Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

[Harryflashman]

Morning everyone, clouded over now after an absolutely stunning sunrise. Off to the optician yet again for me today, been to them three times already, GP and hospital. The consultant at hospital sorted one problem but told me to go back to optician for the other. Can’t complain about the GP and hospital because they fast tracked me as emergency so am grateful for that but am beginning to think that my other issue is to do with a wrong prescription - if it is - you may hear me explode?. Wish me luck. Hope today is good one for you all.

good luck mate

 

[anjelikaferrett]

I meant to answer this post last week so here it goes, along with an update about the job.

Fred have I ever tell you how much I love you? Thanks for taking the time to express this opinion about my job and offering a different perspective ? You are right, I am hesitant but not because of the job. I really think this position will be perfect for me. I also know I can make a difference and have the skills to increase my college's minority population if they give me the chance to do this work. So while the opportunity to make more money is very appealing, I'm not the kind of person that is driven by dinero, otherwise I would already be working in a private sector job. What's most appealing about this position is the opportunity to increase the makeup of minority student's population at my college and make a difference assisting these students getting enrolled in college. There is nothing like the good feeling you get when you have helped someone, specially one of those minority students, reached their academic goals. Doing all this while making more money is indeed very enticing. My hesitation comes from my fear of how this new job will affect my family life. I've been so devoted and committed to my family since my daughter was born that I am just afraid that things will not go as smoothly and once I am busy working full time that I will fail them. I'm afraid that I won't be able to find a good balance between work/family life. But it is just a fear that I need to overcome as my husband has been fully committed to offer additional support if I were to get the FT job. The past decade I have I definitely under achieved in my career and may have disappointed many people on the way that had expectations that by now I will be much farther, but I also don't have any regrets. Being here for my daughter has been the most important job that I have fulfilled the past decade but I also don't want to be resentful later in life about not pursuing other career opportunities so I went ahead and apply for the position. But if I get an interview and were to get the job offer then I assure you that I will seriously consider the pros and cons before accepting

Talking about the job, on Thursday before I succumbed to my illness I did get to submit my application and documents but I found today that only one person (me) I applied for the job so HR decided to repost the position. Now instead of being just an internal position that only college employees can apply to, it has become available for anyone that is qualified to apply. I'm not sure what to think about HR strategy, one would think that if I am the only person interested in the job and I'm fully qualified, and I have been working at the college for several years that they would just give me a chance but it seems they want to interview other people besides myself so I will have to wait to see what happens. Whatever it happens, like you say, it is not a once in a lifetime opportunity and other's will present themselves if this one doesn't work out.

That's awful. However they could be doing it because they have to, so they can say to anybody who asks that the recruitment was a fair and open competition and they did not just give it to the one internal person who applied. Even though they may have every intention of you getting the job.

 

[larbert toffee]

Good morning all, driving back down to Merseyside this morning, horrible soaking drizzle up here.
Expecting the volume of traffic to be worse this morning now the holidays are over.
Hope everyone has a good day, just another manic Monday.

 

[anjelikaferrett]

I think the cannabis laws in Liverpool must be different to everywhere else. lollollol

If I go anywhere out of Liverpool and do my usual light a spliff up somewhere outside heads start snapping round and people stare while here nobody even bats an eyelid. (I just wanna add I only smoke outside and never in front of kids. Don't think my kids even know I smoke and they're 12 and 9)

My kids born and raised in the North East once said to me Mum, the whole of Liverpool stinks of weed. I had never noticed until that point! ? ? ?

 

[tommye]

My kids born and raised in the North East once said to me Mum, the whole of Liverpool stinks of weed. I had never noticed until that point! ? ? ?

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Really?

I had a few clients who lived in and around Aughton, and they were seriously well off.

Dated a bloke from Aughton a long time ago. He was minted. His Dad's hobby was restoring vintage Bentleys! I ended the relationship when he told me he wanted to take me to Paris for his 21st birthday. I couldn't cope with it!

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Morning everyone, clouded over now after an absolutely stunning sunrise. Off to the optician yet again for me today, been to them three times already, GP and hospital. The consultant at hospital sorted one problem but told me to go back to optician for the other. Can’t complain about the GP and hospital because they fast tracked me as emergency so am grateful for that but am beginning to think that my other issue is to do with a wrong prescription - if it is - you may hear me explode?. Wish me luck. Hope today is good one for you all.

