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congrats RFS , all your hard work has paid off :flowers:
congrats RFS , all your hard work has paid off :flowers:
Thanks ljs - I have really come to appreciate some true friends who have tolerated my shorthand meltdowns.
I was dreaded failing either of those.. I had to talk one of my friends of a "ledge" because sadly they failed and wanted to quit (we have barely a month to go)... stress like nothing I have ever experienced...
congrats Roz!
Ooh secret news about Wimbledon....
Well done Esther! :clap: :clap:
Well done Rozzie! :clap: :clap:
Talking of taking up sports journalism for a career, today at Boodles I was talking to a lady who was there with her son - a sports reporter from the Sun. She said he'd had to do two years unpaid work experience before they took him onto the payroll.
Well done RFS :clap: Good luck with the rest. I hope you manage to see some of Wimbledon with all that other work you have to do.
I was hoping to take over press credentials from the person who gave me the chance to go to the Wimbledon Spring Press Conference early this year.
It was denied as I am only a trainee.
Gutted doesn't even begin to describe how I feel along with the fact that I am still nowhere near passing shorthand and have a second attempt at it tomorrow with only two more tries.
I am PIG SICK of people who think this cr*p is easy.
Seriously - go try learning something new while holding down a job and taking an over 50% pay cut and then tell me how I will have no problems with exams.
Not very happy at all.
EDIT: Not a gripe at anyone here - my idiot cousin bleating about how I am making a big deal over being stressed over exams when it's ok for her to b*tch and moan about her marking load as a lecturer.
Just off-loading.
Well done Esther. :clap: :clap: :clap:
Congratulations Rozzie on passing your journalism exams. . :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: Very best of luck with shorthand - I found it very difficult and had to work very hard at it.
Sad......turned up at hairdresser this morning for colour and cut to be told my usual hairdresser wasn't there after all and someone else would be doing my hair.......gulp!
Happy..........she made a great job of it..........the usual person may just have lost a client ;)
supergran
22-06-2012, 13:50
Do sympathise as I found shorthand very difficult also. Am presuming it's the same as it was when I was a teenager. Good luck Roz. Hope you feel much happier soon.:flowers:
supergran
23-06-2012, 11:56
It is with indescribable relief I can announce that I passed both News Reporting and Sports Journalism.
These exams were in the same week (stressful) and are so subjective, there is little you can revise for - you either write the stories with the right amount of content, accurately with no issues, or you don't and you fail.
What makes it all the more annoying is that local papers write in totally the opposite way to how the NCTJ teach you, yet they train you to work on print titles (i.e. locals/nationals).
I might have some uber exciting Wimbledon news but waiting for it all to be confirmed.
That leaves:
Court Reporting Exam
3 more attempts at shorthand
2 x features who quite frankly refuse to write themselves (very annoying)
Portfolio to be handed in on 14th July - thankfully full of local placement material already.
Oh yeah and wait - don't I get paid already to write? Why yes, yes I do! Congratulations....well-deserved after all your hard work.:clap::clap:
JAMES4578
23-06-2012, 12:36
Fabulous, well done Ros!:cheer::cheer:
traveller7
23-06-2012, 13:50
Had a good days filming yesterday am exhausted today long 13 hour shoot!
Oldest member of our village girlie "coven" died this week of cancer at the age of 84 - she was a good 20 years older than the next oldest of us. She'll be sorely missed, a real character. Funeral next Friday. We were supposed to be going up to London by train Friday morning back Sunday - tickets for Taming of the Shrew on the Friday night. We've changed our plans and we're going to drive up so we can go to the funeral first and then we're just going to come straight back after the play - no heart for a weekend of jollity :sad:
Sorry to hear that, Pat :hug:
Elizabeth
23-06-2012, 16:48
Today I am both sad and happy - sad my grandson, who is doing a masters degree in aeronautical engineering at Glasgow Uni, left to go down to Derby to work at Rolls Royce for 6 months - happy because he is getting this chance. I am also happy as it is my husband's 71st birthday and he can no longer say I am older than he is - we are going out for high tea and dancing at hotel in Largs tonight.
Happy birthday to your hubbie - hope you both have a lovely time this evening :)
Sallydaisy
23-06-2012, 17:14
Oldest member of our village girlie "coven" died this week of cancer at the age of 84 - she was a good 20 years older than the next oldest of us. She'll be sorely missed, a real character. Funeral next Friday. We were supposed to be going up to London by train Friday morning back Sunday - tickets for Taming of the Shrew on the Friday night. We've changed our plans and we're going to drive up so we can go to the funeral first and then we're just going to come straight back after the play - no heart for a weekend of jollity :sad:
Really sorry to hear you news Pat but I hope you enjoy the Tots next Friday - it's a lively play so hopefully will raise a smile even if you are feeling rather sad.
:grouphug:
Sallydaisy
23-06-2012, 17:15
Hope you have a lot of fun tonight Elizabeth!
:dance:
Your grandson is lucky to have a chance like this so I'm sure it'll work out for the best.
Have a lovely time Elizabeth - I know what it's like to be older than the other half for a chunk of the year!! And doesn't he milk it :grrr:
DaveArneRiise
24-06-2012, 12:40
Came out of my flat this morning and noticed this wallet stuffed in-between the flower pots... Was all wet and must have been there over night. It has either been lost or stolen I don't know. I picked it up and had a look inside to see if there was any identification with a telephone number I could contact the individual to notify him that I've got his wallet. Guy is foreign, and one of the cards in the wallet was a Quantas membership number.... So i've called up Quantas, notified them on the matter given them the membership number on the card and they have the person's details in their system so have passed on my details to the man so he can contact me in order to receive his wallet.
Have I done the right thing here? I suspect the wallet may have been stolen as there was no money or bank cards in it just membership cards like Quantas and an Australian membership card.
Came out of my flat this morning and noticed this wallet stuffed in-between the flower pots... Was all wet and must have been there over night. It has either been lost or stolen I don't know. I picked it up and had a look inside to see if there was any identification with a telephone number I could contact the individual to notify him that I've got his wallet. Guy is foreign, and one of the cards in the wallet was a Quantas membership number.... So i've called up Quantas, notified them on the matter given them the membership number on the card and they have the person's details in their system so have passed on my details to the man so he can contact me in order to receive his wallet.
Have I done the right thing here? I suspect the wallet may have been stolen as there was no money or bank cards in it just membership cards like Quantas and an Australian membership card.
I would say so. You didn't nick the thing... and it could be of sentimental value - money/cards can be replaced but if it was a gift from someone?
Have been trying to help a classmate who has missed a lot of classes (some through illness, some through skiving) and they failed a couple of exams and were upset.
I picked up some past papers from our tutor, who can be a bit dappy. One was a duplicate and the other was the answers to our mock.
So you imagine how peeved I was when I got a text (because they didn't come in again) saying "these are duplicates - have you got any more for me/havr they got answers?"
this is not the first time I have done things to help out "youngsters" on the course and receive no thanks.
Were these little rats dragged up?
Anyway - I have decided that I have had it up to here with the obnoxious brats.
I am doing no more to help ANYONE on the course for ANYTHING.
You get no thanks and it detracts from my own studies and things I need to do (like pass bleedin' shorthand).
Saddens me that this is how younger people now behave.
no manners and expect everyone to do everything for them... hope they all get rude awakenings about the big bad world (ironically all of us on the part time course work for a living!)
supergran
24-06-2012, 14:07
Sorry to hear your sad news Pat.:grouphug: Happy birthday to your husband Elizabeth..hope he had a lovely day.:cheer:
supergran
24-06-2012, 14:10
Have been trying to help a classmate who has missed a lot of classes (some through illness, some through skiving) and they failed a couple of exams and were upset.
I picked up some past papers from our tutor, who can be a bit dappy. One was a duplicate and the other was the answers to our mock.
