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I think something small and furry may have hacked into my Amazon Account?!!I've had THREE Emails today and all for these Items I've never even heard of?!! ... 'Peamutt Butter(!) ... 'The Regal Mutt Peanut Butter' ... and ... 'PetPäl TuboSnack Liver Paste For Dogs' ... !
Do you have two guilty looking hairy woofers trying to feign innocence? :)
I've raised an Eyebrow at them and had four Eyebrows raised back at me ;o>
'Peamutt Butter for Dogs - 340g' ... FIVE POUNDS THIRTY-FIVE?!! ;oOThey can stick with 'Sunpat Smooth Peanut Butter - 600g' for £3 from Iceland!
... "Maryland are looking for a cookie taster to go on a paid trip to their HQ and give them feedback on their flavours. The lucky candidate will get £350 (plus reasonable travel expenses to their innovation centre in Edinburgh) to try the whole range of the company’s biscuits – including ones that haven’t yet been released" ...WOO-HOO!!! ;o>
I think tech might just beat me to it though as he lives so much nearer? ;o>
If tech is already there? ... then I hope that at least one of the "ones that haven’t yet been released" is ... Sardine & Banana Cookies with Olive Chips! ... LOL!!! ;o>
Not that I'm even just the slightest bit jealous of him, you know?!! ;o>
Hmmm ...... still no email with a start time for work tonight.
Maybe they've given me an extra night off? :)
Maybe they've given me an extra night off? :)
Oooh? - I hope so ;o>Off to Bed for me now ... x NN x ST x SD x
... or ... x a Pleasant shift x Safe Journeys x
nah, turns out the unreleased cookie flavour is pig vomit, slurry, entrails and lemon! mmmmmmmmm, tangy!
popping in and out by way of distracting myself from what's been a truly awful week for us - my wife's brother died suddenly from a catastrophic brain bleed, in london where he was based as a (fit and healthy) 52 year old police officer, and from where he was due to retire from this december - devastating time - it's maybe just as well we don't know what's round the corner.
Ohhh Poppet ... x x xI really am SO very sorry to hear of your terribly tragic news ;o<
Such a heartbreaking loss ... x x x
I'm so sorry to hear that, Craig. We can never be prepared for such tragedies. My thoughts are with you and your wife.Les
Really sorry to hear that Craig, I can't imagine how you and your wife are feeling right now.
I'm sending you and your wife all my best wishes for the trying time ahead, both dealing with your grief and all the practicalities that ensue from a death. I expect you're still reeling from the shock. What a terrible time. Take care.
Ditto what's already been said by the others, nothing I can add but sending you (& Mrs Tech) a big hug.
The sudden loss of a family member, at any age, is devastating.
Our thoughts are with you at this tough time.
Our thoughts are with you at this tough time.
Tech XXIII wrote: "popping in and out by way of distracting myself from what's been a truly awful week for us - my wife's brother died suddenly from a catastrophic brain bleed, in london where he was based as a (fit ..."Terrible news, and hard to accept when out of the blue. I agree, best if you don't know what lies in store. Also agree, this site is some relief from reality, when reality is tough going.
Condolences to yourself and family.
Cripes...just read the above responses.....my sympathies & condolences to you & Mrs Tech.Nothing is certain in this world, no matter how one lives their lives, fit or unfit.
I once knew of a man who smoked for 70 years, before developing cancer of the ear in his early 90s...survived it, & lived to grand old age of 103. In the same week he passed on...a healthy man in his late 20s, who regularly ran marathons...suddenly died of heart failure, at home....during christmas, at a time when he was 'resting'. He was even a teatotaller. One can't ever know.
Best wishes to you and yours at this sad time Craig.
thankyou for the thoughts folks, it's a really awful, and totally unexpected situation. knocked us all sideways.
There are no words but the sympathy is real. Take care.
Condolences to you and your family Tech, I lost my oldest brother many years back, only in his forties. He just collapsed coming down the stairs with no warning and they reckon gone before he hit the ground, some blood vessel had burst apparently. I remember feeling particularly shell shocked at the suddenness and finality of it at the time. We weren't particularly close as there was quite an age gap of about fifteen years or so but the strange feeling that how abnormal it was that life around me carried on as though nothing had happened. I gradually came to realise and accept that such was the case, the loss was personal to me, shared by a small group of friends and family and had no particular resonance with the world as a whole. Being somewhat older now I have reached that point where death has become an all to familiar figure as parents, siblings and other older relatives and acquaintances have passed on so I have become a little more acquiescent towards it though the grief is still felt of course.
