We(my daughter, Miss Bossy drawers and me) saw the lad off to school this morning and then gleefully, we skipped off to Preston on the bus. Miss Bossy drawers has had a yen for going on a bus....never having been on one before.

She was taunting her brother last night with the strains of 'We're going on a bus and YOU aren't'....and kept on repeating this refrain....much to her brothers annoyance.
He was dischuffed to think that we could contemplate going on a day out, and leaving him behind.
This morning though, he was more interested in going to school......and went in the rain....fleet of foot.

We waited for the 9.50 bus...having missed the earlier one. I thought it would be full, but it wasn't.
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Margaret Pilkington

I didn't go for the flat foot study interview after all, I was feeling too rough to make the effort, so they sent me a questionaire instead.

It is about 2 months ago now when I hit 'rock bottom'.
I was sleeping 11 hours a day - awake 2 - sleep 2. When awake I felt weary and breathless.
It had been getting gradually worse for a year. When I told the doc about my sleep problem he said 'drink lots of coffee'.

I lost faith in the medics 20 years ago when I was poisoned by prescription meds, so I knew I would have to find the answer myself - and I have.

The solution was there on the web - deficiency of vitamin B12. My symptoms fitted precicely.
If you google that you will get some NHS 'netdocor'...

MargaretR

Today the new school term started......it has been anticipated for many weeks at my daughters house.
The uniform had been bought, name labels attached to everything....and everything kept in a neat little(or not so little) pile....waiting for this day.

Her little lad, formerly known as 'Tiddler'
was due to start at 'big' school.
He couldn't wait. This event has loomed large on his horizon for what seems like an age.

He has been wanting to go to school for the last two years....and the last few weeks at pre-school, he felt, were very trying.
This was because he saw himself as a 'big boy'.......and no longer wanted to be associated with the 'babies'.
He wanted to be doing different things...

Margaret Pilkington

Yesterday I was telling you briefly how accyweb came into being, I think it only fair to let you know how the meets actually got started, I found a thread about it and will post it lower down.

Sometime around September-ish 2003 Mother hen (Mez) arrived on site and it changed for ever. Being the sort of person always ready for an excuse to drink it was suggested that we have a Christmas party, this was duly arranged (By Mick) and held in the Oak Tree on Blackburn Road, Benipete was the Landlord back then and he welcomed us to his pub, his Daughter Vicky did the eats.
(The evening so traumatised the pair of them that they were reluctant to go on line and become members until earlier this year).

It was suggested...

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This is a complex question for me, & rather than take up a great deal of space within the thread I thought I would reply in a blog so that those that want to read can and those that don't....

Firstly I think a little History, accyweb started around March 2003, it was when Roy and several other of his workmates were working for a while in Moscow, Broadband wasn't in general use at the time and everyone had very expensive dial up modems.

Roy decided as he was an ex-pat he would start a web site so that he and his friends could keep in touch with home.

He was very lucky because his friends were willing to help get it up and running and become moderators.

He was even luckier because very soon...

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