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I should have been on holiday as of Saturday, but, as Mrs Grizzly was working all weekend, I decided to work an extra shift on Saturday being as I wouldn't have to worry about weekly rest reductions/compensation, and a little extra cash always comes in handy :)
However, when I got up for work, Mrs Grizzly informed me that she had had a phone call and now had Saturday off as there wasn't enough work for everyone. There was no way in all good conscience that I could cancel work at an hours' notice so I ended up doing an eleven hour shift - the longest of the whole week!
Plans - I am currently waiting for a phone call telling me that I can go look at a car I'm interested in buying. I've paid a refundable deposit to have this car moved from Milton Keynes to Peterborough and should have been looking at it a week ago on Saturday. On the day I should have been viewing it I had a call telling me that there was a problem with it and it was going into their workshop to be sorted, so I arranged to go in a week later, after finishing my overtime shift.
When I went in, I found out it was still in the workshop, waiting for a part to be delivered for fitting and would definitely be ready today and they promised to phone me as soon as it was ready - I'm still waiting!
I'm only persisting as the spec of the car, the age and the mileage all make it a good deal. That said, I'm still prepared to walk away from it if I'm not totally happy when I finally get to see it.
Tomorrow, I've got to go see the nurse in the morning for my regular blood pressure test and then wait in for the delivery of our new mattress, allegedly due at any time between 14:00 and 20:00.
On Thursday we have a property inspection by the estate agents - a standard with rentals so Thursday morning will be spent making sure that everything is even more neat and tidy than it normally is.
I'm free on Wednesday and Friday :)
However, when I got up for work, Mrs Grizzly informed me that she had had a phone call and now had Saturday off as there wasn't enough work for everyone. There was no way in all good conscience that I could cancel work at an hours' notice so I ended up doing an eleven hour shift - the longest of the whole week!
Plans - I am currently waiting for a phone call telling me that I can go look at a car I'm interested in buying. I've paid a refundable deposit to have this car moved from Milton Keynes to Peterborough and should have been looking at it a week ago on Saturday. On the day I should have been viewing it I had a call telling me that there was a problem with it and it was going into their workshop to be sorted, so I arranged to go in a week later, after finishing my overtime shift.
When I went in, I found out it was still in the workshop, waiting for a part to be delivered for fitting and would definitely be ready today and they promised to phone me as soon as it was ready - I'm still waiting!
I'm only persisting as the spec of the car, the age and the mileage all make it a good deal. That said, I'm still prepared to walk away from it if I'm not totally happy when I finally get to see it.
Tomorrow, I've got to go see the nurse in the morning for my regular blood pressure test and then wait in for the delivery of our new mattress, allegedly due at any time between 14:00 and 20:00.
On Thursday we have a property inspection by the estate agents - a standard with rentals so Thursday morning will be spent making sure that everything is even more neat and tidy than it normally is.
I'm free on Wednesday and Friday :)
Oooh? - a new Car! ... ARRRGGGHHH!!! - I bet the wait is driving you Nuts! I can just picture you stood in your Hallway tomorrow between 2 and 8pm, impatiently holding up a Fitted Sheet all ready to cover the new Mattress so you can get to dive on it and pass out! - LOL!!!
But Wednesday and Friday are free, hey? ... GO FOR IT, KID!!! ;o>
The mattress had better bloody well turn up tomorrow, or I'll cancel the order and buy from elsewhere.
I've been reading reviews about the delivery company and it doesn't make good reading. I discounted the ones who moaned about their delivery not being taken to the room of their choice or unpacked as that isn't the standard service and costs extra, which is stated on their website. That still leaves plenty of complaints about rude, abusive or "knock and scarper" delivery drivers.
So long as there are two of them to make the delivery, everything should be OK - I'll even help bring it in if necessary if it's a lone driver, but I won't tolerate one person dragging a mattress down the path and he'll end up dragging it back to his van if that's the case!
I've been reading reviews about the delivery company and it doesn't make good reading. I discounted the ones who moaned about their delivery not being taken to the room of their choice or unpacked as that isn't the standard service and costs extra, which is stated on their website. That still leaves plenty of complaints about rude, abusive or "knock and scarper" delivery drivers.
So long as there are two of them to make the delivery, everything should be OK - I'll even help bring it in if necessary if it's a lone driver, but I won't tolerate one person dragging a mattress down the path and he'll end up dragging it back to his van if that's the case!
