Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 695

phenomshel · 12-22-2009, 01:20 AM

Fighting a miserable, messy, drippy, cold. I woke up with a sore throat, by three hours into my scheduled work shift they sent me home. The worst week of the whole year to be sick. This is making me crazy, I can't go on Thursday to the family Christmas Eve gathering if I'm sick, my mother in law has been ill and doesn't need a cold, and one of my sisters in law has a brand new baby boy, and I don't dare go around him with a cold. Arghhhhhh.....

Patricia · 12-22-2009, 05:20 AM

There weren't any flights at all on Monday. The Flybe flights to Cardiff and Birmingham were full. Easyjet seem to have gone to pieces, and couldn't take me to Bristol. The Eurostar staff were totally useless. One of them ran away when I asked him something.

So yesterday I exchanged my Eurostar ticket for a train to Calais, then decided to aim for a ferry. Quite a few other people had the same idea, though there were rumours that all the ferries were full. The train broke down at Arras, where we spent an hour looking at a snowy field. But the French engineers managed to repair it. I got a ferry and arrived in Dover at 10pm.
Unfortunately the last trains for London had already left. But the Dover port authorities said that we could sleep overnight in the terminal if necessary and organised food, blankets etc for us, and first aid for a sick girl. They also shamed Eurostar into sending four coaches to collect us. They arrived at 2am and took us to London St Pancras. Then they realised that I would have quite a journey to South Wales at 4am and sent me home in a taxi! The meter read £539, which they prepaid.
I finally arrived home at 8am this morning. The whole journey took 18 hours. It wasn't quite the relaxing weekend I planned.

To add insult to injury I got an advertising email from Eurostar suggesting that a trip with them would be an ideal Christmas present!

Now I'm going to bed.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-22-2009, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

To add insult to injury I got an advertising email from Eurostar suggesting that a trip with them would be an ideal Christmas present!

Now I'm going to bed.

Glad you finally got home, Patricia!

And it would be an ideal Christmas present - for someone you really, really disliked but were still prepared to spend money on...

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-22-2009, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Fighting a miserable, messy, drippy, cold. I woke up with a sore throat, by three hours into my scheduled work shift they sent me home. The worst week of the whole year to be sick. This is making me crazy, I can't go on Thursday to the family Christmas Eve gathering if I'm sick, my mother in law has been ill and doesn't need a cold, and one of my sisters in law has a brand new baby boy, and I don't dare go around him with a cold. Arghhhhhh.....

Dose yourself up, drink lots of honey and lemon, and I really hope it clears by end of Wednesday!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-22-2009, 05:33 AM

Reading this on the chunnel problems: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12...tunnel_fiasco/

Verencat · 12-22-2009, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

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I finally arrived home at 8am this morning. The whole journey took 18 hours. It wasn't quite the relaxing weekend I planned.

To add insult to injury I got an advertising email from Eurostar suggesting that a trip with them would be an ideal Christmas present!

Now I'm going to bed.

That makes no sense whatsoever! I hope you can get enough rest this week to recover!

I'm you are safely home.

Wetdogeared · 12-22-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Now I'm going to bed.

That ordeal exhausted me just reading about it. I'm glad you're home safe and somewhat sound Patricia. Get some rest.

We've booked space each way on the ferry to Vancouver Island for a trip to visit my sister for Christmas. The only booking time available on the voyage over was departing at 6:30 AM .

We got a more reasonable 10:30 return voyage booked coming home.

We hate traveling over the holidays or on weekends, but sometimes you just have to do it.

Crusader · 12-22-2009, 09:09 AM

Trying desperately not to melt in the 40 C heat and wishing 17:00 arrives so I can go home.

pshrynk · 12-22-2009, 09:21 AM

Sitting here bored, since half my day has canceled, but not the last half.

vivaldirules · 12-22-2009, 09:46 AM

I'm about to:

Do some cleaning, prior to the arrival of our daughter coming home from college
Give the dog a bath

Repair a toilet
Attempt to surprise my wife by making chocolate covered coconut and macadamia nut balls
A bit of last minute Christmas shopping

Take a bunch of clothes and such to give away to the local women's shelter
Get back to doing work, as I've done every day of the previous two and half weeks of my "vacation"

Which one of these is not like the others?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-22-2009, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Attempt to surprise my wife by making chocolate covered coconut and macadamia nut balls

Which one of these is not like the others?

