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Post by tetsabb on Aug 5, 2024 17:34:56 GMT
Knock 'em dead, crissdee!
Well not literally...
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Post by eeyoresmum on Aug 6, 2024 16:04:19 GMT
In good Dutch - "Let 'm smell a turdie" (yes, it doesn't make sense in Dutch either, but it means "Show them what you're worth" ;-)
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Post by eeyoresmum on Aug 6, 2024 16:11:07 GMT
In other good news, one of my best memories of Eeyore is the one where he would run through tall grasses, emerging every now and then with a high jump, turning his head to get an idea where he was. Filofax described it splendidly in her contribution to this doglet's obit in the Heartbreak thread. And today I just happened to see a vid someone posted on Twitter that shows to almost perfection those treasured images. x.com/FarmersWeekly/status/1820754382482288658
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Post by Bondee on Aug 6, 2024 16:29:50 GMT
Reminds me of the video that Adam Buxton posted a few years ago of his dog, Rosie, doing the same thing...
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Post by eeyoresmum on Aug 6, 2024 18:28:28 GMT
Wonderful! Filo called it 'doglets pogo-ing', which is exactly what they're doing.
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Post by crissdee on Aug 6, 2024 20:40:28 GMT
Interview went well, it is only part time and temporary, but it may lead on to something more, and it will still be considerably more money a week than I am getting now. All I have to do is actually get the job....
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Post by amanda on Aug 6, 2024 22:59:58 GMT
Just got a message asking if I could be at the school library job from the end of August to the end of term, so only 2-3 weeks. The only thing is the long 90 minute one way bus ride, I'm tired by the end of the second day but following the librarian's schedule, will get Wednesdays off and can only do alternate Fridays due to my other commitments on that day.
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Post by Bondee on Aug 7, 2024 10:32:07 GMT
From an e-mail from my bank about the Base Rate and how it'll affect the interest I pay on my credit card...
I wish you could all see me right now, because I'm literally jumping for joy!
NB. This post may contain sarcasm.
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Post by pdr on Aug 7, 2024 12:58:30 GMT
From an e-mail from my bank about the Base Rate and how it'll affect the interest I pay on my credit card...
I wish you could all see me right now, because I'm literally jumping for joy!
NB. This post may contain sarcasm.
Hardly something to sneer at. Around here that's £20-£30 a month - that's nearly a whole upstairs maid. PDR
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Post by RLDavies on Aug 7, 2024 13:53:25 GMT
A Facebook friend and I were recently talking about cashback schemes. He has one on his credit card, I use the one built into Opera. He got an enthusiastic e-mail saying, "Who just got some cash back? You did! Enjoy your $0.12!" So everyone's congratulating him on his massive windfall. Then I dug out the most recent one I could find in my e-mails: Whee! Although I've just checked my cashback account balance, and I've built up about £12.
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Post by crissdee on Aug 7, 2024 14:01:11 GMT
I remember once getting a cheque from the DSS for some underpayment they had made. I think the amount for which they generated a cheque was 3p....
Talking of the DSS. I was up there just now for an interview, and mentioned that I was away this weekend in Nottingham playing cowboys. It emerged the the guy behind the desk had once lived in Nottingham. The conversation moved on to my employment, and I mentioned that I had applied for a tradesperson's job at the local public school, and the the application form had asked me if I had any friends or family already working there. I had (at one time at least) a cousin working there as Head of Classics, and it turned out that the DSS guy knew my cousin!.....
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Post by jenny on Aug 7, 2024 20:27:16 GMT
My happy news of the day - my new poetry manuscript has been accepted for publication by Encircle Publications here in Maine. I am very happy about this because I think any sales are most likely to come from my poetry network in Maine (though it will apparently be available on Amazon if anybody else wants to buy it, and you can be certain I shall share those details here when the time comes!)
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Post by tetsabb on Aug 8, 2024 9:15:38 GMT
Yay!!!
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Post by jenny on Aug 8, 2024 14:28:57 GMT
I put this on the wrong thread yesterday and accidentally revived an old one. My poetry manuscript was accepted for publication and will be out next April - yay!
