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« Reply #800 on: November 25, 2018, 11:59:14 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on November 25, 2018, 11:32:56 AM
When you say men is this just a lazy sexist assumption based on your experience with one man, your husband, or do you have many men you put duvet covers on with?

My three brothers-in-law, all highly intelligent men, are incapable of putting on a duvet cover, so are the husbands of many of the women with whom I am acquainted. I didn't say ALL men are useless at this task, no doubt you have no problem putting one on.
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« Reply #801 on: November 25, 2018, 12:04:09 PM »
Your husband is used to having to do stuff but he will learn and in the end, when you are better, will instruct you about his system as if he's invented it! People do things they thought they never would when needs must. Give him encouragement!  In many years gone by men behaved as if they were totally incapable but many weren't, they just had to like it, be willing  and learned.  Some ended up being really good!
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« Reply #802 on: November 25, 2018, 12:12:29 PM »
Quote from: Robbie on November 25, 2018, 12:04:09 PM
Your husband is used to having to do stuff but he will learn and in the end, when you are better, will instruct you about his system as if he's invented it! People do things they thought they never would when needs must. Give him encouragement!  In many years gone by men behaved as if they were totally incapable but many weren't, they just had to like it, be willing  and learned.  Some ended up being really good!

I have been trying to teach him to do it for nearly 50 years, and it still hasn't sunk in. ::) How on earth can putting on a duvet covet be harder than putting together flat pack furniture, or doing complicated graphs on the computer, with which he has no problem with at all, in spite of having only half a functioning brain?
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #803 on: November 25, 2018, 05:51:00 PM »
Putting clean duvet cover on is fiddly but, honestly, it isn't difficult. duvet cover is much same size as duvet, put cover on top of duvet, show the opening and anyone can work out how to do it. Your husband is trying it on.
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« Reply #804 on: November 25, 2018, 05:53:42 PM »
Quote from: Robbie on November 25, 2018, 05:51:00 PM
Putting clean duvet cover on is fiddly but, honestly, it isn't difficult. duvet cover is much same size as duvet, put cover on top of duvet, show the opening and anyone can work out how to do it. Your husband is trying it on.

Or has dyspraxia.
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« Reply #805 on: November 25, 2018, 06:03:00 PM »
Oh yes hadn't thought of that one  :D.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #806 on: November 25, 2018, 06:45:06 PM »
He definitely doesn't have dyspraxia.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #807 on: November 25, 2018, 11:40:01 PM »
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Why do so many women drivers appear to have so much difficulty understanding the highway code. It drives me nuts. I've tried explaining it to many of them (I used to be a driving instructor) but they just don't get it.


(I made the bit up about me being a driving instructor - in fact I made the whole thing up just to show how easy it is to make stupid sexist remarks, but I wasn't talking about all women Floo I'm sure you are a really good driver)
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #808 on: November 26, 2018, 12:11:26 PM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on November 25, 2018, 11:40:01 PM
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Why do so many women drivers appear to have so much difficulty understanding the highway code. It drives me nuts. I've tried explaining it to many of them (I used to be a driving instructor) but they just don't get it.


(I made the bit up about me being a driving instructor - in fact I made the whole thing up just to show how easy it is to make stupid sexist remarks, but I wasn't talking about all women Floo I'm sure you are a really good driver)



I have been able to drive since I was 12, and so far, touching a forest full of wood, I haven't had an accident, parking or speeding fine, the latter admittedly being more luck than judgement in my younger days. :-[ As for the highway code, I probably wouldn't pass the written test learner drivers have to take these days. I can't map read, and only know which is left and right by looking at my hands! ::) I don't drive on motorways anymore, I can't drive in poor light conditions, as my night vision isn't good. I have insisted my girls tell me the second they feel I am no longer fit to drive and I will give up immediately.
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« Reply #809 on: November 26, 2018, 12:18:24 PM »
I think TV was having a dig at your sexist comment about men and duvet-covers.
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« Reply #810 on: November 26, 2018, 12:39:27 PM »
Quote from: Steve H on November 26, 2018, 12:18:24 PM
I think TV was having a dig at your sexist comment about men and duvet-covers.


