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I still occasionally spell out a word using Letterland

Preciousssss

Keepsies

ooh I didn't click that your name may be shortened! You live and learn

Shortened by my friend who suggested my cooking skills were like Ria from Butterflies, but if you're in your 30s you might not know the programme. Pronouced the same as Ria not Ray!

I wasnt allowed to do typing class, despite my mom kicking up a stink about it. Apparently at my school and I quote the head of upper school " Typing classes are for the children who need help with their English, Andrea is doing O Level so she wont be able to do it". So, no O level English typists from my school then! :huh:

I agree Sue, I accepted punishments when I was little because I knew I deserved them. I dont remember ever feeling the punishment was wrong, defiant maybe and went to bed whispering into the dark how much I hated my mom, but I knew she was right really. School punishments were accepted too. If you're going to break things, mess about, wag lessons or get caught smoking in the loo's you have to accept the punishment. (Or wag it again so you miss it :rolleyes: )

I used to tell my lads 'You know whats right and wrong, do the wrong thing and if you get caught you have to face the consequences so dont come running home crying about it'.

While I do wonder what my princess understands, I know she doesnt hear 'blah', she's far more intelligent than a smelly dog anyway.

I'm hiding from the dog lovers now

age

I've just had a bonfire. When I came in the house one of the cats was waiting to go out, so I opened the door and said 'be careful down the garden, I've had a fire'.

I shut the door and as so often happens, realised she wont understand a word of it.

I do it to the ferrets too 'why have you pooed there?' 'Now you've spilt the water 'I think I said NO!'.

Are we nuts or is it likely to be the best conversation we'll have some days?

just playing

http://nosuchthingasbadweather.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/outdoor-play-party-bringing-parents.html

I cant find the one you mean Mouse, but this might help with parents Chatterbox.

Amsterdam

How about you tell all the staff you're feeling a bit jaded and give them all ownership of a room or a big aspect of it and tell them to do what they want with it. Ask them all to find one thing they would love to do that you dont do regularly or have never tried.

Although I did something similar many years ago and we had no boxes for the box topic and no dough!! :angry:

I remember doing a test when I was in the St JohnsAmbulance Cadets, I was nervous and was absolutely certain I didnt know the answers, but after we'd written them down we marked our own, so no-one knew what each had written. I was amazed that I'd done really well, I just lacked the confidence to believe I would.

Could you devise a questionnaire for all staff which is seen only by the individual? Things like 'what would you do if...' 'Whats the procedure for...?' If staff want to share their results they can but make sure they know they dont have to. Make it fun and quietly ask if she was happy with her answers, build her up slowly with small tasks, back to basics for a few weeks but I think I'd tell her that much as you'd like to keep her, running a business means you might not be able to if you cant rely on her to run a room or take over if staff are called away or off sick.

I really feel for her, hope you manage to find a way to help her :1b

More than a generation? Hubby's 50 this year and I know he had the cane more than once at our secondary school. Girls were given the slipper, My mom used to flick us (me) with the tea towel, chuck the dish cloth at us and once even threatened us with a garden cane! I also remember a few slaps, but I absolutely know why, I wasnt always golden you know :rolleyes:

And that was the stuff she found out about

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Mmmm, maybe I'll hold off on room 101a then, blast. He always wriggles out of it, even when he knows nothing about it.

EY wages

Hubby ordered it and I've no idea where from!

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Why cant people just do their jobs properly? Not much to ask is it?

I would like to nominate the company who made/packaged my new vacuum to go into room 101, for not including the screws that are needed to secure the handle in place!!!

Its just been delievered, I shouldnt be excited but I am, the carpets havent been touched since last Thursday and with 3 cats, 3 ferrets and two men in the house, its not a good look and now I cant bl***y use it!!! :angry: :angry:

I'm really cross :angry:

Honey nut

russia

My friends dad committed suicide when we were about 14, a friend found her son dead in his room after enjoying a family meal with friends, recently I met a woman who's friend jumped off the top of a multi storey car park. I think the message I got from these is that the people left behind have a great deal of guilt 'why didnt I notice something was wrong?'. More recently my best friend made two attempts the first of which was foiled when her daughter dropped in out of the blue.

The family will be full of questions which most likely will never be answered. Its a tragic waste of a life but the sucide honesty thinks they are doing the right thing. My friend didnt give any thought to her children and family, she said the depression that got hold of her was very selfish and didnt allow thoughts of other people to enter, she'd cut contact with me two years previously, she just drifted out of my life and being busy I didnt notice for a long time.

If I were you, I'd go round, I can imagine mom needing to ask the same questions of everyone repeatedly.

I have to agree with joannelouise, I've smacked mine when 'no' or 'stop' just didn't work, funnily enough the naughty one was rarely smacked but smacking his toy rabbit worked a treat. These days I'm not sure if I would smack, I rather like to think not.

One story about youths attacking an adult and we all stopped challenging their behaviour. We backed off and allowed them to disrespect us, I don't think it was just being soft on them, it was the whole community turning away from them. I used to be scared of any adult if I knew I was doing something wrong, these days no-one worries.

Its a subject I wouldn't want to debate without a lot of thought. People have very definite thoughts on it, which while not always right, are strong. Its only really one generation since smacking began to be frowned upon and like smoking or drink driving, its not something that will stop overnight.

Firm