What sort of job to you fancy Bookie in an ideal world then?
    Anything course related to that on offer?
    Probably admin, book-keeping. Boring stuff.
    I'm good for nothing really - just brilliant at being a mug.
    Can't get free courses until I get my JSA award. Catch 22.
    sammy115 wrote: »
    Yes, marketing....then you can market my business for me......

    Got to do some serious marketing now.....any ideas!
    Mail shots, notices in libraries shops etc,
  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    Of course you're good at things other than being a mug! You ran a business for a long time until it folded, like many other (and much bigger) companies, during a recession.

    You can always start looking for courses you want to do, get the registration packs etc, then as soon as you get the JSA letter you're ready to send them all off. Do you have a degree already? The OU might be a good place to start if not. I'm not sure what book keeping courses they do, but you'd get a grant of around £255, and a computer grant, on top of your fees being paid. Plus, courses start in October, which gives you an extra month to get JSA sorted, colleges tend to start around now.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • jacs76
    jacs76 Posts: 2,140 Forumite
    Toto wrote: »
    I don't believe it. I've just had to go and pick Jas up from school again. She has fainted and says her throat feels dry... here we go again.
    oh dear! hope she isn't going down with something and feels better soon x
  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    I know what to do in marketing...just not good at it...not creative enough to design leaflets etc...not got time to cold call etc.....or do mail shots......
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • bookseller1980
    bookseller1980 Posts: 7,924 Forumite
    Some people say I'm good with Publisher. The kind ones!
  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    sammy115 wrote: »
    I know what to do in marketing...just not good at it...not creative enough to design leaflets etc...not got time to cold call etc.....or do mail shots......

    My whole job is that :eek::eek:
  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    Back from the health trainer. She's going to phone the social worker's manager and give her a piece of her mind, she's champing at the bit to do it! So that's good, another professional saying that the suggestions are detrimental to my progress. She's also referring me to a 'travel trainer' to help me get out and about. I need to think of a regular journey to make to get help with and someone to go with me. I can't think of anything though! The most exotic journey I make is to the supermarket. Maybe a trip out to the charity shops in Wetherby or Otley, with a coffee thrown in or something like that. Not MSE, but getting out and keeping the depression at bay is just as important as debt busting to my mind.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    Sammy, I'm not brilliant at creative stuff, but I can cobble a newsletter or webpage together, so if you want I can have a go at some leaflet ideas for you? Just PM me what details you want to put on it.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Oooo what about a blog?? You could update it every week - 'Tale from the clients' as a take from tales from the crypt - could be fun to do and not too much effort :D
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