Oooh?!! - I hope that it all goes well - but if I hear that there is a Grizzly on the rampage in the Peterborough area on the News tomorrow then I'll know why now! ;oO
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Dechox 2019?Given that we hardly eat any chocolate at all, that one would be far too easy :)
We tried the dry January, and were fairly successful - the only alcohol consumed was a bottle of ruby..."
Despite the quantity of booze given to me for xmas from my family recently....i'm not a big drinker these days, very much prefer a glass of wine with a meal..or perhaps a pint when eating out. So, I go easily without booze for a month (even 6 months)...but chocolate? Ooo no missus!
*quivers* I gotta have my chocolate! :)
Actually, i'm not really missing it just yet....& i've also cut out crisps into the bargain as well, ..but i ain't giving up me biscuits..no no no! I gotta have some treats, or i'll stark raving loony!
But i think i've done well this last year or so, including smoking. In fact...my first anniversary as an ex smoker...is almost upon me...can't believe a whole year has gone by already.
I'm now saving money....which means i can afford some much needed items...like a new mattress..which had finally arrived yesterday...hooray! No more lumpy bed springs digging in me back anymore.... whoop whoop!! :)
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Crikey lady, you made short work of those!"They've lasted almost 7 weeks! - I think that's pretty good going! ;o>"
And i expect you'll no doubt be stocking up on some more soon! :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Cheating?Me?
TWO MONTHS???
Well, that went out the window Saturday night with the opening of a bottle of Drambuie :)"
Mum loves a wee dram or two herself. Must admit, i quite like it too, whenever we get some in! Dunno why..but seems to getting harder to find it in the stores near me, i guess Pembrokeshire, doesn't have that great a damand for the sweet Scottish liqueur, alas.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Well yesterday the Snow was still an inch thick everywhere and showing no sign of melting anytime soon ... but today we have woken up to find it has all completely vanished without a trace overnigh..."The only snow we got here in Pembrokeshire, would've only been suffient in qunatity to have made the world's smallest snowman! Assuming one could build it quickly enough. The snow we've had is nothing more than a light dusting, which dissapears overnight. It's weird seeing new footage of traffic snowed up....i take one look out the window....nup...it's all green here.....as ever! :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "I should have been on holiday as of Saturday, but, as Mrs Grizzly was working all weekend, I decided to work an extra shift on Saturday being as I wouldn't have to worry about weekly rest reduction..."There quite a few folks getting new cars (and mattresses too) or late....Q, in the other group, has just taken delivery of brand new Qashqai. Apparently this new one has got some very fancy high tech gismos in it...including an automatic electronic handbrake. Apparently it applies the handbrake on when ever the car is stationary. That would do my head in i think..not to mention instill worry, every time i'd leave the motor parked on a hill. Being the type that used to leave my car in 2nd gear when parked up on a hill, personally....i've never trusted handbrakes in my life! Plus....for someone used to yanking up a lever, which is absent in this new Qashqai.....that would be too weird getting used to to, i wouldn't want to take me foot off the brake pedal!
Last car I bought, I went in saying "I want this, that and the other". If I was buying one today, it would be a matter of what I don't want! Space saver spare tyre, sat-nav, bluetooth, and as for those ones that switch off when you are stationary at traffic lights!!! I would panic. And I would have to have a CD player and nearly all new cars dispense with them.My son just bought a Hyundai i-30 and was explaining all the features to me. I didn't dare tell him that when I learnt to drive you used hand signals cos not all cars had indicators. My first car - a 1954 VW Beetle - had the flip out amber arrows in the upright panel between the front and rear side-windows. Sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn't. Just one of many idiosyncracies that car had. I used to think of it as a really old car but in 1969 it was only 15 years old - a mere baby.
Val wrote: "Last car I bought, I went in saying "I want this, that and the other". If I was buying one today, it would be a matter of what I don't want! Space saver spare tyre, sat-nav, bluetooth, and as for t..."What are known as Trafficators here, Val! Cor..those were the days!
One thing i really loathe about some modern cars (maybe they are now all like this - dunno), is the warning 'bongs' a driver gets for absolutely every flipping thing in the car....seat belt unbuckled.....'Bong'.....low petrol....'Bong Bong'...door open...'Bong Bong Bong'....key in the 'on' position...'bong bong bong bong'....SHUUUUUURRRUUUPPP!
