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M.T. wrote: "BTW, morning all. Off metal detecting in a few minutes, when husband gets home.Cheers
MTM"
have a good one.
I'm just sitting here hating social media.
I do a blog tour which depends for its success on people reblogging the various blogs.
And what happens. Wordpress manages to 'lose' the reblog buttons!
I could spit!
Ugh, Jim, I'm sorry, that's a real pain. I think you can still do it but maybe they have to cut and paste the post address into a new one. Or is there a button you need to press somewhere to switch reblogging back on?
Good luck sorting out Wordpress Jim good luck metal detecting MT. Glad you are home safe again Kelly, sorry that you have rain though. Charity admin kind of finished, going to have some lunch
M.T. wrote: "Ugh, Jim, I'm sorry, that's a real pain. I think you can still do it but maybe they have to cut and paste the post address into a new one. Or is there a button you need to press somewhere to switch..."I clambered into the guts of the system and according to the settings my 'reblog' button is still switched on!
What I do is that I copy and paste half the blog post to be shared into my blog, and then leave a link at the bottom so people can see the rest
But it's a faff, and whilst I do it because it's my book that's being promoted, other people are less likely to go to that sort of trouble :-(
Afternoon all. I think I could do with Will's mug, after having already destroyed one keyboard with coffee so far this year . . .
MT. One is tiny. Like a sparrow. She’d banged her leg and showed me her bruises and i told her straight there was more meat on a chicken leg. Another has cancer and the third one is 47 kgs tiny but about 5 feet tall wears size 3 Laboutins. I love her to bits even though she’s a living Barbie, she’s a great friend. Still make me feel like a big stag as my sister once called me. Still, brightside is I won’t blow over in the wind.
I'm sorry the repost thing is being a pig, Jim.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm sorry the repost thing is being a pig, Jim."into every life a little rain must fall
But it drove home to me that those of us using social media to sell our books are reliant on systems that are managed by people who often don't understand their systems and haven't really got a clue what people actually use them for.
Jim wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm sorry the repost thing is being a pig, Jim."into every life a little rain must fall
But it drove home to me that those of us using social media to sell our books are..."
That's why I am so reliant on my mailing list. It's the only thing over which I have any control.
I read a tweet today that said that Nigel Farage looks just like what you’d get if Kermit really had banged Miss Piggy...As you were.
Evening all! Just got back from a few days in Wales. Was lovely seeing everyone.
Can't believe half term is over already!
Morning from the early shift. Hope everyone is fit and well.
Katy wrote: "Evening all! Just got back from a few days in Wales. Was lovely seeing everyone.
Can't believe half term is over already!"
don't look at me, I hadn't realised it was half term!
Morning all, feel tired despite sleeping through. Grey and miserable out, got a team meeting this morningMe neither Jim. Nice to see you Katy
Hiya Katy!I love teaching this class. Great bunch of kids.
Stupidly, I volunteered to do someone's playground duty in 15 minutes.
Good thing I wore my big coat!
Morning all. One of the foghorns is going a dinger this morning.
Morning all. Grey and damp without actually raining, and I'm back at work after a few days off.
Benjamin wrote: "Morning all. Grey and damp without actually raining, and I'm back at work after a few days off."same weather as us
but mild
Morning alls. Had the moules yesterday. they were so good i'm off to the beach at low tide again today to collect some more for tomorrow!
Morning! Catching myself up today. Lovely weekend away with two lots of cousins but we went because our remaining aunty is poorly. Prognosis not good. She was comfortable and happy, so we all feel better for going.
No good deed goes unpunished.Got a football kicked into the side of my head during recess.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "No good deed goes unpunished.Got a football kicked into the side of my head during recess."
I hope that at the very least you dived to the ground and had to be stretchered off so that the other side got a free kick :-)
Thought the combination of magnet, bath and anti-inflam had helped my foot, as I could bend my toes this morning, but walking is still really painful. Do hope it is better by weekend, as I’m fundraising all day on Sat!!Glad you got to see your aunt and caught up with your cousins Kath.
