What happened to them?

Friday nights are always dead on forums, I've found.

Guh, ah, well...that's a rather long story.

*settles down to listen* A long story eh?


Tell, tell.

On Monday I went back to the docs and got a change in treatment and this one worked, so the eczema flare which kept almost clearing then suddenly getting bad again (up and down for like five weeks or so) has pretty much cleared: which meant this week has ended up as a really productive week, I got loads done (I find it hard to get stuff done when I am flared) and yesterday I had an awesome day...

So, I am rewarding myself today with a total day off *smiles* I lay in til 11am, soaked in a bath, walked my dog in the valley and generally chilled out. No work, no writing leaflets, no emails for officers to find when they get into work on Monday, no visits to any constituents. Nada. Nothing. Glorious.

Made even more delightful by England teams winning in Cricket, Rugby and Football (I watched the football match against Israel, good fun).

Tomorrow morning I'll be out the house at 9:45 to go deliver leaflets in Sowerby Bridge, which will take about an hour, then off to Southowram to deliver some there which will take about an hour and a half.

So, you're a professional litterbug, eh.

Yup:P

The leaflets are newsletters, letting people know what we're up to in their area and inviting them to raise issues with us. They have contact details for their local Councillors and a form to send back to us if they want to discuss anything wth their Councillor. They have local stories (such as the current status of our campaign to tackle fly-tipping). It's one of the standard ways of getting a political message out there. All parties do it.

The funny thing is you can't actually win with people I've found. Sometimes I'll pop a leafletthrough someone's door and they'll come flying out and practically throw it in my face telling me to stop putting shit through their door. By the same token, I lost count of the amount of people who complained, last campaign, that they've never received any leaflets. "We only ever hear from you when you want our vote" they say, "nobody ever leaflets our street".

Most people will just chuck it in the bin with the rest of the junk mail, but enough people read them to make it worthwhile and we get lots of slips sent back with requests to discuss an issue. Quite often people will have a minor problem they're dealing with, or are worried about and it hasn't even occurred to them to talk to their local Councillor: they then get the leaflet and it sort of reminds them we're here and they get in touch. Happens quite a lot. And, as I said, we get complaints if we don;t:P In fact I get more complaints from people who feel they've been left out at vaious times, than from people who don't want a leaflet.

update:
I amazon-ed three shirts
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/...xL._AA280_.jpg), one red, one dark green, and one light pink, and ordered a light blue, gold, and navy undershirt for each respectively, plus a plain white tee that works with any of them, so i think the haircut's gonna wait till i get the shirts.

Last night I went to a small hip hop concert which was very good and then walked around and finally watching Knocked Up with a bunch of friends.

I attended training on Canine Assisted Crisis Intervention, picked up the lease and addenda for the new apt, and went to the supermarket.

The thing with the dogs was fun.

Hopefully I will be able to convince the boss of the value of having a CrisisDog.

CrisisDog

[Scottish] would this be a Great Snarling Beeasty to sick on the Loonies !!! [/Scottish]

Please explain for us mere aussies wolf?

DanaC, is that anything like cow tipping?

It's when you put a fly in the soup to get out of tipping the waiter.