So you imagine how peeved I was when I got a text (because they didn't come in again) saying "these are duplicates - have you got any more for me/havr they got answers?"
this is not the first time I have done things to help out "youngsters" on the course and receive no thanks.
Were these little rats dragged up?
Anyway - I have decided that I have had it up to here with the obnoxious brats.
I am doing no more to help ANYONE on the course for ANYTHING.
You get no thanks and it detracts from my own studies and things I need to do (like pass bleedin' shorthand).
Saddens me that this is how younger people now behave.
no manners and expect everyone to do everything for them... hope they all get rude awakenings about the big bad world (ironically all of us on the part time course work for a living!) Know how you feel. It is so annoying when young people "forget" to thank you. The number of gifts I have sent and not received any acknowledgement really makes me see red. Concentrate on your own studies Roz. You have done enough for the selfish, rude youngsters.
Know how you feel. It is so annoying when young people "forget" to thank you. The number of gifts I have sent and not received any acknowledgement really makes me see red. Concentrate on your own studies Roz. You have done enough for the selfish, rude youngsters.
Sadly it's gotten to the stage where I don't know that I actually want to go to the course do on Saturday.
If I get a ticket for Wimbledon, I am not going to bother, or maybe catch up with them in a bar somewhere much later in the evening.
It's a shame because my best friend on the course is really trying to gee me up, telling me not to let it annoy me and he's getting the "Shorthand World Cup" presented to him.
But I'd rather be sat in the gods on Centre watching tennis if I can manage it.
After all - that is why I did the damn course in the first place - in the hope of moving into Sports Journalism!
So you imagine how peeved I was when I got a text (because they didn't come in again) saying "these are duplicates - have you got any more for me/havr they got answers?"
this is not the first time I have done things to help out "youngsters" on the course and receive no thanks.
Were these little rats dragged up?
Saddens me that this is how younger people now behave.
no manners and expect everyone to do everything for them... hope they all get rude awakenings about the big bad world (ironically all of us on the part time course work for a living!)
You want to try being on the tutor side of things - in the last 5/6 years or so it's become a nightmare - they're all little consumers who expect to have all the answers laid out on a plate. Oh and if they fail it isn't, of course, their own fault it's
a) the exam wasn't fair
b) we weren't taught well enough
c) the papers weren't marked correctly
d) the tutor has it in for me (erm.....they're all marked anonymously)
and that's all from would be lawyers. They won't know what's hit them when they get into practice - no firm is going to stand for that attitude and that's for sure!
DaveArneRiise
24-06-2012, 14:57
I would say so. You didn't nick the thing... and it could be of sentimental value - money/cards can be replaced but if it was a gift from someone?
The guy contacted me I just met up with him and I gave him his wallet. He was very thankful because the medical insurance card for example was very important. Said his wallet had been stolen on the tube, and that credit cards were taken but he cancelled them. Guy was very thankful, felt good to do a good deed like that. I'm no Florence Nightingale but it felt satisfying ;)
The guy contacted me I just met up with him and I gave him his wallet. He was very thankful because the medical insurance card for example was very important. Said his wallet had been stolen on the tube, and that credit cards were taken but he cancelled them. Guy was very thankful, felt good to do a good deed like that. I'm no Florence Nightingale but it felt satisfying ;)
Cool - and it IS good to see that some people (a) do the right thing and (b) get THANKED for it. Good on him and you.
supergran
24-06-2012, 15:10
Came out of my flat this morning and noticed this wallet stuffed in-between the flower pots... Was all wet and must have been there over night. It has either been lost or stolen I don't know. I picked it up and had a look inside to see if there was any identification with a telephone number I could contact the individual to notify him that I've got his wallet. Guy is foreign, and one of the cards in the wallet was a Quantas membership number.... So i've called up Quantas, notified them on the matter given them the membership number on the card and they have the person's details in their system so have passed on my details to the man so he can contact me in order to receive his wallet.
Have I done the right thing here? I suspect the wallet may have been stolen as there was no money or bank cards in it just membership cards like Quantas and an Australian membership card.Yes you did the right thing. You made the effort to do the only thing you could have done to contact the owner. You're an honest man and I hope you receive acknowledgement of your good deed.
You want to try being on the tutor side of things - in the last 5/6 years or so it's become a nightmare - they're all little consumers who expect to have all the answers laid out on a plate. Oh and if they fail it isn't, of course, their own fault it's
a) the exam wasn't fair
b) we weren't taught well enough
c) the papers weren't marked correctly
d) the tutor has it in for me (erm.....they're all marked anonymously)
and that's all from would be lawyers. They won't know what's hit them when they get into practice - no firm is going to stand for that attitude and that's for sure!
I can well believe it... My tutor came and sat with me to go through which papers he had given us as I had written all of them and the answers in a document to use for revision as the same court reporting questions come up over and over again... so for me it has been totally invaluable as a revision aid. And he was telling me it showed in my mock - although I didn't beat my star shorthand friend, I got the 2nd highest score in the mock and it always delights him (he says) when older students triumph.
I go to him and ask questions about stuff I don't get AFTER trawling through the book.
Others apparently whine that they can't be bothered... and expect him to all but sit the exam!
(he's also our Public Affairs teacher so let's hope he feels the same after I try and transcribe a yawnsome council call in meeting from way back in Feb and create a feature for my portfolio on it!!!!)
that same student was whining to me about why all bad things were happening to them on Friday - when I was sitting my shorthand exam for the second time, on the 6th anniversary of my dad passing away.
I am pretty sure that forgetting to set your alarm to come in for class/failing exams because you skived off a lot REALLLLLLLLY equates to the same.
In the last six years:
I lost my father suddenly.
Got pushed out of a job I liked with people who had become real friends
Worked for a bunch of off-shorers with bullying attitudes
Left a well paid job to write part time for less than half I was on, and JUST cover my costs (and I am dipping into my redundancy pay from the previous job now just to keep afloat).
They live at home. Their parents pay the bills, fill the fridges and freezers... do the laundry, sort out everything...
I can't wait to see how they have to deal with REAL adversity one day.
And sadly the wise old one of the class they used to whine to will listen no more.
JAMES4578
24-06-2012, 15:17
The guy contacted me I just met up with him and I gave him his wallet. He was very thankful because the medical insurance card for example was very important. Said his wallet had been stolen on the tube, and that credit cards were taken but he cancelled them. Guy was very thankful, felt good to do a good deed like that. I'm no Florence Nightingale but it felt satisfying ;)
You definitely done the right thing David, glad it was sorted out quickly. It might have been a bit startling when you noticed the wallet though.
Well done Dave! :clap: :clap:
RoastLamb
24-06-2012, 15:39
Awww David! That's fabulous. So happy he got his important medical card back.
Sallydaisy
24-06-2012, 15:46
The guy contacted me I just met up with him and I gave him his wallet. He was very thankful because the medical insurance card for example was very important. Said his wallet had been stolen on the tube, and that credit cards were taken but he cancelled them. Guy was very thankful, felt good to do a good deed like that. I'm no Florence Nightingale but it felt satisfying ;)
Well done David!
:thumbup:
KnightOwl
24-06-2012, 15:48
The guy contacted me I just met up with him and I gave him his wallet. He was very thankful because the medical insurance card for example was very important. Said his wallet had been stolen on the tube, and that credit cards were taken but he cancelled them. Guy was very thankful, felt good to do a good deed like that. I'm no Florence Nightingale but it felt satisfying ;)
Good for you - it's nice when a good deed is appreciated, and that was a good deed. Well done you :clap:
Good for you - it's nice when a good deed is appreciated, and that was a good deed. Well done you :clap:
Fiona - how is the new job going?
