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General => The Stay Safe Board => Topic started by: louisa maud on Monday 10 June 24 09:33 BST (UK)
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Morning all
This morning we have woken up to a thoroughly nasty, very cold , damp wet and rainy morning, we should have been on our way to Devon by now but there was no way my husband would have been well enough, anyway this damp weather would have played havoc with my hair!,
What sad news about Dr Michael Mosley, I have read and seen him so much I feel as if I know him personally , I do feel for his lovely wife.
Middle of June end of this week, unbelievable, almost half way to Christmas!!
Hope everyone feel ticketty boo this week , happy week to all.
LM
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Oh I am so sorry you have both missed out on your trip LM. Hopefully, you might get to go in future when your husband has recovered fully?
Yes, that is extremely sad news re Dr Michael Mosley. I found out late last night when I checked the news after getting in. He seemed like such a nice person. It is so sad.
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A medical question if I am allowed.
Has anyone heard of cutting up an onion, adding 2 large spoon of demerara sugar, leaving it in the fridge over night and drinking it as a medicine in doses, the market stall man said no water, he wasn't trying to sell me onions either.
LM
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Just answered my own question, Mr Google shows it, well known recipe apparently, onion and demerara in the fridge stewing
LM
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I remember being given that as a child,though no fridge. I think it was for a cough.
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That is right minimoo, if it does the trick I am a happy bunny.
LM
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I have heard of this LM but I haven't tried it myself. Let us know if this home remedy is effective.
I see in the news today that the NHS is urgently appealing for blood donation after a cyber attack. A gang of Russian criminals are suspected as responsible for this major incident. :-\
I am on a back shift later today.
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RTL, not tried the concoction yet, it hasn't made much liquid but will try it after breakfast.
Looks a nice day here so far but it is still quite cold.
LM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BhH6pQjpjJc
Found this extolling the remedy LM.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mFXyJUWJzXI
Also found this one made with bay leaves, lemon and sugar. Sounds like a lot of sugar though. Finished product looks like a good medicinal brown colour though.
https://bublisworldcuisine.com/all-natural-cold-cough-phlegm-relief-syrup/
Plus another above that can be added to water and drank as a tea.
I'm looking forward to hearing if your treatment works for you LM. :)
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A bright sunny day so far, so the washing is out on the line. Unfortunately it is still so cold that I have had to get out some winter woollies, which I had optimistically put away for the summer. Will I ever get to wear my lovely new summer dress, I wonder?
Apparently a lot of people are suffering from hay fever, even if they have never had it before. Also Covid and Norovirus are around, sometimes caught in the hospital.
Off to coffee now for a U3A Hub meeting. This is a new idea from the local U3A, where members are encouraged to meet informally near their homes. In our case, although the classes are held in a nearby town the informal coffee meetings are held in the village pub, which means you get to know people who go to other classes but live locally.
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I have heard of this LM but I haven't tried it myself. Let us know if this home remedy is effective.
I see in the news today that the NHS is urgently appealing for blood donation after a cyber attack. A gang of Russian criminals are suspected as responsible for this major incident. :-\
I am on a back shift later today.
The cyber attack shows just how reliant we are on computer systems today, leaving vulnerable in so many ways.
I believe they particularly want O negative blood as that can be given to anyone regardless of blood group.
Lovely and sunny here in Dorset but I do wish it would warm up, not too hot but enough to make it feel like summer. It’s hard to believe we are so far into June already.
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2 weeks ago, I was in shorts and sandals.
Spent last week in hospital, (scheduled visit for a lumbar drain), got home to 12C max temperature!
So cold!
I have hydrocephalus (used to be called water-on-the-brain), and they needed the drain for diagnostic purposes. They took nearly 600ml :o
Due a phone call from the consultant tomorrow as to further treatment.
Anything that helps my balance problem will be welcome.
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Jebber, I just hope that this NHS appeal will bring forth more blood donations than ever before, which would no doubt make that cyber gang's activity counter productive. That would teach them! ;) Although, unfortunately it sounds like they have put back operations and so may have put lives at risk. :-\
I can imagine you are right in saying that our heavy reliance on computer systems makes for vulnerability.
