General Chat

Morning All,

Glad you did'nt have too bad a night Anng. Think I must have been thinking of you in the night as I have woken up with a lovely earache and neck ache both the same side on the left. I had a bit of earache before I went to bed last night and thought it may have gone by this morning but no its still with me.

Mandy yes I love Shakespeare and Hatherway too but I don't record anything I just watch it on Iplayer. I did watch the ones we had on this week but not sure if I kliked them or not. Oh thought they were the usual muck as he puts it. He only has to watch something for a few mins and know whose done it right away. He can't stand Vera or anything like that and I must admit Vera's vioce gets on my nerves now so I don't watch that now. Perhaps we have some good things coming up for the Spring.

Love to all of you who are feeling down. <3

Morning all,

Bit cloudy here and when I got the bin in I could feel a little light drizzle in the air .

Anng thats good you had a decent night with no pain ,hope the denture comes out OK if not I'd ring the dentist and see if it can be adjusted so it comes out easier .

Mel I noticed In next week's TV book there's a new lot of Shakespeare and Hathoway starting each day after doctors we like those so thats something to record .

Off to sons and dil's For a coffee this morning we were going tomorrow but son was helping on the Dinosaur Park trip and now dil is going to help too so we're going today instead .
Need to pop into Tesco's to as I forgot to put salad cream on the list I usually have a spare but must have used it and I do like salad cream on my salad.

Good morning all, I didn't sleep too badly, took a couple of paracetamols and had an extra pillow (making three so not that comfortable) had no pain in the night and none so far. Left the denture in as that made sense to me, only just up so I haven't taken it out/cleaned my teeth yet. a bit nervous about that so will see how it goes. When the dentist put the denture in it seemed a very tight fit with the clips so I am hoping it is not too difficult to remove and put in.
Mel my dentist always said to remove it at night but I never have. The original one I had with no clips just plastic I always removed because to me it was a choking hazard.

When I had my front teeth out the dentist told me to keep the denture in the first night.

I usually take them out at night but was wondering whether to leave them in as my mouth gets very dry at night but not while my teeth are in.

There's nothing much I want to see on the tv lately. I just look forward to Sunday now and Thursday for The Golden thingy on Now tv. I saved that for Saturday night.

Hope you can sleep ok tonight Anng and not be in too much pain.

Amazing how many people do have partial dentures. I first had mine in 1962 I had abcess after having our daughter. Those were plastic and I had them for ten years with no problems although I did sometimes use poly grip. In 1972 I needle another tooth on the denture and by now it was a different dentist. He got me a metal one made, since then I had another one made about ten years ago, another metal one (they have all had clips). And now another metal one and now four teeth. My dentist is not NHS they are partly NHS and partly private. I was expecting a big bill. But I had an X-ray and the extraction plus the denture and it cost £140. I was amazed.

Yes Mandy I will leave the denture in tonight. Actually I have never removed them at night. It will be a bit worrying when I do remove it the first time as it is a tight fit"

Angora boleros - I had completely forgotten them. I can only ever remember having white and definitely kept for best. Did any of you have knitted fair isle berets? My Mum knitted 2 or 3 every winter for me. They always had a beige/fawn background with coloured fair isle patterns. I hated the things. I've always hated wearing hats of any sort and still do. When I was about 4 I had a set comprising leggings, coat and hat in a brick red colour. I detested that hat and tried to leave it on buses, in doctor's surgeries and anywhere else I could but my Mum always retrieved it. Of course I didn't realise at the time what it had cost my parents in both money and clothing coupons. Looking back I think I must have been a bit of a trial to my poor mother.

I'm sorry your mouth is sore AnnG but at least the tooth is out now and 2 or 3 days with painkillers if needed and you will be fine I am sure. Have you had any problems with the plastic half plates they use for partial dentures? The reason I ask is that I have had an upper denture with four front teeth for more years than I care to remember, having lost the teeth due to an infection. I used to have a plastic half plate that snapped in half fairly regularly and each time it cost me £50 on the NHS for a new one to be made. On one occasion when the dentist was taking impressions yet again, I complained about it constantly breaking and the money it was costing me. He explained that because it was a half plate, even though it fitted well, it flexed when I ate and being rigid plastic eventually gave way. He said he could make me a metal one that would never break and would be so comfortable I wouldn't be aware of it but he wasn't allowed to do it on the NHS. He told me the price - I think it was £800 and this was about 35 years ago - and I originally said no. But OH said we could manage the cost so I went back to him and got it made. I am still wearing the same denture and it is so comfortable. The problem will be if I lose another tooth as I dread to think what it would cost to have a new one made now and also you need some teeth left to hook the plate round.