The guy contacted me I just met up with him and I gave him his wallet. He was very thankful because the medical insurance card for example was very important. Said his wallet had been stolen on the tube, and that credit cards were taken but he cancelled them. Guy was very thankful, felt good to do a good deed like that. I'm no Florence Nightingale but it felt satisfying ;)
well done - you definitely did the right thing. Lots of people wouldn't have bothered :thumbup:
KnightOwl
24-06-2012, 17:10
Fiona - how is the new job going?
Pretty good thanks - there's a lot to learn, so it will take a while to get the hang of it all, but it's all interesting. Tiring, though - having been out of work for over a year, getting up at 6:00 every morning is a bit of a mountain to climb :big grin:
Elizabeth
24-06-2012, 17:31
Thanks very much Linda, Sally, Pabbers and Supergran. Hubby had a good birthday and we enjoyed our night out. Well done Dave, I am glad you were able to return to wallet to the proper person. My husband found a camera just over 2 months ago and handed it in to the police. They gave him a pink form and told him if it was not collected in 2 months he would get it back. It was not collected but police say they can't give it back because of the data protection act as there might be inappropriate images on the memory. We have pointed out to the police that the camera does not have an internal memory they just have to remove the card and the camera is wiped (we checked on internet and at Canon shop). They seem incapable of understanding this. The police will send it to a firm to wipe the memory and it will then go to auction. Doesn't seem fair and we would rather the owner had come forward and claimed it. My husband said perhaps he should have kept it and the policewoman said "well then you would have had it!!"
DaveArneRiise
24-06-2012, 17:34
Thanks very much Linda, Sally, Pabbers and Supergran. Hubby had a good birthday and we enjoyed our night out. Well done Dave, I am glad you were able to return to wallet to the proper person. My husband found a camera just over 2 months ago and handed it in to the police. They gave him a pink form and told him if it was not collected in 2 months he would get it back. It was not collected but police say they can't give it back because of the data protection act as there might be inappropriate images on the memory. We have pointed out to the police that the camera does not have an internal memory they just have to remove the card and the camera is wiped (we checked on internet and at Canon shop). They seem incapable of understanding this. The police will send it to a firm to wipe the memory and it will then go to auction. Doesn't seem fair and we would rather the owner had come forward and claimed it. My husband said perhaps he should have kept it and the policewoman said "well then you would have had it!!"
Oh dear it sounds like it was the blind leading the blind in that police station! (referring to the policemen and police women, not you or your husband :) )
Another case of the world going mad, Elizabeth.
MurrayAOne
24-06-2012, 18:24
Had a brilliant day at Liverpool tennis tournament in Calderstones Park. Was brilliant. Saw a great legends match and spoke to Peter Flemming!!!! Marvelous!!!
Wonderful, MA1 - glad you enjoyed yourself :)
supergran
24-06-2012, 22:55
Had a brilliant day at Liverpool tennis tournament in Calderstones Park. Was brilliant. Saw a great legends match and spoke to Peter Flemming!!!! Marvelous!!! Wish I'd been there with you. Give me a shout next year.:)
We had our course awards last night.
I tied in third for course :wino:
Tied second for nicest/best human being with one of my best friends on the course and we lost to the nicest person on the planet
And I got an tutors annual Shorthand Zero-to-Hero award for all the effort I have put in over the last few weeks.
I missed on on the epic end where people ended up back at one of the tutor's place until 8am!!!
I left around midnight as I had to drive to mum's today, actually arriving here around the time people arrived home.
Some good mates for life, so some of the pain is worth it ....
JAMES4578
01-07-2012, 18:29
Fabulous Ros, well done!
DaveArneRiise
01-07-2012, 21:35
Had a great day, coaching a ladies football team at the moment, had my first session with them today. Very impressed by the standard of play I must say, also a great bunch. Very easy to work with!
supergran
02-07-2012, 12:49
Well done Ros!!
hfwardhouse
02-07-2012, 13:21
That's brilliant news Ros - well done :cheer:
Well Done Ros :cheer:
I am in San Diego, having a fab time apart from the rain delay at Wimbers. Yesterday went to Seaworld, today, relaxing in a beach cottage waiting for tennis to resume. Think I might be relaxing for a while!!!!! ;)
Tomorrow my son's ship is due to come home and we will be going to welcome him home. Think I may have told you all this before but it is his first ship and he is loving it. Unfortunately, he has duty tomorrow but we are allowed to go aboard, see the ship and say a quick Hi. :yahoo:
We can see a frigate from our window that came in so far and has now anchored but we can't see the number so don't know if it is him or not. Wonder if he would be able to see me if I stood on the beach and did this :jitterbug::laugh:
aww Gen , enjoy your holiday and the time you get to spend with your boy !!!
hfwardhouse
02-07-2012, 19:47
Aw Genbrit it'll be really exciting for you - enjoy your time with your son!
supergran
02-07-2012, 22:43
How lovely for you Susan...you must be so excited. Have a lovely time when you meet him.:):)
Was a bit surprised to find my Public Affairs feature got published without my being told it was going up.
Just sent my other feature (on how 40-somethings and redundancy) to both the course website and the Huffington Post, so fingers crossed it goes up somewhere.
Then it's all about the Arts and crafts and mounting all my stuff on black card and writing up my notes and choosing my portfolio pieces.
Also hopefully fingers crossed my latest Murray piece will go up too.
JAMES4578
03-07-2012, 19:34
Good luck with all that Ros!
jamie&andy's fan
03-07-2012, 21:02
Seeing doctor tomorrow ! I Am really scared !!!! ;'(
supergran
03-07-2012, 21:08
Don't be scared.:grouphug::grouphug:
jamie&andy's fan
03-07-2012, 21:10
Don't be scared.:grouphug::grouphug:
I can't help it :'( Thanks for the hug !!! :)
Hope it goes ok at the docs j&a'sfan
My piece on Murray in a Hurry is up and I posted a link in the News and Internet thread.
And the exciting thing is that the editor I am writing for has sent me a link to get some accreditation so hopefully it means more chances to write for her.
It's still putting the "free" in freelance, and I felt a bit depressed getting some terse feedback from my client on my IT writing (which pays the bills).
But lessons learned - I am not working over Wimbledon again - I will take those two weeks off like I usually did as the combination of Tennis Panorama News, Chalkdust Chronicles, getting my features for my portfolio up on SWLondoner and/or Huffington Post, not to mention revising for exams, 3 hours of shorthand every morning, and having needy classmates stress me out... it's been quite a fortnight!
JAMES4578
04-07-2012, 11:43
Hope it goes ok at the Dr's Jamie and Andy fan!
jamie&andy's fan
04-07-2012, 12:51
phew it's over (for now) didnt go to bad but was shaking the whole time !
traveller7
04-07-2012, 15:42
sad: my cat has a murdering streak, 1 frog and 2 mice in the last month and last night she brought home a baby sparrow...
happy: I managed to pick up the sparrow while it was still in one piece and nursed it back to health and we let it go today and hopefully its been reunited with its family.
Traveller ... we had a cat like that , used to bring me nice little surprises up onto the back deck & try and sneak them in the back door , succeeded at times too unless one of us caught him . He was a good cat tho and lived to be 18 yrs old
traveller7
04-07-2012, 16:17
Traveller ... we had a cat like that , used to bring me nice little surprises up onto the back deck & try and sneak them in the back door , succeeded at times too unless one of us caught him . He was a good cat tho and lived to be 18 yrs old
Yeah she is a loving cat just upsetting for me as I love most animals. We have had 3 cats before all males and they didnt bring us hardly anything. This is a female and we have only had her 10 months!
Well how's this for fate y'all... on the very moment that ace saw Andy into the Semis... I got an email from The Huffington Post who published my entire portfolio feature - which means all I need to do now is put my portfolio together and try and pass shorthand.
Cheers Andy... gives me hope!
Sallydaisy
04-07-2012, 19:18
Well how's this for fate y'all... on the very moment that ace saw Andy into the Semis... I got an email from The Huffington Post who published my entire portfolio feature - which means all I need to do now is put my portfolio together and try and pass shorthand.
