General Chat

good morning all. dry here, no frost and 0 degrees. Feels cold here in my office though even though the heating is on.
Hopefully going out for coffee this morning with my friend.Just remembered tomorrow is my son's wedding anniversary so I also have to post their card. Then,being the end of a month there are the Accounts to check And I really need to pot on some tomato seeds. goodness knows if they will survive they are not as big as I would have liked with going away. everything is behind this year with growing.

O and thats not the end of it when I opened my pills they have given me dispersable asprin instead of thegastro resistant ones.

We had sun for most of the day but I feel like my day was completely washed out. Our flurries of snow were big blobs first that then got smaller and smaller till it stopped. Nothing to settle though.

The paint we picked is more of a creamy beige colour but when I got in homebase I couldn't see it on offer it must have been an on line offer , there was no body about other than at the till so I didn't bother trying to find someone to ask as we don't need it yet so I left it.

Oh goodness Mel what a todo with your tablets ,I always put our prescriptions in at least a week before they are due as they say it needs three days at the doctors and then three days for boots to do it , we have built up a stock of tablets so if they don't have some we have some in reserve, we have our tablets monthly.

It was dry when we came home from homebase and windy so I hung the bedding out ,it was only out for an hour and I went out and it was all dry .
Suns still shining and I can see its snowing too.

Has Michelin man returned Vera? Hope he was not too cold.

Mel, frustrating for you. I wonder why they insist on monthly. I get eight weeks at a time, usually try and remember to collect them two or three weeks before they are due.

Its snowing again

The won't let more than a months plls at a time.

Went to the surgery again for my missing pills and oh's one that was missing and there starts another tale. Mine had'nt been delivered yet but just then the van came in so the receptionist said they would unpack quickly to see if My pills were there. They were'nt so she said she would deliver them to Shebbear Shop tomorrow for me. Then I asked about oh's that were'nt in the bag with the others and she told me they had to be approved by the doctor so I came home with nothing to show for myhird journey today.
I was in tears at the surgery with frustration. I even asked he for the email address to which she gave me a piece of paper with it on and I said I had tried both of those and they both time out on me. I told her I even tried ringing on my mobile and got the same as the housse phone. Gave her my phone and she rang and got straight through. I told her I had no numbers come up when I rang to put in the number I wanted and she showed me how to get the keypad up with the numbers so I may be lucky and be able to ring them on my mobile in the future.

And now its time to start getting the dinner and a whole day wasted and not a bit of craft done at all. I did manage to clean the little loo this morning but thats it. I am so fed up.. :-( :-(

Snow showers on and off all day, some quite heavy but at least it's not settling. There's also a bitter cold wind. OH has gone out for a walk and is so wrapped up in hat, coat, gloves etc that you can hardly see him in the layers.

How lovely to see the newborn lambs Gwyn but what a cold week for them to enter the world.

Oh Mel, you must be so frustrated with your scripts. Take a few deep breaths and count to ten. I am so lucky with the system round here. All I have to do is go into town every four weeks, pick up my meds and tell them what I'll want next time. Our surgery is now booking the fourth jab for anyone vulnerable or anyone over 75 so OH and I are booked in for 27th April, not that I've told him yet ;-)

I laughed at your OH and his frowning as I am always asking mine why he looks so angry or telling him to stop scowling. I think our two men were cast in the same mould. I also had a giggle at the slipper story as it reminded me of my much missed brother. He stepped out of his front door one day and it slammed behind him. His doorkeys, coat, car keys and money were all inside and there wasn't a window open anywhere so he decided to walk the couple of miles to the Job Centre where his partner worked to collect another set of keys. He thought people were giving him funny looks which wasn't surprising as it was quite a chilly day and he was walking along with no coat and wearing his slippers. He slunk into the Job Centre trying to hide his size 12 feet, collected some keys and cash and got the bus back still wearing the slippers :-)

Snowfall is an appropriate name today for your paint Mandy. I imagine it as a white with a hint of grey but I might be totally wrong.