Hope you are feeling better now KGarrad and that your balance problems have and will improve further.
Strange fluctuating weather at the moment. You don't know what to wear or what to expect. Last Friday, we had about 10 minutes of hailstones - in June! :o
I'll have to go sort an early lunch now as I have to set off for backshift soon. Have a good day all.
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Yes, do let us know.
Out to lunch today with a group of ladies from church ,they are stalwarts in the kitchen.
They did bacon butties on Saturday morning for hours and were so whacked did not attend the tea party so arranged this today ,
We had a good laugh .
I washed a huge pile of Tea towels after Saturday’s party and Sunday mornings too..
They were not a really sparkling white, well they are now.
Hot wash and dried in the sun.
I love pegging washing on the line.
Yes sad news of Michael Mosely ,his programmes were interesting .
Another horse has died at Appleby Horse Fair.
Overworked !
It is time it was stopped, the river is overflowing with washing up liquid suds after the horses have all been bathed in it, so damaging for the environment .
It is a tradition of the Travelling people ,but a lot of cruelty goes on.
They are very skilled at making poor horses look good!
Well I am very tired so off to bed with a good book.
Look after yourselves folks .
Viktoria.
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Morning all
Yesterday was very cold, so cold my husband put the heating on, he is a chilly mortal, it is dull and cold again this morning, as I said before we should have been in Devon, my brother tells me the weather is nice in his area, or is it, is he kidding me?
The onion and sugar concoction, must admit I am not coughing as much, only had 3 spoonfuls so far but I will keep it going for a few more days and let you all know
Yes, very sad about Michael Mosley, so near to where he might have got help, somehow I feel, like a lot of others, that I know him so well, watched him on TV and read his articles in the paper, so very sad for his lovely family,
Viktoria, I brought 22 tea towels home after the Tower opening at the church on Saturday, in my former life I must have been a laundress, always seem to have washing out, it might stem back to when I was a child, the people in the basement took our washing line down, it was very difficult to get washing dried, I fact I don't even remember how I got my washing dry but I always went out clean and tidy..
It might be dull but my bed linen will be going out in the fresh air soon.
Enjoy your day folks
LM
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I noticed that many of the tea towels at church are rather grey!
Well we serve people who pop in for a coffee and a bacon butty on Saturdays
so quite a lot used .I did not say anything but will somehow get them to brighten up.
Those I took home after our tea party are now nice and bright but were dried on the line in sunshine but also had a hot wash and are now O.K.
Very cold again but up to now dry.
Had a hilarious afternoon yesterday when out with four ladies from church, the talk seemed to centre round funeral mishaps and graves!
One lady’s Grandmother had given strict instructions she was not to be buried in her husband’s grave——- they did not get on!
Relatives in Australia had asked for a photograph of each grave, job done and photos sent.
But,in a little town where many people share a fairly small number of local
surnames ——- yes, wrong grave in a very neglected overgrown old
graveyard , it was naughty of us but we did laugh ,then more so when the storyteller said she had taken nice flowers to her grandmother’s grave and a much smaller bunch for the much disliked grandfather but put the nice ones on his grave for the photograph to be sent to Australia——— then swapped them back for grandma’s grave photograph also for Australia ,turning the bunch round so it did look like the same flowers .
People going to wrong funeral etc .
My eldest son is 67 today ,was born at 8-10 , on a Wednesday morning too!
He might call later but the car is in for something or other but did come on Monday .
We will do something nice at weekend .
Well washer has finished and up to now a dry breezy day so they will be dancing on the line very soon.
Cheerio folks, thanks for the news.
Viktoria.
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LM
Don't believe your brother! ;) It's still pretty cold in my part of Devon, anyway. Yesterday I was wearing winter woollies and the central heating came on automatically during the afternoon. At least it's not raining today... so far ::)
Viktoria
You can't beat washing dried on the line, can you? :) It smells so nice when you iron it (my job for this morning).