Cheers Andy... gives me hope!
That's great news - best of luck with the shorthand!
Really sad today. :sad: Rafa's knees are so bad that he's had to cancel the Madrid exho. I can't decide whether to still go and just do sightseeing (although July would not have been my preferred month to do that as I can't stand heat) or to just write off the cost of the airfare. :crying:
Sallydaisy
04-07-2012, 20:54
Really sad today. :sad: Rafa's knees are so bad that he's had to cancel the Madrid exho. I can't decide whether to still go and just do sightseeing (although July would not have been my preferred month to do that as I can't stand heat) or to just write off the cost of the airfare. :crying:
Thought of you as soon as I heard the news.
Spain is VERY hot at that time of year; the Madrilenos try to leave the city through August as it becomes unbearable. But there is so much to see there if you have a few days on your hands.
JAMES4578
04-07-2012, 21:12
Really sad today. :sad: Rafa's knees are so bad that he's had to cancel the Madrid exho. I can't decide whether to still go and just do sightseeing (although July would not have been my preferred month to do that as I can't stand heat) or to just write off the cost of the airfare. :crying:
A real blow Linda, though maybe you'll still vew able to visit Madrid even if not quite the same.
Really sad today. :sad: Rafa's knees are so bad that he's had to cancel the Madrid exho. I can't decide whether to still go and just do sightseeing (although July would not have been my preferred month to do that as I can't stand heat) or to just write off the cost of the airfare. :crying:
Oh Linda, so sorry.
Has the whole exho been cancelled or will they get someone else to play?
I would go for the sightseeing rather than lose the airfare
The whole exho has been cancelled. They say they hope to reschedule it at some time - but of course they won't be able to do it during the football season so I suppose it will be next year.
Thought of you as soon as I heard the news.
Spain is VERY hot at that time of year; the Madrilenos try to leave the city through August as it becomes unbearable. But there is so much to see there if you have a few days on your hands.think it was 41 oc when i was there once in July which is about 104
:fanning: .not nice combinned with altitude as well i found it harder to breath
Eek I'm no good with altitude - I have rubbish lung capacity :(
Eek I'm no good with altitude - I have rubbish lung capacity :(its not that high really (2000 ft?). tho you could go into training for the altitude, apparently smokers cope better with it, 40 a day should do it :lol:
Sallydaisy
04-07-2012, 21:58
Eek I'm no good with altitude - I have rubbish lung capacity :(
Well that's why the Spanish players themselves don't even like playing the Madrid event now; they've mentioned the altitude on more than one occasion. It's not good for any of the guys to play there on the clay swing because the conditions are so different to Roland Garros.
RoastLamb
04-07-2012, 22:10
Really sad today. :sad: Rafa's knees are so bad that he's had to cancel the Madrid exho. I can't decide whether to still go and just do sightseeing (although July would not have been my preferred month to do that as I can't stand heat) or to just write off the cost of the airfare. :crying:
I didn't realise you were going. So sorry! Huge disappointment for you. :grouphug:
think it was 41 oc when i was there once in July which is about 104
That's nothing. Today it was around 45 degrees with humidity factored where I live. :faint:
I didn't realise you were going. So sorry! Huge disappointment for you. :grouphug:
That's nothing. Today it was around 45 degrees with humidity factored where I live. :faint:44 is my record, that was in vegas
RoastLamb
04-07-2012, 22:14
I wonder if Vegas heat is of the dry variety. We never get dry heat here, always sticky and humid.
i wonder if vegas heat is of the dry variety. We never get dry heat here, always sticky and humid.very dry from memory, that was early summer, think it gets a lot warmer
Hottest since I've been here has been 46 but it is a dry heat. So, good that it is not sticky bu not good for the complexion!!!
Apparently New Cumnock once reached 46F but not in my time here!
:rolling: the great heat wave on june 29th 1972, you out of town that day ?
KnightOwl
05-07-2012, 16:14
:grrr: arrived home from work today to find one of those "tried to deliver" cards waiting for me - the delivery man had ticked the "left in a safe place" box on the card, and written next to it "green bin".
The idiot had actually dropped it into our wheely bin, and seemed to think that was a good thing! There are several problems with this:
It's not exactly dry or clean in there!
Unless he had arms four feet long, he can't have placed it in there, he must have dropped it, so could have damaged it
I don't have arms four feet long either, so I can't actually get the damn thing out!
In what possible way can this be deemed a safe and/or sensible place to leave a package?!
Delivery people are crackers sometime.
I had a cardboard amazon package left in my blue bin which is for waste paper and cardboard once while I was away. Luckily I spotted the card (telling me it was there) in amongst all my mail shortly before someone put the bin out!!!!
:grrr: arrived home from work today to find one of those "tried to deliver" cards waiting for me - the delivery man had ticked the "left in a safe place" box on the card, and written next to it "green bin".
The idiot had actually dropped it into our wheely bin, and seemed to think that was a good thing! There are several problems with this:
It's not exactly dry or clean in there!
Unless he had arms four feet long, he can't have placed it in there, he must have dropped it, so could have damaged it
I don't have arms four feet long either, so I can't actually get the damn thing out!
In what possible way can this be deemed a safe and/or sensible place to leave a package?!
I ended up getting one of these... http://www.hippo-box.co.uk/
Although Royal mail will not use it for recorded and special delivery and some couriers are not allowed to use it either.
But it's handy sometimes for biggies from play.com or amazon
oor postie just opens the door and leaves the parcel ;)
jamie&andy's fan
05-07-2012, 23:21
Sad: I entered a writing Competition on a writers' website and didnt win.There was no prize but you gain real respect on the forum if you do - that to me has a lot of value. Happy cause i recieved this comment :I liked Katie’s original take introducing a Facebook relationship, and how she managed to include her favourite subject with her protagonists’ shared delights in Prokofiev’s most famous ballet scene. And her idea of ‘sewing the fabric of their friendship together’ was nice.
Sorry to hear about Madrid Linda (sorry - playing catch up at the mo!) hadn't realised you were going.
Knightowl - I'm surprised you didn't add a 4th issue to your list - what if it had been rubbish collection day????:shocked:
Golden Lady
11-07-2012, 12:29
I feel really quite sad today and I wanted to share it with you guys because you are the only people that will understand how I'm feeling.
I have a friend who I have known for many years, who has been very kind and supportive of me through some difficult times.When I became a big fan of Andy's 4 years ago, I found out to my great sadness that this friend does not like Andy. In fact they do not want him to succeed at all! Hence as you will appreciate, we very rarely discuss Andy and they are not an avid tennis follower anyway (4 majors at best) so it's relatively easy to avoid the subject most of the time. However as you will understand, Wimbledon generates much interest from the non-regular tennis viewers and this friend of mine knew how excited I was becoming at Andy's prospects (probably through my Facebook updates). Following Andy's defeat then, a conversation was surely to follow and needless to say, it didn't go well :sad:. My friend wasn't specifically unkind but the delight in Andy's loss was really evident and very hurtful to me. I tried to cover it up and I think my friend thought it was a bit silly how hurt I seemed and I ended up feeling liking a hopeless fanatic! Do any of you have similar situations and how do you cope? Perhaps we should have a thread to discuss this topic?
RoastLamb
11-07-2012, 14:05
GL, I know just how you feel. There's a "friend" on FB who only likes Federer so you can imagine her posts on the Wimbly final. I had to avert my eyes. And I've had a lot of people inc. my family diss Andy. You just have to let it go and concentrate on talking about him with people who are fans.
Golden Lady
11-07-2012, 14:14
GL, I know just how you feel. There's a "friend" on FB who only likes Federer so you can imagine her posts on the Wimbly final. I had to avert my eyes. And I've had a lot of people inc. my family diss Andy. You just have to let it go and concentrate on talking about him with people who are fans.
