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  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 258

    ☕️ 3.30am OW pills, cream

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,783

    good morning Toni

    Wppl xx

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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,474
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    Morning Joan how are you and Pepper? I am very pleased that the plight of your Co-op has been publicised maybe something will be done now. Everyone needs food given most don't have cars to go to another supermarket. Goes to show we should have supported our corner shops doesn't it?🙄 Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Jojo I am so glad you are away soon you all deserve a lovely holiday. Especially you this year it's been a tough one. I am actually rather jealous of you! If I could turn the clock back and enjoy those times when ours were the same age l would. Those caravan holidays were the best sun sand sea entertainment (those tickets!) and sometimes rain. Who cares it's wonderful. They will always remember these great times. Just got to get through Thursday ((())) xxx

    Hi Skinny K will Loanda have a graduation ceremony do you know? I hope so and that you Niff and Sucré can go and show the world how proud you are of her ((())) xxx

    Morning Stuart that was an early start. Have i asked yo before - do you manage to doze off again in your chair/sofa when your pills kick in a bit? ((())) xxx

    Morning Reshmi how are you coping with BB++ how does he manage that? Worse? It will help if the boys stay over he behaves better then. The pictures will be good and occupy a day with everything associated with it. Eating out and talking about it afterwards. Mind sounds like BB is already full of pastries and whatnot🙄

    I am very pleased to hear that your sister has a Drs appt I hope they will actually help her this time and send her for some imaging. She's far too young for it to continue if it's treatable.

    Love that pic of ( I think it was Lucy's Winnie) reading her kindle❤️

    Well done ringing the elderly gent. I know you make his day if not week. I expect he tells everyone you rang him bless him. A bit hard for you but worth it.

    My poor Aunty is not well - she had stomach cancer a few years ago and now something is wrong so she is going through tests to see if it's back. Her cat has the same as Sleek so i have recommended the medication Sleek is on as her cat also won't eat the special renal diet. Somehow we need to visit more often myself and Kari maybe our brother will make the effort too.

    Take care my friend I hope you get to the group ((())) xxx

    Morning Toady. Hope all is well maybe there will be 'a man' with you soon??? I rather like the idea of living under a dust sheet. Although it does sound a tad Miss Haversham for my liking.

    Did the catazon parcel arrive ok? Was everything present and correct? I hope so our little feline adores catazon day😊O those wires! I can never locate one either😠

    Sleek is on her way already for support Elfie is still asleep on the settee bless him he is washed out after his early start yesterday. Gosh he was busy! He went on the Brighton bungee bounce thingy and then up the i360. He had some chips on the beach, a paddle and some more vegan fudge. Tried to get a ride on a seagull but apparently they aren't so friendly.

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    On the way home when we stopped at the services for a comfort break he had 3 vegan burgers at 'circus ring' 3! and chips😮 He certainly has hollow legs as they say.

    *Ahem* Paul said he enjoyed our company. Maybe he did maybe not🤭 it certainly was noisy lots of singing, twerking, eating and games from Elfie.

    Aunt isn't great she had stomach cancer a few years back and something 'ain't right' so tests are commencing. Her cat has the same as Sleek with her kidneys too just what she doesn't need. The other Aunt is more confused bless her.

    Some normality for me today with the foodbank this morning.

    Take care ((())) xxx

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  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 633

    Hi frogmorton yeah we go away on Monday I can't wait we've got a good weekend sorted out as well before that me and my husband are going to the cinema on Friday then we are going on a bus trip day out with the kids and a nice lie in Sunday just have to get Thursday out the way first. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,385

    Good morning everyone

    Toady (()) I hope your boiler man comes today. I did the stylus’s for Garrards record players. I was paid £7 a week I did 4000 an hour. Have a good day.

    Toni (()) have a good day. How is sleek now. Sorry about your Aunt’s having so many problems. All the best at the food bank.

    Jojo (()) sorry you have so much pain have a good day

    Reshmi (()) (()) have a good day love to your mum (())

    Stuart (()) sorry you have so much pain love to your mum (()) have a good day

    Skinny Keef (()) have a good day love to Loanda (()) and Sucr’e (())

    take care
    joan xx
  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 633

    Thanks dachshund I'm just having a rest day today. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,783

    hi Toni

    How are you?

    Mums ok 👍
    I didn’t go to group, because dad is still in the cold night overnight

    So I didn’t sleep properly as was feeling hot

    And fell asleep in the cold room for a long time earlier his morning

    Also my stomach was a bit unsettled
    so there’s no point in going to the town centre

    Yes BB has started shouting at full volume

    That’s true, LA puts him in his place

    Ok bye for now Toni tc xx

    Ps toady after going to the HDs lol xx

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  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,783

    greetings toady

    How are you?