I'd make further comment, but not sure I need to...

desertgrandma · 12-22-2009, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I'm about to:

Attempt to surprise my wife by making chocolate covered coconut and macadamia nut balls

Which one of these is not like the others?

I don't know. I've never seen either your chocolate covered balls or macadamia nut balls..................

pshrynk · 12-22-2009, 10:45 AM

Well, all of them are possible to do without getting your underwear wet except for bathing the dog.

Slite · 12-22-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Well, all of them are possible to do without getting your underwear wet except for bathing the dog.

Of course unless he selects to do all of them butt nekkid.

pshrynk · 12-22-2009, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Of course unless he selects to do all of them butt nekkid.

Well, that goes without saying.

Really. You could have gone without saying.

Now I have to go and pour ammonia over my eyes to get rid of that image.

12-22-2009, 01:20 AM	#10411
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Fighting a miserable, messy, drippy, cold. I woke up with a sore throat, by three hours into my scheduled work shift they sent me home. The worst week of the whole year to be sick. This is making me crazy, I can't go on Thursday to the family Christmas Eve gathering if I'm sick, my mother in law has been ill and doesn't need a cold, and one of my sisters in law has a brand new baby boy, and I don't dare go around him with a cold. Arghhhhhh.....

12-22-2009, 05:20 AM	#10412
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	There weren't any flights at all on Monday. The Flybe flights to Cardiff and Birmingham were full. Easyjet seem to have gone to pieces, and couldn't take me to Bristol. The Eurostar staff were totally useless. One of them ran away when I asked him something. So yesterday I exchanged my Eurostar ticket for a train to Calais, then decided to aim for a ferry. Quite a few other people had the same idea, though there were rumours that all the ferries were full. The train broke down at Arras, where we spent an hour looking at a snowy field. But the French engineers managed to repair it. I got a ferry and arrived in Dover at 10pm. Unfortunately the last trains for London had already left. But the Dover port authorities said that we could sleep overnight in the terminal if necessary and organised food, blankets etc for us, and first aid for a sick girl. They also shamed Eurostar into sending four coaches to collect us. They arrived at 2am and took us to London St Pancras. Then they realised that I would have quite a journey to South Wales at 4am and sent me home in a taxi! The meter read £539, which they prepaid. I finally arrived home at 8am this morning. The whole journey took 18 hours. It wasn't quite the relaxing weekend I planned. To add insult to injury I got an advertising email from Eurostar suggesting that a trip with them would be an ideal Christmas present! Now I'm going to bed.

12-22-2009, 05:33 AM	#10415
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Reading this on the chunnel problems: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12...tunnel_fiasco/

12-22-2009, 09:09 AM	#10418
Crusader Space Cadet Posts: 1,180 Karma: 4030536 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Africa Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo	Trying desperately not to melt in the 40 C heat and wishing 17:00 arrives so I can go home.

12-22-2009, 09:21 AM	#10419
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Sitting here bored, since half my day has canceled, but not the last half.

12-22-2009, 09:46 AM	#10420
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I'm about to: Do some cleaning, prior to the arrival of our daughter coming home from college Give the dog a bath Repair a toilet Attempt to surprise my wife by making chocolate covered coconut and macadamia nut balls A bit of last minute Christmas shopping Take a bunch of clothes and such to give away to the local women's shelter Get back to doing work, as I've done every day of the previous two and half weeks of my "vacation" Which one of these is not like the others?

12-22-2009, 10:45 AM	#10423
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Well, all of them are possible to do without getting your underwear wet except for bathing the dog.