General Chat

I’m here. Thank you for your concern ladies. My back is now improving and I’ve managed without pain killers today but I have been unwell with other problems for a couple of days. I didn’t want to bore you with my medical issues and haven’t had much else to write about as I haven’t been fit enough to do very much so I haven’t posted. I’m going to bed now and will try and post tomorrow.

No I forgot about the loo in the bathroom but really Chris should came and see to that as that job cost me £156.

We've had rain tonight it started before dark.

Now where is our Vera? I do hope she is ok and has just been busy. Sending love <3

Ann we use to have about five doctors now we're down to two and they seem to push everyone onto the nurse practitioner ,they want everyone to fill in the form online and if you can't do that the receptionist will fill it in for you, all these questions take time to answer so no wonder no one can get through and then get stuck in these long queues
I hope he can get to see a doctor.
You can see why A&E is so clogged up and people are willing to sit for hours to be seen when the doctors won't see them ,every things going to pot.

Oh nothing worse than an oil smell Mel but he's done a good job by the sound of things ,did you ask him about ths loo .

My can opener came and looks nice and sturdy .

Well the black clouds never had any rain in them its been a nice warm sunny afternoon, I said to Colin we need to get out there to stock up on our vitamin D .

Boiler man went about 5 mins ago. It seems I had a small leak in the boiler cupboard and thats why I could smell oil and he cleaned out all the flue and even outside it dos'nt smell now when I go out for a ciggy. He also put me an alarm in the cupboard and told me if it goes off to turn the boiler off right away. He said cos its an old boiler. I also asked him if he could stop the tap dripping in the little loo and he did that for me too as it was getting so bad dripping one after the other. I gave him my packet of tap washers and I think he must have taken them with him cos I can't find tham now he's gone. So now I am up and running again but he did'nt take the tigger loop out of the cupboard and that should be outside. Stinks of oil in here at the mo but he said it woud go off in a couple of days. I may just wash that bit of the carpet.

Afternoon All,

Lovely sunny, warm day although black clouds came over earlier.

It sounds like you have been a 'natterbox' this morning Mel, first Auntie Joy then Em, but it is good to have a catchup and chat. Is it the boilerman you were going to ask about the toilet as well? I'm losing the plot!

That's great Paul came and you should be able to get that wash done now before you go away AnnG. You'll probably sleep better still tonight now it will be fixed.

Mandy, it's a good way to just chip away at clearing and sorting the shed, less tiring and there's only so much at a time you can take to the tip. Yes I noticed no Vera yeasterday too. I hope her back is okay.

OH was on the phone to get a GP appointment at 8.00 am this morning to find he was No 36 in the queue! He got them to ring back and they they said all the appointments were taken and tried to get him to have a telephone appointment with the Physician Associate who'd put 'No Further Action' on his notes after the urine test came back clear, or a telephone appointment with a nurse! He'd explained he was still in pain and hadn't had a diagnosis or any treatment yet, (how on earth can anyone do a physical examination over the phone??) He said he needed to know why the blood tests the Physician Associate said he needed had been cancelled and the receptionist said the nurses wouldn't be available to do any blood tests till the end of this month anyway as they were doing Flu and Covid jabs now. Like he originally planned he is going there to queue before they open tomorrow. Things seem to be getting worse, but despite nurses and these Associate Physicians taking some of the GP workload, the effect doesn't seem to be freeing up more appointments, as 6 of our 9 GPs work part time now.

Better have another tidy up in here as it is recycling bin collection tomorrow. OH is just back so would like a COT with me I expect so that better be first. He's out again later as well.

Yes good to get the drier fixed but what I didn't know was, because it has a heat pump (which makes it eventually more efficient, it take a long time wo 'bed it in'. so over three hours drying and still not all dried. It seems it will take a bit longer yet but I have to run it to get it to work properly. Strange.

Me too Mandy.

Aunty Joy rang this morning and we had a good natter. She's had her knee done and while he was doing it the bone next to it shattered so he did that while he was in there he said!! She had to stay in longer than normal as the other work had been done too. She is not one for staying in but she said she now goes to a club each week where they have talks and it sounds like the one Vera goes to.

Then Em called in for eggs and we had a good natter. She walked down as her car in in Stuarts as warning lights kept coming on. Stuart is her cousin. Yes the Stuart that does my car and we have dinner together, same one.

All cleared up and hoovered for the arrival of the boiler man. I hope he comes as I don't think I can stay this tidy for long if I start on more miniatures. I have something selling in a few minuets and its all wrapped up ready to post on Wednesday as I had bids on it so it will sell. Need to get more on there now and I have a mould made of a green man's face I want to try today and then get another witchy bits job lot on there.

Afternoon all,

Lovely sunny morning again but my goodness there's some black clouds looming ,I think we might get a shower and thunder was mentioned too .

We have cut the roses down this morning and took four tubs to the tip plus more bits from the shed so we're gradually getting there .

Anng thats good you've had the drier fixed you'll be OK to do your holiday wash ,we do miss these things when they go wrong .

