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Softstuff

Fuddle, Gooseberry pie or gooseberry crumble please, if you feel like sending any virtually In truth, couldn't eat it, so the virtual stuff will be just fine. Maybe the sniper could be like one of those revenge movies... you don't have to hire him, he's just a guy that hates injustice, so he'll quietly take out MrPS ....

Hester, I can only imagine the sort of court case you could be embroiled in :eek:

Floss, "Humph and his hairy harem" sounds like a band name :rotfl:

Hard_Up_Hester

I bain't done nuffink, I'm just a sort of bystander, albeit a nosy one, I didn't have to get involved but my moral compass though warped is very strong so I've made a statement.
No doubt the brown stuff will hit the fan, hey ho, I'll have to duck.

silver-oldie

Aaaaaaaaargh

Sorry about that.

I applied to renew DH's blue badge a few weeks ago, completed the forms and now they have sent me another FOUR pages to complete :mad:
DH has lung disease, several health problems and dementia and they ask are these conditions likely to improve, can he be left alone

I know people abuse these things but surely common sense should come into this.

Sorry rant over


Thinking of those who are struggling and worried

Fingers crossed Lyn

Island Maid sorry for your loss

Floss

SO oh how annoying...I guess the original forms are not read by a real person with some of that uncommon thing called common sense then

monnagran

Silver-oldie, I have formophobia. I consider myself to be reasonably intelligent and have had a long history of form-filling, but these days I find it increasingly difficult to find out what they are actually asking me.
I think that people are so frightened of any claims against them that they include every bit of information and explanation that could possibly, and improbably, be required.
Consequently it takes hours to sort out the wheat from the chaff and discover exactly what question is being asked. I think that in many cases they hope that you will give up and just sign.
Don't even get me started on terms and conditions.

Today I have a friend coming from the mainland for the day. We phone each other every week but still find plenty to talk about when we meet. While I am in Ryde I want to book my journey to go up to my brother's next month. I usually go up to Waterloo, across to Euston and on to Stafford from there but the trip across London is very stressful. Last time I went there was some great hold up and I made my train from Euston by the skin of my teeth. So I am going to try a cross country route this time. It takes longer but hopefully easier on the nerves.

Lainey, glad your SiL came through the op and hope that the outcome is good.

Right, let the day begin. It's up and at'em.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows that you're scared to death. (Earl Wilson)

Islandmaid

SilvaOldie I agree with Floss Common Sense appears to have disappeared... good luck with the forms x

I have having an 'at home' day today, Bed's will be stripped and remade, washing washed, ironing ironed, floors vacuumed and steamed, bathrooms steams and polished, towels replaced and washed.

There I have said it, so now I have to do it

Do me good to keep busy, awaiting funeral details, and youngest DS has announced that he has 2 interviews set up on the mainland tomorrow and if he is successful will be moving away - if any of you remember how bad I felt when he launched into his short lived University journey, I just feel odd about this venture, all I can do is support him, cas that's what Mum's do. But he's 20, my baby and we will miss him a lot

I keep telling myself, he wants to move to Southampton, not South Africa (edit cas it's far away, no political connotations, just in case) - he will be fine...... I am a wuss.....

VJsmum

Forgive me, Islandmaid, I forgot to post my condolences over the loss of your auntie. Aunties can be very special people - i had one whom i loved dearly. She didn't have children of her own and, knowing that we were not a well-off family and she was quite well off, used to spoil us rotten. With her time as well as her money.

Mind you, last year i went to the funeral of another auntie (her sister - my mum's sisters) and my brother and i could hardly contain ourselves in the eulogy as we didn't recognise the woman that was being described.. "what people will remember M for is her kindness". It was all my brother and i could do not to yell "REALLY????" - and they 'conveniently' forgot to mention one of her husbands (she had four, or was it five?).

Anyhoo I am truly sorry for your loss - particularly the last of a generation, makes it worse somehow. i know when we lost dad that it felt like losing mum as well, all over again - I wasn't expecting that. I guess this must be a bit the same. Thinking of you x

I am off to yoga today, I do love it. and, later on, we are out for DD's birthday. We didn't go yesterday as she stayed on in London with her friend and just got back for pressies and cake. This way she gets two days worth of birthday . She loved her pressies, and there were one or two surprise things. Her main present was a Disney Pandora charm, that she had said she would like when we were there, but didn't know that I had actually bought.

I have just eaten a slice of birthday cake for breakfast....:cool::rotfl:

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Morning playmates! I have a suffering He Who Knows who had a huge reaction to something yesterday and is like a sniffy waterfall today even though he's been anti histamine up to his eyebrows and Maisie doggie who spent yesterday at the vet with a broken claw who is very out of kilter and squeaking all the time, it's going to be a L O N G day!

Have been up and picked tomatoes and blackberries (inevitably) but managed to give some to a neighbour and Maisie's mum will have the rest tonight HOORAH!

NANNYWINDOW thank you for being so kind but I actually do understand why there is the dissent on the other thread, I can so empathise with those folk who are so ruffled and angry over the leave vote regarding Brexit it's one of those things that was so close all those who voted remain must be feeling that it's an injustice. I'm not in any way concerned which way the vote went partly because I've been around long enough to know that things don't always work out the way you want them to and that people get 'through' the angst and life goes on. I can understand the fear that people have but for me the whole thing is like a juggernaut thundering towards us on an empty road and I would much rather work out which way to jump to avoid being squashed than stand and shout at the lorry driver to stop! I've already got out of the way and am planting spuds on the motorway verge so I'm a spectator if you would like an analogy. I've also lived abroad and having done so I know that for us the UK is preferred home ground, I love Germany where we lived but the systems there are different and home is comfortable and those who have decided to relocate will find those differences and have to cope with them in their chosen new lives just as we will have to cope with changes here. I'm happy to be kind if I can, it's so much nicer than being at odds with anyone isn't it? xxx.

Floss

MrsLW I'm with you on the motorway verge! There isnt an awful lot anyone can do - except be prepared for a period of change & disruption...I can't see that leaving the UK will achieve anything and we have no intentions of running away

Cheapskate

Morning all, nice to 'see' you again after a while away - just wrote a long post and the Macbook decided to do its update thing and beggared off! :mad:

Basically, just want to give big hugs to poorlies, and to Islandmaid for the loss of your aunt, say well done to fuddle for coming away from the confrontation with Mr PS and his horrid lot with your head held high and smelling of roses! Lyn, fab news on your impending move, stressful but exciting times ahead, I'm sure!

We've had a couple of years of one thing after another, but we're through the other side, a bit battered but ok. So looking forward to the littlies finishing school next week for the summer, so we can slow down a lot. DH is having a Day Off tomorrow - such a rare beast that it needs capitalising! :rotfl: We're going shopping for wedding clothes (eldest DS gets married in August) - but will ease the pain by having a spot of lunch whilst we're out. :beer:

A xo