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sunshine and showers

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Idiots and festivals are hard to separate! Could be worth putting up some articles about cultural appropriation yourself...

He just said that I have to promise not to say anything because he is going there to relax, not be on edge. Like, ffs. You are not the boss of me.

IvyTheTerrible

Tell him you'll go in blackface. When he objects, check mate.

sunshine and showers

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Tell him you'll go in blackface. When he objects, check mate.

He said "they don't mean any harm" to which I countered "neither did gollywogs".

Your move is next! :pac:

DancingDaisy

I'm about to attend the oddest dinner of my life, and probably one of the funnest!

sullivlo

DancingDaisy wrote: »

I'm about to attend the oddest dinner of my life, and probably one of the funnest!

Do tell!

I love odd dinner stories.

DancingDaisy

I was correct on both odd and wonderful. I just had dinner with a guy Im dating, and a girl we're both dating, and a guy she's dating, and three other friends, who are all dating each other.

It was a lot of giggling and fun, but also my first time in that kind of scenario where Im actually part of a dynamic 🙈. Definitely my funnest dinner in ages 🙂

RacoonQueen

Ladies, you're all awesome. Anyone have tips for getting bleach stains out of a (green) tshirt

I had literally worn it twice when it got stained and it was not cheap..so been sitting in the wardrobe for 3 months or so now making me feel sad

sullivlo

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Ladies, you're all awesome. Anyone have tips for getting bleach stains out of a (green) tshirt

I had literally worn it twice when it got stained and it was not cheap..so been sitting in the wardrobe for 3 months or so now making me feel sad

Add a few more splashes and make it a feature?

DancingDaisy

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Ladies, you're all awesome. Anyone have tips for getting bleach stains out of a (green) tshirt

I had literally worn it twice when it got stained and it was not cheap..so been sitting in the wardrobe for 3 months or so now making me feel sad

My instinct was to suggest colouring it in... I don't think I'm much help in this case!

RacoonQueen

DancingDaisy wrote: »

My instinct was to suggest colouring it in... I don't think I'm much help in this case!

When I googled it - there was a suggestion for that. Using permanent or material markers. It's an odd colour green though so would say you'd struggle to get a match.
I've seen suggestions of dabbing vodka on as that will spread the colour from surrounding fabric...but as a non vodka drinker that seems like an expensive way to fix a t-shirt
Suggestion of white vinegar there as well to bleed the surrounding colour onto the stains might try that one. The black permanent marker thing would likely work well on black clothing I'd say.

DancingDaisy

Be careful bleedimg it, cos that will just leave it even patchier!

Dear god I want to go home now! The sheer amount of work I have to do just hit me like a tonne of bricks! Way too many projects up in the air at the moment. Tuesday date night is the only thing stopping me from bolting for the door!

rainbow kirby

4 hours sleep last night because it was too fecking hot in my room. Can I crawl under my desk now and have a nap, pretty please?

DancingDaisy

rainbow kirby wrote: »

4 hours sleep last night because it was too fecking hot in my room. Can I crawl under my desk now and have a nap, pretty please?

I say yes... bring a pillow, a duvet and the phone. Be grand.

DancingDaisy

I justvwanna go home and sleep and pretend that i don't have a mountain of actual work. Instead I've volunteered to cook a girls night dinner And Ive a doctors appointment at 7.15am.... this makes me incredibly stupid.

DancingDaisy

It now looks a lot like I'm just spamming myself and the thread! But it's Friday... we survived the weekend, I'm caffeinated and have slept for all the hours, and Cotton Eyed Joe just came on on my Spotify Playlist.

How are all the other Loungers doing this Friday? Anything fun planned for the weekend?

sammyjo90

I have diddly squat planned for this weekend, no boyf/no friends around for the first weekend in ages. i'm going to sleep in, possibly clean the house and force myself to go back to the gym.

rainbow kirby

On the Eurostar to Brussels at the moment, Diamond League athletics this evening and meeting up with old college friends on Sunday

robyntmorton

I know not of these "plans" things of which you speak.

Seriously, my life is so boring and dull there is very little to say about it. The most exciting thing I've done all week is go to a spinning class for the first time. It went well, until I lost a pedal during a sprint and found it a second later... buried in my calf. Hello excuse to buy more cycling gear.

I wish I had a more exciting, or even normal life (what is normal anyway?) but c'est la vie.

DancingDaisy

Exciting is as exciting does. This time last year, the most exciting thing I did on a weekly basis was have an argument or watch a tv show. Now I see people and do stuff in the evenings.

I sometimes do cancel with anxiety, but it's gotten so much better!

Mars Bar

I'm getting my **** together because I'm moving to kuwait to start a new job next week!

DancingDaisy

Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm getting my **** together because I'm moving to kuwait to start a new job next week!

That sounds incredibly exciting!! Have you worked abroad before? Are you not ****ting it!?!

robyntmorton

Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm getting my **** together because I'm moving to kuwait to start a new job next week!

