...>, Doug says... Depends what motivated the wander-lust. If it was the mindless drudgery of their crap jobs it was harmful but understandable but if it was just the boredom of innate idleness then it would be unjustifiable harmfulness. so which was yours? -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams

...Now I see you had a spinal injury. No offence. Good you can laugh at it. Too right. Can't do a sodding thing about it so there's no point getting upset over it. And I don't do political correctness either which means I'm not overly sensitive about it either. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams

... in our area. They seem to want to bend over backwards to help. I had some contacts were willing to do that for me. Great bunch of people. Unfortunately they were from the British Lumbago Society, so it didn't seem like such a great idea. ROFL. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams

...46 +0100, Roger T. wrote Some of us get six weeks paid vacation. Seniority, gotta love it. :-) Some of us don't have to work. Retirement, gotta love it. :-) Sod that. Had 10 months off work with spinal injury a few years ago. Drove me mental. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams

... over at the Special Needs school they're at at least 2 days a week. Drop me a line direct if you need any help or guidance. Thanks for the offer but we're OK and thankfully have good support in our area. They seem to want to bend over backwards to help. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams

...:43:44 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone520-ng03@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: And here am I, sitting in Melbourne, Australia, in the middle of winter. I don't know how I will endure the 15 C day tomorrow. Rest assured, dear Poms, I won't be winding up the "environ-mentalists" - I drive a Prius. Up here it's a lovely warm day, pleasant sea breeze and cloudless sky. No water shortage and home ...

...44 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone520-ng03@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: And here am I, sitting in Melbourne, Australia, in the middle of winter. I don't know how I will endure the 15 C day tomorrow. Rest assured, dear Poms, I won't be winding up the "environ-mentalists" - I drive a Prius. This from the country that inflicted Fosters Lager on the world. You wouldn't know beer if ...

... the rest of the time - Mary Poppins? We don't get any respite from our kids at all. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams Do they have special needs i.e are they disabled? If they are, then you should be entitled to some. Admittedly you have to fight for it, and then go ...

...the rest of the time - Mary Poppins? We don't get any respite from our kids at all. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams Do they have special needs i.e are they disabled? If they are, then you should be entitled to some. Admittedly you have to fight for it, and then go through lots of...

....com>, Saviour Machine says... What on earth are you talking about? We get a measley three hours a week respite care. Who do you think looks after the kids for the rest of the time - Mary Poppins? We don't get any respite from our kids at all. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams