Just wondering... In the US you don't automatically have holiday days taken care of by law, so then what on earth do you do when your kids have holiday from school and summer break, which is longer. Who do you resolve that?

Even over here that is problematic as kids have a school holiday every 8 weeks and you cannot cover that with days off, even though we get 23-28 days off a year, by law. The amount does depend on working full-time or part-time.

But if you don't have holidays/days off cos of the system, how the heck do you do that when you have kids??

What have I done

So, I've been working for a sweet elderly lady on and off since January. she is 87 and bright as a button. I've installed a new bathroom, kitchen and flooring.
She told me yesterday of one relative living in Australia who had past away. apone this new she decided to contact another relative living in western Australia. on trying to phone her (she is 90) she found the phone had been discontinued. so, she decided to phone the western Australian police. calling from here in the UK she had a kind and thoughtful conversation with a police officer.
A couple of days later she received a call from the 90 year old relative saying she was now in a elderly home. The police had taken the time to try and find her and had succeeded

They were under no obligation to do this deed but they did and well done to them.

Have you ever had,heard of or come across such a heart warming act?

science fiction is becoming science reality.

i recently saw a video on YouTube regarding multiple universes; is it possible some may "blend into our reality even if only through dreams?"

Hi all. Are there any Web Designers signed up? I design websites and would like to hear your tips on Wordpress.

How can I learn web design?? Any good online sites
Short notes??

i would to know how to get a free website domain or trail domain

Have you ever dreamed of something or someone later it happened just like in the dreams and how to explain this?

Ps:
1. over 20 years ago I dreamed of my leg bleeding one night the second day when I drove my scooter crossing the road without looking left and right first my left leg was hit a hole by a motorcycle I don’t know how this happened
2. One time I dreamed of traveling to another country seeing beautiful low clouds in the sunshine several years later I did see such beautiful clouds it was amazing

Give us a chance here in the UK, we've only just got rid of the clouds.
Let us have some sun for a couple weeks

Bathe a cat?????????

YO HO, long live smart people!!! Especially those of us who keep our beautiful language alive and practiced.

Make room the future leaders of the world (who knew Twitting would be how a US president communicates?) but while we live let some of old folks preserve writing as if it is a gift to give and to be recieved.

Ok, I am an older person, I find that when I text/email I use the old 'letter' writing etiquette - I open with a salutation, even just "Hi" then say what I am texting/emailing about - then end with a closing. So how many here find themselves still using 'old school' letter writing techniques in a time of "lol" "TTYL" and all the shorthand, most of which I am not familiar with?

And is it a bad thing to use some old school 'politeness'? Or am I a dinosaur? Do we all have to buy into QUICK in every text and email? (mostly texting)

Okay, the title is a wee bit off, but that song came up, I couldn't help myself

Question: How much money are you willing to spend on a T-shirt on average?

And is your choice defined by your income, having to look a certain way for work, insisting on a brand, and so on?

I've never had that problem either. It's also a matter of educating your cats when they first get to your place. A water pistol works a treat.
When my 2 cats were kittens still they climbed into everything, even my then partner's naked legs, hahahaha. I thought that was hilarious, he wasn't so amused, lol.

I have one who can be naughty and get on cupboards every now and then and once in a blue moon think he has the right to scratch his nails on the leg of a coffee table (always the same one).
But he quickly learns that is NOT done! Just verbally or again water.

Also a cat must have a place to sit in the window. They want to look out, esp male cats. So I cater for that too.
They're not allowed on the table, settee, cupboards, upstairs.
They do occasionally get on the settee if they're in at night, the sneaky b@st@rds, haha. But no scratching.

So I met this really sweet guy off line. Lives at a nice house that has many steps, just to get into the house. Unfortunately I have a sprained ankle. This would be the first meeting EVER outside of just some small talk at a bar. Would it be awkward to ask him to carry me about? He wants me over to his place after dinner. It just seems a bit strange to me. Have any guys had to do this or ladies have been helped like this.

I say no to declawing. It is painful to cats. they cut off the tip of the toes of the cat. I read an article from about 8 years ago from someone who was bothered that their cat was scratching their furniture, and getting that surgery (it is surgery). If your furniture is that important, maybe you should not have pets. Cats need to have their claws.

Now I'm really curious if any woman on here does this.
Watching 'how to' vids on make-up, I get tired just watching it. And the amount of chit you need...
Hydrators, make-up setters, concealer, foundation, powder... Then there's make-up blenders, a gazillion brushes for each product, meaning you have a lot of work cleaning all that stuff every day, which must be tedious to stop bacteria growth in them.

My head is spinning, I cannot even remember the following order, the products used where and when, hihi.
Plus, it costs a ton of money.

Now if you have bad skin, red veins, acne scars and whatever, I can understand a woman doing it.
Hell, it can look very beautiful & natural provided the right products are used. You don't have to look like a mummy at all. In a way I envy these women for their patience and artwork, haha.

The only thing I've ever had is dark rings underneath my eyes. Even as a kid I had this. Got laughed at by teenagers for putting eye-shadow underneath my eyes.
Apart from that no one ever commented on it, no one notices it.

I do not use any of the products mentioned. I just can't be bothered, hihi. Too much time of the day wasted on it.
I'm an Artemis type of woman, natural.

but who on here does use it, and is a make-up lover?
Again, that doesn't mean you have to look like you wear an overdose. I'm certain many do, I know most younger women use all these things.

well now that she is your ex, don't you wish at times that you did walk all over her. Just asking because you had mentioned many times in the forums you were feeling so bad when she took your kids away from you. None of my business? ok then, I apologize.

When I read two boys crying on the railway station one helped the other call his girlfriend who didn’t answer his phone because he annoyed her and the girl wanted to go back to her hometown on the train at night
Ps: The two boys didn’t know each other before. At last the helper successfully called the other boy’s gf with a number from a different province and messaged her his bf loved her so much.