Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Rummer

We took turf off the top of some new beds and built a small hill in our garden which always make my OH smile :rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Rhiwie, funny enough hubby said it was extremely 'strange' 2 fires in one month for the same company... if its not an insurance job, they must have really piddle off an ex employee:rotfl:

Alfie....lying flipping gits.... I hope the WB goes in with both guns blazing now:rotfl:

My eldest cat is snoring her little brains out, and is VERY loud:rotfl:

BD... haven't done anything with the notepad thingy yet.. as it is in the caravan.. But will try that first, as I might find it will be great to start off reading books on the screen...

Davesnave

choille wrote: »

Humps are handy to plant trees on to screen out things like...........neighbours. You get years of growth screening with humps with out years of waiting for the trees to grow.

Exactly, which is why all the surplus has gone up to Mr Dog's end.:D


Picture to follow.....;)

rhiwfield

WB Maggie!

Just managed to stay awake to watch TV Tinker Tailor last night, even without the plot the Nunc Dimittus at the end is reason enough to watch. Can well remember when the cold war was very scary and who living in those times can forget the Doomsday clock? BTW its still ticking at 5 minutes to midnight :eek:

In theory got some gardening help today, Sunday I manged to half do my back again (carrying a heavy bag) so it looks like I'm going to be moving more into a supervisory role in the future

Gardening help just rang in to postpone

Itismehonest

Sorry to hear the back is playing you up again, rhiw Hope it behaves itself soon. Have you thought of getting a support belt for using when lifting heavier things - along the lines weight lifters use? It may help stave off some of the problem.

Seems a little warmer here today. No sun, no wind, no frost. In fact, as someone said on Radio 4 this morning "A real No-vember day":)

I'm horse-shoed in by very large lumps but, unless there are landslips, they're a permanent fixture

rhiwfield

Itismehonest wrote: »

Sorry to hear the back is playing you up again, rhiw Hope it behaves itself soon. Have you thought of getting a support belt for using when lifting heavier things - along the lines weight lifters use? It may help stave off some of the problem.

Tried this but it has no positive effect Anyhow its not too bad atm, it didnt fully go

Plumes of smoke still emerging from Llandow, the other businesses there must be sick and tired of these fires.

ukmaggie45

Rhiwy, have you considered seeing a Chiropracter? Around 1994/5 (?) I had gyp with my back, and it was getting worse and worse. 6 months after it "went" I could still barely walk and was in a lot of pain, so GP sent me for X-ray scan thing (forget what it's called) and it turned out I have spondylolisthesis L5/S1, it's a sort of forward slippage of L5 over S1. Duly saw consultant, who said he wouldn't do anything as people don't get pain with this (citing some footballer who played for Liverpool at the time!). Very helpful! :mad:

As time went on I was getting more and more bowed over and in a lot of pain most of the time. Scuttling around bit like a spider or crab :eek: IYKWIM. Reached the point where I was considering a second opinion and possible surgery, but OH suggested I try and find help outside NHS. We couldn't really afford it, but I went to a local Chiro who had helped out one of DD2's friends' Dad. It was totally amazing! Went weekly for a while, then fortnightly, and eventually monthly. Almost completely straightened me up, and helped a LOT with the pain. I'm still a bit stooped, and still get back pain, but it's all a helluva lot more manageble now. If things get really bad again I'll definitely consider going back to him. I would say to try and get a personal recommendation though, as not all Chiros are as good from what I've heard.

Sorry for such a long post!

alfie_1

just watch natural world on ch 2 about luna the whale who lived for 4/5 years in a bay [alaska i think]. AMAZING.. now bawling my eyes out !!
human nature can be so varied and it reinforced IMO how we as humans THINK we know it all when it comes to the animal kingdom and sometimes dont know when to BUTT OUT !!

alfie_1

just had a call/excuse from mr pratt telling me he is coming tomorow [coincidence ???? same day as EH ] i asked what happened to yesterday and he said illness in the family. i didnt answer. he then said he'd need my generator to operate a concrete breaker upper.... i said NO, use his own please.
obviously the secretary yesterday was not aware of this "illness" considering he was "enroute" as she spoke ?????

my temper will be tested tomorow thats all i can say.....

phoebe1989seb

Just stopping by quickly to say hope all Daydreamers are keeping snug and cosy......not like us who nearly got a little too warm yesterday after some idiot threw something into our skip (lit cigarette?) on the driveway causing the whole lot to go up in flames :eek:

Very fortunately DH happened to go outside with the dogs and noticed flames lapping up the outside of the house, several feet from our thatch :eek:

Between us - including me in my jimjams as recovering from the 'flu - we managed to put it out with hosepipes and a relay of buckets.......was more than a bit scary though Would like to get hold of the person that thought it ok to throw something burning into an almost full skip next to a thatched house though!

Wasn't our day all round yesterday as immediately prior to this DH had a call to say his elderly Aunt had passed away, then (after the fire incident) he almost lost our four month old puppy after he opened the front door to the postman and she escaped onto the pavement Thank god she had the sense to run round to the drive gates and hide behind the (now extinguished) skip!!!

Trying to stay safe today so haven't ventured far from the kitchen......