make do and mend for tougher times

meme30

See! I knew i had got it wrong! :rotfl: blimey I would never be off the loo!:eek:

GreyQueen

Thanks, meme.

I think the generally-circulated idea is 8 glasses of water per day but I have read that there is no medical background to this almost-universally-circulated concept, and that other liquids such as tea are perfectly valid, according to doctors I've heard in the media.

I don't drink squashes or juice or coffee so for me it's either tea or water. I've been up about 40 mins and have had a pot of tea (about 1 pint) and will have another before work, a small cuppa on break about midday, then another pot around 4.30 ish. I have access to a water cooler at t'office but don't often feel the urge to use it.

We're supposed to drink enough to keep our urine clear or a very pale straw colour; if it's darker or strong-smelling it's a sign that we're underhydrated. Lots of older people apparently don't drink enough and suffer illeffects.

Sometimes I wake up with a headache and I'll drink an extra couple of glasses of water and this will cure it in minutes.

Went back to bed after an hour and am now up again for the day. Feeling trolley-excitement. Will go to shop after w*rk. Bit nervous about spending such a sum in one fell swoop but I have presnet money (birthday and Xmas) for the past 2 years which I've not spent and it's more than that, so I tell myself I'm "allowed".

Funny how a lifetime of scrimping can leave you nervous about spending money, even when you have it, and it is a sensible and considered purchase. Those cheapies on the market look fine to a casual glance, but closer inspection reveals their flimsiness and I suspect that they will both work less well from the start and fall apart quite quickly.

I shan't tell anyone in the RW what it cost, tho; I shall just say they have them on the market if anyone asks and they can imagine it was a £15 trolley if they wish. Serious shoppers will check the brand online and know better.

Truth be told, I shall be a bit nervous using it at first, although I have seen women a good 20 years younger than me with them. The whizzy designs and the sheer prevalance of them reveals that a lot of women must be waking up to the difficulty of getting groceries around. We don't all have cars, after all, and there are plenty of car-owners who have those little trips to do on foot, or find the petrol so extortionate that they are rationing it's use. My Mum has given her approval (she will also pull my leg, we have that kind of relationship) and points out that carrying heavy loads is bad for you. I've had ME for over 25 years now and I'm not the strongest woman on the block.

Hey, the random image generator which is the GQ brain just flashed on an image of a performance troupe of ladies and their trollies, all elegantly attired and colour co-ordinated, performing a dazzling routine of trolley dancing. Like synchronised swimming for the aqua-challenged.

There could possibly be sequins involved. Or even diamante. Whaddaya think, people?

Errmmm, I haven't had my morning medications yet. I think I maybe should rectify that right now or you'll start thinking I'm bonkers. Well, I am bonkers, but only in the nicest possible way.

fuddle

GQ ticking off time from me I checked the price of the rolser and I was so shocked... Because it wasn't as much as I thought it would be! You buy your trolley today (Yey!) and don't think a second about it. The money is there, it's a good good thing to buy and your rolls Royce machine will far outlast my hoppa.

You know how nervous I was about using mine but I'm so used to it now it doesn't at all bother me. I even take it on the main street in the village, something I swore I would never do plus it goes to the library with us to put all the girls' loot in.

Buy and enjoy and don't let it eat you up. Xxx

smileyt_2

GreyQueen wrote: »

Thanks, meme.

Hey, the random image generator which is the GQ brain just flashed on an image of a performance troupe of ladies and their trollies, all elegantly attired and colour co-ordinated, performing a dazzling routine of trolley dancing. Like synchronised swimming for the aqua-challenged.

There could possibly be sequins involved. Or even diamante. Whaddaya think, people?

Errmmm, I haven't had my morning medications yet. I think I maybe should rectify that right now or you'll start thinking I'm bonkers. Well, I am bonkers, but only in the nicest possible way.

I can see a spot on 'Britain's Got Talent' ...... I think you should go for it! :rotfl:You could call yourselves the 'Twirling Trolley Troupe' :rotfl:.

I have no excuse because I have taken my meds this morning ....

Water and tea - those are my main fluids too. The meds I take make me thirsty so I always have a bottle of water with me. I probably drink the equivalent of ten or twelve glasses a day but that's partly to do with the meds and partly to do with bumbling around on foot or on my bike a lot. I feel very tired and headachey if I don't drink enough.

