Totally up for this thread. It will stop me ranting to myself on the streets of my city about students egging stuff.
The episode I saw this morning had her daughters film her during lockdown. So different from the manic shed scenes we “enjoyed”.
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The episode I saw this morning had her daughters film her during lockdown. So different from the manic shed scenes we “enjoyed”.
Filing in “did ye, aye?”
If I had one of those, I’d have roped my husband into turning it into a new page for Penis Pokey (volume 2)
I've just googled you and your organisation looks fantastic and a wonderful tribute to your son.
I would warn you that you are now identifiable, but I'm sure you already knew that when you posted.
Living in a 2 up 2 down ( if I'm right in thinking that's a 2 bed house) would not be possible for a foster carer. Foster kids need their own room, or a room for same sex siblings and would not be able to share with the kids of a foster carer.
If anyone was not already aware, this was the origin of my username. Thanks @MaineCoonMama now I'm in a fugue state. I've eaten a dozen soft slow land eggs with a tablespoon, called someone a bleep on Twitter and reminisced about the Harvester salad bar. I think some cold hard cash ought to make me feel better though <rattle rattle>
Yes a 2 up 2 down is a terraced house with a kitchen and living area downstairs, 2 beds upstairs. In the olden days, they would have outdoor toilets but obviously they have all been updated and would mostly be extended now. A lot of them have downstairs bathrooms because of this. I live in one that at some point has had a double extension - so an extra bedroom plus more living space. But there’s no way you could turn that style of home into a 5 bed. They tend to have massive gardens but it wouldn’t be practical to make that kind of floor plan if you see what I mean.
I don’t know about the leg photoshopping. Doesn’t she have hairy legs in a few shots? So if she’d photoshopped out any birthmarks, the leg hair and any small imperfections would be gone too.
The land eggs thing makes me think of the Chicken of the Sea/Tuna of the Land Jessica Simpson debacle around the turn of the millennium.
Simpler times.
Simpler times.
'Travailed' is a new one for the dictionary! Imagine being a small boy coming home from school with one of your mates to find Mama squinting at the spice rack, softly, gently, unctuously whispering 'cumin, coriander, turmeric, allspice, juniper' while doing a merry kitchen jig. It's also occurred to me that Jack knows she's restricted to Twitter on the weekends so has had all week to come up with something interesting and yet she delivered ...that
Forgive me if I missed it but why is she restricted ( or at least we think she's restricted) to twitter on the weekends. Like what would be the real life reason?
Perhaps there's a washing machine in that side board on a spin
Smeg washing machines have a 1400 rpm cycle so I am sure that would suit our Jackie on numerous levels.Perhaps there's a washing machine in that side board on a spin
Perhaps there's a washing machine in that side board on a spin
I didn't think she needed much apparently touching her wrists send her hysterical.
My eyes are literally not letting me read this, they’ve started glazing over of their own accord.View attachment 614605
Fair enough, she felt intimidated by glossy, aspirational cookbooks.
But:
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ETA I of course meant the screenshots not our dear heart’s commentary on them
can anyone please post the mumsnet beer garden thread? cheers
What the actual duck? A ready meal is like a quid at a time. I know I buy them for someone. A pack of jacket spuds back then was 49p, as was tin of beans( own brand)My eyes are literally not letting me read this, they’ve started glazing over of their own accord.
ETA I of course meant the screenshots not our dear heart’s commentary on them
So for a quid you could have had jacket and beans in the dark microwave 8 mins. Etc. A tin of soup ( own brand) was like 40p as was the cheap bread. Another meal.
Also if she used say 10 pounds she could have bought a fuckload of pasta and some choped toms and made pasta dishes.
She's doesn't seem to have meat welfare issues and my old local shop did bacon for one pound for 4 slices. That could be chopped and into many dishes. It was one of those shops that did something shopper as a brand and it was red.
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Exactly! When I first became a single mum I used to alternate between the cheapo ready meals from Asda and Tesco. They’re not fine dining by any stretch but if you add in some frozen veg/own brand beans/couple of slices of basics bread then they’re surprisingly filling.
Besides the realities of cooking on a small budget. She speaks like she's referring to a long period of time that she learned to cook, forgot how to cook because “the poverty”, and then fell in love with cooking again. It couldn't be more than 4 years that she went from a good job, to unemployed with a small boy, then 18 months later her blog took off? I mean by the time he was 4/5 she was living with a literal millionaire, so it can't have been that long until her life had turned around, surely. Not to mention the supportive family and father of her child throughout. How this person has made a career out of being poor for a bit blows my mind.
This has turned into a pointless re-cap sorry fraus & herr's. Giovanna & Tom have tipped me over the edge tonight. These people are so entitled, proper Tory energy, just like Jack.
The thing is, yet again, it's Jack wasting an opportunity to talk about something that is real and affects lots of women and families. Those wilderness years with small children when it is difficult to keep it together and keep a roof over your head and relationships break down or you're intentionally single and your work life becomes incompatible with your home life and commitments as a parent, you're working shifts at times when childcare isn't available and maybe you don't have family help because
Jack could talk about that time and tie in campaigns for working parents and use her own career to demonstrate that you can pick yourself up and you can make a decent living and things will change and improve and that adversity like lockdown can bring opportunities
It’s on page 16 of this thread
Mumsnet don't allow links but if you search for the thread title To have recorded this and now be considering social services? on Google it will take you there.
I'vr got a feeling she might ask mumsnet to take the thread down when she knows we are discussing it.
No tweets tonight?
I see that pasta is very cheap at the moment.
I myself am a pasta snob and only eat DeCecco pasta cos I am a pasta wanker. However I was in Morrison’s and they had a gigantic bag of penne for 49p. How many cheapfilling meals would that make?
I see that pasta is very cheap at the moment.
I myself am a pasta snob and only eat DeCecco pasta cos I am a pasta wanker. However I was in Morrison’s and they had a gigantic bag of penne for 49p. How many cheapfilling meals would that make?
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