The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

nursemaggie

Money There is nothing there on you link get a blank page. The only thin I can think of that is red and flaked is chilli.

Knit_Witch

nursemaggie wrote: »

It sounds to me like they are trying for constructive dismissal. If they insist in you doing the work on a machine that does not work. They will not repair said machine nor will the company that own the machine. Now you have to see the boss about it? I would get ready to take them to a tribunal.

Problem is the cost of taking employers to Tribunal these days - you are looking at over £1k typically

Knit_Witch

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/239042/roasted-cauliflower-steaks/

and yes they would be chilli flakes

westcoastscot

Fuddle thanks for the welcome and the info - back to the "old" format again and liking it much better - feels like home :-) Sorry to hear about DH's ears.
Monna, lovely to see you too.
Mar - I agree, second opinion at least and if you need to go private do so - you can get advice from the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) at the hospital you attend (at least in Scotland anyway).
Hester that sounds really stressful - are you in a union, or can you take a colleague to the meeting with you? It's sometimes helpful to be seen to be "taking notes" - focusses the conversation a little! Good luck!

monnagran

Hester: WCS is right, producing a clipboard and saying briskly, "You don't mind if I take notes, do you?" makes people very, very careful what they say. It's a ploy I often used when irate parents used to come to complain. They usually subsided like punctured balloons.
Yes, also take someone with you. If objections are raised you just need to say simply that you have been misquoted before and have no desire to repeat the experience.

On the other hand it might be easier all round if a posse of us just go to the meeting instead of you.

Well, I've made 10 pastry cases for the quiche, grated cheese, shredded ham, chopped chives and grated courgettes and carrots, sliced leeks, white cabbage and red cabbage for the coleslaw. All set to go.
As I am. To bed.

x

moneyistooshorttomention

nursemaggie wrote: »

Money There is nothing there on you link get a blank page. The only thin I can think of that is red and flaked is chilli.

I tried to alter the link - as I made a typing mistake and meant to type "allrecipes.com" and not "alrecipes.com"...but it still didnt work and took me somewhere odd (not that sort of odd Hester;)).

Cant figure it out...

EDIT; See Knitwitch has sorted that. Thanks all...

moneyistooshorttomention

Hmmm...posse of us going to a meeting in lieu of Hester....

Think I should volunteer myself for that one....:rotfl:. I'll bring a reference with me from my last employer - or send it on in advance#wicked cackle:rotfl:.

I'm certainly a fan of judicious note-taking. The one thing I would say there is to take the notes oneself or if getting someone else to take the notes choose carefully who it will be. It can be astonishing/horrifying just how naive even quite long-standing Union reps can be sometimes about management - and believing the best of them, even when available evidence strongly indicates otherwise.

Sometimes the exact words used in notes matter - as an inexact way of wording things can mean management starting to "worm round things" or even say "black is white".

Management have a tendency to swear you said something rather different to what you did say give them half a chance:cool:. If you've selected exactly which words you intend to use and phrased things carefully - and then made sure notes of the meeting reflect that accurately it helps. They will often do their darndest to try and twist things to suit what they wish you had said - rather than what you actually did say.

Softstuff

Hester, if it comes to it, you should have Sean. You'd make much better use of him, despite all your work and helping of others, I reckon you still have more energy left for that than I do! As for work, you have the patience of a saint not telling them to get stuffed. Despite the money situation it must be sorely tempting.

Pepper flakes are indeed chilli flakes. If you can't buy them, you could always dry and crush a few red chillis. I sundried my surplus from last year.

Elona, I was reading your mattress story and wondering if I'd get to the bit where you were stuck under it :eek:

Love to all, see you in a couple of days xx

elona

softstuff

At one point the mattress hit the floor and I ended up lying on top wondering if I was going to have to sleep on it on the floor. Not fun!!!

Have a nice few days.

FairyPrincessk

Morning all,

MITSTM as others have said, pepper flakes are chili flakes. I imagine smoked paprika just adds another interesting flavour note.

Hester I'll be standing by angrily tapping my rolling pin against my hand if you need me. Another technique, along the lines of asking to take notes, is to whip out your notebook with dated notes about each thing that has happened and announce that you want to make sure you report what has been going on accurately.

Elona I can barely turn a double!

Softstuff enjoy!!

I'm not sure if we'll have broccoli and macaroni cheese tonight for tea or salmon tacos but I need to decide soon so that I can defrost the fish if needed. I'm also not sure when my work will arrive so I've lined up some small little things to do until it does. Morning chores are all done, laundry started and lists made. Today is a walk day which I think should be nice after the storms last night and with the promised sunshine today. Maggie the cat has just settled down near me and is having a wash in anticipation of her morning sleep.

Yesterday a new flower opened. I bought four (what I thought) were ordinary looking sweet william plants for £1 about a month ago. The first has opened and it is huge! They must be a particular variety.

Hugs to all who need them.x