A Very Crepey New Year

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Will this do ??

Nice pullover Rose, it seems a flattering swingy shape.
Sorry I missed seeing ds , but am planning a playback later. How exciting.

Herbs, surely a mistake, sizing wise. You have a flat stomach fgs.

I enjoyed my run around tkmaxx, but really you need to book a whole afternoon to do it justice.

Am now off to work, oh the excitement, hope it's a quiet night as dh is still wibbly and could do with looking after.

Good plan Herbs

I give up

Auriga? You okay?

What happened Auriga?

In the last few days there has been a sudden and unprecedented outbreak of identifying info being posted on here - by quite a few of us - including a post by me!. After it was pointed out to me by someone on here who had reported it I also reported myself and the message was removed ... but it's continuing. I think it's easy to feel we're chatting to our friends on here - but we're not!

Understood Giddy - will try to be more circumspect.

Some people might want to report themselves / each other?

Have shared clip re DS to FB

Can"t see it Rose.

Yes GGG - I sometimes wonder if we should be in a private fb group instead, but then we wouldn't get any newbies.

Watched QT in iplayer - impressive Rose!

Herbs, St P's here he comes!

Having a quiet afternoon after yet another hosp visit (meeting) for DS - am on 3rd I player prog

Auriga, are you ok?

Erk. Now I'm wondering if I should report my post re location of DS's choir. I'm a bit dim about all this, and can never tell what's identifying and what isn't. And whether/when it matters.

I've reported my choir-based post.

But as I say, I can't seem to join the dots about how such things can identify people... Can anyone explain?

Ds had a restriction on sharing to Friends of Friends...he's changed it now, so post should be there....

Got him Rose - he's great (and cute).

Herbs - I think a combination of factors on here recently could out you if someone was very determined. Not sure who else has identifying info.

A timely warning, GGG. So easy to forget that anyone can read this. I wanted to ask someone to link me to Herbs' recent newspaper appearance, but then thought....durr.....then everyone will know who Herbs is in RL.

Forgot to say YAY to Rudy's DD for the Maths result! What a relief.

I never did get to shop for dishwashers at lunchtime, because of various IT SNAFUs in the office, in some part caused by me, which left the whole office offline for a large chunk of the afternoon. Luckily, the MD was in a good mood and sent us all home a little early. When I got home, I put a load of washing on, walked out of the room only to hear a gushing/splashing noise as a lake of water poured all over the floor - yes, the washing machine has decided to join in the fun. Heating, hot water, dishwasher, office internet and washing machine......the curse of Friday 13th??

I am suitably chastised re internet indiscretion. It will serve me right when all my accounts get hacked.

As punishment from the Lord, I've discovered that my bargain jeans are in fact a MEN's size 34, which is even worse. Why do they fit? They're made for fattish men, with no arse and some giblets.

Have had to undertake the usual translation of seven-year-old school tales. Apparently 'I've got to do handwriting club all lunchtime, every day until my handwriting gets better which could be all year' apparently means 'I've got to do 10 minutes handwriting practice with my friends at lunchtime for a little bit'. Which I discovered after ringing the school in outrage.

It'll all be fine Herbs - no need to feel chastised.

Re read my earlier post - of course it feels like we're chatting to friends - what I meant was it's easy to think we're JUST chatting to our mates... not the entire interweb...

Thanks, GGG. Useful and timely.

Re being identifying. I think it is tricky. I think there are at least two things, perhaps? One is info that could easily be pieced together by strangers, people you know slightly, or colleagues to identify you, so they then find out more personal stuff. And the other is people you know well. I decided a while ago that I wasn't going to worry about the latter - I try not to say anything on here that would upset friends or family, or about the dc or dh that those who know us well do not know already. Although I hope someone would tell me if they recognised me, I don't say much on here I wouldn't say over a glass of wine, and am not that bothered. I hope! Be really interested to hear what everyone else thinks, in general and circumspect terms. I am going to read back through now.

CV, perhaps you need to step away from all mechanical and electrical devices for the day ?

Think you should step `away from the appliances CV - have an early night!

I started worrying out outing DS but then I thought, what the heck...it'll be wrapping fish in a few hours. It's a good and sensible reminder, however, to read through our individual posts with the eye of the reader rather then ourselves as posters. Thank you GGG

Bad Day CV....I would retire to bed with a nice drinkie and the TV if I were you....

Auriga you ok chuck?

Herbs lots of women wear blokes jeans...I wouldn't worry about it. Isn't that the whole idea behind the phrase "boyfriend jeans"? I bet you look hot in them....

I am doing Friday night dinner for the first time in a long time. It's bloody exhausting, but we have minestrone soup and cholla, schnitzel, roasties, nice veg and the ubiquitous crumble. I suspect I shall be asleep with my face in it, as per usual.

Thanks for all the lovely comments about DS.

Sigh. Parental mini crisis. You may remember last summer I discovered a tax demand at parents house for £100K. It all got sorted, but it made us think they needed an accountant to do their tax for them. So we set one up. Managed to get brother to help look out all the documents over Christmas. All good.

Today sent accountant to mum's to pick up bits of paper, and mum all 'why on earth do I need an accountant? I'm doing it all myself. It's spread out on the dining room table, I'm filling in the form, and all I need to do now is put it online.'

Later today: 'apparently I need some bit of paper and I don't even understand what it is or where it is and it might be on the table but I don't understand can you come and find it for me'.

This is the general pattern. Fairly wearing.

Re privacy, I don't say anything I wouldn't say in real life to people I know, like Lalsy, and can never believe that anyone would be remotely interested in my life to the extent of piecing together bits of info. But I guess it's clever cyber stuff I should worry about.

Wonder how much is a hangover from feeling pretty invisible most of my life... I was always amazed that cars stopped for me at zebra crossings...

I hope Auriga's 'giving up' was due to our/my insisting on blurting out identifying detail, rather than anything more sinister.