Friday's Rants from The Soap Box Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/category/soap-box-friday/ Cats, kids, coffee and chaos Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:09:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://catskidschaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-cropped-catskidschaos-blog-logo-32x32.png Friday's Rants from The Soap Box Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/category/soap-box-friday/ 32 32 Dear Virgin Media, about those scam calls https://catskidschaos.com/2021/04/30/dear-virgin-media-about-those-scam-calls/ https://catskidschaos.com/2021/04/30/dear-virgin-media-about-those-scam-calls/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2021 03:00:00 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=27216 Dear Virgin Media About those scam calls we have been getting? We have a home phone. A landline. We never use it. We have it because even if we don’t have it you still charge us for having a landline and our bill doesn’t change. This makes no sense in itself but is another rant […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2021/04/30/dear-virgin-media-about-those-scam-calls/feed/ 1 What IS the point of Mosquitoes? https://catskidschaos.com/2020/08/21/what-is-the-point-of-mosquitoes/ https://catskidschaos.com/2020/08/21/what-is-the-point-of-mosquitoes/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:00:01 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=5356 What IS the point of Mosquitoes? Before this post goes any further, I would like to point out that it’s not a science or medical post and if you did happen to have information to show me that there is SOME point to mosquitoes I would be grateful to hear it. I have lived all […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2020/08/21/what-is-the-point-of-mosquitoes/feed/ 1 Dear swimming lesson and swimming pool parents. https://catskidschaos.com/2019/09/20/dear-swimming-lesson-and-swimming-pool-parents/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 05:00:43 +0000 https://themadhouseofcatsandbabies.com/?p=21081 I am a swim mum. My children both have swimming lessons weekly, and we visit our local leisure center, for this. We use the pool, and then we shower and go home. I loathe public swimming pools, but because I believe that swimming is an important life skill for kids to learn, we go, and […]

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]]> Trying to sell stuff on Facebook. Why do I bother? https://catskidschaos.com/2019/07/26/trying-to-sell-stuff-on-facebook-marketplace-i-must-have-lost-my-mind/ https://catskidschaos.com/2019/07/26/trying-to-sell-stuff-on-facebook-marketplace-i-must-have-lost-my-mind/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2019 05:30:17 +0000 https://themadhouseofcatsandbabies.com/?p=20580  Trying to sell stuff on Facebook Marketplace is making me lose my mind.  Image by Gerd Altmann  I am on a bit of a summer declutter mission, and clearing out a lot of junk, tat, things my kids don’t wear anymore, or play with anymore and random stuff we don’t use or need. Most of […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2019/07/26/trying-to-sell-stuff-on-facebook-marketplace-i-must-have-lost-my-mind/feed/ 2 Call me old fashioned, but it’s rude to not tell someone you aren’t turning up https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/25/call-me-old-fashioned-but-its-rude-to-not-tell-someone-you-arent-turning-up/ https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/25/call-me-old-fashioned-but-its-rude-to-not-tell-someone-you-arent-turning-up/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://themadhouseofcatsandbabies.com/?p=18474 I have turned into Miss Manners, or some sort of grumpy old lady, but I am about to deliver a little lecture. It is Friday, and you all know I like a little rant of a Friday morning… It goes like this: It’s rude to not turn up when you have arranged an appointment. If […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/25/call-me-old-fashioned-but-its-rude-to-not-tell-someone-you-arent-turning-up/feed/ 1 It is not ok, just because you are a man…. https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/18/it-is-not-ok-just-because-you-are-a-man/ https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/18/it-is-not-ok-just-because-you-are-a-man/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00:50 +0000 https://themadhouseofcatsandbabies.com/?p=18413 We live in an age where people now use social media to communicate, and to interact with each other. People form communities via social networks and they are an incredibly useful tool. They are also a space for people to abuse and to behave in a way that would get them a slap in real […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/18/it-is-not-ok-just-because-you-are-a-man/feed/ 3 Deliberately not sleeping IS NOT THE SAME as being sleep deprived… https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/11/deliberately-not-sleeping-is-not-the-same-as-being-sleep-deprived/ https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/11/deliberately-not-sleeping-is-not-the-same-as-being-sleep-deprived/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:41:12 +0000 https://themadhouseofcatsandbabies.com/?p=18281 WARNING. This is A RANTY POST. It is partly tongue in cheek, because I try to be vaguely witty and sarcastic in my grumpiness but it is also a reminder to people that there are people out there who are TIRED, very tired, and not by choice. If you choose to stay up all night […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2019/01/11/deliberately-not-sleeping-is-not-the-same-as-being-sleep-deprived/feed/ 1 A small boy’s rant about football stickers… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/10/26/a-small-boys-rant-about-football-stickers/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/10/26/a-small-boys-rant-about-football-stickers/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:30:46 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=17678 My small boy faithfully collected lots of Fifa World Cup football stickers this summer, alongside watching the World Cup. He wasn’t able to collect all of them and the are not available in shops. You can buy them on Amazon on eBay but the cost has been vastly inflated, and this had made him rather […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/10/26/a-small-boys-rant-about-football-stickers/feed/ 1 I told a fellow parent off… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/10/19/i-told-a-fellow-parent-off/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/10/19/i-told-a-fellow-parent-off/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:00:16 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=17614 This week, I told a fellow mother off. I gave her my opinion on something she was doing, actually allowing her child to do. It is rare of me to do that. There is nothing worse, I think than when other mothers give each other a hard time, for what we are doing!  But, I […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/10/19/i-told-a-fellow-parent-off/feed/ 2 If you use e-mail… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/06/29/if-you-use-e-mail/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 06:36:20 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16648 There are some rules… E mail is a widely used form of communication. I send a lot and I get a lot. I often read through over one hundred a day, and that’s not a lot compared to others. Things that annoy me when people use e-mail but forget the basic rules. 1. When someone […]

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