General Chat

Sylvia, it's good to hear that both you and OH are alright, and that you are enjoying the Olympics. Well done to Canada! Hope you get on okay at the hospital, as you say if you had a compression fracture, you wouldn't be able to walk. Enjoy watching the Olympics later on. Take care!

Love, Sallie.x

Good luck with the Xray Sylvia, surely you are right and would not be able to walk with a spine fracture.

Sallie yes it is good to be warm and we are now clean and not smelly. Didn't have a bath all over the weekend as the immersion takes so long to heat up and costs so much sow e stayed dirty Lol1!!!

Hi all


just to let you all know ......... they didn't keep me waiting for the xray, which I think is really why the doc put that ??? on the form.

They checked the xrays before I left, but I wasn't kept in, so I assume no fracture showed up!

The results should be at my docs in about 10-14 days ..... unless they do find something terribly wrong.


Glad to hear Ann is now clean and not smelly :)))



sylvia
xxx

Thank you Sylvia!!!

Pleased that you didn't get kept in, would be nice if they could have put your mind at rest though wouldn't it? When will you get the results?

Hello ladies.
Sylvia, has this country won anything at the games yet. I have to admit,that I have not been watching,as Roly is not keen. And as he has the remote control, stuck to his hand,I have no choice,but to watch what he wants.
I normally would have gone up to my bedroom,to watch things I want to see,but it has been to blooming cold.
As everyone else has been saying,if anything really serious had shown up on your xray,they would have taken immediate action.
Oh my it smells so fragrant on here. It must be the bath salts that Ann has used. It's surprising how much we miss being able to take a bath or a shower isn't it. We always seem to think that we smell.
But if we think back to our ancestors,they were lucky if they had a bath once a week.
I remember when I was a child,the friday night ritual,was a bath in front of the coal fire. And the weekly dose off syrup off figs,to keep us regular.
It was always given on a friday night,as we did not have school the following day,and could run to the loo whenever the need arose.
Every morning we were given,a tablespoon off cod liver oil and malt. I was rather strange,as I loved it,whereas by brother hated it.
I must go and do some lunch now. I will be back later. Love to all. Mo xxx

Well, I have to admit that we are not the shower/bath every day brigade. We sometimes just wash, I really don't feel the need to shower every day, maybe in the summer if it is very hot, but we don't smell and stay clean.

I love my baths Ann. Especially when the heating is on,and the bathroom is lovely and warm.

Yes we like a bath too but cost has made us limit baths to once a week and shower the rest of the time. Easier to wash hair in the shower too.

Once a month is enough for anyone Ann...lol....btw. do you have a A**i. near you? I get a e-mail twice a week for the specials. and this thursday there are some craft stuff on, I got canvas paper to print on makes the photos like paintings, 20 for £3.99. if you like I can add your e-mail add yto the list and they will come to you also....

Mo, we have had more snow this morning couldnt believe it when i looked out of the window, we went shopping and it was coming down like 1/2 crowns. the place we went to had none at all and the sun was shining....
sky is quite clear now lets hope it stays like that....

Sylvia, if there had been a fracture they would have dealt with it there and then I am sure, so no news is probably good news...
We have been watching the snow boarding it is amazing to see, they are so fast,I wondered what speeds they get up to....

When is Marilyn back? and wasnt it good to hear from Debbie....
wonder how Sue is doing and all the other folk ....

love to all. Jean xx

Hello Ladies,

Just quickly popping in cos I'm going to see my Mum & Dad in a mo. Take the children there to have a run around in someone else's garden.

Matthew had his rugby match thismorning and it was a fantastic game - the teams drew 19 each, and Ann the team was called PRIESTLANDS. Don't know whether they come from Gloucester or Gloucestershire, I know that one is a town and one a county, so it may not be a school you have heard of. It looked as though they have quite a lot of youngsters over here as there were 2 rugby games going on and they have a load of girls over to play netball as well, so a good sporty half term for them.

Just checked the Cross Country entries for the event in Leeds that Daniel is doing on 27Feb and see there are 645 boys registered to run in his age group alone, so it is a huge event. No wonder he comes back totally in awe of the running that he does over in the UK.

Anyway, gotta go. Hope you are all ok. I'll read the other posts later in the week and get back to you.

Enjoy your Pancakes tonight - I nearly forgot. Can you imagine how well that would have gone down in my household???!!!

Take care all of you.


DEBBIE

Hello Everyone,

Sylvia, I'm sure that if there was something serious like a fracture they would have found it straight away. I bet it was nice to go straight in for your xray and not have to wait.

Ann, I'm afraid I'm one of the shower every day brigade, it's because I find it quicker to get in the shower than have a wash down. As you said it's also easier to was hair in the shower.

