International Army February 2020

[JackieClaire]

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Absolutely love that story...so proud of you!!

:blushing::blushing:

In hindsight, I should have asked if anyone else did it or was it just alkies but it was only my second week.

Should have seen the woman training last week...........talk about Hyacinth Bucket............just about curtsied when an ex-local councilor came in.........this could be fun

Going to empty the bins and get into bed with HIlary Clinton (the book not the woman)

I'm piggy-backing off next doors tinterweb..........ours is fooked.

[brit]

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Good afternoon! Best disclosure ever JC to that trainer. Love it--

No snow here but absolutely freezing in the gale force wind and and the rain is almost horizontal.

Mr A continues to improve! Celebrating with apple crumble.

Thanks Satz for reassuring me of my decision not to confess but I still think there is an element of shame for me.

[rustop59]

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Evening everyone. Teenagers don’t come with a rule book and as the others said you are doing a great job Mary. Delighted Mr A continues to improve. Loved the story JC. Weather is baltic here too. Work done and putting feet up for the evening.

[JackieClaire]

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[MENTION=22839]brit[/MENTION]...........delighted for you both. Any apple crumble left? I'll swap you for some chicken & veg soup.
Glad you opened a discussion............I don't get on the bus and start shouting about it...........its just this time I felt I should stick up for a fellow traveler.

Would you believe its a year today that they started the kitchen and its still not right. The fitter's coming on Friday to fix the light and one of the worktops has unglued itself again. A rather stiff letter is going to the managing director. Don't think its the fitter its the worktop.
Other than that I still :heartbeat: it.

Starting up again shortly. The plasterer is coming at the weekend about the living room/dining room. So I'll have to start looking at light fitting. Such fun. Such expense.

[mollyka]

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Crikey - is all that still going on!!!?? I couldn't hack anyone working here at the moment -- love my house to myself! Mind you - Joey is back for the minute again... dunno WHAT is going on with those two! Personally I think they would be far better off as friends and co-parent the wee one - but what do I know???

I told my friends at work a long time ago - just as chat - no big unveiling... but they are a group I occasionally go out with for dinner and drinks.. and it just seemed like natural to 'say' -- but that's sort of it.. I think if similar to what happened to you Jackie happened I would pipe up - but I wouldn't see the why of it tbh… the people I have told over the years have been so nonchalant about it it was a nothing thing.. so never regretted the telling.. would NEVER let it be known to anyone who would potentially use it as ammunition against me..
When I joined the library how ever many years ago I used to hear about 'drunken.... (can't remember his name now)' who worked in another library and he was a liability to everyone -

[IamMary]

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Thats a great story [MENTION=7008]JackieClaire[/MENTION].

Sometimes Im tempted to tell someone, but that means loads of personal questions, so I dont bother. I do wonder who around me is on their own journey...

[byebyebridgetjones]

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While I'm ashamed of some things I have done in the past.........I'll be buggered if I'm ashamed of what I've become.

We all have a story.

Never a truer JCism was spoken.

[mollyka]

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Morning Army - lovely sunny day here -- we were promised snow... raging I am -- LOVE snow!!

[JackieClaire]

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Morning, and wave to down under and across the pond.

Molls, its only a few little things that need putting right. The lad next door could fix the light but worried it would affect the warranty and this super duper, fantastic zenith work top to end all worktops has to be done by the fitter. So we sit twiddling our thumbs until they deign to put it right. I will never, ever, ever do this again.
Our snow went, we've gone back to bitter cold, but compared to the flooding down south we've got off lightly. Touch wood.

Off to do my volunteer stuff for a couple of hours. I'm still training and still not sure where the toilets are.

Pancake day today. I bought the beggars from Tesco

[mollyka]

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Morning, and wave to down under and across the pond.

Molls, its only a few little things that need putting right. The lad next door could fix the light but worried it would affect the warranty and this super duper, fantastic zenith work top to end all worktops has to be done by the fitter. So we sit twiddling our thumbs until they deign to put it right. I will never, ever, ever do this again.
Our snow went, we've gone back to bitter cold, but compared to the flooding down south we've got off lightly. Touch wood.

Off to do my volunteer stuff for a couple of hours. I'm still training and still not sure where the toilets are.

