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[Santaliger007]

On gve me break needs bed . Boy weeks bizzy crazy in lot payne
But my maths suxs to weeks chrimbo
Much planed chill sit bak go da flow
Lots pressys hospital clue take em like huhhh


Red santa ligers roxs

 

[VoR]

I’ve gone to the local walk-in centre with an ear/sinus infection that just keeps getting worse and worse. I’m mainlining Ibuprofen just to snatch an hour or two of sleep in between the searing pain.

Got here and about six other people are evidently in with the exact same thing.

 

[Suedehead]

Oh dear. Hope you feel better soon VoR - it's always the worst getting sick this time of year .. hope you don't need antibiotics.

 

[big ron]

Yea its proper lurgy season, fairly certain I've just had something mild enough but I've been tired all week.

It's passed now though which means back to gym. Ergh.

 

[WiDGe->]

I’ve gone to the local walk-in centre with an ear/sinus infection that just keeps getting worse and worse. I’m mainlining Ibuprofen just to snatch an hour or two of sleep in between the searing pain.

Got here and about six other people are evidently in with the exact same thing.

Best thing I found here is that pharmacists can now hand over the antibiotics for it bypassing the entire GP route.

 

[VoR]

Been prescribed some Penicillin. I usually try to power through but fuck it, this is agonising.

 

[Agneeta]

I had an ear infection for a whole year (2024) triggered by winter viruses. The pharmacist told me it's become a remarkably common side effect.

 

[Agneeta]

I side-stepped trends and went dental this year.

 

[Santaliger007]

I allways got shiznet rong me last to bit years had take over 9 thousand steroids bet carry on stoped bit


Pandaligers kool

 

[Jark]

since yesterday I've been coming down with a really nasty cough and general cold... which is OK, but there are two very attractive men I want to meet and I keep having to POSTPONE!

 

[Jark]

somebody play a tiny violin

 

[octophone]

I still can't shift the last of this cough. I'm back on a bottle for it, one that claims to loosen up the mucus which is, frankly, the worst phrase I've typed this year.

 

[WiDGe->]

Starting a new band: Mucus Loosener.

 

[octophone]

Starting a new band: Mucus Loosener.

certain they did a Peel Session around 1982...

 

[WiDGe->]

VERY peel session sounding name.

 

[jyxz]

@the octy and the ivy and other Scottish persons of interest….

Is it true that Aldi sells decent tablet up there?

 

[Agneeta]

But what IS "decent tablet" please?

 

[jyxz]

But what IS "decent tablet" please?

melt in the mouth ‘grainier’ fudge

(Don’t tell @Rachey )

 

[Agneeta]

Wouldn't have got that in 100 guesses.

 

[octophone]

@the octy and the ivy and other Scottish persons of interest….

Is it true that Aldi sells decent tablet up there?

Yer. It's well decent. I was spoiled as a kid by years of church coffee mornings with tablet made by old dears with recipies handed down through generations so I can be well fussy but the one I got in Aldi a couple of months back really hit the spot.

 

[Rachey]

melt in the mouth ‘grainier’ fudge

(Don’t tell @Rachey )

I've never found a tablet I like. But, Aldi do sell a really good crumbly fudge at Christmas, it's almost as good as mine

 

[Rachey]

We had a local estate agent come round to the shop yesterday to discuss our selling

 

[jyxz]

Thank you. Mr jyxz is currently in Edinburgh, so I’m sending him on a mission.

 

[big ron]

I've never found a tablet I like.

Sounds like someone is saying what BIG FUDGE tells them to say.

 

[big ron]

We had a local estate agent come round to the shop yesterday to discuss our selling

Why are you selling up? I know you've discussed the process but I think I've missed the why?

 

[Rachey]

Why are you selling up? I know you've discussed the process but I think I've missed the why?

We've both had enough. It doesn't really work as partnership. It would be much better if it was owned by 1 person, or maybe 2 friends. But as a partnership working in it together it's very stressful and now we've lost our other adult, it means no time off together unless we close.

Mandy's also been offered her old job back on far better money. And if I'm working for minimum wage, I'd rather do it in a job where I can go in, do my job, leave and not worry about it again until the next day.

As a business it's fine, it's never made a loss and we do ok. It's just not the dream I thought it would be.

And the way things are going with the economy, and tourism on the island, we'd rather get out now while it's doing ok than leave it until it may be unsellable.

 

[big ron]

We've both had enough. It doesn't really work as partnership. It would be much better if it was owned by 1 person, or maybe 2 friends. But as a partnership working in it together it's very stressful and now we've lost our other adult, it means no time off together unless we close.

Mandy's also been offered her old job back on far better money. And if I'm working for minimum wage, I'd rather do it in a job where I can go in, do my job, leave and not worry about it again until the next day.

As a business it's fine, it's never made a loss and we do ok. It's just not the dream I thought it would be.

And the way things are going with the economy, and tourism on the island, we'd rather get out now while it's doing ok than leave it until it may be unsellable.

Could you not hire someone to replace Mandy and the other adult. Surely there is more than one adult on the island?

 

[Rachey]

Could you not hire someone to replace Mandy and the other adult. Surely there is more than one adult on the island?

We've tried, we've had 4 other adults working for us since we opened, the one that's left was the best, but the others were useless.
To be honest, I knew when I was at the vets I wasn't mentally cut out to manage people, but I still did it when I opened the shop.
It's not just about the staff. It's about my own mental health, and I'm really struggling with having the shop.
On the busy days it's fine, and adrenaline gets us through, but the quiet days are soul destroying. I just don't want to do it anymore.

