Renting is the only way to go. I've lived in a council house (parents') all my life, one way or another, except when I was really young and we all lived with my aunt, who owns her house (bought it for 4000 Irish Pounds, back in the Cretaceous Period!), so I'm exempt from the property --- or as they're calling it now unofficially but accurately, the Family Home --- tax. I have to say I'm so glad I'm not working any more; that abolishment of the PRSI allowance would be a hard thing to swallow!

Doesn't matter who's in power, the poor and vulnerable will always be screwed. I mean, who's going to upset the big earners who contribute to their election or re-election campaigns?

Happy Birthday in advance! :)
So you get birthday AND Christmas pressies??

yes i do :) sometimes i get them on Christmas

so i woke up today and saw a moose on my porch.
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There are no moose here :(

there are so many moose in new brunswick that it's becoming a problem. there was a moose in a mall once a few years back. apparently it snuck in and the mall was shut down for two days haha

My grandma (who's 90) fell down the stairs at her home, and broke her wrist and has 6 stitches in her head. :(

I don't know why but stuff like this always makes me really sad because i have such a soft spot for old ladies. i really hope she's alright :(

Man that's bad. Does she live on her own? Is she ok? My aunt is 95 but very independent, yet of course we worry about her all the time.

She should be ok, but we have to get a stay home nurse to stay at their house because my grandpa has Alzheimers and he tends to wander off and get lost. And she usually takes care of him, but she won't be able to.