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Bill Bryson describes going into town and ringing his wife to ask why he's there :

"Dear, I'm in town. Why am I here?"
"You've gone to get a haircut."
"Thank you."[/QUOTE]

:rotfl:At least I wouldn't have that going on....I've always taken a shopping list with me anyway - as I know I'll forget half the stuff I meant to buy or do if I don't...

VJsmum

I remember going to visit OHs step grandmother in the care home in which she lived and one lovely lady was wandering round and round and round. DD was a toddler at the time and everytime the lady stopped in front of DD kept saying "oh the baby, the lovely baby". But the final time she stopped, she looked at me and said "I keep chasing the little fella round and round you know."
"Oh yes?" Said I
"Yes" she said "but he just stopped and turned round and looked at me, and if he had been real I don't know what I would have done".

My nephew is doing some sterling work with carers of dementia, running courses to help and assist. Practically as well as trying to understand the condition. He holds art shows with pieces by dementia sufferers, many of which are stunning.

Whenever dad gets a new carer when his usual one is off, I think they always expect him to have it cos he's 84. They soon learn...;):eek::rotfl:

fuddle

The best folk to help are those very same people VJs. I loved the ones who gave me short shrift!

MITSTM there's research that leads to a link between inflammation and dementia.

RAS

Can I recommend "Aging with Grace" a brilliant tale of research into dementia; some with brains riddled with plaques etc were functioning well and others who appeared demented had largely intact brains.

Karmacat

fuddle wrote: »

there's research that leads to a link between inflammation and dementia.

:eek::eek::eek: fuddle, you don't happen to have a link, do you?

fuddle

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=2318

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=2535

There's a lot being wrote about it at the moment. Google has a lot of links to papers and articles.

thriftwizard

In my great-aunt's last few months of life, she became convinced that there were penguins living in her wardrobe.This gave my mother a bit of a cold grue, as when she was little, sick and delirious, she used to see penguins marching across the top of her wardrobe. But she'd never told her aunt that; she lived with her grandmother at the time... the thing is, it was probably the same wardrobe, as we tend to hang onto good furniture & pass it around amongst ourselves!

I think my oldest brother has it now...

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meanmarie wrote: »

TV license is free

For everyone?

Connemara would be lovely, but rent prohibitive if you had to rent privately.

Reminds me of a Blaster Bates story, called Big Mick from Connemara.

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GreyQueen wrote: »

8. How to fix engines and machines Most of which will require petroleum and oil derivatives, as fuel and lubricants, which came out of refineries.

Although, diesel engines can be run on other, non-petroleum, oils.

meanmarie

TV license is free to those over 70 Bob, other mortals are liable for €162 per annum, travel is free throughout the whole island to those over 66, also certain disabled people.

Marie