Look after yourself Desley. Weather here isn’t brilliant either, it’s clouded up and looks like rain. I don’t want to go home yet either. Got to leave on Thursday though whether I like it or not.
Jim wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "No good deed goes unpunished.Got a football kicked into the side of my head during recess."
I hope that at the very least you dived to the ground and had to be stretche..."
Damn! Wish I had!
I was too concerned about my glasses to think of anything else. Thankfully, they were okay.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Damn! Wish I had!I was too concerned about my glasses to think of anything else. Thankfully, they were okay. ..."
Yes I know entirely how you feel. During my entire school footballing career I refused point blank to head the ball, and played in my glasses.
I pointed out that they made me play rugby without my glasses which meant I couldn't see the ball to dodge it (or more virtuously attempt to catch it.)
Patti (baconater) wrote: "No good deed goes unpunished.Got a football kicked into the side of my head during recess."
'Never volunteer.' Old army slogan.
I think that's every army everOdysseus probably muttered it to himself as he scaled the walls of Troy in the dark :-)
Oh and have you ever seen a hay knife used Patti?
I've got a picture of one over on the blog
I'll have a look later, Jim.Dave's mother isn't doing well at all.
Looks like he'll be flying out very soon.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'll have a look later, Jim.Dave's mother isn't doing well at all.
Looks like he'll be flying out very soon."
So sorry to hear about Dave's mother. It's a tough time for all of you.
Morning all. Sorry to hear about Dave's mother. Virtual hugs across the ether.We've just lost a dear family friend - my best man's sister. Someone I had known for more than 40 years. That came out of the blue - we didn't even know she was unwell.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'll have a look later, Jim.Dave's mother isn't doing well at all.
Looks like he'll be flying out very soon."
It's hard when everybody is so far away :-(
In so far as it can, I hope it ends well
Morning all, disturbed night sleep, quiet day. Sun is trying to shineSorry to hear about Dave's mum Patti and about your shock Will
Morning, all. Dryer today at least. Sorry to hear, Patti and Will.
Morning all. Lovely day here. Just about to go de-bearding for lunch.
Morning everyone.Blue skies and sunshine. (No, I'm not delusional).
My sympathy for all with ill health and bad news.
Morning. Sympathies for the sickies. I'm off to a funeral this aft. An old friend from the village. She was part of our T'ai Chi group, the Cake Club and the Book Group. :(
Kath wrote: "Morning. Sympathies for the sickies. I'm off to a funeral this aft. An old friend from the village. She was part of our T'ai Chi group, the Cake Club and the Book Group. :("It's one of the penalties of growing old, :-(
Slowly and inexorably the people you knew and grew up with quietly disappear leaving you in a world of strangers
I'm strange enough on me own, never mind other people!
Some of the people I've known and grown up with are very strange, too.Patti, Will, my sympathy.
Kath wrote: "True. Some are very strange!"The strangeness of folk you've grown up with is comforting, but the strangeness of strangers can be a bit perturbing ;-)
lady wife asked me if I knew somebody's nameI admitted I didn't
She then commented I'd been chatting to them
I pointed out that nobody had ever introduced me to them.
Does anybody ever introduce anybody any more?
Yeah, would be nice if people would introduce themselves, even.I've had two parents wander into my classroom this week, assuming I'd know which kid belongs to them.
Dave was going to fly tonight but after speaking with his brother who spoke to the doctor this morning, he's going to wait until Saturday.
Better all round. This way I can finish with this class this week and take his next week.
At least he won't need to think about school if I'm covering his class.
And thank you for your kind thoughts. His father is the concern at this point. Dave needs to be there to support him.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "And thank you for your kind thoughts. His father is the concern at this point. Dave needs to be there to support him."
Always hard on the people left behind. Sorry to hear you have another funeral to go to Kath.
Sorry to hear about Dave's mum Patti :(
My central heating pump just expired in a spectacularly loud and noisy way! Ho hum!That's the second time the heating has needed repairing this Winter :(
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