Would he be able to have someone help him use a cheap tablet to play audio books on?I need to think of a gift for a 95 year old man and I’m absolutely stumped! He can’t read or write anymore, he doesn’t know how to use any tech, he’s not allowed any sweet treats and he’s in a nursing home so can’t give him a gift card as he doesn’t leavehe doesn’t want filler stuff as he says it’s more clutter for others to clear when he dies (cheery I know!) I’m thinking maybe something to make his time there more comfortable/enjoyable, or maybe something to pass the time? Help!
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I’m not sure how good they are for the birds but if he has a clear window on his room and access one of those bird feeders that sticks to the window so he can watch them might be nice.I need to think of a gift for a 95 year old man and I’m absolutely stumped! He can’t read or write anymore, he doesn’t know how to use any tech, he’s not allowed any sweet treats and he’s in a nursing home so can’t give him a gift card as he doesn’t leave
What are kids adidas trainers like size wise ? Do people usually find they are similar sizing to high street shoes? I'll likely be ordering onlinw
I’ve found them fairly generous.
I have a work acquaintance who I feel bad for because she's older and doesn't seem to have friends or family nearby. I have fallen into the trap of occasionally inviting her to things and then regretting it because she will turn every conversation back to her, no matter what. She also tells tales on people ("has a word" with peoples' managers about various things), and talks about people a LOT behind their backs.
A work colleague is currently in hospital and a small group of us from work went to visit her this morning (with her consent). We didn't initially invite this other lady for no reason other than she wasn't around when we were discussing it. However, she saw us heading to the carpark and stopped us to ask if we were going somewhere nice, and old softy me felt inviting her to tag along was the right thing to do. An extra person tipped us over the available space in my car, so one of the other ladies said she'd taxi over on her own. Not a good start. Anyhoo, when we got there, our colleague was pleased to see us and was giving her account of what she's been going through - except at every opportunity, this acquaintance would interrupt and say things such as, "Well, when I was in hospital they ..." and "Oh, you don't know what pain is until you've had what I had ..." it's just so tiresome and really hard to put up with. A couple of the other ladies ended up making excuses and departing (giving me the evil eye as they did), leaving me stuck with this acquaintance and another work colleague. On the drive back, the acquaintance was saying how nice it felt to be included in things, which made me feel really awful for being cross with her!
I don't know if she realises how she comes across. The funny thing is, she has told other people how they are perceived by others in the office (which has made things very uncomfortable). She just doesn't have social skills and can be very clingy.
I have actually tried to put distance between us - easily done as I'm often out of the office traveling - but she often calls or texts (I don't answer or respond) - but always end up feeling a bit sorry for her. I don't like to think of people being excluded, and I think she does realise that she doesn't fit in, but perhaps isn't aware of why that is ... I think if someone sat her down and told her how she comes across, she'd fall apart.
All advice welcome and appreciated
A work colleague is currently in hospital and a small group of us from work went to visit her this morning (with her consent). We didn't initially invite this other lady for no reason other than she wasn't around when we were discussing it. However, she saw us heading to the carpark and stopped us to ask if we were going somewhere nice, and old softy me felt inviting her to tag along was the right thing to do. An extra person tipped us over the available space in my car, so one of the other ladies said she'd taxi over on her own. Not a good start. Anyhoo, when we got there, our colleague was pleased to see us and was giving her account of what she's been going through - except at every opportunity, this acquaintance would interrupt and say things such as, "Well, when I was in hospital they ..." and "Oh, you don't know what pain is until you've had what I had ..." it's just so tiresome and really hard to put up with. A couple of the other ladies ended up making excuses and departing (giving me the evil eye as they did), leaving me stuck with this acquaintance and another work colleague. On the drive back, the acquaintance was saying how nice it felt to be included in things, which made me feel really awful for being cross with her!
I don't know if she realises how she comes across. The funny thing is, she has told other people how they are perceived by others in the office (which has made things very uncomfortable). She just doesn't have social skills and can be very clingy.
I have actually tried to put distance between us - easily done as I'm often out of the office traveling - but she often calls or texts (I don't answer or respond) - but always end up feeling a bit sorry for her. I don't like to think of people being excluded, and I think she does realise that she doesn't fit in, but perhaps isn't aware of why that is ... I think if someone sat her down and told her how she comes across, she'd fall apart.
