The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

silvasava

Happy Anniversary PiC

Kidcat - fingers crossed, maybe now she has her 'own space' she will calm down & wee where's she's supposed to!

patentgirl

Thanks for warm welcome
Happy anniversary pic

ArthriticOldThing

Happy anniversary PIC.

nursemaggie

Thank you everyone who gave me advice. After about 5 hours of research yesterday I got myself in quite a state. I went to bed and could not get to sleep. Hence the reply at 3am. I eventually got to sleep about 7am.

I phoned the appointments office this afternoon. All I could get from the appointments clerk was "I will cancel your appointment." No alternative other than going all the way to West Sussex. Actually it is an easier journey, if over 500 miles.

After an hour she finally put me through to the sleep clinic. Apparently it is the only sleep clinic in the North West so surley there must have been others with a problem getting there. I told her I could get to London easier.She laughed.

Thank you Fairy for the bus information if I have to I will use that. I did ask for bus information not trains but Google did not give me any bus information. I did not want trains as I have a bus pass. Using TfGM you have to already know the bus you need. Stupid system. I have a feeling one of the buses that goes to
the Christy goes to Wythenshawe.

I decided with the additional travelling on top of the 11 1/2 hours it took me to get there and back to the Christy would still make it impossible. I also do not have a mobile phone so I would need maps to find my way.

Due to the side effects of my cancer treatment I can't walk very far either.

I hope they have managed to arrange transport for me and they have also brought the appointment forward to 11th September yay!

Just my Christy appointment to sort now.

Happy Anniversary PIC.

Glad you sorted the cat KidCat.

Something I have been meaning to say. The vinegar instead of softener, it is better than softener as well as cheaper. The addition benefit is it has cleared DS20s eczema up which he has had since he was 3 months old.

FairyPrincessk

Hi Nurse Maggie,

If you use the link here, you will not need to know what bus you need. The GMPTE site is terrible, and it can take ages looking up individual buses!

With this, just put in the post code from where you are departing and the one for your destination and it will sort bus, train, tram etc. Make sure you put in the time you want to arrive, as otherwise it will use whatever time you are searching from. It also has a box at the bottom to tick if you want to exclude one of the modes of transport. HTH.x

http://www.traveline-northwest.co.uk/journeyplanner/enterJourneyPlan.do

manchestermargo

Nursemaggie, long time lurker here but had to add if you haven't sorted your travel arrangements out I know there is a bus from Stockport that goes direct to Wythenshawe hospital. No 11 or 11A. Hope this helps.

nursemaggie

Thanks Princess I have put that link in my little book of information from this site. We had thought The Google transport was good because has got DS20 to interviews. It takes a while to find your way round a new area.

Thank you Manchestermargo that is very useful to know that is the same bus from Wythenshawe railway Station. Obviously Transport for Greater Manchester gave Google the information. So far everything I have looked up has been wrong from them.

I have just been to Mr M for all of you in Greater Manchester. I have been trying a local Yoghurt. It is called Pakeeza Live Set yogurt. It is really nice, not sour, tastes lovely on fruit and I have even tried it on a trifle in stead of cream, tasted as good. Only 49p for 425g. They are from Rochdale so I doubt it is available outside the north west. The best thing is it says, under added ingredients, none!

shanks77

Happy anniversary PiC hope u had a lovely day xx

monnagran

Remember me?

Today an engineer came AT LAST from the Chatty phone provider and I have an internet connection again. Woohoo! It's only taken 4 weeks. Won't bore you with the long, heated conversations we've had with the Philippines, to start with, and India when the Philippines got fed up with us.

Well, we finally moved in although the house was far from ready for us. For the last three weeks we have shared the house with electricians, plumbers, carpenters, painters, decorators, security installers, TV technicians, central heating engineers, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all. We had windows that didn't open, doors that didn't close, washing machine that gave up the ghost and breathed its last, dish washer that sulked about being moved, oven but no hob, a leak in the new glossy bathroom that came through the newly painted lounge ceiling below.....and no phone or internet.

Lovely people here though. When we arrived, (we moved in the middle of that heatwave in July) the people from the church were waiting for us. They made continuous mugs of tea, coffee and cold drinks, helped the removal men, made sandwiches for everyone, unpacked the kitchen stuff into cupboards - yes, I'm still trying to track things down - and at the end of the day left us with a meal that only had to be warmed up. Thank goodness for microwaves.

Ever since, we've been struggling to get things unpacked and some sort of normality restored. Not there yet but think I can spot a gleam of light at the end of the tunnel.
Time may heal the wound, but will probably never efface the scar.

The next time anyone talks of moving I will crawl into a cardboard box, seal myself in with parcel tape and wait for someone to load me on to the lorry.

You know that saying about if life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Well, life has handed me a long steep garden that has been totally neglected for years. It has also given me brambles with the biggest, lushest blackberries I have ever seen. Standing in one place I picked nearly 2lbs in ten minutes.
And my best bargain to date? We went to look at fire surrounds as we have a lonely gas fire perched in a completely naked wall. As we were sucking our teeth over mantle pieces costing from £270 upwards, an elderly assistant walked by, hissing out of the corner of his mouth, "Take a look at the clearance shelf." WOWEE! The very one we fancied reduced to £46. We smiled all the way home.

As you can see, I've got over-excited by being on-line again. I'll shut up now and go to bed. Perhaps tomorrow I'll read through what has been going on since I left you a month ago. I hope everyone is OK.
Lovely to be back.

x

Bigjenny

Welcome back Monnagran , glad your back online, we've missed you.