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scaredy_cat

beanielou wrote: »

The search begins:rotfl:

there are some nice (but expensive) bags on Pia Jewellry.

katsu

Afraid I'm going to pass on Perth Beanie :rotfl: Banbury is south of Birmingham, a bit.

:wave: Hi scaredy, nice to see so many old names cropping up.

ETA - I seem to remember some purple Radley bag discussion last year - am I getting warm?

ZTD

beanielou wrote: »

Is that quite far south then?

It's far south enough that the Southerners still think it's in England...

Butti

Banbury is in Oxfordshire, north east of Oxford. If you draw a line from Birmingham to London, lets call it the M40, Banbury is very close to it.

Quite a nice toon.

Beanie, you are up near where my name comes from (surname). Looking on the 1900 census there was a big concentration round Perth, but then it is a Nordic name!

B

ZTD

Butti wrote: »

Beanie, you are up near where my name comes from (surname). Looking on the 1900 census there was a big concentration round Perth, but then it is a Nordic name!

It's because you're descended from the Viking Raiders.

Butti Scotsplatter...

Butti

ZTD wrote: »

It's because you're descended from the Viking Raiders.

Butti Scotsplatter...

No Zed its actually;

Butti Vikingdeepfriedmarsbar. My middle name is chiporjam.

clairewop

katsu wrote: »

Looks like Banbury is a possible then... Claire, can you get there?

Depends when it is and how much trains are

Ames

clairewop wrote: »

I can do Bristol again,as long as Pap comes and looks after me again

Has anyone heard from Elfen????

I think she added me on twitter, but since I don't know how twitter works I don't know what she's up to or anything.

Toto wrote: »

aww Z, you're as lovely as ever I see

All of the kids are good, Amber is a handful, more so than ever. We have a cocktail of hormones and autism which is a challenge to say the least.

Jas is whole story, but basically I've been told I have to home educate her because our wonderful condems have cut so much from the education system they no longer have the resources to fund her 1-1 in the lessons she struggles in. So, I was asked to remove her from school in feb because her behavour was bad in the classes they threw her back into. Cue, battle with the education dept who really couldn't care less. She's ok though

I miss you lot x

:eek::eek::eek: How can they tell you you have to home educate? Words fail me.

Ellidee wrote: »

Morning all ! It makes me grin like a loon to see all you lovely peeps posting on a chat thread again.xx

Me too!

Right, off to catch up on the rest of the thread...

Ames

Toto, I'm so sorry to read about Jas ending up in hospital, I agree with Z, education isn't everything, health is way, way more important. (I hadn't read your post when I wrote mine above). Believe me, I've ended up very ill due to education and it's better to lose a couple of years to get sorted out than it is to push ahead and end up even more ill, and lose far longer. Not sure if that makes sense, and I hope I'm not preaching, it just makes me so mad that schools can get away with making kids ill, just for targets and tables.

BB, so glad to hear you're so happy, you really deserve it.

I'm contemplating giving up on the OU. It really drives me mad, and I'm just not reaching my potential. I'm going to try and get into Leeds uni for a part time degree in politics or social policy (or joint honours if I can), if there's a space for me to start this year it'll cost me about 1300 a year, which isn't impossible for me to find (especially if I'm allowed to use my inheritance for it). Otherwise I'll try clearing for the full time courses, since this year is the last chance for the old fees, not the 9k ones. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that!

katsu

good luck with Leeds Ames.

You made me LOl at the twitter comment.