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Jerseygirl Mar 24th 2020 3:38 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 12826444)
I'm feeling, as I am sure many other are, a little overwhelmed by it all.

I am trying to take each day as it comes and not to think about the future. That is how I am coping.

Teaandtoday5 Mar 24th 2020 4:00 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 12826444)
I'm feeling, as I am sure many other are, a little overwhelmed by it all.

i usually start the day with the today programme and finish it with the midnight news but I don’t anymore. I still follow the news during daylight but it’s too much when I am lying in the dark.

scrubbedexpat091 Mar 24th 2020 5:30 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 12826214)
it looks like a soulless empty barn. If you stuck me in there I’d take a swan dive off the balcony pretty damned quick. Horrible looking place...if that’s ‘luxury’ in your neck of the woods, I rejoice I am in New Brunswick!

Its just a bigger version of a typical condo. Luxury really means nothing in Vancouver for condos other than its bigger. Lol

Our unit is unpleasent useless layout with no space and there are times I think about leaping off the balcony. Lol

But 1,500sq feet of souless is better than 550 or 600sq feet.

Worst place we lived was the 400sq foot micro 1 bedroom it was horribly small which is the trend small cramped spaces.


scrubbedexpat091 Mar 24th 2020 6:22 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
Why does Amazon try to sell a 2 year extended warranty on disposable razors for shaving?

I sometimes find their offering on extended warranties odd, same with some of the things they have for subscribe and save on items one would not need a regular delivery of, items you typically only buy once and not recurring monthly basis.


Siouxie Mar 24th 2020 7:15 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12826172)

:lol: that's if you can find any :D

MillieF Mar 24th 2020 7:24 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12826473)
i usually start the day with the today programme and finish it with the midnight news but I don’t anymore. I still follow the news during daylight but it’s too much when I am lying in the dark.

That just about sums my ‘usual’ day up too, I live with the Today programme and The World At One - my husband complains that it’s like living in Mission Control.

Can’t do it now though...I too feel somewhat overwhelmed...I think everyone does though...it would be odd If you didn’t?

Piff Poff Mar 24th 2020 8:56 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 12826453)
I am trying to take each day as it comes and not to think about the future. That is how I am coping.


Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12826473)
i usually start the day with the today programme and finish it with the midnight news but I don’t anymore. I still follow the news during daylight but it’s too much when I am lying in the dark.


Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 12826575)
That just about sums my ‘usual’ day up too, I live with the Today programme and The World At One - my husband complains that it’s like living in Mission Control.

Can’t do it now though...I too feel somewhat overwhelmed...I think everyone does though...it would be odd If you didn’t?

Yeah I usually listen to Jeremy Vine in the afternoons ( I enjoy the squabbling) and then other presenters of Radio 2. I've not been listening to my usual programming. I do try to check in with what's going on in Alberta and UK once a day to get the facts and not just FB gossip. I think i need a good cry. Thank god for a puppy that makes me laugh and gives me something to think about. Quite surreal going shopping for groceries, thankfully we can still get groceries.


MillieF Mar 24th 2020 9:19 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 12826636)
I think i need a good cry. Thank god for a puppy that makes me laugh and gives me something to think about.

I am a great believer in the healing power of a great big cry, a real wrack and tear your heart out till you have nothing left to give, once in a while, at high volume, is a fantastic stress buster. The problem with this present time is that my husband and son are both stuck in the house with me and it would distress them - every time I get sniffly, they try to make me feel better.

I think it would be impossible to be very unhappy with a puppy...I have a young and very beautiful little cat who is so intense in her enjoyment of life, you can’t but smile :thumbup:

BristolUK Mar 24th 2020 1:07 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12826537)
Why does Amazon try to sell a 2 year extended warranty on disposable razors for shaving?

It's enough to make you bristle at the idea. :getcoat:

scrubbedexpat091 Mar 24th 2020 1:17 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12826752)
It's enough to make you bristle at the idea. :getcoat:

You should be a comedian lol

Prices rising in some segments of retail already due to the exchange rate. Got a couple emails from smaller companies I have ordered from in the past.


Danny B Mar 25th 2020 2:21 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
I badly need a haircut, thank god I'm staying at home so no one has to see me.

Jingsamichty Mar 25th 2020 2:37 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Danny B (Post 12827009)
I badly need a haircut, thank god I'm staying at home so no one has to see me.

Me too, think I'll be ordering some clippers for a bit of DIY by next week. Alternatively, I warned my wife I might go for a silver man-bun.

Danny B Mar 25th 2020 2:40 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
This is why camera angles are so important :rofl:

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comme..._so_important/

caretaker Mar 25th 2020 8:36 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 12827015)
Me too, think I'll be ordering some clippers for a bit of DIY by next week. Alternatively, I warned my wife I might go for a silver man-bun.

After 6 months of cutting your own hair:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...f07616e1f.jpeg

Piff Poff Mar 25th 2020 8:59 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 12826654)
I am a great believer in the healing power of a great big cry, a real wrack and tear your heart out till you have nothing left to give, once in a while, at high volume, is a fantastic stress buster. The problem with this present time is that my husband and son are both stuck in the house with me and it would distress them - every time I get sniffly, they try to make me feel better.

I think it would be impossible to be very unhappy with a puppy...I have a young and very beautiful little cat who is so intense in her enjoyment of life, you can’t but smile :thumbup:

I laugh everytime I am indisposed on the loo and out of the corner of my eye I see a puppy charging past the door with some clothes that she has stolen out of the closet (that I keep forgetting to close). I'm trying to teach her to use puppy bells when she needs to go outside, not going very well, she will just sit looking at the door, when she is really desperate she will bring a shoe, she makes me laugh, thank god for puppies and kitties and all the other animals we like to keep. <3


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