Letter from Manila - Santol - of course!

I feel I must clarify.
Seeing as I was not at all clear the first time
I was'nt trying to infer that the nuns inability to foresee, plan or follow through is evil per se.
Merely that they ALWAYS have someone to blame things on

I suppose if you kept them inside they wouldn't bring you live mice at 3am like mine does.
There seems to be a 3am repetition here...

ERROR : NEED MODERATOR ACTION : TOO MUCH CAT DISCUSSION : HELP!

Mine stopped bringing me almost dead tribute a couple of years ago somthing I'm very pleased about

My mates cat used to bring in baby rabbits. Just to play with. First time they went to the U.S. & left next door looking after the house they had to block the cat flap up as they'd found 5 rabbits hopping all over the place. I stayed one night & woke up to hear a scratching, thought it was a rat in loft. turned out to be a rabbit under the bed.

I reckon either interpretation is valid and the nett result is certainly the same!

Oh, and her 9-11 finished at 12. Close!



You'll note that given my recent feline history, I'm staying well away from the subject. 😊 I'll stick to my dogs, I'm better at them.

Getting a bit fed up. Time was, this client would give you a call, tell you what he wanted, you wap a short note with scope, dates and price and receive an appointment letter by return of email.

Now they've appointed a procurement guy who, not having a clue, can't write a scope. This means that we've gone in with what I know the client actually needs but it appears that our rivals haven't. So realising that he's cocked up, he's had to go back to them to include x,y and z in their tenders as well, so he can (and I hate this phrase) "compare apples with apples".

I reckon we'll win anyway but it's a delay I don't need just this second.

Next time I have a beer with his boss, I'm going to recommend he is replaced with a pot dog!

It's more incompetent in the Philippines!

Sorry to hear about the possible job "delay" - but hope it comes good soon.

Ho, ho, ho. Merry Day of the Dead to you all.

Yes, today's the day everyone troops down the cemetery to spend time with those who have already passed over the veil.

I used to go with Madam when she went to the old part of Manila North Cemetery, as it's a fascinating place, but she only goes to see her Old Man now who's in a modern apartment block which holds little interest. Besides, dogs aren't allowed (squatters, yes - dogs, no) so someone has to stay and watch the Shi Tzu don't they? There's no bar either.

It also doesn't help when you are trying to get an answer from a potential client. Wednesday was All Saints Day and a national holiday and, this year, they made the Tuesday one as well, for some inexplicable reason. so, with Monday and Friday really the only working days, most take them off as well. Good, innit?

The only way you'll contact anyone this week is via Ouija board. E-mails are ignored.

Anyway, Madam was up and doing at 8am this morning, announcing they wanted an early(?) start. they left at 1pm which, in the Philippines is as close to early as you'll get.

Yesterday was spent chasing floods as we had a good downpour. Nothing showing on our street Drown-o-Meter, but it was top of wheel depth outside Manila Town Hall. Ironic really to know that one of the worst bits for flooding is right outside the place where those who should be doing something about it work(?)! Anyway, managed to blast past a taxi with the driver's window down as he was having a smoke. Very satisfying!

I can't put this in the "Dogs in cars" thread as it doesn't qualify, so have "Dogs near a car" instead. Two out of three of the herd.


My Spud and Lola.

And the other one, but separate, her Toppy...



I know you've seen it before, but this was just after he survived two doses of parvo, tough little barsteward, so worth another view!

I can only imagine how frustrating the delays must be.