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General => The Stay Safe Board => Topic started by: louisa maud on Monday 20 October 25 08:26 BST (UK)
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Morning folks
Here begineth a new week, how time is flying by.
Lousy morning, wet and miserable, hope it brightens up, no washing out today, knew I should have done it yesterday
Almost another week gone Viktoria, your time will soon be up, I watched a programme last night with the operation the same as yours, thought of you when the surgeon gave the chap the rules and regulations , so keep up the good work, won't be long.
Take care everyone.
LM
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Oh, how I wish Viktoria would listen to the advice we all are offering her! As several of us have had similar procedures, we seem all to have been given more and better advice, and those responsible for us, given a lot more guidance than she and hers seem to have had.
Anyway, at least it's not pouring down today! I've just emerged more or less triumphant from a big bout of ironing, whew! Glad that's all done.
TY
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I think Viktoria is listening.
LM
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I have a very brief leaflet, saying no arm lifting,heavy carrying ,pushing or pulling for six weeks .
Nothing else really .
Well the big new bruise is just that seemingly ,it is because I am back on the strong blood thinning tablets,Apixiban and Clopidogrel which were stopped for a while prior to the pacemaker being fitted.
I really am just doing the minimum evening meals,washing up ,my bed tidied, a little light vacuuming with a little light vacuum ,just general tidying , loo and hand basin cleaned.I can’t think of less I can do. ;D
I don’t feel ill, just a bit tired.
But thanks for your concern .
All the apples off my little Bramley now.
Will freeze them cooked to a sauce ,in portions .
It is difficult though always bearing in mind no arm lifting or carrying ,pushing or pulling .
It will pass .Thousands have this done every year.
But you are all very kind.I appreciate it.
Daughter phones this evening ,Lily will be one in November.
I will send money and a baby proof book,get them started young!
Cheerio for now.
Viktoria.
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Pleased to hear you are taking things slowly Viktoria.
The year has gone quickly since Lily was born.
Not a nice day, our local paper shop has stopped delivering papers, sounds as if it now out to a larger company, yesterday's paper usual time, today 5pm, who wants a daily paper at 5pm, young man assured me it will be earlier tomorrow, I do hope so, my husband will not go out early to the nearest paper shop, so today has been a peculiar day, he went to the gym for cardio, came home, no paper, he has been backwards and forwards, looking out of the window, as if that makes the delivery quicker, he should have got on and done something else, eventually he found a book to read, something he hasn't done for years, I just hope tomorrow's paper comes early, we have the first 3 weeks free due to the change, if we get a paper after noon I will cancel .
LM
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I do miss the daily paper.
My O.H. Liked our Manchester Guardian, on a par with The Times when it was privately owned ,a fiendish crossword he could do in half an hour ——- that really impressed me when we first met!
Sadly it is nothing like it was.
No deliveries - well no Newsagents ,papers on sale in the supermarkets nowadays.
Well Lily has made all the milestones for her age.
She is really delightful ,always smiling ,is standing up but not crawling ———-
Crawling is so important for so many things , I worked one to one with a little boy who had not crawled and he had difficulty with hand eye co ordination .
It had an unpleasant name ‘“ The clumsy child syndrome “ .
His Daddy fought tooth and nail to keep him in mainstream schooling .
He did pretty well and used to send me messages via his computer .
Well I think it will be The Fire Service alarms I will have ,the wired ones are very awkward to fit my sons say ,I expect they were wired in when access from the bedroom floor was available,done by the house renovators .
They ought to have been replaced in March but no info was left by the renovators so I had no idea about that.
Cold,dark,rainy here .
Telephone chat with Heart Failure Clinician on Thursday .
The big bruise is starting to fade a bit ,not painful .
I started the blood thinning on Sunday 12 th,bruise on Sunday or Monday this week .I forget ——-
It will all be sorted .
Well hope all those with problems are coping and things are improving for them.
Thanks for your kindness . I would be lost without the contacts, laughs and family news you share .
Viktoria.
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Our local newsagent went to one of those big delivery firms - it seemed as if it'd cost and arm and a leg, so I cancelled all papers except 2 local ones, and my Radio Times is already on a very reliable postal delivery.
I stroll up to the village on Friday, collect and pay for the two papers. Works fine.
TY
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During covid 1 of 4 neighbours collected papers except it was only 2 women and 1 occasion man who collected, my husband isn't prepared to go out each morning to buy the paper for us and a neighbour, so I will have them delivered as long as I can.
This new delivery is costing us 20p more each week for delivery, sad thing is no youngsters want to deliver papers like we did as youngsters for what was a pittance.
