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« Reply #255 on: 13:45:13, 11-03-2007 » |
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Kitty,
If she wants all that then she needs to do something for you.
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« Reply #256 on: 13:49:34, 11-03-2007 » |
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This is really good suggestion. John W.
This is hard, Kitty. I have a feeling you are handling it well. The situation catch 22.
I have Early music show now and it helps me relax. The only thing is possible sometimes is to make yourself happy.
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« Reply #257 on: 14:11:05, 11-03-2007 » |
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Kitty,
If she wants all that then she needs to do something for you.
I wish. The mere suggestion is met with scorn and abuse. At some point I am just going to pull the plug. |
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« Reply #258 on: 14:13:00, 11-03-2007 » |
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"At some point I am just going to pull the plug." ...and cut off the gas, I would suggest!  |
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« Reply #259 on: 14:16:44, 11-03-2007 » |
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Go for it Kitty, they need to grow up and learn that adults are not there for their use without any contribution back.
Tell them to go and find a place of their own or contribute something to the running of the house.
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« Reply #260 on: 14:38:01, 11-03-2007 » |
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I have to say I try to be nice, but it often ends up with me burned out.
I saw once how black birds are running away from their off spring still begging for food. Did anybody see that?
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« Reply #261 on: 14:48:37, 11-03-2007 » |
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My parents have just offered to pay for me to get all the pads replaced on my clarinet while I'm a bit short on cash.
I'm obviously very grateful and will repay them by answering all of their computer queries (and upgrading things on my sister's PC) when I go and visit them.
I try not to be one of those blackbirds.
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'is this all we can do?' anonymous student of the University of Berkeley, California quoted in H. Draper, 'The new student revolt' (New York: Grove Press, 1965) http://www.myspace.com/itensemble |
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« Reply #262 on: 14:52:42, 11-03-2007 » |
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I don't think you are like that hh. It is good when parents can help. I think they should. And I think you repay them with your affection and other things. You are special. We are talking about some other kind.
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« Reply #263 on: 21:34:57, 11-03-2007 » |
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Ho! May I suggest that you try this method of easing your tensions after a good rant. It really works.
Just sit back, relax, feel the tension leave your body ... picture yourself near a stream. Birds are chirping in the crisp, cool mountain air. Butterflies waft in the breeze. Leaves rustle. Nothing can bother you here. Nobody knows this secret place. You are in complete seclusion from that place called 'the world'. The soothing sound of a gentle waterfall fills the air with a cascade of serenity. The water is clear.
You can easily make out the face of the person whose head you are holding under the water.
There now........ don't you feel better?
Cheers.
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Ho! I may be old yet I am still lusty
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« Reply #264 on: 22:03:00, 11-03-2007 » |
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Thank you Soundwave. That helps lots. A friend of mine used to say "Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies."
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« Reply #265 on: 22:34:37, 11-03-2007 » |
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Ho! May I suggest that you try this method of easing your tensions after a good rant. It really works.
Just sit back, relax, feel the tension leave your body ... picture yourself near a stream. Birds are chirping in the crisp, cool mountain air. Butterflies waft in the breeze. Leaves rustle. Nothing can bother you here. Nobody knows this secret place. You are in complete seclusion from that place called 'the world'. The soothing sound of a gentle waterfall fills the air with a cascade of serenity. The water is clear.
You can easily make out the face of the person whose head you are holding under the water.
There now........ don't you feel better?
Cheers.
S'wave, I know that therapy course! You left out one important detail. Your left hand holds the person's head underwater; your right hand reaches for the malt!   |
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« Reply #266 on: 11:05:56, 12-03-2007 » |
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Ho Martle (not Turtle). That is a splendid improvement that I shall include in any future use of this therapy. Cheers.  |
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« Reply #267 on: 14:25:00, 12-03-2007 » |
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I have a rant about John Lewis. I am trying to buy a bed, not nearly as simple as one might think. It's got to fit. It's got to go up the (very awkwardly shaped) stairs. I have to get rid of the old one before I get the new one. I have to have enough beds at any given time for visiting "children" etc to sleep in.
John Lewis used to have a "measuring visit" service. No longer. They will only measure for sofas. Thye used to remove the old bed. No longer. It's against Health and Safety regs. apparently. Moreover all the people on the end of their phones appear to have very little clue about anything.
And worst of all, if the new bed won't go up the stairs - much harder for me to judge than whether it will fit into the room (I know it'll do that) - they charge me one fifth of the price to take it away again! I may as well go to the Cheap and Nasty all-year-round-bed-sale place.
I'm rapidly turning into Margo from The Good Life.
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« Reply #268 on: 14:47:26, 12-03-2007 » |
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I know it is probably not what you want , but why not go for futons, or portable spare beds, or sofa beds, they are pretty good for casual use and would fit up your stairs I would imagine. Do you have an Ikea nearby? they have lots of this sort of thing. Or a mattress on the floor ??  A |
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« Reply #269 on: 14:56:38, 12-03-2007 » |
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I have a rant about John Lewis. I am trying to buy a bed, not nearly as simple as one might think. It's got to fit. It's got to go up the (very awkwardly shaped) stairs. I have to get rid of the old one before I get the new one. I have to have enough beds at any given time for visiting "children" etc to sleep in.
John Lewis used to have a "measuring visit" service. No longer. They will only measure for sofas. Thye used to remove the old bed. No longer. It's against Health and Safety regs. apparently. Moreover all the people on the end of their phones appear to have very little clue about anything.
And worst of all, if the new bed won't go up the stairs - much harder for me to judge than whether it will fit into the room (I know it'll do that) - they charge me one fifth of the price to take it away again! I may as well go to the Cheap and Nasty all-year-round-bed-sale place.
I'm rapidly turning into Margo from The Good Life.
Mary, Probably not health and safety regs but the fact that they now have either to pay to dispose of it (via Landfill Tax) or to recycle it. Can't really see how the health and safety implications of getting the old bed down the stairs are any different from those of getting the new bed up the stairs .... (I know this probably doesn't help) |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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