All advice welcome and appreciated
Not sure where to put this and it's very boring sorry. I have quite a few people on Christmas Day and I'm stressing as I don't have a large oven. I'm cooking chicken and beef and want to cook one chicken the night before and somehow reheat on the day just so I'm sure I have plenty to go around. How would you reheat the chicken to keep it moist (hate that word)? I was thinking of carving and plating the meat then microwaving it while covered and hoping for the best. Any advice very welcome and sorry for the dull question.
Do not microwave the chicken if you've carved it. Rather reheat in the oven and put foil over it.
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I know somebody like this and tbh there's not much you can do apart from setting yourself some boundaries. This is the reason why she doesn't have many friends and aren't included. I would say to have a friendly word with her but from experience I know these people don't see it and won't change, she'll only be a victim.I have a work acquaintance who I feel bad for because she's older and doesn't seem to have friends or family nearby. I have fallen into the trap of occasionally inviting her to things and then regretting it because she will turn every conversation back to her, no matter what. She also tells tales on people ("has a word" with peoples' managers about various things), and talks about people a LOT behind their backs.
A work colleague is currently in hospital and a small group of us from work went to visit her this morning (with her consent). We didn't initially invite this other lady for no reason other than she wasn't around when we were discussing it. However, she saw us heading to the carpark and stopped us to ask if we were going somewhere nice, and old softy me felt inviting her to tag along was the right thing to do. An extra person tipped us over the available space in my car, so one of the other ladies said she'd taxi over on her own. Not a good start. Anyhoo, when we got there, our colleague was pleased to see us and was giving her account of what she's been going through - except at every opportunity, this acquaintance would interrupt and say things such as, "Well, when I was in hospital they ..." and "Oh, you don't know what pain is until you've had what I had ..." it's just so tiresome and really hard to put up with. A couple of the other ladies ended up making excuses and departing (giving me the evil eye as they did), leaving me stuck with this acquaintance and another work colleague. On the drive back, the acquaintance was saying how nice it felt to be included in things, which made me feel really awful for being cross with her!
I don't know if she realises how she comes across. The funny thing is, she has told other people how they are perceived by others in the office (which has made things very uncomfortable). She just doesn't have social skills and can be very clingy.
I have actually tried to put distance between us - easily done as I'm often out of the office traveling - but she often calls or texts (I don't answer or respond) - but always end up feeling a bit sorry for her. I don't like to think of people being excluded, and I think she does realise that she doesn't fit in, but perhaps isn't aware of why that is ... I think if someone sat her down and told her how she comes across, she'd fall apart.
All advice welcome and appreciated
Don't stop being nice but also don't feel guilty for not inviting her to everything.
Do you have, or can you borrow, a BBQ? We had dinner with friends one year and their oven broke on the day, so they did everything on the BBQ and it was incredible.
You could also use a slow cooker to do your chicken in. It's been a while since I did one in mine, but I'm sure it took 14 hours on low (the end result was incredible - so tender!) ... I just sprayed some cooking spray around the edges, popped it in and then halfway through, poured apricot sauce topped with almonds on it, left it for a couple of hours, then turned it over.
I would reheat covered in gravy, although if you're short of room anyway, maybe you won't have room for this.
Do you have an airfryer? I always do our "roast" chicken in ours now - leaves room in the oven for all the other bits.
Personally I would cook the beef first and leave it to rest (covered) while you cook the chicken. If you have an air fryer or slow cooker, or perhaps one of the guests could bring one you could do one of them in their or some of the veg to give you more space.
I have a smallish oven, we'll cook the turkey first and leave it. We are then doing ham in the slow cooker.
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Ultimately, people like this get left out and have very few friends from their own behaviour.I have a work acquaintance who I feel bad for because she's older and doesn't seem to have friends or family nearby. I have fallen into the trap of occasionally inviting her to things and then regretting it because she will turn every conversation back to her, no matter what. She also tells tales on people ("has a word" with peoples' managers about various things), and talks about people a LOT behind their backs.
