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CRANKY40

lilmisskitkat wrote: »

Gone overdrawn again with the council tax, DH's pay goes in the same day but it's gone in after the council tax came out so i'm overdrawn Does anyone know if i will get charged seeing as the money was replaced the same working day? It's HSBC btw. I tried to change the date of the CT payment but the only other date they offer is the 1st so we'd have to pay again on 1st Nov which we can't afford to do.

You shouldn't be charged, but if you want to be safe in future you could cancel your direct debit and set up a bill payment. I used to pay mine via bill payment and although I paid it the day they would have taken the direct debit out, I never received any demands etc.

The best cough medicine as far as I'm concerned is the one that contains the stuff they used to give babies for croup before other medicine could be bought/afforded. Ipecac something or other. The pound shop sell a cough medicine that has it in. I'd also stick with hot drinks as it's the steam that helps make breathing easier. I'm not sure where the doctor got the cold water thing from either. Mine has never said that to me.

That's why swimming is good exercise for asthmatics. All the water vapour in an indoor pool helps you breathe better while exercising.

Kidcat If you live near PAH, you're probably not a million miles from me either.

Popperwell

Pooky wrote: »

I just bore my "friends" silly with updates and photos of my cats.....cos im a bit daft like that.

I'm in full agreement with the vit D

That's a great idea and if you have real friends and family that is perhaps the good side of Facebook...I must admit I don't know a great deal about it.

I do believe to some extent in vitamins either from food or being topped up with a pill and I would say that is pretty important. Like Fuddle mine are now usually shop/SM branded mainly for cost reasons but I got an expensive Seven Seas multi-vit/minerals the other week on offer in Tesco's. Normally they would be too expensive these days for me.

They were charging something daft but there was a way to get more for your money and get one bottle for free so you save approx £7 and I now have enough to last 3 months but it has a lot of little extra's that I like including Gensing and something that is good for eye health found in things like Spinach.

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Thanks FUDDLE - don't feel too bad that DH is only asking about the boy, he just knows you will be looking after everyone well and doing the caring that is needed. It's just a Dadi and Doggie thing!!!!!!! Am glad that Alfie is guarding the chicken, it would seem he is feeling
better. I hope you and DD are too, although I have very callously only been asking after Alfie too!!! SORRY!!! Cheers Lyn xxx.

kidcat

Cranky - ooh I never realised you were close too, my parents are just down road from PAH and I am in nearby town, but still only twenty minutes or so away

Lilmisskitikat - My bank doesnt charge me if a DD goes out on the same day as a credit, its all down to individual banks, but mine uses the theory that if they processed credits first then it wouldnt be an issue. If I go into branch and pay in rather than a direct payment into the account, as long as the cash is in before mid morning I dont get charged either.

I am planning on a Costco trip this week for Vit D and will be looking at others too.

OH has started snuffling, am staying away (not that I need an excuse!)

I do Facebook, but as a way of monitoring the eldest two and staying in touch with family. For that its great, but I get fed up of others posting up every little thing they do - in fact the more they post the more I get to them and the less I like them if I am honest!!

GreyQueen

JKJ wrote: »

Oh dear so much illness around. Hope everyone gets well soon. I dread this time of year as I have a very badly compromised immune system.

Have been thinking (ouch) and have decided to try a new approach to living. I am going to try really hard just to think about Today, not tomorrow or next week or next month, just today. Perhaps then I will cope a bit better than I have been as my brain races from money to health to family to , well everywhere really. Some days I really think I am responsible for global warming lol

Nope, global warming is entirely my responsibility. Sorry, but you can't have that one.

Another one here with a compromised immune system (I have some exotic metabolic disorders) and I had my jab at the first flu clinic in late Sept. Consultant warned me that if I got the flu the consequences could be "very serious indeed". Not sure if that's med-speak for hospitalisation or mortal risk but not prepared to take any chances.

I'm toying with the idea of taking Vit D as I'm an office worker and, particularly with the short days of winter, won't see much daylight for 5 days out of 7. I want to do some research to check that there are no contra-indications for it reacting with what I already take. If anyone could point towards some reputable research on t'interweb, I would be grateful.

I've known for an awful long time about the cough medicines, can recall hearing over 20 years ago that they were ineffectual at best and could actually do more harm than good, so a bit baffled why this is suddenly in the media this week, but there you go.

If I get a chesty cough or a snotty nose, I find it helps to limit the amount of dairy products as they aggravate the formation of mucus, for me at least. Other than that, I typically just drink plenty of fluids and put myself to bed. If you can give your body 10-12 hours downtime in a warm bed, it can really help get over colds and a lot of other things as well. HWB and lots of bedcovers and trad remedies like broth.

