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[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

We had the haar today. Nice and cool!

[Kelly]

Patti, sorry to hear about Dave's dad - thankfully he is able to made decisions himself.

Years ago - about 20 - we were in Bangkok for a couple of days before getting on a small plane to Koh Samui. My ears were blocked after the flight from London and I couldn't hear a damn thing, plus was worried that I was going to be on a small plane and concerned about popping eardrums. Anyhoo, we ended up at the main Bangkok Hospital. Couldn't believe how up-to-date it was with whizzy equipment and some top-of-the-range ear syringing thing. We had to pay but it was only a few pounds.

[Jim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Jim wrote: "the stretches did work for me without any medication"

Except for the gel, yes?"

The gel I use for something else, I've probably got metatarsal issues and the gel seems to deal with that. (Perhaps it's now healing by itself or whatever they do)
The stretches worked fine for the plantar thingy

I do two,
"Place the ball of your foot on the edge of the step and relax your heel downwards. This will stretch your fascia and your calf. Hold for 30 seconds and do it 3 times."

Stretch your calves
Stand an arm's length from a wall.
Place your right foot behind your left.
Slowly and gently bend your left leg forward.
Keep your right knee straight and your right heel on the ground.
Hold the stretch for 15 to 30 seconds and release. ...
Reverse the position of your legs, and repeat.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

So many people with plantar fasciitis - husband says it the design on recent trainers. He says the heels are too low.
I’m glad I’m not in France at the moment. Monday a camp of gens de voyage, travellers were moved on from the riverside near Nice airport. They purposely blocked the main A 8 motorway which is the busiest in the south of France and caused chaos with their caravans. They were moved next day and blocked the roads near Cannes. The prefect has given permission for them to have 10days in our village on the Grand Pré. My pal said 125 caravans were blocking the roads. The mayor and all his list have resigned en masse. He refuses to have responsibility for hygiene, water etc for them, sounds like fun and games. Putting 200 travellers (locals said there were a lot more than 200 ) in a village of 120O people is not very clever.

[Patti (baconater)]

Good morning!

I've been up for ages. On my second coffee! I admit I did go to bed ridiculously early. Took my kindle to bed to get away from the football, n all.

I probably shouldn't comment on the traveller situation as I'm woefully uninformed (get ready for the but) but as its a culture that's survived for hundreds of years, you'd think acceptance and understanding would have happened by now. On both sides, I mean.
Anyway...

Yeah, Kelly, the medical care in Bangkok is really good. Imagine how it's further improved in the past 20 years. Our new job includes excellent health insurance, from what I've been able to glean about it online. A rep will be giving us full information about it during our induction, we're told. It can't help but be a vast improvement on the insurance we had in Baku. I've friends there who have been fighting for various reimbursements for over a year. One friend went to management to explain that she was losing 5-10 hours a WEEK of planning/teaching time due to having to deal with the insurers. Didn't make any difference, of course.

[Patti (baconater)]

Jim wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Jim wrote: "the stretches did work for me without any medication"

Except for the gel, yes?"

The gel I use for something else, I've probably got metatarsal issues and the..."

Thanks Jim.

I've had Dave against the wall frequently over the past few weeks.
I've found another that seems to work is having him put the ball of his foot on the edge of the coffee table and press his heel away from him. I'd never noticed how he usually points his toes forward when he's at rest. I'm sure he's enjoying my nagging.

[Patti (baconater)]

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "We had the haar today. Nice and cool!"

Still lovely and warm here. I'm sure I've never experienced so many fine days in a row in Wales before. I'm sure we'll pay for it...

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Ach it's foggy again! Perhaps it'll clear today

Morning all

[Benjamin]

Morning all. Cloudy here too.

I've had a couple of clients with plantar fasciiitis, Patti, and it always sounds painful - hope Dave's feels better soon.

[M.T.]

Morning all!

It’s cloudy here today but this summer has been amazing, even if it stops now, we’ve still had one. Presumably it will start to rain soon as the schools are about to break up.

[Patti (baconater)]

Thanks Benjamin.

We've got eye exams this morning, then Dave wants to go shoe shopping again. Blergh.
He also wants to go out for lunch, so there's that.

[Kelly]

I dislike shopping. There, I said it! I like going for lunch, mind you. Have a good day, Patti.

Sun is out but I will be trapped in the office all day. Have to go to a work thing tonight - a wine tasting. Not really my kind of thing. I like drinking the stuff, not talking about it!