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I did suspect he was laying it on a bit, should have been seeing him today so I graced him with my voice and not my presence .
LM
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I am very glad to hear that the onion and sugar concoction appears to be working LM. I will keep this in mind if I or anyone else I know develops a cough - I will tell them about it.
Yes, it is so sad about Michael Mosley. You cannot help thoughts of 'if only' scenarios.
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My sister swears by onion and sugar but not drinking it ..cutting in half putting in a saucer of sugar and leaving in the bedroom overnight breathing in the fumes
I wouldn't like the smell.would rather have Vicks vapour rub
But it can't do any harm to try .
KG hope your balance sorts out
My BVVP. ( Crystals in ears causing vertigo) Sorted itself after 10 days
I didn't like the in bed ;head turning exercises that were recommended
They made the room spin ..I don't know how much the medication helped I've reduced from 3 to 1 at bedtime and will stop soon if he's is definitely clear
Still taking care to stay hydrated and eat frequently+ not carry much .
If possible I get company to go out with . + Lady who lives in flat above knows where I hide emergency key
Am I being dim ...can someone explain how russian cyber attacks effect blood banks
I can't make a connection.
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I can remember a boiled onion,still hot , being applied to someone’s ear when they had a mastoid ,a really excruciatingly painful ear abscess.
Syrup of Squills was a cough medicine often given to babies , the Chemist would make up medicines for you too.
I am pre N.H,S, so home made mixtures passed down were still common.
Those oblong beige tablets, Chlorodine lozenges, they were withdrawn , old ladies like me would have a few at bedtime ,to get some sleep ——-
We ate them like sweets!
Permagnate of potash ,a dramatic purple / magenta liquid would bubble and dad would bathe his feet in it, he’d had “ trench feet” whilst in WW1 .
Glycerine and lemon made a good cough medicine too but I also feel there was some psychological effect from just getting anything !
We were not mollycoddled in those days .
“ Stop thinking about it and it will go away!”my Mum’s cure!
It often worked too.
Another rainy day and really cold ,almost half way through June too.
Haircut this morning and by the time I get home in this weather it will look as if I have been dragged through a hedge backwards!
Grand daughter is expecting a baby ,sent some scans but I really can’t make anything out, just blurs but some more soon so perhaps I will then.
We did breathing exercises which really helped in Labour but it seems they don’t have the classes now.
Well almost time to go .
Look after yourselves ,cheerio.Viktoria.
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I remember those chlorodyne lozenges. They were so strongly flavoured that we used to break off bits at a time. And I remember my brother was treated with the purple stuff when he had ringworm. Did we eat coltsfoot rock for something, or was it just an aniseedy sweet?
Looking forward to our meal tonight - roast chicken with our own new potatoes and mangetout peas. We have had strawberries this week, too, fairly small but sweet. Everything in the garden is going mad and we shall soon have rainbow chard, I'm told. How on earth do you cook it with its tough stalks and floppy leaves? Tomatoes, leeks and onions are coming along nicely. At least with all this rain there hasn't been a great need for watering in the garden. Our fruit and veg are grown organically, but we suspect that our neighbour, who has an enormous, very well organised garden may spray a few chemicals around, which is disappointing.
Enjoy the weekend, folks, and keep well. ;D
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Very strange weather, more like April showers here in Essex, when will we get some nice weather, no wonder there are so ma y coughs a d colds going around
The onion and sugar is working slowly but surely , after having a cough for over 2 months anything is worth a try, can't do me any harm.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend
LM
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For those interested:
The hospital has to do diagnostic tests on the fluid they took.
This is at The Walton Centre in Liverpool; neurological specialists.
I will get a telephone consultation on 26th, when they will tell me what steps are next.
Probably a shunt fitted, to drain excess fluid out of brain cavity, into the body cavity.
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Oh gosh, hope it all goes well for you.
LM
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Whatever they do I hope it solves your balance problems, I’m sure everyone wishes you well.🤞
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My sister swears by onion and sugar but not drinking it ..cutting in half putting in a saucer of sugar and leaving in the bedroom overnight breathing in the fumes
I wouldn't like the smell.would rather have Vicks vapour rub
But it can't do any harm to try .