What I recall about the older country peope is that they were almost obsessive about keeping their kidneys warm, especially the men who worked out-of-doors in all seasons of the year. There was very much a belief that getting your kidneys chilled would lead to all sorts of illnesses. The old boys used to wear boilersuits over their rough work trousers (which themselves were belted) and then there would be an extra belt over the boiler suit for a bit of extra warmth. And probably longjohns and long vests and a warm shirt anda wooly pully and a jacket. And heaven forfend that you should take your flat cap off.:eek:

The ladies knew the benefit of a sturdily-knotted headscarf, too, often with an additional plastic headscarf over the top as reinforcement. Ranulph Fiennes could have taken notes.

People were also very much in favour of vests, and you needed to keep your vest over those vulnerable kidneys, and keep your chest covered. I'm heading towards old fartdom but I'm continually astonished at what people choose to wear in cold weather. Or rather, what they don't wear.

Imagine me a few years ago, on a bus stop early one morning out in a market town where I'd been visiting a pal and had got snowed-in. Was standing with pal waiting for the bus (he was going to make sure it was coming before leaving me there) and there was this twenty-something lassie hugging herself and complaining she was cold. It took all I had not to come over all Mumsy and berate her for having her coat undone, no hat, gloves nor scarf when it was bitter out and there was 3 inches of snow on the ground.:rotfl:

You'll catch your death! was the battlecry of generations but the oldtimers pre penicillin had to be on the ball as if you got some things which could turn into pneumonia, it could be your death. Not that it's anything to take lightly in this day and age.

Sooo, perhaps we should all be stocking up on thermals and keeping our extremities nice and warm. I'm on it........;)

So much colder here than it was yesterday, a real sense of the seasons turning. Can't believe how dark it is and the clocks haven't even gone back and when they do, I shall morph overnight into a dormouse and find it very difficult to wake in the morning.

Ne'er mind, it'll soon be Christmas and then we can have some nuts. I think that's probably an old music hall gag; Mum inherited Grandma's catchphrases (1893-1970) and I give them an airing as part of my oral tradition..........

fuddle

That's exactly why I won't delete my fb account. Sooner or later eldest DD will be wanting on it and if she's on I want to know what is going on. It's a tough one, pre-teen/teen privacy and your duty to care for your children isn't it? I guess everyone knows the far end of everyones business on fb anyway.

I'd rather Alfie got the attention anyday. At least with humans you know what is wrong. Dawgies pull harder on the heart strings. Although, I have to say :mad: I don't get bought a new bed when I'm ill. He's bought Alfie a posh bed out of Pets At Home. He's in so much trouble because we have the vets fees on Saturday and I wanted to get a few things for Christmas this month. :mad:

I'm having a night in bed tonight. I've company of the furry kind mind you.

That hot orange squash and honey is lovely!

Going watch last weeks !!!!!! on iplayer and browse some more of We'll Eat Again. Also going to read more about Rosehip Syrup and the war against colds as well as echinecea.

So pleased I read your post GQ you've spurred me on to be properly dressed when I go out on the school runs. Today I had a fleece poncho over a long sleeve top and no socks on . even though I was poorly. :cool: silly girl I hear you all scream.

Well no more. I've thermals and coats and socks, hats gloves and scarves... time to wear the boooogars!

westcoastscot

GQ I totally agree with the old adage of keeping your kidneys warm - I try to stay warm as it helps my arthritis and I find wearing a vest keeps my lower back cosy all day - I know, tmi - I notice it if i'm silly enough to think I don't need it

DawnW

I hope nobody minds my asking, but I have noticed that a number of posters have 'C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z' in their signatures. What does this mean please?

the_cake

Yup, another vest-wearer here! M & S do really nice plain ones which are long enough to keep the kidneys kosy ... will be keeping mine on till (the?) may is out next year. (I will be changing it to wash it from time to time in case you were wondering!)
Hugs to all (including animals) who are under the weather with horrible lurgies - never known so much of it about. xxxthe cakexxx

Popperwell

Well Aldi's have or are selling as specials all types of thermals approx now and they have electric throws(but for the throw you need approx £30)

I never bothered with scarfs, gloves and hats but I do now...

I have been a little upset today as I now am really questioning the care Mum had, I had just about accepted things and really was positive but there has been some articles on the Daily Mail, Telegraph and Yahoo about the Liverpool Care Plan, age discrimination whether you get treatment after a certain age and the old chstnut regarding hospital food and I can see so much that ties in with my situation and probably many on here.

MP's are questioning the way LCP is being used and want it looked into how it is being used...

Thank heavens for this place boy, do we all need support things seem up the creek in so many ways from the stories 2 Tonsils tells about Greece and Europe, the increase in food and energy prices and how we cope, changes in benefits/welfare, people caring for someone, the ill, those trying to keep their job etc...all life is here.

The dark nights seem to have come around quicker this year(probably not but it seems that way)I don't know how I feel about autumn/winter thi year...

Hey have snuggly cosy night Fuddle I am having a bit of a second childhood...last night Disney's Snow White...tonight the old sentimental Bambi...I found them on here so whilst they are there I'll watch in case they get removed...