What are you all up to
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Daughter, SIL and Grandtwins brought a new house on the edge of Oulton Brought by the fens/marsh, a delightful area about half a mile from their current house. Just going to help with the unpacking today. Lot of work to do on the house but SIL is a joiner, window fitter, plasterer etc and his uncle is a builder so no problem there. They need to clear their current house quite quickly as they are going to rent it out
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Malcolm - you refer to him as your boss, he controls your hours and what you do, you don't work for anyone else......he is your employer whether he likes it or not. He does not decide this - it is decided in employment law.
So, before you tell him to stuff the job (which you most certainly should do at the right time) tell him that you want paying back-pay for all the missing minimum wage, unpaid sick leave, unpaid holidays etc.......and that you will take him to an employment tribunal if he tries to sack you.
Get advice from your local Citizens Advice on the best way to do all this.
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I've now switched to my phone so that I can type flowing replies. I'm sorry some of my posts or replies have been short and could be read as curt. Not intentional at all. Ever since the upgrade any typing on my Kindle and it ate existing typed words, so unless I took forever to type very slowly and I mean S L O W L Y even then it would suddenly eat words and I got fed up typing for nothing to make sense 😭😦. Sometimes it would sometimes it wouldn't ! Last week's improvement lulled me as it allowed me to type on the kindle for a whole line and when I browse I go to reply and can't.
Going to clean thro today no more excuses available 😂😂. Need to finish pressing and hanging new curtains 90x90 is a lot of material I wish they could be ironed at the window. Not bought ready made for years and I think these have been folded in a very tight package for years too. However the new linen looks good and goes great with the curtains a real change.
Hubby got to wash the car as we have funeral tomorrow - almost a month since she died. Not sure it's worth it as will be dirty again before we get to the end of the road. But one has to make the effort out of respect. Car washing or for that matter motorhome washing is not considered worthwhile here and he won't use car wash so he can be wet and cold 😉.
We need to check motorhome as we had some water puddle by the habitation door where rain driven by the wind had come in through a tiny gap. Door catch now adjusted so just have to check all OK. Luckily damp meter says rest is dry phew.
Enjoy your day folks.
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Oops, just re read post, predictive text.
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Sounds a lovely place to live, hope they enjoy their new home.Good luck with the unpacking.
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Another lay-in !!
,Overcast & gloomy day here at B.H.F.Some overnight rain has melted most of the snow. It's 2.5 outside ,19'5 inside .Off to Sunday lunch at Monks Horton ,,,The Black Horse",a fantastic carvery.Mmmm
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Still playing on here 😆 house still requires attention. Have sorted the wet washing and put the dry washing away so getting there slowly. Picked up bag containing bits of material to put away and it fell apart so need to find another decent bag and repack once my tea is drunk. Car is washed so at least that's progress 😃.
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Had a mysterious e-mail from the National Lottery today. I had forgotten my log in details as excitement mounted thinking that I might now be a millionaire. Eventually got into the system and now a proud recipient of a £25 prize
At least it saves me the bother of working out what to spend a bigger prize on.David
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Anything is better than nothing DK!
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It's a so so day today, a bit of everything so far, sun,rain, wind but no snow. The wind is quite chilly so wrapping up when going out is required.
Not feeling so great today, the cough is back
chest tight and feeling a bit ugh! hope its just a short lived one this time, really don't fancy going through the mill again, it took weeks to get over the last bout of it. Haven't got time to be poorly to much to do and places to go.Kj good work with the tiling, I don't mind doing the grouting but OH does the tiling, thankfully none required for a few more years yet. He has replaced all the back/kitchen door frame this week its just waiting for me to do the painting but that is going to have to wait now until I'm feeling better and its a bit warmer as I will have to have the door open to do the painting. OH's next task is to fit the Gaslow, once he locates the right size of cutter, its about the only one he doesn't have.
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I must admit that tiling is not one of my favourite activities, I much prefer woodwork. Being a newish house there are a multitude of sockets and switches in the above worktop/below wall unit area, which is the bit being tiled, plus of course all the way to the ceiling above the hob.
There are a total of 14 outlets of various types that the tiles have to be cut round, some have very little space between them so will be difficult.