    The gastric gods are not happy with me today 🤢

    Bye for now tc xx

    Ps I wrote a tome 😂xx

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  • Skinny Keef
    Skinny Keef Member Posts: 1,432

    hi all.
    been away to the IOW for a week. Got back at the weekend. Went on the Beemer. Met my family who were already there. Had a wonderful time. Got lots of riding in but unfortunately had a wet ride home same as last year but better weather whilst we were there. Hotel has new owners, and is a bit hit and miss now.

    Hi Toni, we are waiting to find out about if there is a ceremony. I hope so. Would LOVE to see her in robes and a mortar board hat. She deserves pampering and I have found her a new motorcycle as a graduation present. Not that I can afford it atm but that has never stopped me before. I know she was upset when I gave up motorcycling before I came to my senses and her bike got sold along with mine. Sucré will soon be riding pillion on my bike so timing is perfect.

  • Skinny Keef
    Skinny Keef Member Posts: 1,432
  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,783

    Sorry everyone

    Bit of an ookey day here by all accounts

    Felt very weak with the stomach issues

    Didn’t do very much or eat very much really

    LA didn’t give his teacher the thank you card that his mummy bought for him as he said, “ boys don’t give cards”

    Well I never knew that 😂

    Cheeky little LA there haha

    👋night toady Toni Joan Jojo SK and S knee tc xx

    Ps a strategy for toady to annoy her phantom neighbours - “Vengeance is mine, said the feline” haha xx

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  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,828

    'night all 😴

    boilerman prob coming Friday, a bigger job than I'd reckoned on he thinks 😒 (missed his first phone call too on account of my landline has a mind of its own about taking messages, therefore making me look a twit as well, always a plus). Ignore me for a bit while I have a touch of the dooms, will be back in due course after the verdict and or when I've taken a hold of myself. Could hardly be worse timing, this was my carefully un-booked-up summer fortnight between medical appts etc. Oh well I had a 'half-day holiday' last weekend, mustn't be greedy 🙄.

    See you all soon sorry not to post per person, love to all ofc 😘 & a good night's sleep to anyone that can get their hands on one by fair means or foul 🤞xx

  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 258

    4.30am ☕️🥐 pills

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,474
    edited 24. Jul 2025, 05:37
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    Morning Joan how are you and Pepper? All is well here Sleek is still as lively as always. Still after plenty of treats bless her heart, but only one make is low enough in phosphates. She's looking at me now as I type to you ((())) xxx

    Morning Jojo just get through today and you can start putting yourself first. What are you and Michael going to see at the cinema? It will be lovely. Are you already packed I expect you've started, but if you're like me there is still more to add😉 Take care and good luck for today ((())) xxx

    Morning Stuart wahay 4.30 a lie-in!!! Not long now before you see a consultant is it? Are the cats ok and your Mum? ((())) xxx

    Morning Skinny Keef I really hope Loanda gets the chance to wear the gown and mortar board she deserves it as does everyone who has supported her. Of course Sucré will see that anyone can do anything they set their minds to if they try hard enough too so a good role model for him.

    I love the potential new bike for her! She'll love it I bet you get it even though you can't really afford it😉 She misses it and you three would get a lot out of her having a bike too.

    Sounds like the IOW was a well deserved holiday for you all was the weather ok over there? Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Reshmi Hope you and your Mum are both well. Please gastric gods heal our friend's stomach for her🙏

    Surely BB has given up that cold room by now I thought he was better? Well at least LA can manage his bad behaviour when he's there. Will that be tomorrow? Have I got that right?

    Sorry you didn't get a good sleep on Tuesday I hope you did better last night. It is still so warm overnight. So unfair that you weren't able to get to the group although I doubt I'd have risked it with an iffy stomach.

    Oh no! I must be the annoying neighbours because my 'new' neighbour (the husband) plays his guitar outside when the weather is even half decent.😣 He is learning just so you know🙄

    Love toady's new hairdo😁

    take care my friend ((())) xxx

    Morning Toady o-oh! A bigger job than you were hoping? Sleek thinks not she is convinced your diagnosis (and hers) is the correct one and the plumber is a 'neg-er-tiv Nelly'. You know this anyway no doubt.

    She had taken herself out this morning and was so pleased to see me when she came in I got her 'electric tail'😊 Bless her. She's coming over to cheer you up apparently and you might get Elfie too who is awake as normal this morning after the Brighton trip. Honestly he was exhausted yesterday. As was I! He just put the TV on to watch the weather. Must be him he and I are the only ones in the room.🤨

    Sleek is bringing biccies

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    You take care and all will be well I'm sure ((())) xxx

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  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 633

    Hi frogmorton I've been naughty this time I must admit I haven't even started to pack yet I'm hoping to start today or tomorrow but I will definitely get it done soon I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,783

    morning Toni

    How are you?
    Mum was asleep when I left the house

    I’m feeling a lot better thanks

    Wppl xx

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  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,385

    Good morning everyone

    Toady (()) have a good day I hope the boiler man comes on Friday. Pepper had a bath yesterday all the time he was being washed he does a little noise he was in the van outside I was in the kitchen doing my dinner I was laughing at him.