Even basic new cars have those infernal warning sounds now....i mean WHY? Do car manufacturers think that today's drivers are so dense, that car users aren't able to ascertain for themselves whether they've got their seatbelts on? As for the 'bong' one gets just cos the keys are in the ignition, that is really annoying. It may serve a useful reminder to some absent minded car owners, not to leave them in the car unattended, & protect said motor from being nicked by some low life oik. However, there are times, when it's necessary to have the keys in, switched to the 'on' position (Bong!), just as they will always be occasions when a driver or passenger wishes to briefly vacate a car (bong bong!) and doesn't present any risk to it...or it's owner! Ever had to pull over, cos a loved one in the car felt nausous, and needed to regugitate the contents of their bowels rapidly? The remaining car occupants, often 'forced' to witness this rather unpleasant spectacle, along with the equally unpleasant soundtrack provided by the cars audiable warning system!
What if one needs to test something on the car, and needs power but not the engine on...or...something i once liked to do, in the days when i could drive; drove to a local beauty spot, parked up, switch off engine, but leave the radio on and the door opened, enjoying the nature beauty of the countryside around me, whilst listening to fav tune. Can one still do that today? Or will the bloody car keeping bonging away, till you shut the sodding door?! I dunno about you...but listening to me fav tunes whilst having to put up with a persistant 'bonging' in the background, would drive me to find the wee bonging bar stewerd and introduce it to harry the hammer!
And I KNOW how to read a petrol gauge FFS! SHUT THE **** UUUUPPP!
One of these days..i'm gonna try give my mum's car a nervous breakdown, by getting it to bong to abso-BEEB-lutely everything! See how it likes it...the infernal bonger!
Aaaaaand breathe again!
So yeah.....i know what you mean Val! Not all modern additions to new cars are welcome ones.
I recall, that i used to remove the dead weight that was the air conditioning units on any car i had with them fitted, simply cos they use up fuel, they're heavy and utterly pointless for 98% of the year in Wales! If it got hot...i would just crank open a window, like car owners have done for generations...what's the problem? Air conditioning is fine for hot countries.but it's very rare that it gets 'that' hot here in the UK, last summer being one of the few exceptions :)
mair bongs than you'd find in a kingston recording studio!"Do car manufacturers think that today's drivers are so dense?"
yes they do, and yes, they are!
Tech wrote: "mair bongs than you'd find in a kingston recording studio!"Do car manufacturers think that today's drivers are so dense?"
yes they do, and yes, they are!"
Well not me matey boy....i KNOW what i've left on..or off for that matter...cos that's what I wanted to do in the first ****ing place! I will not be dictated to by some blasted bonger!
you will obey the bong!!!!! the manufacturers don't bong it for fun. it is there because of the volume of thickies that have managed to pass a driving test and have been responsible for issues that are now determined by a bong!
Tech wrote: "you will obey the bong!!!!! the manufacturers don't bong it for fun. it is there because of the volume of thickies that have managed to pass a driving test and have been responsible for issues that..."Then DOT should make the test way bloomin harder! There's enough cars on the road as it is....don't need more numpties driving 'em too!
Another pet hate..is those drivers, who somehow managed to pass their driving test, but then seemingly very quickly forget how to reverse effectively, competently and safely! The times my mum, who's now 76, and can still reverse fairly well in her advanced years, & often has had to reverse a fair way back, cos some youngish driver in a car in front of her, isn't able to? They do try, fair play, but are often hopeless at it! The blinkin' vehicle meanders all over the narrow road. I mean, how hard is it really? It's simple....i used to reverse just using the side mirrors alone...no need to turn one's head around, arm draped over the back of the passenger seat, as so many do....no...yah just need to realise that, the steered wheels are at the front of the car, therefor, one only needs to make very light adjustments with the steering wheel, not, as i've witnessed from some drivers, those seemingly looking as though they're trying to execute a 300 point turn...backwards! Gawd 'elp 'em!
Of course..that's something else that'll soon be consigned to the history books, cos more and more new motors now have this self parking capability built in.
But i tells ya......should ever a global catastrophe befall our little blue planet, rendering everything adorned with a silicon chip in it useless, then we as a species...will be well and truely f***ed! :)
Calm down Duke, your blood pressure will be higher than mine! :)
I'd noticed that Q had updated his name so guessed that he'd upgraded his Qashqai to a new one.
