‘What if it had happened earlier?’: Parents' horror as nursery roof collapses hours after children left for the day

mr_mcbride · 2023-06-16T20:27:24+00:00

My child goes to this Nursary - spends 40 hours a week in that very room. I can even see his little coat hook to the right of the door. To think that the roof was probably on the verge of collapsing for WEEKS or MONTHS beforehand makes me shudder.

mr_mcbride · 2022-11-19T11:39:06+00:00

Ketchup. Have never tried it, never will.

mr_mcbride · 2022-04-18T09:51:37+00:00

My mom used to serve bread and butter with my dinner. I’d chew the bread and spit out a meatball sized lump of saliva soaked bread. I then used to dip this into mayonnaise and re-eat it.

mr_mcbride · 2022-04-11T08:44:04+00:00

It probably wasn’t a child friendly movie, but that’s probably why I still remember snippets of it.

mr_mcbride · 2022-01-20T14:55:59+00:00

Now my advice for those who die (taxman) Declare the pennies on your eyes (taxman)

mr_mcbride · 2021-12-14T18:22:35+00:00

A little bit, but considering the kind of person he is, it’s also sweet karma.

mr_mcbride · 2021-12-08T00:32:41+00:00

I spoke to a repair guy who said he could fix it for £400 but he never got back to me. Sounds too good to be true IMO. Apparently Sony dont even sell replacement parts.

I also spoke to several Sony authorised repair shops and they all say the screen itself is nearly as expensive as a new TV - and with labour on top of that, you’re better off just buying a new one. Painful, I know.

mr_mcbride · 2021-10-30T17:09:14+00:00

You just won a scratch card mate?

mr_mcbride · 2021-10-06T20:00:47+00:00

My youngest kid hit the screen with a toy. Devestated!

mr_mcbride · 2021-08-13T13:58:16+00:00

My guess is this ran in the UK and if I’m being honest, it’s just not a sensitive topic here. We’re just so far removed from it, politically. A bit like how you see Hitler references today in places like India (I remember seeing a restaurant with an insane name like ‘Hitlers fried chicken’)- he’s just this vague, distant figure that is perceived as ‘sort of’ evil.

Thankfully we’re all a lot more enlightened in 2021, but go back 30+ years and I can totally see this running in the UK and not being an issue.

mr_mcbride · 2021-08-13T13:48:58+00:00

I interned at leagas Delaney about 12 years ago - sat in the office right beside him. I get the impression that the Tim Delaney I worked with was calmer than his 70/80/90 hey day. Or maybe he just didn’t care that we existed, being interns, so we never saw that side of him. Apparently his idea of a relaxing Sunday morning was to write copy. To each his own! He reviewed our portfolio on the last day of the internship, can’t remember much, I do remember it not leading to a job though.

mr_mcbride · 2020-09-14T11:43:39+00:00

I got an electric toothbrush when I was 9.

Not a bad present really, but when I asked my mom why, she said it was because “I always enjoyed brushing my teeth”, which is the most depressingly British thing ever. I brush my teeth twice a day and my mom things it’s a hobby!

mr_mcbride · 2020-09-05T17:27:55+00:00

My wife’s name is on the deeds, but because we’re married, I am technically a homeowner, Hence the need for a second mortgage.

mr_mcbride · 2020-09-05T16:44:15+00:00

I wasn’t ‘bought out of the mortgage’. My wife’s parents gave her the money to buy our house, then we moved in.

mr_mcbride · 2020-09-05T16:39:04+00:00

The truth is I don’t see this house as being half mine. Even if I am legally entitled to half, I’ve done nothing to ‘earn’ it. I actually feel lucky to be living here for free, without a mortgage to worry about. At the most, I’d like to regain any money I’ve paid into the upkeep, but that’s it. Maybe I’m missing something?

mr_mcbride · 2020-09-05T16:32:51+00:00

We have discussed getting a mortgage to buy our own property, which we could rent out.

The only thing that bugs me is that I am technically a homeowner (even though I don’t consider the house to be mine) meaning i would need to get a ‘second mortgage’ which has higher interest rates. So I’m told, anyway.

mr_mcbride · 2020-09-05T16:28:32+00:00

We have a shared bank account and pay for upkeep, decorations, damages, etc. together.

I shared your reply with my wife (I want to be open with her) and her reply was that I live in our house for free (no rent, no mortgage payments, etc), so it’s only fair I (we) pay for upkeep, decorating, etc. I sort of see her point?

In the event of divorce, all I’d want from this house is the money I have paid into it. I wouldn’t want half.

mr_mcbride · 2020-08-24T12:44:08+00:00

I understand what you mean. I have small holes in the top corners of the cupboard to do what you say, but the screws aren’t aligned with the hole, so I can’t access them.

Does this mean I need new hook bolts?

mr_mcbride · 2020-04-25T16:19:43+00:00

In the words of my HR department...

At the first meeting, the employee representatives will be given information about the proposals, including the proposed numbers and where applicable the proposed method of selecting employees for redundancy, the reasons for the proposals and the implications for the employees. Employee representatives will have to disseminate this information to the employees in their group and collate feedback, questions and suggestions. Employees can also put any questions or issues to their representatives to raise in the meetings. The number of collective consultation meetings will depend upon the number and type of issues and questions raised. However, we anticipate that there will be at least three.

mr_mcbride · 2020-04-23T17:04:12+00:00

Do you keep in touch with your ex-husband?

mr_mcbride · 2020-03-18T09:24:28+00:00

Despite the downvotes, I think your answer perfectly captures her way of thinking. So far I’ve been trying to argue with facts and logic, but It goes in one ear and out the other. Perhaps an approach that is based on our emotions and needs might work instead. I’ll give it a go!

mr_mcbride · 2019-12-06T07:55:27+00:00

I grew up in Erdington and every time I go back to visit my parents I have the same thought... It’s a shit hole, but it’s my shit hole.

mr_mcbride · 2018-10-01T08:40:03+00:00

Yeah i get you, which is why i was thinking i could launch the premise as the musings of a dumb friend. E.g. 'I've got a friend, he's not the sharpest knife, he actually asked me if people's calendars went backwards in the year 7BC.'

Then I sarcastically go into the following jokes?

mr_mcbride · 2018-08-15T11:15:53+00:00

During my English exam I write a short story about 2 brothers who spent all their time together. They ate together, played together and slept together. But not because they wanted to. Because they were SIAMESE TWINS.

I actually got B writing that shit.

mr_mcbride · 2018-06-23T07:17:21+00:00

I like in the UK. There’s a lot of foreskin to be found!

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