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GreyQueen

7_week_wonder wrote: »

Please tell me it isn't just me who is sniggering at the phrase "Plumber's snake" :rotfl:

On which note I will put on my grown up expression and head off to my fortnightly meeting. They bribe us to attend with Danish Pastries so I'd better get there sharpish!

I was sniggering as I typed it but that is actually what flexible drain cleaning rods are usually called.:D

If you've never seen one, imagine a more slender version of the flexible hose on a shower and you get the picture.

Well, the plumbers came and sorted it in 2 mins. These were the same ones who fitted the suite on Tuesday. They've tweaked the level of water in the cistern so there should be more of a whoosh going down the pan. Hopefully it won't happen again.

Disappointingly, neither of them got their snakes out but they did use a doughnut style plunger on a 4 foot pole.

My LL is having a new bathroom installed, part of a rolling programme of improvements to my block. It's finally rolled around to my home. It seems my fate to have stuff done when the weather is chilly; when they ripped out my windows one Dec, the gale blew a hooley through here. Take the windows away and there's burger-all left.

Got a painter and decorator in now (we've just tea'd up but now I'm craving for a blessed Danish Pastry thanks to 7WW ) so must potter about doing some of my personal admin and decluttering paperwork.

Onward and outward!

Tawny75

milliemonster wrote: »

hi everyone, please can I join in with you all? we are going through a really tough time at the moment and i'm hoping to be able to pick up some tips on managing our budget better and getting through the coming months really. we are in an IVA at the moment, almost 2 years in but consequently are on a tight budget and not doing very well! I am wanting to try to build up a few savings for when something goes wrong (which it inevitably does!) but we obviously have to do this from our existing allowances, after we are paid next week, it's a new start for us so I'm hoping that I'll be able to pick up lots of tips about things I haven't thought of to make my money stretch further

Hi Milliemonster, you are definitely in the right place, the lovely people here have tips coming out of their ears!!:T

Nicky

Softstuff

GreyQueen wrote: »

What is it with modern loos, are you only allowed to flush liquids?!
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I'm ever so surprised there's a loo on earth that can cope with Fray Bentos Glad you're fixed up.

Just dropping in briefly, have skimread. After a visit to the dentist has been concluded I'm fine, hubby is teething :rotfl: I made a mental note to get a teething ring and some gripe water forthwith.

I've had a bit of a dizzy spell and an odd prickle since being off the meds, so am waiting further with baited breath (though am less worried than I was).

I am however very tired, so going to sleep. Love to all!

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Morning all, oh my isn't the weather interesting these days? Did the early morning walk with the boy today and went down to the river, it was a super high tide, wind blowing it back in and waves with splashy spray thumping against the fishermans jetty. The sky was the most peculiar colour deep pink and with looming dark clouds, quite beautiful but very ominous!!!! and now it's just a grey day, variety eh?

D & DD - Hope your eye is fully recovered and you are feeling well again, nice to have you back, welcome home!!!

MILLIEMONSTER - Hello to you and welcome to the thread, it's lovely to have new friends join us, hope you'll find us useful.

Hope all those who are poorly or weather troubled are warm and dry, and hope everyone has a good day, Cheers Lyn xxx.

katieowl_2

OH dear.... I've sent OH to town to get me a support for my thigh, and the weather is just atrocious. He's not going to be a happy bunny if he has to trawl all the chemists to find one. He was waving a back support at me and saying can't you adapt this? (very OS) No I say through gritted teeth A) I can't get in the !!!!!!!g cupboard to look for more velcro and I'm going to be wearing it for weeks, so I'd rather it was fit for purpose.

At least he offered to make a fire before he left. I was really cold even under my sofa blankets until he did it at teatime yesterday. I'm pretty sure what I have sustained is a grade 2 hamstring injury (what they didn't say in A&E, welcome to Dave's Britain nothing is broken so go away and stop whinging) I was looking on the internet, and saw a couple of people described how they'd fallen and one woman had done exactly the same as me, the pop/crack that I heard when I went down is typical of the injury.

