Diary Thursday 24th November 2016

Photo of me taken by Melica Smith
Preston, England
November 24, 2016 3:09pm CST
Week one day three of the temporary post office work and I was put right back on the same duties as the previous day which I was very happy about. Myself and the other two temps assigned to the same tasks were left virtually unsupervised and we just got on with the work. Sadly just after lunch we were once again sent home early due to there being too little work coming in for a full day. This is likely to hit my salary hard if it continues. I got some food in and bought a big box of Xmas cards to start writing them out for various friends. I also sent some short stories off to publishers. Friends sent me a photo of myself captured at their recent ‘seas’ themed house party in my bits of pirate garb. You can see Spongebob Squarepants, Captain Pugwash, and Mr Cadbury’s Parrot among other paraphernalia about my person here. Arthur Chappell
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Nov 16
Cool photo!
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@celticeagle (158910)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Nov 16
Great picture! I can see you as a pirate. The good kind of course.
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@celticeagle (158910)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Nov 16
@arthurchappell .......Pretty silly.
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• Preston, England
26 Nov 16
@celticeagle one of my favourites as a child - love the theme tune too
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• Preston, England
24 Nov 16
Arrrrr, we all be the good kind @celticeagle
Captain Pugwash Episode 2. Captain Pugwash was one of my favourite BBC TV cartoons when I was younger. This upload has been made possible and optimised by SE...
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
24 Nov 16
Well, at least work is going good and they do not micro manage you. Awesome photo, I need to get that hat. I love anything about pirates and crossbones. Could you tell? lol
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• Preston, England
25 Nov 16
@crossbones27 i just got the hat at a standard anything for £ store
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
28 Nov 16
and I am assuming since you are making "something" this cuts into the whole unemployment monies, I hope it all works out ok!!!
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• Preston, England
28 Nov 16
@Jessicalynnt yes, I lose my benefits as my earnings slightly exceed my welfare even though my earnings are reduced by the hours being cut down - it should get busier from tomorrow though as Xmas gets closer
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@Poppylicious (11133)
25 Nov 16
I'll be putting some post in the postbox soon ... then you'll be busy! The chap behind you forgot to dress up.
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• Preston, England
25 Nov 16
@Poppylicious there were quite a few uncostumed guests there
@AutumnSnow (4584)
24 Nov 16
Love the picture,lol. Hopefully your hours will not be cut much more.
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• Preston, England
24 Nov 16
@AutumnSnow I hope not - the next three weeks should get busier hopefully
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@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
25 Nov 16
I hope that soon the work will increase at your working place. This photo is funny.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Nov 16
That's a great photo but what a shame about the lack of hours. It must surely hit your budget hard.
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
24 Nov 16
Great picture of you. Hope your hours pick up as the holiday rush starts up.
@5thHouse (1678)
• Sheffield, England
25 Nov 16
It must be frustrating to keep being sent home early. I hope things pick up soon. It will surely get busier as we get closer to Christmas.
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