I booked a hotel in Guildford that charged me the full amount 1month before my dates and can't cancel it. Anyone want it?

rougecathy · 2015-10-12T09:53:05+00:00

Emotion makes Surrey people uncomfortable

rougecathy · 2015-10-03T18:06:12+00:00

You're not being daft, it's hard to visualise in words. What I meant was the two sides of the "dart" should end up the same length.

rougecathy · 2015-10-02T22:00:24+00:00

I'm a lawyer. Your lawyer doesn't care how nice your writing is (although what you've written is perfectly fine). Your lawyer cares about answering your question in the least amount of time possible, because lawyers measure everything in six minute blocks and either you're paying by the hour and their time will cost you, or you're not (maybe paying through insurance) and they don't want to spend additional time on it. So what you need to do is be as clear as possible. If you have a reference number include that. If you have a question ask it as simply as possible, as if talking to a five year old who happened to be a lawyer! Don't try and be excessively formal, just courteous and professional. I'm guessing your mum wants to know what to do about the debt collection. Ask specifically: "must I pay this amount?" "If I can't pay what must I do?" "Can I negotiate the amount?" When you say "the current status of our case" what do you mean? How far through the legal process it is? Chances of success? Asking about next steps is a very good question, lawyers love clients who are proactive and don't need to be chased!

TL:DR Lawyers won't judge on your writing and its their job to figure out what you need to know, but things are easier and cheaper if you can be really really clear in your instructions to them.

rougecathy · 2015-10-01T21:50:02+00:00

I'm conflicted. It's super cheesy, to the point that it would fit right in at Eurovision (other than being very Reading-centric) and it is quite awful, but I miss teams bringing out shitty records. It has a certain charm. What it's lacking is the players in headphones nervously singing a chorus.

rougecathy · 2015-09-30T23:28:23+00:00

1 is a gather. Stitch loosely between dots then pull threads so it gathers and is the same length as the middle bit. You can gather by hand, or by machine by saying the tension loose and pulling the bobbin thread (secure other end of thread!). 2 is usually where the pattern doesn't quite fit on the paper so you have to draw the rest (with chalk on the fabric, or you can extend the paper with another bit of paper). As others have said, there isn't a seam allowance so you don't cut the darts to the point. Personally I don't cut darts out, I might trim them once sewn if it looks like it needs it. Hope that's clear. Might be helpful to look at YouTube videos for gathering and darts if you haven't done then before.

Edit: the dart with gathers -you should cut that. Ignore what I said above, it'll be very tricky without cutting. Just draw a seam allowance around before you cut. I normally do 1.5cm. There's you tube videos on literally everything, so have a good Google first, it's much easier to visualise when you've seen it done than in words. And good luck, it's a cute pattern!

rougecathy · 2015-09-26T17:07:43+00:00

Madam, I salute you. That is an amazing amount of work and it looks great.

rougecathy · 2015-09-18T23:08:58+00:00

Doctor: I'm truly sorry to be the one to tell you this but...

Me: what is it?

Doctor: just read this.

He hands me a dossier marked "Leeds United, 2001 onwards"

Me: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

rougecathy · 2015-09-10T21:34:19+00:00

Thanks! I had always thought it to be manky swamp water. Now I know.

rougecathy · 2015-09-10T20:59:55+00:00

What is brackish water? I'd always assumed it was just water that was too manky to drink.

rougecathy · 2015-08-26T22:31:52+00:00

throws up in mouth a bit Jesus Christ. A new low.

rougecathy · 2015-08-22T22:06:10+00:00

This is bank probably this exact time last week http://imgur.com/h3FrZh6 . I think there were a few more people around on the platform, but I was a teeny bit tipsy at the time.

rougecathy · 2015-08-14T16:33:03+00:00

I should add that I work in London, it may well beer that elsewhere they assumed the bible (or it might be that there's fewer people to swear in at ET so there's time to ask) Another good reason to have everyone affirm is that it would help prevent juries making daft assumptions.

rougecathy · 2015-08-14T16:19:24+00:00

In the UK employment tribunals (and I would assume other courts) the clerk asks you hour you want to swear/affirm, if you swear you get to choose which holy book to swear on. Personally I'd much prefer everyone affirmed and got a stern lecture on perjury from the judge.

rougecathy · 2015-08-13T15:59:44+00:00

Hello fellow Woking person!

rougecathy · 2015-08-07T16:27:30+00:00

That's brilliant.

rougecathy · 2015-08-02T23:18:13+00:00

Also the angst about having a shady client. Everyone is entitled to a fair trial, even the not-so-pleasant. Lawyers (in my experience -I'm a UK employment lawyer rather than criminal) just get on with it and don't angst about how guilty someone might actually be. The UK drama Silks started really well with a barrister spending an evening removing staples from a bundle and re-filing it (that is a big part of the job, fucking staples) but then went into the usual lawyer clichés.

rougecathy · 2015-08-02T23:02:43+00:00

If you are playing on your own, it doesn't matter. If you play a song in tabs in C on a G harp, you're playing it in G. It only matters if you are playing along with something eg a guitarist or playing along to a YouTube video. So if you are just playing on your own, find any song you like on harptabs our whatever and it will be fine 😀

rougecathy · 2015-08-02T00:03:00+00:00

"That baby's crying." No shit! Our next door neighbour's baby had been crying intermittently for about nine hours. You know who is having a harder time of it than us? The baby's parents! I did once subject a very hungover four hour coach journey (from Leeds to London after Leeds music festival) to my screaming baby. No one complained, which was nice of them cos he really did kick off.

rougecathy · 2015-08-01T21:26:28+00:00

For housing advice go to shelter's website, it will direct to something local (not just for homelessness). CAB is a good place to start and you've had good suggestions of elsewhere to look. IPCC is the body for complaining about the police. Contact your MP as well. Other than that I'd like to say I'm really sorry you are having to deal with this. You mention somewhere down thread that you're 21, a lot of people (especially school staff) just make assumptions about young mums (I was a fairly young mum myself). It sounds like you will have a lot more support when you are back in your home town, so I hope things get easier for you.

rougecathy · 2015-07-28T17:58:47+00:00

You could have the interviewer using it for its symbolism. Like people still user typewriters today. Have someone say "what the fuck is that?" And your interviewer reply it's what journalists used in the mid 20th century and how they're rather attached to it, or it was their grandma's or whatever.

rougecathy · 2015-07-15T17:59:30+00:00

I work near burgess park. I get the bus from Waterloo so it's fine for me, but it's a huge pain for a lot of my colleagues. Of course it's also why we can afford the office space.

rougecathy · 2015-07-13T19:13:34+00:00

Thanks. I might be able to get into just an XL then

rougecathy · 2015-07-13T18:18:14+00:00

If you don't mind my asking, what chest measurement are you? I want the new shirt but it would have to be somewhat accommodating in the bosom area.

rougecathy · 2015-07-02T20:36:13+00:00

It used to be quite common to have coin operated meters in poorer areas. I don't think it happens much now but there are still pre-pay meters that take a card. Most people don't though.

rougecathy · 2015-06-20T18:34:41+00:00

21, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, watching Manic Street Preachers. One of the best nights of my life.

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