Pleased everything us coming along nicely Viktoria seems now check ups are mainly by phone.,
LM
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Neighbour across road pops their newspaper in our box when finished with it usually early morning, they don't do any of the puzzles so suits me as rest of paper is often just a flick through and perhaps an article or two that isn't free online. I also collect the paper and mail from next door when they are on fairly regular days away visiting family for a couple of nights at a time, then another neighbour along road takes all used newspapers to the Lions Club, along with any aluminium we accumulate :)
Sounds like you're ticking along OK Viktoria with everything in check ;) So much development in first year for babies, Lily sounds a delight :)
We haven't heard from KG in a while, his surgery was scheduled early in the month so :-\ and hope all good and recovering OK as doesn't appear to have logged into RC this month ...
All the best to all ...
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Thinking of I newspapers,I remember one Giles cartoon ,re “ goings on”at Knightsbridge barracks —- Household Cavalry, Lifeguards, Blues and Royals etc etc
—can’t you tell I know very little about those !
A high rise council flat, a gorgeous soldier looking very like Michael Caine in
Zulu, with mascara , those thigh high square toed boots, shiny helmet with horsehair plume, seated at a table , quite effete.
Across the table his father,a docker,rolled up shirt sleeves, thick belt with big buckle,and one of those hooks dockers used to pull bales towards them.His face like thunder.
The Headline on the paper in front of Dad- “ ———————— at Knightsbridge barracks” .
Can’t remember the caption .
Actually Gonville Broomhead ,Michael Caine’s character was a very courageous man many decorations and a good army career.
I have tried to find the cartoon but no success.
Viktoria.
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I tried and failed to find it here:
gilescartoons.co.uk
Zaph
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Thanks for trying Zaph.
Viktoria,
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Keep those feet up, and look at the cartoons and crosswords, Viktoria. The news is too depressing for anyone.
TY
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Some weeks ago I posted on a local Facebook site, a picture, taken around 1992, of my team of Surveyors working in Building Regulations for Bath City Council. Today, nearly thirty years later two of them called on me, by arrangement, and we had the most wonderful fours hours of reminiscing about times past and how their careers had progressed since I last saw them after I took early retirement in 1997; (surplus to operational requirements after a departmental reorganisation!) What a blessing to be able to sit down and recall the ups and downs of times and experiences past , as the long forgotten names, and happy memories of other members of the team came flooding back. Thank you Andy and Mark.
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Glad you enjoyed it Jeff, it is nice to reminisce with people rather than alone.
I live in the past a great deal!
It is all going far too fast, I get more confused every day!
Telephone chat tomorrow re heart matters,not sure who it is with nor even with whom!
Well milky coffee and chocky biccies . Night night.
Viktoria.
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Been a beautiful day today, I went out with a friend to a town where the large Co Op shop is shutting, a huge shame, been in the town for donkey's years, I bought a really nice blouse top reduced to £5, was expensive to start with so it was a bargain, could have bought so much but I have far to much already, everytime I buy something new I promise myself " one in, one out" but the out one seldon happens.
Raining now but we are shut in and off to bed so it won't affect us, hope it is an equally nice day tomorrow, missed a good washing day but I can't worry about that, enjoyed my day out.
Sleep tight everyone
LM
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Would you mind if I cry. ?
I have been watching my weight for about 10 days I wasn't sure if my bathroom scales were wrong, so fully clothed, had to be I was in a well known chemist, I weighed myself, good result, double checked once again on my home scales , they differed, so today clothed in exactly the same clothes I weighed myself in my local chemist of the same name to double check, I weighed 9lb more than at midday yesterday, how can that be?, I feel so down about it, I have been very good watching what I eat, no cakes or biscuits, half a small potato and plenty of veg, I might as well give up.
LM
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It certainly can be very depressing to weigh oneself and bathroom scales are sometimes unreliable. We weigh ourselves every Sunday morning and the results seem to be roughly the same as those at our surgery. I do get depressed if I have put on a few pounds, I must admit, and I was very surprised to discover on our return from a recent holiday in Germany that I didn't seem to have put on any weight, despite the number of "Kaffee und Kuchen" moments spent with friends over there. I can only think that the amount of walking about that we did over there must have helped.
We don't have cakes, biscuits or puddings at home and we do eat a lot of salads and veg in our efforts to keep fit, but can be easily tempted when away from home. There are times when I would love to have a chip butty (on soft white bread, well buttered) or some chocolate, or custard cream biscuits.
In your case, LM, it can surely only be a case of faulty scales. No one could put on half a stone in a day! Ask the chemist when they last had their scales calibrated!
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I have tried to ring both chemists, no joy, jumping through hoops again to speak to a human being so gave up.
