Posted by GrannyRant on January 1, 2013 in
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RANTS Tweet So it’s the first day of a squeaky clean new year! Without making resolutions I can’t keep, I am going to spend the next 5 days eating all the crap out of my house. This is so that when I get back to normal next week and back to work, I can look forward [...]
Tags: CHRISTMAS, Excess, family, GRUMBLINGS, Health and safety, WOMEN, work
Posted by GrannyRant on January 5, 2012 in
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RANTS Tweet As we are coming up to twelfth night…….I thought I’d reflect on the last couple of weeks and share my thoughts with you all…sing along if you feel the urge! On the 1st day of Christmas my true love sent to me Some baubles and an artificial tree On the 2nd day of Christmas [...]
Tags: children, CHRISTMAS, flushes, GRUMBLINGS, knickers, MEN, menopause, people, shopping, siblings, woman, WOMEN, work
Posted by GrannyRant on October 27, 2011 in
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RANTS Tweet The feel good factor is a wonderful thing but how do we put ourselves in the position where we are in the feel good zone for the majority of the time? Positive thinking is a powerful tool and acquiring a mental attitude that admits into the mind good thoughts, words and images can be [...]
Tags: Grumpy, happiness, Health and safety, mood swings, people, PMA, Positive Thinking, work
Posted by GrannyRant on September 26, 2011 in
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RANTS Tweet As readers of this blog will be aware, I am going through the madness that is menopause. “Nothing wrong with that, perfectly normal”, I hear you say. Well let me tell you right now…normal it is not! To give future sufferers the head up, I have devised a series of helpful hints that go [...]
Tags: age, clack cohosh, evening primrose, flushes, GRUMBLINGS, knickers, menopace, menopause, people, woman, WOMEN, work
Posted by GrannyRant on September 19, 2011 in
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RANTS Tweet Just thought I’d have a little RANT about the “help” that people get when they’re unemployed. So when you’re sitting comfortably I’ll begin. Coming from a family with a strong work ethic and as a descendant of generations of Welsh miners, with a pre-programmed desire to be employed for as long as I possibly [...]
Tags: Britain, council, GRUMBLINGS, jobseekers allowance, life, people, Steve, utility companies, work
Posted by GrannyRant on March 17, 2011 in
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RANTS Tweet Before I start this rant, I must stress that I don’t think I have ever been stressed to the point where I cannot function in my daily life. I have no medical background and I am fully aware of the devastating effect that stress has on the lives of people from all walks of [...]
Tags: age, Education, GRUMBLINGS, Grumpy, Health and safety, organisations, people, sickness, stress, woman, work, workforce
Posted by GrannyRant on January 2, 2011 in
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STORIES, POEMS AND FUNNIES Tweet Christmas comes but once a year and some folk wish it wouldn’t I for one can’t wait for it come to although I shouldn’t It gives me license to indulge in all my wildest habits I can’t walk past a hot mince pie my hand just has to grab it! It’s not just me, [...]
Tags: CHRISTMAS, cleaning, fat, Mince pies, religion, shopping, shops, siblings, TESCO, time, turkey, woman, work
Posted by GrannyRant on December 29, 2010 in
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RANTS Tweet As the year comes to a close and the last few pine needles drop from my already very bald Norwegian Spruce. I am trying hard to eat the last of the After Eights, Mince Pies and Curly sausage rolls and becoming reflective about the year that is coming to an end. Over the Christmas [...]
Tags: 2011, afghanistan, army, Britain, CHRISTMAS, facebook, government, GRUMBLINGS, happy new year, language, MEN, NHS, time, wales, weather, WOMEN, work, world cup
Posted by GrannyRant on November 4, 2010 in
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RANTS Tweet I recently had a rather angry conversation with a man from North Wales, who asked me where I was from? I said South East Wales, to which he answered, “Siarad Cymraeg” (speak Welsh)! I told him I was learning and could only speak a little Welsh and tried my best. The reaction from a [...]
Tags: Britain, Cymraeg, dysgu Cymraeg, Education, language, Welsh, Welsh Not, words, work, writing
Posted by GrannyRant on October 27, 2010 in
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RANTS Tweet I have just had this conversation again! “Why do we need more hairdressers, there are 6 salons in the local town and they can’t fill those, so why do we need more?” I have two words to describe this conversation short sighted. To give you an insight into my background, people who read this [...]
Tags: age, college, communication, Education, English, essential skills, government, HAIRDRESSING, key skills, life, people, sector skills councils, tranferrable skills, vocational, work
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