Well, I'd better look at getting a Sainsbury's delivery slot booked for next week. Stay warm everyone.

Oh Mel what a worry for you and I think I would have been in tears as well. We started having similar problems a long while ago because OH was not taking our scripts in till we nearly ran out. What I did (and you could try) was put the scripts into the surgery a few days earlier than it says they are due. The next one will give a due date for the next ones a few days sooner as well. Do the same the next few times till you have a couple of weeks tablets in hand. If anyone tells you they aren't due yet you can always say you are hoping to go away for a few days and will run out.

AnnG OH met his wife a few times in his other work about 10 years ago and at that time he did have children, but they may be grown up now. Yes, it does help if a man has hobbies and interests. OH always had his footie. I had mixed feelings when I finished work and it was the status with me too once I became an Inspector. I had a warrant I could enter premises with, could do police interviews under caution and went to court. I missed my pinstripe suit I would wear to visit accountants, solicitors, court and bigger companies etc and felt I suddenly became a nobody. Then you remember the tough targets to meet that affected your pay rises, having to write reports for your staff, the difficult customers and days you wished you could be outside in the nice weather. I still find it amazing that I get paid without having to work and really appreciate it still. I missed the people but am still in touch with 3 of my colleagues.

Vera it was good to see that poor lady didn't have serious injuries. It must have been a shock for her though.

We have had several snow showers and a blizzard a while ago, but it is sunny now although the temperature has gone back down to 2 degrees.

The blind man came at the start of the 3 hour slot which was good. Much more helpful this time and he has turned the blind slats round how I wanted. He even suggested and ordered longer sticks for the blinds in the bay window to make it easier for me to reach over the window seat. He said that the 2 blinds joining in the middle won't lie as flat, but when I checked it is much better than it was. He did the ensuite blind so the pullcord is back on the right again, so that's good. I decided as I'd got what I wanted, and his attitude was so much better, not to raise the matter of the missing blind which his employer now knows about.

OH is out at more meetings and won't be back till about 8.00pm and I can't decide what to do next.

Gosh Mel...Youve really had the run around today. I'm sorry to hear that.

You seem to often be chasing or collecting scripts.
If the medical condition is stable, is there any chance of them doubling up the prescription, so that you only have to once every 2 months for example?

That's what I do and I know several of my friends do the same.
The system here is that the chemist encloses a printout prescription when we pick up an order for medication. About the beginning of the 3rd week after that, I pop the prescription into the collection box at the GP's surgery, having ringed the chemist where I want to collect. The GP signs it off and I collect medication for 8 weeks, about 5 days later from the chemist.
This halves the time the doctor and the chemist has to spend writing and dispensing for each person.

It snowed a bit while we were having lunch but the sun wasstill out over the back of the bungalow.

I have spent all morning chasing out script and then had to wait at the surgery for them ttoo do them and when I got home they hav'nt put one of oh's pills in the bag. I also have to go up there again this afternoon to collect one of mine as they did'nt have it!!!!! I can't ring them and it all ended in me in tears this morning after doing all his pills for the week only to find the one he ran out of two days ago was the one thats missing. I am at the end of my tether.

Afternoon everyone.
I thought it was Spring earlier, when I saw the first of the local baby lambs in a field a few miles from here. They were very young, only a matter of a day or so old, I would say. Most of the ewes in the field hadn't had their lambs yet, so they will be born this week, I expect.
Within the hour they were in for a shock, when the brilliant sunshine had turned to heavy hail, then a watery snowstorm.

I thought that you or at least your OH might know him through his voluntary work with various things. So sad, does he have a young family? I suppose we never know what people are facing in their private lives. Despite having a high powered job T adapted to retirement fairly easily although he did take on contract work for a couple of years after officially retiring. But he also had his golf and was treasurer of the Senior golfers division for a few years. I found it odd when I retired, I didn't miss working but missed the people and strangely had a problem working out what my status was in my life after having quite a responsible job. I can imagine the more 'power' you have the higher you are in your organisation, the more difficult it is to adjust.