Yes and I appreciate the forum greatly for that reason. I don't have a problem with friends & family 'not liking' Andy, I know that he doesn't appeal to everyone but when a friend knows how much you care, it's hard not to be hurt and take it personally when they are so mean about Andy losing. I'll get over it I'm sure but it's good to be able to chat to other fans about it. :grouphug:
I know just how you feel, GL. One of my colleagues at work was extremely rude about Andy on Monday. I just took no notice and said nothing. There's no point in getting into a debate about it with a person like that, 'cos they'll only upset you more.
hfwardhouse
11-07-2012, 15:41
I know how you feel too GL there are so many people who just keep saying Andy will never win a slam and it makes me so cross :angry:. My boss came in yesterday and said "commiserations on Andy's loss" - I'm sure she meant it genuinely but she does tend to take the mickey a bit about my tennis obsession :rolleyes:
Golden Lady
11-07-2012, 15:54
I know how you feel too GL there are so many people who just keep saying Andy will never win a slam and it makes me so cross :angry:. My boss came in yesterday and said "commiserations on Andy's loss" - I'm sure she meant it genuinely but she does tend to take the mickey a bit about my tennis obsession :rolleyes:
Yes I know Jane, that's what I meant about the conversation with my friend ending up making me feel like a hopeless fanatic, it felt a bit like a mickey take.
I was actually told that Andy would win ONE slam if he gets another bit of luck like Nadal being knocked out of Wimbly early! :angry:
hfwardhouse
11-07-2012, 15:59
:grrr: we all know Andy will prove the doubters wrong soon ... just wish he'd hurry up so we don't have to keep taking the flack ;)
Golden Lady
11-07-2012, 16:07
:grrr: we all know Andy will prove the doubters wrong soon ... just wish he'd hurry up so we don't have to keep taking the flack ;)
:rolling: yes the day is surely coming but I bet my friend won't say a word when it does ;)
aww gl , just let it go in one ear and out the other .
Ive had it happen as well , and on Sunday from my own husband , who so obnoxiously stated in the 4th set " not looking good for your boy dear , his game is going south "
I told him unless he wanted to be sleeping on the sofa all week , hed better shut it !!!!!!
aww gl , just let it go in one ear and out the other .
Ive had it happen as well , and on Sunday from my own husband , who so obnoxiously stated in the 4th set " not looking good for your boy dear , his game is going south "
I told him unless he wanted to be sleeping on the sofa all week , hed better shut it !!!!!!DivorceHim (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?64-What-has-made-you-happy-or-sad&p=82952&viewfull=1#post82952)
RoastLamb
11-07-2012, 16:29
aww gl , just let it go in one ear and out the other .
Ive had it happen as well , and on Sunday from my own husband , who so obnoxiously stated in the 4th set " not looking good for your boy dear , his game is going south "
I told him unless he wanted to be sleeping on the sofa all week , hed better shut it !!!!!!
At least I didn't have that. My hubby wanted Andy to win and kept encouraging him verbally.
Golden Lady
11-07-2012, 16:40
Oh ljs, I would have been so cross!
My husband really likes Fed but I know for sure that he wanted Andy to win. He gave me a big hug when the match ended and treaded very carefully for the rest of the evening!
cross doesnt begin to describe it !!!!
he did apologize afterwards with some nice flowers , but Im not that easily swayed :lol:
RoastLamb
11-07-2012, 16:59
I couldn't be married to a Federer fan. Luckily for me he prefers Rafa and Andy. Altho' he did love Sampras and I loathed him.
KnightOwl
11-07-2012, 17:15
GL, I know just how you feel. There's a "friend" on FB who only likes Federer so you can imagine her posts on the Wimbly final. I had to avert my eyes. And I've had a lot of people inc. my family diss Andy. You just have to let it go and concentrate on talking about him with people who are fans.
Yes, I've got a couple of Facebook friends like that - one ex-colleague and one old school friend - one of them is an avid Federer fan and doesn't particularly like Andy, the other isn't even much of a tennis fan, but is pretty vocal in her dislike of Andy. I just try not to get involved, as I really like both of them in every other respect. I just don't comment on their posts when they praise Fed or make pointed comments about Andy, and they ignore my pro-Andy posts, so as long as we stick to that rule, we get on ok - sometimes I could quite happily strangle the pair of them, though :)
Golden Lady
11-07-2012, 17:16
I wouldn't say my husband's a Fed fan RL but he does like & admire him. I can handle that so long as its never at Andy's expense.
mines not a Fed fan either , or anybody's fan , he doesnt even really like tennis.
We were out watching it on the big screen , and I was surprised he even wanted to go , next time he'll be staying home .
hfwardhouse
11-07-2012, 18:11
Oh I've got an old school friend on FB who can't see past the ABE incident even to the point of arguing the toss with someone else who said it was all in jest .... saying "many a true word is said in jest" :grrr: ... wanted to slap her - just as well she was out of reach .... I rose above it and said nothing .... but I did hide that post ;)
supergran
11-07-2012, 22:20
Know how you you feel GL. There are a few people I know who do not like Andy. Luckily they're not close friends or family although my daughter used to raise her eyebrows at my support. I don't discuss Andy with her now. Don't let them get to you though I'm surprised a friend would make you feel like that. Just remember , you are with friends on here and you can be as fanatical as you like. We all are, aren't we?:grouphug::grouphug:
rainy days
11-07-2012, 23:21
I actually unfollowed someone on Twitter on Sunday because they called Andy a "grumpy git"... I just feel it's disrespectful insulting someone you know a friend of yours admires/likes when they could very well be reading your comment. I don't even understand why people feel the need to insult celebs on a public platform like that to begin with. I would never do that. I don't have a problem with people not liking Andy at all, but I felt personally insulted. Especially since he had just lost the biggest match of his career and I was in tears already. That's not something a true friend would do IMHO. And he certainly knows how much I like Andy and wanted him to win.
I've been surprised at the number of people here that have come up to me and said that they are sorry Andy lost but how well he had played. Up to now, I think they have all thought I was crazy for supporting someone I don't think they had even watched before. I also had a lovely post from an old school friend who lives in Australia who said much the same and then her brother came on with the ABE incident & anti Scottish stuff. I was so angry, nearly replied and then chose to ignore it. Not sure if that was the right thing to do or not!!!
Golden Lady
12-07-2012, 07:20
Know how you you feel GL. There are a few people I know who do not like Andy. Luckily they're not close friends or family although my daughter used to raise her eyebrows at my support. I don't discuss Andy with her now. Don't let them get to you though I'm surprised a friend would make you feel like that. Just remember , you are with friends on here and you can be as fanatical as you like. We all are, aren't we?:grouphug::grouphug:
Thank you supergran. I think that is what hurt me really, that someone who is a friend and knows how much I care about Andy's career made me feel like that. Everyone's comments have really helped to lift me, so glad we have each other to talk to and be fanatical with!
I also had a lovely post from an old school friend who lives in Australia who said much the same and then her brother came on with the ABE incident & anti Scottish stuff. I was so angry, nearly replied and then chose to ignore it. Not sure if that was the right thing to do or not!!!
Genbrit, this is my friend's problem and believe me I have tried to put the incident in its correct context, i.e. that Andy was being teased about the Scottish football team, but sadly I have found that once minds are made up, nothing will change them. I think you therefore did the right thing in not responding, there is just no point.
pippadaisy
13-07-2012, 20:59
Happy to be home I miss my doggies whilst I am away
jamie&andy's fan
13-07-2012, 21:32
Sad: Trying to start a new novel but I am stuck :(
patmoren
27-07-2012, 10:24
Would have been my 49th Wedding anniversary today. Very sad but the last important milestone passed so can only get better.
