International Army August 2020

[mollyka]

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Far away fields Gman!!! So much about Oz sounds incredible to me .. while Kerry and Clare are but a hop skip and jump! Don't worry..your far away ladies are isolated too so there'll be post-Covid fireworks down the line I don't doubt:welldone:

Yes jacks..but like I always say I sort of understand the mistrust of drinkers towards the non-drinkers..last thing I want are boozy mates so it's fairly irrelevant anyways!

Ach it's just a quiet time here..you told me years ago ..ebbs and flows...and it does!
Night night xx

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

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Evening folks, debating with myself as to whether or not to post my thought of the day...
Question, if we perceive a spiders web as a trap, which undoubtedly it is, and we look at it from a different perspective, could we not also realize the incredible strength in just one single detached thread as being a lifesaver, should we need to hang onto it to save our falling? Figuratively speaking of course.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Morning all,
Not sure KTAB. Just know I hate running into the bloody things when I take the dog for her last wee every night.

Sorry to hear about your relo there JC. Yet another reminder to make the most of every single day that we have, because that will be us eventually.

A great big flamboyant wave to the barracks!

[mollyka]

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Morning Bridge and Tabs...I dunno either Tabs ..bit deep for me...if it helps...go for it!!!
You ok Bridge?

[satz123]

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Evening folks, debating with myself as to whether or not to post my thought of the day...
Question, if we perceive a spiders web as a trap, which undoubtedly it is, and we look at it from a different perspective, could we not also realize the incredible strength in just one single detached thread as being a lifesaver, should we need to hang onto it to save our falling? Figuratively speaking of course.

Tabbers - I am struggling to get this analogy ? Are we saying a detached thread could save 'us' if we were falling of a cliff? I'm a bit thick & I've a pain in my head.

But I do agree with looking at things from a different perspective:
A spider's web is multi-functional. Unless you are Bridge it is a thing of beauty :haha:, a feat of engineering that we, as the supposedly superior race, would struggle to replicate.

Morning all...

[satz123]

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X Post Mollerooney

[satz123]

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Time to blow my own bugle:
I said from the outset that it was amazing how lots of older folk sailed through the Coronavirus. My mother & her cell-mate being 2 of them. I thought maybe having lived so long they had met it before :
It's a not-so-nice cousin of the Common Cold :egad:
So if you are prone to colds this is good news :

Coronavirus is new, but your immune system might still recognise it
You're welcome :

[stirly-girly]

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Shout out to everyone - we are very quiet these last few days xxx

Good morning Army!!

One of the guilty ones reporting in!! A lot going on in Stirly-World. Work has been mental the last couple of weeks. I guess people are tryng to make up for the months that we were in lockdown.

Bad news on the Covid front - our new cases have escalated and frankly it has me worried. We used to have between 6 and 10 new cases per day and the last six days had the following number of new cases 120, 120, 150, 150, 200 yesterday and 125 so far today. Special friend and I were planning to go away for a few days but that has been cancelled. Masks are now obligatory everywhere (about time they thought of that) and frankly even the thought of going out for a coffee has me wondering. Very tired of the whole thing but no end in sight so I guess I'll just have to get over it and on with it. Just very frustrating to have gone through all we've gone through the past few months and to be in the state we are in right now. Summer in Greece - peeps hanging out together at the beach, wedding receptions, concerts, you name it. No social distancing there. And defo very few masks. As of this week, the bars are supposed to close at 11pm. Like that is going to help. Oh, and no people standing - they all have to be sitting. They should just close them down again and be done with it IMO. Ge us back to where we were.

[MENTION=7261]Guitarista[/MENTION]..............good to hear from you, G-force. You never know when or where the woman of your dreams maybe............these days she could be right in front of you or more like two metres in front of you :happy2:

[MENTION=7261]Guitarista[/MENTION] - what Jacks said, Mr. G. :upsidedown:

Mrs. A - if you're around - hope things are improving for both of you. Not easy but you are such a strong woman, you will get through this as well.

Jacks - hope Bess is feeling better.

KTAB - don't know what to say except that it is good that you are back reading and posting. For me, I hated drinking in the end, truly hated it. Hated what it did to me, hated what it had taken from me. I just wanted to find myself again. So when I stopped, it was such a relief, that there was never any temptation to pick up the bottle again. I know some may disagree with me but I believe that if we decide that AL is out of our lives - truly out of the picture, then it is not so difficult. I don't drink. Plain and simple. I put me first. Take care of myself and I can't do that while chained to a bottle. We are in difficult times, but hopefully, in spite of that, something will click for you.

