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Pastures, you might wanna sit down...I wear glasses, initially for short sight and astigmitism, now for a bouncy optic nerve in my right eye (the EDS has made the nerve tighten and loosen all the time which makes it very difficult to get the right reading), astigmitism, short sighted in one eye and slightly long sighted in the other!
I've varifocals now to deal with all the issues (coloured lense for the Irlens, I've stopped tripping down stairs on a regular basis and my headaches have reduced! Yay) and apart from the initial eekness and ickiness of wearing them, I get on with them just fine.
Cost me an arm and a leg though despite the vouchers received for being on benefits...blooming worth it for the reduction in headaches and the stopping of words swimming and jumping about which was making the already bad headaches worse. I can enjoy reading again, I am tripping up fewer times and I can also see again to thread a needle.
My last pair of glasses cost just shy of £400.
My last pair of sunglasses cost £495.
I have no issue paying such a premium price for something I need to use every single day. Glasses will usually last 3+ years, so I'll happily get my moneys worth. I want them to suit me, meet my needs, & be comfortable.
Agree with this. Never seen the point in corner sofa's, as over a third of it is unusable.I'm not sure whether I could fit a corner sofa in my living room, but it doesn't matter as I don't really like them
the corner seat is wasted as no one ever wants to sit there. I also like curling up against the sofa arm and there are more of those available if there are separate pieces in the suite.
Furniture adverts do my nut in. Does anyone have a sitting room as big as these people on the furniture ads?It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
On chewys curtains, fantastic colours! Shame they're in the wrong places.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0
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Spent a very mse day getting a water meter fitted, & despairing at the slug related tragedy that has unfolded in the lettuce greenhouse. I also went & got my gold clubs refitted, trimmed a load of ivy, mowed the lawn, & filled more green sacks.
Being MSE was tempered by looking around for a car, as MOT date is approaching. The person who was due to buy my car is looking very unlikely to be able to short term. That is leaving me with a dilemma. Do I:
a) wait til the new registrations come out 1 sept, hoping someone will part ex a car I want
b) widen my search beyond just vw dealerships
c) part ex my car, knowing it is likely to be scrapped, as the potential purchaser isn't likely to be in a position to buy it for health reasons for 3 months+, meaning if I wait for them I could miss out again, & will have to reMOT the car, with the potential for additional costs.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
mystic_trev wrote: »[c] It's visited Lourdes
I would be quite surprised if throwing a vacuum cleaner into the pool at Lourdes would make you very popular.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
In the music room, which is full of shelves, & cd racks, and vinyl, I have a cottage suite. A 2 seater, & 2 chairs. Fits brilliantly, 4 seats, but allows lots of space (perfect for eating, playing games, listening to music etc).I agree. An armchair takes up too much space. We have a 3 + 2 in the main lounge.
TV room has a 2 and a swivelling round seat that fits 2 but only if they are a friendly 2 (is that what you guys are calling a love seat?)
Is that posh talk for the foot stool being attached to the sofa?
Have been debating 2 vacuum cleaners. Think I'll have to man up for a while though.At one time, we had two Henry vacuum cleaners, to avoid carrying them up and down so much. One stored on the top floor, and one on the ground. Unfortunately, one died, so now we have one.
Surprised that dysons appear to be getting bad press here. Have been told they're the ultimate vacuum?It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
I had Dysons from when they first came out and had various types over a period of over 10 years.....my Henry is better.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
Lucky fella!vivatifosi wrote: »DH has gone to see Monty Python at O2 tonight. He called me in the interval and I asked how it was so far "a bit weird but fun" came the reply. Which sums up MP nicely I think.
Apparently it's being shown on TV this weekend if anyone is interested.
Having the same problem with replies.vivatifosi wrote: »Not quite sure how my edit didn't appear in the original post then.
MSE is appearing to do strange things tonight, perhaps I should stop posting until tomorrow in case I break it.
I'm going picture frame shopping tomorrow (again). Forgot to mention the other mse thing done today was painting some frames to fit the colour scheme here, rather than buying new ones (chewy, feel free to use this example with your OH if it helps!:D ). Then visiting a friend who has been hiding for a while (because of work problems & m health I suspect).
After that, I'll be returning to new jelly, hanging the pictures (after framing them), & packing for the forthcoming visit to another mate down in wales.
Struggling to decide where to put this picture:
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Oh yes, & I need to buy an ice cream scoop. Perhaps that'll distract me from the car thingy...It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0
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This picture is a bit worrying...
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I think I'm on a post-goal slump... So, on Monday in my official weighing I was 100lb down on my "maximum weight". That's not to say I've lost 100lb on the current diet (since I've been on a few diets since maximum weight), but it means that I've reached a major goal that I set myself years ago but never really thought I'd get to.
And that's left me feeling down and scratchy.
Maybe I'm odd that way? But I tend to find it often how it is.
I think it's because we invent worth goals, and then think they'll achieve more than they do - so that losing X lb, or getting a salary of £ X, will make everything magically different. And then it doesn't.
But it is an amazing achievement - you should feel really, really chuffed with yourself!Esther Rantzen.
Nah. She was accused of having been told of Jimmy Saville's weirdness. She denies it....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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