Lol!! Slippers!! Good job it was not raining. :-D

Morning All,

It's only 2 degrees here at the moment and the car had a thin layer of snow on it when I went for my walk earlier. It was bitterly cold where it was windy and made my face ache.

AnnG I couldn't believe it when I read about our newly retired Chief Constable being found dead at his home. OH knew him quite well from doing voluntary police custody work when he first retired and we both attended talks he gave at the Police HQ just down the road from here. We both instantly liked him. He was enthusiastic, personable, approachable and had no sense of his importance, smiley, keen to do a good job, was fit and smart too. Apparently when he first tried to join the Police force here they turned him down due to some kind cf colour blindness, but they accepted him elswhere and he rose through the ranks. I do hope it wasn't suicide, but I know he was off work for health reasons a while ago but that could have been for any reason. He had only retired 12 days ago. I agree AnnG and think it can be a tricky time for some at first when they retire from a job of importance and prestige and with much pressure. It's such a loss of a good man, whatever the reason, and he could have continued using his skills and experience in so many other organisations had he wished to as you say. I was a bit concerned about OH when he retired early, but so much change in his work life seemed to make him very adaptable and positive and finding other things is what he did and is still doing.

OH just walked to the post box at the end of the close to post a letter for me. He said it was a bit awkward walking and he noticed when he got there that he still had his slippers on!! What am I to do with him! He often frowns when he looks at me and I am always telling him he looks grumpy when he does it, but he waves away my comments (as nonsense no doubt) and tells me no-one else has ever commented. Well at last night's meeting, someone asked him why he was frowning at them and asked what the matter was!! Ha ha, it made him burst out laughing and he had to confess his wife must be right as she was always telling him the same!

Well it's warmed up one degree to 3 degrees now. I'd better clear some space near the windows the blind man will hopefully sort out next.

Morning ll,

Bright and sunny here this morningbut its only 5 degrees out there. Snow Mandy?? and snowfall paint for the kitchen? is it a light grey of a creamy colour?

Morning all,

We woke to snow this morning it was quite heavy and has laid on the roof and top of the wall but the paths and the roads are clear as it was very wet before it snowed ,I looked on the camera and it was snowing about 2 o'clock.

Vera it does shake you up when you see an accident, your OH was good to think of getting the first aider out there it was his good deed of the day ,I hope the poor lady makes a good recovery .

Colins brother had somebody step out in front of him years ago and the poor chap died it took a while for him to get over it .

We're off to homebase in a while to get some emulsion to decorate the kitchen in a few weeks time they have crown paint on offer so we thought we'd get some now I think we're going for one called Snowfall as it's nice and light ,we also need to get a new blind .

How sad to read of the death of the 55 year old just retired Chief constable of Leicestershire. Of course we don't know the facts but suicide is mentioned. so many people who retire from high profile, active jobs before they are ready find it difficult to cope with. such a pity as he must have had a lot to offer in other areas of work or voluntary work.

good morning Vera and everyone. 0 degree here but no frost. forecast for the weekend is worrying. Anyone who has planted out tender plants because of the good weather last week should be concerned. I am a bit concerned for my plants in the unheated greenhouse I am hoping the very low temperatures don't get down this far but I may just cover them. Forecast for North East is a potential -8. A lot of plants won't survive that.

Good morning all

Brrr. There was a heavy frost last night and a few flakes of snow this morning. Weather app says it is 2 degrees but feels like -3.

I didn’t sleep much last night. I got up again at 1 am as I wasn’t sleeping, made some tea and stayed downstairs for a while, then went back to bed and read till 3 am. Eventually I fell asleep and woke again at 7 am.

I’m not sure what I’ll be doing today. I’m going to put the towels in to wash now but have no plans after that but I expect I’ll fill my day somehow. I hope you all enjoy your day whatever you are doing.

Oh that is good I hope she recovers well. Sleep well Vera.