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[happy]

Welcome back Ma'am!
Glad to here you are doing better

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Thanks Happy. I'm pleased to be back.

And Ma'am? Really? :D

[Ace]

Margaret wrote: "Thanks Happy. I'm pleased to be back.

And Ma'am? Really? :D"

Madam Margaret, welcome back 😂😂

[Adrian]

Margaret wrote: "Terri wrote: "A real shame the clots in your lungs has put the brakes on your London trips.
My hubby does overseas trips for his work even though he gets clots and has had them in legs and lungs b..."
I had to have the clexane shots when I was going OS straight after an ankle operation. After the first one it was no big deal at all.

Welcome back Margaret.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

No. No needles! *shudders*

[Andy]

Me and klexane are real tight, on/off it for any procedures or if my inr falls below 2.0 😁

[Tamara]

This is probably a silly question. But I don't understand what blood clots have to do with long distance travel. Is it because you sit still on a plane for hours at a time which causes the blood to stop circulating as freely? Or is it a condition people already have which is exacerbated by sitting still for long periods? Or none of the above.

[Jane]

Tamara wrote: "This is probably a silly question. But I don't understand what blood clots have to do with long distance travel. Is it because you sit still on a plane for hours at a time which causes the blood to..."

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/travel...

I think the short answer is in paragraph 2.

I don't think it's a silly question.

[Tamara]

Thank you, Jane.

[Andy]

Good question Tamara & thats a good page Jane, it can be a multitude of things at the beginning but once you've had a clot OR are prone to them due to a condition the probability of getting another one does increase as is my case. Im "encouraged" to wear surgical stockings on long travel..... but it dont do much for yer street cred plus darn hot in the summer :0 but as long as yer aware of the possibility you take precautions (keep moving, stretch, walk about & the worst one..... Do NOT cross your legs! thats a major no-no)

[Tamara]

Andy wrote: "but as long as yer aware of the possibility you take precautions (keep moving, stretch, walk about & the worst one..... Do NOT cross your legs! thats a major no-no) .."

Good to know. Thanks, Andy.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

If you're sitting for long periods, Tamara, like when you're writing, you should get up every hour at least and walk around for ten minutes. Then back to sitting.
And while sitting there's exercises like bending your ankles up and down, and lifting your legs up and down a few times.

Arms and upper body is the same. Move arms when you do your ten minute walk. Anytime blood can pool in the body you can get clots. Got to keep that blood circulating.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Andy wrote: "Good question Tamara & thats a good page Jane, it can be a multitude of things at the beginning but once you've had a clot OR are prone to them due to a condition the probability of getting another..."

Unlearning crossing my legs has been the hardest thing. It's always been my default sitting position.

[Andy]

Margaret wrote: "Andy wrote: "Good question Tamara & thats a good page Jane, it can be a multitude of things at the beginning but once you've had a clot OR are prone to them due to a condition the probability of ge..."

:) Tell me about it, Im here now typing with one leg up under the other lols

[Tamara]

Terri wrote: "If you're sitting for long periods, Tamara, like when you're writing, you should get up every hour at least and walk around for ten minutes. Then back to sitting.
And while sitting there's exercise..."

Wow! I had no idea. Thank you for cautioning me, Terri. I do sit for very long periods of time either writing or reading. Sometimes i can go for hours at a time because I completely lose track of time. It hadn't occurred to me to take short breaks and walk around or do some stretching exercises every hour or so. No wonder my body feels stiff when I stand up. Creaking bones and aching joints and stiff muscles.

My eye doctor tells me the same thing. Apparently, I'm exhausting my eyes. He says I need to take my eye away from the book or the computer screen and look away for a few minutes to give my eye muscles a chance to relax. He says I need to look away every 20 minutes or so. Otherwise my eye muscles get stiff and my eyes start to hurt. I guess that is the same principle as moving my body around to prevent things from "stiffening" or "clotting" up. Needless to say, I forget to take his advice.

