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Old single quilt cover, they’re quite useful x
I got a telling off last night for ruining the roll of tin foil
Empty carrier bag/kitchen bin bags/empty hay bag?
I find the male of the species has a poor memory for practicalities like that frequently
lol I won't use the stupid box, & I'm always tearing the tin foil & cling film crooked.I got a telling off last night for ruining the roll of tin foil
Aw, such a shame, poor old Lonely, hope he pulls through x Mind you 40 sounds like a grand old age although I’m not sure how long donkeys usually live to?
Aw poor Lonely how can anyone dump a donkey on a rubbish tip! I hope that he can pull through but 40 is a great age
Wasn’t in the UK. Somewhere in Europe, I think. Unfortunately animal welfare standards aren’t the same as ours. When a donkey has outlived its usefulness, it gets dumped. Still a horrible thing to do though, I agree. Also hoping he’ll pull through.
When I went to Egypt I was upset by the way horses and donkeys were treated too. There was a charity there that we visited who looked after “dropped horses and donkeys” and saved them from slaughter and gave them sanctuary which was brilliant. It’s worldwide I’m afraid and not getting any better here either, so sad
We were cleaning out my son's room over the weekend and found some old epipens (adreneline injections for anaphylactic shock). My son, happily, grew out of his peanut allergy. I know you just can't chuck used epipens in the bin as they are counted as "sharps". I used to be able to hand them in at the pharmacy. So I went to the pharmacy. No can't hand them in there as they are sharps. Told to go to the Doctor. Go to the Doctors who tell me to go to the pharmacy! I tell them the pharmacy won't take the epipens as they are sharps. The Doctors say well they should take them. I say well they won't they said you will take them. . Receptionist goes and checks with Head Receptionist who comes out to see me and says that the Council will take them as it is "Clinical Waste". I reply that as they (the surgery) has sharps bins so they should be able to take the epipens as they are sharps. I get the reply that as the epipens have out of date adreneline in them they have to be disposed of differently. The Head Receptionist then said that she would fill out the form online for the Cinical Waste Team to come to my house to collect the epipens. Now I have to wait to be contacted by my local Council so that they can come round (probably in full hazard gear) just to collect 10 epipens! What a waste of time. Just as well I am a responsible member of society - it would have been so much easier to chuck them in the bin!
Have you thought of returning to studying @Sonnet ? Doing a degree in animal behaviour or zoology, with a foundation year?I just give up. Not enjoying going to the sanctuary anymore (went home really early today), and the lack of anything resembling a job is getting to me. Just want to work with animals, but to do that down here, I’d have to drive. Can’t afford lessons right now, so I’m stuck. On various “work” programmes which suggest either work placements (had enough of those to last a lifetime) or send me links to jobs I’m not interested in (retail/care etc). If I do apply to anywhere, I either get no response, or a rejected email. I’m in my early 30s, and haven’t had a proper job since I left school 13 years ago. Volunteering is all very well, but it’s not paid.
Sorry, just ignore this if you want. Just had to vent.
Well that's the Civil Service for you!That’s awful @Betsy, you were treated very poorly
Well that's the Civil Service for you!
I feel for you @Sonnet Mine is for health reasons but I lost my job last April after there since 2006 (I first became ill in 2010). I hated it but I was bringing in a decent wage and I miss that. I have a degree and an animal assistant certificate which I qualified in 2013 but nobody gave me a chance ad I found that the positions are usually offered to people who are already working within the vets.
I was volunteering at a horse sanctuary with the help of a support worker but I’m now struggling with that and she feels I need to take a break.
I was declared unfit for work by Occupational health at my workplace and doctors which is why they made the decision to let me go but I feel so defeated being out of work