The Dogmother Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 The same happened to me CM - I posted negative feedback on someone who messed me around no end, and got a telling off from Ebay - I told them what I thought of the feedback system and the member I'd 'neg-ed'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jin Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 A few years ago I saw someone rowing on one of the Norfolk Broads , with his dog swimming alongside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Rather proud of YS (15) who performed the Heimlich Maneuver (or at least his version of it!) on a friend choking on an sweet today He came home and asked my how to do a tracheotomy with a biro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 Well done to your YS, CM Not sure about the tracheotomy with a biro - doesn't sound terribly safe to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 my sentiments exactly. I've told him to stick with the slap of the back and the Heimlich. I think he's got a bit ahead of himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Well done Chucky Mama's YS, you've raised a great kid there. Quite excited, my neighbour has had her baby. She's had a rubbish pregnancy, with pre-eclampsia (think that's the right term - what Lady Sybil had) a little boy, roughly two months early but home already. Going to visit tomorrow, I love new born babies. If you don't mind I'll tell you all about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 He came home and asked my how to do a tracheotomy with a biro Ask me, I know how... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I know too Fred but not sure this knowledge in the hands of an enthusiastic 15 year old boy is necessarily a good thing - in all seriousness, I have talked him through it but also through an appropriate time to use it. Chances are no one will have a biro on them, more likely a mobile phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I know too Fred but not sure this knowledge in the hands of an enthusiastic 15 year old boy is necessarily a good thing - in all seriousness, I have talked him through it but also through an appropriate time to use it. Chances are no one will have a biro on them, more likely a mobile phone Rosie is the same CM, she knows all the basics from what I have taught her and what she's learned on lifeguarding course, but at that age, they are full on enthusiasm and it sometimes overtakes their common sense, still, it's good to have the mindset of being able to improvise. I used clingfilm over a burns dressing on a chap at work a month ago, it sorted the problem until he got to A&E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 DD had her final exam this morning, so that is her finished school. she will be going to college in September. She has just left for her part time job, she is driving herself for the first time in her own car. I will be nervously waiting her return home at 10pm tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 It is strange when they grow up. Our ED is home from uni for a week to make a dress for her upcoming end of year ball. She has just finished her first year exams, I can't believe that her first year is nearly over. She has really thrown herself into uni life, by joining several societies and trying out new things. She is happy and has matured into a confident young woman with a great sense of fun and zest for life We went out for a drink with her last night, it is so nice to have an adult relationship with a child that you have brought up, it makes the hard work along the way feel so worthwhile. End of proud mummy moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 it is so nice to have an adult relationship with a child that you have brought up, it makes the hard work along the way feel so worthwhile. I know just what you mean - I have that with ES now . YS is still an uncommunicative teenager but I cling to the hope that he'll turn out the same . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 We have a lovely new view from our bedroom window (if you ignore all the rubbish in the foreground). Just a shame it will be short-lived but hopefully we'll still see the tops of the hills over the new housing development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Flash from the past today - YS 12 came in singing "never gonna give u up" by Rik Asterly - I was able to join in and do a quick mummy boogie round kitchen narrowly missing stepping on the kitten Apparentely they are all singing it at school not sure why but if I find out I'll let you know (if you want to ) he got told off for singing it in science. teacher obviously not a fan of my son or Rik. No other news - weather truly gorgeus and making wish I was slimmer rather than middleaged with the spread to match. hey ho a gal can dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I'm off to meet Robert Carlyle in a couple of weeks. He's doing an interview for the Edinburgh International Film Festival; He tweeted back at me that I'm insane to be travelling 18 hours just to see him (that's the Cornwall travel network for you! My friend is travelling from Mexico & it will only take her 11 hours!) . I've been promised a photo with him too I am practicing not blushing or speaking with a squeak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 That's dedication for you! Been a hectic first day back at work - a mountain of catching up to do, less days this week to do it in, and more stuff adding to the pile as I slog through it... you get the idea still, there was a fun element; they had the shearers in today (a kiwi and a bunch of ENORMOUS Welsh lads) they spent the day shearing the sheep and Alpaca, and cutting their hooves. It was rather like a rodeo and got a bit wild west at times; I disappeared when the lads started racking up injuries We have some quail chicks in the incubator in the staff mess; teeny Chinese Quail apparently.... soo sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 At least it's nice and warm at the moment for the sheep to be sheared, in the fields round here they have been shorn for a few weeks and have been shivering in the cold! The quail sound cute, do you think you could sneak any home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Yes, it is warmer, although the wind whips across that hill I'd love the quail, but I don't like incubator hatching and they'd need me to look after them more than I can manage. They are so teeny; only about an inch and a bit long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 You know how it is when you get back from hols, go into work and wonder why you bothered taking a week off? Loads going on this week, a total mess with deliveries, paperwork and petty cash. Meetings regarding an event we have next month and far too little time to get it all done in. I think I need another week off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Yup, I know exactly what you mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I would do what my colleague did when she found a baby blackbird orphaned (she waited 2 hours to see if mum came back) - stuffed it in her bra to keep it warm till they could get it to animal hosp and shes not big up top. Not sure how many quail you could accomodate but would mean you could carry on with your chores!! Not much help am I? getting coat............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 No, I get that Ali.... I once hatched one of our chicks in my bra after the broody went off with the other chicks before this one had hatched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Oh...eggs & chicks or ducklings & bras....a match made in heaven...and one which will get me sent to the loony bin by non-critter friends Went to the South of England Show today with ma baby boy...a lovely day out ...and saw Parsley & her birdies too which was an unexpected bonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I hatched about 50 Chinese Painted Quail before Easter... Thought I'd finally rehomed them all, then found Elvis behind the sofa So I now have a CPQ living in with my Diamond Doves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Met my new neighbours today - lovely young family with a 20 month old little girl and a baby on the way . The husband is only 5 years older than my son and was at primary school at the same time as him - I feel very, very old . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
