Not perhaps suitable for All Saints, but TICTH all those horrid gobshites like May, BoJo, Jake the Mogg, Garbage et al, who would deny us our European heritage and culture.
I have been Improving my Mind (and, incidentally, inducing Leaky Eye Syndrome), by reminding myself, by means of YouTube, of our musical heritage, from Archangel to Algeciras, and from Galway to Batumi.
Currently listening to Ma Vlast, by Bedrich Smetana.
TICTH snow. Again. We had just cleared the last of the ice from the path (which had been there pretty much since early November) and we get another six bloody inches of the stuff.
TICTH snow. Again. We had just cleared the last of the ice from the path (which had been there pretty much since early November) and we get another six bloody inches of the stuff.
NOOOOOOooooooo!!!!!
Dante's ninth level is frozen over - I try not to remind myself of this.
I had a feeling someone might pick me up on that ...
Yeah but probably not very much or very often and when it does it probably feels like the world is coming to an end. Like when it snows below the Bible Belt.
In the 15 years we lived in Northern Ireland, we probably had a total of about 6 inches of snow. The day before D. moved to Newfoundland, there was about half an inch of snow in Belfast: the place ground to a halt and the rubbish bins weren't collected. At the same time in St. John's, they had a winter storm that brought about a foot and a half of snow, and life went on as usual.
Everything is relative. One winter in Chicago we got almost 90 inches of snow total, with 20 or so of those falling in just one blizzard. In contrast, my brother was in Charleston, SC, when they got an inch, and the place shut down. They're just not set up for it.
During our two and a half years in Belfast, there was very little snow until the last few months. Then it snowed about four inches. We had a new baby, and the wheels on the pram were very small. I had a terrible time pushing it.
In the 15 years we lived in Northern Ireland, we probably had a total of about 6 inches of snow. The day before D. moved to Newfoundland, there was about half an inch of snow in Belfast: the place ground to a halt and the rubbish bins weren't collected. At the same time in St. John's, they had a winter storm that brought about a foot and a half of snow, and life went on as usual.
One of the daughters of our pastor married a Canadian. he was brought up in Winnepeg and thinks we are pathetic. He has mentioned the record low, which sounds like something Capt. Scott was confronted with, and snow up to the eaves. Essentially, if you can reach your car you can probably drive your car. When buses and trains don't run here because of a dusting of sn*w he snorts derisively.
When our son was 4-7 years old we lived in a ski resort. The children played in the snow all winter long. When he was 8 we moved to the desert, and we had less then an inch of snow in town and they closed school for the day. He kept on saying, "I do not understand." when I tried to explain why school was closed.
TICTH sn*w, and all the hassle it brings. Also Haar, and Rain, (both of which are manifesting themselves here as I write)
Also, TICTH my aching legs, general fatigue, and a touch of Addison's Crisis (let the reader understand). I'm just fed up with feeling like Sh**e, though good ol' hydro-cortisone, doubled-up as per instructions, seems to be helping......a bit.....
Thank you! A double dose of h-c, plus the normal dose, and about 14 hours in bed (not all spent being asleep, alas), have restored the jaded tissues somewhat.
The Addison's Crisis didn't amount to much, fortunately. No idea what brought it on ...
Dare I say that we're planning to go to the first RHS Flower Show of the season on Friday, so are hoping for Good Weather? Or will doing so have attracted the attention of King Pluvius?
Medical advice that keeps changing. Baby aspirin is good, Baby aspirin does not help. Blood pressure should be in 140/90 range. Blood pressure should be 125/60 range, Blood pressure over age 60 can be in 150 over 80 range. A glass of wine a day is good, even one single drink of alcohol is bad. Eggs are bad. Eggs are good. Eggs are bad again. I give up and at my age am going to do what I like, and not worry.
I've taken preventative action against either of my chimneys falling down - I had them taken down before the could be demolished by the quakes and kill me. If I spent too long in bed though I would seize up. Muscles need exercise.
I do agree on the contradictory advice though. I use a combination of the Mayo Clinic and the local Health Board and hope for the best.
The senior management at my place. Having set up our team in the middle of last year, to do work on an enterprise wide level, appointed a leader and started some recruitment to bring it up to a useful level, they have meekly changed direction, "persuaded" by a person who has set up his own alternative team, to do work on a piecemeal, project-by-project basis. Our team leader has been moved on and "everything will be resolved later".*
*Shortly to appear in my book "The Theory and Practice of Demotivation". I don't know whether to get drunk or take my Louisville slugger to a selection of inanimate objects.
