As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

Red_Doe

Another Bank Holiday? Eek..can anyone tell me if it also applies to Scotland please?

GreyQueen

Red_Doe wrote: »

Another Bank Holiday? Eek..can anyone tell me if it also applies to Scotland please?

According to my WH Smith diary its "Bank Holiday (UK)" so I think you get it, too.

Red_Doe

Thanks GQ...I`ll just pencil in "May...uberBank Holiday month" in next year`s calendar!

Softstuff

Wow, so many people need a hug, so I'll give them out with gay abandon *hugs*
At least that's something that still doesn't cost anything.

What a shocker of a week you had Rainbow. I'd have been reaching a large gulp of something medicinal.

My hubby, o light of my life and dearest one, has once again proved his worth. He spent rather a long time on the phone to my airline this morning, and though it proved prohibitively expensive to move my flight forward, he managed to get me an extra week there with no money to them. Just had to rebook a coach and travel insurance. Cost - about 40 quid, value to my mother - priceless. Especially since my friend has now had all drugs withdrawn, so it's likely she'll go peacefully in the next couple of days. This means my first week in England will involve a funeral. That extra week means I'll have a bit more good time with my mother, rather than funeral arranging time.

My mother is also realising more and more why my husband was worth moving to the other side of the world for. I've filled the freezer with home-cooked meals, filled the cupboard with tinned goodies and other stuff, and I'm hoping he'll be fine since I'll be away nearly a month including all the travel.

I'm reminded by you all that I need an eye test. I may avail myself of one while I'm over, since they're not too dear.

Kittikins

Softstuff - I have a voucher for a £5 eye test at Boots opticians, if you want to PM me an address in the UK, I'll happily send it to you

VJsmum

I think tescos are doing free eye tests at the moment.

GreyQueen

So, further to my MIA Isa balance which didn't make it into the Bank's newly-established ISA along with a companion from A.N. Other provider.......just come from the Bank. Oh yes, they've had that balance since LAST WEEK and somehow still managed to print an ISA certificate with only the other balance on it.

I had to explain thru gritted teeth that I'd consolidated two ISAs into a new one with them and I wanted the whole balance on the ceritificate not less than half of it. So, I have a scrappy computer printout for now and a proper certificate should follow. Grrrr.

Good grief, dealing with financial institutions leaves me a nervous wreck. How the heck people manage careers in investment banking and stay sane.......hang on, they're a bunch of coke-heads and alkies, aren't they?!:rotfl:

Do excuse me whilst I go into the corner and have a "bit of a moment."

Softstuff great news about your trip and your OH sounds a treasure.

((hugs to everyone who's feeling a bit...y'know.)

grandma247

Hugs for you Rainbow, your reaction is perfectly normal. You will work through it but maybe go and do something pleasant for a while to take your mind off it. I read familiar funny books when I feel like this. I like Enid Blyton too when I am low.

smileyt_2

Rainbow, how very sad about the cat and I can fully understand the horror of it. You must try not to think about it any more. You and your OH did all you could. And I am sorry about your landshare lady too. I hope you are feeling calmer soon.

Thank you Ginnyknit, rosie383 and estherh for your support.

kittie wrote: »

I have to say that no dogs should be loose unless in a designated dog walking area. Our border collie dog, on a lead ,was once slashed across the belly by a loose great dane, whose owner was very close by and who called the dog away. She needed lots of stiches and her underside was hanging open. Who cares if they respond to the owner or not, they should not be able to run towards anyone

On the whole I would agree with you about dog walking areas, but we were in an area where dogs are allowed off lead and my dogs didn't get near the pup. My male dog has been attacked more times than I can count by staffy/pitbull crosses and mastiffs - one even scaled the 6ft fence of a children's playground, where it actually wasn't allowed in the first place, and ran over and ripped open my boy's side when he was on his lead. The owner just walked away! I've also been bitten by another dog when trying to rescue mine and needed hospital treatment. So I can imagine some of what you feel as I've experienced similar things as well, and this is why I am extremely quick off the mark to stop my dogs bounding up to other people's. The wee puppy would have been fine if his owner had not been scared of other dogs generally and had not panicked but you can't possibly cover other people's reactions all the time. My dogs are also muzzled when off the lead because otherwise they spend the entire walk scavenging, would not get any exercise and they would think their names had changed to 'Leave it' (there is a lot of rubbish around where I live and sometimes people also put poison out, even in the park; I live in such a wonderful area ....) I guess I am just fortunate that, in a crisis, I tend to keep a cool head and then have my shakes and tears afterwards (I don't know how I manage this though!). Strange behaviour from a great dane, though, as they are usually laid back and have to be because they are such big dogs; something that powerful that is nasty is not good, not good at all. I hope your bc made a good recovery and is OK now.

Swampmonster

kittie wrote: »

cloned meat is being sneaked into the supermarkets by the end of summer :eek::eek::eek:

This absolutely horrifies me as it will not be labelled as such

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/8415170/Meat-from-offspring-of-cloned-animals-to-go-on-sale-in-UK.html

OMG!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: