Ilovemygarden Posted August 14 #61151 Share Posted August 14 42 minutes ago, grapau27 said: We went out for lunch today. Scampi and chips. I had beans Pauline had garden peas. Looks tasty Graham. These boards are very quiet just now - maybe lots of people are away on holiday? I was wondering about a couple of posters we haven’t heard from for a while - Beckett for one. I think she was undergoing tests so I hope all is well with her and twotravellersLondon has been missing for ages too. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 14 #61152 Share Posted August 14 20 minutes ago, Ilovemygarden said: Looks tasty Graham. These boards are very quiet just now - maybe lots of people are away on holiday? I was wondering about a couple of posters we haven’t heard from for a while - Beckett for one. I think she was undergoing tests so I hope all is well with her and twotravellersLondon has been missing for ages too. I hope Jane @Beckett is okay too. I tagged her last week as well. Hopefully she is on a lovely cruise. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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indiana123 Posted August 14 #61155 Share Posted August 14 3 hours ago, zap99 said: 7 hours ago, Josy1953 said: A bit dull this morning but pleasant for a walk with the dog. I don't know what time they are planning to come round to collect him but the house is going to feel strange without him but I won't have to get the vacuum out more than once a day. I have an appointment at the doctors this morning for an "over 70s health check" which I have never had before so I'm not sure what to expect. Loose weight, eat more fruit and vegetables. Don't eat processed meat and keep your meat consumption down to 4oz a week. Less of that..more of this and if you enjoy something you can jolly well knock that on the head. That saved you a trip..Oh ,and stay out of the sun. At one I was asked if I could walk 50 yards without being breathless. I explained as I am disabled I couldn't even walk 50 yards and the reply was something like "Do you think you would if you could" (walk that is!) or something as stupid Another time she asked me about alcohol and I explained I probably only drank half a bottle of wine a week, perhaps a bit more sometimes if dining out .As I left she said "please cut down on the alcohol" If I remember rightly I shut the door quietly and resisted the urge to slam it! 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted August 14 #61156 Share Posted August 14 The dog has gone home. I had my blood removed but when I got home I had another message from the doctor to call to arrange a liver function test so another trip to the germ ridden waiting room is on my calendar for 2 weeks today. It is like an OAP's nosey social club, one old gent asked me why I was there so I told him that I didn't know so he said "Oh you are one of those who thinks that they are healthy". I lost the will to live at that point. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 14 #61157 Share Posted August 14 13 minutes ago, Josy1953 said: The dog has gone home. I had my blood removed but when I got home I had another message from the doctor to call to arrange a liver function test so another trip to the germ ridden waiting room is on my calendar for 2 weeks today. It is like an OAP's nosey social club, one old gent asked me why I was there so I told him that I didn't know so he said "Oh you are one of those who thinks that they are healthy". I lost the will to live at that point. Hope all goes well with the retest, my Mrs was sent back saying the potassium was showing high but next test was reading OK. They put it down to using her veins as a pin cushion . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted August 14 #61158 Share Posted August 14 3 minutes ago, kalos said: Hope all goes well with the retest, my Mrs was sent back saying the potassium was showing high but next test was reading OK. They put it down to using her veins as a pin cushion . It isn't a retest, it a test that the nurse missed out, at least she owned up to having forgotten the liver function test. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 14 #61159 Share Posted August 14 (edited) It was nice at the beach earlier. Edited August 14 by grapau27 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted August 14 #61160 Share Posted August 14 5 hours ago, kalos said: Glad you said the supermarket and not the chemist 😉 I wonder if crabs get people? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 14 #61161 Share Posted August 14 54 minutes ago, yorkshirephil said: I wonder if crabs get people? Oh yes ..... https://youtu.be/AJ7jGrwg3T4?si=R8Qab1naUl_idJ-Z 🙃 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eddie99 Posted August 14 #61162 Share Posted August 14 If I still had my allotment 🙂 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy v Posted August 14 #61163 Share Posted August 14 3 hours ago, Josy1953 said: The dog has gone home. I had my blood removed but when I got home I had another message from the doctor to call to arrange a liver function test so another trip to the germ ridden waiting room is on my calendar for 2 weeks today. It is like an OAP's nosey social club, one old gent asked me why I was there so I told him that I didn't know so he said "Oh you are one of those who thinks that they are healthy". I lost the will to live at that point. I can't believe anyone would be so rude and insensitive to ask why you were at the doctor's. