'supporting each other through really tough times'

monnagran

Mrs LW: Don't worry. If you land on the IOW by accident you won't stay here long. With this wind you'll be off again almost at once. Next stop New York.

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New York, New York it's a wonderful town, I'll send you a card when the wind puts me down !!!!!!! La la la la la etc. Lyn xxx.

juliettet

nuttyp wrote: »

Hi savingqueen, not as bad today!! Had to buy 2 prescriptions but thankfully it seams to be helping.

A good thing to have is baby cream. Sudocreme (sp?) That helps me.

mardatha

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20710028

Uniscots97

Mar, its frightening in this day and age we have a resurgence of rickets. But where as when I was small you were sent out to play (even in the back garden) most kids these days prefer to stay indoors. We would pick apples from trees (and get shouted at for doing it) and pick brambles from the hedges, now kids want £2 to buy a packet of crisps and a bar of chocolate (I was horrified how much OH gave in to his kids and often went without so they could have nice clothes, food and sweets and left went hungry and wore thread bare clothes). Unfortunately a lot of the younger (teens and early 20s) parents out there think its the norm to give kids junk food. I remember seeing a child not even 1 year old and the teen mother shoving a bakery sausage roll in its mouth, my boss who was with me said "yes that's a west lothian (where we are) pacifier", we heard the 'mother' on her mobile saying to someone 'Got the wean a sausage roll to shut it up'. What chance does society have when you have ignorance like that?

missrlr

It is not just the food, it is the lack of sunlight people are exposed to - this problem is RIFE in Australia, my cousin who has lived out there for nigh on 20 years has been diagnosed with rickets post her DD birth and she had a "proper 70's" childhood of lots of outdoor activity and so on. All the covering up, using really thick neoprene material even when swimming always with hats on, we are the same here. I know sun BURN is bad, but sun itself is not.
And as such it is not just the poorer families who are at risk through diet, but the "not defined as poor by the government" families who adhere to the sunscreen / coverup policy but also may include ready meals who are at risk just as much.

mardatha

This isn't PC at all but then neither am I - and it's just my personal old-bat view ok? - but I think people should stop listening to "experts" and start using their commonsense. Parents are scared to do anything at all now in case it's bad for their kids. No sun, no butter, no salt, no sugar, no nothing!
Why not have a wee bit of everything without going over the top or without cutting it out entirely? Why not do what our grannies did and just have all things in moderation? A bit of lard will not kill you. A day past a sell-by-date will not kill you. A tiny bit of salt on an egg will not kill you. 15 min playing in the sun will not kill your kids. etc etc.
All these experts trumpet one thing one week then the next they change their minds and decide ooh yes it's ok after all

Uniscots97

I agree Mar. OH had a really severe op about a year after we met. There was a chance he might not have made it. They took a section of his bowel out. Now afterwards the caresheet they gave me I threw out the window and did my own research and ended up on forums for people that had similar ops and devised a diet for him. Did he have any problems? Nope. All common sense approach and meant OH could eat a varied diet. Same with my Grandpa after his stroke the hospital 'nutritionalist' wanted to feed him nothing but yoghurt. Nope. Didn't listen to her either. Grandpa got his appetite back once he was eating foods he liked (he always hated yoghurt) and was with us 3 more years.

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100% correct MAR - how on earth did the human race exist for thousands of years without all this specific instruction as to what is right and what is not? I read the papers now expecting to see that one week eating cheese is going to kill you and then reading the next week that if you don't eat cheese you're going to die!!!!! No wonder folks are scared to take their own path these days it all gets published and pushed by the media until the confusion is greater than the guidance. We surely can do a better job than this?

savingqueen

too right Mar and Mrs LW - what this country (well all countries)need is to be run by people with a good dose of common sense - sounds so simple? most problems can be solved or minimised with the application of that magic ingredient... common sense... that and gut feelings.... go a long way.

Poor DS6 can't be bothered to even watch TV poor love - he has even had a nap on the sofa unprompted which is unheard of (since he was 2 years old). DS8 and I have taken in turns to read him stories and its been lovely (in between all the coughing) - just read the story about King Arthur and how he finds the sword in the stone. Simple pleasures.

Must have a moan on DH's behalf. One of his work colleagues thought it would be a good idea for them all to go out today for an expensive lunch, £30 a head before drinks, take their boss (and pay for her presumably) and give her a wad of gift vouchers from the team - £20 each has been specified and the colleague in question has been very insistent. All this to "thank her" (what the???) all with 2 days notice just before Christmas. We just don't have £60+ to waste like that.

DH is fuming - the usual paid for, modest Christmas lunch for staff has been cancelled as the Dean won't authorise it (fair I think as voluntary redundancies were made in the summer and now there is talk of contracting out their jobs to a private firm) and so this was someone's brainwave to replace it. So DH has had a thoroughly uncomfortable day today - only one left in the office not at the lunch and feels embarrassed about it but holding his head high and being honest when asked and saying he can't afford it (with a family relying on his wage) and he also doesn't agree with it. Some people just don't get that others are living on a budget and a tight one at that.

rant over.... sorry... back to
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