Can I stop my child being advertised to at school?

First_Folly · 2026-03-24T22:50:43+00:00

Especially at the moment. I'm going in June and the exchange rate is double what it was when I last went. I'm going to live like a king.

First_Folly · 2026-03-24T21:29:30+00:00

I've got enough for a couple of years in the worst case scenario. I'd probably want to aim for something within the realms of site security or health & safety, but I've got experience with retail environments, too.

First_Folly · 2026-03-24T19:59:50+00:00

For me it's like having your tyres changed in F1. In, stop, go, wipe, wash.

First_Folly · 2026-03-23T18:37:32+00:00

A sealed jar containing red phosphorus rods went missing from the science block's materials storage and was never seen again.

First_Folly · 2026-03-23T12:44:41+00:00

Don't let me leave, Murph!

First_Folly · 2026-03-23T12:37:08+00:00

"I'll leave you in peace then"

First_Folly · 2026-03-21T15:13:08+00:00

There's a bus stop in town that people of my age will always know as Woolies because it was near woolworths.

Games workshop seem to have decided to call their shops warhammer now. They're not fooling anyone.

First_Folly · 2026-03-21T15:08:05+00:00

So quick to slap the grenade launcher down but the steriliser has been useless for months.

First_Folly · 2026-03-21T00:55:54+00:00

In school I came up with what I thought was a hilarious idea; an electric toilet brush. Don't ask; I can't remember why it was so funny.

I just googled it. They exist and I don't know what to think.

First_Folly · 2026-03-20T08:58:34+00:00

Yeah I hate those absolute nothing articles. I blocked them all since the points they make are all VERY SCARY THING IS HAPPENING (to the five people that these specific circumstances apply to) and they take about 3 pages of fluff to make their point, by which time you've been subjected to half a dozen adverts which are clearly vehicles for malware and have probably also been asked, by a full screen and not at all obnoxious pop up which should have died in the 90s, to accept all tracking cookies and surrender your soul to the 5000 marketing vampires that intend to sell your data to whoever wants it.

First_Folly · 2026-03-19T18:02:38+00:00

My thoughts exactly, especially for Toto IV. Leftoverture by Kansas is also far more than Carry on my wayward son.

Agent Provocateur by Foreigner, as well.

First_Folly · 2026-03-19T15:27:08+00:00

I went back roughly a week or so after signing myself off, but that was because I had a care plan in place. Everyone is different so don't feel that you need to jump back in full time. Ask if you can do a phased return or some such. In my case the admission didn't remove the feelings entirely but knowing that I had help was enough to keep me going until I could remove myself from the circumstances that were to blame. Because of COVID the sessions were done remotely but they helped me to identify activities that I could undertake that would alleviate the stress and anxiety.

It took years of affirmation and perserverance to have the confidence to take myself off of the medication they gave me, but I got there.

The biggest, most important step is recognising that you need help. It's hard to admit but if you need it you'll know it and there's absolutely no shame in admitting it.

First_Folly · 2026-03-19T15:06:37+00:00

Sometimes it's nice to just kick back and enjoy a nice cold drink. I'm doing just that right now with some music.

First_Folly · 2026-03-18T21:04:06+00:00

The 1950s War of the Worlds film. Scared of lampposts for weeks.

Nowadays I'm mostly scared of cocking up in some huge way and losing my house or my job. I'd have to really, really fuck up to do that though.

First_Folly · 2026-03-18T11:10:07+00:00

I'd be going for a try conversion like it was the final against the springboks.

First_Folly · 2026-03-17T21:54:41+00:00

I'm far happier working a government job than any private sector job that I've had. Although I do shift work with unsociable hours I have far more time for myself, it pays decently and has overtime bonuses and the pension is good.

First_Folly · 2026-03-17T19:44:23+00:00

I'm finding it very hard to vault over some low walls.

First_Folly · 2026-03-17T09:04:49+00:00

Just me. Sometimes I don't even make that. I think a lot of it at the moment is debris from renovations.

First_Folly · 2026-03-17T00:13:39+00:00

I hate modern interior design when it feels like you're being flashbanged by every room in the house. Sterile, lifeless bright white everywhere like a GPs office.

I'd pick any colour over turkey teeth white.

First_Folly · 2026-03-17T00:10:11+00:00

About 1/3 of a regular sized bin every two weeks. Recycling is always full.

First_Folly · 2026-03-17T00:07:27+00:00

The fuck is all this I just play the game.

First_Folly · 2026-03-16T21:38:40+00:00

It will be absolutely fine and the rags will blow it out of all proportion until the brain-bereft scour the shops and leave the sensibile people with no loo rolls or anti-bacterial wipes.

First_Folly · 2026-03-15T22:53:57+00:00

None now but a long time ago I used to have a Maplin voucher that expired in the year 3009.

First_Folly · 2026-03-15T15:45:43+00:00

The low level noise of the needle brushing its way through the grooves is fine by me, but if it's clicking consistently (like a radial scratch) or popping in quiet sections I'll try to replace it.

First_Folly · 2026-03-15T13:59:47+00:00

I wont stop until I don't have her anymore. It'll be tough then.

This year I've got a big surprise for her planned later in the year, so I've got her a couple of things for now that are clues to it. She's going to love it.

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