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According to my boss at work who had just had a week of sick/working at home there is some sort of flu bug going round and highly prevalent right now....funnily enough the rest of the team have just struggled in however rough we have been feeling.
How can car hire be so difficult...you do the search of about 6 price comparison websites, try and decide what they mean by each size, look up the best cash back, decide what to book and then find when you click through to the best price that it is actually for a completely different sized car to the one advertised....
In London it used to be simple: hire the smallest car Avis had at the Mayfair branch. Turn up and find they had none left so get massively upgraded. It worked every time (upgrade is free if they're out of cars).0 -
I'm about and will jot something down tomo as cycling clothing is something I actually know a bit about. Our micro factory in Leicester made the range for a niche cycling clothing company and my cousin in Canada used to cycle for the Canadian team.
PN's post sprinkled on top of Hamish's excellent post summed it up though....in fact Hamish's post was absolutely spot on.
I haven't written recently as I have had a few life *thwacks*.
My super fit Dad (82) has cancer and it's not lifestyle connected. This means we don't feel able to move.
Really sorry to hear about your Dad.
I'd really appreciate your advice. I think there's a huge gap in the market that I can fill.0 -
Did anyone else watch Sacred Rivers tonight? It was about the Yangtze. I thought it was very interesting, and surprising in places too. The fact that surprised me most was that China has 100 million Christians - more than it has members of the communist party - and this is set to grow to 400 million.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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I haven't written recently as I have had a few life *thwacks*.
My super fit Dad (82) has cancer and it's not lifestyle connected. This means we don't feel able to move.
Sorry to hear about your dad, fc.
My parents are of a similar age and I don't get to visit them often enough as they're 400 miles away.
I need to go and visit them soon so I'm going next weekend.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
vivatifosi wrote: »Did anyone else watch Sacred Rivers tonight? It was about the Yangtze. I thought it was very interesting, and surprising in places too. The fact that surprised me most was that China has 100 million Christians - more than it has members of the communist party - and this is set to grow to 400 million.
I think I read somewhere that it has a surprising number of churchgoers, much higher than many Christian countries.
This BBC article claims there are more people at sunday service in China than in Europe.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
I haven't written recently as I have had a few life *thwacks*.
My super fit Dad (82) has cancer and it's not lifestyle connected. This means we don't feel able to move.
Same age as mine'd have been
I've no idea if my dad's was lifestyle connected.... I don't think so.
You know where we are when you need to vent!0 -
lostinrates wrote: »( I'm guessing their female counter parts are at livery stables so ethereal else mind you).
Edit ethereal? Where gets changed to ethereal? That was very odd.
"... at a livery stables somewhere else" perhaps??lostinrates wrote: »I'm really hoping its not flu. I'm mind ful I have to stay 'stable' as a condition to being considered for surgery. A flu could wipe me out for a while.
On the plus side I'm alone again from tues day for I don't know how long, so at least I can recover in peace.
I wouldn't describe being the only person available to deal with all your animals as "recovering from flu in peace", but each to their own!I haven't written recently as I have had a few life *thwacks*.
My super fit Dad (82) has cancer and it's not lifestyle connected. This means we don't feel able to move.
Hugs. So sorry to hear. Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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"... at a livery stables somewhere else" perhaps??
I wouldn't describe being the only person available to deal with all your animals as "recovering from flu in peace", but each to their own!
Hugs. So sorry to hear.
I really liked ethereal. It has a little poetry about it, plus mystery, turning up in the middle of a sentence like that.
I take my hat off to LIR. I have no idea how she and fir have the energy to do what they do.
FC, I am also so sorry to hear about your dad's troubles.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
I had a call from a foreign call centre.
'Accident helpline here. You had an accident in the last two years.'
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My OH is a calm sort of chap, on the whole.
But those adverts that say, "... had an accident in the last 3 years that wasn't your fault....?" get him fuming.
He starts yelling at the radio or TV, "it doesn't matter whether it wasn't your fault, what matters is if it was something else's fault!"Certainly in the UK, looking after children, whether paid or unpaid, is seen as low status and low paid work. The wages nursery nurses etc. get are appalling considering the responsibility of the job.
Our nanny is much valued by us, and paid a decent income, I think. £27,000 p.a.I think my DD and I will have to go and visit Persephone Books, though I'll probably have to take a crowbar in order to get her out again! I hope you're managing to get enough rest-time in between doing things.
Persephone Books is fairly near where we live (a mile or so) and close to where I work. Lamb's Conduit is a great place to waste lots of money, loads of fascinating shops there!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Will catch up tomorrow - we had a lovely weekend in Kent. Kermie (and Isaac) were both very well-behaved, Kermie doing his smiling, "I'm an adorable infant" act all evening yesterday.
Everyone scoffed OH's humous with enthusiasm, sister #1 did a great chicken and sage with roast vegetables, and my chocolate mousse and meringues vanished, too.
Today we picked lots of sloes, apples, green tomatoes and crab apples, and everyone else got bored before Mum and I did and went back to the house, so we picked together for an hour or so chatting, and got back as it was getting dark to find my Dad had made tea. Lovely, lovely weekend!
Clever little Kermie did a complete roll from back to front, without even thinking about it, when he was demonstrating his toe-pulling to an admiring grandmother.
And he's moving a little bit, too, on the tummy, bringing his knees up under him a bit, then kicking backwards, therefore squirming forward on his tummy. It's not what you'd call rapid progress, but it's very cool to watch!
I think he's going to be mobile early. He's been very active so far (bearing in mind his limitations as a human infant) and is always kicking away. He has a new jumperoo bouncer, which he adores, and plainly can't wait to learn to crawl / walk.
I'd be quite happy for him not to be. At least at the moment, if you put him somewhere and he doesn't like it, he can protest (loudly) but can't do anything about it, he's stuck. Once he's on the move life becomes so much more hazardous.......much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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