I don't make cakes pies or puddings now, my husband is the opposite, his Dr doesn't seem concerned he has gone down to 9st 1lb, so there is he enjoying a huge place full of food whereby I think I am on a morsel not fair is it?
L M
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My scales are old but I weigh the same heavy object on them (The weight of which cannot vary) every so often and as long as that always shows the same weight I know the scales are working properly.
I weigh myself every Sunday as soon as I get up and have been to the toilet, I do it in the buff so there are no clothes to distort things. That way I know if my weight has changed up or down or remained the same and can adjust my food intake accordingly.
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My weight is going up,it dropped drastically to just over six stones, but now over seven!
It serves me right ,I have given to B.H.F.so many clothes of bigger sizes and don’t get out to buy new smaller ones !
Some of my weight is from fluid retention , But Bumetanide tablets are fierce and I need to be at home after taking them!
Well guess what, the builder phoned ,was on 30 seconds ,” it is ——,see you tomorrow .” Yes, the hospital phoned just then!
They got “unrecognised number “ ——I have contacted them and the nurse practitioner says she will see me in person ,so a result .
Well fish and chips tonight ,so easy tea.
Such a cool ,dark dull day , clocks back on Sunday so dark sooner .
All apples off my little tree ,the last few to cook ,so more apple sauce.
Or pie filling.
Have got unto the book I have struggled with,re Henry 1V
and his second marriage to a French Princess, after his first wife had died ,first wife was the mother of Prince Hal .
Here in The North ( note capital letters),whenever we toast the reigning Monarch
It is :- “ The Queen, The Duke of Lancaster “, now of course “ The King, The Duke of Lancaster “ it goes back to John of Gaunt.
We did Richard 11 ,Richard of Bordeaux for O Levels ,felt sorry for him but he was a bit if a tyrant,not like his father The Black Orince.
What a rich history in these little islands.
Look after yourselves folks, we mean a lot to each other ,what a huge difference between us and horrid people who use their phones etc to cause unhappiness and fear .
I think RootsChat deserves medals !
Viktoria.
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You have a good recall for historical events Viktoria 8) I'm more interested in historical stuff than in school years though not a lot on offer really then and mostly limited to particular NZ events and then not chosen as a subject at senior level.
Very petite you are too!! that is a bit ancient history for me :D I was 6st 10lb when I met husband but was probably eating like a sparrow then, eating out and socialising more after that, then home cooking and feeding family and these days just trying to keep a bit moderate. I don't usually do much in way of baking or puddings for just the two of us, always something husband can have to eat for afters if he wants it but he is trying to be a bit moderate too. I did make an apple and fig crumble this week, mainly to use the preserved figs taking up room in the fridge. Daughter's friend gave us a huge jar but they are too syrupy and sweet for us really and only slowly getting through them and nearly gave up as struggled with lid of jar this time and thought I was going to break it. I had already cut up some Granny Smith apples ( granny sniff as daughter's goddaughter calls them :D ) so persevered and nice but still just a small portion each time.
Holiday weekend NZ and things to do around home really, a few days away for us next week ... enjoy your weekend all ...
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Clocks back tonight folks ,well I think so!
Usually the end of the monthI seem to remember.
I have mentioned already that my bathroom clock is already back an hour so will be correct tomorrow.
Grand daughter’s Birthday next week ,30 th,born 1994,Lily is one year old on
Nov 13 th,Kyra is 4 on Nov 11 th, ,daughter is 58 on Nov 22 nd and my husband’s Birthday was Nov 26 th.He would have been 94,
How he would love the little ones, our grandchildren were a delight and he loved ferrying them toschool ,swimming club,riding club etc.
He was’ “The best Grandad in the world “, and a little posy from them was on his coffin ,with those words.
Happier notes, Lily’s mummy is expecting another baby ,a Caesarian this time after her ordeal with Lily’s birth - who was nearly lost !
Look after yourselves folks ..
Viktoria.
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Congratulations on the forthcoming birth of a gt grandchild, exciting times.
LM
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Happy news :)
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Many thanks ,new baby not due for a while ,can’t remember the date, early days yet.
A dull drizzley morning and I have not been up long, lay abed even though we had the extra hour!
Not sure if to cook a small ham joint ior a piece of salmon , both well in date so perhaps the shorter date of the two .
Tesco delivery this evening so a fridge to tidy and wipe out .
It has a special finish to the lining,anti bacterial so no bleach or cleaning fluids,just soapy water or else it loses that special finish.
No news really ,so hope all are safe and as well as they can be.
Look after yourselves ,thanks for your news, how lonely life must be for many
who live alone and not able to get out much.
cheerio.Viktoria.