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Joan wrote: "Folks in Great Britain, can you give me any advice?I’m trying to figure out where to turn for advice on coordinating a move to assisted-living or finding a live-saint to keep an eye on my cantanke..."
Being in the U.S., I have no help to offer but needed to say wow! I am impressed that this issue has just come up if your MIL is 98 years old. She must be in pretty good shape (even if cantankerous) to have remained independent so long.
Leslie wrote: "Joan wrote: "Folks in Great Britain, can you give me any advice?I’m trying to figure out where to turn for advice on coordinating a move to assisted-living or finding a live-saint to keep an eye o..."
Yes she is a spitfire - she has a three-wheel electric scooter to drive around her village and up until this winter she was charging around at top speed - about 5 mph :-)
Joan, seriously, your MIL sounds phenomenal. I WILL be more careful, Leslie, I promise.
It is ~1:30 in the afternoon here in New England and the snow is coming down quite heavily at the moment. I am glad that I had recovered enough from my indisposition to go grocery shopping yesterday! The forecast has varied from 3-18 inches of snow by tomorrow, followed by rain -- yuck.
Leslie, I do hope the weather improves.
Leslie, stay safe and warm ! Can’t believe you are getting hit again . We are expecting a few flurries but misty it’s a blah day here with no sun and about 37 degrees.
Here on Long Island we have snow and thunder - so I’m posting this as 40 pounds of dog tries to climb into my lap.As Leslie said - sleet, snow, rain —-yuk
Driving to work without windshield wipers in the snow-rain. Good times. Luckly, I only work about 3 miles from my house. Wiper broke when I was cleaning off my car and I couldn't see to fix it in the dark. I will be glad when winter is over.
Ruth wrote: "Driving to work without windshield wipers in the snow-rain. Good times. Luckly, I only work about 3 miles from my house. Wiper broke when I was cleaning off my car and I couldn't see to fix it in t..."Sounds harrowing, I’m glad you made it home.
The snow looks beautiful here but I think it is heavy and hard on the trees.
Joan, I go around shaking snow off trees, but that is in Sweden. Ruth, be careful. That does sound dangerous!
My Co worker temporarily fixed it but I definitely need a new wiper. but I made it to work safe and sound. We didn't get much snow thankfully we got mostly rain and I didn't lose power either so it's all good.
Ruth, glad you are safe. Change that wiper as soon as you can.
Hope everyone on the east coast stays safe. My son who is a claim adjuster, has been sent to Rhode Island. Spent the afternoon with three of my favorite girls, my youngest daughter, Annie, my baby granddaughter Rue and the pup Ona.
I will Chrisse especially since they are saying we may get another storm next week.
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Also in Italy Spring doesn't want to come out; it is not snowing anymore as 15 days ago, but it's pouring with rain!
Laura, it's sunny and warm both in Pescara and in Macerata, where I'm currently staying at my parents'. I hope the sun will soon come out in Perugia as well...
Sunny also here in North Italy, it seem nearly spring. Laura, you live in the wrong place :P
Marina, I had to look up Pescara and Macerata - looks lovely.
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Joan wrote: "Marina, I had to look up Pescara and Macerata - looks lovely."Yes, both cities definitely aren't known outside of Italy I'm afraid. I even met some Italian people who didn't know where Macerata is! I think they are both quite nice :) I've been living in Pescara for two years and a half now and I love it!
Marina wrote: "Joan wrote: "Marina, I had to look up Pescara and Macerata - looks lovely."Yes, both cities definitely aren't known outside of Italy I'm afraid. I even met some Italian people who didn't know whe..."
There are cities like that everywhere, I think, and sometimes in their own countries. I have spent years here in the eastern USA saying I'm from near Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) only to finally realize that people out here have almost never heard of they city of Vancouver, Washington, USA and they live in the same country. On the Canadian and American west coast (ie more than just California, for crying out loud ;) ) we all know about both so are often specific if we are outside of our local areas there.
Talk about not knowing cities--it can be even worse. When we moved to Sweden people confused it with Switzerland............
Chrissie wrote: "Talk about not knowing cities--it can be even worse. When we moved to Sweden people confused it with Switzerland............"I know of an ex colleague who lived for several years in Austria and some people kept thinking she was living in Australia...
Marina wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Talk about not knowing cities--it can be even worse. When we moved to Sweden people confused it with Switzerland............"I know of an ex colleague who lived for several years..."
Doesn't surprise me......... Pretty bad, huh?!
We are going to be hit with our third nor'easter. Estimates are 12 to 18 inches of snow. When is spring coming?
Sometimes I find these mismatches funny. There are still people who think that Canada is part of the US. And when my son lived in Malaysia a lot of people there thought that Europe is a kind of US, and English the spoken language by everyone.
