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Post by LandieMark on Jun 26, 2018 17:21:37 GMT
It’s smart on the outside. The living is unfinished and the horse area is old fashioned, but it has a modern chassis cab which was my priority and it is solid!
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Jun 29, 2018 5:59:25 GMT
Post by Boxer6 on Jun 29, 2018 5:59:25 GMT
Finally got the V5 back from DVLA (nearly 4 weeks it's taken them!) for the Octavia and got my plate on it. Looks much better now! (IMHO, of course.  ) |
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Jul 3, 2018 9:53:46 GMT
Post by scouse on Jul 3, 2018 9:53:46 GMT
Bloody fed up of being the damned house taxi ride.
Monday - boy to Air cadets for 7, collect at 10
Tonight - her ladyship to her monthly girls night at 6.30, possible collect at 11 unless she decides on a joey
Wednesday - race back from physio to collect kids from youth club at 5.15 (not normally a bother as it'd be on the way home from work, but a pain for the next 5 weeks)
Thursday - girl to DOE for 6.30, collect at 9
Friday - nip out of work at 3.15 to take girl to her ladyship's school for the summer fair. Then at 5, take boy to Southport for Airshow with cadets, collect around 10 (normally it'd be cadets at 7, collect at 10)
Saturday - airshow
Sunday - take boy to Southport for 9am for air show duties with the cadets
You'd think her ladyship would at least volunteer to do some of it, but noooo, 'I've got planning/marking/school shit to do'
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Jul 3, 2018 11:41:27 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Jul 3, 2018 11:41:27 GMT
^
I can sympathise, been through this myself when our girls were younger. In some ways I count myself fortunate that although I didn't (and still don't) have a great job at least at the time I worked near home and could generally leave on time to be home to start family taxi-driving duties without too much of a rush after work.
(and my wife didn't work, but delegated me to do all the running around.....)
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Jul 3, 2018 20:24:03 GMT
Post by Boxer6 on Jul 3, 2018 20:24:03 GMT
Bloody fed up of being the damned house taxi ride. Monday - boy to Air cadets for 7, collect at 10 Tonight - her ladyship to her monthly girls night at 6.30, possible collect at 11 unless she decides on a joey Wednesday - race back from physio to collect kids from youth club at 5.15 (not normally a bother as it'd be on the way home from work, but a pain for the next 5 weeks) Thursday - girl to DOE for 6.30, collect at 9 Friday - nip out of work at 3.15 to take girl to her ladyship's school for the summer fair. Then at 5, take boy to Southport for Airshow with cadets, collect around 10 (normally it'd be cadets at 7, collect at 10) Saturday - airshow Sunday - take boy to Southport for 9am for air show duties with the cadets You'd think her ladyship would at least volunteer to do some of it, but noooo, 'I've got planning/marking/school shit to do' Totally forgot the airshow was on this weekend! Not going this year due to the change in timing; too close to being in Milan and we're pretty rooked, like I knew we would be. Still booked the Friday-Monday off mind you! |
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Jul 4, 2018 10:59:11 GMT
Post by Tim on Jul 4, 2018 10:59:11 GMT
Car insurance costs are dropping apparently, according to this copied from the BBC website.
"The latest figures on car insurance suggest costs are dropping relatively rapidly.
A fully comprehensive policy now costs around £496.80 compared to £526.07 a year ago - a 12% drop, according to price comparison website MoneySupermarket"
However, the fall they've noted is certainly not 12%!
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Jul 9, 2018 9:22:15 GMT
Post by PG on Jul 9, 2018 9:22:15 GMT
However, the fall they've noted is certainly not 12%! Complicated things, percentages...... I mean you can't be expected to be a BBC journalist and understand percentages. No, that would be far too much to expect. ... |
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Jul 9, 2018 12:15:43 GMT
Post by Tim on Jul 9, 2018 12:15:43 GMT
I assume the error came about because they couldn't use either of their usual measures - a London bus or a football pitch related quantity?
