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nursemaggie

Softstuff I was not getting at you, frankly the nurse comes at you from the back does not tell you when she is going to stab you and did not tell me it stung.

I did have it in my arm. She does everything wrong I would like to teach her to give injections but she is twice my size and thinks I'm stupid. I won't have them as my doctors if I move out of their area.

juliettet

Nurse Maggie, I have been having them for 10 years. I count to 5 and the sting is gone. Softstuff is right they all sting. It takes a while but they do make you feel better.

VJsmum

fuddle wrote: »

I have never been to Wales, want to go though, but I expect I might well feel similar to those as well given the struggles of yesteryear. I dunno. I have rose tinteds on' alf the time but I think that's a respect thing for what all older generations have been through, and you too Monna, you English woman you! :Dx

I was born in England but my father was half Welsh. I first went to Wales when I was 21 and immediately felt i'd come home. I still feel like that now and go whenever i can - which is quite often, happily. My MiL is Welsh and, of my two children, my DS has the most affinity with the country - I honestly believe he got ALL the Welsh genes, Wales going through him like he's a stick of rock. He supports Welsh football and rugby and NEVER the England teams. I really do think it is passed through in the blood (genes i guess)

I have been to Scotland twice and can see it's beautiful - but it isn't 'home'.

My meeting went well and it's a case of carry on, you can see the finish line ... here's hoping

monnagran

I'm very late today, sorry. I've spent the morning stocking up in Tescos. We get a bus from the village twice a week so I don't go very often and its a bit of an expedition.

Definitely a touch of Autumn in the air today. I quite like it. I get a bit of a surge of energy in the Autumn, like you're suppose to get in the Spring, only I don't.
I also think that it seems like the beginning of the year.

A bit late, but...........

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

When people hurt you over and over, think of them as sandpaper. They scratch and hurt you, but in the end, you are polished and they are useless.

ivyleaf

Glad the meeting was ok VJsmum :T

monnagran I've felt unwontedly energetic today too - it's made a lovely change :rotfl:

mardatha

I hope the energy is catching, I want it.
I went to Ireland for the first time many years ago and felt instantly at home. It's easily and often said - but such a weird feeling when it happens. I cried in the plane coming home, I didn't want to leave ever. And I never cry!

Softstuff

nursemaggie wrote: »

Softstuff I was not getting at you, frankly the nurse comes at you from the back does not tell you when she is going to stab you and did not tell me it stung.

Oh I know, don't worry I didn't take it that way. I remember now the first one I had came as a bit of a surprise, I mean I'd had so many other jabs I figured it'd be like those, but it isn't!

I could do with a surge of energy too, but I think I'll settle for a day of no work and a gentle catch up on a few things. Have to get on top of this and that before coming to England, which is looming.

I'm sort of envious of everyone who "feels" home either swiftly or instantly about a place. I guess at heart I'm a bit of a wanderer. Which I suppose is a good thing considering I had to up sticks to come here! I've found many people and places I love here and am very happy with location, but that instant "aah I'm home" really only relates to me seeing my husband rather than being in a place IYSWIM.

Hard_Up_Hester

Softstuff, I'm with you, nowhere is home to me unless I'm with CHS.

moneyistooshorttomention

I agree some people do have a feeling of "home" about a place - even if it isnt their home.

My mother is like this about the county (in Southern England) that she regards as "hers" (though she didnt live there - but her parents came from there) and my father comments that a smile goes on her face the second she crosses the border into it.

I think it's because my parents were Armed Forces well into my childhood and I've had various moves:( as a result of it that nowhere feels that way to me. I'm becoming very conscious that a disrupted childhood like that can have a lifetime effect in many ways (some negative, some positive). Though I do have a "home city" (the city I chose to live in near my parents and have never changed my mind about living in - though I don't live there any longer).

I have noticed that some people that regard an area of the country as "Home" seem to find it difficult to understand that us "rootless" people will always look at any area of the country/any area of the world through "objective" eyes and have the "swings and roundabouts - this bit is good/that bit is bad" weighing up all considerations logically about any place and will always compare different locations with each other as to the pros and cons of them.

What I do get very confused by is people that feel so strongly that an area is "home" to them that they describe themselves as from there when they aren't (eg it does get very confusing for me hearing some English people here describing themselves as Welsh - when I know their parents are English, so they aren't Welsh at all:cool:). So one has to bear in mind "They are really THIS, but they regard themselves as THAT" and it does get confusing...

moneyistooshorttomention

Softstuff wrote: »

I'm sort of envious of everyone who "feels" home either swiftly or instantly about a place. I guess at heart I'm a bit of a wanderer. Which I suppose is a good thing considering I had to up sticks to come here! I've found many people and places I love here and am very happy with location, but that instant "aah I'm home" really only relates to me seeing my husband rather than being in a place IYSWIM.

Don't be I'd say:). You come over as one of the more "objective" people and, to me, that's a good thing to say about someone.

One of the worst things I think is if someone takes the view "They're from here - and that makes them right automatically (even if they aren't)". I really hate that biased way of thinking and people like us won't support someone "right or wrong - just because they are from 'our' area" - and that's how it should be. I've seen some real shockers of local people supporting local people - even though they are clearly well in the wrong. People like us are needed for balance/objective viewpoints.