The joys of aging :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I never cross my legs when sitting. I find it uncomfortable. Plus I did Deportment School as a teen and proper ladies don't cross their legs. They sit like the Queen. Feet flat on floor, knees together. *curtsey* :-)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

*snorts* I did deportment as a teen as well. Never really stuck apart from my posture when walking.

I've always preferred trousers over skirts so the whole ladylike thing never really worried me.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Oh now, skirts don't maketh the lady. :) Trousers are perfectly fine for a modern lady.
Deportment stuck with me. I am so glad my parents put me through. It certainly didn't stop me from playing in the dirt, wearing jeans and swearing like a trucker, but it gave me a terrific base.

I could have tea with royalty and hold my own. Or, I could chug my coffee and spill half of it down my shirt in rough company and then call it a hot f#$@er.
I can fit into both worlds. :-D

[Jane]

How about crossing ankles or is that a no-no too? :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Jane wrote: "How about crossing ankles or is that a no-no too? :)"

Crossing ankles is also a no no. At least from a circulatory point of view.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Oh now, skirts don't maketh the lady. :) Trousers are perfectly fine for a modern lady.
Deportment stuck with me. I am so glad my parents put me through. It certainly didn't stop me from playing i..."

Yeah it does do that. My carriage is that of a lady, but annoy me enough and the the language that comes out of my mouth would make a soldier blush.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Margaret wrote: "Yeah it does do that. My carriage is that of a lady, but annoy me enough and the the language that comes out of my mouth would make a soldier blush.
..."

Preach.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Jane wrote: "How about crossing ankles or is that a no-no too? :)"

As a lady it is okay. To the side though. :)
For blood clots, not okay. Keep those delicate ankles uncrossed.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Tamara,
Did he tell you to focus into the distance? I think they call it the 20/20 rule, or something like that. Or 20/15. I don't know. both are in the ballpark. lol.

Reading or being at a computer for 20 minutes and then focus on something further than 15-20 metres away for a while. I can't remember how long for. Just stare far away at something in the distance until you get bored of it... that's what I do. Just until I am bored. :) But I think it is supposed to be for a certain amount of time.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Tamara,
Did he tell you to focus into the distance? I think they call it the 20/20 rule, or something like that. Or 20/15. I don't know. both are in the ballpark. lol.

Reading or being at a comput..."

Yup. Every 20 minutes I get up and stare out of the window for a couple of minutes.

[Bobby]

Hey Margaret, about time to see some book recommendations!! Welcome back.

[Jane]

Terri wrote: "Tamara,
Did he tell you to focus into the distance? I think they call it the 20/20 rule, or something like that. Or 20/15. I don't know. both are in the ballpark. lol.

Reading or being at a comput..."

When we first got computers at work we were told the same thing. Here at home there's a nice back yard, plenty of trees and sometimes deer come through and crop the grass or bushes. [I do hate we've encroached on their habitat, though.]

[Tamara]

Terri wrote: "Tamara,
Did he tell you to focus into the distance? I think they call it the 20/20 rule, or something like that. Or 20/15. I don't know. both are in the ballpark. lol.

Reading or being at a comput..."

Yep! That's what he told me to do. Tear your eye away from the book/computer screen and stare into the distance for a few minutes to relax the eye muscles. And then go back to what you're doing.
I'm supposed to do it every 20 minutes--"supposed" being the operative word here.

[Simona]

Welcome back Margaret. To avoid crossing legs/ankles and keep a correct sitting position, have you ever tried a Stokke ergonomic chair?
They are really good, also for people suffering from back ache.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Are they the ones you kneel into? I think they'd be uncomfortable for me because you don't have anything to lean your head back into when you need a rest holding it up.

[Simona]

Yes, they are. I promise you don't need a head rest, because your position doesn't suggest you to do it; but I seem to remember there is also a kind of armchair where you can do it.

[Andy]

?? That looks well uncomfortable.....

http://oknws.com/balans-kneeling-chai...


