to wonder what IPOAT stands for?

[Hullygully]

Are you something beginning with C?

Not the rude one.

I am the rude one :)

I'll pm you

why wasn't I tossed into the sea?

[huff]

gah

I wouldn't mind being tossed into the sea as long as it was the Caribbean.

Hey ho - no chance of that for a while :(

Avast ye and such. Needed some survivors to haul the mainsail and jib aboyt..

We did the Ostend-Ramsgate crossing in a high wind last week. Frequently telling green dcs that "even Nelson got seasick, y'know" had little effect

I have no intention to get on any other vessel again in the near future

Ahoy and matey and hoist stuff and hey nonnie nooooo

How lovely to see you all.

Bad luck about the job thing jins. You can schedule lots of ipoat time if you are self employed though. Must be a plus

I watched as ds2 fell of a jet ski. That is the extent of my water bound adventure. I didn't get sea sick at all though

...speaking of which I'd better get round to doing some maffs

Do you HE, shj? I never knew.

I feel like I do most of the time, it is ds's use of "we" that alarms me: "We" have covered most of biology, "we" need to revise physics etc. Altho chemistry is the worst. Hate chemistry.

What has happened to the others? Anyone seen Beri, Umami, Mimi et al?

Was the Carib fab, Pag?

Job news, Jins?

Tomorrow Hully. I've been summoned to the office on a non working day for no reason at all!

Oo-er.

Go in like Ninja. Remember: Demand and Expect.

I will Hully. Although I think that long silences are an important addition to a difficult conversation so I intend to be very quiet as well

YY!

I love those, they are a relatively new addition for me, I learnt them from dh. Usually I chitter and jabber like a fool, but I have been trying the sitting in silence until they come up with the response I want, most illuminating..

Silence is a powerful tool

my manager told me once, on the way to facing a horrible confrontation with a tenant, "just don't say anything"

it was powerfully useful advice but still can't manage it. I gibber.

oooh, and yes, Hully, I am an accidental home edder. Officially to the dds, and not to ds. Fortunately he can do all that science and stuff, so I have to chuck him books occasionally and bore him about the French Revolution. The poor little sod.

Oh, and prevent him from answering questions thus:

Q: "Do you think George was justified in shooting Lenny? Discuss"

Ds' A: "No"

So hard to persuade them that, "because he was a wanker," just won't cut it as an answer

if I asked ds "do you think you could, maybe, add something to 'because he was a wanker'?" hw would no doubt chew pencil for a couple of minutes, then add

..."innit"

Oh, poor Lenny. What was George to do ?

Well I'm back!

Plenty of silences were inserted into the proceedings and I managed a very sneering laugh at the offer of cv advice. I did say No Thank you though like a polite girl.

Fucking ages before I'm free though - 10 weeks :(

Sorry, not sure what else to do. I am sorry, though. :(