The Elite and the 24 hour #glitch people :)

silvercar

lesliejack wrote: »

so I just zoom around until I find a padlock that is awake? Is that correct? xx

Yes. They have little speech bubbles when you hover over them so easy to spot.

mhoc

TrulyMadly wrote: »

You've had a mhoc sort of day:rotfl:

My entire life is like this - and its contagious so never ever be in the same room as me

This is a prime example - as I've said before its like I live in a very badly written soap which has been given over to the most junior of copy writers straight out if uni :rotfl:

As Miranda would say Previously In My Life ...
Youngest son is an outdoor sports instructor and after uni he went to work for an international company and he has been based in the Lake District for the last 2 years.
Last year he applied and was accepted for a six month secondment at one of the other bases of the company in Hong Kong
So for the last six months getting ready for Hk has been the pre occupation - this included getting the visa was a long job but he also had to organise his jabs, get a medicle, do a life guarding course, do a first aid course, go on a course to learn to drive mini buses and pass - 3 attempts at the theory, 2 at the actual tests, extra courses on sea kayaking etc - as well as the usual work, GF, social life etc ...

The visa came through 17 days ago so then he had dates to finish his contract at the Lakes and his start date for HK - July 1st.
This also coincided with the end of the tenancy for the shared house he lived at.
manic is not the word for it - he had 3 days off work in the last 3 weeks and everything else had to be fitted around work - emptying, cleaning and clearing the house plus all the preparations for moving to Hk.
I managed to get him home for just one day - he took his mini bus driving test in the morning - only realising the night before he had the time and venue wrong and he had to be at Stoke for 6 in the morning - passed fortunately.
In the afternoon he had a dental check up.
Inbetween we had to cram everything else in - this included booking the flights - I've only ever booked short haul flights before a couple of times - son has never booked any, only flown once before.
With all of the delays and booking so close to the date the flights cost about £200 more than they should have - I've paid or rather Grandad did. In the end we decided we might as well book the direct flight - Manchester to Hk - it was working out much the same and a much shorter total flight time. Also we would not have the worry of changing flights in the middle.
Work would not let him finish until Sunday June 28th, flight booked for Monday 29th to arrive Tuesday 30th and start contract on July 1st.

The return flight was also an issue - HK wanted him until January 1st but Ullswater wanted him back for staff training on 03/01 - line manager said book 19/12 - HK then agreed to finishing on 25/12 - so the day after we booked he had to ring and change his flights to 26/12 - getting back to the uk on 26/12

So Sunday night he finally gets home at 10 at night - its a 3 hour drive - with a car load and his GF - first time we have met her. The car is emptied, our house rammed with his belongings (as is GFs house) we feed them, the packing starts, finally get to bed at 2 in the morning.

GF has a train at just before 6 to take her back up north so we are up at 5.15 to hassle them out of the house - our main road is shut so its now a 5 mile diversion to get to the train station - they make it with 1 min to spare having not left the house until 5.45
Then youngest son comes back, sorts his banking out, cancelling SOs and DD so his UK account stays solvent while he is away, also cancelling his car insurance as his car is SORN d and kept at home while he is away.
Then more packing, he is still ramming stuff into his bags at 8 and the train is at 8.30.

We get the train to Manchester airport and walk along to terminal 2. Son has his boarding pass on paper and on his phone as I booked him in online on Saturday - you can do it 48 hours before.

He goes straight to check in, no queue, stowed bags get booked in, we go for a coffee - son has a chat with his brother and sister - all very nice and calm at this stage - we then see him off into the departure lounge - flight is at 12

So with a few tears and a huge sigh of relief we make our way back to the station, job done
We wait for our train, get a message from son that his flight has been delayed now due to fly at 13.00.

Of course though it doesn't

The plane has an engine problem,after 2 hours delay they get a £10 meal voucher with a very limited choice of places to use it at.
finally at 9 on Monday night - having had everyone sitting around all day - we had been at the airport at 9.30 in the morning - they bus everyone who should have been on that noon flight to a hotel somewhere near Stockport.
Airline pays for the hotel for the night, 3 course buffet dinner and breakfast and wi fi in the public areas so son is very happy - his stomach is always his major problem.

Bus comes to collect them again at 11 on Tuesday morning ( they would have been in Hk at 6 ) At the airport everyone has to book in again and book their bags in, this time it takes nearly 2 hours to stand in the queue. Sons phone contract ran out as he was not even supposed to be in the country but I manage to ring him and I also email Hk to keep them up to speed

Finally son flew out at 15.30 Tuesday afternoon, 27 hours delay

This is typical of my world - I don't know why I ever think anything would ever be straight forward and go exactly to plan.

curlgirl

pk04 wrote: »

Yazoo have just opened 500 locks (each one wins a prize) - I won a £1 voucher :cool: click on the 1st post and follow the instructions

https://www.facebook.com/Yazoo?fref=ts

thanks, i also won £1 voucher, sun has eventually arrived here today:T but also quite windy so does not feel too hot, but could be deceiving so have been good and put suncream on, off to enjoy before the showers that are forecast for this aft arrive.

HILLBERN

scottishshortie wrote: »

:coffee: here you go just made a fresh pot

thank you I needed that:D

curl_girl

ruthber wrote: »

I got tikka/korma plus 2 flat breads and fillers and got a PP for £4.20 today. We actually like the flat breads!

Running low on both but the BNI range has once again disappeared from my store, will have to go on a road trip!


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curl_girl

Morning everyone

curl_girl

My order for 8 tobs to save for Christmas, lol, was subbed for 32 100g bars!!!!!!!!! still compared as expected but now not really suitable for pressies, hey ho.

pk04

lesliejack wrote: »

so I just zoom around until I find a padlock that is awake? Is that correct? xx

Sorry went back to working.

It's probably closed now but yes that's correct - just look for one with open eyes. They will open another 500 tomorrow - different times though so don't know when

curl_girl

Morning curlgirl, have amended my profile to with a space.x

curl_girl

Just had a look to see if I could change my user name to avoid confusion with the original curlgirl, no luck, don't know if anyone can help please?