The 'What Has You Feeling Down?' thread

After watching that Chelsea shower of sh*te take/rob 3 points off us I have been feeling down or should that be angry all day.

Me too bud, looked up the heavens a couple of times today, asked WHY F***ing US?? and then shed a few tears.

No mate. Been off here for a while as my youngest son was diagnosed as autistic and we've been fighting the local authorities to get sufficient provisions in place to aid him and other kids in the ASD ( Autistic Spectrum Disorder ) units. The Council tried closing them last month but all the community clubbed together and did a mass demonstration outside the Council meeting with TV crews and local media present and the Council kept them open for now.

We are currently self funding ABA ( Applied Behavioural Analysis ) therapy on top of his normal schooling at the unit and it's costing me about £300 a week. I don't mind paying because he's my son but other local authorities and counties are funding the therapy in the units but not where we live.

It's a long long story mate. My missus has been campaigning like f**k wherever she can and we also had a piece published in the Sunday Times but they edited the f**k out of it. About 10% of what we actually wrote. We are in the process of making a complaint because we feel our views were not represented fully. I doubt anything will come of it but we are going to try.

We are trying to get the ABA program implemented in the curriculum but there are only a few parents who have the bottle and determination to put up a fight and then there are those who just want to sit on the fence and don't want to upset the apple cart.

It's been a long long process and i can see why some parents give up, but they are not going to f**k me or my family over. The progress our son has made has been astounding. Without the therapy he'd be so far behind.

Anyway, good to hear from you Rep, hope all is good with you and yours?

Edit: I did have some posts removed, but that's best left to rest mate.

Sorry mate only just read this and I really am in awe of the action you have undertaken for your lad's benefit and in the wider context.
It is so good to hear he is taking something from the therapy and makes your actions even more admirable. The government are forcing councils to target the most vulnerable in setting budget restrictions, those with the least power to fight back, despicable measures.

Thanks stuey. Been fighting all my life, wouldn't have it any other way. It's what drives me.

Bloody hell, mate, no wonder you've been quiet. Glad you're managing to find a way to get your lad some help at least but you shouldn't have to go through all that. It's the usual story of postcode lottery, some get, some don't. In the meantime, kids suffer.

I'm not too bad thanks, other than the above moan. I could rattle on about several 'problems' but they're nothing like the sh*t you and yours are going through. Let's just say if I was told today that my ex (mother of my kids) had been hit by a bus, my only question would be to check that the kids were alright!

In fact, do any of you own a bus...?!

Hang on in there mate.

As for a bus, i think Mourinho has a couple going spare!

My cousin passed away this past week of lung cancer. She was only 46 years old. RIP Tammy!

Sorry to hear that Firepool, my thoughts are with you and your family.

My cousin passed away this past week of lung cancer. She was only 46 years old. RIP Tammy!

Sorry to hear that Hun.  Thoughts are with you all at this sad time.

RIP Tammy.

YNWA.

My cousin passed away this past week of lung cancer. She was only 46 years old. RIP Tammy!

Thoughts are with you and yours FP.

My cousin passed away this past week of lung cancer. She was only 46 years old. RIP Tammy!

That's so sad . RIP.

My cousin passed away this past week of lung cancer. She was only 46 years old. RIP Tammy!

Sorry for your loss Firepool.

YNWA

Thank you gareth, reddebs, roddenberry, lfc_ynwa, and shabs for your well wishes.

Sorry to hear that firepool!

YNWA

My cousin passed away this past week of lung cancer. She was only 46 years old. RIP Tammy!

I am so sorry to hear about your loss, stay strong for you and your family. 

YNWA.

My cousin passed away this past week of lung cancer. She was only 46 years old. RIP Tammy!

RIP Tammy.

Sorry to hear this mate.

Thank you Dadori0us, vsterling and wahs for the well wishes.

Very sorry to hear your sad news Firepool 

My cousin passed away this past week of lung cancer. She was only 46 years old. RIP Tammy!

Man, I just saw this. That's really sad and my thoughts go out to you and the rest of your family.

Rest easy Tammy.

Thank you MsG and Scotia for the thoughts.

Buried my Step Grandmother Saturday gone & burying my uncle Sunday who at the age if 52 died of natural causes in the back of a ambulance.

Seeing that a person was murdered in Liverpool town centre just because he was an off duty cop, will there be riots will there be posts of outrage on social media, will there be threads of disgust and outrage on this site like there have been re criminals who have been killed......


Answer no and by F**k it makes me feel down as it makes me ashamed, every F***ing thing wrong with the world, be ashamed by your silence people and don't do us the disrespect of creating a thread of outrage because you have seen this thread. RIP that man

Seeing that a person was murdered in Liverpool town centre just because he was an off duty cop, will there be riots will there be posts of outrage on social media, will there be threads of disgust and outrage on this site like there have been re criminals who have been killed......


Answer no and by F**k it makes me feel down as it makes me ashamed, every F***ing thing wrong with the world, be ashamed by your silence people and don't do us the disrespect of creating a thread of outrage because you have seen this thread. RIP that man

Shouldn't be riots in either case. Shouldn't have occured in the first place. 

"You'll meet good coppers, you'll meet bad coppers, nearly all are arseholes in their own way, it's a job requirement" - As told to me by a copper who played for my old man's sunday league team.

One of my neighbours just passed away outside my house, I think coming back from Christmas shopping too, absolutely tragic! Especially this time of year, puts things into perspective seeing that...

Shouldn't be riots in either case. Shouldn't have occured in the first place. 

"You'll meet good coppers, you'll meet bad coppers, nearly all are arseholes in their own way, it's a job requirement" - As told to me by a copper who played for my old man's sunday league team.

Stupid insensitive comments, as told to me people who don't like the police usually have something to hide and are arseholes.