The Elite:The Good, The Bad and the Glitchy

bubbs

Shhhhhhhh now!!

Tinyshoes

bubbs wrote: »

Shhhhhhhh now!!

Did I miss something?

Not looking forward to pitching tent tomorrow in the rain.

Right I'm off to make the place presentable for my house sitters (DD1 and BF!) before packing for tomorrow. Been putting it off.

bubbs

Tinyshoes wrote: »

Did I miss something?

Not looking forward to pitching tent tomorrow in the rain.

Right I'm off to make the place presentable for my house sitters (DD1 and BF!) before packing for tomorrow. Been putting it off.

Nope i was just shhh-ing cause its quite here:rotfl::rotfl:
Just started throwing it down here, got washing dry earlier:D

Sunshinemummy

bubbs wrote: »

Nope i was just shhh-ing cause its quite here:rotfl::rotfl:
Just started throwing it down here, got washing dry earlier:D

It is very very quiet!

;);););)

locarr

fairclaire wrote: »

The digs don't bothe me Danes, anyone who knows me in real life will know my skin is ticker than that. All I will say is that the comments about how I choose to educate my children are saddening and it's very surprising to find the people who have made those comments. I have never talked about my education choices here. it was mentioned a while back and I answered it. My children have offended no one here and the comments about private schooling and exotic holidays are sad. If anyone thinks I'm having a party here, they're welcome to come and take over for a day or 2.

As for the sad comments and digs from people I thought were my friends.......what can I say?

I might not have put my point across well but I stand by it. I give to charity. I give excess food and other stuff to homeless charities. What I don't feel comfortable with is giving them the stuff that I would only buy to line my own pockets. And I stand by my take on foodbanks. They are a big sticking plaster that yes, do help a lot of people in poverty, but a big majority of those people would be better served by being educated in how to better spend what they do have.

I know there is real poverty out there and that shouldn't be ignored. There is also a sense of entitlement though and I've saw first hand this week how much so.

I visited a project in another area set up to tackle child poverty. I sat in on a session designed to help people budget better. The lady taking the session was very good.....very straight talking. She asked the group to put forward what their biggest financial worries were......what they were struggling with. By far in the group was the fact that their LEA had just scrapped financial assistance to help with school uniforms and they didn't to know how they'd afford to buy it in the coming weeks. Something I and anyone with children can identify with.
She had them all sit down and go on the net and price up their idea of what uniform they needed for one child. No restrictions.....they could go to primark, Asda. tesco m&s,...wherever. The results ranged from just under £100 to over £250. She then asked them all to get their phones out and put a post it on with either how much the phone cost to buy plus top ups or how much contract they were paying.

There was only one phone in the room worth less than £300 and one was even paying a contract of £42 :eek: a month. She didn't say a lot after that because the way shed delivered the session made it clear that these people could in fact afford to clothe their children.

Most of them got it, some didn't. One lad in particular took offence at the fact he should downgrade his phone because the council wouldn't pay for uniforms anymore.

I'm not for a minute saying any of these people are selfish or thoughtless. The lack of education means poor lifestyle choices. It's just my opinion that funding education for people who haven't had it is more effective than throwing food at them because they think they can't afford it.

Spot on FC once again!:T

purpledonkey

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

It is very very quiet!

;);););)

Wonder why :think:

In other news I'm allergic to my sheets at the hotel an have a looooovely full body rash. Just thought I'd throw that out there!

tweets

Snap-ant wrote: »

Slight no sleep head ache but happy to be welcomed back ♥

Many many Thanks to my Dearest Tweets for keeping the QUIZ running ♥

I haven't a clue what has been happening to others but wish you well in what ever conclusion you settle on ♥

Lovely to see you Snap :A

You are welcome about quiz , I still haven't come first lol :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sunshinemummy

purpledonkey wrote: »

Wonder why :think:

In other news I'm allergic to my sheets at the hotel an have a looooovely full body rash. Just thought I'd throw that out there!

Of course we believe you....... aka friction burns!

Pleased you are having a great time (remember to get a few hours sleep!) xxx

:D:D:D:D:D

Sunshinemummy

tweets wrote: »

Lovely to see you Snap :A

You are welcome about quiz , I still haven't come first lol :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

You clearly need to cheat a little more!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

purpledonkey

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

Of course we believe you....... aka friction burns!

Pleased you are having a great time (remember to get a few hours sleep!) xxx

:D:D:D:D:D

I would rather it were a friction burn, less itchy