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I’m so, so sorry to here that… Life just seems so unfair sometimes….

What is more of a worry for me is how often schools change books especially at 2nd level….

I know a couple who had a baby in the Ukraine because the legal situation is more clearcut. They were the biological parents & their names went on the birthcert & they had no problems getting a passport. Hope some help

Oh Lordy – there’s been a change of heart and they’re going to give me a credit note. Head office in Castlebar & Dundalk branch discussed it & reconsidered – while of course not admiting that there was anything wrong with the shoes – it is a gesture of goodwill…

I love it….. just my kinda thing …. pity I’m not planning on going again!

Oh Lord – just a quick word – if she is not normally confused, she could have a kidney / bladder infection. Gran lived to 103 but we always knew when she was coming down with a waterworks infection because she got confused.

I’m so sorry for her – and for the family too.

Hope she is on her way to recovery

Bloody hell. Years ago my mum and dad were in the same situation. Though not as badly injured my mum still has pain directly as a result -45 years later…

Just back from holidays – and as requested got a call from their customer service department. Basically the same story.

But surely – sandals apart – the whole point of shoes is to keep your feet dry & protected? Fair enough if they were canvas, or running / sketcher-like shoes which advertise ‘ventilation’ (ie holes!).

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Oh you poor dear. That is a wicked lot to have on your plate. It is always so much harder to deal with this things when you feel so blooming powerless.

Hope life soon a lot easier for you, your dad & Hailey

Apart from when the gas ran out …. then it was go, go, go, get a refill, don’t just sit there!

Yip, I cover sex ed with teenage lads & many reckon they know it all… you know, how periods last five minutes & girls lose a couple if litres of blood…. Now that really would be dramatic…

Sorry about delay responding – they said it was shown in error (‘a serious error’) ^ that an investigation was being launched, but that what my kids see on tv is my responsibility. I accepted part one, objected to part two & got not reply.

Thanks for the offer Dave. Just saw it now.

Sabbi, the message on twitter did the trick & I got one locally. Thanks for that.

Have got viber, whatsap, but have so far resisted twitter & facebook – I’m working on it!

Ta Sabbi – he’s not a very demanding wee fellow and if we can’t get one, so be it, but right now I just don’t have a few hundred to spare. If the blooming thing had only broken down last week, I’d have had time to replace it 2nd hand online & get it delivered. Still, in the grand scheme of things is a minor inconvenience…

I don’t know where I stand on this issue any more and like a great many people am even afraid to discuss it as there are such extreme views at both ends of the spectrum.( I suspect that is partially the reason why this thread is so quiet.)

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Hi Sabbi,

Just to clarify something: teachers haven’t been offer a 22% increase – I haven’t been offered any increase of any kind. Nada. Not a cent. That is just spin.

If you’d all be so kind as to let me give the story from the other side…

Two main issues.

The first one is different pay scales in secondary teaching for same work
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I have complained. I just feel it is a child-protection issue – there are some things that kids should not be exposed to. Anyway, they have confirmed receipt of my complaint and now have 20 working days to respond officially.

I only have lads but can have similar issues – they find them restrictive & feel that they can’t move their arms enough… Would she be open to a ‘poncho’ style one? I’m sure you can get them pick & sparkly? Less of a row getting it on too.,..

This in ongoing with my 2.5 year old. Sometimes they hear it, sometimes they don’t. An x-ray shows nothing – but back for another. Legs same length when on his back, but half a cm shorter when on his tummy….

I think that it can be exceptionally hard to catch at times, so they take no chances if there is the slightest possibility.

Sometimes the…[Read more]

Google Busy Bodies (HSE). It is a chunky little booklet about the facts of life. Cartoon format. Covers most areas but doesn’t go into huge detail about sex. If you contact the Health Promotion Unit the might send you a booklet – or maybe you have to download it these days. I use these booklets & the accompanying video are in First Year – but with…[Read more]