Here we can all be heard for a little while

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q614OYsUqoQ

My beloved geeky hobby of LARP, for your entertainment

HBS x

Pyxis

Elsien, is he usually a mouthy dog, but just got carried away? Or was he out to get you? Hopefully the former.

Indie, does your mum's dog have some sort of brain damage?

HBS, a hug sandwich sounds lovely!
Loved the videoclip!

Flybaby, being one who sees evil everywhere, , and if there's a conspiracy theory to be made, then I'm your one! , ever had the thought that these 'breakdowns' might be, ahem, engineered?
You never know, he may be using the power of thought to jinx the strimmer, so that you'll have to take over the job!
Told you I'm eeveel! :rotfl:

MU, it looks like you're off the hook!

Onomatopaeia...aha! So that's why you're learning Italian! Un'amica italiana! Appunto!

Whitewing! Pugfest! :rotfl:

codemonkey

Can I make a confession which might get me thrown out of the blanket fort?

*Whispers* I don't like pugs, except Sir Pugliet of course.

Pyxis

codemonkey wrote: »

Can I make a confession which might get me thrown out of the blanket fort?

*Whispers* I don't like pugs, except Sir Pugliet of course.

But.....you like Sir Pugliet, so that's ok!


To be honest, I much prefer other types of dogs, too! However, part of my concern re. Pugs is to do with the health issues they have from the breeding to get that 'look'.

mellymoo74

Code

me too lol
my nice neighbour has one, hes a bug eyed frightened of everything yappy thing (makes Froo seem quiet)

I am wearing the plum boots yellow gok wan cropped trousers (flowery)
black 50s style spotted top and have lilac nails today (couldnt be bothered with a suit lol)

Waves_and_Smiles

Haahahaha! WaSp doesn't like pugs either, but he did say he would if they all looked like Sir P! He is a very handsome pug! Loved the video!

Thank you for the manatee pic Susan, beautiful!

Oh dear, naughty Git dog. Hope your arms aren't sore, elsien.

Those trousers always sound beautiful, Melly. I love patterned trousers!

Fingernails, the bane of my life! Anyone know what to do with ridiculously breakable nails? I bit my nails for around 35 years and stopped 2 years ago. Since then they just snap if they grow over the top of my finger in the slightest. I tried nail hardener but that just made them more brittle. They also flake, only my thumb nail doesn't. Have I ruined them for life after years of biting? The sad thing is I really miss biting them, I may as well just do it if this is the way it will always be.

Other than that I have been trying to teach my american friend to cook. Her mother always gave her children the latest faddy diet foods and wouldn't let them cook (which made of all the children medically malnourished but that's another story) and when the family split my friend stayed with her dad to help bring up her brother and they just buy ready meals. She has never had a healthy diet since being a child and isn't in the habit of doing so if that makes sense? Her poor dad picked up Hepatitis B from work (a needle went through his glove, he's a nurse) and he is about to undergo a long treatment which may remove it/suppress it but will be very painful and debilitating. He will need personal care at times and good, healthy food with limited salt, fats and additives (the pills will put even more strain on his liver and kidneys) and neither of them know where to start. I am not quite sure myself but I am trying to help. Learning to cook can be overwhelming at first, nevermind a specialist diet.

whitewing

WaS,

weezl et al's meal plan from Asda, website would be a very good start as all nutritionally balanced, but I can't find the link at the moment.

Waves_and_Smiles

Oooh, that's an idea whitewing! Thank you! It isn't as bad as it could be because her dad has been given a years fully paid sabbatical to try the treatment and they are relatively comfortably off (despite there being 7 children in total! Her dad was such a good nurse that he was quickly promoted and is now a nursing manager dealing with patient complaints), so they can afford things like organic if that would help. It's just that neither of them know the first thing about cooking, her dad can cook Dahl and that's about it and my friend's limit is cheese on toast or rice! The difficulty is it has to be low fat and low salt, but the medication will make him lose weight so it has to be heavy on calories, too and as healthy as it can possibly be with lots of vitamins and minerals.

They will likely give him a diet sheet when he starts the treatment but that isn't a lot of good if neither of them can cook from it! They need to start learning the basics now. They can only experiment at weekends really, right now both are working full time and my friend is also taking her Masters as well as helping with her 13 year old brother but she will go to part time in January. They need to be ready by then and she is the one who needs to learn how to cook because her dad likely won't be capable after a couple of months.

I admire all three of them for this. Her dad for being brave enough to try it, it involves very strong medication, is a relatively new treatment and he knows that he is going to feel awful, the symptoms are apparently similar to constant chemotherapy. The treatment lasts for 8 months and it will take a few months longer to recover from it but if it works he will feel so much better and have full life expectancy. Her little brother was asked if he minded because it will likely mean he has to be quiet and days out will be a lot less but he said he just wants his dad to be better. Finally, I really admire my friend for being willing to put her Masters on hold and work part time. She will be caring for her dad, doing most household things and bringing up her brother. She didn't think twice about doing it to help her dad. I am proud to be friends with them all.

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WaS - for fingernails, I found massaging a drop of olive oil into each one once a day made them stronger

HBS x

Waves_and_Smiles

That's interesting, HBS! I never knew that, I am rushing off to the olive oil right now. Thank you!