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Karmacat wrote: »

Thats brilliant, CBC :T


You were up very early :eek: I've been up for about 2 hours, and I still feel v dopey

Sorry to have been AWOL, Karmacat, this is the first opportunity I've had to really read all the posts since the early hours of Saturday morning. And yes, I was up very early:eek:

I'm an early-riser anyway (6-ish every morning without fail) but I'd taken on another delivery job despite saying 'never again' after the BT Phonebook traumas a couple of weeks ago. The only reason I keep putting myself through it is for the small amount of money it brings in. Once I'm solvent again (someday never:() I'll definitely stop doing it. But as it is only for a week or so at a time I reckon I can put up with it.

I'd booked a table a few weeks ago for an indoor table-top sale on Saturday morning. I needed to finish my delivery job by Sunday evening (before pay would be docked) and it was taking longer than I anticipated:eek:. If the table-top sale hadn't been organised by a small local charity that I do my best to support (sadly more in terms of time than cash these days:o) I'd have cried off but I just couldn't. So that's why I was up and about so early on Saturday, emptying the car of my other delivery items and loading up with what I hoped to sell. Had planned to do it the night before but I was so knackered when I got home from delivering that I just had a shower, cooked and ate dinner and fell asleep in my recliner in front of the TV:eek:. OH didn't have the heart to wake me, he knows how comfy that recliner is and I can sleep anywhere if I'm tired, so he just covered me up with a duvet and left me to sleep.

Everything went well at the sale, I made £47 which is brilliant for such a low-key event, plus it cleared some more of my clutter, so I'm glad I made the effort. Still managed to get in about 4 hours delivering afterwards so I was pretty happy all round:j. Finished off the final stint yesterday, which was a slog, and it was so hot and sunny I felt exhausted by the time I got home at 6. But at least they won't be docking my pittance of a wage, so all's well.

Am now sitting with my feet up with a lovely cup of tea and reading all the diaries on MSE that I've missed. So much has been happening to you all! I'm delighted your washing-machine is safely installed, Karmacat. And how refreshing to hear of a delivery man/installer who goes the extra mile to make sure things are well:j. Here's to trouble-free appliances for the foreseeable future:beer:

Karmacat

gallygirl wrote: »

Thanks. Didn't even get a bambi burger out of it .

:eek: There speaks a countrywoman :rotfl: my first proper partner had a mum like that - he ran a deer over accidentally, and put it out of its misery, and then got told off by his mum for not putting it in the back of his van _pale_

Sorry you didn't find a white rose, though, for Richard - I've seen so little acknowledgement of Tudor propaganda about his character, but its good that he's laid peacefully to rest, finally.

carbootcrazy wrote: »

Sorry to have been AWOL, Karmacat, this is the first opportunity I've had to really read all the posts since the early hours of Saturday morning. And yes, I was up very early:eek:

I've snipped the post (I'm terrible for snipping posts ) but oh my word! Having done all of that, I'm amazed you're still standing! I certainly wouldn't be And it sounds like you spent most of the night asleep in the recliner chair? My word ...

I agree, though, £47 is an amazing amount to clear at a local sale like that, good for you :j

Am now sitting with my feet up with a lovely cup of tea and reading all the diaries on MSE that I've missed. So much has been happening to you all! I'm delighted your washing-machine is safely installed, Karmacat. And how refreshing to hear of a delivery man/installer who goes the extra mile to make sure things are well:j. Here's to trouble-free appliances for the foreseeable future:beer:

Thanks! Its gone well, I've done 1 load Saturday, one yesterday, and two today - I wanted to get the sheet I'd taken off the bed today laundered and done. There's still a couple of heavy fleeces to do, but I feel I've broken the back of it

Weather is glorious today - I had a long walk in the sun instead of doing the dutiful thing and running errands in town much more pleasant, and I was doing lots of stuff-thats-got-to-be-done in the morning anyway, ha! Second load of washing is mostly pegged out now - thats how sunny it is :j

Karmacat

Right, well ... forum look is horrendous. I'll stick around long enough to see how long we can keep the old view - if they ever manage to give us correct instructions to *get* the old view, because right now neither of the paths they've suggested actually work.

I'm convinced its a marketing strategy, to push people off who're using it socially, so they can focus more on the clicks that newcomers will give. Nothing is going to convince me otherwise. Its a sad day.

ETA - mse becomes a resource, not a place to chat


EETA: I checked out a page I previously downloaded about something else, back in 2007, and its metamorphosed into the new look,eek.

rtandon27

KC - don't fret - it's easy to change back to the old look - let me see if I can remember how I did it and paste the linkie!

rtandon27

Click quick links, then edit options, scroll to the bottom of the page and change the forum skin...

Karmacat

Aw, thank you RT! Though, that "forum skin" thing, that never showed up on my screen my view changed back when they realised the mistake I describe below.

It turns out, they're saying, that this was a beta version meant to go to a small number of people, and it went out to everyone by mistake. I half-believe that, actually, because there'd been no announcement of a forum change. OTOH, there were *lots* of people this afternoon saying that it was practically the same as what they'd been invited to beta last summer. I see no reason to doubt that, so I think that that new format is what "they" want the forum to look like - and its unworkable for me. Everything takes longer, its more difficult to see, and between the tiny font, the brightness of the 50 shades of white and the tiny amount of info on the page, its appalling. Remember the fuss the last time they cut down the info that was on the page? Those two versions were identical compared to what they're trying to push through. Tres unpleasant.

Never mind. There's email, there's blogs, there's Linked In - and for blather, I'd even be prepared to go back to f/b :rotfl: and thats not something I ever thought I'd say :rotfl:

Cheery_Daff

Gosh, what's all this about a forum change?! I didn't notice :rotfl: I assume it's changed back now as it all looks the same as it did before to me! Will investigate...

Karmacat

It has, Cheery, yes - as I say, its said to be a beta that went out in error to everyone. Don't sweat it - I wasted **hours** this afternoon trying to get rid of it, and it went when they fiddled with the spanners behind the scenes at central office ...

Watty1

Well we are back But yes, I did think I might have to facebook the world again

Karmacat

I'm not even going to *think* about the forum change that happened yesterday

I've been snuffling I got up at 2 o clock last night to do a salt gargle to fight off the infection, I've done more since. I wanted to head to the beach today, but I've done nothing (well, I unpacked the dishwasher, watched a dvd, and put some more washing through the machine). Not good. Feeling okay-ish now, I just think my whole immune system rebels when I try to do what *it* thinks is too much. It has the mind of a 3 year old, I'm telling you - inconvenient, to say the least.

I may have a walk in a bit