Happy hump day.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Morning all, another rubbish night sleep, sciatica was so bad I could barely walk. Better now, currently got foot on an ice pack as I have a work do, I have to wear smart shoes which will be painful. Glad I can't drink, will need painkillers.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

The gens du voyage in France are really something else. Top of the range caravans, Mercedes & Lexus cars. More gold jewellery than you could imagine. They aren’t one horse gypsy caravans by any means. They arrive mob handed and demand free electricity & water etc. I don’t know how they make a living, I’m not being facetious. I saw a video clip of the maire on Twitter and he was fuming.

[Jud]

Morning

It is roasting here already, it is like south of France temperatures. I wish I had taken today off work, I have no meetings so I could have. Maybe I'll skip out early instead.

[Kath]

Morning each! Grey start again but it's burned off already. It's Fish and Chips at the Village Hall this lunchtime so I need to get down there by 11:30 to set out tables, butter bread etc.

Book Group tonight. All go - but pleasant go!

[Jim]

We never even managed a grey start!
But still I've done my homework :-)

[Jud]

Patti or Nosemanny there is a thread needs your attention deletion. Offering free Amazon goodies if you test stuff, it's not even book related "who want test free game headset? "

[Jud]

It would probably be more helpful if I linked to it, huh?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Will]

Spent yesterday driving to Manchester and back. Don't know how I didn't melt in the heat. I need today to recover.

[Alicia]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Morning all, another rubbish night sleep, sciatica was so bad I could barely walk. Better now, currently got foot on an ice pack as I have a work do, I have to wear smart shoes which will be painfu..."

Has someone given you exercises for the sciatica that you can do prophylactically and when it hits? I do them daily - I often wake up with everything out of alignment.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Jud wrote: "Patti or Nosemanny there is a thread needs your attention deletion. Offering free Amazon goodies if you test stuff, it's not even book related "who want test free game headset? ""

It's gone! And another who was chancing it :)

[Patti (baconater)]

It's so nice sharing the work, Rosemary.

We both ordered new glasses. Frikkin varifocals. I suppose I'm officially old now.
I didn't think I needed reading glasses yet, but the optometrist proved me wrong.

We also both bought shoes. Well, sandals. I needed a smart pair for work in Myanmar. Found some that should last. I hope.

Then a ploughman's and a small cider in the sun.

Lovely day.

I need a nap now.

[Will]

Love my varifocals, but they do take some getting used to. Particularly take care on stairs, steps and curbs for a while

[Patti (baconater)]

Yeah, I remember when my mom got her's. She was high stepping for a couple weeks.

Just need to wear them nonstop until your brain adjusts.

I just woke up. Hope I sleep tonight.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Alicia wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Morning all, another rubbish night sleep, sciatica was so bad I could barely walk. Better now, currently got foot on an ice pack as I have a work do, I have to wear sm..."

Yes, whether I am remembering them correctly is a different matter! Unfortunately mine is chronic and can flare up over simple things like a hard chair! Coped with my shoes, very relieved to get my padded shoes back on, most of us had two pairs of shoes! Was very hot and got a bad throat, every so often the wind direction would change and you could smell the fire from the moors! Also got a headache, mustn't have drank enough flavoured water, the cucumber one was great

[Alicia]

Mine's chronic, too - I know what you mean. And the pain is very hard to ignore. I need a hot tub.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Alicia wrote: "Mine's chronic, too - I know what you mean. And the pain is very hard to ignore. I need a hot tub."

It certainly is, might try doing some stretches when I wake up

[Kelly]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "It's so nice sharing the work, Rosemary.

We both ordered new glasses. Frikkin varifocals. I suppose I'm officially old now.
I didn't think I needed reading glasses yet, but the optometrist proved..."

Did I miss something. Patti? Are you going to Cyprus or Myanmar to work?

[Patti (baconater)]

Myanmar. We got a much better offer there.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Morning. It's really really foggy... Record breaking heatwave? pah

[Patti (baconater)]

Morning, Rosemary.

There's coffee in the pot, if you fancy.

Still clear blue sky here.

I bet people who booked their summer sun holiday abroad for this week are pissed off. I would be.

Dental appointments today. Dave's having a check up and cleaning but they could only fit me in for a checkup.
I expect I need a filling, so I'll have to book a second appt for that and a cleaning. I hope they can get me in before we leave.

[Benjamin]

Morning all. Foggy here as well, but I expect the day to heat up as it goes on.

[Lindsay]

Morning all,

Dexter thought i needed an early morning start today. Personally i think 4am was taking the piss but apparently I was wrong!

[Patti (baconater)]

I was up. Shame I'm not closer, I could have kept him amused.

[Patti (baconater)]

Speaking of closer.

I'm gonna find myself unexpectedly in Worcester on the 10th.

Anyone in the area wanna meet for a coffee in the morning?

[Benjamin]

Lindsay wrote: "Morning all,

Dexter thought i needed an early morning start today. Personally i think 4am was taking the piss but apparently I was wrong!"