A lot of cars now have keyless entry where you just use the buttons on the fob and have a start/stop button on the dash, so no "keys in ignition" bong there :)
The first car like that I drove was a former bosses' Jag and, if I remember properly, you just had to walk up to the car with the fob and the doors automatically unlocked, and relocked when you got a certain distance away.
I've also driven trucks that don't have a "proper" handbrake - just a little tab on the dash which you pull when you have come to a stop but have to release the footbrake at exactly the same time. To release the handbrake, simply put the truck in gear and floor the throttle!
Peoples' inability to reverse is both an annoyance and a source of humour, dependant on the situation - I'll tell you about one when I get back from my blood pressure check :)
I'd noticed that Q had updated his name so guessed that he'd upgraded his Qashqai to a new one.
A lot of cars now have keyless entry where you just use the buttons on the fob and have a start/stop button on the dash, so no "keys in ignition" bong there :)
The first car like that I drove was a former bosses' Jag and, if I remember properly, you just had to walk up to the car with the fob and the doors automatically unlocked, and relocked when you got a certain distance away.
I've also driven trucks that don't have a "proper" handbrake - just a little tab on the dash which you pull when you have come to a stop but have to release the footbrake at exactly the same time. To release the handbrake, simply put the truck in gear and floor the throttle!
Peoples' inability to reverse is both an annoyance and a source of humour, dependant on the situation - I'll tell you about one when I get back from my blood pressure check :)
Have you blokes watched the film "A Man Called Ove"? I'm sure you would relate!! And it is good.My bete-noir is drivers who can't do a proper parallel park. They nose in and then realise it's not going to work. Getting out becomes a battle with the steering wheel. If they do manage to extricate themselves, they nonchalantly drive off with fingers crossed for angle parking. At least it leaves me with a spot if I want one.
P.S. I do appreciate the warning noise that tells me my lights are still on. At the supermarket I use, there's an underground carpark (I nearly always use my lights at any time in any carpark just as a safety measure for myself) and I often arrive home with my lights still on even though it's broad daylight. I always say "Thank you Little Ricky" when the warning bells sound.
I’m not a driver, but I think some ‘bongs’ are useful. For instance if a rear seat passenger hasn’t fastened their seatbelt or one of the doors isn’t shut properly.
Val wrote: "Have you blokes watched the film "A Man Called Ove"? I'm sure you would relate!! And it is good.
My bete-noir is drivers who can't do a proper parallel park. They nose in and then realise it's not..."
Just looked that one up and it might have appeal - so thanks, Val :)
It's not just parallel parking though - on many an occasion I've watched people who take two or three attempts to drive into a parking space in a supermarket car park. How many attempts does it take them to reverse back out?
Both Mrs Grizzly and myself never drive into parking spaces - we always reverse in and are both more than capable of parallel parking.
Artics are a different matter altogether - I do still have the occasional bad day where I just can't get the trailer to go where it needs to be and it looks like I haven't passed my test.
I do have two standard excuses for these days - "It looked straight in the mirrors", and "If I made it look easy, everyone would want to have a go" :)
The car I currently own has auto headlights which, I think, is a good thing. I normally leave the light switch in the auto position and let them turn on or off on their own. The only downside as far as I'm concerned is that they don't switch on by themselves in foggy/misty conditions, which we suffer a lot from round here. They will switch on if the wipers are on which fits in with what I was taught when learning to drive - if it's bad enough to have to use your wipers, then you should have your lights on too.
What surprises me is the amount of people I see driving around at night without their lights on. I can only put it down to the fact that a lot of cars these days have bright LED day running lights and that the dash on most cars these days is lit up even when the lights aren't switched on.
My bete-noir is drivers who can't do a proper parallel park. They nose in and then realise it's not..."
Just looked that one up and it might have appeal - so thanks, Val :)
It's not just parallel parking though - on many an occasion I've watched people who take two or three attempts to drive into a parking space in a supermarket car park. How many attempts does it take them to reverse back out?
Both Mrs Grizzly and myself never drive into parking spaces - we always reverse in and are both more than capable of parallel parking.
Artics are a different matter altogether - I do still have the occasional bad day where I just can't get the trailer to go where it needs to be and it looks like I haven't passed my test.
