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Amazon UK are going on Strike... why not.. everybody else is on strike, postal people. railways workers, airport workers, University lecturers, Nurses, medical ancillary workers , and many more.. .. why not Amazon, who want a third more in their wages.. :rolleyes:...
 

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I spent the morning trying to convince myself that I really should go out for bits and pieces of food .

You know how you think about it and say I will go later, maybe about three times, then you think about it again and yes I will go in an hour or so after my coffee, then ... eh voila.... all decided for me.

Snow is coming down fast and furious, darn it, so guess I will just have to spend my afternoon in my favourite way.

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Kids, it's damned cold here and only gonna get colder all week. The dreaded S word has been mentioned for Friday. I don't think that's going to happen, it's just the local weathernerds wanting to have some drama in their "forecasts".

Yay! The retired bakery lady who got tired of waiting on management was sweet-talked into coming back to our store after all. She was there today, and I'm thrilled. Don't know how many hours a week she'll be working, but her hours will be 8-4 when she is. She said she'll be there for about three months so if Sir has surgery, we'll be covered for some of the time he's off. More yay!

Sir was there very early, like before I got there at 6, but went home sick, also before I got there. Newbie? Texted Sir and said she wouldn't be in. I dunno what he said to her, but she came in...not until well after 7, but she came in. She told me "I had something I wanted to do today" and wasn't going to come in, but when Sir told her he went home sick she thought better of it. Oy.

For some reason our schedule won't print, but the HR lady/general factotum looked up my schedule and Newbie's and wrote it down for us. I'm off tomorrow, Thursday, Saturday. Newbie? What difference does a schedule make? She'll show up or not when it's convenient for her. LOL
 
-3 F this morning, buuuurrrr. Made the trip to Fort Collins yesterday. Twelve hrs. round trip, including loading up the machine. Saw some amazing Christmas lighting in the middle of nowhere. Today I have to move things around in the shop to make room for mill, get it unloaded with the backhoe, and clean out all the equipment from the truck, and trailer. Sun is shinning now and up to 20F. After I'm done, think I'm gonna take a day or two off.


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MickaC said:
Today…….I’ll shovel the snow away from my garage doors, ready to have the drive cleared tomorrow…..makes sense to do this, because they can only get so close to the doors with the huff bucket.
That may be the only shovelling I do today, being it’s to be the high of -20c.

Had to get out my Bissell Little Green steam cleaner this morning……my wee girl, Shaalee, had a pee accident, took her out, but by the time I carried her out and put her down, she was too cold to pee…..first time ever, that she did this since she was trained as a puppy.
Can’t scold her…..and will not scold her……she’s over 16.
Have a 3ft x 3ft training pad down…..and got a little chunk of pee from outside, and put on it to maybe get her to go there…..she’s unsure of it, never have used these before…..she’s been on it, sniffing…..we’ll see how she does.
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I have the same cleaner. Dogs are house trained but sometimes I do not wake up to let them out and there are accidents. Not their fault, they do not get scolded for my failure!!
 
MickaC said:
Have been doing some extra thinking since Thursday…..I know……scary..…can get myself in trouble by doing that.

My foster daughter messaged me on Tuesday, with her usual 4 words……how are you doing ?
First I heard from her since Chelsea’s birthday on the 29th of November.
She only lives 10 or 11 blocks away.
I guess I said the wrong thing again…..why is it been 2 weeks since I’ve heard from you…..I asked this same question in the middle of November, for the same reason…..and many, many times in the past.
Expressed I was feeling somewhat hurt from very little contact / communication…..why is it like this.

Well she turned the table around, and her feelings were hurt because of my question.
Her excuses……
She doesn’t use messenger much…..
Says her phone doesn’t send notices…..you have to set them to do that, right.
She doesn’t have good communication skills…..
Her history with phones……she’s on her 5th or 6th phone in 5 years.
Has a habit of dropping them……cracks the screen……breaks them……kids uses it, very rough on phones.
She hasn’t any minutes for calls or texting……has to buy them……has to go a hour away to buy them.

Probably having no vehicle must be getting to her……..but……when you spend more than you make……life can be tough.