It was a bright day and out of the wind it was quite warm but there was still a cold wind. We both had an M & S voucher for Xmas and they have an outlet shop at Freeport (Braintree) which has goods cheaper than in the normal M & S shops but it's pot luck what they have in at any one time. We haven't been there since the pandemic started and expected it to be busy as it always was but there was hardly anyone there. OH got a nice lambswool jumper and I got some trousers and socks and still had £3 left on our vouchers so I got some nice handwash and hand cream. I've really been struggling to find trousers to fit as I need a longish leg length and lately they only seem to be available in the really expensive brands. I had to have navy blue which I didn't really want but THEY ARE LONG ENOUGH. I found a brown pair which I did want but they didn't have any sizes between 8 and 20! All our purchases came to £50 which was exactly the amount of our vouchers. In the normal shop they would have cost about £75.

Your yellow stripey grasses will brighten up your pot Ann. We had four similar ones around a curved bit of path but after flourishing for 6 years 3 of them suddenly died. I never found out why as the fourth one seems to be OK. With you and Mandy both busy at the window cleaning you've made me realise how much ours need doing indoors, particularly as the window cleaners came while we were at Freeport so the outsides are now nice and clean.

I also had a nice long phone conversation with son this afternoon with news of what his family are up to. His middle girl has in his words "gone all studenty" and has died her hair pink and his youngest cut her own hair quite short and raggedy, deliberately raggedy. After we came off the phone he must have told her to send me a picture as within minutes she sent a photo. It's a sort of elfin cut and looks great so she made a good job of haircutting. Perhaps she could go into hairdressing if she doesn't make it as an astrophysicist, her current ambition.

I've no idea how long this post is but I seem to have been typing for a little while so I had better come to a stop. OH is cooking tonight and he usually gets our meal for around 7 pm when he is doing it so he'll be calling me to eat at any minute.

I had a card in the post this morning too Mandy so thats gone to the side.I think its three of us with a birthday in February, You me and Vera.

That's good it's done Anng can you leave the plate in over night so as not to disturb the clot I think if its that that you disturb or the clot comes out that's when it might start to bleed , keep up with the paracetamol it will help .
I must admit when I had my two front teeth out years ago and had my plate straight in I soon got use to it ,I have one other tooth on it on one side and I find they keep in perfectly with no need of any denture fix ,people usually say I didn't know you had false teeth .

Oh dear Ann I have a confession I didn't get any windows cleaned today as I decided to shop today but ar least it spured you on to do yours so well done .

Oh Mel I remember those fluffy little bolero cardies I can remember my sister knitting a jumper and brushing it with a special brush that made it all soft and fluffy , I don't know what the wool was but I do remember it was lilac .

Sister called in this afternoon and dropped in a large slice of their anniversary cake we have just eaten it for a pud it was lemon cake .

Mel I posted the gloves off today and your birthday too.


I had two cards in the post today so they are on the side ready to open on Friday.

Yes Ann, daughter suggested a taxi but another friend (the other one who takes me out sometimes (u3a friend) has given me her phone number to call if I need her at night. she is also bringing me a cable needle this afternoon and has sorted out an odd job man she has for her jobs to come and look at my loft door. Yes dentist gave me a small dressing to stop bleeding if necessary in a sterile pack. I also have one in the drawer that T was given and never used. Dentist actually said you can use a tissue or kitchen paper as well. I actually don't normally have a problem after extractions except once when I was about 18 and had septacaemia in a cavity but I think that was the dentists fault, he was worried enough to do a home visit. I now have four top front teeth on a denture, I have to say I am pleased with them, they are very natural, not that you can see my teeth when I talk

At least it's over now AnnG. My dentist told me once to press hard on clean cotton wool over a tooth extraction for a while if it carried on bleeding. The salt water kills bugs and will help too. I must admit I never wore my denture with one tooth on it for a few days as it would have been too sore. I ought to get another now with more teeth on. Try not to worry, as keeping calm will lessen the bleeding. If you needed A&E there's always a taxi.

Thanks again to Mandy I have cleaned the ensuite window and the bay window in the bedroom and the long mirror. I wiped the white tiles around the ensuite window and was surprised at the film of dirt that came off. Methinks the rest of the tiles in there need wiping down as well. Now I must sort those kitchen drawers while OH is out and won't be interrupting and asking what things in there are for.

They are trialling 3 weekly bin collections in some areas here with extra bins for splitting the recycling up. Where will some people keep all these bins?

Back from the dentist. Just taken two paracetamols. I don't take those lightly so you van tell it is painful. The new denture is pressing on where the tooth was taken out and it is very painful It also feels strange at the plastic bit of the denture is larger than my old one, No doubt I will get used to it, dentist said it will be swollen where he extracted the tooth which is why it will hurt. Lots more instructions than I have had before with an extraction. No hard exercise, no heavy lifting!!!, don't chew on that side today )so soup or mashed potato for dinner) Instructions on what to do if it bleeds a lot. rinse with salt water. and if it bleeds more than you think it should overnight go to A&E. Well that might be difficult. If it bleeds a lot in the day call in to see him. A bit worrting if I stop and think about it, especially as Cynth will be away from tomorrow until Saturday.

Forgot to wish Anng a good dental appointment and hoep everything goes ok.

Just finished. Now where was I ?

One year it was white angora and the next year it was pale pink.