I do have two standard excuses for these days - "It looked straight in the mirrors", and "If I made it look easy, everyone would want to have a go" :)
The car I currently own has auto headlights which, I think, is a good thing. I normally leave the light switch in the auto position and let them turn on or off on their own. The only downside as far as I'm concerned is that they don't switch on by themselves in foggy/misty conditions, which we suffer a lot from round here. They will switch on if the wipers are on which fits in with what I was taught when learning to drive - if it's bad enough to have to use your wipers, then you should have your lights on too.
What surprises me is the amount of people I see driving around at night without their lights on. I can only put it down to the fact that a lot of cars these days have bright LED day running lights and that the dash on most cars these days is lit up even when the lights aren't switched on.
I got more than I bargained for at the surgery - the nurse decided that, not only did she need my blood pressure reading (best of three), she also needed to measure and weigh me and then take blood samples as well!
I knew something was wrong when she greeted me with "I'm glad you've come in today....." :)
Blood pressure is still a little high, though consistent so I now have an appointment to see the doctor on Friday with a view to either upping the strength of my current medication or adding in something else.
I knew something was wrong when she greeted me with "I'm glad you've come in today....." :)
Blood pressure is still a little high, though consistent so I now have an appointment to see the doctor on Friday with a view to either upping the strength of my current medication or adding in something else.
Lez wrote: "I’m not a driver, but I think some ‘bongs’ are useful. For instance if a rear seat passenger hasn’t fastened their seatbelt or one of the doors isn’t shut properly."
I never have anyone in the rear seats of my car as I can't abide back seat drivers :)
I never have anyone in the rear seats of my car as I can't abide back seat drivers :)
More new visitors in our garden - taking advantage of there being no other birds in the garden, three Long-Tailed Tits decided to monopolise the nut feeder :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Calm down Duke, your blood pressure will be higher than mine! :)I'd noticed that Q had updated his name so guessed that he'd upgraded his Qashqai to a new one.
A lot of cars now have keyless entry..."
That's something else i would never want to have in my car...keyless entry. Just another technological gadget that makes it easier to steal the car in my opinion. I've been reading articles recently, about about how these types of cars are very prone to clever professional car jackers, as they now use Hi tech 'hacking' devices, to access the frequencies and/or codes to gain entry and simply drive off.
I think the more complicated cars get...the easier they'll be to steal, in part due to the addition of more and more electronics that require radio signals to operate them. Organised car thieves these days, are now equiped with the technology that hack into them. Even cars fitted with trackers can be turned off or reset, with a simple device, by those that know how to use them.
Maybe i'm old fashioned..but i like a car that one can actually work on...not one that requires an electronics degree, just to service the damned thing!
Mind you....that would've been my thinking a few years ago, when i used to drive, before my eyesight began to fail on me. But now have to accept today, i'll be shooting myself in the foot for my preference for the older technology. I'll admit...those new fangled self driving cars do appeal to me!
*Sighs* Hypocriscy, is now my middle name! :)
PS: Yes the famous parallel parking manoeuver! Again...drivers inabililty to reales one has to do it in reverse, cos how else is one going to bring in the back of the car in (rear wheels), going in forwards! That's what the steered wheels are for!! But then, they are those who can't execute a reverse parallel parking manoeuver either!
Speaking of supermarket car parks....the other day i saw a woman in her small car, who attempted to move her car over one space to the right one next to her (cos it was disabled parking space)...but executed it in the most bizarre crab like way....by reversing out straight a little, then turn wheels full lock right....drove forward, then strighten up, then reversed staight again...then continued with 'crabbing' method several times...until she sort of got the car in now choosen space, albeit in at an angle! The daft thing is, the parking spaces immediately behind her were free, so she could've just had reversed all the way back, then simply drove in nice and neat in the disabled spot! But nup...she decided to her crab her motor sideways instead! :)
Val wrote: "Have you blokes watched the film "A Man Called Ove"? I'm sure you would relate!! And it is good.My bete-noir is drivers who can't do a proper parallel park. They nose in and then realise it's not..."
I'll check that movie out, thanks Val!
The lights issue, is a growing problem, i'll grant you that. My mum has on occasions driven out at night with just her daylighters on, simply cos they illuminate the road suffiently enough. But of course, the rear lights are not switched on!
Maybe that's something car manufacturers should look into, perhaps fit small rear 'daylighters' too, seperate from the main ones.