I have been used, hurt and dumped on from many, through my years, but I didn’t expect this from her.

I give them money for their Christmas tree every year…..and again I had to ask if they got it yet…..she said yes…..sent me a pic…..her phone worked great for that.

I have been so generous with them for so many years…....I’m a slow learner…..I’ll get it someday.🙃.

She as of yet, not mentioned anything about the happenings for Christmas Day.

So……I will quit doing so much thinking about this and wait to hear from her……certainly don’t want to hurt her feelings anymore than apparently I already have.

Ok……done thinking for today…..I’ll go find something else to do.
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Well that is just heartbreaking, she lives 10 blocks away. If she is out of time on the phone, can she just not walk over for a visit and check on you. Sounds like you are the one holding up the relationship. A relationship takes two, not just one.
 
hollydolly said:
Amazon UK are going on Strike... why not.. everybody else is on strike, postal people. railways workers, airport workers, University lecturers, Nurses, medical ancillary workers , and many more.. .. why not Amazon, who want a third more in their wages.. :rolleyes:...
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I kind of get it. Costs there keep going up, food and electricity/gas. No one can afford to take care of the basics of everyday life. All the people working need more money. The retired need more money just to survive. It must be scary and hard for everyone. I hope they figure it out soon, something
has to done. We have similar problems but for now, they have not affected me.
 
hollydolly said:
Amazon UK are going on Strike... why not.. everybody else is on strike, postal people. railways workers, airport workers, University lecturers, Nurses, medical ancillary workers , and many more.. .. why not Amazon, who want a third more in their wages.. :rolleyes:...
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Except us! We could demand OAP discounts at John Lewis and M&S, free ice cream and support stockings for my mum!. If it's not too cold tomorrow, I might stage a sit in on the free bus until they give in to my demands or, at least until teatime. Let me know if you want me to add anything to the list ;) :)
 
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Trish said:
Except us! We could demand OAP discounts at John Lewis and M&S, free ice cream and support stockings for my mum!. If it's not too cold tomorrow, I might stage a sit in on the free bus until they give in to my demands or, at least until teatime. Let me know if you want me to add anything to the list ;) :)
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OAP discounts at JL and M&S?>. is that a thing ? :unsure:
 
If you’re 65, we have -15% at the Bay on the first Tuesday of the month. Shoppers Drug Mart has -20% every Thursday. Guess who the stores are full of those days.
 
Trish said:
Except us! We could demand OAP discounts at John Lewis and M&S, free ice cream and support stockings for my mum!. If it's not too cold tomorrow, I might stage a sit in on the free bus until they give in to my demands or, at least until teatime. Let me know if you want me to add anything to the list ;) :)
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I will assume M&S is Marks and Spencer and you will send me a Scotch Egg overnight delivery!! LOL
 
StarSong said:
Shipped out ten boxes of cookies yesterday and did a little more baking today so more can go out tomorrow. Parties are done until Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and we only have the baby on Weds this week. It'll be like a vacation after the whirlwind of the past few weeks.
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Lord, you have got some energy, maybe you should box some of that and send it out to us.

I have baked one recipe of cookies for the neighbors and delivred it. They were the best batch ever. I made another dough yesterday, it is in the fridge. I find they bake better when good and cold. If these turn out good I will be calling the son to stop by and pick them up!
 
Trish said:
You and your lovely wife have such great style @horseless carriage. One of my favourite music videos is the very stylish Kevin Rowlands and the Dexys, you and Mrs HC always remind me of this.


[Filmed around the Brick Lane area in London]

The shoe shop shown is Blackmans, the first shop in London to sell Dr Martin boots.

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What a lovely compliment, thank you. Coming from London's East End, I know Brick Lane very well, or I did. It's been a long time since I lived in London. It is an area that abounds with street markets, the most famous being Petticoat Lane. About 1830, Peticote Lane's name changed to Middlesex Street, to record the boundary between Portsoken Ward, in the City of London, and Whitechapel, which coincided with the Lane. But the old name continues to be associated with the area and has since adopted the spelling: "Petticoat."
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Just for you Trish.
 

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