Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

lostinrates

There are few other scarecrow events that I know of, in somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. I have a rth loud vintage evening dress I'm thinking of donating to a scarecrow.

I also quite fancy a huge nativity set....

treliac

misskool wrote: »

About the science masters, it's a bit late for this year but they are normally funded if they are in an area of need/skills shortage. Especially when you've got a first in hand

Thanks for the advice. She's applied for a bursary, but not heard anything and I understand there's a lot of competition for them.

Do you have any other suggestions, such as contacting the companies that are backing the course?

misskool

treliac wrote: »

Thanks for the advice. She's applied for a bursary, but not heard anything and I understand there's a lot of competition for them.

Do you have any other suggestions, such as contacting the companies that are backing the course?

can you pm me what she wants to do and where. what and where she got her first degree in and I'll have a think.

Companies will back the students (but depends a lot on how relevant the masters is to industry and also if she did a sandwich year).

It's sometimes easier to get on a 1+3 master's followed by phd as the trend seems to be towards that.

Although, I have to stress, almost ALL uk funding will have been allocated for a start in sept/oct so whatever she does will be for next year.

treliac

misskool wrote: »

can you pm me what she wants to do and where. what and where she got her first degree in and I'll have a think.

Companies will back the students (but depends a lot on how relevant the masters is to industry and also if she did a sandwich year).

It's sometimes easier to get on a 1+3 master's followed by phd as the trend seems to be towards that.

Although, I have to stress, almost ALL uk funding will have been allocated for a start in sept/oct so whatever she does will be for next year.

I'll pm you the course. She has a place for this year and will take it with or without funding assistance. She's been expecting to have to pay and will take another loan to do so, rather than leave it until later. Hence the part time job is important.... so some social life remains possible.

lemonjelly

Thanks to all for the help with the courgettes!:T

My cucumber plants are slow, & no cucmbers yet, but if I recall correctly, they were late last year, & for some reason everything seems later this year.

I am getting a fair few flowers on the tomatoes though.:)

And I put my hanging baskets out to add that splash of colour - they look very pretty.

And my beans have the first flowers appearing...:j

SingleSue

Well it is eldests' last lesson of compulsory education today and he has his final exam tomorrow...where has the time gone?

It seems like it was only 5 minutes ago that the doctor was trying to convince me I was actually pregnant only a year after telling me that children would be an impossibility. Now he is a hulking great almost 6ft tall soon to be man with a beard (still not sure if I like that), great debating skills instead of just "I want juice!" and completely independent instead of having to have his nappy changed.

I feel quite sad but also excited at the same time to be honest, he is leaving his childhood behind and is about to embark on adult hood and all that entails....have I prepared him enough? Is he ready to make decisions on his own? Will he still need his mum from time to time?

Mind you, this is the almost man who still wants his mum with him when he goes to the doctors to explain his medical history (it's pretty simple with him, child hood asthma - grown out of, childhood allergy to strawberries- grown out of, dyslexia and now his EDS).

It is a shame his father doesn't see the man his eldest son is becoming, or for that matter, how grown up the other two are....their father still thinks of them as little boys. It is also a shame that they don't have the same relationship with their dad as I do with mine, they are missing out and so is their father.

Sorry , in a maudlin mood this morning....

Ellie2758

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

fc123 wrote: »

It was 2001 - 04 I think.
Just nice, ordinary girls buying clothes for 'off duty' time.....so branded jeans, tops etc.
He did offer our manageress at the time an opp for 'extra work' as he was trying to recruit bigger girls. It was done in a very polite, non sleazy way .....just as if he was offering her another shop job.

She declined the offer.

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Loving those scarecrows DS

Ellie2758

Sister in law and husband live in South Devon, near Cornish border, and they have a Scarecrow festival near them. Last year we had one in our village too, in Kent of all places!!

treliac wrote: »

I remember seeing these a few years back, Davesnave. Is it only in north Devon... I can't remember? We were in our favourite spot in south Devon the week before last. I've never seen the scarecrows there.

lostinrates

SingleSue wrote: »

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It is a shame his father doesn't see the man his eldest son is becoming, or for that matter, how grown up the other two are....their father still thinks of them as little boys. It is also a shame that they don't have the same relationship with their dad as I do with mine, they are missing out and so is their father.

Sorry , in a maudlin mood this morning....

They miss out, and he misses out-whether he realises or not. But its part of what has made them the young men they have grown to be.

Ellie2758

Aww bless her :A

SingleSue wrote: »

We are not entirely sure of her age, she was a rescue cat and when we got her, the rescue home said she was between 1 and 2 years old...so she is either 9 or 10 now.

And they certainly do! She hasn't stopped eating since she got home and is walking around and doing all her usual stuff, it really is amazing..she wouldn't move anywhere or eat anything before I took her up.