More uselessness from DBC

[Happier diner]

1 minute ago, Jarndyce said:

I wonder what condition Offshoremanxman has - he couldn’t see the post!

You shouldnt mock the afflicted.

[Gladys]

The authors may be dyslexic but it did nothing to entice me.  There is nothing about Lynne and Donna's credentials to run this event or their background, not even a FB page describing them.   

It is said to be a series of events but no indication of the future programme or frequency. 

How much is this being paid for by DBC? Is it just provision of the room on the basis that it is an opportunity for Donna and Lynne to sell their services?  Or is there a fee being charged to DBC?  

As Rox says, a crap launch of something that may be very worthwhile. 

[reptar]

11 hours ago, Amadeus said:

Someone offers a free wellbeing workshop and all you lot can do is complain about the wording. Words fail me. 

I've previously thought that you perhaps get an unfairly hard time on here due to the obvious reasons but I'm starting to wonder if most of the criticism is actually bang on.

If you think that that press release was in any way approaching a professional effort then you really need to sit down and read it again. Also, who are these people? How are they qualified to run sessions like this? Qualifications? Relevant Experience? Based on their grasp of written English I think it's worth looking at whether these are people who should be assisting others with their stress issues. Based on the content of the press release that includes gems like:-

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Stressors are the stuff of Life and they are going to keep coming at us! Does that mean we settle for Stressed and Depressed States?
Absolutely not because State is not static just as Life is not static! All of us have the capacity to shift State and enjoy Easier Living.

Which is, quite clearly, total and utter bollocks. And not well written bollocks either.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask these questions.

Edited April 22, 2023 by reptar

[finlo]

1 hour ago, Gladys said:

is it just provision of the room on the basis that it is an opportunity for Donna and Lynne to sell their services?  

Oh er Matron!

[Gladys]

10 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said:

No there was another one. 

JW posted a screenshot of the FB page.  Not sure I remember another.  But why was that one deleted and not all the others?  Also, subscribers can delete their own posts. 

[The Voice of Reason]

From the first post on this thread:-

 

There used to be a time when as long as they took away the dog poo and emptied your wheelie bins that was all people wanted. 

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[Gladys]

2 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said:

You’re hilarious. You’d argue black was white. 

Why, thank you. 

[John Wright]

2 hours ago, Gladys said:

@offshoremanxmanWas it this one?

 

1 hour ago, reptar said:

I've previously thought that you perhaps get an unfairly hard time on here due to the obvious reasons but I'm starting to wonder if most of the criticism is actually bang on.

If you think that that press release was in any way approaching a professional effort then you really need to sit down and read it again. Also, who are these people? How are they qualified to run sessions like this? Qualifications? Relevant Experience? Based on their grasp of written English I think it's worth looking at whether these are people who should be assisting others with their stress issues. Based on the content of the press release that includes gems like:-

Which is, quite clearly, total and utter bollocks. And not well written bollocks either.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask these questions.

 

37 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said:

No there was another one. 

I think that someone at DBC just copied and pasted, rather than shared,  from the way to go well being FB page.

Wasnt a press release.

https://www.facebook.com/waytogowellbeing

seems well meaning, if literately inadequate.

Was it this one, @offshoremanxman

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0S7g3ZTPE45UybqXk8nt4rgTieXQky6NPNGo64XfPp4Ls4a65en1iNB6tj54CdXhrl&id=100085153505591
 

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ABRACADABRA!
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Words and EVERYTHING else about Us are an expression of our Mind; are we expressing Magic or Misery? 

The Magician is a Master of Mental Agility; he knows the Magic of a Mastered Mind is the Magic of a Mastered Mood is the Magic of Stress Mastery! 
Stress shows up in the Thought/Feeling world first ALWAYS and there are no exceptions to this as this is the Science of State.

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[Ativa]

1 hour ago, offshoremanxman said:

No there was another one. 

No there wasn’t.  All the posts on this thread are still there.

I can no longer see the Facebook post though, which is why I asked if I had been blocked or it had been deleted from Facebook.

Did you get confused?

[Jarndyce]

23 minutes ago, Ativa said:

Did you get confused?

Maybe it was a case of Automatic Negative Thoughts…

[John Wright]

3 hours ago, Ativa said:

No there wasn’t.  All the posts on this thread are still there.

I can no longer see the Facebook post though, which is why I asked if I had been blocked or it had been deleted from Facebook.

Did you get confused?

There were two posts on DBC FB, one of which is still there. They’re both on the way to go well-being FB page which is where they originated

[Lilly]

18 hours ago, Lilly said:

Hi Amadeus, Nobles Fun day is a great day out, l don't suppose you know what date it is this year please?  I tried to Google it showed previous years but l couldn't find this years.

Many thanks Lilly

Does no-one know the answer? It was a  genuine question, l wantbto take my grandchildren.  I have been travelling back to iom in the last 24hrs, the Seacat was empty coming back from Liverpool this morning, l know its the  wrong posting, however, wouldn't it be better to offer residents a cheap ticket offer to fill empty seats. 

 

 

[finlo]

5 minutes ago, Lilly said:

Does no-one know the answer? It was a  genuine question, l wantbto take my grandchildren.  I have been travelling back to iom in the last 24hrs, the Seacat was empty coming back from Liverpool this morning, l know its the  wrong posting, however, wouldn't it be better to offer residents a cheap ticket offer to fill empty seats. 

 

 

Spending ones money off island is to be discouraged at all times.

[Lilly]

2 minutes ago, finlo said:

Spending ones money off island is to be discouraged at all times.

Actually l was visiting my family, yes l  must admit l did some food shopping which was much cheaper than here surprisingly cheaper and good quality, does that counts? Or is that to discourage too? If fact it made me question why do we pay such high markups?.  My daughter whom lives in UK tells me she is  following a mums forum here and she is surprise how many parents are struggling. Is anyone actually listening? Sorry wrong posting again.

[finlo]

2 minutes ago, Lilly said:

Actually l was visiting my family, yes l  must admit l did some food shopping which was much cheaper than here surprisingly cheaper and good quality, does that counts? Or is that to discourage too? If fact it made me question why do we pay such high markups?.  My daughter whom lives in UK tells me she is  following a mums forum here and she is surprise how many parents are struggling. Is anyone actually listening? Sorry wrong posting again.

The so called cost of living crisis is being taken advantage of here to the max!