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted August 14 #61164 Share Posted August 14 5 minutes ago, happy v said: I can't believe anyone would be so rude and insensitive to ask why you were at the doctor's. Loved Monty Python,"who's got the pox". 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted August 14 #61165 Share Posted August 14 (edited) Had a surreal afternoon here. My neighbours are selling their house. Herald a knock on the door which my OH answers while I'm in the garden picking some veg for dinner. He comes out to tell me two people who are prospective purchasers of next door have knocked on the door and he's invited them in for a cup of tea because they want to discuss the area, the house and local services. I get a bit confused at this because sitting in my kitchen are two of my friends who've popped in with some cat food they've just bought for me but being the ever helpful neighbour I go into my house and find these two strangers seated in my lounge, the man on my recliner which he's raised and the lady perched on my sofa with her feet up on my mother's pouffe. Meantime my friends and husband are seated round the dining table drinking their tea and eating cake while I am left to fend questions from these rather odd prospective neighbours. Forty minutes later they've picked my brain on house building, road building, buses, shops, doctors, local children, who the surrounding neighbours are, doctors again and hospitals and even my relationship with my friends and near neighbours. At which point the man lowered the recliner and said thank you for your time and herded the lady down my hallway to the front door. Cue a lot of questions about my large conservatory style porch where I have wardrobes and storage baskets for coats, hats and shoes. And then off they trotted. Strangely they never offered their names or anything about themselves save they had six grown up children. I return to the kitchen none the wiser to what on earth has just occurred to find my husband and friends in fits of laughter. I guess the joke must have been missed by me. Edited August 14 by Megabear2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted August 14 #61166 Share Posted August 14 23 minutes ago, happy v said: I can't believe anyone would be so rude and insensitive to ask why you were at the doctor's. It's OK for the doctor to ask, but some random bloke being nosey would get an appropriate response. I would tell him I had a highly contagious tropical disease. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 14 #61167 Share Posted August 14 4 minutes ago, brian1 said: Loved Monty Python,"who's got the pox". I have just asked permission to tell you this true story . Many years ago before Mrs K and I took up cruising we were on holiday on the mainland in Spain. She sometimes used to get cold sores in hot sunny weather and needed some cream for her lips. This was explained to the assistant in the chemist who was taking many orders for the chemist to dispense, to the folk who were waiting for their meds. After about 5 minutes the chemist came out of the rear of the shop and said .. " CREAM FOR THE LADY WITH THE HERPES "🤣 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted August 14 #61168 Share Posted August 14 19 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: Had a surreal afternoon here. My neighbours are selling their house. Herald a knock on the door which my OH answers while I'm in the garden picking some veg for dinner. He comes out to tell me two people who are prospective purchasers of next door have knocked on the door and he's invited them in for a cup of tea because they want to discuss the area, the house and local services. I get a bit confused at this because sitting in my kitchen are two of my friends who've popped in with some cat food they've just bought for me but being the ever helpful neighbour I go into my house and find these two strangers seated in my lounge, the man on my recliner which he's raised and the lady perched on my sofa with her feet up on my mother's pouffe. Meantime my friends and husband are seated round the dining table drinking their tea and eating cake while I am left to fend questions from these rather odd prospective neighbours. Forty minutes later they've picked my brain on house building, road building, buses, shops, doctors, local children, who the surrounding neighbours are, doctors again and hospitals and even my relationship with my friends and near neighbours. At which point the man lowered the recliner and said thank you for your time and herded the lady down my hallway to the front door. Cue a lot of questions about my large conservatory style porch where I have wardrobes and storage baskets for coats, hats and shoes. And then off they trotted. Strangely they never offered their names or anything about themselves save they had six grown up children. I return to the kitchen none the wiser to what on earth has just occurred to find my husband and friends in fits of laughter. I guess the joke must have been missed by me. Do they like pineapples? Just saying. 