SatanInHeels

They definitely teach you to pass the test and not to drive. I just said to my instructor today that there's no way I could do half the things I see drivers doing; I've never tried them because they aren't required for the test, such as reversing into a car parking space!

 

I don't think the reverse round a corner always shows you have control of the car, if my instructors are anything to go by, they just teach you how to reverse in that specific car, like the points to watch on the car and stuff.

i think that isnt entirely true of all instructors though. mine would always say that he was trying to teach me stuff to drive not to pass.. and he did indeed teach in a different way to the instructor i had before him. took a little longer than it probably would have done to pass my test but i and others that have learnt with him have found it easier to drive different cars n stuff i think.

 

unfortunately i still suck at driving! lol.X

I'm worried about SIH and her baby ... it's a couple of hours or more since she posted ....

thanks for the concern, sorry couldnt post to let ya'll know we were home safe last night, i still dont have the internet at home at the moment! we eventually got home safe, littlie all warm and dry. more than can be said for her mummy! made me realise that i rely on my car waaay too much though! perhaps i should start to walk more often! thanks for all youre advice last night and i hope everyone else that was out late last night got home in one piece! watched one bloke spend 20 mins ish trying to get up our road last night.. dunno if he did get up it in the end. lol. have fun all X

erm... i dunno, cant imagine anyone will have soya milk.. erm, do local shops usually sell it?

thanks, the roads are completely covered here too so no chance of getting on clear ground... but think will give it a go... thanks

i have very little or no experience driving in snow and my confience behind the wheel is terrible at the best of times (for good reason, i suck at driving) so i think ive got no chance of driving...

 

...anyone tried doing the pushing a buggy thing in the snow? i really wanna go home

i could, but my little en is here too and ive never yet got her to go to bed without a drink of milk, wouldnt normally be a problem i know, but shes allergic to cows milk so shes gonna have to go without if she stays here :/

 

you dont think it'd be a good idea to drive then?

ive seen women do that too im sure.. well, perhaps women isnt the right term for them!

hey!

 

rather stupidly, i came over to my mums after uni today, not expecting the snow to be so bad. i skidded a couple of times on the way here hitting the kirb so can only imagine it would be even worse trying to get back now. does anyone know for definate if the trams are running as its a fair walk to the tram stop.. and erm.. sound silly but ma mum just said that i've got no chance of pushing a pram in the snow? anyone know if this is true or not because im not entirely sure that my 1yr old will be able to hack a walk to the tramstop in this weather and i certainly cant carry her! lol. HELP!

it is indeedy closing... i think it sucks as altho it is a bit of a dump, it is great having somewhere away from the norm and regulation of collegiate and city.. in a little world of out own where it is okay to be different and creative. we'll be 3rd year teaching students by the time it moves so at least we wont have to have much to do with the uni then, we'll be on placement but it will be a massive shame.

 

p.s. thought it was going to city not collegiate?

my little un did the same about that age, then again quite recently and she's coming up to two.. the first time i think controlled crying worked quite well in her cot at night.. but there was no hope in the day, just had to wait till she grew out of it. this time, the crying thing didnt work but if there is something for her to do out of my arms then she seems to be better. also, telling her exactly what i am doing and when seems to work quite well, just so she knows in advance what is happening. gets quite irritating doing it all the time but her dad says it works really well when he does it, hes also tried to involve her in doing whatever he is, but without picking her up. dunno if it'll help at all but sorry to hear ya havin a tough time with your littley.. am sure it will all pick up soon!! x

I thought that might be the case but then i think of all the ******s and people throwing up. Plus if i was ever to do bar work I'd prob be going 'what, what, you want a what?....huh??...' i think all the rock music has made me deaf

guess it depends on where you are working then. in the pub where i work we have very little or no hassle and i cant remeber ever seeing anyone throw up in there! (was one that we know of but that was in the loos). have to work hard as the landlady likes to keep her standards but its a nice place, nice people, n a lovely atmosphere to work in most of the time.

havent dated anyone.. although have become very 'close' with certain people at times.. and no tht doesnt mean in the sense you dirty people are all thinking! however.. im on my own now so if anyone wants me?!?!?! xx

After all... reversing is quite handy

not in my case!! nearly every time i do it i manage to hit something... yesterday a conifer and a wall!

i cant say about having a full time job and a part time one but can say that working behind a bar is less like work and more like a social thing once you get to know people! i have two part time jobs but am at uni all week so is similar.. and im still alive. most of the people in the pub where i work have fulltime jobs also! hope it helps a little!

tallgirls.co.uk do lots of long stuff, dunno what sizes they go up to though. apart from that i think the best plan would be to have a wander round places like next, dorethy perkins, evans and erm... maybe debenams as im sure they all do tall and in larger sizes, see what you can find. wouldnt advise anyone who is looking for long trousers to try topshop though!! i bought some plain black trousers labeled 'extra long' from there the other day to wear with heels for work.. not only did they fall apart after a week.. they were only just long enough in flat shoes!! and i'm only 5ft9!.... i get most of mine from next now

do it all the time... but i wouldnt advise anyone wanting to drive well to look at my driving! lol. mostly when dropping people off and turning round... tho i do get lost quite a lot too!

thanks everyone, if you could find out NEKRO138 that would be great... i'm not sure if i'd venture into dragon tattoos again tho, even if thats the only place that does it! lol.

hey, we were talking in the pub the other day about the ultra violet glowing ink that has been used by some studios in the past to create tattoos that glow in black light. the place that one of the guys had his done was at the time only doing it as a trial and he didnt know if they carried on using it afterwards. someone has also asked at feline and they say that they dont use it. does anyone have any info on the tattoos, or where anyone could get them done. thanks

I'm 19... dont seem long since we last had a post like this!! probably will be aaaages ago tho!

If you still have it then i woul be happy to take it off your hands am planning on going to get some ickle clothes for SIB anyways. thanks X

i can't understand why people ask for emergency medical advice on a chat forum

 

sorry but :loopy:

not going to defend this one again as i think i already did... and as it was the quickest response i could get from anyone at the time (thanks guys) i dont think it was that bad an idea. i didnt know if it was really an emergency etc.

go to sainsburys and get some that is ready done!

1) waiting while NHS Direct decide to get off their butts and answer the phone. Then wait while they pull a doctor out of a pub to ring back.

good point, as it was well over an hour before they phoned back, by which time we were well on the way to the hospital

 

2)Trying the "out-of service hours" hours standby-doctor service will you get through to NHS Direct et.....see 1) above.

same as above...

 

3) The old, wise owls in a family who tell anyone not to "bother" going to A & E when this happens because you'll have to wait. Believe me, where children are concerned, they always get placed in the front of the queue, and quite rightly so.

when it is the childrens hospital its rather impossible for them to be put to the front of the queue, as they are all children

 

4) We have had 3 children, now of adult age. If one of them had swallowed a 10p piece at 18 months old I would not be sat on the bloody computer asking folks for advice.

if i really need to explain this to anyone, i must have been at the computer for like a minute max each time, first to write the post and then a quick scan of replies a couple of mins later! had absolutely no idea what to do with her and neither did my mum.. if hadnt asked for some advice then may not have gone to the hospital.. any suggestions as to what else i should have done?

thanks for the replies everyone! they metal detected her and its in her stomach so all sould be okay. only thing that needs sorting now is the temper that caused her to eat it in the first place!!

 

for future reference though if anyone wants to know, apparently they do need checking at the hospital cause as people have said, it might not go into the stomach.

 

thanks again x

thnaks. off to the hosp