rusty trawler

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

I dont understand this damned if you do damned if you dont attitude.

These foster carers haven’t suddenly become different people overnight… the people they are today are the people they were yesterday or the day before when the children were placed with them.

So it takes an anonymous phone call for them to suddenly be…

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I always considered him to be the consummate larger than life professional, who knew his monetary value and always turned it on for the cameras, except when they interrupted his game of golf without invitation. For good or for bad, we don’t make many like him anymore.

@SimplySu wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

(Taken from the ladies room thread.)

How dare you steal from our thread, you incorrigible rogue?

P.S. A little too much knowledge being displayed by some of the gents in here about ladies garments and footwear. It’s disturbing.

Well, all I can say is woe betide the man who doesn’t know about such t…[Read more]

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@rusty trawler wrote:

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

Who’s that knocking? opens the door…… flutters eyelashes and smiles sweetly at rusty trawler….. accepts the Louboutin shoes and the giant Toblerone graciously …… avoids eye contact with the other girls and beats a hasty retreat.. :D :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:

Lol. Thank you, Mrs…

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I’m not entirely sure that I completely agree with the tenor of this thread, either.

I always think it’s hard to be conclusive about the rules of the heart.

But what a post! I can see why more than the occasional lady is impressed with your epistolary skills.

Love the name btw. Anyone who likes bossa nova can’t be all bad.

@Terry wrote:

@rusty trawler wrote:

I think the foster parents are blameless (they believe what they believe just like the rest of us) even if i disagree with their politics.

I don’t think this is a debate about your political beliefs and which party you agree or disagree with. The same could be said about Thacker who clearly doesn’t like UKIP and…

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@Terry wrote:

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

Before a couple can become foster parents they have to go through a rigorous selection process… they obviously did that,,, and were accepted.

They have fostered many kids over the years one of whom they had for 4 years…. when Social Services received an anonymous call about the couples political…

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@jen_jen wrote:

I personally think that in this case it’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Once they knew about the foster parents’ political affiliations they were on a hiding to nothing.

Once again, Jen-Jen, I think you’re right. you’re batting a century at the moment.

Indeed, Terry.

I don’t think i have the prerequisite skills and expertise to work in the social services. I do think many of these professionals are undervalued and we don’t necessarily acknowledge how difficult a job it is and that sometimes they will inevitably make mistakes in the pursuit of the the right thing.

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@Terry wrote:

@rusty trawler wrote:

The council had a duty of care to the children.

Exactly. And they’ve failed, which is why an investigation is being launched.

To ensure that children get the proper ‘duty of care’ maybe Joyce Thacker should stand down from her position or be forcibly removed.

I’m not sure I get your issue, terry.

Are you s…[Read more]

@jen_jen wrote:

Almost a year ago a customer in her mid twenties came into the shop, absolutely devasted…her sister, in her early thirties and a mum of 3, had thought she’d beaten cancer a couple of years previous but had been told that day that she had secondary cancer, that it was terminal and she had just a couple of years to live at most. My…

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I’m serious, Terry.

The council had a duty of care to the children. You’ll note that I also stated that I didn’t necessarily share their conclusion, but it would have been completely unforgivable had they knowingly placed them in an environment that wasn’t supportive simply because they were cautious about being defined as part of the…[Read more]

@Terry wrote:

@rusty trawler wrote:

FYI Jen-Jen I no longer drive the Lotus Esprit.

What about wearing the medallion?

Lol Terry. It may be a mere medallion to you but along with my Barry White music collection and Hi Karate aftershave I would consider them to be life’s essentials.

@Terry wrote:

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

does that then mean we have check on all peoples politics who deal with ethnic minorities?

A government spokesperson (Michael Gove) has described Rotherham council’s decision as “indefensible”.

And he’s right.

I’m sure there are members of the Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem parties who are foster carers too.…

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@jen_jen wrote:

That was the eighties…we had a contractor come to work for us, from Rochdale, more hair on his chest than his head, came to the office wearing shirts unbuttoned to below the chest to show off his gold medallion, offering the women that he fancied a ride in his Lotus Esprit that he’d changed the sound system in because “the one it…

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@jen_jen wrote:

I have mixed feelings on this.

On the one hand I think that all children need is to know they are safe, that their needs will be met, and to be loved.

On the other hand…
When placing children for fostering, social services take into account the fit into the family. The children that were removed were not indigenous white British…

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@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

Who’s that knocking? opens the door…… flutters eyelashes and smiles sweetly at rusty trawler….. accepts the Louboutin shoes and the giant Toblerone graciously …… avoids eye contact with the other girls and beats a hasty retreat.. :D :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:

Lol. Thank you, Mrs Teapot for so graciously accepting my…[Read more]

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

@SimplySu wrote:

@jen_jen wrote:

They’re all lurking anyway, waiting to see what else gets disclosed that might give them an insight into how the female mind works…as if we would give such secrets away that easily! :wink: :lol:

and pinching our best interior design concepts for their smelly club … pfft

woe betide the…

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@momentaryloss wrote:

I think we should install a turkish bath and a steam room.

I could do with one right now.

:?

Hmmmmm! Good idea in principle but i’m not too sure about that one, Brother ML. Before we eagerly make planning applications and identify which of our fellow brothers masquerade as dodgy builders, perhaps we should consider the…[Read more]

@SimplySu wrote:

<~~ too timid to venture into the veritable lions' den … however, would just like to send a missive stating:

Men who wear hats are adorable.

* dons a balaclava (best i could do at short notice), grips a rose betwixt me teeth, fills one of the new half pint glass with lady beer (i.e. 1 part timothy taylors to two parts…[Read more]