ELITE 11+ Awaiting glitches and chatting with friends

Savvybuyer

If you're waiting for the M list, I just had to take a loo break. Yes, that fact now broadcast on the Internet and my post back now timed to the second(:laugh:). Just wondering, with the Andrex loo rolls that I had (that failed to glitch for me!), why cute puppies have anything really to do with the product? It's the image of cute puppies isn't it, to get them to sell?

I also noticed, at the top, the words "Feel clean. Feel confident."

Not "be" clean or "be" confident. Instead, what matters is merely that people feel that way:(. Just the feeling and perception, more important than the actuality:(:(.

:rotfl:Ok, well coming back from the earlier M, oh it was a bit of a struggle, as we had quite a downpour. I bet Westie was having nice weather at the time I see - brilliant sunshine! I'm here to chat with anyone, about the weather or anything, in between doing the M list updates if I notice any postings!(:laugh:)

One thing I didn't mind though was getting stuck at a level crossing. I knew it would be down quite some time, so simply switched off my engine as soon as I stopped and saved fuel. Actually probably helped a little, as delayed me a few minutes and probably meant I missed the school traffic, as now a bit more later after school when I got back into the city boundaries. As a former railway timetable collector:D, I didn't mind that a 'train' was coming! I was never a trainspotter that much though - I never went to the lengths of collecting numbers of different locos I'd seen (never even remembered the blasted things:rotfl::rotfl:). I was more the 'useful information' of knowing the times just in the theoretical possibility that I might ever need to travel on the train routes. A bit of a disappointment though, when it turned out the crossing was down just to let a single carriage engine pass:rotfl::rotfl:. I'd hoped at least it was a passenger train or something, but no! Just a very short engine.

davemorton

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

Hi Emmap, yes it was me.
I'm getting Virgin Media at the end of the month and it comes with 6 months free Netflix, I was wondering if it's possible to get the US version when watching through the TiVo box. I don't really know how it works, but we may use it through Xbox or smartphones too.
I'm a noob at these things

Definitely able to watch it through the xbox, but you may struggle through the Tivo, but I have not tried to be fair.

vanilla_twist

Tinyshoes wrote: »

VT I am sorry to hear you are now going through the struggle I did when my mum came out of the hospice.

There are promises made by nurses/social workers that cannot be fulfilled due to lack of resources.

I was promised Marie Curie nurses to help with mum's care when she went home but this ended up being agency staff as you say not nurses at all. Most were fine but there were couple luckily not assigned to sit just help me lift mum that I got out the house as quick as they came without mum seeing them.

She was assigned a Macmillan nurse for palliative care by her consultant about 2 years before she passed away when she was told there was nothing more to be done. She built up a lovely relationship with this lady but as FC said they are there more as support. Although did keep close eye on mum's medications and could prescribe higher doses and change some. Mum would chat to her about things that were bothering her like when she became incontinent. And the Macmillan nurse stayed the same nurse right until mum's passing and made sure things were in place that were needed and became a great support to me in those last few weeks. :A

I cannot really fault the NHS for what was provided, it just isn't quite what you are told.

Thanks so much for your post.


Dad is being taken home tomorrow. He has said when he is not comfortable being alone at night anymore he will go into the hospice.

Yes he was promised proper nursing care. He is still capable of doing things himself but would need oxygen upstairs when he has a shower.
He doesn't want us to do his care needs. I offered to move in to oversee his care but he doesn't want this. I think it is a male dignity thing the thought of his daughters helping with personal things. I am sure a mother daughter bond is totally different.

I am going up Saturday will take a bag incase I book in somewhere but friend is driving me so I do it get too tired.

I have felt out of the loop the last few days but now I know dad will make the decision when he has settled into new routine. Furniture arrived today and a key box has been fitted. So all systems go.

I think spending 10 days in hospital has actually settled his state of mind. Still not keen on visitors but eating like a horse and enjoying his food. I think knowing it was chest infection not indigestion has made him think to hell with diabetes I might as well eat what I want. Ok he doesn't keep it all down but food is a small pleasure again.

