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Nope. 'Big Clobber'

First of all, support for Debs. You don't deserve to be treated like that. Secondly, support for Rick. He's making light of it (relatively) but it must be stressful. Thirdly - deliveries. I ordered some shirts from one of those companies that sell stuff for the >ahem< larger gentleman. Subsequently I get an email saying that my goods will be delivered between 12:34 and 13:34, yesterday. At 12:33 I hear a gentle tapping on the door, followed by the doorbell, then more tapping. On the doorstep is the deliveryman, who asks my name and offers me the parcel. Then he says "Oh" and takes it back. "I'll have to wait a minute before I give it to you". One minute later the doorbell goes and he gives me the parcel. Now that's a bit funny, even silly, but of course he's on a contract that says that if he doesn't deliver in the stated window he either loses money or even gets fined. So if he's running early he has to stop and wait... What have we come to?

When I did my first aid training we were told that the resus dummy was modelled after the daughter of the inventor who had tragically drowned. He developed the dummy to try to ensure that in future the victims would have at least chance, but Wiki gives a different story: Resusci Anne, also known as Rescue Anne, Resusci Annie or CPR Annie, is a model of training manikin used for teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to both emergency workers and members of the general public. Resusci Anne was developed by the Norwegian toy maker Asmund Laerdal and the Austrian-Czech physician Peter Safar and American physician James Elam, and is produced by the company Laerdal Medical. The distinctive face of Resusci Anne was based on L'Inconnue de la Seine, the death mask of an unidentified young woman reputedly drowned in the River Seine around the late 1880s I thought that the quotedarticle, if true, spoke to US sensibilities. I would imagine that most people, faced with a non-breathing casualty, wouldn't worry too much about gender. Or at least I would hope not.

Would love to see you at Tolworth, Bob, but Remembrance intervenes.

Aren't jokes supposed to contain some element of humour? Could you explain this one to me as I seem to be missing something?

Thoughts are with you, Debs.

Happy Birthday, Dom! And praise or soul ointment to others. Today we drove across France to Normandy. We had not realised that today is National Drive Like A Connard Day. Appalling traffic and poor skills, many lorries overtaking lorries and we got hit by 2 stones from a quarry truck which means another new windscreen... But now ensconced, woodburner burning wood, fridge full. It is starting to feel more like home than England...

My heart goes out to Debs and her passepartout.

https://www.bradford.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/1022 Just sayin'...

Wants severely punishing for apostrophe abuse as well.

Congratulations, Andy!

Nice response to findings of brain damage.

It never rains... Yesterday was a bad day in the family - the couple went to mediation, and it seems he's unhinged. He's off visiting his new woman in hospital, she comes first now. His demands and expectations are unreal. Yesterday I learned that the Head of the school I'm a governor at lost her brother last week - he was only in his thirties. Then today I learned that one of my closest colleagues at school died suddenly over the weekend. He was a great craftsman and teacher, and younger than me. I'm having a bit of trouble sleeping, and I've several jobs to do that I just can't motivate myself to do. I think I may run away...

Kings Cross, some time in the 80's. They're taking an interest, and he's taking notes.

Well done, you win, etc, etc. Plastic matrix equals plastic pitch. Fine.

Nope. Post was racist. Offence was given. And please don’t lecture me on the French Language.

The last plastic pitch in the English Football League (Preston NE) was removed in 1994...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy All NFL players tested were affected.

Really? Why is it acceptable to be racist on this thread?

I'm afraid it disturbed mine. Seriously...

Congratulate her please!

Morning all. Congratulations and good luck to the Andies. Up early to go and get Daisy and breakfast her, then take her to school. Mum has an 8:30 meeting in Central London. Had to take Daisy to her dance group last evening as son’s girlfriend was ill, and he stayed with her. Incandescence all round. He’s been told not to come to Daisy’s birthday lunch, but he can see her straight after at ours. Superficially, she’s keeping well, but who knows? Have a good day, all. Speak later.

We have that tea. It'd been a bit better today - we picked Rose up at 8am and she's staying over tonight. Mum was holding it together and Daisy was full of her camp at Marchant's Hill. Tomorrow we are picking Daisy up at 7am and taking her to school and Rose to nursery and then the pickups. No sign of son. Julie had sharp words with him on the phone last night and we haven't seen or heard from him since. Presumably he's at Other Woman's. No idea if he's coming back here this evening, and whether or not he'll put Rose to bed. I rather doubt it. We've had a nice day with Rose - she was learning scissors this morning, and decorating a big letter 'R' for her room this afternoon. Some Peppa Pig was watched. At the moment she's doing stories and songs with Julie. I've still no real idea of where all this is heading. We are trying to stop son spoiling Daisy's birthday lunch - if he goes it looks like no-one else will - and that's what he's having a strop about. I really wish he would go so that we can all start rebuilding. Many thanks for the kind words and thoughts. It does make a difference, and is greatly appreciated. >coded message< Boiler, if you read this, plz respond.

Yes, Neil it is. I've spent the afternoon so far with d-i-l and youngest (Rose) who keeps asking why her mother is so sad and won't leave her side. I've done my best to explain that having your mother in law living with you and telling you on a daily basis that you're useless (all men are, apparently) might cause some tension, especially when you ask your wife for some support and she takes her mother's side. And that if kids are misbehaving it's best to look for the reason, not simply punish them by taking away their access to the outside world... Apparently he was wrong not to find a full-time job, but at the same time he had to look after Rose two full days a week and take and collect the girls from school. I've been honest (tends to be my USP) and now I await consequences.

Oh . D-i-L has discovered that son is seeing someone else. She's in bits, I'm just off on a rescue mission and to pick up Rose so that D-i-L doesn't have to see him. I really don't have any answers for this mess.