Now me, I'd like one of these

http://www.lol803cardiff.com/stokke-e...

or even this lols

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...

[Simona]

Not sure about the third one 😄😄😄

[Simona]

....but the first one is actually very comfortable!😊

[Tamara]

How on earth do you get up on the third one? i think I'd be exhausted before I was even able to make it up there.

It would have been nice to have it when I chaired a meeting in those long ago days before I retired. I would climb up there before anyone showed up for a meeting to avoid any embarrassing indignities as I clambered up. And I would be sitting on my high perch ready to greet the underlings as they entered--a visual reminder of who is charge. That would have shut down dissension with a snap!

Yes, I could easily have gone for that.

[Simona]

I like your way of thinking! :-D

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

hahaha! That third one is a bit of craic! So funny.

I can just see how funny this would be in a meeting. With the Chairperson sitting in it at the head of the table.

Like Doctor Evil. Only you'd need a white cat to stroke and they may not allow that in the boardroom. But if you have a chair like that, who would argue!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Bobby wrote: "Hey Margaret, about time to see some book recommendations!! Welcome back."

Thanks Bobby. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

This is my chair.
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/o...

When I am talking to you ladies and gents, it is usually while sitting in this.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "This is my chair.
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/o...

When I am talking to you ladies and gents, it is usually while sitting in this."
That's similar to my chair at work.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Yours has the high back? High enough to rest the head? I like a chair that has the high head or a head cushion.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Yours has the high back? High enough to rest the head? I like a chair that has the high head or a head cushion."

Yup.

[Andy]

Anybody like Tanks?

I went to something called "Tankfest" today at Bovington Camp which is jus a hop, skip n jump from me - not been there since I was a bairn & you used to be allowed to clamber all over the tanks & "play" inside them as tankmen! A great day & well worth the admission which allows you free access thereafter for a year, great if yer local. Was 1000's there & lots for Germans, Russians amongst the crowd, real enthusiasts too & great atmosphere as the ol tanks got put through the paces from WWII to modern day, although i had to laugh as they went around going through their paces at the engineering of each..... The American Sherman although compact was loud & noisy :) the Russian tanks belched smoke & rattled, the German leopards literally purred, purfect engineering & lastly the British tanks, namely the Chieftain, Broke down :O lols

All sorts of stalls, re-enactments going on, staged warfare & models of tanks, some mechanised..... there was a 1/16th Tiger Tank going for....... £5,000 - it was awesome, the detail incredible with every single tracked linked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN02n...

[Ace]

I hope you bought the tank Andy and it's now sitting in your garage, or better yet, your front lawn!

[Tamara]

It would probably serve nicely as an office chair as long as the seat has a high back.

[Andy]

Ace wrote: "I hope you bought the tank Andy and it's now sitting in your garage, or better yet, your front lawn!"

I told the fellah I'd want in painted for that price! Not sure he was too impressed..... lols Mind lots of serious punters were making purchases on other kits, really high quality engineering

[Andy]

Tamara wrote: "It would probably serve nicely as an office chair as long as the seat has a high back."

Yeah, sitting in the command turret & training the gun on anyone in the office who was jawing instead of working :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I like tanks.
Sounds like an awesome day. Especially the old beasts getting a run around the paddock. Those Leopards sure were done well.

[Andy]

It was only a rehearsal day (but still great & lots going on) with Sat/Sun sold out........ The Leopards were brilliant, they even "FIRED" their guns & an annoying little brat in front of us fell over with fright..... how we all laughed lols.... I wont say what nationality he was ;)

I only caught it by chance, an overseas (online) friend of mine was raving about a TIGERFEST a few months back & saying he was coming to Bovvy Tank museum & i'm like..... thats right on my doorstep :) and I've not even aware of it...... always amazed at what happens locally & you sometimes miss out on it.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Haha.
Omg. That's cool that they got to fire the guns. Did tge Sherman get to fire its cannon?