Installing a dad cam at weekend in hall so we can see who is coming and going. Will keep dad's privacy but we can see him potter off to little boys room so will know he is mobile between visits.
No one has said where he will get his bloods yet. We think Macmillan nurse will test then order and administer at home.
I don't want him having to go to hospital for it. I do know he can opt to have transfusions at hospice as a day visit.

Unfortunately he lives in a bad hospital trust area. Things are very different where I live.
No one seems to speak English which does upset him.

I do think the NHS is a wonderful thing but dad says the worse bit of the whole illness is the medical care. Wish he had kept up his health insurance. There is no trouble funding whatever he wants but typical of his generation he will not spend the money accumulated through generations.

Dd is coming on first visit of the day. She has been respecting the fact he doesn't want to see anyone but would like to see him.

Sorry tablet flat so on phone. Might have to edit later as struggling to see screen.

Main thing is he knows how much he is loved.

V x

lookinforabargain

fairclaire wrote: »

Strangely enough this conversation came up in the general chit chat after the meeting I was at tonight. There was a lady there, who I've never met. Obviously a stay at home domestic goddess type and she was saying how she had a full roast dinner waiting for her hubby when he got in from work with no less than roast AND mash :rotfl::rotfl:
I so wanted to say Id sat on my butt all day whilst my OH was at work and then sat there even longer whilst he made me me pork chops, fat chips and onion graaaaavy :rotfl::rotfl:

Roast and mash? :eek:

On a Wednesday? :eek:

Well I never!

:rotfl:

Savvybuyer

Shortfatscotsbloke wrote: »

Savvy, ya numpty, they're not the pots, they're the double sachets of jelly powder that you add boiling water to..:rotfl:


Edit.. It looks like one of today's price updates has caught the jellies as they are no longer 50p in S.

:rotfl::rotfl:Thank you:doh:, I just assumed! Anyway, have me working out the cost of boiling water now:eek:. Sorry about that - I do have 'blindspots' sometimes, particularly about lower weighted products that don't seem that good:o:o. I try my best: it's all good fun though:rotfl: and thanks for letting me know!

fairclaire

vanilla_twist wrote: »

Thanks so much for your post.


Dad is being taken home tomorrow. He has said when he is not comfortable being alone at night anymore he will go into the hospice.

Yes he was promised proper nursing care. He is still capable of doing things himself but would need oxygen upstairs when he has a shower.
He doesn't want us to do his care needs. I offered to move in to oversee his care but he doesn't want this. I think it is a male dignity thing the thought of his daughters helping with personal things. I am sure a mother daughter bond is totally different.

I am going up Saturday will take a bag incase I book in somewhere but friend is driving me so I do it get too tired.

I have felt out of the loop the last few days but now I know dad will make the decision when he has settled into new routine. Furniture arrived today and a key box has been fitted. So all systems go.

I think spending 10 days in hospital has actually settled his state of mind. Still not keen on visitors but eating like a horse and enjoying his food. I think knowing it was chest infection not indigestion has made him think to hell with diabetes I might as well eat what I want. Ok he doesn't keep it all down but food is a small pleasure again.

Installing a dad cam at weekend in hall so we can see who is coming and going. Will keep dad's privacy but we can see him potter off to little boys room so will know he is mobile between visits.

Dd is coming on first visit of the day. She has been respecting the fact he doesn't want to see anyone but would like to see him.

Sorry tablet flat so on phone. Might have to edit later as struggling to see screen.

Main thing is he knows how much he is loved.

V x

Something in your post says so very much about your Dad and what a gent he is :A
Speaking from my experience, the male dignity thing is a really big issue I felt exactly as you do. I would have done whatever was needed but it wouldn't have made my Dad feel comfortable. As it was other events took that decision out of our hands at the time.

He sounds like a very proud man who wants his family to remember him at his best. That's so hard for you and your family but understandable too. It's very touching that (it seems) he is protecting the people he loves from seeing him at his most vulnerable. :A

I can say this after feeling a bit shut out myself in my situation a while back and thinking my Dad was being grumpy and unreasonable I think I realise now it was more about his own dignity and trying to protect us. Especially the kids. He really was adverse to the kids visiting him at the end

Savvybuyer

I think my post on the S/P 2Kg onions incorrectly suggested they worked out best. I've deleted it. The standard range Brown Onions (1.1kg), which should compare with a weight reduction downwards for M, and then 10% off, in theory, if all that goes to plan, would work out slightly cheaper. Unless you have a colleague discount card and get 10% off the price of the (non-comp.) S/P Onions.

