August 2008 Laugh Line

[TwilightSurfer]

Too much pressure and too little thread space left me with but one choice so here we are. Let's discuss further the private space because quite honestly the "private" space is not so "private" at the moment. I'm no detective BUT there's only a handful of threads over there and all are beckoning me to read through them. For the moment we are safer here. Like a new model car, we should wait and let the kinks be worked out by the folks that can't WAIT to be part of the "new thing."

Queenie my suggestion is phone the energy company and ask to speak to the department manager. There should also be a credits/collections department as well. Don't bother with the CSRs (customer service reps) just ask for the manager in charge. I have insider knowledge of this process. It costs them money to do what they are doing to you....money they don't want to spend. I phoning doesn't seem to be working, face to face will surely end the fuss.

Lucky could you ask for more money from the potential employer? Just thinking out loud.

Singapore I'm sure Tweakers find is the best I could do HOWEVER my suggestion is to POAS! Do it! Do it! Do it!

Back later to post more.

Evening. House of shit here . So far DD2 has done a poo on the rug, poo on the potty and now one in her nappy. All within about 25 mins . I have cleared up 3 times and now have wine

Fire has been lit for the first time and it is lovely . DH on his way home with Riv Cott sausages. Yum. He should be home (just about) by bedtime so i shall be handing over.....

QoD I would write them a letter, enclosing copies of ALL documentation and lists of phone calls. Explain what has happened and that it should all now be cleared and you do not wish to receive any further correspondence on the matter. Then send it to their CEO or similar. Usually works

LOTI your poor dad, but great that he was seen so quickly and treated. ALso good job he went to A&E as stars across vision need sorting ASAP. Sorry to hear the pay v CM is not good, but does the employer do childcare vouchers or is there stuff you can do in the evenings so not all needing to be covered by external childcare. If it is a good opportunity for you CV and personally wise, i would think about it very hard, even if immediate financial rewards are not great as red said

spring Fingers x'd for you this monthly & LOL at TS getting all excited

cece well done on the committee swerve. Bunch of old feckers. They don't deserve your time and effort anyway!

Hots have you drowned in a bucket of bleach???

oh LOTI chin up sweetie, have you tried advertising on Gumtree for childcare? Or on here even? there is a thread for people looking for help on the CM threads. I barely cover the childcare costs but I can't afford not to have a job iyswim

Spring - sorry to hear about drunken falling out

Queenie - not sure what to say sorry, have you gone to the CAB for some help?

Tweakers - I can't remember about the food/feed timing - it was always dependant on what I drank so I cut out all fizzy/caffine etc

watching news and very glad I'm not a Chillean miner

Oops - am needing help with my icing please when you're about

hello all else not much new in the world of Dizzy - still a bit of a whirlwind but I have some decisions to make and I have to make them very soon (next few days) I hate times of change

thanks dizzy/crispy/red/ts

had a good chat with the director this afo.. it was a definite that they did want me for the job which is good.. explained my fall out in childcare, v v understanding but have left it that we will keep in touch with eachother and he would like to try and get me on board if/when i can get things sorted and obv if there is a vacancy!

So not a great outcome for me but positive that i would have got the job and they like me enough to want me to keep in touch ..

house of shit crisp lol enjoy your nausages as dd2 says ..

dizz hope all the decisions you make are best for u!

hope your studying went ok today cece..

springa with TS test test test

Hello everyone, just nipping on to say that we had the best wedding day ever :) The sun shone all day, everything ran like clockwork, EVERYONE had a brilliant time - it was so great to see such a diverse bunch of people getting to know each other. All the kids were made welcome and had such fun with each other; the octopus colouring competition that DH organised for them ended up being a hit with everyone ; I spent the whole day in a whirl and the whole night on the dancefloor. So massive win, basically.

No photos yet as we don't have any - were a bit too busy to take any ourselves! When some arrive I will of course FB them all.

Great news that they wanted you LOTI - can they keep the position open for a week and then reassess? Please don't let this opportunity slide too easily, even though i know you just want a break from 'stuff'

dizz am going to post you a Q on the FB group as i CBA to try and cover it up LOL

YAY Cyteen!! So glad it was a SUPER DAY!!

x-post cyteen. FABULOUS and WONDERFUL

We will wait not very patiently for the photos

Hurrah Cyteen for a fab day!!!

