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Thanks Jo we sure will. :)

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Well done that lad! :nworthy::clap:

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He's certainly a smart one :) :tu:

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Thanks guys! Just hoping all the amateur journalism doesn't get in the way of his studies and wind up costing him. :erm:

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No where to really put this but went to see Book of Mormon yesterday. It's fantastic. I highly recommend it.

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Yes l saw a clip on this a couple of weeks ago and apparently it has been bringing the crowds due to the positive reviews about it.

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In one of the papers today Bieber has said that he will never come back to the UK.

Well I just have this to say

:cleader::cleader::cleader::cleader:

Lets hope he keeps his word.

Note can Jedward do the same :D

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Juliann has just got an interview with Blue Cross Blue Shield in Detroit :)

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Thats great news.

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Fantastic news Cobby. it must be a good feeling knowing what this could mean for your future plans. <<hugs>> and fingers crossed to you both.

With only just leaving will she have to travel back to the States for the interview?

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Good luck to her, you still moving out there?

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Brilliant Cobby, feather in her cap if she gets the job! Good luck!!!!

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Got a phone call today, having my pre-op appointment next week. Twenty to five though, so a late night for me. Pleased it is finally moving on though. Just over a month from seeing GP initially to pre-op appointment. Would still be waiting for an initial consultation on the NHS!

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Thats excellent news Mark and l hope everything goes alright for you.

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Thanks den, am a bit nervous but tbh the benefits after it is keeping me positive about it. Been driving me mad the last few days so a couple more weeks and hopefully all better.

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Good news Mark. Going around the NHS certainly speeds up the process. <hugs>

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Super news. When's the interview?
Anyhow - fingers will be crossed :)


You made the right decision to go private then :)
I hope everything goes smoothly and comfortably.

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It could turn out to be his forte :shrug: :)

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Good luck Mark We will all be thinking of you

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Thanks Jo. She didn't come back with me, she flew to Dubai to lecture on a couple of workshops for Manchester Business School. She gets back to the States next Wednesday and her interview's on Thursday.

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Thanks, only if she gets the job!

Thanks Tinky!

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Thanks Caff. Next Thursday at 13:00 EDT which is currently 4 hours behind us.

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Wait till you have a kidney stone - they use this to examine you*.....;)

*I speak from personal experience....:shocked:

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Does all of it go in?

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Only if the doctor slips.....

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checked my bank account this AM and found 121 quid gone in I did not expect. It had CHD at the end of payment code so called Inland revenue and low and behold I have been award my Child benefit and I can claim tax credits so no bedroom tax possibly even less rent and possibly less council tax to pay. So in the end el gov trying to screw me with bedroom tax has ended up costing them more so lmao if it was not for the bedroom tax I would not have claimed CB

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So the system worked, then - you got what you were entitled to...

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Glad to hear good news about the government for a change

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our church has had no Sunday school for four years. but the vicar asked Natalie and I to start one. so it's the first one tomorrow morning :-)

so a big thumbs up for the first st Mary's children's church :tu:

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What a fantastic vote of confidence in you both. I am sure you will both have a great time. Teaching children is a very special vocation and I am sure you will both excel. :tu:

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that is excellent mate I hope you do not have anyone like Bart in there lol



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xbuFLFfD4k

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Marvellous Dilli, got a feeling there will be more work to this than what there initially appears. I'm sure you and Natalie will be more than capable of making it a complete success, let us know how it goes? Feather in your caps, the Vicar is obviously very impressed with you both!

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Cheers all :tu: :)

I'm quite nervous - but Natalie was a children's minister before she came to the UK so she's ok.

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I am really pleased for you mate you will have a massive extended family now :)

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I certainly do feel that way and it's making me a much less angry person.

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I have such a smile on my face dilli.

I'm sure you and Natalie will be a great asset to the church. All concerned will learn and benefit for life.

'tis good to give and share. :tu:

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Thats wonderful for yourself and your wife dilli and l hope everything goes well for you both in your new venture.:tu:

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Not at work until Wednesday. Lurvly.

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Profitable morning doing a refurb job on this old beast:

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All boards and components stripped out of the case for a clean-up, 61 keys removed and individually cleaned, contacts and springs reseated and memory battery replacement. Good as new after 25 years use. Another one to do this afternoon which is not going to be fun at all though.