Duke;
Maybe car manufacturers should fit a "bong" that tells you your lights aren't on when it's dark :)
Maybe car manufacturers should fit a "bong" that tells you your lights aren't on when it's dark :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Duke;Maybe car manufacturers should fit a "bong" that tells you your lights aren't on when it's dark :)"
If it's a different 'bong' to the general ones used for just about everything else in a car..then okay..otherwise...i dare say..a driver could go insane trying to work out what part of the car the 'bong' is trying to draw the driver's attention to!
Mind you, i think it would far better, certainly possible these days, to have some nice automated vioce prompt...politely reminding you that one has done this or that in a car, why not? If one can get any vioce one desires for a SatNav..then surely a talking car..must now be possible....Michael Knight had one some 3 decades earlier! :)
Big enough bong, and you'll forget you're driving altogether!
But presumably will, after one wake's up in A&E?! :)
Cars of the FutureBong! Hello. My name is (insert name here). I will be your navigator for this trip. Please tell me where you would like to go.
You: I'd like to go to the Supermarket please.
Bong! I will be happy to take you to the Super Market. Which Super Market would you like to go to?
You: The Supermarket nearest me, please.
Bong! And what will you be buying at this Super Market?
You: Well, I need bread and milk and coffee and...
Bong! Danger Danger! I have cross-referenced your foods of choice with your medical records and have determined that you are at risk for an unhealthy diet. Please return to your home and create a new list.
You: But I...
Bong! Please do not make me repeat myself as the consequences will be dire. Go. Home.
You: Yes dear.
Bong! Good boy.
The mattress turned up on time, with a lone driver so I scooted out to give him a lift with it before he started dragging it down the path. No more sinking into a rut when I get into bed :)
Still not managed a test drive in the car I want - it's still in the workshop waiting for a part, which even the manufacturer is struggling to supply. Fed up of chasing them and waiting for phone calls, I went in yesterday and asked to speak to someone paid enough to be harrangued, resulting in a manager appearing from a back office. He was good enough to listen to me and then explain everything that had happened and apologise for the situation. He even took me through to the workshop so that I could see for myself, and is now dealing personally with me. His update yesterday evening was optimistic for getting everything sorted today, so, fingers crossed.
Got up this morning in good spirits, only to find that the sodding fence in the back garden has been bought down again by the strong winds, and on the day that the estate agents are coming round for the periodical inspection.
Contacted the landlady directly to see what she wanted to do, and she is sending round her son who works for a fencing company. It doesn't help that the fence was done on the cheap - 6' by 6' panels between posts that aren't even sunk into the ground is never going to hold for long, is it?
Still not managed a test drive in the car I want - it's still in the workshop waiting for a part, which even the manufacturer is struggling to supply. Fed up of chasing them and waiting for phone calls, I went in yesterday and asked to speak to someone paid enough to be harrangued, resulting in a manager appearing from a back office. He was good enough to listen to me and then explain everything that had happened and apologise for the situation. He even took me through to the workshop so that I could see for myself, and is now dealing personally with me. His update yesterday evening was optimistic for getting everything sorted today, so, fingers crossed.
Got up this morning in good spirits, only to find that the sodding fence in the back garden has been bought down again by the strong winds, and on the day that the estate agents are coming round for the periodical inspection.
Contacted the landlady directly to see what she wanted to do, and she is sending round her son who works for a fencing company. It doesn't help that the fence was done on the cheap - 6' by 6' panels between posts that aren't even sunk into the ground is never going to hold for long, is it?
Grizzlygrump wrote: "The mattress turned up on time, with a lone driver so I scooted out to give him a lift with it before he started dragging it down the path. No more sinking into a rut when I get into bed :)Still ..."
My new matress weird! Nice and comfortable for sure...but it has large 'dimples' in it, which mean me bum keps ending up in them. Plus....I feel as it the thing is constantly on a tilt, even though it is still flat on the bed. I sort of trying to level it out, by switching sides during the night! :)
I'm getting worried about the now exposed fencing that runs along the roadside, now that the hedging has been completely removed, exposing several posts that are well and truely rotten out, some now just 'floating'!
