Wizzywig

@Wizzywig (7847)

Age 70

Joined myLot 16 years ago

You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

Wizzywig's Discussions

Recommend some interesting activities/experiences

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 25 Jun 11

This year, I decided I would do something new or interesting each month. My list this far: January - I worked a nightshift (as an extra shift because they were short-staffed) February - Drove over 500miles (round trip) for a...

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Changing the "dress code"

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 18 Jun 11

I have been told by my line manager that there are plans to change the "dress code" where I work. They are to relax the rules on wearing necklaces but tightening the rules as to what colour our hair can be. I dont believe that the...

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I've just spent a lovely day with my mum

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 16 Dec 10

Today, my mum is 80years young & I took her to visit my son in Manchester where we went to Starbucks, browsed the Christmas markets, had a very nice meal and rode the "Eye". She said it was "the best birthday I've ever had, even...

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The works Christmas "do"... did you?

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 30 Nov 10

Did you have (or are you having) a works Christmas "do"? Did you/will you go? Where was/will it be held...on the premises or at a local venue? Who pays for it? If you've already been, how was it? Did you, or anyone else disgrace...

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Requesting annual leave

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 18 Nov 10

By the end of this month, I am supposed to give specific dates of which weeks I would like as annualleave for the period April 2011 and March 2012. How do I know?? I appreciate that they have to make sure all the shifts are...

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I wonder whats on the menu

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 13 Nov 10

Our works restaurant is currently displaying flyers promoting a "4 coarse" Christmas lunch... I suppose thats logical really given the usual quality of the food - it is pretty rough

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What if everyone was given a set word allocation...

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 5 Nov 10

If each person was only allocated a set number of words to speak in their lifetime, would yours have run out yet? Supposing the 'sound battery' in your voice box ran out after you'd spoken a set number... how much life would still...

speaking

word allocation

word limit

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"You smiled and talked to me of nothing ...

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 5 Nov 10

...and I felt for this I had been waiting long". This quote (Rabindrath Tagore) was on a calendar I had a couple of years ago. Along with one from Mother Theresa, I pasted it on card and laminated it to stick on my wall. Today,...

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Robbie Williams - Angels

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 26 Oct 10

Is it true that Robbie Williams, having joined myLot, is so impressed with this category, that he's releasing an alternative version of Angels with the new line "I'm spanking pandas instead" What other songs should be adapted to...

angels

pandas

song

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The Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 26 Oct 10

One of the top things on my "Bucket List" is to see the Northern Lights. Have you seen them? If so, what time of year was it, how spectacular were they and where did you see them from? (If they're visible from your house can I...

bucket list

northern lights

spectacular

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Whats on your badge

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 26 Oct 10

I am now required to take my turn at wearing a badge at work. The badge proclaims that I am "Nutrition Champion"... As a six year old, I would probably have had a sense of pride in wearing it BUT, as a FIFTY-six year old I find it...

badge

inappropriate

work

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Those "unexpected" presents

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 26 Oct 10

Since its almost November I thought I could get away with a Christmas discussion One year, many years ago, when I was young and slim... I wrote my Christmas list and asked Santa to get me "something my husband...

christmas

gifts

unexpected

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A whole new outlook

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 20 Sep 10

Yesterday, I decided to rearrange my bedroom furniture. Luckily I have a grown-up son to give me a hand. So, now my bed is facing the window & in the corner up against the wall on 2 sides so I have a nice big space beside the bed...

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The psychic octopus....

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 26 Jun 10

Apparently, an octopus (with an allegedly good record in these matters) has predicted that Germany will knock England out of the World Cup. Anyone out there got their own psychic animal who predicts...

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There are some lovely, caring people out there =o)

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 13 Jun 10

Like thousands of other women across the UK, I am taking part in the Cancer Research UK Race for Life this year &, at the charity's suggestion, set up an online donation page.(The link badge is on my profile should anyone feel so...

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Just call me the Lone Ranger

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 5 Jun 10

No, its not because the closest thing to silver is my bum (it really isnt) but because I've been to-the-dump-to-the-dump-to-the-dump-dump-dump..... We have taken 2 car loads (boot and backseats full) of garden/general/electrical...

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Getting back to normal =o)

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 27 May 10

Yesterday was my first shift back at work from sick-leave. I am having a "phased return" which means I'm doing just one 6 hour shift this week; 2 next week & then a 7.5 shift & a 6 hour the week after, before going back to my...

back to work

job satisfaction

phased return

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I'm using the term "music" loosely here... Eurovision

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 27 May 10

Have there been any Eurovision winners that you liked? Were you an Abba or Bucks Fizz fan or a devotee of Sir Cliff maybe? I think my favourite was the one from Finland by a band called Lordi (I wonder if they're still...

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Guilty of money laundering!!!

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 25 May 10

Yes, I confess... I'm guilty! As I woke up this morning, wondering if my trousers would be dry, I recalled that i'd worn them when I took a load of garden rubbish to the tip (no, fear not o ye of weak stomachs, I did not...

clean

money laundering

queen

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Dog poo & horse poo

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 20 May 10

Here in the UK, dog owners can be fined upto £1000 if they dont clean up after their dogs.(I think they SHOULD be legally bound to pick it up) and yet horse owners can leave great piles of steaming poo (produced by the horses of...

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