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Jul 9, 2018 18:39:32 GMT
Post by Alex on Jul 9, 2018 18:39:32 GMT
I assume the error came about because they couldn't use either of their usual measures - a London bus or a football pitch related quantity? I’d have bought they’d have described it as a reduction in premiums the size of Wales. |
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Jul 22, 2018 9:02:28 GMT
Post by Ben on Jul 22, 2018 9:02:28 GMT
Hello everyone. I realised I haven't been here for months (if anyone's noticed  ). It's certainly not by intention. It's just that I've been mostly caught up with work over in Shanghai and I mostly just want to shut off from The Internets after hours. Also, internet connectivity is not exactly the best in China and rather than spend time getting frustrated at waiting for the VPN to connect just to get online, mostly I rather just not bother. I do miss this place though. I'm back in Singapore all this week so I'll try my best to pop around to see how you guys are doing. Cheers. |
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Jul 22, 2018 9:47:46 GMT
Post by Boxer6 on Jul 22, 2018 9:47:46 GMT
Hello everyone. I realised I haven't been here for months (if anyone's noticed ). It's certainly not by intention. It's just that I've been mostly caught up with work over in Shanghai and I mostly just want to shut off from The Internets after hours. Also, internet connectivity is not exactly the best in China and rather than spend time getting frustrated at waiting for the VPN to connect just to get online, mostly I rather just not bother. I do miss this place though. I'm back in Singapore all this week so I'll try my best to pop around to see how you guys are doing. Cheers. Hello young man! Is the poor connectivity because all the interweb power is directed at trying to hack Western databases and the like? Just a thought .. . .. . .. |
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Jul 22, 2018 19:37:42 GMT
Post by Ben on Jul 22, 2018 19:37:42 GMT
Well, I dunno. Anything is possible in this crazy world...
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Aug 3, 2018 8:58:57 GMT
Post by Roadsterstu on Aug 3, 2018 8:58:57 GMT
How's the job going, Ben?
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Aug 3, 2018 9:08:47 GMT
Post by Tim on Aug 3, 2018 9:08:47 GMT
The aircon at work has ceased to chill, pumping out warm air. So we're back to the old fashoined solution which is to open all the windows, however despite being on the 5th floor there's no breeze and its incredibly humid. Why do I have to wear a suit, I'm in danger of sitting in ball soup |
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Aug 3, 2018 11:12:49 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Aug 3, 2018 11:12:49 GMT
The aircon at work has ceased to chill, pumping out warm air. So we're back to the old fashoined solution which is to open all the windows, however despite being on the 5th floor there's no breeze and its incredibly humid. Why do I have to wear a suit, I'm in danger of sitting in ball soup In this age of equality you should be able to wear mini skirt and crop top. |
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Aug 3, 2018 12:14:49 GMT
Post by Tim on Aug 3, 2018 12:14:49 GMT
The aircon at work has ceased to chill, pumping out warm air. So we're back to the old fashoined solution which is to open all the windows, however despite being on the 5th floor there's no breeze and its incredibly humid. Why do I have to wear a suit, I'm in danger of sitting in ball soup In this age of equality you should be able to wear mini skirt and crop top.
I'd certainly suit that outfit better than most of the females here but it would encourage them so I'll keep covered up in the meantime!
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Aug 4, 2018 21:27:34 GMT
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Post by bryan on Aug 4, 2018 21:27:34 GMT
I have a usb desk fan for use in the office, they are very effective
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Aug 20, 2018 13:23:02 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 20, 2018 13:23:02 GMT
Why do I have to wear a suit, I'm in danger of sitting in ball soup Working for a US tech firm had its advantages and disadvantages. But one of the definite advantages was not having to wear a suit, or even a tie to work. Plus dress down Friday was still a thing. And when you don't wear a suit to start with, we did occasionally have to remind people not to take Friday's too far...... |
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Aug 20, 2018 13:25:27 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 20, 2018 13:25:27 GMT
Just had a bit of shock news today. My cousin (my mum's brother's son) has just died of cancer, aged 64. We didn't even know he was ill. He had kept is quite quiet, but had been told after Christmas that he had a few months to live. Makes you value life when things like that happen.
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Aug 20, 2018 15:39:37 GMT
Post by johnc on Aug 20, 2018 15:39:37 GMT
Just had a bit of shock news today. My cousin (my mum's brother's son) has just died of cancer, aged 64. We didn't even know he was ill. He had kept is quite quiet, but had been told after Christmas that he had a few months to live. Makes you value life when things like that happen. Totally agree. The undertakers removed the body of our neighbour last week. She was in her 70's but always appeared to be fit and well and worked on her garden a lot. Diagnosed with cancer about 2 months ago and now gone! |
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Aug 20, 2018 18:57:40 GMT
Post by Alex on Aug 20, 2018 18:57:40 GMT
Sorry to hear that John. Not a nice way to pass but I hope he didn’t suffer too much.
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Aug 29, 2018 8:34:24 GMT
Post by Tim on Aug 29, 2018 8:34:24 GMT
Just been reading a news story about Trump's accusations of the media giants being biaseed against him and there's a quote from a senior lecturer in digital technology at King's College London who goes by the brilliant name 'Mercedes Bunz'!