I'm trying to persuade mum that we outh to get the entire lot replaced, as it's getting on for 15 years old now. The main structure is in the main, okay...but the 4 inch posts have had it. I'm currently looking into those preformed concrete posts, that are predrilled to bolt the battens then featured boards to. Not a cheap fix, and some poor soul will have to dig out new holes in the rooty soil, for them...but at least they'll never need to be replaced again.
As for who'll dig the holes...well it won't be me..cos i hate digging! :-)
Another day, another fence panel down!
The guy has just been round to look at the remains of the fence and has condemned the whole lot. He is planning on ripping out everything across the back and putting in what he called a "closeboard" fence, which will be much stronger :)
Time to brave the wind and the rain and take a stroll to see the doctor :)
The guy has just been round to look at the remains of the fence and has condemned the whole lot. He is planning on ripping out everything across the back and putting in what he called a "closeboard" fence, which will be much stronger :)
Time to brave the wind and the rain and take a stroll to see the doctor :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Another day, another fence panel down!The guy has just been round to look at the remains of the fence and has condemned the whole lot. He is planning on ripping out everything across the back and..."
That's what i'm hoping to install too Grizlly..far stronger than those individual panels bolted or solted to posts. Much of the panelling on my existing fence is in good nick....just as shame the posts are knackered!
Good luck at the quacks, hope you get a clean bill of health!
No chance of a clean bill of health with my blood pressure - the doctor has put me on a second lot of medication in a bid to bring my pressure down and I've got to go back in three weeks for more readings and another blood test to make sure this new medication isn't having any adverse effect on my kidneys.
As I was leaving, the doctor asked me to make sure I filled in a feedback form - everyone wants a bloody review for everything, don't they?
As I was leaving, the doctor asked me to make sure I filled in a feedback form - everyone wants a bloody review for everything, don't they?
I love filling in feedback forms. I did one for my dentist after my first appointment and they thanked me and acted on one of my suggestions!
Lez wrote: "I love filling in feedback forms. I did one for my dentist after my first appointment and they thanked me and acted on one of my suggestions!"
I hate them, Lez.
I will only respond to a "How did we do?" if there has been a problem or need for complaint, like I did this morning with Royal Mail - having been told several times, our postman is well aware that the door on the front porch is left unlocked so that parcels not needing a signature can be left in the dry.
He was caught this morning just putting a card through the letterbox having left the parcel behind the bin (which keeps blowing across the drive thanks to the wind!) and not bothering to knock or leave the parcel in the porch!
When confronted, I asked why I couldn't hear him knock but could hear him pushing the card through the letterbox, being as I was sat five feet away.
When Royal Mail sent me that "Tell us about your delivery" email, I was more than happy to tell them all about it.
I hate them, Lez.
I will only respond to a "How did we do?" if there has been a problem or need for complaint, like I did this morning with Royal Mail - having been told several times, our postman is well aware that the door on the front porch is left unlocked so that parcels not needing a signature can be left in the dry.
He was caught this morning just putting a card through the letterbox having left the parcel behind the bin (which keeps blowing across the drive thanks to the wind!) and not bothering to knock or leave the parcel in the porch!
When confronted, I asked why I couldn't hear him knock but could hear him pushing the card through the letterbox, being as I was sat five feet away.
When Royal Mail sent me that "Tell us about your delivery" email, I was more than happy to tell them all about it.
Just been reading restaurant critic Grace Dent in the paper. After dissing most of the food, she tried a deep-fried peanut butter and condensed milk sandwich and described it as ‘thoroughly magnificent!😳
'Thoroughly magnificent'?
Sounds utterly repulsive to me but, perhaps I am biased as we don't have anything deep fried.
Sounds utterly repulsive to me but, perhaps I am biased as we don't have anything deep fried.
Sounds vile to me too. The only time we deep-fried anything was on rare special occasions when my husband made his excellent chips!
As it's been a nice day here today, (temps into double figures, bright and dry) I've been in the garden seeing what I could salvage. Have had to throw away three sets of solar string lights due to the wiring being ripped out of them and several lights smashed, and half a dozen post lights which were in the flower bed. The daffodils that have survived will probably be trampled underfoot when the new fence goes up in about a weeks' time.
I managed to save the hanging basket brackets that held the bird feeders and have attached them to the side fence and refilled them.