 

[big ron]

Yeah that's understandable. I quit at least once a year, it's usually my business partner's fault.

You know what's best for you at tje end of the day, but I will tease you with one parting bit of wisdom. All of the best things in business have happened to me just as I'm about to give up. #linkedin #thoughtoftheday #bizpiration #thoughtleadership #fudge

 

[WiDGe->]

Mrs Wife’s business absolutely tanked when “the country opened up again”. Literally a cliff edge overnight. I sit on a Not On The High Street fb group and it is just spirals of misery. It costs so much to make money that you end up pricing out your customers.

 

[Rachey]

Yeah that's understandable. I quit at least once a year, it's usually my business partner's fault.

You know what's best for you at tje end of the day, but I will tease you with one parting bit of wisdom. All of the best things in business have happened to me just as I'm about to give up. #linkedin #thoughtoftheday #bizpiration #thoughtleadership #fudge

The difference with us tho, is we rely heavily on tourism and footfall on the island. And that's declining every single year because of ferry prices. That's not going to get any better.

All our costs have gone up a huge amount since opening, and that's also not going to get better. We are almost at the limit of what we can charge.

Now feels like a good time to get out. At least I've tried it, and I've enjoyed it for the most part. But I'm ready for something far less stressful.

 

[Rachey]

Mrs Wife’s business absolutely tanked when “the country opened up again”. Literally a cliff edge overnight. I sit on a Not On The High Street fb group and it is just spirals of misery. It costs so much to make money that you end up pricing out your customers.

Exactly this! Our prices have gone up a lot since we opened nearly 5 years ago. And we're at the point now where we are about to price ourselves out.

 

[Sheena]

So I've bought myself and Mr Sheena for Christmas the much advertised BRICK device that blocks off apps on your phone for periods of time and supposedly helps with focus and distraction. Ordered Monday, arrived yesterday. Since yesterday, I have had NINE emails off them trying to get me to buy another/ tell a friend/ join the Brick community, all outside the 6 they sent about delivery in the days preceding.

1. Why do companies do this? It's just instantly made me reach for the Unsubscribe button, but perhaps most importantly:
2. HOW THE FUCK IS THAT HELPING WITH DISTRACTION?

 

[Santaliger007]

Bikes bak gumyree 160 fingers croosed time don it right gose folding bike 4 mouths old rode once much thing coms it do ebay laters


Huge ligers cool

 

[Star]

We've both had enough. It doesn't really work as partnership. It would be much better if it was owned by 1 person, or maybe 2 friends. But as a partnership working in it together it's very stressful and now we've lost our other adult, it means no time off together unless we close.

Mandy's also been offered her old job back on far better money. And if I'm working for minimum wage, I'd rather do it in a job where I can go in, do my job, leave and not worry about it again until the next day.

As a business it's fine, it's never made a loss and we do ok. It's just not the dream I thought it would be.

And the way things are going with the economy, and tourism on the island, we'd rather get out now while it's doing ok than leave it until it may be unsellable.

People often ask me why I don't have a franchise and it's exactly this. I know I'd be good at it, but I like working 4 days, no weekends and mostly just switching off when I finish work.

 

[Santaliger007]

Me digzs https://ebay.us/m/jqRnqt


Huge ligers roxs

 

[Sheena]

Quite simply, you're never entirely "off" when you own your own business. I went to a funeral yesterday and was mostly OOO but still had a couple of "sorry, what do I do with this?" emails. (Which is entirely fine, by the way). I then woke up at 5 today and first thing I did was go through my email. The worry never really leaves you.

HOWEVER, what I will say, is that putting the right structure in to avoid being available all the time, or being constantly on call really helps. I turn everything off at 5 and unless there's something they need me for, my team deals with the rest (we're open til 11). Switching off those notifications is vital to me.

 

[big ron]

Quite simply, you're never entirely "off" when you own your own business. I went to a funeral yesterday and was mostly OOO but still had a couple of "sorry, what do I do with this?" emails. (Which is entirely fine, by the way). I then woke up at 5 today and first thing I did was go through my email. The worry never really leaves you.

HOWEVER, what I will say, is that putting the right structure in to avoid being available all the time, or being constantly on call really helps. I turn everything off at 5 and unless there's something they need me for, my team deals with the rest (we're open til 11). Switching off those notifications is vital to me.

100% this. I did it years ago. I have no notifications on my phone full stop. I can access email via a browser if I need to, but nothing pings or buzzes me, I have to consciously go looking for it. Stopped me automatically opening and reading emails at 11pm and going to bed worried.

 

[Sheena]

100% this. I did it years ago. I have no notifications on my phone full stop. I can access email via a browser if I need to, but nothing pings or buzzes me, I have to consciously go looking for it. Stopped me automatically opening and reading emails at 11pm and going to bed worried.

I have to have notifications on mine during the day because I don't sit at my desk 9-5, but I'm strict about switching them off outside the hours I'm expected to be at work.

And EVERY time I do the latter, or if I'm covering til 11pm for some reason, I do exactly what you've just said and end up worrying about shit and not sleeping...

 

[Rachey]

People often ask me why I don't have a franchise and it's exactly this. I know I'd be good at it, but I like working 4 days, no weekends and mostly just switching off when I finish work.

Yeah honestly I'd say never open a franchise. You're very sensible not doing it!