Feminist Pub 17: The Bluestocking frolics in the fells and fens of feminism

I love jigsaw puzzle.

I bought a secondhand one from a charity shop which was missing one piece. It's fiendish. But at the end of that one I was looking at everything and thinking "that would make a good jigsaw puzzle".

I'm wishing away the part of my life that involves T. Rex being chucked at my head at point blank range. I'm going to blame feminism for my current throbbing temple, because if I wasn't one my nearly two year old would have pink, frilly, and above all soft missiles with which to pelt me.

Yay - meeting done (until I have to write the minutes on Monday). I think it is time for and then maybe .

DH and I have a new jigsaw to do - living the dream or what?! DH has just popped out to fill up the car and "maybe buy grapefruit and a paper" - I fear we may be middle aged

Hmmm, wonder if anyone's got 'ThisTooWillPass'.... though does anyone else sometimes get the feeling that you're just wishing your life away??

That's great.

Thanks, Petula, glad you like it. DD2, who is nearly 2, threw 2 massive writhing toddler ooze (they can make themselves really slithery and also increase their weight) tantrums yesterday, both in public spaces miles from home. I couldn't wrestle her into the buggy as it was occupied by DS so I had to carry her. I was nearly in tears and I did rather wish someone had said to me 'I say, steady on, it will all come out in the wash' so I NCed to that so I will say it to myself every time I log on to MN.

fine let's have stamps featuring british dinosaurs
but keep currently living ones off

On news last night was great to see a fossil found in a museum that was found to be real -

"The new species has been named Ichthyosaurus anningae in honour of the British collector, and woman in science, Mary Anning, who first collected ichthyosaurs in the early 1800s."

I love your new name!

I am just marking my place even though I never have much to say. I used to be Artifexmumdi, but I have namechanged.

Liked the toast link.

I found myself grumbling to my three year old this morning that the new collection of stamps from royal mail (British inventors) don't appear to have anything made by women on them.

that is amusing hoppy. this "Simply go into this darkened box with this creepy man and tell him your secrets" is what made my mum finally stop being catholic at age 17. she went to confession before easter to please her parents, and the priest asked her "have you had any unclean thoughts?"

No news yet.

Made the mistake of checking work email on day off. Bloody good job too as there's a huge cock up that needed sorting. Gah! Why is nothing ever simple?!

Hope you have relaxed now Doctor, that sounds really frightening.

Read his earlier and it made me smile. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/20/ten-things-feminism-has-ruined?CMP=fb_gu

Good afternoon all. It's Friday!
And I have the day off because I had a long day yesterday (AGM business & a very successful meeting). So now sitting here with a cup of tea thinking about looking through the Madhur Jaffrey Curry Easy book for inspiration. And wondering what nice craft ales DP is going to bring back for our evening in the inglenook by the fire (in the Feminist Pub).
Doctor- hope you've recovered from that shocking incident.
Hoppy - any news about the interview?

Doctor That sounds scary... And I never knew you were an uneducated oaf! I'm an educated ignoramus. So much to learn, so little time...

I have been out and about but must squeeze some work in now.

this made me laugh this morning:

the-toast.net/2015/02/19/pattern-behavior-cartoons/

Gosh that does sound terrifying!

Oh, no, Dr, that sounds scary.

Is it possible you've fucked the shock absorber? I managed to do that to mine, and it looked absolutely fine, just wheezed a bit going over traffic calming, but the one of the wheels started wobbling. Not fun - and I wasn't on the motorway!

And oi, don't call yourself an uneducated oaf.

oubliette - good luck with tomorrow, then. Will be thinking of you.

Gosh. Have a medicinal double. That sounds terrifying.

I'm having a 'medicinal' Scotch. I hit some debris on the A1(M) last night doing about 80 70mph. There were four small piles of pressed steel in the outside lane on an unlit section and I couldn't see them until I was on top of them. Each impact took me about a foot in the air and once I'd got the car back under control I pulled over to assess damage and alert the police.

Luckily the car seemed undamaged when I checked it over via torchlight so I carried on driving. Then tonight, again on the A1(M) the front nearside started to wobble alarmingly. So, in the pouring rain, I pulled over and with the aid of the torch checked under the wheel. I couldn't see anything wrong so it could be anything from a wheel weight to driveshaft damage.

At work (my job is to ferry people between two sites) I've noticed, and commented on, that there is lots of promotion from within, with many of those promoted being women. Most of the departments are headed by women, something I found refreshing.

One of the women is off to her graduation ceremony. She's done her Masters. So I congratulated her and told her I was an uneducated oaf and she said she wished she had my general knowledge. She will be running a company soon, she's that good and only in her mid twenties. When it happens I'll be first in line to congratulate her and say "told you so."

Might have a 'medicinal' gin

Oh - it'll be fine (I'm doing a damn good job of keeping lots of balls in the air without dropping any, so they will be nice to me). Just hate having to do it on Friday pm. In fact I've blocked out Friday afternoons for the rest of the year to stop useless secretary scheduling the next one for a Friday. I had 2 requests this time around. 1. Not a Friday, 2. Not half term - the last 2 meetings were also on Friday afternoons. If I were suspicious, I'd think it was because she doesn't work Friday afternoons, and can therefor avoid providing any last-minute support. Tough - she's going to start doing things at my convenience - I'm sick of facilitating her general crapness.

You can do it Oubliette, nearly at the finish line weekend now.
I've spent the evening watching the west wing and enjoying a gin. I recommend both for medicinal purposes.

I might be able to manage chicken soup and brandy whilst I sit in the corner being anti-social. So glad it is Friday tomorrow. Unfortunately I have to run survive an all-afternoon meeting with all my senior stakeholders before I get to the weekend.

Ha! Subtlety, I recently decided that all the awful people ought to be plonked on a landmass somewhere to fight with each other, while all the peaceable souls can drink horlicks or gin in harmony.

I agree that disengaging isn't a positive step, but it is sometimes necessary. Helps with perspective if nothing else. I can get so carried away that I forget that most of the people in my actual life are kind and interested people.

I think I need to hand in my feminist badge. Our washing machine broke today, just the catch on the door but I couldn't open it. Did I get onto youtube and figure out how to fix it? Nope. I ignored the problem completely until dp arrived home and dumped it into his lap to deal with. So he has now gone onto youtube and looked up how to fix it. That's what he's doing now. I just couldn't be arsed to deal with it myself.