Lodger Boy returned last night after a few days chez boyfriend. The first thing he did was use all the loo roll and didn't replace it, leaving me marooned on the throne and cursing .... :mad:. I think we will have to have a lesson on Replacing the Loo Roll When You Have Used the Last One.

Well, best crack on. Have a good day everyone xxx.

GreyQueen

Good Luck with toilet-training Lodger Boy, smileyt. I once read a magazine article called The Myth of the Loo Roll Fairy which was a woman's exasperated take on life with her OH and the perennial problem of getting him to understand that loo rolls don't appear from another dimension and auto-install on the spindle when it's empty and also Someone has to go to the shop and buy the blasted things!

Kittikins

and how irritating it is when someone's finished the roll, left it on the spindle and has started a new roll which they thoughtfully leave on top of the old one?......answers on a postcard purlease!

mardatha

My chickens were Hinge and Bracket as well, the resemblence was amazing.
I drink only tea and I drink it a LOT, never counted cos I keep losing count. My doc said once I'll have amazingly good kidneys as I keep them well flushed
I've never seen a need to grow up, really.

GreyQueen

Kittikins wrote: »

and how irritating it is when someone's finished the roll, left it on the spindle and has started a new roll which they thoughtfully leave on top of the old one?......answers on a postcard purlease!

You could probably cite that as grounds for divorce. Along with Leaving the Seat Up * and Missing the Loo Altogether -yeuch.

* I'm delighted to be a single lady but can still remember the jolly japes with male flatmates. Such as when you nip to the bathroom in the night, don't put the light on because you know where everything is, and end up parking your rear on cold porcelain because someone with a Y chromosone has left the seat up again. Or worse, cold wet porcelain *shudders*

And if you're reading this; A, M or I, this was a reference to YOU! :mad::p

Pops, not having a dig at fellers in general, y'unnerstand.;)

ETA Mar, I once saw Hinge and Bracket perform back in the early 1980s. People were literally rolling in the aisles of that theatre, I shall never forget it.

VJsmum

i am going for "Portia" for the trolley. As it is the sports version.

we name everything too. car is Rufus, cos its red. but was nearly Geoff cos registration is GF. fridge is Steve cos its a Beko and sewing machine Shirley cos its a singer. Magimix is Maggie (thats boring isnt it) and the bookcase is Julian which is far too long a story for me to type on my phone.

kids have banned me from getting a trolley but i want one. saw one i Paris earlier on this year which was shiny flourezcent yellow with a big smiley face on - they said i could have that but wouldnt have been able to get it home.

still in my welsh field. wish the sheep would quieten down. having a fab time doing not much. its cheap anyhos.

dreaded results tomorrow

craigywv

GreyQueen wrote: »

I'm too embarrassed to say. You can look at it on the same website that Kittie posted a link to a page back if you like.

It is giraffe-like, isn't it? They do a version where the white bit is camel and that is soooo giraffe-like it's not true. I also have tinned rice pudding. Is it a secret club?

:eek: OMG, does that mean I might be accidentally doing something fashionable?! Nooooooo!

Craig, you are as mad as a box of frogs and I love it. Somebody once said that growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional. A pal always says that you're never to late to have a happy childhood. She's about 60. And has been known to wear fairy wings in public.

Well, having a rare bout of insomnia caused by going to bed too early (i.e. before 9.30 pm) and trolley-excitement, so thank goodness for the interweb.

Catch the rest of you at a more civilised hour...........

:)hope you got some sleep...i like your quotation!! also like the idea of a box of frogs!! that would be bonkers. think i draw a line at the fairy wings oh would prob want divorce and custody of my boy! def go for the trolley , i use my sons pram still every saturday mum and i out shopping EVERYTHING goes in it, just keep it folded in car boot,we have been known to have flatpack chest of drawers in it and ab no struggle to push. I went shopping without it to an outlet place last month and had to give up the ghost after an hr as couldnt carry bags in fact it ruined my day lol. pram is one of the ones that came with car seat detatchable and has great swivel wheels , big basket underneath and like a bucket for the seat, it maroon so no dirt shows on it. I def will be going to my local charity shop when it passes away to get another, i like the way its arm height as i find trolleys with me being so tiny hard to pull. theres a woman in our town who wheels her two dogs about in a pram !!!! swear not fibbing they love it, havent checked to see if she wears fairy wings...prob does