The sunlight means all of our lot think it's breakfast time at 4am as well.

[M.T.]

I swear mine is a closet teenager. McMini’s sleep in record, aged two, was 10.00 am. Both of us really struggle in the mornings.

Yawn.

Morning all.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: " ..Was very hot and got a bad throat, every so often the wind direction would change and you could smell the fire from the moors! "


I was wondering if you were close to the fires

I had my new boiler fitted yesterday so at last i have hot water again.
We were away last week at welshpool, mum enjoyed it and kept talking about it so we are looking into going again. If we can fit it in between hospital appointments and other things. Yesterdays appointment was much quicker than last month as they didn't lose the blood samples this time so we came away at 11 and not 3.

I'm struggling to get going with things because of the heat and this stupid keyboard on the fire doesn't help. It can't spell (so everything takes twice as long to write ) and keeps sticking "th" everytime I press the return key and underlines in red words that are correct but leaves the garbage.

I still haven't mended the sewing machine so the quilt hasn't progressed. The back bedroom is now clear because of the boiler fitting so the new cupboards can be built and the room set up as a craft room. However the front bedroom now has lots of extra boxes that need sorting.

Hops everyone is well.

[Patti (baconater)]

You should just type away and let us enjoy trying to decipher your posts, Janet.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Morning all, I also woke up early, sun is shining though. Catch up day after being out of the office.

I agree about typing on the Fire Janet, although the cat forum has auto correct so its a GR issue. Glad the boiler is sorted, good luck getting boxes sorted. Sorry Dex was an extra early alarm clock. I would also be pissed off if I'd booked a hol this week Patti. Good luck at the dentist

[Kath]

Morning, each! Warm again. Need to do some more weeding. You'd think they'd wizen up in the heat, wouldn't you? Weeds of today. Grumble.

[Will]

Can I be the first to say that it's too hot for me?

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "You should just type away and let us enjoy trying to decipher your posts, Janet."

OK I will. Next time I'm attempting to post something

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "
I agree about typing on the Fire Janet, although the cat forum has auto correct so its a GR issue..Glad the boiler is sorted, good luck getting boxes sorted. ."

Just another thing that doesn't work on GR. And they are changing more - having updated the app for android now. I don't use it at all and prefer the desktop version rather than the mobile whether I'm on tablet or desktop. Apparently people find that navigating around groups difficult on the new app. And unfortunately a lot of people are reading into the replies from GoodReads staff that the mobile version or app is the way that the desktop version is going.

The boxes (and bags) are likely to stay for quite a while as I am finding very little time to do anything apart from work and ferry Mum around to hospital appointments and daycare. I fell asleep watching tv last night and was woken by the sunrise.
Thank goodness for my kindle - I can pick up and put down whenever.
And a couple of energetic fight classes at the gym to imagine I'm punching and kicking someone.

[Jud]

Morning

I have a headache threatening to unleash itself on me, I hope I can keep it at bay.

I am loving the weather! It is really putting me in the mood for a holiday though. I took yesterday afternoon off and it was the best decision ever, I filled the paddling pool and got in to it with the kids. We had lots of fun. And it turns out that Kathleen's paints aren't the easiest to wash off. I wish I could have today off too. Work sucks.

I hope your sciatica is better today Desley.

Sorry about the early wake up call Lindsay, Nathan woke at 4.30 but I was able to feed him back to sleep. I just got into bed beside him and woke at 6am.

[Patti (baconater)]

Lindsay needs to lactate so he can sleep more.

Dentist managed to shoehorn me in for both a checkup and cleaning.
Back tomorrow for a damn filling.

It's my grinding what does it.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Very scary that the army have had to be drafted in to sort the moors, but unfortunately there is so much peat which is a fuel and so remote that it’s hard to get water to, and the dry weather isn’t helping. Now we can see smoke from the office, apparently a plastics firm about 10 mins away is on fire, feel very sorry for our local fire service, good job the army has been drafted in.

I really do hope the desktop site doesn't go Janet, I always use it regardless of what device I am on. Good luck keeping your headache at by Jud. Glad you were able to take a day off and have fun with the kids.

[Jud]

Yes, lactating is a helpful ability but it also has it's downsides, like the fact that they wake during the night so they can feed even though they are 18 months and should be sleeping more than 2-4 hours at a stretch.

He is getting better though. I shouldn't have let myself get stuck in the feeding to sleep pattern again.

I hate the dentist, not personally I hate what the dentist does. Mouths are disgusting.

[Patti (baconater)]

Criminy, Desley!

I hope you don't end up evacuated!

[Jud]

Yikes! Keep safe Desley.