UK B!tches Unite!

[Krikit 1,164]

Here's my ###### for the day. When we came back in to see dad after he stopped breathing (They called a code blue on him!!), I heard one of the rapid response guys say to the respiratory tech who had been taking care of him all day "C.Y.A." as he walked away after a conversation held in explanatory tones.

It could be that he was just reminding the respiratory tech to make sure he/she does a thorough job in order to avoid any complications. That's how I read it, anyway. Sorry you and your Dad had that scare.

+1 to Pooky.

[Gemmie 142]

I know I've mentioned this before, but I wish people from my hometown would understand that it's not normal to leave high-school, have a few kids, get government/council housing, and then live on welfare. I'm not exaggerating, every single female I know from my school are doing this, except a few that went to college (I know of 3).

Just a rant, sorry if I offended anyone. I know some people genuinely need welfare.

[Krikit 1,164]

You haven't offended me!

I think to those who do that it must seem "normal". Especially if that's what everyone else is doing. Funny (not haha) how someone would get caught in that mindset.

[Gemmie 142]

Definitely. Well I can't say much as I was raised in a council house, fed on welfare... and I really thought that was normal. Everyone at school did the same thing. We never had much money, but that was the norm.

And now my brother is living in a council flat on welfare and raising his son that way. Today he was angry that the new spending budget is really going to screw him over as "people aren't allowed to live in council housing or on welfare FOR LIFE anymore"... I did tell him that hopefully in the future he won't need it as he might have his own place and maybe his girlfriend will actually have a job for the first time in her life, but it went over his head. He got a lump sum of 4,500 GBP from our grandfather's inheritance and he's spent nearly all of it on electronics (bear in mind he's living on Child Benefit, Working Tax Credits, Family Tax Credit, reduced rent/council tax). I saved every penny of mine for our family in the future, and he thinks I'm strange. They're planning another child too.

Then I saw someone on FB (23 years old, 2 kids, planning a third) complaining that she's not allowed Working Tax Credits during her extra maternity leave. She hasn't worked in nearly a year, why would she? And then I had someone (23 years old, 3 kids) tell me that it seemed like me and my husband have been waiting ages to have a child.

It's like a different world outside of that town!

Edited October 21, 2010 by Gemmie

[Krikit 1,164]

Wow. Okay, all that would tick me off and I'd be wanting to be like my friend who would TELL them that it ticks her off.

[Gemmie 142]

I wish I was like that too.

I just told her that things work differently over here, Americans work so hard for the things that they want because it's not like over there where everyone is on welfare. I got no comments after that.

[Krikit 1,164]

lol

Americans work WAY too hard.

[Gemmie 142]

I just got another job offer from the other interview I had the other week. Isn't it funny when you can go almost a year looking for ANYTHING and then suddenly you get to choose? This one is the top psych hospital in the country and I was dying to work there, but it's only 3 days a week which isn't enough monies. On the plus side, at least I know there was nothing wrong with my interviews!

[Krikit 1,164]

That is FABULOUS!!!! That happened to me the year I landed my career position. I had applied for everything in the book for a solid year and then suddenly I had 4 job offers! It was crazy. And one of them was like yours..... they'd picked someone else for the position then two weeks later were calling to say they'd made an error in their choice and would I please consider working for them. I was happy to tell them no.

I've started the networking thing to see if I can't get an interview that way. Will let you know how it turns out.

[Gemmie 142]

Ha Krikit, I bet you loved that feeling. Are you looking for work now or just browsing?

Where has Alan (saywhat) been?

[Justine+David 218]

(sad) Rant! We had a friend tape our wedding because we wanted something, but didn't want to pay a videographer. Turns out it was erased by x-ray through security at the airport.

Our pictures are very nice, so that's all okay (have it saved in five hard drives between the family and us), but the whole day was such a blur that it would've been nice to watch it back and hopefully show future kids. oh well, life goes on.

[Nik+Heather 121]

My parents did the same thing for their wedding, Justine - 25 years ago though, so remember the tech available to them at the time - her brother in law spent hours at the church checking the lighting and doing a test roll of film....at the wrong time of day! All settings were bad for the actual event.

The best man's wife also had the camera, but the film was loaded in such a way that it didn't advance. Lots of pictures - all on one exposure.

[Pooky 3,784]

Right now, the wife has a migraine. And there's nothing I can do to help or cheer her up.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Right now, the wife has a migraine.

Hope she feels better soon, si man.

"I have a migraine."

"No; you have a yourgraine."

[Pooky 3,784]

Hope she feels better soon, si man.

"I have a migraine."

"No; you have a yourgraine."

No, you have an USgraine. Because we all feel the effects.

But the help we could give let her know that we her

Edited October 24, 2010 by Pooky