Oooh! Sounds exciting!

Mars Bar

DancingDaisy wrote: »

That sounds incredibly exciting!! Have you worked abroad before? Are you not ****ting it!?!

I worked for 7 weeks abroad but that's it. This is new and exciting and absolutely terrifying! It's going to be a huge culture change and the weather is unbelievably hot but I'm working with all westerners so they'll help me get my bearings.
It's created quite the buzz for some reason. The local newspaper is doing a piece on it!

robyntmorton wrote: »

Oooh! Sounds exciting!

It is!!

DancingDaisy

Ive just had to rejig my whole evening 🙈 My date has food poisoning, so its back to the drawing board for tonight and tomorrow!

sullivlo

I'm in college tomorrow

I'm having a lie in on Sunday, and I'm going out on my bike on Sunday afternoon. And Sunday evening will be spent correcting homework and planning lessons for Monday, and starting the process all over again! Nobody mentioned actually correcting the homework after setting it!!!

But I'm exhausted. But

Mars bar - any room in your case?

Mars Bar

Plenty of space!

IvyTheTerrible

sullivlo wrote: »

I'm in college tomorrow

I'm having a lie in on Sunday, and I'm going out on my bike on Sunday afternoon. And Sunday evening will be spent correcting homework and planning lessons for Monday, and starting the process all over again! Nobody mentioned actually correcting the homework after setting it!!!

But I'm exhausted. But

Mars bar - any room in your case?

Loadsa work isn't it!
The teachers went back to school yesterday, I found it pretty tiring because I am in my new school so lots of information to absorb.
I was made class mistress of a class of first years so I have to pretend I know all about the school!
I have a very nice timetable and my own classroom so I am happy with that.

sullivlo

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Loadsa work isn't it!
The teachers went back to school yesterday, I found it pretty tiring because I am in my new school so lots of information to absorb.
I was made class mistress of a class of first years so I have to pretend I know all about the school!
I have a very nice timetable and my own classroom so I am happy with that.

An unbelievable amount of work. I set homework and then had to correct it after collecting it

But it's all good so far. Enjoying it.

IvyTheTerrible

sullivlo wrote: »

An unbelievable amount of work. I set homework and then had to correct it after collecting it

But it's all good so far. Enjoying it.

If you can read French, you might appreciate this: https://edukactus.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/pre-rentree-un-professeur-debutant-choque-dapprendre-quil-pourrait-avoir-des-eleves/

sullivlo

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

If you can read French, you might appreciate this: https://edukactus.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/pre-rentree-un-professeur-debutant-choque-dapprendre-quil-pourrait-avoir-des-eleves/

I reckon after a few months of teaching I will have enough stories to entertain anyone at any dinner party. Teenagers are absolutely hilarious.

DancingDaisy

sullivlo wrote: »

I reckon after a few months of teaching I will have enough stories to entertain anyone at any dinner party. Teenagers are absolutely hilarious.

That means you'll regale us with them... right?

RacoonQueen

Received my car insurance renewal quote and nearly hit the floor as I'd checked my companies website for quotes recently. So, went to companies website and retrieved a quote with EXACT same details as what they have printed on my renewal quote. As a new customer I can get fully comp cheaper than the third party fire and theft renewal quote they have sent me (as a customer of 6 years)
They have quoted me nearly a grand for 3rd party.
As a new customer, with same details I can get fully comp for €260 less than the 3rd party quote they have sent me.
And, 3rd party for €500 less than what they've quoted me.

Did I mention this is the SAME COMPANY? :rolleyes:

Added my mum as a named driver and it comes down even more (as a new customer)

DancingDaisy

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Received my car insurance renewal quote and nearly hit the floor as I'd checked my companies website for quotes recently. So, went to companies website and retrieved a quote with EXACT same details as what they have printed on my renewal quote. As a new customer I can get fully comp cheaper than the third party fire and theft renewal quote they have sent me (as a customer of 6 years)
They have quoted me nearly a grand for 3rd party.
As a new customer, with same details I can get fully comp for €260 less than the 3rd party quote they have sent me.
And, 3rd party for €500 less than what they've quoted me.

Did I mention this is the SAME COMPANY? :rolleyes:

Added my mum as a named driver and it comes down even more (as a new customer)

Oh wow! Please tell me you called them?!? What was the response?

I've had the weirdest weekend ever. Polyamoury is a really strange mix of emotions sometimes.

RacoonQueen

Going to call them tomorrow.

They also appear to be firing ahead with charging me €30 to change my address on my policy for the last month of my policy. :rolleyes: Customer retention skills don't appear to be great.

DancingDaisy

Wow... insurance companies seem to have gone completely nuts this time around!

sunshine and showers

Should you tell a family member that they are spelling their newborn's name wrong...? It's not a new innovative spelling of it, it's just wrong. They're putting the fada backwards.

