Oranges: Prestone is back!
Lemons: Prestone is back.
Oranges and lemons
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TarnishedGlitter
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Sugarmouse
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Re: Oranges and lemons
I think this used to be my favourite part of prestone!
Oranges-I have just moved into a new house
Lemons-I miss a lot of things about my old one despite this one being much nicer!
Oranges-I have just moved into a new house
Lemons-I miss a lot of things about my old one despite this one being much nicer!
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Oranges :: You can ban entire ISPs from their IP range.
Lemons :: It takes ages to go through the list of fake accounts and add their IP Ranges to the ban list.
Lemons :: It takes ages to go through the list of fake accounts and add their IP Ranges to the ban list.
"I love you, I support your endevour, I'm not registering because I waste enough fucking time on the internet already" - wishfairy 2026.
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Sugarmouse
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Re: Oranges and lemons
Oranges-I now have 3 days off at the weekend
Lemons-It's now over.
Someone needs to start a happy thread and a sad thread...
Lemons-It's now over.
Someone needs to start a happy thread and a sad thread...
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TarnishedGlitter
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Re: Oranges and lemons
Oranges: Got some days off this week with no uni or work
Lemons: Still knackered and also skint. Also day off just means I have appointments and housework and have to do boring admin things like invoices and applications. cba.
Lemons: Still knackered and also skint. Also day off just means I have appointments and housework and have to do boring admin things like invoices and applications. cba.
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piercedmilo
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Oranges: I'm managing to lose some weight
Lemons: This involves going to the gym, I am over 40, therefore ouch
Lemons: This involves going to the gym, I am over 40, therefore ouch
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Can relate. 40's era trying to shed Dad bod. It's not clever and its not funny.piercedmilo wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 9:18 pm Oranges: I'm managing to lose some weight
Lemons: This involves going to the gym, I am over 40, therefore ouch
This weekend
Oranges: took the fam to hickories
Lemons: over eaten and can't move
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Sugarmouse
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Re: Oranges and lemons
I was going every single day until I had a life episode involving (simultaneously);
A house move involving 3 solicitors all incompetent, putting documents in wrong files etc all demanding constnatly on the 'phone and email all arguing with one another
All stuff that goes with any old house move
The council on my back about a zillion things that needed doing involving me travelling around the town a lot which would'nt have been so bad but
My car failed its MOT and the (recommended by a close friend) mechanic fell out with me and didn't fix the (simple!) issue for almost a month so I had to rely on lifts/ubers
A horrid bug of some sort that had me bedridden or at least I would've been if I had any sense and could get the time off work but I couldn't becuase
Work had me on a disciplinary which thankfully my union saw right through as unfair and came down hard on them
This all went on while I was training for two new self-employed/freelance positions and had to write about 3000 plans for so that was also fun.
I am sure there was other things but basically gym went out of the window. I am going almost every day now but the stress of the above (which was over roughly a month ago now) hasn't gone yet. I am still perpetually exhausted and one of the aforementioned jobs has a tonne of marking to do for it which is taking up most of my free time.
So yes, Oranges-the above is mainly over
Lemons-not quite!
A house move involving 3 solicitors all incompetent, putting documents in wrong files etc all demanding constnatly on the 'phone and email all arguing with one another
All stuff that goes with any old house move
The council on my back about a zillion things that needed doing involving me travelling around the town a lot which would'nt have been so bad but
My car failed its MOT and the (recommended by a close friend) mechanic fell out with me and didn't fix the (simple!) issue for almost a month so I had to rely on lifts/ubers
A horrid bug of some sort that had me bedridden or at least I would've been if I had any sense and could get the time off work but I couldn't becuase
Work had me on a disciplinary which thankfully my union saw right through as unfair and came down hard on them
This all went on while I was training for two new self-employed/freelance positions and had to write about 3000 plans for so that was also fun.
I am sure there was other things but basically gym went out of the window. I am going almost every day now but the stress of the above (which was over roughly a month ago now) hasn't gone yet. I am still perpetually exhausted and one of the aforementioned jobs has a tonne of marking to do for it which is taking up most of my free time.
So yes, Oranges-the above is mainly over
Lemons-not quite!
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Oranges :: I found somerhing I've wanted for ages for 25% the price it should have been.
Lemons :: Parcelfarce have tried to deliver it to the wrong address multiple times, and now I've got a refund and price is £130 again.
Lemons :: Parcelfarce have tried to deliver it to the wrong address multiple times, and now I've got a refund and price is £130 again.
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Re: Oranges and lemons
Oranges- I have lots of free time as my job has come to an end. I can crack on with doing some DIY.
Lemons- I am unemployed and my body hurts all the time.
Lemons- I am unemployed and my body hurts all the time.
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Sugarmouse
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Similar to Lorraine in that my tutoring contract for one company has been terminated so I have more free time (oranges)
Lemons-this was due to a complaint about me from one of my students. My boss has said that it isn't that I have done anything wrong, but she hasn't furnished me with the full details of the complaint (s) yet, so I am quite anxious while I twiddle my thumbs waiting to hear from her. She has said she doesn't want to lose me so will put me onto teaching another class soon, but hasn't given me details of that either which is making it difficult to plan things because I don't know what days/times that one will be!
Lemons-this was due to a complaint about me from one of my students. My boss has said that it isn't that I have done anything wrong, but she hasn't furnished me with the full details of the complaint (s) yet, so I am quite anxious while I twiddle my thumbs waiting to hear from her. She has said she doesn't want to lose me so will put me onto teaching another class soon, but hasn't given me details of that either which is making it difficult to plan things because I don't know what days/times that one will be!
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Well, it's a positive sign that you're being lined up for another class. It sounds like dealing with the complaint is a formality and not something they're concerned about.Sugarmouse wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2026 11:15 am Similar to Lorraine in that my tutoring contract for one company has been terminated so I have more free time (oranges)
Lemons-this was due to a complaint about me from one of my students. My boss has said that it isn't that I have done anything wrong, but she hasn't furnished me with the full details of the complaint (s) yet, so I am quite anxious while I twiddle my thumbs waiting to hear from her. She has said she doesn't want to lose me so will put me onto teaching another class soon, but hasn't given me details of that either which is making it difficult to plan things because I don't know what days/times that one will be!
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Sugarmouse
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That's true, they have said they want to keep me on to teach a different class so I doubt I have done anything spectacularly wrong.
Just a waiting game now. I had planned my two years ahead around what weekends I would be working and when exams were etc.
Just a waiting game now. I had planned my two years ahead around what weekends I would be working and when exams were etc.
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Sugarmouse
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Re: Oranges and lemons
Oranges.. Life has been fairly peaceful for a few days
Lemons..Today I have been on the 'phone literally since 07:30 trying to sort out various work-related and non-work-related issues. Seem to have managed it, finally!
Lemons..Today I have been on the 'phone literally since 07:30 trying to sort out various work-related and non-work-related issues. Seem to have managed it, finally!
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Sugarmouse
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Oranges: Forgot I booked yesterday off so had an unexpected day of peace and quiet
Lemons: Spent most of it in bed due to a horrible cold. I was in Blackpool at the weekend, I blame Blackpool germs!
Lemons: Spent most of it in bed due to a horrible cold. I was in Blackpool at the weekend, I blame Blackpool germs!
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piercedmilo
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Oranges: we have successfully raised an adult child
Lemons: I am old enough to have an adult child
Lemons: I am old enough to have an adult child