A work colleague is currently in hospital and a small group of us from work went to visit her this morning (with her consent). We didn't initially invite this other lady for no reason other than she wasn't around when we were discussing it. However, she saw us heading to the carpark and stopped us to ask if we were going somewhere nice, and old softy me felt inviting her to tag along was the right thing to do. An extra person tipped us over the available space in my car, so one of the other ladies said she'd taxi over on her own. Not a good start. Anyhoo, when we got there, our colleague was pleased to see us and was giving her account of what she's been going through - except at every opportunity, this acquaintance would interrupt and say things such as, "Well, when I was in hospital they ..." and "Oh, you don't know what pain is until you've had what I had ..." it's just so tiresome and really hard to put up with. A couple of the other ladies ended up making excuses and departing (giving me the evil eye as they did), leaving me stuck with this acquaintance and another work colleague. On the drive back, the acquaintance was saying how nice it felt to be included in things, which made me feel really awful for being cross with her!
I don't know if she realises how she comes across. The funny thing is, she has told other people how they are perceived by others in the office (which has made things very uncomfortable). She just doesn't have social skills and can be very clingy.
I have actually tried to put distance between us - easily done as I'm often out of the office traveling - but she often calls or texts (I don't answer or respond) - but always end up feeling a bit sorry for her. I don't like to think of people being excluded, and I think she does realise that she doesn't fit in, but perhaps isn't aware of why that is ... I think if someone sat her down and told her how she comes across, she'd fall apart.
All advice welcome and appreciated
You can be kind but keep your distance, in the instance of the hospital - I would have said where you are going, not offered and if she asked just say sorry but all the seats are taken.
Absolutely reheat in gravy, the beef will take it better but the chicken will be fine sliced or separated. Just add slices to a gravy bath (can be weak gravy granule mix) for a few mins. If anyone doesn’t like gravy, a little tin foil envelope sealed with a table spoon of water and pop it in a hit oven for a few mins. That’s how we did it when I worked in a pub kitchen.
Heat the plates too and have the serving gravy really hot.
Gordon Ramsay says to rest your turkey as long as you cook it and don’t worry if it’s cold, the gravy will heat it.
Heat the plates too and have the serving gravy really hot.
Gordon Ramsay says to rest your turkey as long as you cook it and don’t worry if it’s cold, the gravy will heat it.
Anyone know what could fix this, or if I need to contact those that built it?
My pc was working fine with my old router, we recently got fibre optic an new cables put in an suddenly my pc is showing this
The pc can still find (what I assume) the neighbours WiFi at times, an the router is showing up on other devices like my phone an tablet, but the router doesn't show up on my pc, I've reset everything, uninstalled an reinstalled drivers etc
Right now am using the ethernet cable but ideally it's not what I want, with a free roam bunny I try to limit wires (plus I hate looking at them) so my router is usually behind the TV, but where the pc is the wire wouldn't be long enough to go from router to pc since I can't really move the pc, so I really need the WiFi to be working
Just wondering if anyone knows what I could do before I end up contacting those that built it to see what they can do, it's a 10 month old pc so it's not old enough to have problems
My pc was working fine with my old router, we recently got fibre optic an new cables put in an suddenly my pc is showing this
The pc can still find (what I assume) the neighbours WiFi at times, an the router is showing up on other devices like my phone an tablet, but the router doesn't show up on my pc, I've reset everything, uninstalled an reinstalled drivers etc
Right now am using the ethernet cable but ideally it's not what I want, with a free roam bunny I try to limit wires (plus I hate looking at them) so my router is usually behind the TV, but where the pc is the wire wouldn't be long enough to go from router to pc since I can't really move the pc, so I really need the WiFi to be working
Just wondering if anyone knows what I could do before I end up contacting those that built it to see what they can do, it's a 10 month old pc so it's not old enough to have problems
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Hi, I’m not sure this is the right thread but my partner told me his brother (34) who I’ve found a bit odd anyway, is now dating a 19 year old. This really creeped me out but even more so once I saw a picture of her as she didn’t even look 19 to me, she looked like a child. Me being me, I did a lot of digging and found out she’s actually 16, so he’s more than double her age. My partner told their mum who obviously didn’t take the news well and asked the brother to meet her asap. She told him what I’d found and said she was going to tell the girl’s mum. He was fuming and lost it with his mum, he’s always had anger issues and clearly doesn’t think straight. He should be cutting ties and thanking us for doing the work he should’ve, not that he should be with what he thought was a 19 year old anyway. He even threatened to kill their family dog if she did 
I said this is a police matter now with this threat but my partner discouraged me. I feel like everyone walks on egg shells with him as they’re pretty intimidated, myself included, so she wants to wait a bit to tell her mum as apparently he has evidence that she’s not 16. I’m thinking he doesn’t as they both could clear this up straight away and I think the fact he thinks being with a 19 year old is okay to rings alarm bells. I think he’s known she’s 16 all along. His mum cut ties with him and he accepted this which screams guilty to me, he’s chosen this child over his own family. Should I message the girls’ parents myself? Just a bit worried of the repercussions as he’s clearly a psychopath but I have daughters myself and I’d want someone to reach out to me with this info if they knew. My partner, understandably, doesn’t want me talking to people I know about this for advice so I thought this could be a good idea.
