I was disappointed at the way I was treated by the assistant manager at my voluntary job last week so I left. My parents wrote a letter to the manager handing it in with the keys as they felt my...
Hi there. I managed to make it to my parents 60th wedding anniversary party yesterday. Staying overnight in a hotel the night before travelling there and back in the dark. Only 12 guests, all socially...
morning, Sunday already, the week has whizzed by hasn't it. Up earlier than normal after a disturbing dream and can't get back to sleep. So with coffee on the go i wish you all well and hope you have...
My 17.5 year old grandson paid £3000 cash for a car just to get him to his test , it was bought as seen although things had started to go awry likd the electrics ,the radio was intermittent, he’d...
The strained history,( many years now )between my son and his ex partner( not married) Has blown up again. She lives in Scotland with our grandsons. He’s living back with us in S Wales. He’s working...
is on today at 2pm BBC2, for those who may not have seen it, or for those who have and want to watch it again, a great adaptation of Charles Dickens novel....
The tills are ringing the queues are manic , we have kind of white Christmas in the thick white frost we have here. I am doing as I should and using this section for Christmas threads , I have just...
My one 'regular' thread, posted annually to remember those no longer with us, and to invite everyone else to add their own favourite Christmas songs, their greetings, their memories, and their...
My cousin's eldest son is 15 today! I haven't seen him since he was about 2 years old and he wouldn't know me if he tripped over me (come to think of it, I would know him from a bar of soap) but on...
morning, Saturday already and the weekend starts here. I hope that you are in good form and that your day is a very good one. Its another early start though i hope some are awake to keep me company....
We strait with a bacon roll and a Buck’s Fizz , can’t imagine doing that at any other time of the year , open presents although that pit will be skipped this year as we’ve decided we only buy for the...
Just had a phone call from DFS to say the sofas I ordered on August 1st will be delivered on 23rd, two days before Christmas! Yah. I asked if they are going to compensate me for having to wait all...
I’m pleased to say, I can’t imagine sitting dining Al fresco like they must in the Southern hemisphere , I’m hoping for a white Christmas but my thoughts turn to the homeless and that’s not such a...