tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post5488132451716581422..comments2024-02-28T10:29:23.315+11:00Comments on Buttontree Lane: SPLAT!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18054854689952896339noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-11389159845694539402008-08-12T23:14:00.000+10:002008-08-12T23:14:00.000+10:00owwwwwwie, you poor thing! Hope you haven't done t...owwwwwwie, you poor thing! Hope you haven't done too much damage. <BR>Good luck with your course, sounds about as painful as a kick in the but with a golf shoe!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07425847075862121377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-42872650199082145632008-08-12T23:21:00.000+10:002008-08-12T23:21:00.000+10:00Gosh, in the days when I took a public service red...Gosh, in the days when I took a public service redundancy it was more a case of <I>don't let the door hit you on the way out</I>. You had to sign something to the effect that <I>you ain't never coming back baby</I>! I'm not sure whether I think you are lucky ... or not?!<BR><BR>Wishing you a speedy recovery from the fall today. Sounds like something I'd do.Liesl (Hoppo Bumpo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09392520536946879645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-15466627265477642432008-08-13T01:58:00.000+10:002008-08-13T01:58:00.000+10:00ouchiewowwa! That sounds very not nice.My dealings...ouchiewowwa! That sounds very not nice.<BR><BR>My dealings with civil servants on training coureses leads me to sympathise wholeheartedly with you.trashalouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623440501234583451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-77575876837186588222008-08-13T07:59:00.000+10:002008-08-13T07:59:00.000+10:00You can always sketch pretty bags and things while...You can always sketch pretty bags and things while they drone on!Jodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924653077212971448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-57747438968475461112008-08-13T09:24:00.000+10:002008-08-13T09:24:00.000+10:00Maybe the fall was the universe trying to tell you...Maybe the fall was the universe trying to tell you not to go to re-programming, i mean, re-training... I don't know what's worse though; boring PS training courses or those ones where they tell you about all the innovative, exciting things you <I>could</I> do - providing you weren't hog-tied by bureaucracy!<BR><BR>And for the record, I may be a cool PS, but I'd MUCh rather be a crafting unembployed bum!twitchy fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11036637055619950515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-64401610119686927432008-08-13T11:26:00.000+10:002008-08-13T11:26:00.000+10:00um, please do try and stay upright a little bit, o...um, please do try and stay upright a little bit, or at least as much as is required for you to remain a crafty unemployed bum. we like you like that!dr khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758129985662532518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-4182397725974334872008-08-13T11:57:00.000+10:002008-08-13T11:57:00.000+10:00Oh no, you poor thing, that really doesn't sound l...Oh no, you poor thing, that really doesn't sound like fun (the fall or the frowning public servants). <BR><BR>Ahh... how I'd love to be a crafting unemployed person!<BR><BR>Thanks for the comment on my post too, I can't believe that I'm an English teacher and forgot the apostrophe! A least I can say that I'm a pronunciation teacher....Melanie Gray Augustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01531718674624846409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-40005523746460535892008-08-13T12:35:00.000+10:002008-08-13T12:35:00.000+10:00Hah! I left the public service because I was afra...Hah! I left the public service because I was afraid I'd turn into one of those people (BTW - they check the state of their super daily and know to the minute how much long service leave they have!)TinkingBellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424679933020998879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-26714427911658365902008-08-13T13:45:00.000+10:002008-08-13T13:45:00.000+10:00Crafting bums are such lovely people though!! Hop...Crafting bums are such lovely people though!! Hope you have recovered from the fall - maybe a sign you should have stayed at home making more lovelies for the shop! Great interview on Canberra's Got Style BTW.JustJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821234669128002822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-41804437244726145682008-08-13T13:57:00.000+10:002008-08-13T13:57:00.000+10:00You fell again? Before going to a retraining thing...You fell again? Before going to a retraining thingy?! <I>It's a sign!!!!</I> A sign that you don't want to become a dour public servant (all awesome exceptions included). However, I don't think you couldf become a dour person. Your inner crafter would smack sense into you before that happened. <BR><BR>Hope you feel fetter soon!<BR>~SCaffeine Faeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367136930887819964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-85872367941238443572008-08-13T17:36:00.000+10:002008-08-13T17:36:00.000+10:00I'm probably guilty of being the one with the dour...I'm probably guilty of being the one with the dour reaction to a cheerful person on one of those courses... because the courses, I have a bad attitude to them!<BR><BR>I hope you feel better soon. Are you sure it wasn't ice that made you fall? Icy concrete makes everyone clumsy.Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004330801357642994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-27981719363612247642008-08-13T18:41:00.000+10:002008-08-13T18:41:00.000+10:00Ouch! No more falling please!I'd love to be an un...Ouch! No more falling please!<BR><BR>I'd love to be an unemployed crafting bum. That'd totally rock. As long as I could still afford to buy lots of yarn and lots of patterns and lots of shoes. Sigh. If only I could be paid to be a crafty bum. <BR><BR>And you could always join the private sector! Not that it'd necessarily be any different...Rose Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08510204661811765499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-40342657016916034352008-08-13T23:49:00.000+10:002008-08-13T23:49:00.000+10:00Hope your crafting unemployed didn't end up too br...Hope your crafting unemployed didn't end up too bruised.m1k1http://www.blogger.com/profile/03570673562478827426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-91021890174186959952008-08-14T21:39:00.000+10:002008-08-14T21:39:00.000+10:00Ouch and ouch, life without humour, boring!Ouch and ouch, life without humour, boring!mel bombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01773650520090824643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156196178932753360.post-54244621107384347852008-08-24T14:30:00.000+10:002008-08-24T14:30:00.000+10:00Do I count on your cool public servant list? Havin...Do I count on your cool public servant list? Having worked for ten years on securing a PPT role, I worked in it for 3 months and took a fulltime secondment - so now am working fulltime again (but for the State of NSW, so it isn't Federal service.) Is that PS enough for you?<BR><BR>And I hear you on the humourless thing. It kind of makes them funnier.knitabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562287637130603845noreply@blogger.com