The M price for the Onions is not however best price - 69p (1.2kg). Would have been theoretically better when 3 for £1.50. Or even 50p each on now non-produced Savers 1kg onions. So it's slight price increase from 50p/kg (if all goes well) but not as much as £1.08 for 2kg.

Meanwhile...

Even on straight A prices and assuming you are (which you're not) an Asda shopper who doesn't know the prices are cheaper somewhere else - which do you choose?

A's prepacked Brussels Sprouts (500g) at £1.25
Or A Loose Sprouts at £2/kg.

Your choice!:rotfl:

I suspect many people (mere 'ordinary' shoppers:D) will be picking up those packs, assuming that they work out better value. Of course, you could say frozen ones cheaper still (99p per kg, vs T or M at £1.00 therefore 90p/kg) although I long for them to go back to 75p elsewhere again! I think best I got last year on sprouts was some huge 750g bags (fresh) from Aldi, which were already on half price, and then reduced further, another half, near the end of the day. Anyway...we don't need to be buying sprouts just yet!:rotfl: Alright, then, just a loose sprout as a filler. Beware, it seems, if you buy too much - if you are comparing vs Waities, looks like Waities are quite a big dearer than A on the loose sprouts!

Fwiw, the loose sprouts did turn out to be remaining at £1.89/kg in Morries:rotfl::rotfl:.

lookinforabargain

Well it's time for me to get to bed.

G'night lovely people x

Tinyshoes

vanilla_twist wrote: »

Thanks so much for your post.


Dad is being taken home tomorrow. He has said when he is not comfortable being alone at night anymore he will go into the hospice.

Yes he was promised proper nursing care. He is still capable of doing things himself but would need oxygen upstairs when he has a shower.
He doesn't want us to do his care needs. I offered to move in to oversee his care but he doesn't want this. I think it is a male dignity thing the thought of his daughters helping with personal things. I am sure a mother daughter bond is totally different.

I am going up Saturday will take a bag incase I book in somewhere but friend is driving me so I do it get too tired.

I have felt out of the loop the last few days but now I know dad will make the decision when he has settled into new routine. Furniture arrived today and a key box has been fitted. So all systems go.

I think spending 10 days in hospital has actually settled his state of mind. Still not keen on visitors but eating like a horse and enjoying his food. I think knowing it was chest infection not indigestion has made him think to hell with diabetes I might as well eat what I want. Ok he doesn't keep it all down but food is a small pleasure again.

Installing a dad cam at weekend in hall so we can see who is coming and going. Will keep dad's privacy but we can see him potter off to little boys room so will know he is mobile between visits.

Dd is coming on first visit of the day. She has been respecting the fact he doesn't want to see anyone but would like to see him.

Sorry tablet flat so on phone. Might have to edit later as struggling to see screen.

Main thing is he knows how much he is loved.

V x

You are welcome VT. I am always at the end of a PM.

I found it's a bit of a roller coaster ride you want to get off of.

It's good to hear he is feeling more settled in himself and has got his appetite back.

Wishing him a comfortable move back home and hope the care he needs works out for him and your peace of mind. :A

zippydooda

cjj wrote: »

Evening all. Bit of a dilemma.
Handed some subs back on 29th Sept and no refund as yet (£6 owed)
Question is do I enquire after refund or not. Don't want A's looking into account as I've had a few evouchers of late. Was thinking of asking in store if they processed refund as they are new to c&c and will prob remember me. Any advise please. Tia xx

cjj wrote: »

Sorry to quote myself but does anyone have any thoughts on this. Zippy maybe ??? Tia:)

call the asda number on the invoice 0800 something, they WILL refund the £6 they wont look into your account. they tell you to contact store if its a large amount (its not) or they will contact store. its really nothing to be concerned about ive done it quite a few times.