I had a really uncomfortable night last night, complete with half awake nightmares :eek: I was trying to ration my knock-out pain killers, but wonder if that was a bad idea with hindsight.

Anyway, enough of the moaning. I must try and use this downtime constructively. Maybe some online Xmas shopping?

Kate

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Oh Poor you KATIE, Hugs, but gentle ones, and I wish I could send you some pain free time, for when you need a break from it, Stay warm and don't try to do anything that makes it hurt you, Cheers Lyn anna SSSLLLLLUURRRRRPPPPPPP!!!! from Docky xxx.

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I can`t keep up with the weather for every area, such a varied land

anyway some interesting stuff
http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=505&c=5

looks as though parts of canada, australia and ireland are being battered at the same time

I`m going to copy my post to mar on the winter thread as I def don`t want people to have taken what I pass on as gospel for the whole of uk. It is natural that I just look in detail on the areas in which we and children are living ie in south. Ds lives just by glasgow and doesn`t want to know so I don`t really look for him

Weather can be frightening tbh as there isn`t anything much we can do against such a powerful force of nature. I jsut saw pictures of flooding in my village, staying in yesterday so didn`t know that people were battling to clear drains with shovels. Poxy council marked drains in red about 5 months ago and still haven`t cleared them and there is only so much that people can do with a shovel. Apparently all routes out were flooded yesterday morning, although the bus got through pm. Dd and family are due to visit at weekend but am now on tenterhooks, seeing that we are due lots more rain before then. I hate to be the sensible one, cancelling visits.

mcculloch29

Thanks Ginny for your lovely comments on Rummy's film

This was my Facebook status yesterday. (I ride an adult's trike everywhere locally as I can't walk any real distance.)

Out of house at 8.15 for 8.30 doc's appt in pouring rain. 200 yards from house, trike tyre is flat.

Ride to surgery at third of normal speed, 5 mins late, doc. laughs at explanation. (Earn brownie points from doc for riding trike and not getting taxi).

Leave surgery pharmacy with meds.

Have 4 bike pumps at home but buy yet another pump, new inner tube and tyre levers from Wilko's as daren't risk riding home on totally flat tyre.

Replace tyre outside Wilko's. Try inflating it.

Back into Wilko's as new pump is faulty. Exchange and get another pump.

Inflate tyre.

During all this, nicely explain to at least 10 people that I can do tyre change with eyes shut, thanks, despite disability.

Go shopping and resist buying chocolate and wine. Now home and slowly drying...!

On the up side I got two months worth of painkillers and feel good today. I remembered to wear bedsocks and take my HWB to bed, so slept well. My prescription painkillers have worked well too as I've not taken them for some time, but relied on over the counter stuff, which was OK put not perfect.
I realised that if I was to have effective arthritis pain relief in winter, the big guns were best kept back over the summer.

My thoughts to all those who have to battle with the weather today. It's windy here so I decided against riding the trike today, have all the shopping I need in.

katieowl_2

O-oh...we just lost the power for a bit... this is going to be interesting!!! Maybe speak you later!!!


Kate

shegar

I agree with all of you that say its weird weather,weve got a lovely blowey wind and beautiful sunshine ,and no rain, its such a lovely drying day, this is the sort of day I like, the sunshine really makes my day, and ive always liked wind, yea thats right I dont mind wind...........................But I do detest fog.......

So ive got all the bedding on the line today.......I was a bit worried about the gas and elec accounts so I telephoned my metre readings through to find im in credit with both gas and elec,so it makes a change to get some good news.........

I need to go outside and sweep 2 ton of fallen leaves really ,:eek: but with the wind they are going everywhere, so I wont be doing that, any case it makes sense to wqait til all the leaves are down then have a massive clear up..................
I bought a huge cast iron stew pot from tescos other day , so im going to be doing some nice stews over the winter period, plus cooking in one pot cuts a lot of washing up out, which is a bonus.......................

Right now off to cut some veg up for tea time, keep safe in the high winds folks..........Sheila