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Especially in speaking, we sometimes use so in front position in short responses with reporting verbs such as believe, say, tell, hear, read: We’ve seen other bits of Australia, and liked it. Perth Freo, and Brissie area – all nice, and great to visit. Your first and second paragraphs are me, too, Arthur. The reason I started my current office job 11 years ago was I spent the previous 9 months WFH (following the fallout from the late 2008 crash) and missed having colleagues to talk to. English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Danish English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Vietnamese

The easing of restrictions meant I managed to get out to loads of restaurants and pubs, a few gigs, and catch up (in the flesh) with friends and family. Something we perhaps took for granted before, but it was a massive boost. Has there been a more successful band with less charisma than the Bee Gees? 93 comments | 1.7k views

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Not having much time away – unable to for reasons above – I had the late October half term off and pottered in the garden. I replaced a rotten fence post and gave myself a hernia in the process. Busy hospitals mean a long wait – I get scanned in mid-January, gawd knows when the corrective surgery will be. I’m in discomfort rather than pain, so can’t really complain, although I’m effectively housebound (again). On October 9, at a higher vocational school in the southeastern province of Guangdong, the furious boy tried to strangle his teacher. The good people of the Afterword have kept me smiling and thinking all year, thanks to you all for your bounteous wit and wisdom. May your God go with you all. This all means that I continue my reasonably healthy lifestyle which involves a daily morning swim and mostly home cooked food (and with my wife being vegetarian when it’s just the two of us, it’s healthy too). The extent of economic damage from Brexit has been made clear by the Office for Budget Responsibility, which predicts that leaving the EU will reduce our long-term GDP by around 4%, compared to a fall of around 1.5% that will be caused by the pandemic.

I’ve seen more of the inside of the NHS this year than I have for the previous 20, and they’ve been remarkable in all cases. Some just wonderful people.

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I love the work, and I love that I learn stuff all the time, both via clients and via loads of CPD courses. It’s a privilege indeed. On the WFH topic, I much prefer in-person work, what with all the non-verbal material that only really becomes clear when we’re in 3D relationship. I recently had to go into the office for a couple of hours a week for compulsory training. I hated it. I hated WFH at the time, but I had two young kids in the house and awful technology (a modem, couldn’t use the landline at the same time, etc). Nowadays I have 100 Mb internet, video calls (I’m living in the future!), and I have no desire to return to spending an hour a day commuting to and from an office on a grotty industrial estate next to a motorway. Otherwise, work has been bearable. In 2021 I turned a corner and realised I was probably now of an age where it was daft to try and ‘improve’ and ‘develop’ and ‘further my career’ so mentally I have given up. Which actually feels immensely liberating. I probably haven’t ever reached my potential in the world of work (I’m pretty clever and talented, but just never found a niche) but this has never bothered me less than now.

Due to Mrs F’s translatlantic work meetings, studying/sleeping teens, etc, the record player has rarely been on. The good news is, after 10+ years, work is finally underway to soundproof my garage (and have a dedicated WFH box-room office). The hernia prevents me from anything DIY, but Mrs F continues to keep me in the style to which I have become accustomed, so I’m going to pay an electrician to do the stuff I can’t.

Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part Health: A paradox. Having lived a healthy life and never really had any major concerns (I basically have been to the doctors about three times in about thirty years for absolutely minor ailments), I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the start of the year. I still feel like I have imposter syndrome with it, and I don’t really feel I fit in with the online forums and all that. It’s been a blessing in a way, because it has forced me to watch my diet (basically cut down on carbs and sugar) and I’ve been astonished to see the weight fly off me. I’m now the slimmest I’ve been since my late 20s. So that’s the paradox. Family wise, my Mum is still with us and we did manage to see her a couple of times when restrictions allowed. She doesn’t know who we are anymore but we’ve come to terms with that. Unfortunately my MIL is starting on the same journey but we do know what to expect this time. My OH had a bit of a health scare this year and she made a few lifestyle changes. And to cut a long story short we had some very good news on that front on Xmas Eve. Me? I’m fine, after years and years of health problems I’ve been fine since 2014. Even lost a bit more weight, 3 stone in 2 and a bit years, try the Royal Mail exercise plan is my advice. Before, it was losing weight (at my lightest this year I was six stone lighter than at my heaviest in 2011). That then overlapped with becoming better at running.