    Toni (()) have a good day the sun is here. I phoned the paper again they don’t know when the freezers will be fixed. How is Lucy (())

    Jojo (()) have a good day I hope your pain has calmed down

    Reshmi (()) how are you have a good day love to your mum (())

    Stuart (()) how is your pain have a good day love to your mum (())

    Skinny Keef (()) I bet Loanda (()) will love her bike I hope she will have a gown she deserves one love to Sucr’e (()) have a good day

    take care
    joan xx
  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 633

    Hi just thought I would let you know I've managed to get another appointment with the specialist about my arthritis on 29th of August so hopefully this woman may be able to offer me more. Anyway I hope you are all well and I hope the day is going good for all of you.

  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,828

    Hi all

    CH man will be here bright & early tomorrow 😣 no I very much doubt he's wrong in his diagnosis frog, I will be getting 'the talk' I'm sure, the would you like an expensive & possibly shortlived fix or would you like a new boiler? one. Well neither, I'd rather do my head in sand act, don't look at me for realistic and sensible, mate. Miss Havisham all the way 😂 minus the sp**ders please I didn't care for those whilst doing the book for O level needless to say. Lovely to see Sleek & Elfie, didn't have to offer him the biscuit tin twice 😉 apparently all the burgers & snacks & fudge only 'took the edge off' 😄. Glad the trip was ok but very sorry to hear your relatives have health troubles 😔. Hope your day has been ok quite a good forecast here not that I'll see the benefit of it, tomorrow is the best day of the week 🙄. Omg no your neighbour plays the guitar outside??! well there really is always someone worse off than yourself 😱. Take care all 😘 xx

    Hello Joan, yes boilerman should be here thanks but I'm not going to be turning handsprings to see him if he is not bringing good news 😬 we'll see. That's funny about Pepper and his bath 😂 how does the van manage for water if it is a travelling thing? I expect Pepper is lovely afterwards 😊. Gosh 4000 styluses an hour for Garrard's that's less than a second each, goodness gracious. I'd love a turntable I would like several if I had the room but the one I have already doesn't have a proper place so I can't really bring any in 😳. Have a good afternoon take care 😘 xx

    Hi bosh, sorry if like the boiler I am not firing on all cylinders 😬 hope your day is not too bad sorry you've had an ookey time gastrically 😔. Good luck with whatever is happening tomorrow & any plans including weekend etc. Will pick up where I last left chat and catch up properly the other side of whatever I am in for with the midnight maintenance man, well midnight may be poetic licence but it may as well be, we are probably talking early morning which is much the same thing for late-rising toads who like to lie around toad towers in their silk dressing gowns (some hopes! 😄). Take care 👋 :) xx

    How is the packing Jojo I don't enjoy it at all, hope you find the time & hope your last day is going alright as a run up to your break 🤞 all the best for it 😊 xx

    Glad you've been out & about SK 👍️ and got to meet up with family, glad you got pretty decent weather overall too give or take 😊 xx

    Hope your day is not too bad Stuart dare I ask about your mum's pills, have the right people been talking to each other? 😬 xx

    First of many many cups of tea ☕️ no idea if/when/how long water will be off here so may as well make the most of it!

  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 258

    Mum still doesn't have the pills which the consultant prescribed only 1 month dose

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 633

    Had a really bad night at work my foot is so swollen I had to hobble home I've put my foot In a cool bowl of water.

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 633

    Hi toady I've been a bit naughty today and not got much done but I've ironed some of the kids clothes ready to pack I can't wait to go away I just hope I'm able to get around on holiday my foot is not good at all right now. I hope you are well and I hope they sort your boiler out tomorrow and you can have some peace and quiet again.

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,783

    hi Toni

    How are you tonight?

