Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

The geese fly over my city, too, Mardatha. In summertime, single skeins going downriver at dusk to rest overnight on the marshes. Any day soon, the migrations will start and I have stood in wonder seeing half-a-dozen skeins overhead in the afternoon at once, all honking as they fly.

Magical sight. Funny thought that some that you see might be seen by me Dahn Sarf.....

Frugalsod

GreyQueen wrote: »

Don't fret too much, Mar, I've been in MRI scanners on several occasions (5 I think) includlng having my brain scanned as they were playing hunt-the-tumour. Have also had CT scanning done.

I have had an MRI or CT scan in hunt the brain. I do not think they found it. It is not as bad as you would imagine. You just have to stay still. There are many things that would be worse to go through to find out what is wring with you.

Karmacat

mardatha wrote: »

Re preps I think it's important to know about medicinal herbs, I have a Culpeper that's invaluable, full of interesting wee snippets.

Definitely agree - next week will see me 95% stocked up till March or so, and my winter learning is going to be about herbalism and first aid.

This is D Day for me, going for a scan, might know the result on Wed when I'm back to the doc. I'm not worried. Yet lol. Very nervous in enclosed spaces - hell I can't even sit in the cinema nevermind an MRI scanner I can see the headlines now :
"Borders woman runs amok in hospital. Police warning Lock your doors and stay away from the windows"

:j:j:j you'll do great. I believe your Lust Object is Peter from the Edwardian Farm etc? Put him in your pocket :cool:

mardatha wrote: »

Not fretting pet, it is what it is and no point worrying, will deal with it when I know what the hell it is lol. And I have always been told I need my head looked
I love living remote. I couldn't stand city or town life, and I know that because I lived in Edinburgh for 12 years and felt smothered every damn minute. Supermarkets deliver to me for as low as £1, I can live the life of a Victorian lady, stay home and have tradespeople come to me

Yep - supermarket deliveries are a complete godsend. I wish I lived up a hill, but thats another story

Right now we have long noisy Vs of geese going over southwards, high up. All of yesterday and again this morning - they must have a wee sensor in their brain that tells them when its the equinox.

When I stay with my mum we get that - its wonderful. Anyone who's there rushes out and watches them adoringly ... not the migration pattern, but the daily "out to the water and home again" pattern **happy sigh**

charlies-aunt

I have MRI scan every six months and sometime just head/upper body and sometimes a whole body scan - my record is three hours in a mobile scanning unit several years ago but recent ones have been much more speedy. I aren't very brave but I can cope with the procedure by forcing myself to relax & keeping my eyes shut!












We have two buses a day here - one going into town in the morning and the teatime one makes the return journey so most families have a car. Just need to plan journeys so that more than one thing can be in a trip

ivyleaf

GreyQueen wrote: »

I didn't get the benefit of the mirror as it's useless for a short-sighted bat like me without her glasses.

Same here unfortunately, but I could at least see some very blurry shapes moving about, so didn't feel abandoned

GreyQueen

ivyleaf wrote: »

GreyQueen wrote: »

I didn't get the benefit of the mirror as it's useless for a short-sighted bat like me without her glasses.

Same here unfortunately, but I could at least see some very blurry shapes moving about, so didn't feel abandoned

Heh, my short-sightedness must be worserer than yours because I couldn't even see that. They do chat to you from time to time, though. OK, enough burbling, must go to do weeding. Laters, GQ x

Frugalsod

GreyQueen wrote: »

This is exactly why I won't move out of the city and away from the many employment opportunities which are accessible via a short walk or a slightly longer pushbike ride.

My daily pay rate (net) is about twice that of my busfare if I lived in my hometown. I simply do not earn enough to commute anywhere, I would quickly be working for fares. Plus, with ME, the travel would worsen the exhaustion caused by working. A car is completely unaffordable and that's why I haven't owned one since 1997.

I'm very hard-headed and once planned where I would live with a scale map of the city and a pair of compasses, drawing circles at 0.25, 0.5, 1.00 and 1.5 miles out from the centre, and aimed to get as close in as my budget would allow.

Beyond the expense, commuting take away chunk of time which you can't get back, and exposes you to risk of road traffice accidents. I've known people to die commuting to work, and someone else who was so badly injured that they were left paraplegic.:(

There are other advantages of living close to work. You cannot be priced out of the job if you can walk there. If as you mentioned there are expensive alternatives such as buses or trains then that only works while you can afford them. There are many who live in a city near me who commute daily to London. Once transport becomes unaffordable then that effectively caps property values for an area. They have only been able to afford that house because they can afford to commute for higher wages. Once London wages start to cap for more senior roles then the impact will be felt for hundreds of miles as commuting costs start to bite. Having a bicycle will make a lot more sense as energy prices rise.

Frugalsod

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11893100/TV-presenter-caught-in-catfight-with-estate-agents-wife-at-exclusive-Sandbanks-yacht-club.html

Keeping it classy. :beer:

armyknife

Frugalsod wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11893100/TV-presenter-caught-in-catfight-with-estate-agents-wife-at-exclusive-Sandbanks-yacht-club.html

Keeping it classy. :beer:

It's only 10-15 miles down the road from here and I sometimes pass through on my bike; classy it ain't, tacky definitely.

Frugalsod

armyknife wrote: »

It's only 10-15 miles down the road from here and I sometimes pass through on my bike; classy it ain't, tacky definitely.

I was being completely sarcastic. Though they might have money they will have absolutely no idea to deal with the storms that life I suspect will throw at them over the next decade or so.