Your personal announcements (good & bad)

[Jonesy55]

I will do, usually she just goes to the 'groomzone' for a haircut and pedicure, not sure when her next jabs are due.

Hope your cat has a good last few weeks.....

[dinp]

Sorry to hear about your pet Pricemazda. Pets are as much family members as anyone else and having lost an Aunt to cancer this year, knowing full well it was a matter of when, rather than if, you have my sympathies.

The saving grace for animals is that they're not left to suffer for as long as us humans are and I trust that your family will do the necessary when the time comes.

All the best

[pricemazda]

As soon as she won't eat or her breathing gets hard or she can't walk we will take her to the vets. It's a very hard thing to think about but if she is in pain then I'd prefer to do that than let her suffer because I'm being selfish and want to keep her around because it makes me happy.

[dinp]

Just a shame that we can't do the same for humans, who are able to express their wishes

[aek-94]

Originally Posted by pricemazda

Just been told by my mum that my cat of 14 years has cancer.

Aww, that's crap

I hope you're alright.

[Butterfield]

Originally Posted by eddyk

I hate to say it, but I've been less upset over deaths of friends and relatives.

It's strangely true though. I cried more when our black cat got run over 3 years ago than when any family member has died in my lifetime. I really don't know why that is.

[tuten]

It's a pretty shitty thing to say/think about, but I bet most people spend more time with/are more attached to pets than many of their relatives.

I'd count my dog as 3rd in the list of how long I'd mourn the loss of a family member.

[aek-94]

I've had 7 people read my personal statement for UCAS, and everyone seemed to think it was good and more importantly made sense. Then yesterday my form tutor gave me the copy I gave her back, and tells me that the first two paragraphs don't make sense, and she would like me to change it. I don't think I will though as no-one else has said it doesn't make sense, just her, but I think she'll keep going on about it until I do change it.. uh. Anyway, I'm off to my two-hour English Language lesson now... woohoo

[eddyk]

These 7 people... were they friends?

[nezzybaby]

Originally Posted by eddyk

These 7 people... were they friends?

Indeed, unless the other 7 people were also teachers, I'd put the opinion of your form tutor at the top of the pile.

[aek-94]

Originally Posted by eddyk

These 7 people... were they friends?

Erm, one was a friend, two were family, two were teachers (my History teacher and English Language teacher), another one was the woman in our school in charge of UCAS applications, and the final person being a neighbour - the neighbour only read it because my parent's decided to give them a copy which they have.

To be honest though my form tutor teaches Food Technology, so I don't really trust her opinion on grammar and to say whether it makes sense. And seeing as the person who's in charge of UCAS applications at our school says it's good, I don't really think I need to change it.

[nezzybaby]

Originally Posted by aek-94

Erm, one was a friend, two were family, two were teachers (my History teacher and English Language teacher), another one was the woman in our school in charge of UCAS applications, and the final person being a neighbour - the neighbour only read it because my parent's decided to give them a copy which they have.

To be honest though my form tutor teaches Food Technology, so I don't really trust her opinion on grammar and to say whether it makes sense. And seeing as the person who's in charge of UCAS applications at our school says it's good, I don't really think I need to change it.

That sounds reasonable to me...

Food technology, is that what they're calling it these days? It was home economics in my day, which is an equally crap name for what can only be described as cookery class.

[Octoman]

The only thing we ever did in cookery was make flapjack and fruit salads.

[aek-94]

Back when I used to do it we made a stir-fry, a pizza, flapjacks, and a full English breakfast.

[Octoman]

Cookery class was just a total waste of time. We used to spend the whole time pissing around and trying to sabotage each others meals.

I think I used to have an hour of cookery followed by an hour of religious studies on a wednesday afternoon. It was rubbish.

[aek-94]

On Monday I had History for an hour, then a free, then PSHCE, and then two more frees.

Today I've had double English Language in the morning, followed by American History*, and then a double free in the afternoon.

PSHCE is a waste of time

*I have two separate History lessons - British History and American History.

[alonzo-ny]

Home Ec was brilliant. Complete pissing about and sometimes making something tasty.

[Boards]

Originally Posted by eddyk

That sucks.

When my dog of 12 years died in July 2009 it was actually very shit. I hate to say it, but I've been less upset over deaths of friends and relatives.

Same with me and my hamster. He passed 18 months ago. He was one of those lovely orange ones. I had to go away overnight and knew the big man would be gone when I returned. His eyes were gummed up so I'd cleaned and opened them with a cotton bud. Left a little pile of lettuce, carrot and pumpkin seeds for him. He was in the same position as I'd left him when I came back He'd escaped once for three days and suffered an injury to his back legs but he soldiered on. He was a player. Had a small service the day after which my mother and two of my sister attended.

[wjfox]

God I am so fucking knackered today.

[Stairz]

Originally Posted by alonzo-ny

Home Ec was brilliant. Complete pissing about and sometimes making something tasty.

same for me. i remember successfully asking a girl out and playing football with a melon (pretty sure i scored on both occassions - see what i did there?).

i think we also made noodles and learnt other forgotten but essential life skills, like how if you eat garbage you'll probably die younger (you know - the sort of stuff you have to be taught).

home ec = good times.