Pancake day today. I bought the beggars from Tesco

ah yeah --- gotcha -- mind you - we got a shower into the bathroom there a couple years back and it's given trouble from the get-go - problem is -- plumbers are like GOLD DUST over here (as are all tradesmen) and we have this PLONKER who will come... but everytime he comes for ANYTHING it's a bit of a dogs dinner... so we just keep putting off the 'call back' -- cos we know he'll probably just make something else leak:egad:

Bit mithered about Joey here.. it's all so poxy headless -- he was grand last night - watched the Liverpool game with Joe and had the whole conversation about being careful in the morning with icy roads... he's still up there -- never went to work.. now I know that a huge load of their problems is lack of money - and he doesn't get paid if he doesn't go to work - it's just ridiculous -- but HOW do you have 'THAT' chat with a grown up who has his own baby etc... and generally he's a great grafter - works overtime etc etc… but he has 'borrrowed' money a couple of times (once from Jilly and once from me - needless to say I covered the 'loan' from Jill) -- it just all seems ridiculous - I've been awake since 5AM wondering is he going - is he not.... (he's done this before) --- look I know I'm talking to myself -- the rest of yiz are off at work etc.. and Jacks is organising the UK library system -- just needed to get this out of my system (feel better already:victorious

[mollyka]

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YE GODS -- logged out there and logged back in just to say...……………………….. IT IS GOOD TO TALK!!! Just felt a LOAD lifting off just putting all that in writing... I need to open up more - and as we all seem to have very similar personality traits on here - maybe we all need to?? wotcha think?? (when yiz all get home from running the world hehe) -- I know I got very very wary on these boards some years back with some horrible people around -- don't think anyone horrible is around now... just feels safer... right -- off to look at pancake batter

[brit]

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Molly I break my heart over my "grown up" children and while I have sleepless nights worrying about their problems, they have slept well and problems got resolved.
Arghh
Took Mr A off to Chester and sat him in the cathedral while I had a lovely walk around the Roman walls and down to the river to look at the minor floods. Then we went off to have a fabulous meal in a lovely little restaurant--Always made affordable without the wine mark up.

Very cold outside ,but back home now, lit the fire and settled down for a TV evening.

Sorry it all seems to be me me on here at the moment!!

[rustop59]

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Evening everyone. Big :hug: Brit, it should be all about you as you are the carer. Glad you both had a nice day out. Think you are right Molly it does help to write it down. With kids you get through one stage and you are onto the next, so much harder when they are adults. None of us are immune, they all have their ups and downs. Working week over and have Pilates tonight so better get something to eat.

[mollyka]

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Molly I break my heart over my "grown up" children and while I have sleepless nights worrying about their problems, they have slept well and problems got resolved.
Arghh
Took Mr A off to Chester and sat him in the cathedral while I had a lovely walk around the Roman walls and down to the river to look at the minor floods. Then we went off to have a fabulous meal in a lovely little restaurant--Always made affordable without the wine mark up.

Very cold outside ,but back home now, lit the fire and settled down for a TV evening.

Sorry it all seems to be me me on here at the moment!!

The whole point of being 'here' is that we CAN be me me me… not much point otherwise!! - I think it's harder parenting adult children than children children… at least the under 18's are our responsibility - they probably still think we know stuff (even tho they like to say we don't!) and we can call the shots mostly - but these adult beings that we love with all our hearts that we can't do a damn thing for - it just makes me feel so impotent! Anyway - he's still here - and he's talking -- a bit... and says he's going to work tomorrow - so that's something I s'pose..
I did love Chester... such a lovely wee city.. glad you had a good day out!
Evening Rusters

[JackieClaire]

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Ahh, Molls its hard. :hug:
The S&H went through a rough time when he was made redundant............especially because his was the only shop out of the franchise to shut.............in his mind it was his fault. Not the fact that the company had under estimated the foot traffic it was the wrong location...........opening a specialised wine shop opposite Sainsbury & M&S.............even the feeble minded would have got that one. Why buy one bottle at Majestic wine when you can get two for the same price across the road.
Anyway, at the time I felt helpless. I wanted to take my child and make it better. I do understand. Makes you nostalgic for potty training.
Although we were talking on Sunday and his redundancy paid for most of the wedding so he's rather happy these days.

See you've been talking to yer man on the thread I'm trying to ignore......................please feel free to bang yer head on this..........:bricks:

[MENTION=22839]brit[/MENTION].........we must make an effort to get to Chester. I had no idea it was so close to you.

[MENTION=15758]rustop59[/MENTION].......by the time I've posted this the you'll be finished with the pilates. How'd it go?

Ashamed to say I got Mrs. Bucket all wrong. She's was on duty today and her grandchildren are her pride and joy. This volunteer library is her baby and wants it perfect. Feel a bit rotten for judging her..........get the feeling now we were both as nervous as each other.