Mo, I remember having a bath in the tin bath in front of the fire on a Friday night, and the cod liver oil, which I hated taking--but my brother loved it. As we got older we took the codliver oil capsules, they were much better to take, my brother use to say that they were better too, because when he bit into them there juice and then chewing gum. I think he thought they were good value for the money.Ha, Ha.
Did you go to play darts last night? If you did, I hope your team won.

Speak to you all later. Love, Sallie.xx

Evening all.
Yes Sallie,I did have darts last night. And we won,yippee,6-0 and 3-0,we have not done that in ages.
Has the snow gone now Jean.? Did it wait for you to go out,before it came down. It's strange how going just a short distance from home,the weather can change.
Oh my lord Debbie,I forgot it's pancake day today. It's just as well that there are only the two off us at home now. If the kids had been here,there would have been a right stink caused.
Matthews team did brilliantly Debbie,19 all,took some hard work from both teams. Did he come off the pitch covered in mud again.
I hope that mum and dad were o.k.
Sorry Jean I meant to tell you,Marilyn is back. She is at her sons at the moment. But she's off to Australia soon. Lucky girl that she is.
Marie must be getting her results soon as well. If you are looking in Marie
good luck for a good outcome.
We have not heard from Grace either Jean.

Mo, I presume you were referring to the malt with cod liver oil added. We used to have it when young although I dont remember if it was a daily ritual. Dad called it 'stinking fish' and that became our name for it. We loved it. 3 or 4 years ago I bought a tin, although it had a different fish oil it and it didnt taste the same.

I have to admit that like Ann I dont shower every day unless I feel I am extra dirty or smelly in the summer. We are on tank water, so I have to watch how much water I use in summer. The trouble is when I get in the shower I spend longer than I should in there. Unfortunately we took our bath out about 3 yrs ago in order to install a brand new shower.

Anybody heading down under had better not visit me in summer! But I might shower more often if you do.

Huia.

Hi everyone

I haven't had a bath since December 2003 :)))))))


but that's OK, I shower every 2nd or 3rd day (unless it's very hot in the summer!).

I have great difficutly getting out of the bath, have to turn myself over onto my front, then onto my knees, then try to stand up ............. if I manage all that, then I am usually aching so much that it wasn't worth it!!

We don't have a bath or shower at the cabin, and only cold running water .......................... so we have wash downs. We do have an outside shower that OH can attach to the stand pipe ..... that water comes straight from the creek, and is flippin' freezin' even on a 30C day! He does get under either that or the stand pipe on many days after working out on the land. I'm too much of a coward!

The doc's office will get the results of the spinal x-ray in about 2 weeks.

It rianed hard all night, so much snow fell up in Whistler that skiing has been postponed for a while ..... to much snow to clear the course quickly!! It is now sunny and warm here in the city, over 13C, and I've had the patio window open since about 11 am.


I remembered about Pancake Tuesday early this morning. The batter is made, and standing ready for dinner time tonight.


Had a follow up this morning to the hip x-ray I had done late last year. I got a call from a group called OASIS, which is an osteo-arthritis assessment programme ......... I have to go next Monday morning to be assessed etc.

Looking at the 7 page assessment form that I have to fill in before I go ..................... I feel a bit of a fraud!!

The doc wants me assessed ............ but I seem to fall in the very mild category on all the "rate pain/lack of movement/difficulty etc" from 1 to 10 or none to very severe!

The assessment is a result of a referral after I had that hip x-ray NOT of the spinal one, yet it is the spine that causes the problem! I think I might have said that the hip is only showing very mild deterioration.

Ah well, I shall toddle along there, wearing my "ordinary walking shoes" and carrying a pair of shorts, and spend up to 2 hours .......................

The unit is connected to 2 hospitals, one of which is the one where I had the x-ray yesterday, so they will be able to access it via computer. So I may hear something ....... depends how open they are to passing on information!


Take care everyone


sylvia
xxxx

Hello Huia. The cod liver oil and malt we were given,was in a jar,and it was brown and thick and yummyyy. One tablespoon was given us each morning,before breakfast. It can still be bought in our local pharmacy. But I wont buy it,because I know full well I will eat it like sweets.
When you say you are on tank water Huia. Does that mean they deliver it to you. My cousin in Australia has a bore hole where they get there water from.
Crumbs Sylvia,when I started to read what you had written,I thought you meant that you had not washed since 2003,stupid mare that I am,I always get things wrong.
I went cold when I read about the cold showers that your OH takes at the cabin. Oh my lord I could never have a cold bath or shower. I think I must have been spoilt by my nan,giving me my nice baths by that fire.
Good luck for your assessment on Monday. Osteo-arthritus is a right b*gg*r isn't it. Not only are we prone to break bones,but the pains from the joints,at times can be horrid. Mine is in my spine,and I have a bad curvature in it.
Enjoy your nice weather,you lucky thing you. I am envious off you being able to have the patio doors open.
Mind you,I will be dubious about having ours open again this summer,just in case we get another rat in the house.
I am paranoid about them now.
Huia,sorry I forgot to ask you,how is Phil now. I hope he is well.
Well girls I will say good night god bless you all. Love Mo xxx

Hi again Mo. Our 'stinking fish' also used to come in a brown jar. It is a bit like a soft caramel.

