lil_angel Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Blimey its warm this morning. Took Louie out for a shady walk yesterday and he had fun splashing about in the stream. Met a guy with a dog who looks so much like my friends dog had to remove my sunglasses to doublecheck lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittycat Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hope you get some answers at the doctors Michelle Yes! Summer is finally here i love it, light mornings, light nights and now we have warmth and sunshine to go with it. Better get the dogs out before it gets too warm though. (null) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted May 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Oooooeerrr, my boss has just sent an email to the team asking if we can all take part in an urgent conference call in a few minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzeanna Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Just taken Rosie for a walk and it's boiling already! I have a blood test booked for 10.50 and the waiting room will be like a sauna...my doc is trying to work out what's causing my Angular Chelitis (look it up!), it's driving me nuts. She's ruled out low iron levels and fungal infections, if it's not low levels of vitamin B, then gods alone know what it is, apart from a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted May 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hope you get to the bottom of it suzeanna The conference call was about our bonuses (or lack of). We aren't getting them this month (which we would normally) as they are reviewing the financial situation, but we "might" get one next month. Not holding my breath. FFS what's the point of giving us savings targets and then when we smash them, not paying us a bonus? Where's the incentive to reach our targets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittycat Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hope your doc finds out the cause Suzeanna Our place pull stuff like that all the time Alex, can't give bonuses or time and half anymore but still get emails saying how well the company is doing (null) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Morning all. Alex and Steph I think a lot of companies use the recession as an excuse to save money and to frighten/bully staff into going along with it. Archie is out in the garden sitting on his sheepskin rug with a chicken wing - he's not eating it, just looking at it admiringly and occasionally re-arranging it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 I've just been to see my aunt's new dog - well strictly speaking at the moment he is a foster as he needs some vet treatment and the rescue want to make sure he'll settle. He has had so little experience of the big wide world. Anyway his new name is Joss - hurrah, a nice choice I think, and he knows it already. My aunt is calling him after a local athlete, Joss Naylor, who is a bit of legend in these parts and she wants to get Joss the dog to the same level of fitness. Joss is sticking to my aunt's side, she can't turn round that he's not there. He is very fat, you could lay a place setting on his back, but not greedy - the rescues vet thinks that the only pleasure he had in life, a break in the unending monotony of his old life, was a dish of food. With the good weather my aunt is out in her wonderful big garden most of the day and Joss is really enjoying looking round and finding all the different smells. He is friendly to all people but a little wary of other dogs and takes a defensive stance as soon as he sees one coming. He comes back immediately he is called when out on a walk. Oh he is enjoying his walks! My aunt is taking him on 3 short (for her) walks a day until such time as they can go off for 3 or 4 hours at a time. I took my camera to take photos of him but found the damned thing had broken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Afternoon Hope you both get answers at the GP Michelle and Suzeanna. Bummer Alex, they getting the targets and keeping the dosh too enjoy the sunny day Steph Archie Had a very near miss (literally inches) on my way to work this morning. I was going straight over a small roundabout and a man who's car had been stationary on the road approaching on the left, suddenly decided to speed up and try to cross left to right in front of me. One emergency stop later, no damage to either of us, but then he still went to drive past me!! I continued to work and was telling the receptionist about it when a woman from HR came in and said she saw it all as she was right behind me in her car. Someone asked me if I got angry and told him where to go, but strangely enough, it all seemed to go in slow motion and a calm feeling came over me at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) to everyone, hope suzeanna and jacobean feel better soon. We are having a quiet day today catching up on emails and laundry, as we were working yesterday and will be going back this evening to continue the trail tonight. Young beagle lost in acres of cornfields, bless her. Diesel the ridgeback x popped up again yesterday, whizzed past some people who were out walking and made them jump a bit. Edited May 23, 2012 by owl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted May 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 I took my camera to take photos of him but found the damned thing had broken Well make sure it works next time please Joss sounds lovely Marge - bit of a narrow escape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houndzrus Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Just seen your news Marion, Joss is a lovely name, and it sounds like he will have a lovely life now. Right, lunchtime over, back to work now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 oh dear, suzeanna and jacobean, i hope you are both on the mend soon Joss is a lovely name and i will look forward to seeing photos. Wow Houndzrus, very lucky escape, see thats why i can't have a licence... everyone can make a mistake but to not apologize now in my book that is a hanging offence! glad diesel is still about! i am not keeping up too well so sorry if i have missed anyone, had no internet yesterday due to my switch to my new provider, first time i have had to set up my own email and modem but managed it! then had to go over to the hospital as my nan who has terminal cancer was rushed in last night, i haven't seen her since new year (my family is very very complicated!) and she has lost so much weight and looked so small in the bed, she said she felt a bit better though but wants to go home so we have told her to stay put and get put right in one go and not insist on going home too soon. she is doing so well as she was given 6 months to live xmas 2010 and she is still here, her sister was there with her daughter both of whom i have never met... their faces were a picture ... i have cropped hair tattoos and lots of earrings Lol the looks on their faces were brilliant, they asked my dad who i was...like he would take some random person to a hospital to see his ill mum! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jacobean Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Evening. Fabulous shots San. That's lousy Alex. I was promised a pay rise 6 months into this job. Let's just say it's been a long six months. Martyn has gone through a am I being made redundant aren't I being made redundant scenario over the last few months. Some have been others have been shuffled between companies. In April they were told that's it everyone left is now safe. So today there was an announcement. Part of the company is being sold off and a load of the staff who thought they might be going may not have a job with the new company. Talk about your life in their hands. Hope you got on ok Suzeanna Marge thank goodness you're ok! Bless Joss. Good times only from now on. Seems a bit chilier tonight. Went shopping after work for some much needed works trousers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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