Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

pippo

mhoc wrote: »

so i ordered some sketchers from Amazon but these turned out to be slip ons but I am not confident that they wont go even looser so sadly they are going back - even though they were only £19.99 My shocking pink Go Walks in the summer got a lot of admiring comments but i could do with a black pair of lace ups for winter walks - shout out if anyone sees any mentioned on the dark side

I opted for free Hermes pick up - no idea why as we could have dropped the parcel off at the collection point yesterday very easily and at least it would be en route now. our bit of the M6 is a car park on Fridays so i have no confidence in anything being delivered or collected - why do I make things so difficult for myself :mad:

In the meantime waiting for the Hermes man is going to slow progress today as I cant stray far from the front door.
It was so nice yesterday afternoon i got more spring bulbs planted - 13 degrees and no wind - but still more to plant while the weather holds.

Ive also got various charity boxes and bric a brac boxes in various stages of completion on the dining room table which really need filling and sealing for dropping off tomorrow but mostly these will be just shifted into the study so Ive only got one messy room instead of everything spread all over the place

The most pressing thing on the agenda is the Christmas shoe boxes which could wait for Monday if I can get a wet afternoon to actually do the wrapping bit - the contents are all together, just needs to be done. Ours go to a collection point at a local Shoe Zone but that bit of the town is pedestrianised during the day so dropping them off is awkward and needs to be done on a weekday afternoon

And then I am itching to get the suitcases out even though its far too early and it upsets the cats - hence the need to complete or move the charity boxes, sort the Christmas shoe boxes and clear the dining room table which is where the suitcases sit while they are packed ....

deep sigh

and breathe!!

BishyBarneyBee

Just seen a worrying post on the hduk site saying that Lakeland C&C orders are not valid for this promotion. Please say it ain't so................. (

mhoc

OH is back - not sacked, de moted, made redundant or on gardening leave and all is right with the world.

There was some discussion at the meeting with Big Boss this afteroon on the subject of 'bringing the company into disrepute' - and OHs FB page was mentioned.
He has had to take off his profile page the line that says where he works.
He also had a header photo which they wanted removing - it has been there since autumn 2015 and yes it was taken on works premises but it was actually a photo taken in the 1980s :eek: - no statue of limitations though
Management also complained about another photo - actually it was one posted up from 3 years ago - he stopped bothering with his FB page long ago.

OH has been taking work related photos for 40 years mainly to do with driver training and operations standards and safety issues, all to do with his role and his photos have been regularly included in training documents (not with his name on obviously) If photos are needed its OH they ask for first.

So what we think has gone on is that there has been a spate of lesser grades putting all sorts on their FB pages - yes that as well - for which there has been disciplinarys. The unions want to show parity with all grades so they needed to find a scapegoat in OHs grade so OH was it. All they could find though was some very ancient photos - a bit of a joke really seeing as OHs photos are regularly featured in training manuals

And OH has maybe 12 people on his friends list of which half are family members

so all a bit of a storm in a teacup and normal service will be resumed soon

Enterprise_1701C

Excellent news mhoc,but what a waste of time.

Serendipitious

Westvleteren wrote: »

I hadn't seen a ladybird for years till the other day when I felt one crawling up my leg as me and Bub hid in the shelter at the train station.

Still standing after only 3hr sleep

Off next week as it's a reading week, time to crack on with some work then

They can nip if they fancy some salt, apparently... :eek:

pippo

mhoc wrote: »

OH is back - not sacked, de moted, made redundant or on gardening leave and all is right with the world.

There was some discussion at the meeting with Big Boss this afteroon on the subject of 'bringing the company into disrepute' - and OHs FB page was mentioned.
He has had to take off his profile page the line that says where he works.
He also had a header photo which they wanted removing - it has been there since autumn 2015 and yes it was taken on works premises but it was actually a photo taken in the 1980s :eek: - no statue of limitations though
Management also complained about another photo - actually it was one posted up from 3 years ago - he stopped bothering with his FB page long ago.

OH has been taking work related photos for 40 years mainly to do with driver training and operations standards and safety issues, all to do with his role and his photos have been regularly included in training documents (not with his name on obviously) If photos are needed its OH they ask for first.

So what we think has gone on is that there has been a spate of lesser grades putting all sorts on their FB pages - yes that as well - for which there has been disciplinarys. The unions want to show parity with all grades so they needed to find a scapegoat in OHs grade so OH was it. All they could find though was some very ancient photos - a bit of a joke really seeing as OHs photos are regularly featured in training manuals

And OH has maybe 12 people on his friends list of which half are family members

so all a bit of a storm in a teacup and normal service will be resumed soon

Thank goodness, you must have been so worried...
As you say, storm in a teacup, but the whole work/social media thing is such an iffy area. We are all more aware of it now, but it doesn't seem right that things people did years back are now judged by today's standards. I also think that contracts don't cover this .

Anyway, I'm so pleased that all's well in the mhochousehold.

Sunshinemummy

zippydooda wrote: »

Stuck at work perhaps someone else can tell you. But the carling app is a lot better than that.

Could you do an idiots guide for me...pretty please

Sunshinemummy

Stuck on a1....there is a swan on the road:eek:

tweets

Snap-ant wrote: »

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My favourite flowers Lilly's thank you Snap :A

Our mate Jackie Alto is also poorly she been in bed all day

Get well soon Jackie

Snap-ant