I would just like to say

Hicap phill · Feb 24, 2021

Just arrived back after a trip out to find 2 vans down the alley way blocking my garage door. Hooted the horn on the Prius to get the builders attention.1 hangs out the window & MRS shouts up could you move the vans please... oh can you do it quickly..please
1 of the builders explains to the Mrs there is no where for the vans to park.she explains there will be soon will be.
Into the garage I go start the landy up & bib my squeaky horn.
I hear the mrs again saying to the builders
That he won’t be saying please....

so now vans moved & we have met the “new” owner. Wait till they find the boundary lines

derwendolly · Feb 24, 2021

Stanleysteamer said:
Not much to show for today.
Still trying to make space in the hoose for all the stuff we have.
Spent ages hunting for a pair of trainers (Yes at my fecking age) that I have worn precisely twice.
Podiatrist says I should wear them around the house with insoles in.
Could i find the feckers? Could I feck! and i know exactly when I wore them, it was for 2 trips to the Chiropractic college a few years ago where I had to do some exercises in the gym.
Looks like i am going to have to order some sort of "house shoes". Decent slippers are a heck of a price as it is. And few places make the sort i like. Can't get the insoles in them otherwise....
Why is life so often a case of throwing money at things?
Enjoy the rest of the day/evening!

Try PADDERS 'Marino' slipper/house shoe, UK made. I think they are now discontinued but can be found ' new ' on ebay. They are leather, Moccasin type with a proper, firm sole - not cheap though.
I am now wearing my husband's - three sizes too big for me but as they were hardly worn I just couldn't see them thrown away.

derwendolly · Feb 24, 2021

Stanleysteamer said:
I spent some time reading up on the history of the building you were training in.
Fascinating!

This a copy from a transparency which I took in 1963 after the snow had cleared. It was taken from the top of The Deer Sheds in the Park where we used to play lacrosse, looking down over the front of our part of the House. The lawned frontage was our cricket pitch which was laid to County standard. We had to climb up there before we could start playing but I was young and fit in those days.

Stanleysteamer · Feb 24, 2021

derwendolly said:
Try PADDERS 'Marino' slipper/house shoe, UK made. I think they are now discontinued but can be found ' new ' on ebay. They are leather, Moccasin type with a proper, firm sole - not cheap though.
I am now wearing my husband's - three sizes too big for me but as they were hardly worn I just couldn't see them thrown away.

I'll have a look thanks!

Shimsteriom · Feb 24, 2021

Hicap phill said:
Soon be Saturday... then you can.

If the interview doesn't go well tomorrow I will be working on Saturdays

Hicap phill · Feb 24, 2021

Shimsteriom said:
If the interview doesn't go well tomorrow I will be working on Saturdays

Lucky there is 7 days to the week then.

Oh if you become a driver would you have to work more hours & days?

Stanleysteamer · Feb 24, 2021

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That is a very pretty pic.
I was amazed at the history of the place, especially the rivalry between the two branches of the family who then spent so much time and money trying to outdo each other with additions and enlargements to the houses.
Also how a politician tried to get mining done so close to the house as he was an arch-hater of what he saw as the landed gentry.

I then branched out into trying to find the school my mother was evacuated to from Hull during the war. It must have been good as she ended up a doctor after the war and was 17 in 1945. Trouble is I am not really in touch with my extended family. I might ask my bruv if he knows.

Stanleysteamer · Feb 24, 2021

Shimsteriom said:
If the interview doesn't go well tomorrow I will be working on Saturdays

I worked 6 days a week for a long time. A pain but you get used to it. Then I became a teacher and worked all the hours, during term time. Wish I had realised!

Shimsteriom · Feb 24, 2021

Hicap phill said:
Oh if you become a driver would you have to work more hours & days?

No as the wage I'm currently on is sheite and almost any other job would pay betterer with less hours.

Shimsteriom · Feb 24, 2021

Today I have mostly been out in the van doing multi-drops.... urrgghh... what a pain in the arris.

doriz · Feb 24, 2021

Shimsteriom said:
Today I have mostly been out in the van doing multi-drops.... urrgghh... what a pain in the arris.

Multi-drops, why is you doing thems?

derwendolly · Feb 24, 2021

Shimsteriom said:
Today I have mostly been out in the van doing multi-drops.... urrgghh... what a pain in the arris.

I get the feeling that this job is 'out of the frying pan and into the fire' for you.

Shimsteriom · Feb 24, 2021

doriz said:
Multi-drops, why is you doing thems?

Sadly me Island isn't big enough to do long distance deliveries like @Hicap phill and at the cash and carry firm I work at they supply to lots of hotels and shops so the van is filled up with everything needed to deliver to multiple clients.

Shimsteriom · Feb 24, 2021

derwendolly said:
I get the feeling that this job is 'out of the frying pan and into the fire' for you.

You know, you might be on to something there.

doriz · Feb 24, 2021

Shimsteriom said:
Sadly me Island isn't big enough to do long distance deliveries like @Hicap phill and at the cash and carry firm I work at they supply to lots of hotels and shops so the van is filled up with everything needed to deliver to multiple clients.

Sounds like fun to me, least you get to see different stuff and people.

derwendolly · Feb 24, 2021

Shimsteriom said:
You know, you might be on to something there.

just try to be positive ….. for now. I bet you are now spending a lot of time doing an emergency brush-up of interview skills.

Shimsteriom · Feb 24, 2021

derwendolly said:
just try to be positive ….. for now. I bet your are now spending a lot of time doing an emergency brush-up of interview skills.

I'm achully trying to remember how to iron a work shirt for the interview as I've not had to do one for over 4 months.

derwendolly · Feb 24, 2021

doriz said:
Sounds like fun to me, least you get to see different stuff and people.

Fun, but mind-numbing to the brain cells.

The ideal holiday job for a couple of weeks - max.

derwendolly · Feb 24, 2021

Shimsteriom said:
I'm achully trying to remember how to iron a work shirt for the interview as I've not had to do one for over 4 months.

Just do the collar and cuffs, the fronts and the sleeves - no-one will see the back!

Shimsteriom · Feb 24, 2021

derwendolly said:
Just do the collar and cuffs, the fronts and the sleeves - no-one will see the back!

Unless the interview room is sweltering hot and I need to take the jacket off.

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