| lesley153
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| Looks like Jonathan's jumped through all the pre-employment hoops, because he's been given a starting date of 23/9. He is as we speak/type/read looking at flats in SW London. Exciting times. |
Reply #3061. Jul 18 11, 10:58 AM
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Professer 
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thats good news Lesley am sure he will go on to greater things in years to come
Reply #3062. Jul 18 11, 11:17 AM
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daymare
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Flat hunting, new job, his Mum healthier. It appears life is very good to Jonathan (and Lesley). Congratulations!
"Flog the Antique Tat in the Attic Greed Show". I will never watch "Antiques Roadshow" the same way again. :)
Reply #3063. Jul 18 11, 11:31 AM
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| veronikkamarrz
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I am so relieved to see that you have the first AND last word on page "153" Lesley...:)
Reply #3065. Jul 18 11, 1:08 PM
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| lesley153
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Thanks, Gary. I've always thought he'd make his mark, although I had no idea what on. I think that sort of faith in the offspring is probably part of the job. In three years, the plan is that he'll have a string of letters after his name, and be able to call himself an Ologist.
Daymare, it does look that way, thank goodness - and thanks for the congratulations. For me, the funniest bit about the Tat in the Attic programmes is the way the star find of the show, and it's probably been used as a cat dish or doorstop or plantpot, or stuck in the garage for 40 years, emerges bright and shiny, with not a cobweb on it. The great joy of the Antiques Greedshow is the expression on the face of the bombastic guest, who knows everything about the objet d'art they've brought, including that its value is something in excess of a trillion pounds, on learning that it's a mass-produced fake and it's worth tuppence.
Gosh, Judy, what a big collection! All I can remember about the way it looked is that it's square, drab, boring. I looked on eBay and found a load of square, drab, boring brown clocks struggling to reach 99 pence. If tip man is prepared to fuss around putting it up for sale, he's welcome to whatever he can make on it.
So would I have been, VM, if I'd realised. I didn't even notice the page number! |
Reply #3066. Jul 18 11, 4:19 PM
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satguru
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Ah, the appreciative family. My late grandpa had very high standards, and although one of the top of his own profession in music worldwide was just as critical of himself. I arrived at his house straight after college with my 2-2 and he said (without a full stop but a comma) 'Well done, when are you going to get your hair cut' (he was not being funny) and when I shunned my solicitors finals and was teaching law instead in three different private schools he said I'd wasted my degree.
In contrast even passing any degree felt like a miracle for me (it did not come naturally by any means) a 2-2 when I'd been on the little line on the ground where the door meets the path outside for two years was even more. That struggle told me clearly another year of twice as much work by past performance was unlikely to be so different. I didn't give up studying, I began a master's in the evening which was too much and swapped to counselling, and couldn't have done either or any of my jobs without the degree. I couldn't care what anyone says as it certainly opened plenty of new doors for me, but for him if it wasn't that of a lawyer it didn't appear to matter.
Reply #3067. Jul 18 11, 5:20 PM
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| lesley153
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I wonder if you teach your children to be appreciative by being appreciative yourself. Withholding appreciation could be sending your child off on a lifelong quest for approval it's never going to get.
And I wonder why people try to make their children follow in their path - education, religion, career... and why children have to work so hard to teach their parents about boundaries - child and parent are not the same person. Nor do I understand the thought that goes into putting your children down. Surely your job is to build them up?
I think your grandfather's response was pretty rich, considering that you as good as forced to do the law degree. What were you supposed to do that wouldn't be a waste? |
Reply #3068. Jul 18 11, 6:00 PM
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satguru
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I do that all the time, the laptop actually removes words sometimes or moves them and can't keep up. I was only subjected to my grandparent's standards part time and laughed at them, but their own two children did not and whatever they actually did never felt it was good enough. They were just the same with each other in their marriage so go figure. I wanted to get a degree- the only thing that made it almost a necessity was a few months working for a surveyor in an estate agent's, he was qualified, earned a fortune for a few hour's work, paid next to nothing and treated us like dirt. I soon realised with qualifications you could be immune to a possible life like this and did everything I could to stay in college for the following three years after two very dodgy ones changing subjects. Law ended up by default after it came up on an earlier course and they recommended I changed to it as it was far better than my chosen one taken alongside. Even without becoming a lawyer it's a pretty useful one to have though. Especially for other people with legal problems but at least I'm usually able to help even if I'm not allowed to charge...
Reply #3070. Jul 18 11, 7:10 PM
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| lesley153
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| One of Jonathan's flatmates did a law conversion degree, and told him how to respond to the Student Loan Company when they demanded the return of an overpaid £2000, although he worked out that they had underpaid him by £1000. He didn't pay for the advice! but she didn't pay him for cookery lessons either. |
Reply #3071. Jul 18 11, 7:54 PM
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| veronikkamarrz
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I like to think, that I am appreciative every day of my life. I also like to think, that by observation, my kids learned that as well.
There is always something (or someone) for which to be thankful. We should try to remember these, and imprint them on our daily lives.
We raise our offspring to live on their own, and we'll see how that works! Perfectly! ;)
Kinda long winded for me, I know. :)
Reply #3072. Jul 18 11, 7:57 PM
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| lesley153
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I think they do. Children do pick up on attitudes.
Perfectly? Oh pleeease!
That wasn't long-winded. It was laconic (well, compared with me, it was). |
Reply #3073. Jul 18 11, 8:04 PM
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| lesley153
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| I went to a birthday party at 7pm Friday and got home at 2.30am Saturday. It has been a most civilised start to the weekend. |
Reply #3074. Jul 23 11, 8:12 PM
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channe
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Aren't you glad that you can actually do that now?
Reply #3075. Jul 24 11, 12:13 AM
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bloodandsand
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I'm more than impressed with your staying power! Don't think I could manage that now :(
Reply #3076. Jul 24 11, 5:11 AM
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| lesley153
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Channe - not half! :) I was doing things like scampering from the kitchen to the bonfire fifty feet away, to ask people how they wanted their drinks, then scampering out again with the drink. The word scampering took temporary leave of my vocabulary for a while, but now it's right back up there.
Thanks, Bev. It's not something I get the chance to do very often - and I can always sleep in. |
Reply #3077. Jul 24 11, 6:44 AM
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| veronikkamarrz
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WoW! 2:30...I don't think I've seen that hour in years! It's dark then, right? :)
Reply #3078. Jul 24 11, 10:32 AM
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| lesley153
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| It is a bit dark at 2.30, but less so with garden lights and red-hot barbecues. But that's OK, because it's light again at four o'clock. |
Reply #3079. Jul 24 11, 11:20 AM
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| veronikkamarrz
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Yep, 4:30 I've seen, right before I get all the way up! You rock Lesley, just don't get too tired out...:)
Reply #3080. Jul 24 11, 8:13 PM
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