Sorry for your & Mrs Tech's loss. You're right that it does highlight the fragility of life.I was at a careers fair at a local school today. One of the pupils I talked to was a bright year-7 (12 year-old) who had lost several family members to cancer. He had a very firm intention of becoming a cancer biologist and contributing to developing new treatments. We had quite a long chat about currrent developments in cancer therapies and he was really on the ball. It's so reassuring to meet kids like him and know in 10-20 years' time there will still be people wanting to apply their intellect to fighting disease rather than making money out of crap, but also to see someone making something positive out of bereavement. Not everyone can, of course, but I was really impressed by this young man.
Tech,so sorry to hear your terrible news ,sending my best wishes to you and your wife.
Apologies, haven't been back to this thread for a while.Condolences to you and yours Tech. Take it easy fella.
I hope that all of the Funeral arrangements come together as smoothly as possible for your family, tech ... x x xIt's another pleasantly warm yet slightly overcast day here - a bit dull at times but it suits me just fine right now.
It's Toenail Trimming Time for the little hairy woofers today and so we are all currently working up to and bracing ourselves for the all-out histrionics and hysterics that will kick off as a result ;oO
We have let Tia off for months now (well we genuinely didn't expect for her to still be with us, to be honest) as we didn't want to put her through anything stressful or distressing and she absolutely HATES having her Nails cut. However her Nails are SO ridiculously long now that they are starting to curl sideways and she won't be able to walk much longer with them growing out like that so she is going to have to agree to letting us cut them for her.
It'll be a three person job though ... one to wrap themselves around her and hold her gently but firmly against them (me) ... one to use the Clippers and cut the Nails (Dad) ... and one to pull lots of funny Faces and wave her favourite Chewy Cube Treats in front of her and reward her with one after each Nail gets cut (Mum) ... ! ;o>
Ohhh no! - Nails only! - LOL!!! ;o>Both Girls have black Nails and long Toes so it adds to the nightmare in having to guess blind as to how much to cut off without nipping the end of a Toe! ... Ouchy!!! ;oO
It definitely doesn't help either that they start crying so loudly and pathetically and letting out ear-splitting yelps before we have even started to cut anything!!! - it really does take nerves of steel on everyone's part to try to ignore all of the diva drama and performance.
Once each Nail is cut they often scream out and try their very best to convince you that you've actually hacked their whole Paw off!!! ... they usually tend to trot off happy and full of Treats afterwards ... and we are left in need of stiff Drinks and a lie-down until we have stopped shaking from the sheer trauma of it all ... HA HA HA HA HA!!! ;o>
Asda have just sent an Email telling me it is World Chocolate Day today! ;oOWell?! - it's a bit late now, isn't it? ... letting me know at 4pm on a Sunday!
If I want to join in the celebration I'll have to ask Mum to go to an Express Store and buy us whatever Chocolate they might have on offer - LOL!!!
All that I can see of my Mum at the moment is just her btm poking out of one of the Flowerbeds at the end of the Back Garden! ... and I don't think that she'll be wanting to stop gardening just so she can go off to buy some Chocolate, do you? ...Ahhh well, I shall make myself up a Hot Chocolate instead - and then leave by my Bedside so that my Ceiling Fan will soon cool it down into being a nice thick frothy Chocolate Drink ;o>
Ah world chocolate day. That means I can eat the emergency packet of giant chocolate buttons.
It does! - Go for it! ... and blame the World if anyone says anything - LOL!!!
Awww, I just came across this Post on Facebook ;o> ...
... I'd give it a Back Massage and offer it a Drink and a Snack! - LOL!!! ;o>
This Post from a couple of days ago just cracked me as well ;o> ...
I had to read that twice Suzy!I do not know what "Fortnight" is..but i presume it isn't what i'm thinking most teenage boys like to do alone in their bedrooms!
Teen speak does have some odd phrases to describe typical practices, these days!
;-D
Duke?!! - I wouldn't put up a Forum Post like that! - LOL!!!I is a Lady, you know ;o>
Well, I know next to nuffin about nuffin to do with Gaming - but I do know that Fortnite is an online Game that a lot of folk into Gaming are totally obsessed with.
It just made me laugh that on the one hand you have an exceptional 15 year old Girl playing Tennis at championship level at Wimbledon - competing against and actually beating one of the current all-time greatest Female Tennis Players ... and on the other hand you have a typical 15 year old Lad sat around in only his underwear in his Bedroom whilst playing an online Game ;o>
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/48...
Bedtime for me! ... x NN x ST x SD x And for all our essential night workers ... x Pleasant Shifts & Safe Journeys x
;o>
Having worked four in a row, this here essential night worker had an essential night off and now faces another four shifts :)
thaks again for the thoughts, folks, whole thing still ongoing - funeral won't be till next tuesday at the earliest.
duke, what you do once a 'fortnite' is your own business!
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Tech XXIII wrote: "duke, what you do once a 'fortnite' is your own business!"I maybe single Tech..but at 45 years old......these days i concentrate my thoughts to other pasttimes..thank you very much! :)
I'm having a typically Wednesday kind-of a day today ;o> ...
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