at the moment claims are taking up to 18 months (rather than the usual 3-4 months) so it's not very motivating to actually get stuff done. everyone has an automtic extention of 3 months to get stuff sent in too because of covid making things take longer



and I'm not great arounf humans at the moment so if I'm honest I'm kind of scared

Oh wow! I didn't know that!

Yeah most other humans suck.

ye it's rediculous... and thats not taking into account if you have to go to appeal... I was speaking to someone on facebook yesterday who applied in jan last year and only had their phone assesment in feb this year. They got their report back yesterday of zero points... they've been told that the appeal process will probably take another year :O



honestly starting to wonder if it's worth the effort




and ye, people suck. esspecially recently as think they are all a bit over excited about covid restrictions lessening

That's awful!
I applied in November last year and they've only just contacted my cpn for info which doesn't sound like it's a bad wait in comparison!

It is worth the effort. You deserve to get it.

Yep! I haven't witnessed it first hand but I've seen pictures on Facebook of people queuing to get into primark!

i used to get DLA way back, when it switched to PIP I went thought the proccess and got zero points. ANd then became homeless :laugh: so long story short I didn't appeal :P

People have been telling me to apply again for ages but been too scared of the process as the stress made me really ill last time. Doesn't help that I'm being bounced from team to team right now so have no professionas to get evidence from :wow:



oh the primark pictures!!! I really don't get it... people have lasted most of a year, surely they could wait another week until the excitment died down

Ugh that's awful!
I'm not surprised it's stressing you out.

I guess those with kids would definitely need primark because kids grow sooo quickly and primark is good for cheap clothes. As for adults just going in for socks or whatever yeah, they should have waited!

i'm starting to think that a good chunk of orangie is the new black is basically soft core porn...



i was about to go to the postoffice but my car battery is dead :laugh: so now it's on charge

It basically is. So is game of thrones!

Oh no!

fair point... but in GoTs the sex scenes were kind of politically important :P

then again i've mainly done the books rather than the TV show so guess the sex bits werent as noticiable :laugh:





I could walk to the post office, it's only 5 miles... but harder to avoid all the humans that way

That is true!

I wish i had the concentration for the books!

Ah yes. It is tough.

I found the first book confusing because of how many characters there were to keep track of.

There are a lot of characters!

I very naively thought 'oh this is a main character, they won't kill him off so early surely?'
Next episode, head cut off

GoT has never really appealed to me. Fantasy wise I like Lord of the Rings, books and films.

LotR is awesome

Lol Beckie. I think everyone thought the same thing!

GoT is like a much more violent and disturbing version of LotR.

Oh how wrong i was! :p.

It is!

Audiobooks were a game changer

I keep meaning to try audiobooks!

I love audio books. I've got all the Harry Potters but at the moment I'm listening to A Discovery of Witches. I have to fast forward the 'adult' moments though. TMI!

I've heard that's good tamo

I really struggle to concentrate on audio alone but also don't have the concentration for books. I think thats why I've got so into films as an adult.

Also, hi again x

i listen to audiobooks while running or walking. I just cannot sit still long enough for books or films so it's perfect for me. Only time I can watch a film is on the treadmil too.



however, the narrators voice and style have to be right

Hi again Luna!

An audio book could help me chill out a bit

i got an audible account last year, with that I get one book a month. But I alos discovered "borrowbox" recently which lonks to your local library basically and you can borrow audiobooks through it so now can do like 2 books a month :P

Beckie, I have bootlegs of the Harry Potter and LotR audio books and will send them to you if someone can help me figure out how to send lots of large files?

Also I'd need to find them. Think they're on my old old laptop still!

only way i know to send large files is onedrive if that helps

It might do, thanks =P

That would be great np if you could!

I'll see what I can dig up later!

Sat in Tesco car park at the moment... >.<

Thanks :)

Oh no! The dreaded food shop again?

Yep. It was postponed from last Saturday because of the last minute crazy evening work schedule and then pure laziness for the last two days but it's done now.

Well done!

Thanks. I drove around and around the area for ages before even parking up. Bleh.

Got my old beast laptop from 2007 out. Always forget how HUGE it is!

And slow... :plain:

I'm doing technical wizardry right now (all for you Beckie!) and there's no one around to witness it!

Alright! Beckie, your choices are - Harry Potter, LotR, the Silmarillion (if you want to be bored and confused to beyond description) OR the Percy Jackson books. I found and have transferred them all and will figure out a way to upload them if you let me know what you want to start with. =D

Oooh thank you!
LotR please if you can!

Oh there you are =P

I'll see what I can do! Will PM you with a link or something.

Oh and the Hobbit is there too, if that changes anything.

:laugh: that description amused me

Full disclosure: it took my 4 read through to get my head round it all and who was who and what happened when

I started listening to it on audio book many years ago and got so confused and had to keep rewinding chapters that I finally gave up!

My original description was "bored and confused to death" but I thought that was in appropriate ;-) if not wholy inaccurate!

ye some books are better in audio than others, Silmarillion is not one of the good ones for that format

I think my mum has a paper copy of it. I should ask to borrow it and try again.

Another thing audiobooks are good for is the pronunciation of some of the names though.

How're you this morning, Hazel? (Is it ok to use your name on the forums?)

oh, yes they are great for pronunciation :P to be honest I don't do much fiction. Most of my audiobooks are science or psychology based so the pronunciation aspect is great



Ye I'm ok with name being used. I'm not too bad today, got awful reflux, but otherwise ok. How are you?

Glad you're ok despite the reflux. =/

I'm alright... feel a bit rough but I've got until 3pm to build up to being a functioning human being.

Any plans for today?

got a job centre phonecall at 11, currently all my energy is going on not freaking out over that :laugh: then got to go food shopping this afternoon. So nothing interesting



What you got happening at 3 (if it's ok to ask)?

Eep, good luck with the phone call. Food shopping is interesting depending on what you buy. =P

Of course it's ok to ask - work is happening at 3... =(

Hi np and shadow. My news is that I drooled a lot in my sleep. Attractive I know.

I'm currently reading one paperback and one ebook.

Morning everyone!

Hi Cacoethes, how are you?