Tank water: we have a large tank to collect rain water from our roof. It goes through a couple of filters and a blue light to kill off bugs on its way to the header tank in the ceiling. Our water pressure is not as great as if we were on mains.

Phil was ok when I visited 2 days ago. I will go again in 2 days. That is often enough. I cant spend a lot of time on the computer at present as I am waiting for my odd job man to phone to say he is coming to mow the lawns. I wish he would hurry up so I can get on with Ancestry.

Huia.

The daughter of friends and ex-colleagues of OH has just won a Gold Medal in Snowboard Cross (for Canada)


I am so pleased for her!


That is a wild event ........ 4 snowboarders racing down the course at the same time.

Maelle failed to get a medal in the event in Turin in 2006 .............. she fell, slipped dow a bank off the course and got a concussion. She was credited with being 4th!



Mo .... that was partly why I wrote it the way I did! I wanted to see if anyone would think that!! Bit of naughtiness on my part!


Huia ........... I'm glad to hear thet Phil is doingOK

We gave some thought to using rainwater collection at our cabin, and we do collect some that runs off the roof. But it is not good enough to drink because it is always full of pollen. We use it as an alternative for boiling for washing dishes or ourselves, or filling up the loo tank if the water tank runs out in the middle of the night or we don't want to turn the generator on.

So we have an electric pump, run from a generator, that pumps water up from the creek. The rise is about 100', and the distance is about 300' or so.

That also is not potable unless it is boiled because of a particular bug Ghirardia that is common in water in much of Canada and the US. It's commonly called Beaver Fever, because beavers are carriers, although it is common in other wild animals as well.

It would be drinkable after boiling, but it also comes through peat so is brown. I don't like the look of it, so we buy or take in drinking water (ie, carry it up from Vancouver).

The creek water is lovely and soft though. Soaps and shampoos lather like you wouldn't believe!



sylvia

When I was young, the school doctor told my Mum I was wiry, whatever that meant! I wasn't very tall and was pretty skinny, not overly so but no spare meat on me then, what a difference now! Mum gave me codliver oil and malt, Virol, it was called, and I didn't mind taking it. I think I got some for my son when he was little altho don't know why as he was healthy enough, but I tucked into it and didn't buy a second jar. My lad at the age of 4 would charge through Superdrug and remind me to get his bottle of cod liver oil, he loved it, and used to chat up one of the assistants there and tell her how much he liked his codliver oil. He would always give her a kiss when we left the shop, what a flirt even then lol

Lizx

Sylvia, giardia arrived in New Zealand some years ago, thanks to some tramping tourists who arent fussy where they go to the loo. As a result we have to boil or otherwise treat the water we use from streams when tramping. It is such a pity as fresh stream water can taste so lovely. Much better than the chlorinated etc stuff you get in town water supplies.

Re keeping clean, I havent used soap for many years now, apart from on my hands and any parts that might have got something nasty on them, eg if I have been painting and have had to use turps to remove paint from my face etc I will then use soap to remove the turps. I learnt years ago that soap (or at least the ordinary toilet soaps) are bad for the skin, very drying. When my husband had a problem with dry itchy skin the doc told him to stop using soap, but he didnt feel clean. He was supposed to use pinetarsol but didnt like it, so I found a soap that is much milder than the usual ones. But it is rather expensive and he used large quantities of it. Not that I begrudged him his little luxury. I am wondering what soap they use in his hospital.

Huia.

Hello Girls,

I hope that you are all well today! The weather's not very nice here at all, rain, sleet and feeling colder than it's been.

Huia, glad to hear that Phil was okay when you last visited him, it's nice to know that he is being well looked after. Did the odd job man come to mow your lawns? I hope he did!

Sylvia, I had the same thoughts as Mo, when I read that you hadn't had a bath since 2003, so it looks as though there is another stupid mare on here, at least Mo has got another one to keep her company. Good luck with your assessment next Monday, hope all goes well for you. Well done to your friends daughter winning a Gold Medal, they must feel so proud of her .


Liz, Virol, I've been trying to think of that name, so thanks for reminding me. I hated it, but my brother loved it, and I still don't like the taste of anything with malt in. Hope all is well with you and your family. Did you get a slow cooker? I know you were thinking about it.

Hope everyone else is alright, might look in later on.

Love, Sallie.xxx