Oh well, and my mother always confused Malaysia with something else. Lol, I think she still doesn't know where her grandchild has lived for one year :D
What me concerns, I have to say that I live in this region since 14 years but I don't know all the places. So when people talk me about a place, I still have to ask where it is :/
Ruth wrote: "We are going to be hit with our third nor'easter. Estimates are 12 to 18 inches of snow. When is spring coming?"Ruth, I sympathize!
dely, the elderly do forget and do confuse things.........not to say that the less elderly don't do that too.
When I first visited Israel in 1979 my friends asked me if Israelis had TV and rode everywhere on camels. In fact the common misconception that Israel is just desert and camels led to a website about Israeli technology being called 'No Camels'.
Esther wrote: "When I first visited Israel in 1979 my friends asked me if Israelis had TV and rode everywhere on camels. In fact the common misconception that Israel is just desert and camels led to a website ab..."
OMG.
Chrissie wrote: "dely, the elderly do forget and do confuse things.........not to say that the less elderly don't do that too."Yes, in fact I find it funny and joke about it with my mother :D
One day while shopping here in New York with my Mother-in-law as shop clerk asked her where she was from. She replied “Jersey”. The shop clerk was astonished that people from New Jersey have English accents! From then on she just told people she was from England.
Here on GR maybe the level of knowledge is a higher than elsewhere b/c here we do read.
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Not for the moment ....:(
I always say that to my husband: we should move to a city close to the see!!!
Joan wrote: "One day while shopping here in New York with my Mother-in-law as shop clerk asked her where she was from. She replied “Jersey”. The shop clerk was astonished that people from New Jersey have Englis..."
I usually say I'm from London rather than specify although now I'm near Oxford I could say that!
I really like hearing where people are from and have a good knowledge of Geography so I'm usually interested in the nearest city. If I haven't heard of it I'll google it as it's brilliant knowledge for pub quizzes!
I usually say I'm from London rather than specify although now I'm near Oxford I could say that!
I really like hearing where people are from and have a good knowledge of Geography so I'm usually interested in the nearest city. If I haven't heard of it I'll google it as it's brilliant knowledge for pub quizzes!
When people ask where I lived in England I say near Oxford because most people have heard of the university. Otherwise people assume that everyone English comes from London and as much as I love London that just irritates me.
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Laura, I know about Perugia because of the chocolates !
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Perugina Factory!!! Created by an exceptional woman - almost illiterate - at the end of the XIX Century, Luisa Spagnoli. Still bearing her name the dark chocolate bars, that to make cacke with WERE really great.
I'm saying were because since the late 80s the Perugina has been bought by Nestlè, and the quality of their products has terribly dropped.
Still the "Baci", their most famous chololate candy, are quite good, and a nice present to bring along!!!
Laura, it’s the Baci candy that I am familiar with and have enjoyed!
Laura, my parents visited the Perugina factory a short while ago, and brought home tons of chocolate for me! As you say though, the quality is not the same as before. The Baci are still wonderfully tasty, though :)
Ruth wrote: "We are going to be hit with our third nor'easter. Estimates are 12 to 18 inches of snow. When is spring coming?"The snow is coming down now, midmorning Tuesday. We had ~17 inches in the last storm and expect this one to be the same, though hopefully fluffier so it will be lighter for shovelling!
It feels like February and March reversed their weather :/
Interesting about the woman who started Perugina chocolate; I didn’t know they were Nestle.We visited the walled city of Perouges, France - the guide said it was probably settled by migrants from Perugia 800 years ago. He was a nice kid but I’m not sure he had his facts straight.
Leslie , I can’t believe you are going to get hit again with a storm. In upstate NY, it’s snowing a little but we are expected to get 5 - 9 inches overnight and more in areas south of here . Stay safe and warm !
I'm sorry to hear that there it's still snowing. Luckily today we had a very warm day. Can't wait to go to read again on my terrace though this year I have to renew the parapet. But I think I will do it in April or May.Btw, I don't know how many Windows phone users we have here. Well, I'm one of those and in these last months the apps, one after the other, stopped working or had always problems. I went to the shop to ask them what could be done, and they told me that Microsoft decided to give up on mobile phones, so they won't do any updates anymore. They will do only updates for security but not for functionality :/
A few days ago I have seen a good discount for a Huawei and I've read good reviews about it (it's the 9P Lite). I bought it but it's still in its box :-( I will have a hard time to get used to Android, I have never liked it.
Other Windows phone users in my same situation?
I am an Android phone user so no help from me, dely.
My son is in Rhode Island and he says all the businesses are closed. Three in a row, unbelievable. We had a few snow showers here today,nothing stocked but was surprising since it was totally unexpected.I don't want nor own a cell phone, so I am no help at all.
I don't know how much snow we got but it was bad coming home from work this morning.Diane, the Governor had asked people to stay home and for businesses to give their employees the day off and I guess it worked because there was not much traffic on the roads. I woke up tonight and my road is down to pavement. Bristol usually does a good job of plowing..They even have this little plow that plows the sidewalks. : )
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I understand that you have to go out with Oscar, but please take him for a walk in a more safe place."
LOL - that was my first thought as well! Chrissie, please don't push yourself too hard & take care.