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SusanDoris

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« Reply #500 on: September 01, 2017, 06:01:19 PM »
wigginhall and robinson

Thank you for your posts - that is encouraging!
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« Reply #501 on: September 02, 2017, 10:46:53 PM »
I hope you're feeling a bit better Susan.
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« Reply #502 on: September 03, 2017, 06:08:38 AM »
Thank you, robinson. The itching has more or less stopped. It is a bit of a bind though having to take the pills five times a day! I'm an early bird, so I have, as today, taken the first one at 5:30, but yesterday evening it was quite difficult to remain awake until 9:30 p.m.! :)
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« Reply #503 on: September 03, 2017, 06:38:25 AM »
I can imagine, think I'd have taken the pills a bit eariier, don't suppose it would hurt. But glad itching has stopped & hope it isn't too painful.
Remember having something to 'paint' on mine (which was front of waist), my mum had it too some years back, round waist, & had to apply something to it.

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« Reply #504 on: September 07, 2017, 04:32:24 PM »
A man from the local Fire and Rescue people has just been to change the smoke alarms. I have them fitted as a free service because of my blindness  and age. They put new ones in about a year or so ago, but then about six weeks ago, they started cheeping. They fitted two- well I thought it was two - new ones, but these also started cheeping, so that's why they had to try again.
He pointed out that I had three - well, that was news to me - I thought I only had two! But no, there's one in the hall too. Ah, well, we live and learn! :)

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« Reply #505 on: September 17, 2017, 07:23:20 AM »
I had my hand too near the mug and managed to scald it with boiling water intended for the mug. Held under running cold tap for an extended time and although it is sore to the touch, I think I have avoided a burn which would need attention. Stupid thing to do. I should know better by now!
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« Reply #506 on: September 17, 2017, 10:37:29 AM »
Thank you, Floo. Actually, I thought it was probably better to be safe than sorry, so phoned a taxi and went to Lymington Hospital Small Injuries clinic where I was the only patient - well, it was still only about 8:20 a.m.! There is a dressing which is put on worse burns which contains some sort of Vaseline, but I  didn't need the dressing, so she took it apart and smeared the ointment over the back of my hand, and said to use E45 all the time to keep it moist. So it was sensible to get it checked. Back home by 9:0!
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« Reply #507 on: September 17, 2017, 05:23:31 PM »
I have a small scar on my tummy where I managed to iron it while pregnant. Apparently it's not uncommon as mums to be forget how much space they take up.  :-[

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« Reply #508 on: September 17, 2017, 05:58:31 PM »
Rhiannon

Oh dear! Glad to hear the scar is small!

Whatever the nurse put on my hand this morning has worked wonders. I have also been putting E45 on all day. It was probably a good idea to go straight to the Clinic this morning.
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« Reply #509 on: September 18, 2017, 12:55:40 PM »
I have a small scar on my tummy where I managed to iron it while pregnant.
No amount of ironing will get rid of that bunp!
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« Reply #510 on: September 30, 2017, 12:31:44 PM »
I have just seen this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-41402931

A mermaid has been banned from a swimming pool in Bromsgrove!
Bloody foreigners. Thank goodness Brexit will help to keep them out!
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« Reply #511 on: September 30, 2017, 01:35:38 PM »
They can breathe underwater though and will wash up onto the beach at night.
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« Reply #512 on: September 30, 2017, 04:52:22 PM »
They can breathe underwater though and will wash up onto the beach at night.
I suppose that is better than the usual jellyfish and condoms!
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« Reply #513 on: October 03, 2017, 03:17:50 PM »
On Saturday, I am flying to Jersey for the day to see my one remaining sibling. He was over here quite a few times before our brother died in July, so we thought it would be nice for me to go over there for a few hours. It is many years since last I visited.
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« Reply #514 on: October 03, 2017, 05:37:23 PM »
Have a good time, even if it is Jersey you are visiting, I am a Guernsey girl. :)
My sister-in-law's mother was Guernsey  born. She died early last year aged 102 and was on Channel Islands TV! The Mayor of St Helier was there because she was quite a figure there. Her husband was Vicar of one of the main CofE churches.
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« Reply #515 on: October 08, 2017, 08:53:34 AM »
My sister-in-law's mother was Guernsey  born. She died early last year aged 102 and was on Channel Islands TV! The Mayor of St Helier was there because she was quite a figure there. Her husband was Vicar of one of the main CofE churches.

But Susan, St Helier is in Jersey not Guernsey. Be careful how you tread - this is Donkeys versus Toads territory.
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« Reply #516 on: October 08, 2017, 11:49:18 AM »
Don't they have 'constables' but spelled in a French way, in each parish? A type of mayoral equivalent.
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« Reply #517 on: October 08, 2017, 11:55:26 AM »
But Susan, St Helier is in Jersey not Guernsey. Be careful how you tread - this is Donkeys versus Toads territory.
:) I spent a pleasant day with my brother and sister-in-law yesterday. We did not go out because it rained, but we had a very delicious home-baked steak and kidney pie. I was offered a second helping and accepted - it was so delicious!!
Yes, my sister-in-law's mother was born in Guernssey but lived most of her life in Jersey - which I mention just in case anyone was, in fact, confused!! :)
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« Reply #518 on: October 09, 2017, 09:21:54 AM »
I think it's a great name. Could it be a historic family surname?

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« Reply #519 on: October 09, 2017, 10:57:30 AM »
Aaarghhh! Been stuck in the middle of an ongoing house-move for three months now - we had our offer accepted in early July - and we went round to measure up for stuff this weekend (what kind of person takes the curtains with them when they've already moved out and been living somewhere else for two years!?!?!?!) only to find that they've dug up the drains in the back garden...

Argh!

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« Reply #520 on: October 09, 2017, 11:29:44 AM »
Godyn is Flemish. I think it's quite a good name.
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« Reply #521 on: October 09, 2017, 11:34:06 AM »
Possibly, the boy's mother, whom I have never met, is of Eastern European origin, I think.

I did a google and found it as a Polish surname.

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« Reply #522 on: October 09, 2017, 11:35:24 AM »
Aaarghhh! Been stuck in the middle of an ongoing house-move for three months now - we had our offer accepted in early July - and we went round to measure up for stuff this weekend (what kind of person takes the curtains with them when they've already moved out and been living somewhere else for two years!?!?!?!) only to find that they've dug up the drains in the back garden...

Argh!

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Sympathies. Will the work be put right?

The owner of the place I moved to last year took the curtain poles too.

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« Reply #523 on: October 09, 2017, 11:45:55 AM »
Sympathies. Will the work be put right?

A number of phone calls have been made this morning trying to ascertain this - the work is being done by the neighbour, as it's their drain which runs across the property.

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The owner of the place I moved to last year took the curtain poles too.

I get that curtains can be expensive (these definitely aren't!), but the people we're buying from have not lived there for two years, they've been renting the place out. What do they need with the curtains - have they been sat in their new places for two years waiting for this to sell so they could finally have curtains again?

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« Reply #524 on: October 27, 2017, 12:27:20 PM »
That is sweet!
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