    A bit of an ook of a day here unfortunately

    Better than yesterday though, so improvement is being made - slowly

    Basically still a bit gastrically ookey

    today I really felt the tiredness more than feeling unwell in my stomach, but I can tell it’s stomach related
    I did manage to eat a bit more normally than yesterday though

    hopefully I’ll feel even better tomorrow.
    If I do feel better tomorrow I might go briefly to the town centre staying clear of food that will annoy the gastric divine entities of course, just having a cup of tea and things of that nature

    It’s now been decided that bill is going to BR’s nursery graduation tomorrow and possibly even my sister I think I heard but she’s not going for long. At least she’s not meant to be but knowing my sister it all depends on how stubborn she is feeling that precise moment in time

    you’re right it’s time for the littleys to come and stay fairly soon,

    I think my mum said in two weeks time they’ll stay for a little while but I don’t want to ask her again because she’s feeling angry.
    Oh dear, it’s just a good job that you and I are as cool as cucumbers and keep everyone else in the families going with our unflappable natures

    have a good night Toni I am on the way to being rather shattered. It’s like a new phone in the hands of traitor Toady after suffering another night my password debacle okay I may be partly making things up here but it keeps us going doesn’t really do you silly anecdotes of mine or maybe not anyway have a good night Toni and take care xx

    PS I almost forgot to mention I did write a poem, I think it was at the start of this partially ookey day,

    but I think it may be a very long transaction process at least that’s how it’s feeling right now.
    In fact please forgive me if I am unsure at this stage if it’s early morning somewhat incomprehensible scribbling like remember that time when I just wrote “cheese” ? haha I will of course analyse it in due course

    PPS The HD on his day off apparently haha xx

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  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,783
    edited 24. Jul 2025, 21:25

    Hi toady

    How are you doing tonight?

    Thanks for your sympathetic comments about my gastric situation

    I am definitely better than yesterday so I would say today was a partial ook not a full one, so at least progress is being made. Thank you

    no real plans for the weekend tomorrow, depending on how the gastric Divine entities are feeling Of course, I may venture into the foreign land They call the town centre for some tea and perhaps some toast, but nothing cheese related or anything of that nature as I’m very much aware That I am not completely in the gastric good books just yet

    I will, however get some gastric solitude on the Saturday, Okay I shouldn’t wrongly use that word ha ha some drastic solitude perhaps it’s certainly needed drastically at any rate lol

    as my parents will go to babysit The nephews is in Maidenhead while my sis goes to the to doctors.

    silk dressing gowns sound, glamorous and elegant, but somewhat itchy, at least perhaps for myself and Toni at least, or “dermatologically dodgy” as the skin experts call it ha ha

    midnight, maintenance man I like that I’m all for a bit of poetic licence as you well know😂

    So what else is midnight related? perhaps the midnight, marching band, consisting of some of your phantom neighbours?

    Oh dear, that sounds extremely annoying to me.
    Midnight mango sorbet delivery perhaps? if I feel the urge to down iron liquid in the middle of the night, but I really think that’s highly unlikely.
    I’m wondering now if that iron liquid has perhaps helped cause the gastric issue a kind of cumulative effect? anyway I don’t really know I’m just glad it’s less than yesterday

    thought I would tell you a bit of worrying news. I saw QJL nosey neighbour lady when I went for my walk, but luckily she was chatting away to someone and didn’t see me thank goodness for that because as you know if she stares right at me It’s a kind of Medusa effect even though of course I am not male, but still, I really can’t face going to the dermatologist and saying “sorry the neighbour stared into my eyes, and now I’m made of stone, can you help please? ideally I don't want to use steroid cream but I will if you think it’s mandatory” haha

    Okay I think I'll retire to bed in a cotton dressing gown Thanks as I’m feeling rather battered

    as the poisson said to the pommes de terre - don't worry I am a battered haddock, so you don’t need to consult the insurance manual on acts of cod

    okay I think I'll stop talking rubbish now ha ha

    have a good night, toady and tc xx

    👋 night Joan Jojo SK and s knee xx

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  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,828

    Night bosh, lovely pic 👍️ and yes the stories & anecdotes & silliness & poetic licence, are definitely a help in one's hour of need 😊. Have a good night I hope, I am off to set an alarm for some unearthly hour, and any midnight marching bands (horrific thought!! 😱) had better watch out for themselves something nasty might befall their 76 trombones 😉. QJL 😬 ooer, well avoided, another narrow squeak, in life's jolly game of snakes and ladders 🐍🪜 tsk, no ladder emoji, or at least not one I'm sure will show up, probably browser dependent or some such. Hope you can get out for tea & toast, see you anon :) xx

    Thank you Jojo I could totally do without this boiler business but better than the middle of winter I suppose 🙄. Sorry it was a hard day on your feet today and I hope your foot will ease off overnight for you and your plans will all work out 👍️ have a good night as poss, I will be up for tea I imagine (oddly I almost look forward to an early hours tea these days because at least it's quiet and you know no-one will be tapping at the door or anything 🤷‍♀️). Hope family have a good break too :) xx

    Stuart what a palaver, one of these days they will sort this out surely. Hope you have as good night as poss tomorrow will be fine by the looks I hope we get another nice spell of sun to come 🤞 xx

    Night all 😴 xx