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Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 21 Feb 23

In my view, we need to be aware of both of our parents' sides of the family tree. It is how it will complete our lives knowing them. Unfortunately, I do not know my mom's relatives or parents. When she was still alive, she never...

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pumpkinjam @Aquitaine24 As far as I know, there were no business owners. They were all miners or factory workers. It started to change a little with some of my mum's generation on her side, and my generation has been much more mixed with our employment.

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Jehanne @Jehanne (2480) • Philippines 6 Aug

I mostly work across departments from logistics, purchasing, sales, accounting, taxation, legal and more departments within the company. All those work I've done from them there is certain works that made me really...

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pumpkinjam @Jehanne Luckily, we don't have many bad tempered customers, and we are trained to deal with them. Our main problems are people who can't hear properly, people being given our number for everything whether it's appropriate or not, and some people who ramble...

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Jehanne @Jehanne (2480) • Philippines 6 Aug

I mostly work across departments from logistics, purchasing, sales, accounting, taxation, legal and more departments within the company. All those work I've done from them there is certain works that made me really...

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pumpkinjam Work makes me sleepy at work. My work mostly involves speaking to people on the phone, which I don't like anyway. While cases can vary in their content and no two-days are the same, it can be tiresome at times.

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Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 21 Feb 23

In my view, we need to be aware of both of our parents' sides of the family tree. It is how it will complete our lives knowing them. Unfortunately, I do not know my mom's relatives or parents. When she was still alive, she never...

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pumpkinjam @Aquitaine24 Going back several generations, my family didn't move very far, they had much the same jobs, and there is little evidence that any of them were any more than average working class people. I'm not saying it's not interesting to learn about the...

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (12806) • United Kingdom 5 Jul

This was a debate I heard on tv earlier …. The question was …..should you look after your parents when they are elderly ? Let’s take out of the equation parents are have added issues …illness etc …..obviously those cases are...

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pumpkinjam @Traceyjayne yes, I have adult children.

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pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8883) • United Kingdom 21 Feb

Hello. How are you all? As always, I've taken on more than I should! There has been a lot happening recently. Some good, some less good. Some of you know my mum (nannacroc). I don't think she comes here any more. She's been very...

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pumpkinjam Thank you. My mum has recovered very well. It was hard at the time, especially feeling like I wasn't much use!

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (12806) • United Kingdom 5 Jul

This was a debate I heard on tv earlier …. The question was …..should you look after your parents when they are elderly ? Let’s take out of the equation parents are have added issues …illness etc …..obviously those cases are...

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pumpkinjam I think this is a very personal and case-by-case scenario. I will call my parents or visit them when I can. When I'm there, I'll happily do any chores or DIY that they need. However, there are a lot of reasons I couldn't look after them in other ways. There...

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pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8883) • United Kingdom 21 Feb

Hello. How are you all? As always, I've taken on more than I should! There has been a lot happening recently. Some good, some less good. Some of you know my mum (nannacroc). I don't think she comes here any more. She's been very...

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pumpkinjam Mum is much better now she is back home and able to nag my dad again I'm feeling better but have a niggly cough that is really not conducive to rehearsing for a musical I did enjoy the puzzle. I'd not done one like it before. It's...

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pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8883) • United Kingdom 21 Feb

Hello. How are you all? As always, I've taken on more than I should! There has been a lot happening recently. Some good, some less good. Some of you know my mum (nannacroc). I don't think she comes here any more. She's been very...

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pumpkinjam I didn't really notice the baby smell but she did fart on my husband as soon as he got hold of her

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pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8883) • United Kingdom 21 Feb

Hello. How are you all? As always, I've taken on more than I should! There has been a lot happening recently. Some good, some less good. Some of you know my mum (nannacroc). I don't think she comes here any more. She's been very...

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celticeagle @celticeagle (192082) • Boise, Idaho 30 Dec

Sort of weird to think about I guess but I was thinking of all the things I've done in my life and the interesting memories. Then I started thinking about the things I haven't done. That I had on a bucket list I had compiled but...

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pumpkinjam @celticeagle I like being in and around water. My husband wouldn't go on a cruise (well, I might persuade him to go on one of those river cruises somewhere not too warm! He's OK with water as long as he can see the bottom. He doesn't care how deep or shallow...