KnightOwl
27-07-2012, 11:53
That must be so tough, Pat :grouphug:
Golden Lady
27-07-2012, 12:36
Thinking of you Pat :grouphug::flowers:
RoastLamb
27-07-2012, 15:04
:grouphug: and :flowers: Pat!
aww Pat , sorry , do something special for yourself 2day .
supergran
27-07-2012, 16:08
:grouphug::grouphug:Pat. xx
Sallydaisy
27-07-2012, 16:27
That's really sad Pat - hope you see the family today and do something to raise a smile.
http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/flower-smiley.gif?1292867597
Sallydaisy
29-07-2012, 13:15
Sad to get an email from my bro' to say his Golden Retriever had to be transferred to the great kennel in the sky yesterday; never easy saying goodbye to loved pets. I picked Max out from 2 litters of 9week old pups and collected him 4 weeks later for onward shipment to Bermuda where he's lived the last 14yrs. He was the gentlest giant of a dog I've ever come across so I'm a bit upset today.
Happily they have another dog to keep them on their toes - a black bitsa from a rescue home who is very skittish and scared of people even now after several years of being well looked after.
Awww sorry to hear that Sally :grouphug:
KnightOwl
29-07-2012, 14:06
Awww...sorry Sally. We had a golden retriever while I was growing up - they're wonderful dogs. So many happy memories of her! :hug:
RoastLamb
29-07-2012, 14:08
Awww Sally, I'm sorry. At least Max had a good life there in Bermuda. Lucky pup!
supergran
29-07-2012, 20:36
:grouphug:Sorry Sally...it's always so sad to say goodbye to a beloved pet.
traveller7
06-08-2012, 20:31
Sad to hear that Gary Barlow and his wife had stillborn baby girl born on the 4th August. Her name was Poppy. Thoughts with them all. :(
Terribly sad, breaking news that the police searching for Tia have found a body :crying:
VamosVixs
10-08-2012, 17:44
It's so sad. :crying:
jamie&andy's fan
10-08-2012, 22:24
tragic...... :'(
Elizabeth
20-08-2012, 21:33
I am happy today as I have lovely memories from Saturday when we celebrated our Gold Wedding Anniversary at an hotel in Largs with family and friends. Yesterday I was too tired to appreciate it but today is better.
supergran
20-08-2012, 22:04
I am happy today as I have lovely memories from Saturday when we celebrated our Gold Wedding Anniversary at an hotel in Largs with family and friends. Yesterday I was too tired to appreciate it but today is better. Many congratulations to you both on your Golden Wedding.:gold: Not too many do that! Well done and warmest wishes to you and your lovely hubby.:clap::clap::clap:
Sallydaisy
20-08-2012, 22:15
I am happy today as I have lovely memories from Saturday when we celebrated our Gold Wedding Anniversary at an hotel in Largs with family and friends. Yesterday I was too tired to appreciate it but today is better.
Many Congratulations to you both - I'm sure you've many happy memories between you.
http://www.a1gifts.co.uk/images/prodimages/SP250L-2.jpg
RoastLamb
20-08-2012, 23:32
Wow 50 years! Can't imagine that. Congratulations Elizabeth (and hubby)! :flowers:
Congratulations to both of you on your Golden Wedding Anniversary, Elizabeth! :clap::clap:
Picked up our marked Journalism portfolios and our certificates were in there. Except in my case it's just a worthless piece of paper until I pass shorthand.
The exams start again on 14th September, but I'm aiming to do the 21st September attempt ... God I HATE shorthand. Pointless exercise.
Congratulations on your golden wedding anniversary Elizabeth :):):)
Picked up our marked Journalism portfolios and our certificates were in there. Except in my case it's just a worthless piece of paper until I pass shorthand.
The exams start again on 14th September, but I'm aiming to do the 21st September attempt ... God I HATE shorthand. Pointless exercise.
Good luck with it Ros. Do you have unlimited goes at the shorthand?
Good luck with it Ros. Do you have unlimited goes at the shorthand?
They paid for 2 attempts - after that you have to pay £13.50 for each try. So far I have paid for 2 additional attempts at 100 and one at 80.
Depressing AND expensive.
They paid for 2 attempts - after that you have to pay £13.50 for each try. So far I have paid for 2 additional attempts at 100 and one at 80.
Depressing AND expensive.
What a pain. At least you can have more goes.
Many years ago, after I finished school and before I went to University, I did a crash course in typing and speedwriting so I could get work in holidays. I got the speedwriting eventually after a few attempts, but that is easier than normal shorthand. It took me lots of goes to pass the typing though.
hfwardhouse
21-08-2012, 19:18
Congratulations Elizabeth.
And loads of luck on the 21st Ros .... you can do it!
Elizabeth
22-08-2012, 20:44
Thank you so much for your congratulations and good wishes Supergran, Sallydaisy, Roast Lamb, Linda, cazza99 and hfwardhouse. Very much appreciated.
jeannie13
22-08-2012, 21:39
Many congratulations on your Golden wedding anniversary, Elizabeth. Largs is a lovely place.
Glad you & Ian had a wonderful time. You'll have lots of great memories.:party::band:
Elizabeth , congratulations on your very special 50th wedding anniversary . Wow , that is awesome !!!
You and your Hub have been blessed !!!
JAMES4578
23-08-2012, 06:36
Congratulations on your Golden Wedding Elizabeth! Good luck Ros, sure you can make it this this time.
VamosVixs
23-08-2012, 16:53
Congrats Elizabeth! :cheer:
jamie&andy's fan
23-08-2012, 21:13
Found a saying on facebook that i love because it's something other people have a problem with and this is what i would sometimes love to say -
Don't look past my disabled body - love it
Enjoying fab weather and glorious scenery in and around Dubrovnik.
Congrats belatedly Elizabeth.
Good luck Ros you'll nail it this time!
supergran
23-08-2012, 23:26
I'm happy because I'm alive. How many of you have said that? Husband and I went out for a meal tonight and thought it would be a quiet one. We met two groups of friends that we hadn't seen for a while and it was party time!! Invited to join two groups which was a bit of a dilemma. We stayed on our own but were visited by various friends. Eventually first group left so we joined the second group and had a rather riotous evening. So unusual on a Thursday but our friends, who don't have children, were meeting with siblings, in-laws and nephews and nieces. We knew most of them and had a lovely evening. Supergramps kept insisting it was his bed time but his rugby mates from the family group kept him there until about 9.30. He is in bed now, bless him and I'm not! Might have a little glass of wine!:dance:
So sad to hear that Neil Armstrong has died. I grew up with the Apollo programme and loved following all the missions. I'll never forget watching that first moon landing - what a moment!
KnightOwl
25-08-2012, 21:38
I'm afraid I was only two when the first moon landing happened, so I don't remember it, but it was such an iconic moment that I've heard and read about so often it almost feels like I do remember it. Very sad news - people often use the phrase "end of an era" but I think this definitely counts as one.
JAMES4578
25-08-2012, 22:16
Yes very sad news! Couldn't experience the moment either but like many know so much about it and was always fascinated! The first Man on The Moon certainly was a historical event and for all he achieved Neil Armstrong was by all accounts very modest.
I have a good news!
Finally I'm in London!
Happy :)
I have a good news!
Finally I'm in London!
Happy :)
:welcome: to the UK Queen N. Hope you have a good time :)
jamie&andy's fan
26-08-2012, 14:56
On Wednesday I went out for the first time in 5 months !!!!!!! I am still happy about it now !!! :D:D:D
Elizabeth
26-08-2012, 17:00
My son was born one month before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and we called him Neil - did not know about Neil Armstrong at the time so cannot say he was called for Neil Armstrong just a coincidence.
RoastLamb
27-08-2012, 02:25
Sad indeed. I was only a few months old so no memory but it must have been just amazing watching it all unfold on tv.
