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  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2017 #3692

    Malcolm good to hear you sounding positive.  Should it be Tesco they'll provide the vehicle and uniform. Plus holiday entitlement 😉. They do part time for flexibility and since they offer huge delivery time choice and opening hours it suits them. Much like your last employer, who should give you notice or pay in lieu 😉, so that they have workers when they are needed.

  • SteveL
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    edited April 2017 #3693

    Particularly so as you would not be using your own money to fund the food purchases and it would be Tesco's  fuel  and vehicle wear and tear for the delivery. You will be surprised at what that will do to your earnings. When I retired my earnings went down substantially. However, I had never really comprehended how much I was spending on just going to work. In the final analysis we were much better off than I thought. I am sure you will find that your  DTo G overheads were much higher than you thought, even after claiming tax back. Plus you won't have the hasle of doing that.

    Anyway it is a lovely day here in Notts. Must get off to Aldi now to pick up some toilet fluid. It is on sale from today.

  • milliehull
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    edited April 2017 #3694

    JVB.  Thanks for the tip that Houghton Mill are now booking/allocating pitches.  Mr H rang them this morning and told them our preferred pitches and they have booked us on to one so no need to rush to get a pitch that we like.laughing

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2017 #3695

    Thats great have a good time ,weather set fair for this week ,so if you have a bank side pitch you can fish outside instead of through the c/van front windowscool

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2017 #3696

    Wow milliehull win win situation. Lovely spring morning here, hope you get similar weather. Enjoy.

  • IanH
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    edited April 2017 #3697

    Great news Millie.....that's a good scheme and hopefully it won't be too long before it's rolled across the CAMC site network.

    Have a great time there smile

  • IanH
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    edited April 2017 #3698

    Malcolm - that's wonderful news!

    Hopefully this means that you won't now feel that you are trapped into working for this crooked fellow and can do something more appropriate to your years and that is properly paid.

    Good luck for the future!

  • SteveL
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    edited April 2017 #3699

    Aldi had plenty of the fluid, so we are now stocked for the year. Strange though, we only went for the fluid but still spent £32.

    Nursing home visit this afternoon, a regular Sunday event since my Mum fell over, and has not been able to get in the car to come here. I take the mobile down and she can speak to her sister in Bristol and we can face time my sister in France. Luckily there is a good 4G signal locally.

  • ABM
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    edited April 2017 #3700

    And  Very  Best  Wishes  from  A B M  as  well  !!

    Really  do  hope  ,  as  Ian  says,  you  find  something  you  get  decently  paid  for  !!

     

    Brianlaughing

  • Goldie146
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    edited April 2017 #3701

    Wonderful sunny day; not a cloud in the sky.

    Inside deep cleaning continues. Including vacuuming the cinema seats and washing the oil lamps. Now who else has those in their hall?

     

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2017 #3702

    Madness 😉 you describe a fantastic day and you're indoors deep cleaning!! You do know this is England? That you live in a rainy area?  Etc etc. Why aren't you enjoying the great outdoors?

    Me I've half heartedly assisted on the great shed clear out. My proper bit starts any minute now -tidying the freezer and the storage shelves. But I need to do so without eyes 😉😉. That's because I now have enough space to stand on - he's untidy! I've successfully sent son home with his bike, he and his dad thought next time would do. I pointed out next time won't just be golf clubs but dog and fiancé and the stuff they'll have worn to the wedding they're attending etc😂😂.  Also a few garden tools. We have our own, hubby's dad's and one of his uncle's stuff. Be useful for the children in due course I was told 15 years ago, hmmmmm one has lived in NZ for 10 years 😲.

    We enjoyed lunch outside and I've gravitated to my sun chair as often as I've been able 😆

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2017 #3703

    Have to see how the NT get on but i do not think as far as the CC is concerned you should hold your breathwink 

  • Oneputt
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    edited April 2017 #3704

    have a great trip Millie.  lovely weather in NW Germany.  Went to Cloppenburg this morning, didnt recognise anything from my last visit in 1970wink.  Also went to Schloss Clemenswerth at Sogel, very good.

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2017 #3705

    Another glorious Cornish day. Did a bit of garden tidying up outside the van this morning, early lunch then off to St Agnes Head and a walk along the coast path to Trevaunance Cove.

    And what a small world! Walking back along the path stop to let a couple come past and young lady says "I know you! You're Mr M, you used to teach me at the school I went to!". And so I did, about 10 years or so ago.Still get a buzz out of meeting ex students out of the blue and chatting over old times - sad isn't it? (Smiley smiley)

  • Goldie146
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    edited April 2017 #3706

    Farm work continues outside as usual - plus intense tidying and weeding of the yard. I need my husband inside to reach high and awkward bits. 

    Our working life is lived in The Great Outdoors.

    Tomorrow, the forecast being fine during the day, we will be painting more fields brown. 

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2017 #3707

    Sounds like an enjoyable day. You should get a buzz when you meet people you've taught. Nice that they remember you - you must have made an impression if nothing else 😯 I hope it was a good one 😉

  • triky auto
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    edited April 2017 #3708

    Lovely sunny day in East Kent.Sold my old faithful V.70.to a friend for a song ,after all it is 20 years old !! But kept it on the road regardless,been a brilliant workhorse .If this new V90 lasts that long ,I'll be well pleased !!wink.

  • robsail
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    edited April 2017 #3709

    A good  day today, weather superb, first day of sailing, I managed to fit a XL sweatshirt, i didn't break the buddy sailing seat, and took out a disabled person for a spin in the boat which was thoroughly enjoyed!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #3710

    We visited the National Trust Alfriston Clergy House in East Sussex yesterday. A lovely little village and the first property to be acquired by the National Trust, a lovely thatched timber framed cottage with a beautiful garden. 

    It was a 30 mile drive from Northbrook Farm club site on a lovely sunny day through some beautiful countryside. A much lovelier way to spend our Sunday afternoon than working for dinner2go for a boss that was cheating us!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #3711

    Thank you, Ian!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #3712

    Thanks, Brian. I've put in some applications to various companies so will just have to wait and see what result comes from it.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #3713

    Thanks, HD!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #3714

    Thanks, Yertiz!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #3715

    You're right about that, Steve. I'm already feeling the benefit of less spending on fuel!

  • triky auto
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    edited April 2017 #3716

    Early morning mist lifting now & sun breaking through in East Kent.Building the pizza oven base today .Plus maintenance etc etc 

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #3717

    I think I'm in the wrong place, triky. There's no sun here at the moment. It started off foggy but that has cleared to a grey overcast sky. Good luck with your pizza oven. You'll soon be making tasty pizzas!

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2017 #3718
    1. Malcolm good to hear you're sounding positive. Must just be Tricky that's in the right place grey here as the mist lifts no sun in Essex at present. Have another enjoyable day, at least you are on a seasonal pitch so no fees to find. Good luck with the job applications.
  • IanH
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    edited April 2017 #3719

    One of these days I'm going to get to Trikey's place smile

    (Last time I planned it, he went off on holiday - bloomin' cheek! wink)

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2017 #3720

    B2, it should clear soonsmile here on the East coast of Yorkshire it started like that, it's now full sun & blue sky @14c. Proper Spring day. 

  • ABM
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    edited April 2017 #3721

    Bootiful  Clear  day  up  in  the  County  Palatine,  probably  helped  by  my  having  cleaned  the  specs  this  very  morning  !!