Stop sharing news that isn’t yours to share on Facebook! If your cousin has had a baby, it’s not your job to share the news to all and sundry on your Facebook, or theirs, until they’ve announced it themselves. The birth of a baby is amazing news but you don’t get to steal someone […]
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Friday’s Rant from the Soap Box in MY Living Room – working from home is not always the answer…
Welcome to MY Friday Rant. My little spot in the week where I get things off my chest. It may be on any topic. If you would like a guest spot to share your own rant, feel free to contact me and we can let you loose… This week, I am a bit peeved. Why […]
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Friday’s Rant from the Soapbox in MY Living Room – Dear MP’s with large mortgages….
Welcome to Friday’s Rant. This week, if you keep up with UK politics in any way, you will have seen that two senior MP’s have got into some serious hot water, because apparently, they have been doing some slightly dubious dealings where they have been trying to earn some extra cash, above what they are […]
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Friday’s Rant from the Soap Box – Shocking!
So I wasn’t going to have a rant this week, but I was so horrified this morning, when I bought a train ticket, that I felt compelled to vent on my blog… What was so shocking that I had to come and rant to you all? I took the children and a friend into London […]
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Dear People of Facebook – Friday’s Rant from the SoapBox in MY Living Room!
Dear People of Facebook, on my friends list…. (yes, she’s on about Facebook again!!) Please stop inviting me to Facebook events that are in an entirely different time zone to me. You are my friends, I cherish our friendship, but I am NOT getting up at 2am UK time to join in something you are […]
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Friday’s Rant from the Soap Box in My Living Room – restricted hot chocolate??
Dear Tesco I have a mystery, that you need to solve for me… I shop at a local Tesco Express, near where I work, and a few weeks ago, went to buy a container of hot chocolate, a well known brand, for our parent/toddler group coffee time. I went to the self service check out, […]
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Friday’s Rant from the Soapbox in MY Living Room: Dear Man driving too fast….
Dear man, driving a very nice, rather large Audi estate car, the other day… I stood in the road, and stared you down, as you sped towards me, and I stood my ground. You were forced to slow down, and then stop, less than a foot away from me, and yes, I did slap […]
READ MOREFriday’s Rant, yes I know it’s Monday….
Yes, I know it’s Monday, but this rant was supposed to go out on Friday, but it was a bad week for computers and internet in our house so I got behind. You can start your week off with a rant! This week, I am have a chunter about the school inspection system, that we […]
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Friday’s Rant from the Soap Box in MY Living Room – Airplane manners?
Welcome to my first Friday Rant of 2015. You know the drill. I have a chunter about something I want to get off my chest, and you can chime in, in the comments, or leave a link in your comment to a rant of your own, or feel free to disagree with me, free speech […]
READ MOREBand Aid Bah Humbug? Pah, I say! Friday’s Rant from the Soap Box in MY Living Room!
I have seen a few posts, blog posts, comments on social media and general bah humbug, about the new Band Aid song, released this week, organised by Sir Bob Geldoff and sung by a host of celebrities, as they did 30 years ago, with their original song. You can see video of the new song […]
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