Hope it goes well x

 

[jazzy]

That's awful. However they could be doing it because they have to, so they can say to anybody who asks that the recruitment was a fair and open competition and they did not just give it to the one internal person who applied. Even though they may have every intention of you getting the job.

I suspect that you have hit the nail on the head there anj

 

[jazzy]

Good morning all, driving back down to Merseyside this morning, horrible soaking drizzle up here.
Expecting the volume of traffic to be worse this morning now the holidays are over.
Hope everyone has a good day, just another manic Monday.

Drive safely LT

 

[jazzy]

Morning everyone, clouded over now after an absolutely stunning sunrise. Off to the optician yet again for me today, been to them three times already, GP and hospital. The consultant at hospital sorted one problem but told me to go back to optician for the other. Can’t complain about the GP and hospital because they fast tracked me as emergency so am grateful for that but am beginning to think that my other issue is to do with a wrong prescription - if it is - you may hear me explode?. Wish me luck. Hope today is good one for you all.

Good luck Gwladys

 

[Harryflashman]

@Sassy Colombian

Since you laughed, in a good way , at my post to clarify particularly years ago lots of people on the outskirts of Liverpool, places that weren’t Liverpool used to fake some ridiculous faux Scouse accent. I found it more than one out of town , or on holiday that these people some how would be ‘pretending ‘ to be from Liverpool . I’ve genuinely no idea why , I can only assume it had a reputation they wanted to court but it was very very odd. I can’t have been the only person to have encountered it .

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Keralan chicken curry recipe

A creamy South Indian coconut chicken curry recipe that's packed with flavour. Serve with cool raita and zingy lime rice for freshness.

www.bbc.co.uk

Looks yummy, after @jazzy explanation it made me want to cook it so thanks for sharing this Keralan chicken curry recipe, I'm definitely making it this winter.

Good morning all on this great day today ,-10° and off for the booster this morning .so nice to see @Sassy Colombian posting again but sad to hear she is not having the best of times ,I do hope to hear señor sassy doesn't have covid nd wish him well .
Is @Barnfred 55 up late or up early ? Not your normal posting realm Fred .
I hope all have a great day and the sick feel better .

Thanks for the message @blue1948 Mr. Sassy and I are still recovering for this annoying illness but feeling much better than we did a few days ago. My chest still congested which makes me wonder if this is covid. If so this will be our first infection being fully vaccinated and boosted. I hope we get our results today or tomorrow so we can really know whether it is covid or just a flu. Not that it is going to make great difference except for knowing if we can get out of isolation or have to remain quarantining for a few more days. I hope you and Mrs. B are staying warm and covid free. xx

 

[Barnfred 55]

At least you have excuse. I once listed a potato as a sprout and Kev had a field with me lol

Easy mistake to make lol

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Morning everyone, clouded over now after an absolutely stunning sunrise. Off to the optician yet again for me today, been to them three times already, GP and hospital. The consultant at hospital sorted one problem but told me to go back to optician for the other. Can’t complain about the GP and hospital because they fast tracked me as emergency so am grateful for that but am beginning to think that my other issue is to do with a wrong prescription - if it is - you may hear me explode?. Wish me luck. Hope today is good one for you all.

Best of luck with your appointment at the optician and with the prescription. We have yet to hear you explode and we are here to hear your rant if necessary, but I would rather for you to have a solution to your eye issues instead of you exploding with anger. xx

 

[Barnfred 55]

Fred will explain this much better than me.
However a Scouser is someone born in Liverpool ( some say that if you are born in suburbs like Kirkby you aren't a Scouser but I'm not convinced about that ). For all intents and purposes a Scouser and Liverpudlian are the same thing. If you were born outside Liverpool and moved there , like I did , you can never be called a Scouser.

No Evertonian will ever call himself a Liverpudlian for obvious reasons. They may say, I'm from Liverpool, or I'm a scouser. But usually we don't have to say anything. People generally know where we're from as soon as we open our mouths. lol If I was given a pound for every time I have been asked to say the word "chicken" I'd be a millionaire.

I think originally the term scouse applied to people born within a certain radius of an area in Liverppol. I forget where, somewhere around the Pier Head I think. I'm sure somebody with more knowledge than me will fill in the gaps. Personally I'd use it to describe anyone who speaks with a scouse accent. Apart from John Bishop.