I said this is a police matter now with this threat but my partner discouraged me. I feel like everyone walks on egg shells with him as they’re pretty intimidated, myself included, so she wants to wait a bit to tell her mum as apparently he has evidence that she’s not 16. I’m thinking he doesn’t as they both could clear this up straight away and I think the fact he thinks being with a 19 year old is okay to rings alarm bells. I think he’s known she’s 16 all along. His mum cut ties with him and he accepted this which screams guilty to me, he’s chosen this child over his own family. Should I message the girls’ parents myself? Just a bit worried of the repercussions as he’s clearly a psychopath but I have daughters myself and I’d want someone to reach out to me with this info if they knew. My partner, understandably, doesn’t want me talking to people I know about this for advice so I thought this could be a good idea.Sorry
But the police are needed now. Isn't 16 classed as a minor still. 16 is the legal age of consent, but not between a minor and an adultHi, I’m not sure this is the right thread but my partner told me his brother (34) who I’ve found a bit odd anyway, is now dating a 19 year old. This really creeped me out but even more so once I saw a picture of her as she didn’t even look 19 to me, she looked like a child. Me being me, I did a lot of digging and found out she’s actually 16, so he’s more than double her age. My partner told their mum who obviously didn’t take the news well and asked the brother to meet her asap. She told him what I’d found and said she was going to tell the girl’s mum. He was fuming and lost it with his mum, he’s always had anger issues and clearly doesn’t think straight. He should be cutting ties and thanking us for doing the work he should’ve, not that he should be with what he thought was a 19 year old anyway. He even threatened to kill their family dog if she did
It’s very disgusting and immoral but I don’t think it’s actually illegal above 16 which is wildSorry
But the police are needed now. Isn't 16 classed as a minor still. 16 is the legal age of consent, but not between a minor and an adult
If he has any explicit photos of her it's classed as child p0*n and depending on their relationship and how they communicate if you think this is a factor it should be reported.
He also threatened violence and sorry if anything happened to your dog you would have wished his behaviour was logged.
Reaching out to the parents is difficult, it could cause more potential harm and again it is something the police can advise on and do a potential welfare check.
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So today I had a Tesco delivery booked (it’s been booked for a long time) between 7-10pm with all of my Xmas food.
It got to where I was ‘stop no.3’ and the vehicle didn’t move I stayed awake incase there was a delay, no notifications at all. Needless today there was no update and no delivery.
I will call customer service but just wondered if this has happened to anyone else recently & what normally happens/where I stand legally. Thanks.
It got to where I was ‘stop no.3’ and the vehicle didn’t move I stayed awake incase there was a delay, no notifications at all. Needless today there was no update and no delivery.
I will call customer service but just wondered if this has happened to anyone else recently & what normally happens/where I stand legally. Thanks.
"Legally" nothing I wouldn't have thought. You might get a gesture of goodwill voucher out of them, and it's very naughty that they didn't update you - something must have happened to the van or driver. I understand it's very inconvenient though - you must be so so annoyed! Call or message them asap, if it was an emergency they might not have been able to get in touch yesterday but possible can still sort something for you today?
Thank you, I don’t do the deliveries very often either it’s typical!
. I did wonder if the van had broken down but no excuse not to contact their customers. I’ve gotten ready to go into a store today, I’ll call them but I don’t think their lines open until 10:00. Debating whether to try do the whole shop & then cancel the online order. Thank you so much.
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