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rainbow kirby wrote: »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?
I caved and booked the cheapest flight I could find. €5.60 from Stansted to L'Orient in France for a random Tuesday in October.
It serves two purposes. It's confirmed travel for the passport office, and allows me to play Ryanair Cancellation Roulette. At worst I lose €5.70. At best I get that refunded, and get cancellation compensation
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RacoonQueen wrote: »I appear to have misplaced my driving license somewhere between exam hall today and my car
Left it in exam hall it seems. Invigilator posted it back to me. 0 -
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Or herrobyntmorton wrote: »Woohoo! That was nice of him
I'm shattered. It's only Monday but it's already been a long week :P
I was cycling over the weekend. Saturday. Local charity cycle. It rained, and rained, and then it rained some more. It was quite possibly the worst organised cycle event I have ever had the misfortune of taking part in. I'll spare you the full rant but in brief: helmets were not mandatory; there was only one support vehicle; said support vehicle had to deal with the fallout of someone falling off their bike without their helmet on. I've cycled lots. I've been a part of lots of events. But I didn't feel safe out there on Saturday
Spent yesterday doing college stuff. College =/= classroom :pac: so at the moment it's just a case of ticking the boxes so that I can get my qualification. But seriously, no amount of college can prepare one for the classroom. So far though I am absolutely loving it. I was tired this morning but by my third class I felt really energised. We had a lot of fun, and there was a lot of learning going on. I said this last week to somebody: I don't know why it took me so long to make the jump. I don't ever recall a time where I have felt happier.0 -
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Point taken. That was careless of me!I was cycling over the weekend. Saturday. Local charity cycle. It rained, and rained, and then it rained some more. It was quite possibly the worst organised cycle event I have ever had the misfortune of taking part in. I'll spare you the full rant but in brief: helmets were not mandatory; there was only one support vehicle; said support vehicle had to deal with the fallout of someone falling off their bike without their helmet on. I've cycled lots. I've been a part of lots of events. But I didn't feel safe out there on Saturday
*splutters* WHAT!?!? What kind of lunatic would organise a mass participation cycle and not make helmets mandatory? I know legally they're not, but the insurers for the event would have a field day about that alone. I'll not even go on about the lack of support crewing (a certain event may have us spoiled in that regard, but still)Spent yesterday doing college stuff. College =/= classroom :pac: so at the moment it's just a case of ticking the boxes so that I can get my qualification. But seriously, no amount of college can prepare one for the classroom. So far though I am absolutely loving it. I was tired this morning but by my third class I felt really energised. We had a lot of fun, and there was a lot of learning going on. I said this last week to somebody: I don't know why it took me so long to make the jump. I don't ever recall a time where I have felt happier.
That last bit, totally. There is no point doing anything if you're not happy doing it. Your being happy and energised in what you do shows, especially in a learning environment. Go you! 0 -
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robyntmorton wrote: »*splutters* WHAT!?!? What kind of lunatic would organise a mass participation cycle and not make helmets mandatory? I know legally they're not, but the insurers for the event would have a field day about that alone. I'll not even go on about the lack of support crewing (a certain event may have us spoiled in that regard, but still)
That last bit, totally. There is no point doing anything if you're not happy doing it. Your being happy and energised in what you do shows, especially in a learning environment. Go you!
Even removing that event from the list. This was just on another level. It was all well intentioned, but just wildly unsafe/disorganised. There was no lead car OR route markings. I got lost. Twice. Ended up doing 63 for a 50k cycle. Okay take 6 off that because I cycled there and back, but that's still 7k more than advertised. It was just chaos.
And yes. Today was a good day 0 -
Unfortunately you can't run anything these days on just good intentions. It just doesn't work any more. Even community groups need a minimum of 6.5 million of cover for the most basic things.
Well, I've done all I can before my kidney doctor appointment in the morning. I've got my weight down to 103.5 kg (the target was 100, but still, 11.5 down) and my blood pressure is averaging out to 135/83. It should all go well, depending on what the blood tests say. I'm optimistic anyway 0 -
Back from doctor, and the news is... good.
Official weight loss on their scales...10kg
Blood pressure taken as borderline normal.
Blood tests stable, which considering increased creatnine from gym work shows improved kidney function.
They were kind of amazed at the work I've put in, and can only encourage me to keep going.
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Been away from boards for a while! As per usual - back on when I need to do some procrastinating!
I've a bit of a dilemma. I have a weekend away booked in a few weeks with a group of girls that I paid a deposit for and I'm not sure I want to go. I've kind of stopped drinking recently (so I probably wouldn't enjoy the trip anyway) and the one main friend of mine who is also going has kind of pulled back from me quite a bit in the past while. There was an expectation that I'd do the chauffeuring on this particular trip (and there is going to be a lot of driving)...which has not too unsurprisingly rekindled that friends sudden interest in talking to me again (or so it would seem anyway). I think I might be happier at home catching up on sleep and going to the gym - maybe I should just feck the 200 euro.
On the other hand maybe it's just me being anxious about nothing and I should just go and try enjoy myself.
Where is the trip? Are there other things you could do alone that don't involve drinking? As a largely non-drinker, I would not be impressed with people expecting me to be the designated driver!
I love having time to myself just doing my own thing on holidays - maybe you could go and just do that yourself, just meet up with the gang in the evenings for dinner etc and have your days to yourself?robyntmorton wrote: »Point taken. That was careless of me!
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Had an appointment in the passport office last week to apply for my new passport.
Person on counter was happy with the documents I supplied, but advised they would be looked at again upstairs, and that they may request other documents.
I was given an estimated issue date of 03 October.
It was printed and posted today, a week early.
That's good, but now I'm nervous to see whether the documents I supplied come back (they are by their nature difficult and expensive to replace) and if they got the name on it right.
Someone tell me I'm worrying needlessly (hopefully). I'll find out soon enough anyway 0 -
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rainbow kirby wrote: »Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you Robyn - hopefully all goes well
It was all good when it arrived. Correct details and all documents safely returned.
That's that for another 10 years so
Now, if only I had some place to go...0 -
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If I could use dry shampoo without looking like a bottle of baby powder exploded on me, I would get straight into bed fully clothed and sleep until the morning.
I'm exhausted. I know that it was the weekend and all that, but today was busy!
I'm loving life though, so whilst this is a moan, it's a happy one.
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I have a dry shampoo in a box somewhere here that's a foam to rub in and towel back out.
I'm just too lazy to go digging it out right now to get you a name :pac:
Was with a psychiatrist today. The good news is I'm not crazy, that I am who I say I am, and that I'm being referred to two more doctors, another psychiatrist and an endocrinologist. Normally you're not meant to be happy about collecting more medics, but I am 0 -
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robyntmorton wrote: »I have a dry shampoo in a box somewhere here that's a foam to rub in and towel back out.
I'm just too lazy to go digging it out right now to get you a name :pac:
Was with a psychiatrist today. The good news is I'm not crazy, that I am who I say I am, and that I'm being referred to two more doctors, another psychiatrist and an endocrinologist. Normally you're not meant to be happy about collecting more medics, but I am
I am whoever I say I am. If I wasn't then why would I say I am. In the paper, the news every day I am. Radio won't even play my jam.
Congrats. That's fab news.0 -
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