Diary summary week ending 17th August 2025

[louisa maud]

Good morning folks.
After 2 attempts last week to reply on both occasions  my message just disappeared,  frustrating  to say the least.

The fete, fantastic,  although I have been involved over the last 30 years on fetes and the like I never done anything like it before, a good new committee which was needed to be honest, not decrying what was done previously but I think a change was needed, everyone seemed to have a good time, was short on manpower but we managed,  it just meant that we didn't get a break whereas we could  walk around and spend our money,  the atmosphere  in church yesterday was buzzing, everyone was so pleased,   fortunately the priest was a able to be  there almost all the time so he was seen by people who didn't live in the village which is how it should be.

Only downside was I had a fall, my knee just gave way and now I am suffering,  stayed the course but had help clearing  away and everyone was so kind, what an idiot I felt, the clearing  away is the worst job especially  if it is the white elephant stall,  people seemed to have unloaded their giveaways on to us , although it went into a cupboard  it will have to be drastically  sorted over the next few weeks and moved on.

So, hopefully I am going to gave a quiet week,  take care.

LM

[Jebber]

Congratulations on the success of your Fete LM. I think those kind of events need change of committee every so often otherwise they get stale and everything becomes a habit. New people bring in fresh ideas.

Sorry to hear about your fall, I know how it shakes one up, I hope you are soon fully recovered. Knees tend to become less reliable as age stars to catch up with us. If you find yours painful try Voltarol max strength gel, make sure it’s the one for joints not muscles.

[radstockjeff]

Well done on your "new" venture. They do say a change is as good as a rest and sometimes things get a little stale and need a bit of a shake up. I know the feeling from past involvements in various activities.
Hope your knee is not too bad but take care- I am now a little less mobile, with a hip problem and waiting for something to "turn up". But I think it will be a long wait. Have had two knee replacement jobs, both of which are standing up well.
rj

[louisa maud]

Our new leader is  a bit  younger, makes an  awful lot of difference, knows a lot of people, she was a farmers wife, widowed now but still interested, a lovely  person, cool calm and collected , that is what is needed with some committee  members

I had a knee replacement   18 years ago and has done well,  I am wondering  if I have jarred it as I went down on my knee in a V shape, i am no featherweight  to fall, but hey ho, is what it is, just take more water with it I am told, assif!!

Hips I understand  are easier than knees but the exercises are important,  my brother has waited 2.5 years for a new knee but he has other problems which have set him back .

Beautiful  day , think i am under a tree all day if I get the chance , I seldom sit on the sun.

Take care folks

LM

[Viktoria]

Oh! Louisa ,I am sorry you had that accident ,perhaps you need a check up on your knee - do all you can to maintain your mobility.
So glad your  valiant efforts got good results.
A dull muggy day here ,hospital visit today and the Consultant has said I can have a pacemaker ,no idea of the time I will have to wait but I am pleased.

All ready for two hours  before  appointment time as we are instructed to be ,so a bit annoying when the patient for pick up after me was not ready and we were nearly an hour outside her home waiting.Couldn’t be annoyed really ,she was enormous and had great mobility problems so must be hard to lose weight .
A new system in place soon - we will not see the same Nurse Practitioner  each visit -they get to know you and so not the same questions each time which is time wasting which a new one will have to do.
Honestly - if it isn’t broken don’t fix it!
Hope all are safe and as well as can be given many of us are elderly.

Has anyone seen the clip from” Mrs. Brown’s Boys “ where she careers into the house on an out of control mobility scooter—- ?
I know the feeling so well ——-
No reply yet re the proper ramp ,oh don’t you have to be patient when you are getting older!
Well just me for tea ,son at head office ,so some soup from the freezer, and
Parmesan rolls ,a fruit yogurt .
So no cooking this evening and daughter’s usual Monday chat .

Thinking if you all especially those with health issues, there are some real stoics out there.

Many thanks Gillig for the tip re zips ,but  I am returning the outfit, it demands stabbing high heels ( reception on grass!) , beautiful make up and a huge hat .
Not me at all ,but asI am very old I could get away with my dressing gown ;and plead insanity of the confused.V

Viktoria.
Viktoria .———see what I mean !
Viktoria.

[ThrelfallYorky]

Overdid it, weeding all Sunday. Overdid it again, did supermarket shop, then cutting main lawn and upper lawn,( as OH can't cope now with things like that) with flymo that creeps and clogs rather than flying. Both days shattered, sitting blinking and recovering.
Today, drawn all curtains, cool drinks, intend to splat in the gloom, fans on. Intend to revive gently.
TY

[radstockjeff]

A drop of the amber nectar might help!

[ThrelfallYorky]

Was thinking of a jug of Pimms, or a long, cool G & T, only, of course, when the sun is over the yardarm. Till then, cloudy lemonade only. ( when is the yardarm?).
TY

[KGarrad]

From Oxfordreference.com:

Over the Yardarm
 traditional nautical saying to indicate that it is time for a morning drink. It was generally assumed in northern latitudes the sun would show above the foreyard of a ship by 1100, which was about the time in many ships of the forenoon ‘stand-easy’, when many officers would slip below for their first drink of the day.