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Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

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  • GDB2222
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    DW has been helping an autistic boy, giving up her Sunday mornings to give the family a few hours' respite care. Now she's working nearly full time, it's just too much for her. Some friends had a small bike their kids had outgrown. I fettled it and bought some stabilisers, and when DW gave it to him as a parting gift "the little boy was so excited and delighted with the bike that he jumped up and down".
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Nikkster
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    DW has been helping an autistic boy, giving up her Sunday mornings to give the family a few hours' respite care. Now she's working nearly full time, it's just too much for her. Some friends had a small bike their kids had outgrown. I fettled it and bought some stabilisers, and when DW gave it to him as a parting gift "the little boy was so excited and delighted with the bike that he jumped up and down".

    Thats such a lovely picture, well done Mr and Mrs GBD :)
  • PasturesNew
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    PN, my MIL currently has somebody living with her, but she may be moving out. The deal is that you get to live rent-free (+ a small amount of pay) for the down-side of having to live in the same house as an extremely grumpy old lady who smokes far too much and has a dog. You are not expected to look after her, just keep an eye out for her. I am not suggesting that this is for you, but maybe something similar?
    I'm far too unreliable for that... that requires some commitment and I've no idea what will happen in the coming weeks/months, so I wouldn't be suitable for that type of arrangement... and, it would take even longer to find/get approved for such an arrangement.
  • GDB2222
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    silvercar wrote: »
    The question is where does she generally advertise for her house guests?

    There seems to be quite a few of those sort of adverts in The Lady.

    http://www.lady.co.uk/home/classifieds/25-jobs/26-domestic-uk?limitstart=0

    Yes, I agree that's a very good question. We did not advertise.

    I'm not sure that PN would want to do that, anyway, but there's also house-sitting.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • GDB2222
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    Nikkster wrote: »
    Thats such a lovely picture, well done Mr and Mrs GBD :)

    Thanks it was Mrs GDB who did it all. Including nagging me repeatedly to get the stabilisers etc. I feel rather bad about fitting a bell. It's great for the kid, but not so good for the family. :-)
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • PasturesNew
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    DW has been helping an autistic boy, giving up her Sunday mornings to give the family a few hours' respite care. Now she's working nearly full time, it's just too much for her. Some friends had a small bike their kids had outgrown. I fettled it and bought some stabilisers, and when DW gave it to him as a parting gift "the little boy was so excited and delighted with the bike that he jumped up and down".
    I'd have probably done that ... :)
    Autism... gotta love us :)
  • PasturesNew
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    ...there's also house-sitting.
    All these ideas work fine when chucked into the air... when you actually try to find/secure anything, with 2 days' notice, in the right area, with off road parking, en-suite..... it's just not there.
  • GDB2222
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    All these ideas work fine when chucked into the air... when you actually try to find/secure anything, with 2 days' notice, in the right area, with off road parking, en-suite..... it's just not there.

    Well, you are whirling around so fast that your feet aren't touching the ground.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • lemonjelly
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    lostinrates wrote: »
    When i think ip'i want to listen to something in particular, i never think, i want to listen to something released in 1996 i think. I want to listen by genre or artist, or...at the most odd, something 'seasonal' that reminds me of summer or whatever.
    Apologies, I mean for individual bands. For example, with lemon jelly cd's, first would be lemonjelly.ky, second would be Lost Horizons, third would be 64-95, as that is the chronological order they were released in. Next would come the band/artist which folows lemon jelly alphabetically...:o
    lostinrates wrote: »
    Whoch poses the chistmas music issue. Should the cheesy stuff fo with the classical stuff in a subsection all of its wn?

    One part of me says yes. Another part says "you have a collection of christmas music?" (I said similar to a friend, who also has a collection of christmas music last year. I cannot understand this concept, as christmas music is everywhere anyway, so why bother? That said, I have a lemon jelly dj set off the radio done at christmas which is very seasonal, & I always get it out in mid december...)
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • lemonjelly
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    Nikkster wrote: »
    Ahh, thanks lj. Don't worry, you haven't missed any details.

    The overall problem is that I spent quite a lot of time dealing with problems (many of which were not my own), and now I would rather just ignore them. Which has been made a lot easier with geographical distance. Unfortunately this does not help get things sorted out. In the grand scheme of things its not so much to worry about (esp compared to other NPs situations, and thats before you even consider they have children to care for too), but I would really like some closure and its not forthcoming!

    Appreciate that.

    The easy option, is not always the right option. It may be easy to turn a blind eye, but the issue doesn't get resolved.

    Problems to people are always important. You will get through it. You will be welcome to moan to us here about it for support. It'll be ok.:)
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
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