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The Sunday school went really well. I feel really fluffy now and Natalie is really happy too :)

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That's wonderful to hear that it went so well for both of you.

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brilliant :)

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Got a letter out of the blue telling me that my step-dad,who passed away last year,was due a massive back-pay from his job and since I'm the sole inheritor it's all mine....
Apparently they'd been looking for me for months but couldn't track me down cause he worked in Germany and I'm over here.

Let's just say that when I saw the amount my eyes almost exploded... :D

£££££.££ this Summer and Christmas will be immense! :D

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Thank you! Haha I've decided to go into hiding lol! :D

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Have a few drinks on him.

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Nice one :tu:

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I think this is the reward that I was given for being with him for the last 3 months of his life,making sure he doesn't have to die alone. It was the least I could do,I have no regrets and I'm just happy I could be there for him,although at times the pain and suffering was unbearable. Lung cancer is such an awful way to go,and he had problems letting go of life.It wasn't easy for him.

I basically let go of the work I was doing at the time,and thought being with him is more important,I have a whole life ahead of me to make money.

Funny how what goes around,comes around. I love Life!! :D

R.I.P Dad :angel:

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What a contrast. I wouldn't look after my step dad like that, in fact (sorry for crudeness here) I wouldn't even spit on him if he was on fire.

It's always galling for me when I see people who get on well with step parents when I cannot stand mine and the only good thing he has done is give me a half sister and half brother who I love.

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Oh,I have had my fair share of issues with him,believe me.There was probably the best part of a decade where we didn't talk much at all. Fact is he's the only 'Dad' I had and he did bring me up and tried to be the best substitute he could be.

I don't think it's easy for either side,but I can more than just relate to your sentiment. :)

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Oops, sorry, Russ! <sheepish>

I just started a Things Going Right Thread, only to have Russ point out that such a thread, i.e. this one, already existed. Oh well.

I just had a USB stick returned to me that I thought I'd lost for good, its contents - various stories, documents and, worst of all, hundreds of irreplaceable photos - consigned to oblivion by whoever found the stick in the library, where I thought I'd lost it, as they'd surely clear it for their own use.

Instead, I apparently lost it near a primary school, where the kids found it and handed it in! All the stuff I thought I'd lost forever is now safe and backed up to another stick! Yay! :D

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Mine would have to be, after 12 yrs of living on my own my girlfriend and I are just starting our 2nd month of living together, surprisingly everything is damn groovey :)

I have had a good few relationships in the past 12yrs, one even lasting 6yrs but no one has ever floated my boat enough to make the jump.

Anyway, go me for finally finding my last ever first kiss..

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Our little man has discovered how to smile and in the process has made the whole family smile with him.

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Excellent :)

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That lovely jo.:tu:

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That's lovely, jo. :).

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I've managed to get two Wimbledon Tickets for the Men's Quarter Final stage in the official Wimbledon Ballot. :)

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That's great news Damien.:tu:

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Glad you got your stuff back.

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Good luck :tu:

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Bless him, he looks like a cheeky chappy

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Great news, one each then :D

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He's a little cracker Jo you must be so proud of him. :)

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My happy thought, just noticed our tomato seeds (Moneymaker) are starting to grow. :)

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apparently there is a hole in my foot you can see bone through. what's really cool though I'd that I've got a bright orange tango cast on :-)

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Bit of a drastic way to ensure you got Tangoed. (or should that have read Tango'd ... where is Russ when you need him for grammatical clarification.:D)

Sounds nasty dilli, how long are they predicting this time?

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urban dictionary says Tangoed

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the advert says Tango'd



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8nQyPNuA5I

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Wow that sounds rough. I ain't got a clue to what you're going through but anything to do with feet tends to be a lot more painful than anywhere else.

Hope you get something sorted you can't carry on like that for sure.

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Causing some mirth on one of my FF accounts this morning as I am currently trying to get to gripes, I mean grips, with text-speak because I realised that I come across as a right grumpy old lady when I criticise my younger relative's habit of using the dang txtspk when they talk to me on the family Facebook.

So would that be Tng'd and what the heck does CSL mean, should I be taking a stick to the young uns? :D

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Something to do with sofas I think.

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only a month or two, so not too bad.

