December Army Thread with Extra tinsel and Joy

[mollyka]

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Rusty it wasn't a podcast but Saturdays radio 4 programme starting at 9am. Cannot remember the title of the programme. My daughter may manage to get over from Norway on Christmas Eve as long as she doesn't have to quarantine when she goes back.

ah -- that'd be brilliant if she could...everything is so uncertain at the moment - just waiting for them to tell us our boosters aren't worth a damn against xyz variants... back to square one!
Cleared out a whole load of old clothes -- it is so satisfying bagging things up for the charity shop -- such rubbish I hold onto.

[satz123]

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In from work .... very busy.
Very ANNOYING families. Wanting to visit bang on Christmas morning. - All of them.

So each day I shout "ATTENTION.... YOU DO KNOW WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC ??? " On advice from Health Dept. visiting is restricted.
Eff off ! !"
Then I roar "As Molls says it's only a shagging day - and all this sentimentality is for yourselves. Your loved ones won't know the difference between 24 / 25 / 26 th December.
Stop being so selfish.

All that is said in my head of course :hahaha:

[satz123]

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Good morning. Just been listening to a lovely woman on the radio talking about being a child of an alcoholic mother, and how she herself became a drinker and how she beat it, fascinating.
Nothing to report here, just keeping busy

Must be the worst thing in the world to be a young child and have your Mammy be a alcoholic or drug addict. Daddy is ok but Mammy is the one who holds things together.

My sister was just yesterday telling me about her SIL who is addicted to Cocaine
She stays in bd all day & only gets up to scrounge some money to get her stash ...... hasn't showered for 3 weeks.
2 lovely young boys - very sad.
Daddy works as a carer, works nights sometimes & is terrified to leave the boys.

[mollyka]

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Must be the worst thing in the world to be a young child and have your Mammy be a alcoholic or drug addict. Daddy is ok but Mammy is the one who holds things together.

My sister was just yesterday telling me about her SIL who is addicted to Cocaine
She stays in bd all day & only gets up to scrounge some money to get her stash ...... hasn't showered for 3 weeks.
2 lovely young boys - very sad.
Daddy works as a carer, works nights sometimes & is terrified to leave the boys.

That's so sad...have to say i still hug myself sometimes that i escaped the grip of addiction..sounds smug..but so what? We deserve it...

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

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Happy hangover free Sunday morning folks. A wise man once said ‘Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it‘ so I am going to have a good day today whatever it throws at me and be thankful I found my way out.

[JackieClaire]

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Morning,
[MENTION=9094]satz123[/MENTION]...............Its dreadfully sad. Wonder if her husband has talked with their doctor. Its just not fair on her kids.

Got a call last night from Jenny. Ads grandpa has had a stroke yesterday...............Granddad's 102 its a good innings and we're expecting the worst. He still lived on his own. Does his own cleaning, did his own shopping, can do the Times crossword every day and sounds like a proper character. He'd already sorted a new suit for the wedding in August (Jenny & Ads) and so looking forward to it. Its knocked everyone sideways.

I've always been open with my two about my alcoholism. One reason is that we're normal people with a problem.

Got to go Mr. JC's trying to put garlands on the ceiling around me and we haven't got the big shop done this week.

[mollyka]

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Morning all -- thought I'd posted this morning -- musta ghosted myself:congratulatory:

Headline in the Sunday Times this morn... wee Paul at some 'do' without a mask --- not in and of itself a huge big deal - but if SOMEONE could let the Sunday Times know about that wee pub that wee Paul was in having a ball with no regulations -- that'd be a good story --- up there with Boris Johnson -- well -- almost --- Boris is giving the world a good laugh:welldone:

So my week off is over --- mixed feelings tbh -- I've enjoyed the week -- but...... Joe drove me a bit mad -- as did the poxy dog -- and I did miss the company -- am I ready to retire at all I wonder? -- only hope being with a new house - surrounds - garden etc . I'll be busy as a bee.... maybe over thinking it... sort of at the point of no return now anyway so.... mmm it's like the day before the wedding when your mum (well my mum did anyway) says 'it's not too late to back out':harhar:

[mollyka]

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Always ASTOUNDS me when grown ups (like Jenny etc) have grandparents... I never had a grandparent.. they were all dead by the time I came along -- well -- one granny died when I was one -- but yeah -- gone bar the shouting ;-)

[rustop59]

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Afternoon everyone.

That’s great news Brit, am sure it will mean a lot to have her with you. Even though it is a life well lived it is still hard to part with loved ones and a shame that he will not be there for their special day JC.

Miserable grey day here but got the tree up this morning but still have to decorate it. It will definitely be a change Molly but exciting too. When do you plan to retire?

[mollyka]

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Afternoon everyone.

That’s great news Brit, am sure it will mean a lot to have her with you. Even though it is a life well lived it is still hard to part with loved ones and a shame that he will not be there for their special day JC.

Miserable grey day here but got the tree up this morning but still have to decorate it. It will definitely be a change Molly but exciting too. When do you plan to retire?

Officially August ...but I'll go sooner than that..the man we're buying the house from is dying of cancer..if he dies before final completion there could be big delays in which case I will definitely carry on working..but presuming we will complete in Jan. I will probably go early summer...May probably ...want to get the whole summer to set up the garden and paint and shit...

[satz123]

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Wee Paul needs a kick in the arse ...... we'll find the real dirt on him yet.
Just in from work - need to decompress.

[mollyka]

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Wee Paul needs a kick in the arse ...... we'll find the real dirt on him yet.
Just in from work - need to decompress.

I need to recompress..back to work...aarrgghhh

[IamMary]

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Found [MENTION=22839]brit[/MENTION]s podcast Rustop: Saturday Live - "You want to raise awareness to help others but you don'''t want your dear Mum to just be identified as an alcoholic..." - BBC Sounds

Town was bonkers today, didnt stay long. The daughters had different ideas as to why we were there (more clothes shopping), so delighted to get home..

So is your arm still sore [MENTION=7008]JackieClaire[/MENTION]? mine was bad for 24 hours. My MIL had a sort of paralysis on 2nd and booster. Wore off quickly, but freaked her out. V rare I think.
Since she had covid last Jan, shes been diagnosed with diabetes and has last 2 perfect teeth!!

Off to decompress in my leaba.. night night

[JackieClaire]

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Morning,
I had a great-grandad as well. Sadly my Grandma's husband died from leukemia the year before I was born. He was only 42..............his name was Jack and I was born a year later. It doesn't take rocket science to guess who (or is it whom) I'm called after. My Dad's mum had two boys then went on to have six (yes six) girls. Three of them are still alive................well into their 80s and two with dementia.

[MENTION=22411]IamMary[/MENTION]..............I was fine with my booster jab apart from feeling a little bruised and really tired. You must be driven round the bend with your kit hen.

I am having some trouble with my right eyeball......constantly feels like there's a grain of sand in it. So I'm off to the optician tomorrow.

No news on Ads granddad apart from they couldn't take him to hospital as its full. Between his only daughter, Jenny and Ads are taking it in shifts to sit with him. A district nurse will 'pop' in every day.

[satz123]

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I am having some trouble with my right eyeball......constantly feels like there's a grain of sand in it. So I'm off to the optician tomorrow.

That sounds like my issue when I was over there with you Jacks - ingrowing eyelash was it ?
I was too busy gawking at the lully optician.