Maybe it’s just me, I probably have posted this before, but the reminders that this is the closest I have got to this shape in the last four years, three months, one week and, erm, I certainly are not counting but a hand helps!
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First pay day and to shelter
The thing is, what do you do on your first pay day, having some spare cash has been brilliant, learning to live on £72 per week means I hope to save quite abit, and then taking myself and my lads on holiday arrives, loads of great thoughts…
Two bottles bought as I feel very worthy of them! Was given a great idea about a video last night, though I decided not to make it!
That’s just about all my older clothes now gone to Shelter, I put some cash in Marie Curie, though decided not to sign the book, singer Paul, friend Tracy and uncle’s Ken and Barry. I also get the big issue, im a very lucky person and have restocked my clothes.
“Odin…” oh, thats another film.“I’m Spar, ‘no I am…” I am good Stu though!!!
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Charity, Ssafa and the RBL
Potentially I have not mentioned enough about these charities? if it weren’t for them, especially Ssafa – thanks Joanie! then I would dare not think too much, as selling the big issue would have probably not been enough. My thoughts; to do a few really in-depth blogs how the charities pretty much rescued me after the various parts of the governments systems – illness – pretty much abandoned me, a terrific women at Bradford’s ‘open moves’ started a ball moving, and to think on, I need to thank her otherwise it were shelter.
These last few months I have given so much clothing to Ilkley shelter, another tangent, once (hoping) I get fully settled and at ease with working full time then I’m certainly going to volunteer my possible spare time to charity, honestly, too much to mention for a simple post, thing is, its also on my mind to write something in-depth about Remploy, and how I ended up with them, the honest truth, some really nice folks do work at the Keighley job centre plus, im harping on a lot now…
As a sub note, I really am tempted to write about the organisations that take on ‘folks’ through Remploy, but that needs more thought as perhaps organisations might not want too? -
Breakdown live
The best original band I have ever had pleasure in viewing, superb guys, superb…
I were going to mention something under each photo, I struggled, you all complement each other big time, a big fat sound with very clear vocals, just brilliant, keep those songs arriving!
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Scarves, hats and socks, love we colours!
The thing is; we mainly dress to approve, we dress for the mood, we dress to say and we dress any which way, do we dress to improve? I think so yes, we can dress smart no problem, but to keep some of that humour, the body changes but the mind still creates;
I dread summer as it means no scarves, what a bind, but to keep cool, clothing is there, the nomads used scarves in the desert, erm, I think? hats, hmmm, its an old wives tale that wearing hats in the summer lost your hair, it really just is not true, what about all those women with, hmmm, what did they call them, after being to the hair dressers, arrggghhhh, you know, looked like fishing nets on the head?
I have no chance of ever being a fisherman, although I once had a ‘fisher’ and walked home from the hospital after treatment, what a pile of, that is another Stu story! -
A few things but really
Its a big test, the cold is indeed getting colder! Friday’s are dress down times at work but I think it might well be a good thick wool jumper with tee-shirt underneath and dress up with those Doc Marten dealers! the cotton shirt will help keep me cool if it gets too warm, wool really does have the same properties in the warm as cold, hmmm, you get my drift? me too!
When sheep dress down they feel so cool, and I suspect they think they look so too? mind you, it is a little out of control for them, sometimes maybe they do feel like that shot in the dark?
Not to worry, just keep on pushing and if you try sometime you just might find, you get what you need, bah, or something else of being equivalent in-between…?
Jeez, you remember them? yes some pretty vacant in-between those there sideburns, or as was pointed out to me, the teddy boys called them sideboards, either way they kept my face warm like sheep, erm, forgotten where we were, ah ha, that’s it, keeping warm… -
Do you really want to work?
A very interesting article, Beveridge report: From ‘deserving poor’ to ‘scroungers’? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20431729
After experiencing an awful lot lately, a couple of things; ill or not we are thrown in the same bucket, how many times I saw folks hobble into a club/pub with a stick, have drinks then either forget which hand they originally used and/or forget the stick completely, yes I witnessed this many times.
Its a massive subject, I have been involved in conversations that simply say ‘why work when I get more on the dole’ iv heard much more. My doctors and consultants now class me as a one in ten sarcoid, its not a competition but its unofficially known 2/3 of folks who sign on have no intention of working. I have learnt how crap the benefits system can be, iv learnt that many who work there are very genuinely good folks, iv learnt that parts of the benefits system are very helpful, and iv learnt regardless of how ill they tell me I am I need to work, and thankfully I am.
It’s a cycle that is ever increasing, children are brought up in an environment with the single parent or both parents at home, tv with all the channels ever, full internet and on-line gaming, flash mobile phones, no interest in working, plenty of arguments, a possible volatile living, do you get my drift? and if that is all they know then potentially it will continue for generation after generation, give them the Jeremy Kyle lie detector…
Im quite sure the Beveridge report was genuinely about those who really did suffer the slums and such, once upon a time folks were really proud of the council house they got, they looked after it, the garden, the rooms, the neighbours – not always, as I can remember those who did not.
Yes, it goes without saying, many folks will never have the will to work, and even have a relative ‘ok’ living, is it the fault of them or is it the previous generations or simply the ‘system’
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Hot chocolate jelly pop
Me and Matt tried an experiment, just to see if we could make a lolly pop out of hot chocolate and jelly, we never though about the getting ready photos but these were early the next morning.
Once we had used warm water to release the delicacy on a spoon then you can see the frozen jelly at the bottom and the frozen hot chocolate at the top.
The spoon held it firmly, it might even look erm, inspiring, the thing is, we never thought about photos of it being tried out, and yes it was vile, disgustingly terrible, never to try tasting again, the frozen jelly was abit too hard and the hot frozen chocolate was a little like vomit, someone elses… -
Hats, socks and scarves, colours we love
Colours bring a smile to so many folks, nothing wrong with singular dull colours but I just love getting the crazy and daft colours to show personality is within.
By far the biggest hat I have ever had the pleasure in wearing, when walking around for some reason I do see folks smiling at me, I just can not understand it!
Absolutely the brightest hat I have ever worn, terrific, I will get more over time, these two are LOUDelephant, you should check them out, fantastically warm too, possibly the best natural wool hats available are LOUDelephant, 50 pence per hat also goes to charity.
A few more socks here, all are about 85% cotton, this seems to help with my feet, synthetics can sometimes seem to be a problem, hence all the new clothes especially for work, mind you, some of the smiles I get could be down to my socks! -
Name that tune
Could someone please put me out of my thoughts of that I will never find out, today at the doctors, and for the third time running, this tune came on, none of the receptionists know what it is, they even said after my last visit the doctor came out to ask as I also asked him!!!
Its a little rough as it is recorded on my Orange Rio, but the best times to turn it up are between 30 – 41 seconds, someone must know the tune!? I really do need a better phone now! Please someone put this misery to the opposite and make my day! I went to the doctors as unfortunately this morning I still did not feel too good after the Alendronic acid yesterday, it wont happen again and they prescribed me some stuff to help settle my stomach during the day.
We are to marshall my tummy! I really am doing everything and anything possible to ensure I can work well.
