What are you all up to

A busy day here, OH laying slabs, I think that's the last of some decent but chilly weather, we've got hail in the forecast tomorrow. Spoke to a relative who had a fall and has broken a foot and a wrist on the same side, similar to a neighbour who ended up in hospital last week after a dog walk tumble...hope there won't be a third incident! 

As the car was out, following my trip to get jab, we had a short drive and then a pleasant different walk. Lots of flowers out and blossom on the trees. This afternoon I finally got round to testing the mover on the van....worked ok....and moved the van it so that it was sitting at a new position on the tyres.

Good to hear you've been "stabbed" again Nellie.

Had to be in Hartlepool today - yes I know, jet setting again I hear you say!

I normally take a lunchtime walk by the sea but the cold wind drove in inland and I found such fascinating streets behind the town centre with some interesting architecture of buildings that must have been very impressive in their day but now sadly in need of some loving care.   

Brue

JL have a fairly generous redundancy package, certainly more than the basic,  but it often doesn't compensate for losing your job of course. I would imagine I any of those within say 10 years of normal retirement age may well be able to take early retirement plus the redundancy package depending on length of service. In a branch like Peterborough some of the Partners will have probably been working in the nearby Waitrose and it is possible a few jobs will be secured that way but nothing near the numbers that work in the main shop. Do you remember the name of your daughters friend?

David

Thanks David, difficult times for many employees with companies re-organising themselves. Yes I do know who the person is and hear about her, she is in a similar role elsewhere.

"This afternoon I finally got round to testing the mover on the van....worked ok....and moved the van it so that it was sitting at a new position on the tyres"

did ours yesterday, i have to brush the tyres before moving as the chuckies i put down for the hard standing have a tendancy to stick to the tyres when it has been standing for a period and would then grind up through the mover and do lots of damage.

going to do my monthly deep clean of the wet room today, we live in a very hard water area and lime scale is a constant problem, we do now have a water filter which has allieviated much of the problem but the black non slip tiles in the wet room continue to be a bit of an area for concern

Life goes on here, despite all the troubles in the world. Our son put a photo on Instrgarn, with "everything you always wanted to know about calf rearing". Click on the link (I don't think you have to log on - but I may be wrong, so apologies in advance).

https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2O7H-hNy_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

B2, you have lost track of time!   The wee fellow is coming up on 9 weeks old.  
I have the same problem, cannot believe how fast time passes these days.

Work on his bedroom is nearing completion now.   I have been able to put in all the skirtings, door surrounds, facings, and the doors themselves, wardrobes too, and he even has a cot, not that he will sleep there for a while yet, but at least he has somewhere to keep his clothes!  It is all looking very good, just the curtains to make now.

It works Goldie, nice to see the photos.