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Well done to you both! :tu:



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Know the feeling. Planted ours (Harzfeuer) in a heated seed tray at the weekend so can't wait to see them sprouting. Spring is here, well almost... :erm: :)

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We know where you are! :beer: ;)

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Gorgeous! :)

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Best of luck with that. Sounds horrible but you have a great attitude and a terrific wife to help you through.

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Oh, nearly forgot to report that Mrs Osem did her first karate grading on Monday evening and passed with Distinction so I now have a red belt wife and a black belt son. :)

Actually she did really well because very few students achieve the top grade in their first grading. Osem Jnr only got a Merit in his but he's since taken the opportunity to remind us that he achieved Distinctions in all his subsequent gradings up to 1st Dan so mum still has a lot to live up to.

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CSL is rude

or just "can't stop laughing" lol

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YOLO

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but not very long if you follow that philosophy...;)

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CYA

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If you only live once you're surely going to take less risks. I would skydive but this is the only life I get so nuts to that.

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:erm: :tiptoe:

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Oh the little monkeys. I had better be the latter but knowing them they will have used it because it could have a second meaning. Time to get even methinks. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/03/11.gif

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The disabled shower adaption job has now just been finished and it looks wonderful compared to what we had before.:)

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Yeah,but you only live once.... ;)

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Bored so I thought I'd get the neighbours worried - wonder how long it takes them to mention it this time :)

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Problem is some of your neighbours are actually zombies :)

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see, now I'm waiting for a visit from the men in black to sort me out for giving away secrets.

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Dilli we have come here to terminate you.:sniper::sniper::sniper: ;)

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Hmm vampires or cannabis farmers

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I'm sitting here in the comfort of my own home mucking about on my lappy, outside the wind is howling and the rain is lashing against the window. What must it be like to be homeless on a night like this? I've got a lot to be thankful for.

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I had a terrible winter once when I was classed as homeless but luckily I had a caravan to doss in. It was so cold the damp in my bed froze overnight and I would wake up curled in a ball in the middle lol

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Hard to imagine Tizme we should count our blessing that we have not to suffer so much as other poor souls.

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There but for the grace of God or more likely family members go all of us, it really doesn't take much to end up on the streets.

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I was lucky I had the tin box to live in and a bucket to toilet in lol its made me appreciate heating and I value the house I live in

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Perhaps sometimes we take too much for granted Daddy, we have an easy life now compared to many in this world.

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But strangely Heeero we still find things to moan about.

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you toughen up to it. In days gone by if the room was cold you put a jumper on if it was still cold you say in your coat. Central heating makes you soft . You can survive perfectly well in the most part at 10% but I bet a lot of you are up at 20.I got my heating on 15 degrees and I have had to take my hoodie off and im sat in a tshirt

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Indeed we do have a lot to be thankful for Tinky and some of us just don't realise it as my sister works for the Salvation Army in London and she has seen a big increase in people out on the streets homeless in the past few years and although they do their best they cannot help everyone given the finances they have at their disposal.

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lol agreed :)

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Saw the consultant today, op booked for April 17th. Because of the diabetes, a normal one day procedure will see me stay for one or two nights. Hospital I'm going to give you your own room, a TV, WiFi access and meals.

Got to go for a pre admission appointment, where they will swab me for MRSA and the like and to meet the surgical team.

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I would not want to meet them. What if you take an instant disliking to one or more of them. No way would I want to go through it then lol

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I would take that risk. I've been suffering for the last couple of years so hopefully in a month's time no more irritation down there.

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I'm sure you'll just be glad to get it over and done with Mark, and the 17th April is not too far off. Good luck with the op!:tu::hugs:

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She's just heard she's got the job! :)

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Absolutely fantastic news Cobby. I bet you are both over the moon. :D

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That's great news Cobby.:tu:

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Thanks! Just beginning to think about all the work involved in moving. Between us we've got quite a bit of stuff...

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You deserve it for your the good you done for him.;)

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So you will be leaving these green and pleasant lands (well what's left of 'em) :D

So very pleased for you both.

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Yes, but don't know when. Lots of planning to do...

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Ah well, a good raking out of 'no good to me any more', a skip or two, and DO NOT THROW OUT HER STUff! :)

Ask your good wife back for a final decision on items.
It's easy once you get started.

Pickfords might be a good way to start for removal and storage.They've done it before and will do it again.

In the meantime feel free to send all your music to me for safe-keeping... ;)