Although I remember it- I was a schoogirl at the time - I don't think I really appreciated what a great achievement it was as I grew up with the space programme. I think it was much more momentous for people of my parents' and grandparents' ages, as when they were young it would have been something almost unthinkable. My mother told me that when she and my father were young, she used to say that one day we would put a man on the moon, and my father said she was talking science fiction and it would never happen.
supergran
27-08-2012, 17:23
Remembering my lovely Dad who died suddenly at work on this day in 1956. Always in my thoughts.
RoastLamb
03-09-2012, 15:24
So sad to hear about the dad trying to save his son from drowning in Majorca whilst his wife and two other sons watched helplessly. He couldn't even swim. They'd just arrived there hours earlier. Breaks my heart. :crying:
JAMES4578
03-09-2012, 17:28
So sad to hear about the dad trying to save his son from drowning in Majorca whilst his wife and two other sons watched helplessly. He couldn't even swim. They'd just arrived there hours earlier. Breaks my heart. :crying:
yes, dreadfull news!
So sad to hear about the dad trying to save his son from drowning in Majorca whilst his wife and two other sons watched helplessly. He couldn't even swim. They'd just arrived there hours earlier. Breaks my heart. :crying:
yes, dreadfull news!so sad, there seems to be have been a spate of them this last week, 3 children and an adult drown in a canoe accident just across the minch from us and 2 people died at the weekend on the norfolk broads drowned as well
RoastLamb
03-09-2012, 18:19
Terrible.
I'm happy that we have accepted an offer on our house :cheer: It has been a dreadful 2 years. We sold last year then found out we didn't own our garage so it all collapsed. We were virtually packed ....
Back on the market this year, garage sorted and it has taken 6 months but fingers crossed. Just have to secure the house we want to buy now .....
supergran
06-09-2012, 14:38
Great news..happy for you as know what a blow it was last year. Good luck to you both!!:thumbup::thumbup:
JAMES4578
06-09-2012, 18:24
Glad it's finally worked out Caro!
Great news, Caro! :thumbup:
Good luck with it all Caro :)
hfwardhouse
07-09-2012, 08:16
Brilliant news Caro - exciting times ahead :cheer:
Yay!! Caro - I suggest you move out come what may and rent if necessary. At least that way you're in a good position when something does come up that you want.
I am so delighted Andy is in the final and has a real shot of his first title.
But I am going to miss it on Monday - gutted.
I am going before the might of the the NUJ Freelance branch (ha - my first EVER union meeting) to see if they will consider me for an accredited press pass.
A handful of people I consider friends here know how absolutely crushing it was for me to miss out on a Gold Standard diploma after failing to get shorthand at 100wpm. I have a useless piece of paper that means nothing after 10 hard months of sacrifice.
I had a golden opportunity to stand in for someone at Wimbledon but was refused accreditation as I was only a trainee journalist and was refused membership to the Sports Journalist association even after writing for a tennis media site that is well recognised and respected in the US because they didn't feel I was a qualified journalist.
They say this industry is a lot about luck. So while Andy is doing battle - I am hoping that the professional writing will be enough to get me a press pass and the resulting accreditation will help me slowly break into sports writing.
I dunno - sometimes (despite another punishing round of redundancies at my old company) would I have been better just staying put?
Anyway - those who know how tough the past couple of years have been, and the last few months in particular - wish me luck.
Good luck Roz :hug: You're doing what you want to do now, so that must be the right decision!
supergran
09-09-2012, 12:50
Wishing you all the luck in the world!! You have worked so hard and you deserve it.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
JAMES4578
09-09-2012, 13:22
Think you have to follow your instincts,even though some of the blows have been frustrating. Good luck Roz, really hope it works out for you!:thumbup::thumbup:
Dreams are worth fighting for Roz , GOOD LUCK !!
Good Luck Roz. You have to pursue your dreams or you will always wonder what if!!!!!
hfwardhouse
09-09-2012, 22:18
Loads of luck Rozzie - you'll do it! It's what you were born to do :) xx
traveller7
09-09-2012, 22:29
You have to follow your dreams and your heart whether or not its financially viable (coming from an actress) so I wish you all the luck in the world!
Good luck Roz! If anyone can persuade them you can.
RoastLamb
11-09-2012, 02:06
Mega happy. As must all of us be right now.
I don't think anything will compare to 2012 ever again, in terms of sport in general, and Andy's achievements in particular.
Never have I been prouder to be British.
traveller7
11-09-2012, 09:07
Happiness happiness
although RIP to those lost in 9/11 11 years ago today :(
Something's giving me a glow..........erm..........wonder what it could be and it's not :wino:
:cheer::cheer::cheer:
DaveArneRiise
12-09-2012, 20:53
The family of the 96 got the justice they have been campaigning for, for 23 years.
supergran
12-09-2012, 23:11
The family of the 96 got the justice they have been campaigning for, for 23 years. God bless them all..they never gave up because they knew justice would one day be theirs.
The truth maybe but justice, as yet, I'm not so sure. Bring on the prosecutions.
patmoren
17-09-2012, 17:57
Had a good weekend 9yr old grandaughter played in her first official football match. She took a free kick from just outside the penalty area and did a Beckham bend over the top of the 5 man wall and curved straight into the goal. She received a golden boot for the achievement.
Well done to your grandaughter, Pat!
RoastLamb
17-09-2012, 18:40
Had a good weekend 9yr old grandaughter played in her first official football match. She took a free kick from just outside the penalty area and did a Beckham bend over the top of the 5 man wall and curved straight into the goal. She received a golden boot for the achievement.
Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!! Good stuff.
RoastLamb
17-09-2012, 18:41
I'm happy that our home computer has finally been fixed. Taken well over a week. :grrr:
yikes RL , last time that happened to mine , I felt so out of sorts , lost , and bewildered . Glad its fixed for you now !!
RoastLamb
17-09-2012, 19:07
Thanks. We have an ipad but I get so frustrated with it. I need a keyboard and mouse so I can cut and paste properly. Plus I couldn't download my photos, etc. I'm just getting old (and grumpy with it). :lol:
jamie&andy's fan
18-09-2012, 23:15
Sad: Been on medication and it doesnt seem to b working and feeling depressed :(
JAMES4578
19-09-2012, 06:40
I'm happy that our home computer has finally been fixed. Taken well over a week. :grrr:
Glad the computer has been sorted Fiona,, looks like you were lost without it! You can get a keyboard for the Ipad but mice are not supported. Suppose it's not so straightforward to copy and paste.
Sad: Been on medication and it doesnt seem to b working and feeling depressed :(
That's a pity Katie but hopefully you will feel a bit better in time.
supergran
19-09-2012, 21:00
Sad: Been on medication and it doesnt seem to b working and feeling depressed :( You need to give it time. It will work eventually.:grouphug:
Never mind happy or sad, I am STRESSED! (Maybe we should have a thread for what is making you stressed! :rolling:)
I am supposed to be moving house on 4th October. I am buying a new house from Barretts and they are buying my house in part exchange. The deal is subject to exchange of contracts by next Friday and completion by the Friday after. I was already having serious trouble with the completion date because of the amount of stuff we have here that we have got to get rid of.
Today they said they wanted to complete by next Friday, i.e. a week earlier, so they can get the deal in their quarterly figures! I basically said that I couldn't give a stuff for their quarterly figures, there is no way I can be ready to move next week. So now we are indeed completing next Friday but I will have 'leave to occupy' my present house until I actually move.
All the time I am trying to clear out stuff, I constantly have people in to measure up etc. because they have put it up for sale with several agents. I hope the photos that they have all taken with all the rooms full of boxes and bags of stuff will not be on the internet. It is doing my head in.
Then today I tried to arrange telephone and broadband for my new house but was unable to do so because the postcode has not been registered! I looked it up and all the other houses on the developement have the postcode registered except this one, so it must have been an oversight. AAAARGH!
