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Old 8th June 2023, 20:40
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Went to the singing group, had a blast.
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Old 8th June 2023, 21:09
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No, although I was dancing to Follow Da Leader.
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Old 9th June 2023, 13:36
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I walked down one flight of stsirs from my flat. I live on the third floor
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Old 9th June 2023, 14:05
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Outstanding Angela, have a sticker.
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Old 9th June 2023, 15:22
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I don't know why I always worry when everyone else's examples are almost always terrible. One example from that time was "I like Thai food," "I like Greek food" and "I like Chinese food." Who gives a **** what the lie is!

You'd think avoiding doing this stuff would come up in the inclusivity discussions businesses and places of education apparently have, but obviously not.
Thing is that other person presumably had as much of an effort to suddenly come up with something as you did. So yeah it's a crap answer but it was unfair on them (like you) to be put on the spot.

I absolutely hate that situation. I do have a stock answer that I give ("I have double jointed thumbs") which I keep up my sleeve. The answer I mean, not the thumbs. I mean they are slightly more bendy than normal but yeah, not that much
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Old 12th June 2023, 20:25
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Good for your son Nanuq.
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Old 12th June 2023, 20:26
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I've just had a lovely chat with ShyPrettyAngela on the phone
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Old 13th June 2023, 11:27
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"my younger son did a practice walk for DofE today. He did about 19K, with a huge backpack in this heat."

That just brought back huge nostalgia! I loved doing DofE back in highschool. Good luck to him!
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Old 13th June 2023, 12:24
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where did people do their DoFE? I do regret not doing that.
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Old 13th June 2023, 12:58
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Mine was north Essex. It rained about 90% of the time and we got lost in a lot of fields/woods, so it felt more like the Swamp of Ridoh in Elden Ring!
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Old 13th June 2023, 15:12
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Swamp of Ridoh means nothing to me. I gave up at the first boss on Elden Ring.
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Old 13th June 2023, 16:59
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Did deep breathing 9 rounds with count of 8*passes out!
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Old 19th June 2023, 21:45
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Yes Nanuq. I practice pranayama. Its basically breath control. I try to do it most days as its so powerful. For me personally it transforns me totally.
I learned it on a yoga teacher training course in 2019 and fell in love with it.
Its not just deep breathing its breath control so you really have to focus 100 per cent and when you do your mind cant think of anything else!!
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Old 20th June 2023, 00:53
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Today I couldnt get into the bath so i did a bed bath for myself. My mum btought the bowl of water towel and flannel and I did the rest.
I feel clean now and Im satisfied that I can keep clean even if I cant make it into the bath!
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Old 22nd June 2023, 16:42
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Just had a lovely chat with Shy_pretty_Angela.
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Old 22nd June 2023, 20:35
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^ Nice to know you guys are having chats
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Old 22nd June 2023, 20:57
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Just had a lovely chat with Shy_pretty_Angela.
It was a lovely chat. Its so nice to find people who enjoy the phone as a method of communication!
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Old 22nd June 2023, 21:05
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It was a lovely chat. Its so nice to find people who enjoy the phone as a method of communication!
I do like phone chats.
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Old 27th June 2023, 16:58
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Just completed a 1 day a week for 10 weeks online zoom training course with a bunch of strangers. Well minus the assignment I've yet to do.

That in itself is a miracle but I was particularly dreading today - where I knew we had to do a big role play excercise in break out rooms - essentially role playing being either a peer support worker or being the person supported, with the third person being the observer. I was hoping to be the observer, or at worst the supprted person, I however in true style got the peer support worker role
Wasn't perfect but I'm quite pleased that a) I turned up today - I was toying with pulling a sickie! and b) pushing myself through the excercise.

It felt good to complete the full 10 weeks.
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Old 27th June 2023, 17:54
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Great going, Mo!
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Old 27th June 2023, 18:08
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Nice one Mo.
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Old 27th June 2023, 21:36
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^/^^/^^^ Thanks Guys
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Old 15th August 2023, 20:57
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Without going into detail (could write a few thousand words about it)...we have been stuck in a "nightmare neighbour next door" situation for 17 years.
A fairly recent issue is that one neighbour has an Alsatian dog that has gone for us several times, that he lets out loose on shared land that we have to walk across to access the house.
We had to have people come from the council today to discuss the dog and they said to try and get evidence of the neighbour's behaviour.

So my achievement today was to hold up a phone and quietly film the neighbour being aggressive and threatening and then just walking away. For someone who can't cope with conflict at all, who gets very shaky and tearful, I think I was very calm and level headed and am quite proud of myself for managing that.
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Old 15th August 2023, 21:13
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Well done Merry. It gets easier the more you do it.
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Old 15th August 2023, 22:09
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Thanks Percy, I've got no intention of doing it again! We're going to buy a cctv camera tomorrow.
I'm sorry if it's something you have had to do, bad neighbours can make other people's lives a misery.
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Old 15th August 2023, 22:13
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Bad neighbourhood, not bad neighbours.
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Old 15th August 2023, 22:14
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Sorry to hear that, it must be stressful
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Old 15th August 2023, 22:21
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Wasn't fun but I learned to adapt.
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Old 23rd August 2023, 00:02
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So I did that thing I've been building up to. It was fairly terrifying in the moment but I eventually relaxed into it (sort of). There were only about 10 people in the audience but I'm pretty sure that made it worse - I could see them all way too clearly. Here's the bit that probably went the best (although the closing line needs work):



I was genuinely surprised how I sounded when I first listened back to it all. You can't really hear the huge 'oooh shit' I was feeling. I think because of that I feel like I could do it again without half the amount of worry, so I guess that's something.

I ya mush, SA.
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Old 23rd August 2023, 07:09
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Very well done Appear.
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