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11:31 am
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
paperman
| | Saxmundham, Suffolk | | |  Councillor | posts 1203 | 
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| | Had my morning constitutional. Yes it is cold out there, but not as much as it looks and I was in layers so was pretty warm. There is though a piercing North East wind and had I been less kitted out no doubt it would have cut through. The shops are all open, the main roads are clear, however the footpaths are very icy and slippery so walking, with care, on the road seems (up here at least) to be the safer option. It is cloudy with odd bits of blue but maybe we get some more of the dreaded white stuff later, we'll see. | I might have the body of a decrepid old man but my mind is as sharp as a boulder |
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11:42 am
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
kayerunrig
| | lincolnshire | | |  Expert | posts 640 | |
| | the sun is out but its still snowing and snowing and snowing , the winds making it drift and im supposed to be at work tomorrow …oh joy |
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12:02 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
Toffeeapple
| | North Bucks | | | | posts 11863 | |
| | No more snow has fallen in North Bucks but that breeze is very lazy, it just won't go around you. Kaye, you surely won't go to work if the snow doesn't let up, will you? | |
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2:23 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
kayerunrig
| | lincolnshire | | | Expert | posts 640 | |
| | just had the conversation with my boss(pillock), do i realise im not getting paid , because we pay for such a lot up front and then we have to claim it back as expenses, im allready £200 in debt to them this week , hes not asking me to go out in this just reminding me ill be working for nothing for ages if i dont , think id sooner stay alive…lol OH has just rung to say hell be late , hes taking everyone home in the big recovery vehicle from work for a cash sum…lol |
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2:47 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
Toffeeapple
| | North Bucks | | | | posts 11863 | |
| | I've never been in that kind of situation Kaye, can't quite understand why you won't get paid if you don't go to work – can't you use a day from your holiday allowance? That's what I used to do. | |
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3:10 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
kayerunrig
| | lincolnshire | | | Expert | posts 640 | |
| | Technically im self employed , because they cant get health insurance for me, so no holiday entitlements . I was full time but i had a major health wobble back in 2001 and they had to finish me because we got private healthcare and a multitude of other benefits and the occupational health doctor said i would never work again , im still part time which lets me work around the odd bad day , for the most part im full time and more when were busy its 6 12 hour days a week , plus this lets me work for other companies , i do a lot of holiday and sick cover because im classed as senior staff and i dont turn my nose up at the crap jobs that the big boys see as beneath them , though i wont travel like i used to i stay within 70 miles of home … And in case your wondering (this is the point where i usually get ejected from most forums and chatrooms ) i work for the Darkside im a court warrant officer ..lol |
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3:19 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
Toffeeapple
| | North Bucks | | | | posts 11863 | |
| | I had to look that job up…it's obviously one that needs to be done so I don't think there will be any ejecting going on around here. So, I think I understand why your boss feels you should be there tomorrow. But as you said, better to stay alive than get a day's pay. | |
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4:04 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
danast
| | Argyll, Scotland | | |  Supreme Being | posts 7107 | |
| |  I'm sure that is a very tricky job at times Kaye. 
| Old teachers never die, they just lose their class |
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4:39 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
Toffeeapple
| | North Bucks | | | | posts 11863 | |
| | It's certainly not one that I'd like to do. | |
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8:06 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
ep
| | Bulgaria | | | Supreme Being | posts 3640 | |
| | It's 18/20 degrees here and I feel no pain….warm breeze blowing from the south but I feel ours is yet to come. I await our demise….. | |
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9:24 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
brightspark
| | Wilts | | | Supreme Being | posts 6371 | |
| | Toffeeapple said: But as you said, better to stay alive than get a day's pay.
Just watched Edwardian Farm, and the fisherman was explaining about the tide and when not to go out - and he said the same thing, TA – it is better to be a starving fisherman than a dead one! | Life it's better with friends – Marie Rayner |
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9:48 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
brightspark
| | Wilts | | | Supreme Being | posts 6371 | |
| | Worrying times – this weather ! Son is in Havana, Cuba atm, and due in to Gatwick tomorrow morning – Gatwick was closed today and having checked with the Virgin website, it'll be closed tomorrow, too. They are hoping that all incoming flights will be operating, but of course, not into Gatwick!!! Received a text from son, who said that so far they have a 5-hour delay, and they must take on their own food for the journey. I think this is due to the fact that while watching the progress on their website, today's flight came in to Heathrow, so I presume they were unable to re-stock the plane from their regular supplier. I'll light a candle for him, and hope it all turns out okay. | Life it's better with friends – Marie Rayner |
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9:49 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
KateUK
| | uk | | | Councillor | posts 1824 | |
| | all! It is bloody cold here – the wind is really powering down the river valley…cold, cold, cold. But NO SNOW. Yes folks, NO SNOW. We had a light icing sugar dusting on Sunday, which swiftly melted and another similar on Monday. Tuesday was positively warm and crept above freezing so the frost melted. Today just a horrible penetrating NE wind. No snow. After last winter, unable to get out of our road for days on end ( twice), this is quite a relief! But I'm sure we will get some eventually….I have lots of porridge, so I'm ready. | |
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9:51 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
brightspark
| | Wilts | | | Supreme Being | posts 6371 | |
| | brightspark said: Worrying times – this weather ! Son is in Havana, Cuba atm, and due in to Gatwick tomorrow morning – Gatwick was closed today and having checked with the Virgin website, it'll be closed tomorrow, too. They are hoping that all incoming flights will be operating, but of course, not into Gatwick!!! Received a text from son, who said that so far they have a 5-hour delay, and they must take on their own food for the journey. I think this is due to the fact that while watching the progress on their website, today's flight came in to Heathrow, so I presume they were unable to re-stock the plane from their regular supplier. I'll light a candle for him, and hope it all turns out okay.
…………. and also hope that he doesn't arrive wearing a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops !! (I saw someone yesterday wearing that – in Reading !!!!!) | Life it's better with friends – Marie Rayner |
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9:55 pm
Wed 1-Dec-10 |
Michelle from Oregon
| | Oregon, USA | | | Councillor | posts 1340 |
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| | Good luck to your son BS, keep us posted! And a  for your son, hopefully he won't need it…. | If you can't be a shining example, be a terrible warning! |
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