And the medics who diagnose dementia without eliminating UTIs first.
O indeed. But, sadly, sometimes peeps don't completely recover from a UTI, at least as far as their mental health is concerned. It happened to My Old Mum, though her incipient dementia (as it turned out a couple of years later) was probably hastened by the UTI......
The senior management at my place. Having set up our team in the middle of last year, to do work on an enterprise wide level, appointed a leader and started some recruitment to bring it up to a useful level, they have meekly changed direction, "persuaded" by a person who has set up his own alternative team, to do work on a piecemeal, project-by-project basis. Our team leader has been moved on and "everything will be resolved later".*
*Shortly to appear in my book "The Theory and Practice of Demotivation". I don't know whether to get drunk or take my Louisville slugger to a selection of inanimate objects.
TICTH 'senior management', often a euphemism for 'toddlers who haven't a clue'......
ICTH Last Days of Term - or rather, having spent double the usual amount of time getting home on the bus, parents who insist in picking up their little darlings by car thereupon.
This one is precautionary only, but I'd like to consign the 30 sachets of "Laxido" powder I've just picked up at Boots. Yes, the doctor assures me it will cure constipation but his emphasis on its effectiveness and the sheer awfulness of the name is a little unnerving.
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The linctus consisted mostly of creosote, IIRC, but was certainly effective. Probably illegal today, of course.....
I have been Improving my Mind (and, incidentally, inducing Leaky Eye Syndrome), by reminding myself, by means of YouTube, of our musical heritage, from Archangel to Algeciras, and from Galway to Batumi.
Currently listening to Ma Vlast, by Bedrich Smetana.
@Firenze, may your cough be gone v. soon. Would a little hot WHISKY help?
It does tend to stick around. Mine's been 12 weeks and counting...
Unfortunately house works move tomorrow to knocking off old tiles so major Dust.
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I have no words for how angry I am that 1) this individual is in Queens Park and 2) he should be complaining about illegal weed sales.
So since I have no words I'm going to leave it here and go beat my forehead to a bloody pulp. Figuratively speaking.
AFF
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I'm sorry about your brother's friend, AFF.
Facts are facts but I can see how they might put the Ship off an even keel.
God I'm so hair trigger these days - maybe I consign myself to hell.
Sorry I was out of line.
AFF
NOOOOOOooooooo!!!!!
Dante's ninth level is frozen over - I try not to remind myself of this.
AFF
Yeah but probably not very much or very often and when it does it probably feels like the world is coming to an end. Like when it snows below the Bible Belt.
AFF
In the 15 years we lived in Northern Ireland, we probably had a total of about 6 inches of snow. The day before D. moved to Newfoundland, there was about half an inch of snow in Belfast: the place ground to a halt and the rubbish bins weren't collected. At the same time in St. John's, they had a winter storm that brought about a foot and a half of snow, and life went on as usual.
One of the daughters of our pastor married a Canadian. he was brought up in Winnepeg and thinks we are pathetic. He has mentioned the record low, which sounds like something Capt. Scott was confronted with, and snow up to the eaves. Essentially, if you can reach your car you can probably drive your car. When buses and trains don't run here because of a dusting of sn*w he snorts derisively.
Also, TICTH my aching legs, general fatigue, and a touch of Addison's Crisis (let the reader understand). I'm just fed up with feeling like Sh**e, though good ol' hydro-cortisone, doubled-up as per instructions, seems to be helping......a bit.....
The Addison's Crisis didn't amount to much, fortunately. No idea what brought it on
I should be so lucky. I've been doing a rain dance in snow boots with an ice axe in my hand to try to help it get the idea, but no, nowt.
If we all took All Medical Advice, we wouldn't dare to get up in the morning.
And then the Chimney would fall on us, and squash us.
I do agree on the contradictory advice though. I use a combination of the Mayo Clinic and the local Health Board and hope for the best.
*Shortly to appear in my book "The Theory and Practice of Demotivation". I don't know whether to get drunk or take my Louisville slugger to a selection of inanimate objects.
O indeed. But, sadly, sometimes peeps don't completely recover from a UTI, at least as far as their mental health is concerned. It happened to My Old Mum, though her incipient dementia (as it turned out a couple of years later) was probably hastened by the UTI......
TICTH 'senior management', often a euphemism for 'toddlers who haven't a clue'......
Thank you.