I think that's right, you are entitled to unpaid time off for emergencies such as childcare etc.

"In addition, almost all employees have a right to take time off work, although not necessarily with pay, for the following:-

to participate in trade union activities
to perform ‘public duties’, for example, being a JP, local authority councillor or school governor
to care for their children. People who have worked for their employer for one year have the right to unpaid parental leave. You are entitled to 13 week's unpaid leave before your child is five. However, if your child is disabled, you get 18 week's leave which must be taken before the child is 18
to attend to unexpected problems with dependants, for example, where child minding arrangements break down. A dependant includes anyone who reasonably relies on the employee"

NM is away with us, so his dates will tie with our dates 🙂

I was surprised you were not actually Sheldon. We are coming down to your neck of the woods early sept to inflict ourselves on Mr Massey, then we are on hols for a week, so depends when in Sept you are thinking of.

think we're starting in hope at about 10.30, you?

[misty eyed]Ah, I remember well the days when I was 5ft2. [/misty eyed]

Peak tomorrow, with some weirdos off here.

The butter on malt loaf has to be sliced, not spread.

**** bastard double posting.

having a man with comedy hands rooting around in your arse.

Every man's dream, surely??

Cheers that's done. I got £8.74 which I donated to Macmillan in honour of Petesgaff / Mark and Meg.

Ta. not worried about getting anything for them (they're not mine they're office ones), I just hate throwing things away when I could be doing something with them. My father was brought up in the war you know, didn't taste a banana till he was 15 and all that 😀

Glad you're home, that's got to help with the PMA.

Is it next weekend? Makes mental note to avoid the roads unless on bike.

Have met some life friends from here …..

[sniff] all stoked up [sniff]

Yup, me too.

Yoshimi that is very high! Ours is £20 a month.

Yes probably. And as said above most will fit for free and give you the choice of staying or not depending on if it's cheaper or not. Saved us loads of cash.

5ft 3 is tall!

It sounds way way too big for her.

ING and FMU do similar iirc. but don't forget to get a new quote online for M&S, it will be cheaper than their renewal quote.

lol!

Ah, is that what the planning was?

I've just gone shorter, to 90mm.

Did I mention to make sure there is plenty of cake?

If you find a decent kitchen shop they should do it. We get ours done here in Leeds[/url]

Cake, it's important there is plenty of cake.

I have already recommended him globals as that is what we have and I love them.

It's ok if you give them 1p though cos then they ain't a present. Anyhow, like I said, tain't me who's buying.

Thanks for the update Meg. Like others have said, underneath all the crap on here, it's a really special place. Keep us informed of how you two are doing.

Cleaning day? What is this cleaning of which you speak?

I'd love to say we spend hours lovingly sanding them etc etc, but yes, essentially what you said.

Oh, though we did remove 6 layers of lino from the floor as well!

Lol. I have been realising that 8 / 2 is actually 4 not 5 and 3, so I think the bike balance of power needs to be re-shifted in our house!

🙁 that's a shame. Hope you find it.

Bloody hell Mike, big enough for you????

Where did you lose it Jase?

Separating them might be worse, our friends tried that with their twins at about 9 months old, they then didn't sleep at all. They're still in together now (at 4).

I use 175 cranks on my bikes. Saddle is very much a personal thing, every woman you ask will probably give you a different answer!

Bars, I use Easton. You may find you need to cut them down a bit, depending on how narrow her shoulders are.

Hope you're both doing ok today.

thinking of you. xx

Or work bench, vice, tools, bike stand and huge tyre collection.

Work bench, yup, vice, yup, tools, yup, bike stand, yup, hug tyre collection, yup.

PS floor is just floor paint.

funnily enough brakes I very nearly bought him one of those for his birthday!

As for the tv, we do actually have a spare portable kicking around upstairs, that is a plan actually!

Onzadog, sadly it is the same garage. it was supposed not to be, but recent circumstances mean that proposed new garage and veg plot is on hold currently.