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jazzy said:
Will talk to Mrs J re integrating the 2 cats .

My advice is take the cat and find a new hairdresser, but you knew I would say that
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I have a feeling that Nacho may be finding a new home with either me or Charlotte (who also gets her hair done with the same person) Our cat is going to live with Charlotte for the three weeks we are away next month so they do need to at least tolerate each other!
 

jazzy said:
To be honest , and in my obvious ignorance, I've always preferred Scouser to Liverpudlian because of the lack of connotation to the RS.
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I’ve got this book and went to the launch event in Waterstones, the author is a Professor at Leeds Uni but from Liverpool. He describes scouse coming into popular use in the early 1960’s, before that people referred to themselves as Liverpudlian and before that as Liverpolitan. As an aside my mum always said “I hate the Liverpool accent” not the scouse accent, mainly when it was laid on thick on the tv.
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And on the whole I agree with Mrs.J.
 
Hi all, cloudy day here which is a relief, at least it is for me. Thanks for all the good wishes on the passing of Marg. The last three funerals I have attended have been humanist, my Mum’s was too. I had planned my own and often joked I would be sorry to miss it, however these last few months I have had a rethink. DIL’s Mum requested one of those private cremations and so there was no service and also cost £5000 less than a conventional one. This has got us both thinking and we’ve now come to the conclusion that neither of us wants a funeral. They can mark our passing in other ways. I’m thinking I’ll leave them money for football tickets. Everton will probably cost more than a funeral so it’ll have to be Posh, they can thank me later, except they won’t be able to.😂
 

jazzy said:
Had an all too rare but wonderful day out on town yesterday. Had an hour to kill before lunch so went down to the Pierhead to see Queen Anne and sit in the sun.

Town was buzzing, unfortunately RS shirts everywhere all of course with owners with foreign accents.

Met my former business partner and mentor ( a massive blue ) and we had a super lunch in the Ivy - great value BTW - and then another bottle of vino around the corner in Queens.

Anyway during the vino and perhaps induced by it we got into a conversation about the term "Scouser" to which my friend , born and bred in the City took exception deeming it to be perjorative and offensive. "How would you like it if I called you a wool " he said to which I replied "I am !"

Now I know that Scouser comes from lobscouse a stew which seamen ate and is associated with poverty but had never realized that some people took offense at the supposed stereotyping that this underlines.

On returning home I asked Mrs J who is also born and bred in the City of she took offense and her reaction was the complete opposite.

"Yes Scouser is a poor persons meal but look what we / the city have become , it reminds us of our roots. I'm proud to be a Scouser".

So there you go , I've lived here for over 40 years and had no idea that Scouser was so divisive. Every days a school day .

Be interested to have your views guys.
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I have always thought of Liverpudlians as Scousers, never occurred to me that it might be perceived as offensive.
 
anjelikaferrett said:
Good evening all. I hope you are OK. I have a dilemma- my hairdresser, who works from her home, is rehoming her cat. She has two quite demanding kids and a labrador as well as the cat and says she hasn't got time for him. She's just asked will I take him. He's a gorgeous tabby cat, really friendly, called Nacho, and I'm really sad she just wants rid of him - to the point of rethinking my hairdressing arrangements. I'd love to take him but I don't know how our cat would react. Anybody got any suggestions how to introduce two adult cats?
In other news, I went to the gym this afternoon. As I've told you the gym is inside Durham's cricket ground. I found myself a treadmill on the side that overlooks the pitch and got a free watch for about an hour of Durham getting absolutely battered by Northamptonshire!
I'm quite excited about our first match on Monday.
Have a good weekend all x
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I’m sitting here reading this with Bessie on my lap purring away. I’ve had a heart to heart with her as she’s been away for 10 nights, I thought we’d lost her and Mrs bl was really desperate for her return . And as it happens we’re waiting for her ( Mrs bl) return with a new kitten called Jenny who was identified and bought four weeks ago . So my talk to Bessie invluded her future responsibilities for her new “ sister”.
We took in another cat 6 or 7 years ago , she was semi wild and took a bit of introducing to the others we then had. But with Mrs bl’s TLC it worked out very well. Although her and another female never got on she integrated well with the others. I think it’s worth a shot at taking on Nacho , if he’s really friendly . It would be a bit of a disruption for your own cat and likely require a bit of patience on your part but worth a a go. Says the man who’ll shortly be having another cat in the house and answered a friends question with “ Well, four cats are not much more trouble than three 🤷‍♂️” Good luck with your decision!
 

jazzy said:
Had an all too rare but wonderful day out on town yesterday. Had an hour to kill before lunch so went down to the Pierhead to see Queen Anne and sit in the sun.

Town was buzzing, unfortunately RS shirts everywhere all of course with owners with foreign accents.

Met my former business partner and mentor ( a massive blue ) and we had a super lunch in the Ivy - great value BTW - and then another bottle of vino around the corner in Queens.

Anyway during the vino and perhaps induced by it we got into a conversation about the term "Scouser" to which my friend , born and bred in the City took exception deeming it to be perjorative and offensive. "How would you like it if I called you a wool " he said to which I replied "I am !"

Now I know that Scouser comes from lobscouse a stew which seamen ate and is associated with poverty but had never realized that some people took offense at the supposed stereotyping that this underlines.

On returning home I asked Mrs J who is also born and bred in the City of she took offense and her reaction was the complete opposite.

"Yes Scouser is a poor persons meal but look what we / the city have become , it reminds us of our roots. I'm proud to be a Scouser".

So there you go , I've lived here for over 40 years and had no idea that Scouser was so divisive. Every days a school day .

Be interested to have your views guys.
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Scousers is always used here, never Liverpudlians. Why, I really don’t understand?

Scousers are seen as working class Irish kin with brilliant senses of humour through hard times. Viewed as our extended kin really and as such the term is used fondly here in my experience.
 

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