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Cheerful Dragon Posted Feb 10, 2012
PHoD: Going on a long holiday (a month long cruise). The holiday will be great, it's the ancillary stuff that's a grind. We had to buy new suitcases because of luggage restrictions (one suitcase, maximum laden weight 23kg). Most of the visas can be done on board, but there's one we have to do ourselves. It requires bigger ID photos than you get from a photo booth, we had to make an appointment to take the applications in, the visa place is in Birmingham and it doesn't help that it snowed overnight. (It's still snowing.)
That will be another PH - drivers who can't cope with comparatively light snow. Yes, the snow settled but the roads are fairly clear, even in a rural spot such as where we live. Hubby has known it to take 3 hours to get to Birmingham from here under similar conditions. Normally it takes no more than an hour.
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Sho - employed again! Posted Feb 10, 2012
PH: bank managers, staff of helplines etc etc who only, apparently, have a first name and therefore want to use your first name too.
Listen buster: I'm a grown up lady and I'm Ms Sho's-surname to you!
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toybox Posted Feb 10, 2012
PH: the same people, calling me Mr Toybox in every single sentence they utter.
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Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed ) Posted Feb 10, 2012
They start every sentece with "WE" anyway.
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Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Posted Feb 10, 2012
I hate it when people use my surname; I prefer my first name. Another social trapping I don't care for is handshakes. They're such a meaningless waste of time.
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You can call me TC Posted Feb 10, 2012
Can't see what's srong with handshakes - they force you to take a split second and look the person in the eye. Can be quite an important moment.
In this cold weather, my PH is the way my glasses steam up when I'm cycling with a scarf wrapped around my mouth and nose. It's either the frozen nose or the frosted glasses. Neither are much fun.
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winternights Posted Feb 10, 2012
PH: And I’ve just done it, hit that slidy button on the side of my new mobile phone whilst sending a text and it sends my text mid stream. PH 2 whilst I’m here , my dyslexia is being a complete pig at the mo, I’m dependant on grammar and spell checker and I’m still getting things wrong when I type.
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Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... Posted Feb 10, 2012
PH: Cowards who accost young women on the street because they're easy targets.
Although, not really petty, more just hate. Long - journalled - story.
(Winternights, feel your pain with PH 2.)
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winternights Posted Feb 10, 2012
The worst of it, is that you don’t know you done anything wrong, what I think in my head often is type the wrong way around, I transpose numbers so I have to be careful with money but as mention today its being a pig , so I think I will retire whilst a head and go refresh my head with a at the local watering hole .
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Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... Posted Feb 10, 2012
sometimes my writing's better when I'm having a pig of a day, it means I've had to think harder about what I've been writing...and whilst this mean I may not have written as much, I've often edited it better and not had a serious case of verbal diarrhoea.
However when it comes to maths...
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Anna Siren- the heathen of the deep, according to iTunes... Posted Feb 10, 2012
PHs of the day: sleeping a full day away. Again. Being scared to check my bank account (no, really). Hannah's leaving, who'll I run around with? Where has my student ID gone ARGH and revision ARGH..
I think the last two are the most pressing.
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Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! Posted Feb 10, 2012
PH: the fact that i would be quite happy to be an eternal student if only it didn't mean studying
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Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed ) Posted Feb 10, 2012
Yup. Student days meant you didn´t have a penny to spare but could afford the craziest hobbies.
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Feb 10, 2012
Speaking of - PH: having to share a hotel room with a perfect stranger to save the university money - wouldn't be so bad it if weren't just a small double bed...
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Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed ) Posted Feb 10, 2012
Tell the hotel to phone me, I´ll swim over.
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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Feb 10, 2012
Mala!
PHotD1: when you go swimming and twenty minutes later that annoying bit of water that has been making you deaf suddenly leaks out of your ear .
PHotD2: My inability to bake.
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Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... Posted Feb 10, 2012
Here here!
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Pink Paisley Posted Feb 11, 2012
The bit of being drunk that follows the feeling ok bit.
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- 10881: Cheerful Dragon (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10882: Sho - employed again! (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10883: toybox (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10884: Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed ) (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10885: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10886: You can call me TC (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10887: winternights (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10888: Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10889: winternights (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10890: Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10891: Anna Siren- the heathen of the deep, according to iTunes... (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10892: Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10893: Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed ) (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10894: Malabarista - now with added pony (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10895: Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed ) (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10896: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10897: winnoch2 - Impostair Syndromair Extraordinaire (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10898: winternights (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10899: Emily...overly fond of the ellipsis...and top ten lists...submit yours @ A87824361... (Feb 10, 2012)
- 10900: Pink Paisley (Feb 11, 2012)
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