DD is keen to learn how to measure and cut, and she has been sticking up several tiles already. I have suggested she can do all the grouting too!
Very cold here today, especially as it is quite windy.
DD is making pizza so has asked us to stay for dinner. I made leek and potato soup last night, so we had some of that for lunch to heat us up.
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Everyone sounds very busy. Hope the unpacking is going well OP. I am sure the grand twins are 'helping'. 😄. I don't envy you ironing those large curtains Bakers, but I am sure it will all look lovely when it is finished. Best of luck with the tiling Kj. That is not Mr H's favourite DIY job. Hope you soon feel better Tammy. Get yourself to the doctor if worse tomorrow (easier said than done I know😡). Horrid weather here today - wet and very cold. I cheered myself up last night by booking some trips away in the caravan. Trips booked so far are a week at Houghton Mill in April, a week at Norfolk Broads site in May and a week at Cromer in June 😃. Son and family coming over from N. Ireland on Tuesday until the following Sunday.😊😊Off now to iron all the bedding.
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When we got up this morning the hills round about us were covered in snow so we had a lovely view from our motorhome lounge window this morning. We have spent most of the day in Bowness on Windermere what a lovely little place although it was very cold. Hope everyone else is enjoyiing their day
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Have a lovely time with your family Millie. Wish I had got round to booking some more trips, not as easy when time off from work had to be sorted too. 😢 Only one week booked so far.
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As we were in the area, called in at the caravan dealer to see if they had an update on delivery of our new van, still a few more weeks to wait.😢 They explained the hand over process, very thorough and then said we can have a couple of nights "free" at one of their 2 sites after we pick it up. We can then makes sure everything works correctly and hopefully no faults.
Home now, roast pork and all the trimmings being cooked, wine at the ready, cosy night in for two.😉☺
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I remember what it was like when we were both working Helen. Hopefully you will get time for some more trips away.
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How exciting Helen😊Do you have a handover date yet? I bet you can't wait.
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The boss may say that he can get another driver but the reality is very different. In the past when he tried to recruit another driver, he had no end of problems during the couple of months that the driver was there and eventually the driver left for a better job elsewhere having spent two months dissatisfied with the pay and working conditions.
A single person driver cannot do this job because of the parking restrictions in the town centre. The traffic wardens are constantly patrolling the area so that if you stop outside Macdonalds to collect an order, you get a parking offence ticket which costs £35. It needs two people so that one can stay with the car whilst the other collects the order.
After 6 p.m. there's no parking restrictions so he might be able to get a single driver to work after 6 but then who's going to do the lunchtime orders? So whatever the boss may say, it seems he's stuck with us whether he likes it or not. That's why he has compromised by agreeing to reduce our hours to seven hours a day and allowing us one day a week off.
For us, this will mean having every evening to ourselves instead of having to work up to 11 p.m. every night.
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Give it a few days and he will be asking "Malc can you work tonight" and you will reply "Yes Boss"
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eventually the driver left for a better job elsewhere having spent two months dissatisfied with the pay and working conditions.
Does that not tell you something?
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A bright & sunny morning here @ B.H.F in Kent .Snow all gone Slightly breezy though. Had a good 'kip' last night ready for the off shortly.Going via the "Iveco" dealers in Canterbury for a new engine starter battery ,as this original one from 2009 is getting a bit tired/slow.Then back to the "Concorde" hanger/storage for a few weeks .Isle of White booked for Easter week
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Just a thought for you Malc, eventually it happens in all our lives where age and illness affects our way of life. Hopefully the majority of people have planned for this occurrence and its called retirement, its where we can still pay the bills, still manage our finances, still able to handle the odd blip in our health and arrange our holidays in between. By this time we usually have sorted our finances and are happy that we can live out our later years with no worries.
You seem to have none of this, and if an illness affects your working income you are in **** street. You are on state pension where you should not have to work now, sort yourself out for a happy retirement not one where it will surely pull you down.
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The big downside to the "gig" economy is that it affects all of us, the predicted losses to revenue are over £3 Billion during the next three years. Just think how that could help provide for hospital beds, new schools etc.
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Nice to see the weather improving, hope you all have a good week.
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