COLD DARK ROOM

[katieandiggy]

How long does your trip take Katie? We can get into London Bridge in 40 minutes from west Kent. I am guessing you go into Liverpool Street?

Yes! I go from Ipswich into Liverpool Street which is around 1 hour - 1hr 20 depending if a slow or fast service. From there I have to go to Lambeth in south London which can easily take another 40 mins on the underground. I also have a 15 minute drive from my house into Ipswich. All in all it’s around 2hrs each way.
It’s crazy really as you can get from Northampton to London in about an hour and it’s probably double the distance. A lot of people in my office come from afar.. Sussex, Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk.

 

[Dipa]

Wow hat must be hard. I already think 5 days is bad enough.

I do have a long commute, I travel 2 hours each way into London so with an 8 hour shift on top, its hard.

I know some people probably have a lot worse though.

I travel for 10 minutes but my shift is 9 am to 7 pm

 

[Dipa]

The weekend is just the two days at the end of the week. The Bible says something like the workd was created in 7 days and on the 7th Day God rested and that was a Sunday (terrible paraphrasing but you get the idea). So the last two days that end the week, Saturday and Sunday, are the weekend.

Many people here in the UK work Saturday and/or Sunday. They will get one day off a week, and some will get two, but those days may well not be Saturday and Sunday.

Most government offices and schools are closed at the weekend.

here the holliday is for only sundays
but my dad works half day at sunday too..

 

[CarolM]

I’m back! But nobody is here

I’ll go make some coffee and see who I can entice out

Coffee sounds good. Been a little hectic at work, So this is the first chance I have gotten to pop in. How are you all doing?

 

[CarolM]

Hey Joesmum, we have snow predictions too! Not looking forward to it at all.we were snowed in for about 5 days with the last beast from the east!

Oopsie. If it happens again build an igloo. I believe they keep you quite warm.

 

[CarolM]

Hi katieanddiggy! Welcome to the TFO and the CDR. I'm on the welcoming committee this week (self-appointed of course), so here's how this place works. More or less.
Welcome to the Cold Dark Room!
Pull up an armadillo to sit on. The One-Legged Pirate or the Leprechaun, his Substitute, should bring you a beverage of your choice. We should have a bar, The Drunken Penguin, recently opened in one of the corners and inspired by a resident penguin, either Silly or Willy. Speaking of corners, there are more of them in the CDR than we know, and there's a rumour that the Wool Spider might actually exist. Even if you don't find the bar, we usually have lots of tea and coffee -- and someone might still have a stash of cheese, though nobody has admitted it so far.
Do watch out for the hedgehogs. You can use the jellyfish to light your way. Exercise caution, and enjoy your stay.

@katieandiggy - What Lena and Linda Said. Welcome to the CDR from my side, my name is Carol

 

[katieandiggy]

@katieandiggy - What Lena and Linda Said. Welcome to the CDR from my side, my name is Carol

Hey Carol, good to meet you [emoji16]

 

[CarolM]

Since we all watch and talk about the weather, and one special CDR member is from here, thought the Russia Today article provides a lot of info

• Cape Town is counting down to ‘Day Zero,’ when the city’s water supply will run critically low. Many lament government inefficiency, while others blame climate change, but what has really pushed the city to its limit?

• Day Zero is the point when the city government will turn off most of the water distribution systems, rationing what's left for essential services. At the time of writing, the event is predicted to take place on July 9. Dam levels are currently at 24 percent; Day Zero protocols will be triggered when the dams reach 13.5 percent capacity.

Here’s the link. https://www.rt.com/news/421475-day-zero-cape-town-water/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Aaahhh thank you for thinking of me. It has now become the norm, to save your bath water for the toilet, and buy 5lt bottles of water for extra water around the house, to watch the watermeter like a hawk etc. My husband was calling me the water police and even he has stopped moaning at me moaning at them for using to much water. We will get there and survive it. After all, we have the strongest will to survive that I know of.

 

[CarolM]

Since we all watch and talk about the weather, and one special CDR member is from here, thought the Russia Today article provides a lot of info

• Cape Town is counting down to ‘Day Zero,’ when the city’s water supply will run critically low. Many lament government inefficiency, while others blame climate change, but what has really pushed the city to its limit?

• Day Zero is the point when the city government will turn off most of the water distribution systems, rationing what's left for essential services. At the time of writing, the event is predicted to take place on July 9. Dam levels are currently at 24 percent; Day Zero protocols will be triggered when the dams reach 13.5 percent capacity.

Here’s the link. https://www.rt.com/news/421475-day-zero-cape-town-water/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Just read the article and glanced at the other stories at the bottom. All I am saying is : SIGH.

 

[CarolM]

it gone welli got that with the salary that is more than my current salary
but my parents didnt allow the job

Oh no. I am sorry that, that happened. Well done on getting the job though.

 

[CarolM]

You guys are just crazy lol

Yip and thats the way we like it, like it - uh huh!!! Thats the way we like it, like it. - Uh Huh!!!!

 

[CarolM]

Scratch that. Just had a phone call. The physio has broken her ankle. I guess she has her own problems to deal with for a while

Oh dear. Poor Physiotherapist.

 

[CarolM]

Last Saturday in March ... March 25th this year

I am glad it's Friday too. It feels like it has been a long week.

I am now trying to motivate my self to do some paperwork that I have been ignoring.

Maybe I'll make a cup of tea first.... I'll make a big pot and leave it on Montgomery

I am glad it is Friday, My youngest has gone to prefect camp. So he is away until Sunday. Tomorrow we go and fetch Miley's friend, We are calling him Scooby-doo because he looks like a scooby-doo. I am looking forward to having a break before Monday starts.
Thanks for the Tea Linda. But I am going to help myself to the coffe instead.

 

[JoesMum]

Not that it's appropriate to joke about it, but she should join your group...
I didn't now physio sessions were that expensive!

Fortunately I don't need many full sessions in a year. Maybe one or two usually. It's a small price to pay for being mobile.

We can get free physio on our National Health Service, but the wait is long to get treatment. I can't afford to let things get worse with my history and we are lucky that we can afford to go for private treatment.

 

[Dipa]

Oh no. I am sorry that, that happened. Well done on getting the job though.

THNX A LOT

 

[CarolM]

Hey Carol, good to meet you [emoji16]

Nice to meet you too. Hope it is a good Friday for you.

 

[Kristoff]

Nice to meet you too. Hope it is a good Friday for you.

No, it’s not Good Friday yet.
I have two kids today, and for the first time since I started getting more than one back from school, they’ve latched on to the tablet and I’m not doing anything about it. Sigh. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

 

[Kristoff]

Anyone wants to adopt a cute bunny for Easter?

 

[katieandiggy]

I’m off to an afternoon meeting. I’m not sure who it is that thinks a meeting at 2.30pm on a Friday afternoon is a good idea!!

 

[Kristoff]

I’m off to an afternoon meeting. I’m not sure who it is that thinks a meeting at 2.30pm on a Friday afternoon is a good idea!!

Someone who wanted to make sure the meeting ends by 5 pm?