I would never have guessed! ::)
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« Reply #811 on: November 26, 2018, 01:51:15 PM »
Quote from: Littleroses on November 26, 2018, 12:39:27 PM

I would never have guessed! ::)
Well, your reply gave the impression that you hadn't.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #812 on: November 26, 2018, 01:54:06 PM »
Quote from: Steve H on November 26, 2018, 01:51:15 PM
Well, your reply gave the impression that you hadn't.



 ::)
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #813 on: November 27, 2018, 11:07:42 AM »
I have just had an e-mail from my baby sister bemoaning the fact that their chimney sweep arrived this morning. The weather is very windy in my home island today, so there was quite a lot of mess. As a young kid I remember excitedly running outside to watch for the sweep's brush popping out through the chimney. I have no recollection of when I last saw a sweep in action, we never required one for any of the many homes we have owned during our married life. Have other posters seen chimney sweep recently? 
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #814 on: November 27, 2018, 12:21:02 PM »
Quote from: Littleroses on November 27, 2018, 11:07:42 AM
I have just had an e-mail from my baby sister bemoaning the fact that their chimney sweep arrived this morning. The weather is very windy in my home island today, so there was quite a lot of mess. As a young kid I remember excitedly running outside to watch for the sweep's brush popping out through the chimney. I have no recollection of when I last saw a sweep in action, we never required one for any of the many homes we have owned during our married life. Have other posters seen chimney sweep recently?
I watched Mary Poppins several weeks ago.
Does that count?
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #815 on: November 27, 2018, 12:26:47 PM »
Quote from: Sebastian Toe on November 27, 2018, 12:21:02 PM
I watched Mary Poppins several weeks ago.
Does that count?

Of course. ;D
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #816 on: November 30, 2018, 11:28:14 PM »
Someone in one of my Facebook groups is called Glenn Wank.
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« Reply #817 on: November 30, 2018, 11:35:50 PM »
Quote from: Steve H on November 30, 2018, 11:28:14 PM
Someone in one of my Facebook groups is called Glenn Wank.

That's be an interesting one to put on those coasters and things you can get with the meanings of surnames on at tourist places.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #818 on: December 03, 2018, 02:51:51 PM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46425774

BONKERS!!!!!!

This guy feels discriminated against as he is not permitted to change the age on his birth certificate to 20 years younger than his 69 years, to enhance his dating prospects.   ::)
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« Reply #819 on: December 03, 2018, 08:12:06 PM »
Quote from: Littleroses on December 03, 2018, 02:51:51 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46425774

BONKERS!!!!!!

This guy feels discriminated against as he is not permitted to change the age on his birth certificate to 20 years younger than his 69 years, to enhance his dating prospects.   ::)

He's actually a right wing nut job making a point against trans people self identifying.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #820 on: December 03, 2018, 08:54:06 PM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on December 03, 2018, 08:12:06 PM
He's actually a right wing nut job making a point against trans people self identifying.
which is in many ways valid
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #821 on: December 08, 2018, 09:09:18 AM »
Another weekend without  fixing of SuperNova problems. For instance, the voice is echoing the characters I am typing, but will not read the line. If the Tech Team cannot do a remote control on Monday, which will be nearly two weeks since problems began,I shall be really fed up.
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« Reply #822 on: December 10, 2018, 03:11:46 PM »
My arm is on the mend, I managed to drive the car around the block a few minutes ago. I wouldn't wish to drive it any further at present, but in a week or two I might be able to stop incommoding our eldest when we need to go somewhere. :)
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #823 on: December 10, 2018, 05:58:13 PM »
Quote from: Littleroses on December 10, 2018, 03:11:46 PM
My arm is on the mend, I managed to drive the car around the block a few minutes ago. I wouldn't wish to drive it any further at present, but in a week or two I might be able to stop incommoding our eldest when we need to go somewhere. :)
That is good news - do you have some physio exercises to do?
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« Reply #824 on: December 10, 2018, 06:46:37 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on December 10, 2018, 05:58:13 PM
That is good news - do you have some physio exercises to do?

No doubt I will be given some next week when I attend the fracture clinic. However, my daughter did point out to me that I shouldn't have attempted to drive until I had the say so from the clinic, if I had an accident, even if it wasn't my fault, the insurance company could use my broken arm as an excuse not to pay out!
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