The neighbour whose garden backs onto ours appeared, drawn by the sound of hammering, so we had a nice little chat. Due to the large gap at what was the corner of his garden, it is now possible to see that one of his panels separating his garden from the other neighbour has totally fallen apart so I've told him that, as we will be having a totally different type of fence installed, he might as well have the panel that we replaced last year as it is still in very good condition and would only be skipped otherwise.
I managed to save the hanging basket brackets that held the bird feeders and have attached them to the side fence and refilled them.
The neighbour whose garden backs onto ours appeared, drawn by the sound of hammering, so we had a nice little chat. Due to the large gap at what was the corner of his garden, it is now possible to see that one of his panels separating his garden from the other neighbour has totally fallen apart so I've told him that, as we will be having a totally different type of fence installed, he might as well have the panel that we replaced last year as it is still in very good condition and would only be skipped otherwise.
Lez wrote: "Sounds vile to me too. The only time we deep-fried anything was on rare special occasions when my husband made his excellent chips!"
We've not deep fried anything for years, and hardly ever use our air fryer either - anything that gets fried these days is normally in a non-stick pan with little or no oil at all and chips are cooked in the oven.
Thinking about it, it's been six months since we had anything from a chippy, even though there is one in the village.
We've not deep fried anything for years, and hardly ever use our air fryer either - anything that gets fried these days is normally in a non-stick pan with little or no oil at all and chips are cooked in the oven.
Thinking about it, it's been six months since we had anything from a chippy, even though there is one in the village.
Grizzlygrump wrote: "No chance of a clean bill of health with my blood pressure - the doctor has put me on a second lot of medication in a bid to bring my pressure down and I've got to go back in three weeks for more r..."Oh bad luck Grizzly...hope it's only a temporary measure.
As for those reviews requests....*sighs*...don't get started on those...i'll be here all week venting my spleen out on those blasted things! :)
I think i might apply to appear on the next Grumpy Old Men show, if the broacaster should decided to bring back...i've plenty of examples of life's frustrations i can provide for it!
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Lez wrote: "I love filling in feedback forms. I did one for my dentist after my first appointment and they thanked me and acted on one of my suggestions!"I hate them, Lez.
I will only respond to..."
What if one found out that one is dying from some incurable condition, then be asked to fill in one of those 'satisfaction reviews'?
"Oh yeh just hunky dory thanks...the doc just told me i'm ****ing dying, a very statisfactory result..ain't it!!"
Lez wrote: "Just been reading restaurant critic Grace Dent in the paper. After dissing most of the food, she tried a deep-fried peanut butter and condensed milk sandwich and described it as ‘thoroughly magnifi..."Sounds like a heston bloomental concoction! Maybe it tastes better than it sounds.....although...i don't fancy it myself. How many calories in that i wonder...it's nearly all fat? The oil in the spread, the fat inthe milk..and then it's deep fried?!
It should come with a health warning!
My blood pressure has been consistently high at hospital clinics I’ve been to and they suggested I go to my GP to discuss my medication. I’ve now had it checked twice, it’s been in the normal range and he doesn’t want to alter it. They don’t seem to communicate and I’m having to liaise between them. It shouldn’t be up to me!
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Lez wrote: "Sounds vile to me too. The only time we deep-fried anything was on rare special occasions when my husband made his excellent chips!"We've not deep fried anything for years, and hardly..."
I don't eat deep fried stuff at home either...but i couldn't live without the British favourite Fish n Chips! That said, Mum and i only get that once a month these days, as a treat. Same goes for Chinese and Indian cuisine...too much of those isn't good for one's health!
Thought some of the bird lovers on here might enjoy this "murmuration of budgies"https://www.facebook.com/ABCnorthqld/...
Lez wrote: "My blood pressure has been consistently high at hospital clinics I’ve been to and they suggested I go to my GP to discuss my medication. I’ve now had it checked twice, it’s been in the normal range..."
The doctor I saw on Friday is not my usual one, and her advice to me was to buy my own monitor so that I could check my blood pressure myself!
She then tried to justify this by saying that many people find their blood pressure raised simply by being there for an appointment.
What next then?
Will I be able to prescribe my own medication based on the results of my blood pressure if I do it myself at home?
The doctor I saw on Friday is not my usual one, and her advice to me was to buy my own monitor so that I could check my blood pressure myself!
She then tried to justify this by saying that many people find their blood pressure raised simply by being there for an appointment.
What next then?
Will I be able to prescribe my own medication based on the results of my blood pressure if I do it myself at home?
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