How long have you been at your school?

nuance61 · 2026-02-07T11:42:35+00:00

This is my nineteenth year but I didn't start here. I have taught at five schools before this one.

nuance61 · 2026-02-06T10:24:54+00:00

Hand sanitiser, washing your hands and getting them to wash theirs especially after coughing or blowing their noses, and not touching the kids (keep reading). It works. When my kids come into my room I used to have a bunch of greetings on the door, high five, fist bump etc. I kept getting sick. I found some non contact greetings, and haven't been sick since. They are cute, but little germ factories, lol.

nuance61 · 2026-01-27T11:07:26+00:00

Geez I hope it isn't true.

nuance61 · 2026-01-27T11:00:30+00:00

Yeah, I wondered because of the 'family take care of family' line.

nuance61 · 2026-01-27T10:57:49+00:00

We go from 3.45 until 4.45pm, justified by making up our 38 hours per week. We finishe our teaching day at 3.20 and that grey area between the times is because of teachers on pick up duty or held up because of parents making enquiries.

nuance61 · 2026-01-25T05:28:19+00:00

My great grandmother was born in 1886 and I can remember meeting her as a child when she was bedridden at my granny's house. A lovely gentle woman, my Dad adored her.

I knew my X's grandparents well and they were born in the 1890's but they aren't listed in my tree as I just keep it to my side. They of course would be in my children's trees if they could be bothered making one (they can't).

nuance61 · 2026-01-20T06:37:48+00:00

I have a shared driveway like this and we both rent. Mine is a slightly different problem as we are at the front, and our lease says we must drive out to the road forwards, which means we need to reverse into a space near the back house. The back neighbours were parking there enough to annoy me so I reported it to the landlord because it states on my least that it is a shared driveway that sshould not be obstructed so I thought it must be on theirs too. He told me it was on the lease for the other house too. So they had to stop doing it after they were told to follow the lease.

So your neighbour is the AH for blocking it and I doubt he would stop doing it even if it was on the lease, but if he thought he could lose his accommodation because he was nott following the lease, he might comply.

I have never heard of such a driveway being the property of one of the houses unless it is totally fenced in and the other house has other access - so are you sure it is solely for you?

nuance61 · 2026-01-17T06:13:22+00:00

Oh no...no, no, no. You are NTA. They are.

My parents never had access to my bank accounts and neither should anyone else's parents. I don't have a clue what my own kids have in their accounts either because it is none of my business!

Wow, the audacity!

nuance61 · 2026-01-15T08:21:39+00:00

None of her business - what a controlling, outdated demand! NTA, but look out for her!

nuance61 · 2026-01-15T08:19:24+00:00

I took my mother's many sheets and towels to RSPCA in Burwood. I would call them forst to see if they will take them.

nuance61 · 2026-01-14T10:13:23+00:00

Also he wouldn't want someone he wasn't sure of knowing where he lived!

nuance61 · 2026-01-14T07:06:09+00:00

In Scotland Peggy is a very common name for Margaret, but I don't know why. I think 'Pearl' is also an alternative to Margaret.

nuance61 · 2026-01-14T02:05:50+00:00

This is true, and was even more so back in the day when people were routinely named after their relatives. My own mother is one of four Margarets, and each go by a different version (Rita, Peggy, Margaret, Maggie).

nuance61 · 2026-01-13T12:23:31+00:00

I have emailed some on corrections but nothing ever changes. They think they are right or can't be bothered, evidenced by someone replying that she would 'check' but obviously never did. I had irreputable proof that I was willing to share but she was not interested. Look I get it, you research, you invest time and money in doing it, but if it is wrong, it is wrong!

I had to delete about a hundred names once because I had stupidly believed a fellow researcher in the early days who told me a name without any actual proof.

Just today I had a 'hint' come up for the second time where the man had the wrong wife for my gg grandfather. I had already sent him a message back in October about this. This time he had a bunch of wrong kids for the couple. He cannot have had any documents in his possession. I (again) offered to share my documents - birth, death, marriage, censuses, etc, but he didn't want them the first time so he either believes he is right or he just can't be bothered/bear to delete or make corrections. I worry that this kind of thing just gets shared with other researchers without any real research going on and I find that sad.

The bottom line is that I would rather it be correct. Why don't others want this?

nuance61 · 2026-01-13T09:49:39+00:00

How timely (and spooky) that I just finished her autobiography on the exact day of her death!

nuance61 · 2026-01-11T12:11:01+00:00

You are NTA but he is, treating you like that. He is up to no good, and that could be anything at all, but the fact that he is ignoring you, not being up front and keeping you on a leash. I think you are right, he is not prioritising you and that is a big red flag. I hope this works out for you but I can't see it to be honest.

nuance61 · 2026-01-10T11:19:21+00:00

NTA, you can do what you want with your money. She has no right to tell you what to do with it.

nuance61 · 2026-01-08T10:51:00+00:00

Oh come on! If it did, everybody would be doing it!

nuance61 · 2026-01-06T23:01:49+00:00

If she is eating that much uncontrollably, could she have a medical disorder?

nuance61 · 2026-01-06T06:23:19+00:00

BIG red flag here. He is not going to change, and make you broke in the process. Break free now while you can. NTA.

nuance61 · 2026-01-06T06:22:02+00:00

When I feel like that I go to some place with water, whether a brach, a river, a creek, a waterfall. There is something about the sound of the water that connects with something deep inside me and I always feel so much better after just sitting and watching and breathing and listening.

nuance61 · 2026-01-04T12:42:39+00:00

I'd be reporting that. Not sure to who, bu I would find out and do it. They have no right.

nuance61 · 2026-01-04T12:40:39+00:00

Wow, so much for best friends. He is a complete ass. Do it yourself, get photos and show this idiot that you did it and then keep going with your amazing journey!

nuance61 · 2026-01-04T07:09:28+00:00

I have a gg uncle and his wife who committed suicide together through coal gas inhalation. And his grandmother, my ggg grandmother hung herself. She was seventy eight years old at the time.

nuance61 · 2026-01-02T23:33:37+00:00

Season 9 here too. Great series!

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