The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

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monnagran wrote: »

Brilliant washing weather here. Yesterday I got all the towels washed, on the line and dried in no time at all. Today the first lot of bedding is in the machine and the second lot waiting in the queue. I love it. Not so keen on the pile of ironing that all this industry produces. Yes, I do iron. I know a lot of people tut-tut about ironing and have nothing to do with it, but being old fashioned I love to put on freshly ironed clothes and slip into ironed bedding. I even iron teatowels (sh!)
I'm stopping now before my computer freezes again.

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Its lovely to read that you love washing and ironing , I love it to, especially having my sheets , pillowcases , and duvet cover ironed , they make the bed look very neat and pristine , and take pride in the home...

I remember my mother had a Burco Boiler and use to boil her whites , oh they smelt lovely washed in fairy snow and line dried .....

Ive cut the grass today , it now needs cutting twice a week as its growing very fast , as like everything else in the garden ...I filled some big ceramic pots and filled with compost and put some plants in osteospermums , they have loads of buds open , so ive got instant colour , they are south facing and they love the sun , abit like me ......
Been lovely today about 17 where yesterday was 24 degrees.....

Hubby is still not well the home had the dr out again to him today as he now have a cough , so they upped his anti biotics , so hopefully after a few days he will start getting better , im going up to see him tomorrow , I will take him some more fruit .....

Ive got 2 hedgehogs visiting me every night again , im feeding them with mealworms which they love......Birds are busy nest building and ive got great tits in my camera box , the bird feed is so expensive , weve got loads a starlings about here and they eat far too much food and they are always squabbling with each other ......

Seems very quiet on the thread , wheres all our " old " posters gone ?......Im now watching " collectors " onn BBC 2 , and its definitely not all junk....Sheila

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SHEILA I found out the other day that the lady who lives on the corner of our road is the local Hedgehog Rescue clinic for poorly or underweight hoggies. They've had 30 over this winter and she has one that she keeps here permanently as it can't be released, only has 3 legs. They're all awake now and as they become fit enough they go off to a sanctuary where they are readied for release back into the wild. I had no idea! Isn't that a lovely thing though?

elona

MrsL

That is so sweet!!

Managed to support DH down the road to get his toenails cut and found he had the beginning of ingrown toenail so that got treated as well. Lady was lovely and will do home visits if needed so worth knowing that. Had to get the bus back as we were shattered but he feels his feet are better now. Got him settled then nipped out for bread and milk.

He is upstairs now resting and I will go up to watch the election debate with him and have an early night.

Floss

Elona I was pleased to read you & DH have been out for some fresh air today - having his feet fettled will no doubt help him feel a bit more perky. I hope the scan date comes through quickly.

Mrs_Veg_Plot

It's been lovely here again today and I've seen my first butterfly of the year. It was a lovely tortoiseshell. Sometimes the simplest pleasures are the best.

Softstuff

nursemaggie wrote: »

Softstuff it appalls me the way your FIL is being treated. We moan about the NHS but When it comes to an emergency anything serious just pushes everyone else aside until your dealt with. I had about 5 doctors and a medical student. with me for about 5 hours when I collapsed.

As an emergency you're seen within 10 minutes over here, even in public rather than private. The problem comes when you get out of the emergency room and you're needing treatment from there. Having health insurance isn't crazily expensive here, but it speeds things up and gives you choices (and in our case here, gets you into a hospital 5 mins from home instead of 45 mins away). in England health insurance to my mind was for the rich, over here I'd say its a choice most could make if they wanted to (we had that even when we had to make other cuts that were not so comfortable).

In any case, when the surgeon (public not private) saw him, he gave him 2 options... wait 12 months and see if it mends itself, which given its condition is unlikely, or get an op. When he said the op, he's been booked in for monday.

nursemaggie

I am pleased to hear that. Here once you in the system for something like a broken bone there is no waiting. I broke my arm 22 years ago. It was not healing properly. They admitted me from the fracture clinic and did the operation the next morning.

I hope everyone is reading what I have said about the NHS because we run it down far too much when we have one of the best in the world at the cheapest price as a percentage of GDP. I would hate to have the American system which is the most expensive in the world and way below us for quality.

I presume your FIL is much older and his insurance has become prohibitively expensive. I would not be able to get insurance because the treatment I am on for the rest of my life costs £1000s a week.

wondercollie

I think a lot of posters have drifted over to some of the other threads such as decluttering and spendless.


Broken bones. Living with winter we see our share. The most urgent, usually open are rushed through. The rest, if they can be put in a slab or airboot to stabilze usually get done within the week. My oldest when he broke his arm, wasn't even casted the fracture was so slight. Sling and checks at the Ortho Clinic and he's been fine ever since.


One weekend back in January we had 85 on the surgical slate for ortho. Ankles and wrists mainly. It was a brutal week. Patients brought in to hospital to sit in beds "on call" for space in the ORs. My hospital has 11 surgical suites open most of the time but the surgeons and gasmen need time off as well. It cost the government a fortune in overtime for nurses.


Weather is still good. Husband has been out looking for signs of life in the garden. A few tulips are starting to emerge. There is one, that is a family joke. Every year he thinks he's pulled it and every year it reappears.

Softstuff

nursemaggie wrote: »

I presume your FIL is much older and his insurance has become prohibitively expensive. I would not be able to get insurance because the treatment I am on for the rest of my life costs £1000s a week.

You do pay more if you're older and have never had insurance (you pay a surcharge to discourage people from just taking it out when theyre older) but it isnt prohibitive. He's chosen not to because he felt the gamble would pay off and he'd stay healthy (he also chooses not to insure home contents for the same reason). If you have a preexisting condition here, insurance is still available and no dearer, but you have a 12 month wait to claim for preexisting. That said, our insurance is hospital cover - not medication or so forth. Any specialists appointments etc are all payable, there isnt an insurance that covers those things, but if youre on a low income, those are provided at a concession rate.

Forgive the lack of some punctuation... still no laptop.

moneyistooshorttomention

I think our NHS can still manage re emergencies as far as I can see. I think what it struggles with is minor problems that impact noticeably and will continue to do so for evermore if not treated.

I was only recalling this morning re when I had two ingrown toenails quite some years ago. Okay it sounds minor - but they HAD to be dealt with or I would have spent the rest of my life literally unable to walk very far at all (because it was too painful to do so). Knowing that there was no option but for the NHS to treat it - they couldn't possibly expect someone to live with that (so painful and so easy to put right) - then I expected them to do so. I'd been told it would be £200 (back then!) to pay a chiropodist to do so and I didn't have that sort of money.

So I duly filled in whatever-form-it-was and went in for my appointment at the clinic and duly got thrown straight out again the second they realised I wasn't either pregnant or a pensioner. They told me I wasn't eligible for NHS treatment. I explained it HAD to be done and asked them just how they thought it could be done - and they couldn't care less.

Basically, I had to go in for a bit of "deviousness" to get it done and did manage to get the NHS to do it eventually...but I was shocked at having to do so, as they had just expected me to shut up and put up with the pain and life disruption for over 20 years (ie until I got to pensioner age - and they couldn't have refused me treatment any longer).