I am totally sick of Talk Talk (who took over Tiscali) so I don't want to continue with them, but if I move with them I have to sign up for another 12 months! I really need to have the same phone number, though (I am moving within the same area) but because of not wanting to stick with Talk Talk I don't know if I will be able to. More problems! I wanted to change from Talk Talk to Orange a while ago, but my contract wasn't due to end until September (now). And I have just had my monthly bill and it has gone up by £5 because my contract has ended by one day! AAAARGH!
RoastLamb
19-09-2012, 21:37
You just let it all out, Linda! I bet you feel better already. Nothing like a good vent.
patmoren
19-09-2012, 21:41
Why don't you try Plusnet Linda, I have found them really good.
Do Plusnet give you free calls to Australia?
Sorry you're having such a trying time Linda. I hope that today there will be something that goes well for you so you're encouraged!
Do Plusnet give you free calls to Australia?
Who needs free calls to Australia when there's Skype and you can actually see and talk to the person for free???? That's what one of my village friends does - her son is in Australia. You can even Skype to a mobile phone.
:grouphug: Linda
O2 are very good and are cheaper if you use O2 mobile phone. Their customer services are excellent.
Oh Linda - they don't jest when they say that moving house is the most stressful thing - hope it all clears up for you.
I sat my FIFTH attempt at 100wpm on Friday (FIFTH, what a joke)... closest attempt yet but possibly too many wrong words and I deffo had 5 gaps that I counted and maddeningly one EXTRA word in the second passage.
I am really cross as the journo school originally told us we could come back as often as we wanted, being their ex-students. So I decided to take my time and go right back to building up stamina over the 2 minutes, which was where I was having way too many errors (average 18 in just that section - you can only have 9 in total).
Then we got told that they were not having any exams in October, and that there were no places in Nov/Dec because of their current large numbers of students likely to be taking the exams.
So I had only a week to get up to 100wpm speed.
What really makes me angry is that when I went to pick up my portfolio, the tutor said no such thing and was all "just come in for lessons and don't worry if you don't get it in September, people have got it far later in the year than that".
If she had said THEN, there is no space for Nov/Dec, I would have put in much more time in amongst work.
On slightly nicer news - I have been accepted into the NUJ and got my application to have a press card.
So if I get that I might just have to stick two fingers up at shorthand..... (but of course I am that bliddy-minded I will stick at it and do it, as I walked away from a well paid, but ultimately stressful bullying career to change my life... what kind of person would I be if I didn't see it through to closure).
PS: Edited to add - I FINALLLLLLY managed to track down the blue Team GB tennis shirts on ebay as they were sold out everywhere really early on during the Olympics (and I am kicking myself for not having bought one at Wimbledon when I was there for the Olympic tennis)...
PPS - just picked this up from the framers:
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Well done on your acceptance into the NUJ! :clap: :clap:
Well done on your acceptance into the NUJ! :clap: :clap:
I thought it was my first union... then I remembered that of course I had an NUS card for 4 years! But that was more for discounts at bookstores, travel/insurance and stuff!
JAMES4578
22-09-2012, 13:13
Well done Ros! Sure you'll get there with the shorthand!
Well done Ros! Sure you'll get there with the shorthand!
I really do hope so James... it has really become my nemesis. I actually think I hate it more than winged beasties or spiders in the house, and that is truly saying something!
supergran
22-09-2012, 14:51
Well done..NUJ has a nice ring to it!! Best of luck with shorthand. I'm sure you'll crack it soon.
Good news on the NUJ Rozzie - fret not over the shorthand......you'll either crack it or if not, well I'm sure you'll manage just fine without it.
Well SG, Pabbers - if I DO crack it and we're all together at some Cup of some description (whether Davis or Fed)... I'll bring champers for a much needed celebration!
Sad because a jobsworth mod has seen fit to close the Football Thread (at my request) just as I changed my mind! I am however going to remind myself about people in glass houses before gloating too much.
I got my Team GB Blue tennis shirt that I bought from ebay today. Trouble is - Ebay themselves removed the ability for me to leave feedback... and then I went through to their chat thing where some idiot was totally clueless.
No wonder I never use it!
I did it. I don't mind admitting I have been bawling like a baby...
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hfwardhouse
01-10-2012, 11:13
:yahoo: well done Rozzie - I'm so happy for you! That is just the best news!
:flowers: :wino: :flowers: :cheers:
:yahoo: well done Rozzie - I'm so happy for you! That is just the best news!
:flowers: :wino: :flowers: :cheers:
You know the best bit ... I found out when I was wearing my Tennis Team GB blue top. 'Tis the spirit of that boy Murray.
Congrats Rozzie!! - very pleased for you! :clap:
I did it. I don't mind admitting I have been bawling like a baby...
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Never has it given me greater pleasure to say "I told you so!". Great news and well done. Rozzie. Hope Rozzington Mansions will be rocking tonight!
Never has it given me greater pleasure to say "I told you so!". Great news and well done. Rozzie. Hope Rozzington Mansions will be rocking tonight!
Well - I haven't forgotten the pledge of bringing a bottle of champers with me whenever/wherever we next all congregate....
Congrats RFS , good for you !!!
Well done Ros! :clap: :clap: :yahoo:
Well done Ros :clap: :clap: :clap:
Congrats and well done Ros :clap::clap::thumbup:
The week of amazement continues... Today my press card arrived. I not only conquered my nemesis of shorthand scriptures, qualified as a certified journo ... I now have credentials!!! Last January I was told by a bullying manager that I was not rated.
Today I have people praising my work, my analytical pieces, and getting recognised as an analyst in my field.
It has been a long journey - but this week made it all worth it.
I've already said it elsewhere.......but Well done! I am so pleased for you :)
RoastLamb
05-10-2012, 19:01
Sad and rather horrified at the Jimmy Saville allegations. Truly :shocked:
Terribly sad about April Jones. If only our legal system allowed "an eye for an eye"
Terribly sad about April Jones. If only our legal system allowed "an eye for an eye"
Fortunately it doesn't because there a more wrongful convictions than you might imagine and you can't bring an innocent person back from the dead!
RoastLamb
06-10-2012, 14:58
Terribly sad about April Jones.
The worst. Her poor parents. I can only imagine. :crying:
Fortunately it doesn't because there a more wrongful convictions than you might imagine and you can't bring an innocent person back from the dead!
I know and accept all the arguments, but where a young kid is involved I hate the thought he'll get out sometime.
That's simple, life should mean just that.
That's simple, life should mean just that.
I agree absolutely with that. In some ways I think the death penalty for the guilty would be too easy. A paedophile will not have a pleasant life in prison that's for sure and may well end up wishing to be dead.
dont know about in the UK , but here in Canada , the child killers , pedophiles arent put in with the regular prison population , they are protected from them , which is wrong imo . Should put them right in with the rest of them , and make them suffer .
supergran
06-10-2012, 22:02
dont know about in the UK , but here in Canada , the child killers , pedophiles arent put in with the regular prison population , they are protected from them , which is wrong imo . Should put them right in with the rest of them , and make them suffer . Here they are also segregated for their safety. Called "Nonces" all sex offenders especially those who have been convicted of crimes against children are kept away from other prisoners. Agree with you on this.
RoastLamb
07-10-2012, 01:31
That's simple, life should mean just that.
Couldn't agree more.
dont know about in the UK , but here in Canada , the child killers , pedophiles arent put in with the regular prison population , they are protected from them , which is wrong imo . Should put them right in with the rest of them , and make them suffer .
Here they are also segregated for their safety. Called "Nonces" all sex offenders especially those who have been convicted of crimes against children are kept away from other prisoners. Agree with you on this.
I know mob justice can't be allowed, but that was more what I had in mind when I originally mentioned "an eye for an eye"
What happened to innocent until proved guilty? Good job we don't still have lynch mobs!
Who exactly has been accused of anything? I haven't seen any names mentioned in this thread.
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