Many, many moons ago in my past life I worked in a sales office. Each day switchboard would get an obscene phone call from a local chap. Carol, on switchboard, would take it in turns to put him through to one of the girls in the office for him to ask us 'rude' questions - like 'What colour knickers are you wearing today' or 'How big are your boobs'. Now, we are guessing from all the commotion that you could hear going on in the background that he was masturbating. So, we answered his questions - mostly making up outrageous answers - and when he was 'done' he would hang up. This went on for about 10 years. It stopped about the same time that BT introduced the 1471 call back option. If you dialled 1471 you could hear the telephone number of the last person to call you and you could then call them back. Well, one day we did this. Boy did we give him a run for his money and then threatened to report him to the police. Funny enough, we never heard a dickie bird from him again after that!
Sorry, I have not be posting much recently but I went down with yet another virus and sickness bug that I picked up from work and to be honest it has really knocked the stuffing out of me.
Also, we have had lots going on with my son and school. After over 4 years of trying we have just managed to get my son a statement for his special needs. We have had to appeal for more hours as initially we have been offered 17 hours support a week but the school feel he needs 27 hours. My son is severally dyslexic and has specific learning difficulties too. He struggles with reading and writing and can not retain information in his brain. He will be 10 at Christmas but has a reading age of a 4 and a half year old.
To say it has been an emotional roller coaster is an understatement.
Enjoy your week.
Sue x x x
Nice to "see" you again and I quite understand that life can keep us away from a lot of things (including blogging). Sorry you have a bug, that seems to be going around - everywhere!
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why they are not giving your son the hours he needs, you and your family may have to try to pick up what they aren't doing. All the schools are screaming about not enough money.
Hang in there, get better!
This story was brilliant and has totally reminded me of a similar story that my Mum's told me, think I'll get working on a way to get it on the blog!
ReplyDeleteSorry you haven't been feeling too good, I think cold season is officially in its infancy and people seem to be dropping like flies all over the place.
Excellent news about your son getting the help he finally needs, I can imagine what a trauma it must have been, my nephew needs help because of an eye condition he's got and just getting the help in school for that has been a nightmare for my sister.
Hope you're feeling better soon!
Aren't there some seedy folk around! He may have been a very respectable guy of course - a doctor or teacher, that's the yukky part.
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better - pleased to hear that, eventually, you are getting somewhere with the extra help, but keep pushing if the school say he needs more. It must be tempting at times to shrug and give up the fight against all the red tape, but we must battle on before it consumes and strangles individual needs.
Ooh my, i know what you are going through i have 2 boys both are dyslexic,eldest son was 10 yrs old when he was diagnose, at nursery he was statemented with speech /lang problems, he went on to primary school not talking properly then we realised he had trouble reading /writing i had a nephew that had just been diagnosed with dyslexia and was sure my son was the same, but the school head said not as she "new all about dyslexia"..well my poor son and us , struggled on in the next few years until a new teacher came to the school who took me aside and said he new my son had dyslexia and i had to push the school to give him a test , aged 10 he got the test done and yes he was dyslexic ...
ReplyDeletehelp was finaly happening at long last..he worked super hard and passed all his exams and now hes a 22 year old and has a brilliant job , my youngest son was only 6 when diagnosed and gets support when needed ,we have bad moments doing homework but hes keeping up in class,forgetfulness and organisation is another problem with both my boys and it drives me crazy most days,its hard but we cope as a family and support each other all the time. hugs jackanne xx
Good to see you back & well done on getting the statement & extra help. I had a real struggle when J & J were at primary school ( apart from one or two exceptional teachers for whom I will be eternally grateful )but secondary has been great.
ReplyDeleteWhat a W**!!R ! A friend of mine did post office deliveries at Christmas when we were teens - one guy used to stick his dick out through the letterbox !
Well what a phone call,not very nice there are some perverts around. Hope you re feeling better and that your son gets the education he so rightly deserves and you will make the right decision as you know him best. Thank you for your lovely comment they all cheer me up no end enjoy the rest of your week hugs Pat.
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