The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

monnagran

I hope so Ivyleaf. I know Policemen all look like school children when you get old but it seems that everyone else does as well. In my book, surveyors are suited gentlemen with balding heads and clipboards. This one was a longish haired, bearded teenager with a rucksack. Very friendly and polite and thorough. But young.

This morning a man in a van drew up and screwed a large SOLD notice over my For Sale sign. I could have kissed him, but respectability won the day and I refrained.

pollyanna_26

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Well done Monna , all that effort was worth it .

polly x

Hard_Up_Hester

Well I think I'm fit only for the nackers yard.

I went to collect my 3yo twin grandchildren from nursery as mum and dad are on a course, they are foster carers and so training is ongoing.

One of the nursery workers let Vida out and she skipped over towards me then it's Josh's turn, look she said there's your grandma, no replied Josh, that's not grandma, that's cuckoo!

It took us 40 minutes to walk home and it's only a couple of hundred yards!

I took a load of washing to do at DD's, it took me ages to work out how to use the washing machine, when it was finished it played a tune instead of just beeping, the tumble dryer was worse, umpteen buttons to press plus 3 switches!

Thank heavens the kids didn't want to watch tv as that works on the Xbox controller, I'm definitely getting too old to deal with all this technology!

Islandmaid

Sounds like things are on the move Monna exciting

Hester I don’t know where you get the energy from x

I have to go back to work tomorrow, and really don’t want to - dratted bills need paying though....

Freezer clearance is ongoing, Chilli tonight, Meatballs and pasta for the men tomorrow.

DS is in the process of applying for Uni, some of you may remember he pulled out of Uni last year and is taking a year out and is working FT at the moment - he has decided that Primary teacher is his future and we are backing him all the way, just hope, second time around it’s a more positive experience for him x

Hugs to Burtha, NM etc x

VJsmum

monnagran wrote: »

In my book, surveyors are suited gentlemen with balding heads and clipboards.

And some of us are women in doc Martens and skirts, with pony tails and iPads :rotfl: (though sadly do not come in the "young" category any more)

(tho I am 'quantity' rather than 'building' - but chartered surveyor none the less..... )

Fingers crossed for a good report.

karcher

VJsmum wrote: »

And some of us are women in doc Martens and skirts, with pony tails and iPads :rotfl: .

Would that be Doc Marten boots or shoes :think: :cool:


Monna congratulations on the SOLD sign


ETA Islandmaid fab news about your son

VJsmum

karcher wrote: »

Would that be Doc Marten boots or shoes :think: :cool:


Monna congratulations on the SOLD sign


ETA Islandmaid fab news about your son

Boots.... I once used to wear heels, but that was probably only once... :rotfl: To be fair, it's a while since i've been on a building site.. but i still have my steel toe caps and i've a hard hat somewhere...

ivyleaf

That's good news Islandmaid, we certainly need more male primary school teachers! :T

VJsMum I have never owned a pair of DMs, but must admit to being very taken with a purple glittery pair I saw in a shop window last week!

karcher

VJsmum wrote: »

Boots.... .

:T:T:T

Good stuff, especially with a skirt

monnagran

VJsmum, I thought when I was writing that post that I would probably be offending all the surveyors in skirts - DocMartens not withstanding - including a very good friend of mine. However, in the last 23 years I have bought and sold 6 houses, 7th coming up, and in each case the surveyors were as I described.
This morning's specimen was a sweetie, I felt like his grandmother. I think that was how he saw me too. I heard all about the prang he had in his girlfriend's car yesterday and how shaky he felt and his neck hurt, did I think he had whiplash.

Islandmaid. If your DS does go into Primary teaching he will have no difficulty in getting a job. Male primary school teachers are rarer than hen's teeth. Head teachers will be fighting over him.
My granddaughter did the same thing as your DS over university. During her first term she realised that the course she was taking was not for her. Rather than rack up a load of debt getting a degree that would be useless to her, she took a job that she absolutely adores and has already been promoted 3 times.
I don't think these children get the right advice about careers when they are about to leave school. Those that end up with a useless degree and and a heavy student debt feel very bitter when they can't find a job after university.