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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

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    • EdHE
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      I feel you @AdamC. Baby H started at nursery this week and is well so far. On balance, I'd rather she caught everything now and was able to attend school. My cousin didn't do nursery with hers, and the kiddo missed most of their first term of real school as they were the kid who'd catch every single bug going around.

      Take the dive...

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      • AdamCA
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        @EdH Very true and yes you certainly have it all to look forward to, something I have learnt - if they catch hand foot and mouth, bring out the hazmat suit - she was a bit poorly with it but f*ck me it hit me for 6 and then some

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        • EdHE
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          @AdamC Yeah, I feel your pain. I had a bad bug in November and spent 28 hours either in bed or in the loo, while I was supposed to be on holiday no less. I can't blame the bab for that one though, seems like Mrs H and I caught that on the plane and, thankfully, Baby H avoided it entirely.

          Take the dive...

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          • SKTS
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            I feel for you guys with the bugs and illnesses cause we’ve been there and back. For something a little different but equally painful, try to imagine arguing daily with a 12 year old (who cannot admit they are wrong and have an undeveloped prefrontal cortex) about Minecraft, colonizing Mars, nutrition, screen time, sleep habits, chores, grades, fighting with your sister…the list is infinite and varied. This is the stuff that slowly drives a parent mad. Anyway, kids are cute and great!

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            • goosehdG
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              @SKT …ah the preteen who has all of life already figured out 🙂

              My oldest turns 13 next week…

              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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              • goosehdG
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                …sometimes I believe that alcohol was invented by parents of teens 🤣

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                • SKTS
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                  @goosehd ha! Gotta be true

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                  • WhiskeySandwichW
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                    @goosehd "no cap"

                    "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                    -Seneca

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                    • MattM
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                      Cleaning up vomit is one thing. Cleaning it up out of a dead sleep at 3 am is something else.

                      Also, it’s a process, get the kid out of bed, into the tub, take the pj’s off without smearing puke on their face, change the sheets, put everything in the wash, Lysol the shit out of every surface between the bed and the bathroom. Then they just throw up again 30 mins later.

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                      • ARNCA
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                        Not a parent, but there must be some way of rigging a harness to suspend the child above the tub (oriented to suit the prevailing direction of flow) until all noxious fluids have been released.

                        “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                        • EdHE
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                          @ARNC Ahem... sounds like a re-purposed sex swing mate... 😅

                          Take the dive...

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                          • WhiskeySandwichW
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                            @Matt why bother avoid smearing puke on their face and ruin a perfect opportunity for "accidental" retribution for waking you up? ....You're going to wash it off momentarily anyway.

                            This is why I sleep on the bathroom floor when I have the B.E.S.T. , like a respectable human. I expect the children to do the same lol

                            B.E.S.T. = Both Ends Same Time. Best enjoyed when the number of sufferers outnumbers the toilets in your home.

                            "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                            -Seneca

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                            • ARNCA
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                              @EdH purely coincidental!

                              “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                              • goosehdG
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                                I don’t even know how to mod this conversation nor if I really want to 🙂

                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                • MattM
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                                  Katie and I had it once, me from the bottom and her from the top, and we had to have the pre schools principal bring them home. Bad times.

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                                  • EdHE
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                                    @Matt I can only imagine that conversation… very nice of the principal though!

                                    Take the dive...

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                                    • MattM
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                                      I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before but it bears repeating . Listening to my kids eat is the single worst curse the universe has bestowed upon me. I’d be perfectly fine with going completely deaf.

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                                      • steelworkerS
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                                        😆

                                        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                        Well, I have others.

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                                        • scarfmaceS
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                                          @Matt This is one of those things you don't notice, untill you do and it ruins everything 😆

                                          "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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                                          • goosehdG
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                                            My oldest is wearing braces and only exacerbates those sounds. Nails on a chalkboard…

                                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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