Hope Vera's OK don't think she posted yesterday .

Looking forward to the new programme at nine tonight .

Just as well Mel and tumble drier man was here before nine thirty.

Morning girls,

Gosh you were up early this morning Ann. its 13 degrees here and pc says to expect light rain at 4pm. Better get the washer on and get it out earlish then.

Boiler man should come this afternoon so a good tidy and hoover this morning as he should arrive about 2ish.

Good morning all. 10 degrees and still dark but I woke around 0500 and couldn't get back to sleep so came into my 'office' on the PC. Slept ok from about 11pm so had a fair amount of sleep. Where I had the nose op it tends to get 'blocked' overnight and is difficult to clear laying down.

I am hoping that Paul is going to turn up with the new pump for the tumble drier. I have not heard from him as he was away 4 or 5 days and should have returned home yesterday. Anyway fingers crossed as I would like to do a pre holiday wash.

I am watching Broadchurch again. Loved it first time round and recorded it on ITV3. Forgot how good the acting and storyline is.

I have a tool that open the ring pulls on the tiny tuna and salmon tins. It levers it up a treat.

It does work well.

Thank you for that AnnG. It looks very useful and is on sale for about half price at www.careco.co.uk. We need things to make our lives easier!

google Kitchen Genie

The Kitchen Genie is a 5 in 1 multi-opener and a super handy kitchen aid for those with arthritis, weakness in one or both hands or reduced grip, giving you the leverage to open bottles, jars, ring pulls and twist-off caps with minimal effort.

This is what I have and the lever is very useful for the tins like the mini tuna.

I have got a link for it but if I put it on here it will be too long and throw the thread.

The south east has certainly had more than their fair share of good weather this year Gloucester, in September, had three times the normal amount of rain. No wonder the garden has been so soggy. Although, to be fair I think here at some times we had it dry but dull when there was rain elsewhere in Glos.

I have got a kitchen tool, it is light green I think it may be Joseph. It has a funny hook on the end, quite strong. I can put it into the pull ring on the small tuna tins and lever the lid up, it seems to work easily.
Yes slept quite well last night, achy today, not sure if that was sorting out holiday stuff (bending over it on the bed) or picking up the stuff left by Jake but I am achey today in my back mainly.
I have made 5 Christmas cards today. That actually doesn't help an achey back but I can't sit and do nothing.

Yes Mel very similar to the one I've ordered so I'll see how I get on with it .

I leave my airfryers as i have the bigger one son gave us and the small one i bought on the worktop as I use one or the other two or three times a week and the slow cooker ,I have a piece of gammon to cook in the slow cooker, never cooked it in there before I usually use the pressure cooker but I thought I'd give the slow cooker recipe with sugar and cider a go but I need to buy some cider .

It's been nice and sunny ,I even sat out for a little while but the wind was a bit keen so I gave up and came in .

Afternoon All,

Dull here with rain expected and 13 degrees. I've read we are due snow here in about a week's time too......I hope they've got that one wrong. My purple Michaelmas daisies have only just started to flower and are later than last year, so snow would probably finish them off as the plant doesn't look as bushy as last year either. I'm splitting and moving it next spring to a better position as it's too tall for the space it's in with a shrub overhanging it.

Yes, AnnG I was really late for me last night. I tend to go to bed later later when OH is further away at matches in case I have to go out. (once I had to go up the M1 and meet him at the services as he'd gone without his wallet). Last night I was hunting for a photo I wanted to send Fitz and OH was still up late with the pain in his side. It is a bit better again today and tomorrow he'll hopefully get an appointment at the docs. I have those little tins of tuna too and it's hard to keep hold of the tiny tin when trying the ring pulls. I have tried putting a spoon handle through the ring pulls to lever them off and often resort to a tin opener in the end. I hope you had a good night's sleep.

I found some old Johnathan Creek I hadn't seen before this week Mel. I fell asleep before the end of an episode twice (in bed) before I eventually saw the end! Luckily I'd taken my glasses off at some point and they weren't on the floor.

I hope you get on ok with the tin opener Mandy. I just remembered watching my grandmother using one of those with a point on that you that you had to thump with the palm of your hand to break through the lid surface and then lever up and down to cut round the edge! I used to struggle with those key things on the corned beef or oval tinned meat tins that you pushed a metal tab on the tin through and then turned the key to wind the metal strip onto it. I sometimes had to resort to pliers! Thanks for mentioning the programme. It sounds good so I will record it next. I've decided to make a pendant I like that suspends from an arrow shape, but I don't think the kite beads I have are the right colour so may have to order some.

I aught to have a clearout in my cupboard under the kitchen sink. I was looking at some of those extender shelves you can fit under the 'S' bend and tighten like you can with those curtain rods. I could store things on one like the dishcloth packs and other lightweight things. I must check if there would be enough depth underneath on the shelf below first and have a clearout.

I have to say Mel, if I put my air fryer and slow cooker in a cupboard they would get forgotten and be unused.