XxMCRxBabyxX

sunshine and showers wrote: »

Should you tell a family member that they are spelling their newborn's name wrong...? It's not a new innovative spelling of it, it's just wrong. They're putting the fada backwards.

If it's an Irish name then I would.

What drives me mad is people putting fadas where they don't belong and vice versa

rainbow kirby

My cousin did that... her daughter's name is spelt Brógán, but the fadas aren't pronounced at all. She was born in the UK and had her daughter in the US and wanted to "honour her Irish heritage".

sunshine and showers

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

If it's an Irish name then I would.

What drives me mad is people putting fadas where they don't belong and vice versa

It is an Irish name. I have a fada myself, so it really bugs me that it's wrong!

sullivlo

sunshine and showers wrote: »

Should you tell a family member that they are spelling their newborn's name wrong...? It's not a new innovative spelling of it, it's just wrong. They're putting the fada backwards.

I'd tell them that the fada is backwards. It's up to them then.

robyntmorton

*sigh* The joys of knowing I have a doctor's appointment about my blood pressure in a week.

The monitoring I have to do for it has shown an increase in my blood pressure knowing that I have an appointment soon.

Monitoring it when I am not close to an appointment shows that is is (for me) relatively normal.

robyntmorton

robyntmorton wrote: »

*sigh* The joys of knowing I have a doctor's appointment about my blood pressure in a week.

The monitoring I have to do for it has shown an increase in my blood pressure knowing that I have an appointment soon.

Monitoring it when I am not close to an appointment shows that is is (for me) relatively normal.

I got mine done when I was in the sleep doc's place and it was higher than usual because I was so freaked out. Got it done a while later still freaked out. It's always always normal!!
It's an awful cycle.

robyntmorton

Well I know I suffer a little from white coat syndrome, but I didn't think it would affect me a week away. I'll just keep monitoring it, and hope they decide it's normal enough to take me off some of the medication.

(It's better than normal after I get out of the pool. Maybe I should just live in the water.)

sullivlo

robyntmorton wrote: »

*sigh* The joys of knowing I have a doctor's appointment about my blood pressure in a week.

The monitoring I have to do for it has shown an increase in my blood pressure knowing that I have an appointment soon.

Monitoring it when I am not close to an appointment shows that is is (for me) relatively normal.

My blood pressure is grand. Usually runs at 110/70. Whenever a nurse takes it, or one of the doctors I see takes it, it's always fine. But when my own GP takes it it's always over 140 the first twice she takes it. White coat fever is certainly a thing.

robyntmorton

Also, looking to get a new passport. Can't renew online, as I'm an awkward case (change of name, change of gender - just getting the Garda to sign the form was fun). Can't passport express it, as I have no clue what info they need to go with it. Go to book an appointment with the passport office - and they say they need printed proof of booked travel at time of appointment.

I can't give you proof of booked travel as I have no travel booked. I can't book travel, as I have no idea if you will give me a passport or not.

*internal screaming*

robyntmorton

sullivlo wrote: »

My blood pressure is grand. Usually runs at 110/70. Whenever a nurse takes it, or one of the doctors I see takes it, it's always fine. But when my own GP takes it it's always over 140 the first twice she takes it. White coat fever is certainly a thing.

It certainly is a thing! Mine is just high though. Scrolling back through the records on my phone, I've many of xxx/95+, and one or two where I've gone xxx/100.

My kidneys aren't great anyway!

sullivlo

robyntmorton wrote: »

It certainly is a thing! Mine is just high though. Scrolling back through the records on my phone, I've many of xxx/95+, and one or two where I've gone xxx/100.

My kidneys aren't great anyway!

I'm the worst biologist ever. I don't really understand that whole blood pressure thing, beyond the obvious.

robyntmorton

I'm not a biologist. All I know is high=bad normal=good low=bad, and that high blood pressure can end with it finding a weakness somewhere in a blood vessel and going through it. That tends to not end well.

Mars Bar

robyntmorton wrote: »

Also, looking to get a new passport. Can't renew online, as I'm an awkward case (change of name, change of gender - just getting the Garda to sign the form was fun). Can't passport express it, as I have no clue what info they need to go with it. Go to book an appointment with the passport office - and they say they need printed proof of booked travel at time of appointment.

I can't give you proof of booked travel as I have no travel booked. I can't book travel, as I have no idea if you will give me a passport or not.

*internal screaming*

Just the mention of transgender there but Holy **** i now understand how awful the whole public toilet thing is since I came to kuwait. I have short hair and the work uniform (sports gear) doesn't help but I've been stopped 4 times in my first week and told to go to the men's by bathroom porters. It's so upsetting!

rainbow kirby

robyntmorton wrote: »

I can't book travel, as I have no idea if you will give me a passport or not.

*internal screaming*

If you can spare around 20 quid, book a one way flight on a Tuesday at stupid AM to somewhere in the UK and use that?