KG hope your balance sorts out
My BVVP. ( Crystals in ears causing vertigo) Sorted itself after 10 days
I didn't like the in bed ;head turning exercises that were recommended
They made the room spin ..I don't know how much the medication helped I've reduced from 3 to 1 at bedtime and will stop soon if he's is definitely clear
Still taking care to stay hydrated and eat frequently+ not carry much .
If possible I get company to go out with . + Lady who lives in flat above knows where I hide emergency key
Am I being dim ...can someone explain how russian cyber attacks effect blood banks
I can't make a connection.
I have also had a couple of remedial sessions for BVVP. Seems to be working OK but still have to be careful. rj
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Yes,I join those already wishing you well K,G.
And others not in the best of health.
Enjoyed The King ‘s Birthday celebrations ,don’t we do these things so well.
Nice to see The Princess of Wales , hoping all goes well for them too.
Eldest son here for tea tomorrow with my pleasant daughter in law ,Tasmanian Chicken then a big raspberry trifle.
So off to bed now and up early to get as much done as possible before church.
Cheerio,Viktoria.
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We LL have to establish a little clique of wobblies ...for those of us with balance issues .
Vitoria what is Tasmanian chicken ,?
I like most chicken recipes if not too spicy .
I'm late for my morning Facebook exercises . Taking it easy today B
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That is a good question re how cyber attacks have affected blood type matching, Brigid. Not at all dim.
I can only guess about this which is not much use. It is a shame PharmaT is not still posting, I think she might be able to elaborate. I think she is still about though .. Pharma would you kindly come forth to explain if you will?
I'll have to dash now as I'm off to Church soon.
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The cyber-attack was on a 3rd Party supplier of pathology services, Synnovis.
It affected hospital and GP services in London.
It was a "ransomware" attack.
The perpetrators want money to lift/fix the attack.
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I agree with you RTL, pity ParmaT has left the chatter box.
Had to sort my daughters cat out at 8am, went to chuch and took pity on her, a very heavy shower, so on my way home I let her in, they will be home soon so she will be out again till she is at the patio door calling to be let in, she is really a lovely friendly cat .
Weather unsettled today, real pity for those on holiday, surely we must be due to some nice weather soon
Enjoy your weekend folks
LM
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For those interested:
The hospital has to do diagnostic tests on the fluid they took.
This is at The Walton Centre in Liverpool; neurological specialists.
I will get a telephone consultation on 26th, when they will tell me what steps are next.
Probably a shunt fitted, to drain excess fluid out of brain cavity, into the body cavity.
Your explanation made me feel quite queasy KG. I hope everything goes well for you.
I wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of the Russian Mafia!! and there's one high ranking person who seems to leave a trail of bodies lying in doorways or have fallen from a window, who now seems to want a swan song before he departs this world.
When the Scots were having their debate about separating from the rest of the British Islands, I joined a group. One contributor to the group discussion was definitely not British, although he had a British surname (Miller). I challenged him and when he asked how I knew I told him it was his phrasing. I then received a private message from some name I'd not seen in the group stating that I had been having a conversation with a Russian.
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Oh dear Rena!
Bit of a worry all this going on but I must admit I try not to think about it to deeply.
LM
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Amazingly it is a sunny day here in Devon and it actually feels warm! I think it's around 20 degrees :o
Our home grown new potatoes and mangetout peas last night were delicious with the roast chicken. Tonight it will be chicken curry with the leftovers and i will boil the bones and bits to make chicken soup with leeks and other veg. The chicken may have cost £6.50, but that's 3 meals from it, so quite a money saver. Strawberries tonight, mmm.
KG I hope your diagnosis comes quickly and kindly, whatever the treatment may be. I have 2 hospital tests this week for my mystery illness. We couldn't go on our holiday recently because the travel insurance company refused to cover me without a diagnosis.