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Post by Bondee on Aug 8, 2024 19:22:13 GMT
And when I asked if the two threads could be merged, they* just laughed!
*barbados
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Post by barbados on Aug 9, 2024 5:10:23 GMT
I didn’t laugh, I said I’d do it. Life events have taken over so I haven’t had the time to work out how it’s done without destroying both threads, but there is no right or wrong thread for happy news to be posted, although this one was the second of the two to be created (make of that what you will)
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Post by amanda on Aug 9, 2024 8:33:15 GMT
That was because I (who added in this one) didn't understand the meaning of the original's title.
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Post by jenny on Aug 9, 2024 20:47:52 GMT
Well you can never share good news too often, I think!
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Post by crissdee on Aug 12, 2024 19:13:48 GMT
Another possible job on the horizon, it will be full-time and long hours (10 hrs, 5 days a week) and hard work (multi-drop deliveries, around 80 drops a day) but it pays a little over minimum wage, so fairly remunerative.
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Post by jenny on Aug 13, 2024 20:33:04 GMT
Fingers crossed!
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Post by amanda on Sept 5, 2024 9:09:16 GMT
Bought two Lotto scratch tickets tonight on my way home. Won $25 on one. Cashed it in, got a different scratchie, and have won....wait for it....$50, doubled = $100 on that one.
That is paying for my city's private library renewal. Will ring them tomorrow.
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Post by jenny on Sept 5, 2024 18:56:27 GMT
My autistic son just got paid for his first month's work and still has the job. All he needs now is to find somewhere to live other than the back of his van.
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Post by AnneB on Sept 8, 2024 17:48:15 GMT
I just got my leave approved for the week of Thanksgiving.
I'll be in the UK to see Oysterband (possibly for the last time--they are disbanding after this year) and Bellowhead. I'm hoping Tets can come to the Oysters with me. I know I'll be going to Bellowhead with my friends Lesley and Louise.
Then I'll spend the rest of my week in London with my Very Important Friend.
Happiness.
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Post by AnneB on Sept 8, 2024 17:49:56 GMT
I put this on the wrong thread yesterday and accidentally revived an old one. My poetry manuscript was accepted for publication and will be out next April - yay! I have a sneaking suspicion I'll be doing a blurb for this.
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Post by suze on Sept 8, 2024 22:23:40 GMT
I'll be in the UK to see Oysterband (possibly for the last time--they are disbanding after this year).
I had heard that they were retiring, but only now have I seen the itinerary for their final tour.
It seems strange that they have chosen Bochum - an inidustrial city in the west of Germany - for their last gig of all. Or should we take it that there will be one more in Whitstable, but it will not be publicised?
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Post by crissdee on Sept 9, 2024 8:54:01 GMT
I imagine that, like most groups at that level, they go where they can get a gig, and apart from choosing the country, they play where they can find space.
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Post by jenny on Sept 9, 2024 16:26:16 GMT
I put this on the wrong thread yesterday and accidentally revived an old one. My poetry manuscript was accepted for publication and will be out next April - yay! I have a sneaking suspicion I'll be doing a blurb for this. Ah Anne if I'd only thought to ask you! At the moment I have blurbs on offer from Linda Aldrich and Richard Foerster, and (gasp!) from Mark Doty. However, if one of those goes astray, may I ask you?
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Post by crissdee on Sept 9, 2024 18:25:31 GMT
Had an interview for a place I did some casual work for a few years ago, seemed to go alright, but he might be a little concerned at my lack of formal training in the field. Not holding my breath, but you can only try...
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Post by tetsabb on Sept 10, 2024 9:13:26 GMT
I just got my leave approved for the week of Thanksgiving. I'll be in the UK to see Oysterband (possibly for the last time--they are disbanding after this year) and Bellowhead. I'm hoping Tets can come to the Oysters with me. I Happiness. 23rd Nov, Cranbrook. It's a date! It will be an Honour and a Privet Hedge to be there with you.
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Post by jenny on Sept 11, 2024 15:01:05 GMT
I have deep envy of your trip to see Oysterband. I am in the UK for a couple of weeks, end of October through first week of November, but sadly will be home here by Thanksgiving.
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