Just a quick update on dad, he is back on the ward, surgeon thinks he has fixed the retina so fingers crossed when he wakes up tom he can see!! and BREATHE

Lucky I know a few people who've had detached retina surgery. If you have to have an eye surgery, that's the one to have. Very good success rate and quick recovery time.

Thanks TS my main worry is that he is already blind in one eye so my main worry was that it if couldn't be fixed what would happen.. he only has me and obv lives in a different country!! But not thinking negative only POSITIVE POSTIVE thoughts

lots and lots of positive thoughts are winging their way from here to your dad loti

helllo mrs cyteen

well, we all survived today. i think dh coped the least well because he really missed ds!

anyone remember my crapola bro and the problems he caused re mum looking after ds, me getting married (wanted compensation for loss of earnings) well, he's visiting mum at the moment. has been here 2 weeks now and made no effort to contact me or see me or his new neice despite being only 10mins up the road. i was cross to start with but then thought fuck him, he doesn't care about me, why should i waste energy being upset by him. well, i popped over to see my mum today and guess who turned up while i was there. i'd just arrived, ds v excited about seeing mum and my darling brother said 'ds, you know something, your mum is a real bitch'. i calmly said to him that he could say what he liked to me and about me but there was no way it was happening in front of my children. my nice bro stepped in, took him to one side whilst my mum gave me a hug and said she's speak to him. horrid bro then completely ignored us all (but sat in same room for ages) and then disappeared upstairs. i'm quite pleased it happened tbh because it means mum and nice bro have now witnessed for themselves what a nasty bit of work he is.

Christ Tweakers - what a corker he is

Cyteen - sounds brilliant

Sazz - answers on the FB page

What a complete twat tweakers at least ur mum and nice bro saw his true colours....

exactly, they can no longer say that its me being unreasonable about him. i bet he's kicking himself for revealing his true colours in front of them

dh is threatening that he's going to pop round to break his nose

I'm with Mr Tweak

Hurrah for your biding your time tweaks. DB is a serious twat

DH had a lovely time and we are now watching Masterchef, so totally foody day. I may or may not have had cheese

i was very pleased with how calm i was but then i had to be becuase i had Pea in the carrier and i was holding DS on my hip when he said it. anyhow, lets not waste anymore time worrying about my twatty bro... exciting chat happening on fb so i'll see you back there in a minute!

blood does not mean bond. have learned that the hard way. so sorry tweakers what a fker! he isn't worth the worry or the energy to pop is nose. karma is a beautiful thing. you'll see. you did so very well today remaining calm and standing up to the idiot. you deserve an award.

VG - surely prof MC and Spooks no?!?

vg DS definitely heard but bro said it with a big grin on his face so DS probably thought he was being nice

ts i am as calm as a calm thing in a calm place

DS has hidden our tv remote control... it means we don't have it on anymore because we're too lazy to get up to change channels!

Cyteen - sounds wonderful :)

Tweaks - what a total prat!

Am eating icing because I have no cakes to put it on.

I come with my own family dilemma..... I have 3 brothers all of them live with my mother , who lives 10 miles away, I have had no contact with her or the 2 youngest for 10 years or so, my oldest brother still speaks to my dad occasionally and i have seen him once or twice in the last few years. We keep well away because she is a nasty minipulative woman who married a nasty abusive man. We have kept the girls away from brother number 1 when he visits my day as he passes info about us all to mother. She lost all right to know about me and the girls when she chose this man against me when I found him hitting the boys. Now I have found out that a woman who is our chilcren centre play worker who is very close to DD1 and know all about us/family/where we live etc has started seeing brother1. He knows she works at the childrens centre and must have asked if she knew us as she mentioned she had met someone I knew. She is supposed to be teaching me baby massage nest week but I don't want to go because I an worried that he will find out about the girls and pass info on to other parties. They can do no real harm but I feel like my safety zone has been broken into and I can't control the situation. Am I being stupid to cancel the baby massage and try and get onto another list?

Anyone for icing? coffee?tea?