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celticeagle @celticeagle (192082) • Boise, Idaho 30 Dec

Sort of weird to think about I guess but I was thinking of all the things I've done in my life and the interesting memories. Then I started thinking about the things I haven't done. That I had on a bucket list I had compiled but...

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pumpkinjam I kind of have a bucket list. I have parachuted out of a plane. That kicked off my bucket list it's a very long list, which seems to get longer as I add more than I complete. I've never owned a home (amd probably never will). A cruise is on my...

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pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8883) • United Kingdom 15 Jan

My son (Midi) and I have had a lot of fun over the past few days. We travelled by train up to Liverpool on Sunday. We checked in to The Liner Hotel before meeting up with Midi's friend for lunch. We then had a walk through Everton...

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pumpkinjam I'm glad you're inspired. As I was talking to someone today, they asked how I would fit in additional activities. I'm really not sure at times. I just so things and don't sleep

17 Jan

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8883) • United Kingdom 15 Jan

My son (Midi) and I have had a lot of fun over the past few days. We travelled by train up to Liverpool on Sunday. We checked in to The Liner Hotel before meeting up with Midi's friend for lunch. We then had a walk through Everton...

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pumpkinjam @LindaOHio Were you ever on Bubblews? There was an old Bubblews group (Last Bastion) on FB that I was in and you may have been. I'm not sure if you know my real name. If you do, you're welcome to find me on FB if you'd like

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pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8883) • United Kingdom 15 Jan

My son (Midi) and I have had a lot of fun over the past few days. We travelled by train up to Liverpool on Sunday. We checked in to The Liner Hotel before meeting up with Midi's friend for lunch. We then had a walk through Everton...

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pumpkinjam A new home is quite exciting. We had a little snow here. Thankfully, it had mostly cleared before we travelled and didn't affect any of our plans! I'm glad you liked the pictures. I mainly keep photos on Facebook. This week's album contains 504 pictures, I...

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (12806) • United Kingdom 15 Jan

Yes, it’s finally happened . It’s my Birthday today ….and I’ve joined the 60 club. I’ve had a lazy day. We got back late last night from our week in Amsterdam…..more about that in future posts ….had a lovely day with The Mister...

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pumpkinjam Happy 60th. A lazy day seems like a perfect way to celebrate.

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Amber @AmbiePam (124353) • United States 5 Jan

I get so annoyed with myself when I get my feelings hurt. So I just try to get over it as quickly as possible. It never does any good to dwell, and at least as an adult your feelings are less likely to be hurt (at least for me)....

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pumpkinjam I got my feelings hurt quite recently. I won't go into detail but I did take a while, and rely on other people, to work out that it wasn't my fault. I don't normally dwell on things as I work things out or I don't care enough to think about it. In this case,...

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Amber @AmbiePam (124353) • United States 10 Jan

When I was a little kid in California, a teenage girl dropped me, and my leg went through the wall, breaking it (my leg). When I was four, my collarbone was broken in a car accident. A few years later I broke a few toes, but those...

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pumpkinjam I don't think I've broken any bones. I may have broken a bone in my toe but never did get it checked. I had an excellent bruise. Considering how clumsy/adventurous/oblivious to danger I am, I have no idea how I've got through life without breaking a bone or...

15 Jan

Amber @AmbiePam (124353) • United States 13 Jan

I’m not talking about people trying to pass off their regular pets off as actual therapy animals on planes. That’s a whole different topic, in my opinion. @NJChicaa mentioned she thought Charlie (I believe it Charlie) would be...

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pumpkinjam I think therapy animals have their place where a person has chosen to be part of it. I don't agree with things like having them in public spaces with an assumption that everyone is OK with them. However friendly or trained an animal is, there are people who...

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Fleur @Fleura (36050) • United Kingdom 12 Jan

Plastic waste is frequently in the news these days, but when we think of plastic waste we most often think of the obvious things such as food packaging and shopping bags. There is a lot of that of course and some is not necessary...

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pumpkinjam I know there are plastics/microplastics in all sorts of things. There are some plastics you'd expect to be recyclable but aren't. I recently drank from a cup that I believed was plastic. It said on it that it would self-destruct if it wasn't recycled. It said...

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