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted August 14 #61169 Share Posted August 14 18 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: Had a surreal afternoon here. My neighbours are selling their house. Herald a knock on the door which my OH answers while I'm in the garden picking some veg for dinner. He comes out to tell me two people who are prospective purchasers of next door have knocked on the door and he's invited them in for a cup of tea because they want to discuss the area, the house and local services. I get a bit confused at this because sitting in my kitchen are two of my friends who've popped in with some cat food they've just bought for me but being the ever helpful neighbour I go into my house and find these two strangers seated in my lounge, the man on my recliner which he's raised and the lady perched on my sofa with her feet up on my mother's pouffe. Meantime my friends and husband are seated round the dining table drinking their tea and eating cake while I am left to fend questions from these rather odd prospective neighbours. Forty minutes later they've picked my brain on house building, road building, buses, shops, doctors, local children, who the surrounding neighbours are, doctors again and hospitals and even my relationship with my friends and near neighbours. At which point the man lowered the recliner and said thank you for your time and herded the lady down my hallway to the front door. Cue a lot of questions about my large conservatory style porch where I have wardrobes and storage baskets for coats, hats and shoes. And then off they trotted. Strangely they never offered their names or anything about themselves save they had six grown up children. I return to the kitchen none the wiser to what on earth has just occurred to find my husband and friends in fits of laughter. I guess the joke must have been missed by me. Did they ask for your PIN number. Did you tell them about the old plague cemetery.?. Our arrogant sales manager was buying a house in Littlehampton. Our droll production manager who lived in the area asked him where. He told him in glowing terms the posh greenfield area where they were building the new houses.....Ah ! We call it rubbish tip lane.🤣 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted August 14 #61170 Share Posted August 14 (edited) 16 minutes ago, kalos said: I have just asked permission to tell you this true story . Many years ago before Mrs K and I took up cruising we were on holiday on the mainland in Spain. She sometimes used to get cold sores in hot sunny weather and needed some cream for her lips. This was explained to the assistant in the chemist who was taking many orders for the chemist to dispense, to the folk who were waiting for their meds. After about 5 minutes the chemist came out of the rear of the shop and said .. " CREAM FOR THE LADY WITH THE HERPES "🤣 In France DW got a bite on her thigh which came up like a Balloon. My French is poor. In the pharmacy...parlez vous Anglais?..non. Ah ! Regardez la derriere ou mai famme....creme ou gell.?. Gell sil house plais. .what did you tell her?...don't worry about it.🤣 Edited August 14 by zap99 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted August 14 #61171 Share Posted August 14 Megabear - are you sure it was not just an April fool type trick done by your husband and friends? If not, let's hope they don't buy it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted August 14 #61172 Share Posted August 14 42 minutes ago, lincslady said: Megabear - are you sure it was not just an April fool type trick done by your husband and friends? If not, let's hope they don't buy it. I hope not too! I wish I had said something off putting but I know the neighbours are really keen to sell because their first buyer pulled out and they're worried about losing their own new house. I must be too kind for my own good! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted August 15 #61173 Share Posted August 15 11 hours ago, happy v said: I can't believe anyone would be so rude and insensitive to ask why you were at the doctor's. I think that it is because I am not one of the regulars, as I said they were like a little club of people who all knew each other. DH thinks that it was hilarious and told me that to avoid talking to people I should do as he does when he has to go for his monthly appointment, he takes a book with him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted August 15 #61174 Share Posted August 15 10 hours ago, zap99 said: It's OK for the doctor to ask, but some random bloke being nosey would get an appropriate response. I would tell him I had a highly contagious tropical disease. Taken as good advice for my next appointment.🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 15 #61175 Share Posted August 15 1 hour ago, Josy1953 said: Taken as good advice for my next appointment.🤣 Yep take a book with you 🙃 Your opening line to nosey git could be... Just got back from Africa and my husband was covered in blotches but they are going now but I've got them now. Hubbie thinks scabies, I hope not cos they spread easy ,don't they ?😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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