We had jellies an oval one with a dip in the top and a round ridged one and the bunny one. all serverved with icecream from a long block in pressed waxed dishes with a fluted edge. Salmon paste sandwiches, little sausages on sticks and iced gem biscuits and the iced ones with the pictures on and egg sandwiches and ham. The drinks were orangeade and Tizer. Also a big birthday ake made by mum of which everyone went home with a slice wrapped in a serviett. We played blind mans buff, pin the tail on the donkey, pass the parcel, musical chairs and a game where you were blindfolded and sat in an upside down rectangular stool and lifted up till your head hit the ceiling which to us small children was a long way up. In actual fact you were only lifted a little way up and a book was plonked on your head which made you think you were up at the ceiling. We were only aloud in the room one at a time so you did'nt know how high you were lifted and the stool was wobbled around a bit. The other game we palyed was one dad invented. He was a builder and decorater and had lots of old wallpaper pattrern books. He would cut lots of the pages in half and we would be given a pattern and wouldhave to rush round the house in all the rooms to look for the other half of your print. It caused great rushing about in and out of the two bedrooms hall and porch bathroom and kitchen. When you returned with your match you would be given another one to do it all over again and the pairs would be added up for each child and the winner would get a small gift of sweets which were the presents for all the games.

Mum would also take pictures of us all together. There were quite a lot of children around our area I played with and we lived on a corner so there were three children in our road and three uop the road we were on the corner of Derek Maddison, Paul Fenton and Denise Brown lived in Peaketon Ave and Sandra Hunt, Delia Baxter and Ann Jeffries in our road. My friend Jane Mills, (mums friend Iris's daughter) Terry Handscombe from Falmouth Gardens and his sister Jennifer and brother Ian and my 2nd cousin Malcomb.

One year we had a fancy dress party. WE had a policeman a mounty, a fairy, Bow bells, a dutchman (Sassie who did tap and ballet) a medieval couple ( Ian and Jenifer) a cricketer ( Dennis) I can't remember what Delia was but I was a ballerina dressed in a Tu Tu of pink made by mum. I shall have to try and dig out the pictures and send them to you. Great times............

Think I better get lunch on the go now.

Oh is up the caravan so I am nice and quiet down here. Its only soup today and nice new bread.

Afternoon Everyone,

We were up early to get to the garden centre before anyone else and I got the 3 yellow stripey carex grasses I wanted for a tall grey pot that has a dark red acer in it. It looked too drab last year so I hope these will brighten it up a bit. As there was no-one in the cafe yet we stayed and had a small breakfast as well. We were going to continue to Nuneaton to just have a second look at the car model OH wants, but he had a migraine and headache last night, (cheese again!) so felt a bit washed out, so we are going tomorrow instead. He also has 2 meetings today that are at the schools so it meant less rushing around for him.

I went and posted the gloves and a little card I painted through the friend's door yesterday. Her bin was out for the bin men, but I don't think she is home yet, but the gloves will be a nice surprise for her when she does gets home.

Mandy I thought just the same about the windows on the front this morning. The sun was showing how badly they need cleaning and it's on the inside too as the outsides were done yesterday.

Yuk, I just stuck a finger in my mouth and it was covered in sanitiser!

The shopping arrived so I will finish my post later.

Good morning All,

Bit grey out there today and it not windy and is quite qarm out.

You talking about parties reminded me of the ones I had when I was young. We lived in a bungalow with my grand parents ( dad's mum and dad) I had a party every year for my birthday and a Christmas party. Mum knited me a little pink bolero in that rabbit wool.

Morning all,

Nice bright morning here ,got to pop to the post office and bank then back to the usual jobs in the house might clean some windows .

Anng good luck at the dentist today .

Better get moving and get up the town before it gets busy ,mini Market day today .

Looks quite bright this morning. Good luck at the dentist AnnG. BBL

Difficult to know if it is a natural progression of getting older and being more cautious or the result of being restricted to the house and locality that is the cause. However just remembering T's 'journey' I can look back and see him deteriorating through 2020 although he did still do that long drive up to the L District in the August when he was 82 he seemed to mentally deteriorate when we came back the longer we were restricted by the virus as well as his medical problems. I suppose it is a combination.

Anyway, good morning all looks grey out there but it is only just light. Another dental appointment to 'look forward' to today. Hopefully that will be the end of this lot.

Neither OH nor I ever had a birthday party or went to any. OH was an only child and so was I till the age of almost 9. There was no special food on the day either. I lived in a small village with no other children my age and my school in the next village had just 2 classes with 30 children altogether so 15 of the eldest in my class up to the age of 11. I bought the rabbit mould after I first got married so I could have what I missed out on as a child, but I only made a couple of blancmanges in the end. I used to like the neapolitan icecream in 3 colours with a slice between 2 wafers. As Gwyn says there were oblong cones that were made to fit the slabs of icecream too.

AnnG not only confidence about walking, we were both saying the other day that we felt the same about going far in our cars now and feel we are being extra careful and making bigger allowances for traffic before pulling out onto islands etc.