It's STILL tough and not getting better - so how are we coping?

ceridwen

Broomstick wrote: »

Just popped in to catch up and wanted to offer (((hugs))) far and wide to all that want them.

If anyone wants/needs a temporary but very funny MSE distraction from the current situation and hasn't already seen the O/S disasters.... let us share... thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/290130

it really is worth a read. Post #179 is my all time favourite :rotfl:

B x

ohmegawd :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. Thank goodness the most I've ever been called on to do for workmen doing work on my home is to stick sticking plaster on their hands....I think I got off lightly by the sound of it...:rotfl::rotfl:

Lindy_-_Loo

took DS2 to the doctors - turns out hes had hand, foot and mouth, now hes got the rash the virus is heading off.
Explains why hes been off food during birthday and holiday last week. Hes eaten 3 meals a day during the last 3 days so hes on the mend. Feel bad I didnt notice it sooner but doc said you dont kno u have it till you get the visable symptons.

Made choc crunch not as good as MIL but its edible! may do flapjack tomorrow.

I sympathise with those having kid issues, DS1 who is 5 has been a little so and so these past few days, hes shattered and now were wondering if he has a virus - although that no excuse for the back chat!

lucielle

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I think we might also get the fireplace sorted this year (fingers crossed). At sometime in the past, it was made smaller. I've had a look up inside it and can see that there's a large inglenook behind the fake stone tiles and concrete. We also need to get the chimney relined, so we're going to get our local place that sell stoves to do a survey and tell us how much it's going to cost to get it all done. Might have to bite the bullet and get a loan to pay for it though so that we can get it done before the winter kicks in.[/QUOTE]

We put a stove in our place and actually bought it off ebay.
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mardatha

Americans hunt and eat squirrels. I would personally eat anything if I was hungry. As long as it was dead.

parsonswife8

mardatha wrote: »

Americans hunt and eat squirrels. I would personally eat anything if I was hungry. As long as it was dead.

Apparently, they are right boney buggas though. That would put me off, unless I was starving.
:eek:

Thats_Me_3

Broomstick I have laughed till I hurt, thank you sooooo much for pointing me in that direction, it is the funniest thing I have seen in a long, long time!!

Broomstick

Glad you enjoyed it - it's one of those posts (and threads) that you really mustn't read while drinking or eating anything near the computer. (The real thanks are due to Moo2moo.)
:rotfl:
Thank goodness 'they' haven't worked out how to put VAT or other taxes onto laughter! We've got that one free for ever.

annie123

narabanekeater wrote: »

If anyone wants/needs a temporary but very funny MSE distraction from the current situation and hasn't already seen the O/S disasters.... let us share... thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/290130

it really is worth a read. Post #179 is my all time favourite :rotfl:

B x

just read 179
I have tears streaming down my face, hubby just came in to see if I was laughing or crying.

We all need a good laugh every now and then

Thank you so much for posting it :T

penelopedee_2

mardatha wrote: »

Yes and no Gailey I think life is getting more like it was in the past. I mean like the 20s and 30s. Jobs were hard to find and easy lost, housing was in a bad way with rents high and evictions common. So you can look to the past to help you cope with the future. (By "you" I don't mean you personally). Maybe the period from the 60s until now was just a blip with an artificially high standard of living ?

I think that. We've been brought up to think we can have anything if we work for it and the fact is we can't. It makes me shudder now when friends can't even knock up a meal out of mince or know how to get by on 'shopping from the cupboards/freezer' for a week. We've had it easy and now we have to change our ways and be a bit more realistic.

elizabunny

Have been absent for a couple of weeks and I come back and there are another 60 pages! Grief what on earth have I missed, must catch up.