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Aug 29, 2018 8:45:12 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Aug 29, 2018 8:45:12 GMT
Just had a bit of shock news today. My cousin (my mum's brother's son) has just died of cancer, aged 64. We didn't even know he was ill. He had kept is quite quiet, but had been told after Christmas that he had a few months to live. Makes you value life when things like that happen. I was stunned on New Year's Day when a friend's wife phoned to say he'd passed away due to cancer at 54 on Xmas Eve. I didn't even know he was ill and we don't live local. He didn't want anyone to know and he'd already been buried. It was all so quick and final and I felt grief and anger that he hadn't confided in me but also admiration that he just decided he didn't want all the awkwardness of last meetings and sympathetic silences and to go in his own way. |
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Aug 29, 2018 8:56:12 GMT
Post by Tim on Aug 29, 2018 8:56:12 GMT
The partner of Mrs Tim's best friend had a heart attack last week, not serious as such since he got home on Friday, but the alarming thing is that he's 1 day younger than me.
He has spent a lot of years smoking, he's worked permanent nightshift for about 25 years and his diet is atrocious since his partner is a care home nurse who also works shifts.
It still suddenly made me feel old and vulnerable.
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Aug 29, 2018 14:40:17 GMT
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Post by Alex on Aug 29, 2018 14:40:17 GMT
I just heard a colleague of mine passed away yesterday. All I’ve heard from work is that they were told by the police, which is quite worrying. She did her back in a few years ago and has been on and off work ever since. It has been noticed this year that she’s been acting almost as if she’s drunk when she has been at work which was due to the high strength painkillers she’d been on. I can’t help thinking that she’s perhaps taken too many painkillers or the wrong combination of them. It’s been incredibly sad to see a once quite cheerful woman become a shell of utter misery over the last year or so.
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Aug 29, 2018 20:10:24 GMT
Post by Boxer6 on Aug 29, 2018 20:10:24 GMT
I just heard a colleague of mine passed away yesterday. All I’ve heard from work is that they were told by the police, which is quite worrying. She did her back in a few years ago and has been on and off work ever since. It has been noticed this year that she’s been acting almost as if she’s drunk when she has been at work which was due to the high strength painkillers she’d been on. I can’t help thinking that she’s perhaps taken too many painkillers or the wrong combination of them. It’s been incredibly sad to see a once quite cheerful woman become a shell of utter misery over the last year or so. Something I tell people who come to see us a lot more than I sometimes think I need to; physical pain and mood state are inextricably linked, no matter who you might be and how "strong" you believe you are. I know someone who suffers (horribly) from glossopharyngeal neuralgia, probably one of the most debilitating neuralgic disorders there is. It's only in the past few years since the docs found a combination of analgesics that work reasonably well for him, that I've known him even able to smile, never mind feel like it! These types of disease are up there with MS, MND, Huntigton's Disease and Parkinson', to name but a few, hat would have me reaching for the Beretta sooner rather than later. Nursed too many people with them over the years to have anyone I loved watching me go through that. |
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Aug 31, 2018 12:55:56 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 31, 2018 12:55:56 GMT
Apart from the sadness at an early death, now I'm retired, seeing people of your own age group dying gives me a real dilema. Spend, spend, spend as we may all be dead tomorrow v that pension pot's got to last till we're old.....
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Aug 31, 2018 20:00:08 GMT
Post by Alex on Aug 31, 2018 20:00:08 GMT
Apart from the sadness at an early death, now I'm retired, seeing people of your own age group dying gives me a real dilema. Spend, spend, spend as we may all be dead tomorrow v that pension pot's got to last till we're old..... Tricky dilemma that. We get a pension review at work each year and the chap who used to come in from the pensions firm we use was always on at us to keep upping our contributions as people live longer and you need as big a pot as you can possibly afford. I suspect he was squirrelling away a fair bit yet, sadly, he died earlier this year of a heart attack in his late 50’s without ever getting to draw any of it. I suppose its it’s all about balancing your enjoyment of what you’ve worked hard for and ensuring you don’t spunk it all up the wall and are left destitute or unable to go to a decent care home should you ever need one or being unable to leave anything to your kids if you have them. |
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Sept 9, 2018 20:34:05 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Sept 9, 2018 20:34:05 GMT
I like today's date....
9+9=18
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Sept 19, 2018 17:16:39 GMT
Post by Tim on Sept 19, 2018 17:16:39 GMT
Mrs Tim recently got a small tube of facial moisturiser that has an SPF of 30 and it's made by a French company called Vichy.
Surely that's almost as bad as if a German company called its products Nazi.
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