Waves to anyone I haven't mentioned. Hope you are all keeping safe and coping...

[stirly-girly]

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Time to blow my own bugle:
I said from the outset that it was amazing how lots of older folk sailed through the Coronavirus. My mother & her cell-mate being 2 of them. I thought maybe having lived so long they had met it before :
It's a not-so-nice cousin of the Common Cold :egad:
So if you are prone to colds this is good news :

Coronavirus is new, but your immune system might still recognise it
You're welcome :

Very interesting read, Satzy. Puts a new slant on things....

[fickle]

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Hello all,
I have been busy deciding things. I have decided the only way to decide things is to talk to people and get advice. So i went to see someone about renovating my house and decided if I go that road, i will spend at least the next 10 years doing it and I have decided that will make me very tired and not give me any time for fun. I also don't have enough dosh, which is quite a big problem with this option. I then got advice from a real estate about how much rent I will get if I rent my house out. Kids are grown and leaving at the end of Covid and I'm getting too old to borrow in about another year, so need to decide what is to be done. Mortgage is too big to be here on my own. This is the year. I am now seeking advice from a mortgage broker whether the bank would let me keep it as an investment and buy something smaller to live in. I got a real estate guy to give me a written appraisal on selling and I've done a lot of looking at real estate so if I have to do that, I will be prepared. I also have decided about my job that I will keep it long enough to finish this refinancing thing, whichever way it goes, hopefully sorted by spring. Then I will take something else that is more fun. I am tired of my job, its no fun any more and I am convinced there is something more fun out there if I keep looking. I have started talking to agencies. I have also started writing applications but that is time consuming and stressful, so I'll stick to talking to agencies from now on.
That is all for now

[mollyka]

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Hello again! Good to see the crew re- assembling! Sounds like loads of decisions going on there Fickle - made me tired just reading!!! ;-) the woman I was working with yesterday is older than me -- (she genuinely looks about 40!!) but she says she's afraid to think of retirement cos she would slob around in pyjamas all day -- I could have that potential too - but similar to you (well different obviously - you are young Fickle and we are at different stages of life - but similar PLANS ) I hope to move along to a smaller more 'what I want' sort of house- HAS to be somewhere near water -- real near -- a river would do - doesn't have to be the sea... and smaller with a nice bit of land... so yeah - I feel if I have a plan --and it won't click in for a few years yet... I'll be ok.

Shame the virus is kicking off in Greece Stirly - it's happening in a lot of places - we've had a problem with meat plants the last week that shot our cases up an awful lot - we had 63 cases yesterday and warnings that it ain't getting better this week - but the government is all over it - contact tracing etc. so HOPEFULLY it will get back under control... everyone now HAS to wear masks - pretty much everywhere and it's much better really... so yeah -- going to get lunch - talk in a bit

[mollyka]

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Just cancelled my hotel for next month in Cyprus -- nothing appealing about travelling abroad at the moment - and as I'm a public servant I'd still have to self isolate for 2 weeks after I come back -- so yeah -- relieved to have made up my mind -- safer in our lovely wee country even if we are having a hiccup at the moment!! Better our own hiccups than someone elses hiccup!!! Cannot understand no matter HOW dependant southern european countries are on tourism how they are opening their doors to all and sundry -- anyway -- done dusted and happy

[JackieClaire]

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Just a quick one.........apologies for not reading back. Bess isn't so good. Mr. JC is in denial about her............but she's sixteen tomorrow............a mammoth of an age for a Lab but my heart is sinking.

[mollyka]

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Just a quick one.........apologies for not reading back. Bess isn't so good. Mr. JC is in denial about her............but she's sixteen tomorrow............a mammoth of an age for a Lab but my heart is sinking.

ah Jacks --- but isn't she only after having the once over by the vet? Hopefully she's just gotten a sick tummy... bless her -- let us know how she is anyhow xx

[satz123]

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Just a quick one.........apologies for not reading back. Bess isn't so good. Mr. JC is in denial about her............but she's sixteen tomorrow............a mammoth of an age for a Lab but my heart is sinking.

Ah Jacks :hug: