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Thursday's Grabbing it by the balls Daily Chat

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  • bookworm8657
    bookworm8657 Posts: 87 Forumite
    clairewop wrote: »
    Thats silly, it should be for people who need help not how long you have lived in the area.

    Hi Pooky and everyone

    May I just throw a thought your way Pooky....if your house is absolutely unsuitable for the person with disabilities i.e. bathroom and bedrooms upstairs, access and downstairs rooms not suitable for wheelchair access etc then it may be that you can claim to be "homeless" on the grounds that you do not have a suitable home. It may mean more form filling and maybe getting a report from an OT and I certainly can't speak for other local authorities. I got this advice from a Housing Officer, so you may feel it's worth considering....
    bookworm8657
  • clairewop
    clairewop Posts: 8,007 Forumite
    Pooky wrote: »
    All the more reason to send him to school and behave as normal - rather than pass your fears onto him.

    I appreciate he's upset but school will take his mind off of it all.

    He seems much better now, so i think he will be going.

    Bens Just come in he seems to be ok.
    Boiler pot £30.92/£1000
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,554 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I have been eating chrunchie rocks.Gaaaahhhhhhhhh.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    I have been eating chrunchie rocks.Gaaaahhhhhhhhh.

    Ahhh Haaa...............caught you!:p
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • Pooky
    Pooky Posts: 7,023 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks Bookworm, will speak to them again but feel like I'm banging my head against a wall. I just want to concentrate on looking after DH and DD's without this constant worry of housing/benefits/insurance companies/consultant visits/hospital visits/boy friends/gcse's....where's that fairy godmother when you need her?

    What are crunchie rocks Beanie? I think I might want some....;)
    "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" - W. C. Field.
  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    Are they not good Beanie....
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    Have checked out all the stop smoking stuff - read the leaflet that comes with the patches and had a nosey at the inhalator....Debating whether putting the immersion on for half hour tonight would give me hot water for the morning so I can have a shower, get clean, put my patch on and start from there
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    Ok, that's scary....I can save 150 a MONTH when I give up smoking...you know that's going to go into my saving pots (opened a second account...named MooseFund....or elfen's gonna-leave-UK-after-uni pot)
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,554 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Crunchie rocks are very moreish but not good for me loosing weight.
    They are like crunchie clumps in one of those share pack thingys.

    Ya good Sammy?

    Night all xx
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • clairewop
    clairewop Posts: 8,007 Forumite
    My next door neighbour been over and buried Wongy, cause Dh not home yet, Nathan has cried himself to sleep, and is on the settee, not sure what to do now
    Boiler pot £30.92/£1000
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