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WARNING any of you who have Facebook
I have had messages from older people who haven't used Facebook for a while
The photos are correct for the person but the use of English is not right
They did not ask for money but have asked me to click on attachments or take an agents number in order to get a grant
The first person an ex employer is also a local councillor so I got on to police because I was worried about identity fraud for her .
Action fraud have been very efficient I now have a police incidence report
+ Access to an organisation called victim first .
I also got bombarded with porn videos this week so they've added harassment to the crime
( looks like it's the same person )
Very scary & disgusting that they seem to be targeting older people
DON'T CLICK ON ANY ATTACHMENTS even if you THINK that you know the sender
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WARNING any of you who have Facebook
I have had messages from older people who haven't used Facebook for a while
The photos are correct for the person but the use of English is not right
DON'T CLICK ON ANY ATTACHMENTS even if you THINK that you know the sender
Thanks for the warning BrigidM. If it's not one thing it's another!!
Where is this slow paced retirement that we're supposed to enjoy!
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The scams are such a worry, I am getting at least one a week about our bank accounts, the first one I went scurrying off to the bank I was so worried, we just have to be so careful
LM
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I'm glad I don't use Facebook or the other social media sites. It is bad enough getting phishing emails and scam calls. All calls to my landline are monitored via my answer machine, I was getting two calls everyday at a certain time, but last week I only had one, they seem to pause for a while then begin again.
Any calls and texts on my mobile are automatically blocked if they are not in my contacts. I don't know how effective that would be with with number spoofing, but they are mainly bank and business numbers that are spoofed, not private ones.
It pays to be suspicious about any form of unexpected contact.
The internet is supposed to make life easier, but the more advances that are made the more problems we have to contend with. So much for progress ::)
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Tasmanian Chicken.
Four joints of chicken or four breast fillets .
An onion,
1 tin of pineapple ,in syrup but can be juice(.Not a small tin )
Two Table spoons dark soy sauce ,this can be salty so season lightly.
Black pepper.
Juice of one lemon.
Whatever fat you choose ,I use olive oil.
Lightly brown chicken and soften onion.
Put both in ovenproof dish.
Add rest of ingredients ,cover ,cook in a moderate oven for one hour for chunks of chicken but add at least fifteen minutes for joints.
It is nice if thickened slightly with cornflour.
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Well at long last a reasonably Summery day ,full sunshine and light breeze only after a rainy start.
Off to Health Centre early,tomorrow,they have once again prescribed the wrong strength of tablet I was told when I phoned to enquire where my overdue tablets ordered a week ago are. I have only two left and despite that I am having to do all the dashing about to rectify someone’s incompetence despite sending my request in good time.
I just get stonewalled , was actually asked who had prescribed them and I should not do that myself !!!!
So for some reason no one has read the letter from The Heart Failure Clinic
giving my details and what drugs have been prescribed.
It is all so time consuming.
As I mentioned to the receptionist today,we are not talking about Arthritis - I know that is very painful but not really life threatening ,you don’t drop dead from it.Whereas heart failure ——
Daughter back from France ,they go each year to Dunkirk ..
Apparently I have many “ doubles” every little old lady with greying hair and glasses Kyra sees as GRANDMA!
Flash Harry had a dressing up day at school ,theme “Australia”, he went as a crocodile , was very shy about being dressed up but ended up being so hilarious - embarrassed really -but entered into the spirit of it all and seemingly was very comical.Was full of himself when he got home.
Kyra now helping Nanny - my daughter - with the shopping ,getting stuff from shelves and into the trolley and then the counter.
Likes to swipe the rewards card.
They are growing up so fast.
Look after yourselves folks and best wishes for those with health problems.
Viktoria.
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Having trouble logging in ,password not being accepted when I have tried to re register ,was O,K for my last posting to R.C.
Will wait a while and try again.
Viktoria.
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Oh dear Viktoria, I do hope you manage to sort it out, i'm off to the new diary, see ya there!.,
LM
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Thanks 4 chicken recipe Viktoria
I think I've had 4 spoof Facebook profiles for friends so far
My fake profile has not been removed yet tho 3.linkec people have left FB recently