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Judging by Claire's location I think she must be there by now, I hope you can keep us updated whilst you are over there Claire, have a great time.
We spent the day in Whitby yesterday, only had one minor rain shower and the rest of the day was ok. Got back around 9pm after a trip to Asda where we picked up reduced bread and meat (bloomers 12p, whole chicken 30p) so I cooked the chicken before going to bed and will pick that apart this morning.
This afternoon we are going to the Traction Engine Rally at Temple Newsam, Leeds to set up the stand for the North Wakefield Radio Club (Radio Hams). We are having a communal curry there tonight with other members of the club but coming home to sleep, then going back tomorrow and monday for the event. It will be a busy few days for us here. I'll have to see if I can get another ride on a steam engine this time after my experience on the steam roller at the last one.
well finally got to kew yesterday without major mishap so the curse has been broken! well a plastic facia on one of the car doors has come loose but that's prob more to do with crapy british engineering.
going to enjoy the sunshine today as walked miles yesterday. good day out though.
Well, we got home just after 9.30 last night having partaken in the communal curry within our gang at the steam rally, I went straight to bed because I was shattered, then woke up at 2.30 and here I am, having already watched last night's Casualty. I think the onions are probably disagreeing with me a little as my belly isn't feeling too happy right now. I've got two full days of trying to occupy the kids at the steam rally whilst trying not to spend too much money (impossible with all those stalls) and I'm still trying to stick to my diet without giving into the temptations of all the food stalls.
follow the theory that a cday or so of being bad will help your resolve with the diet. well it's as good an excuse as any.
well daughter back to the ex.:(
so just me today. decisions decisions. do i hang around near home or go get stuck in a huge traffic jam of grockles visiting th new forest for the bank holiday. not a hard choice really.:angry:
stuff to do in the garden and another assessment for open uni. (last one) so might be good.
I was driving a steam roller again yesterday, I got first in the queue this time and chose the other engine which is a bit faster and easier to steer. However the other driver heard that I'd done it before and took one of his cones and put it in my line so that I had more cones to steer round this his lady and he missed all the cones out on the home straight so I lost again, but no by much to say that I did a whole lot more steering than they did. I enjoyed it though. I took pasta salad for lunch but had barbequed veg and 2 burgers for tea (tut tut). Hopefully I won't have put too much weight on and can start on the diet again next week.
Amanda
29-08-2005, 08:34 PM
just spent the weekend packing. Moving on the 7th September to Biggleswade!!! It is going to be hard to make new friends when you work from home!!!!
Copper
29-08-2005, 10:08 PM
Good luck with the move. Hmm don't know what to suggest for how to make friends. Maybe you need a dog to take for a walk as dog walkers appear to be friendly chatty people.
good luck with the move. get a hobby that takes you outside. what sort of stuff do you fancy doing?
pam it's the takig part that matters!! yeah right we all believe that don't we? well we try to convince the kids and ourselves but we know it ain't true. if you're not trying to win why bother?:lol2:
No Matt, it's just getting my hands on something so big that gives me a buzz, it isn't very often you get the chance to drive a steam roller. Next year for my 40th I want to drive something BIG, maybe a tank or 12 ton wagon, or a double decker bus - I don't want to go on the roads, just get behind the wheel to see what it feels like.
Amanda, I hope the move goes well for you. I can't remember if you have children but they are a good way of getting to meet people, either at the school gate or at toddler groups/baby clinics. If you don't have children then dogs are very good people meeters. Churches are another good way or women's institute? What does your work involve? Is there a way that you could promote it locally?
Hi Amanda.
I hope that the move goes ok and as to making friends, have you thought about joining some groups. I have just joined a drama group and am doing Salsa in September. Thought I would hopefully find some new friends.
Hope this helps.
Lan. :D:D:D
pam, all i can say is ooh eer missus!!!
why not try somewhere like silverstone? drive a ferrari etc etc. or i'm sure a quick google will find a tank drive may involve a bit of a drive as not going to be many places.
we await amanda's reply to suggest other things. you could always start geocaching! but then you have to be a big kid who likes gadgets!:lol2:
Matt, there's a tank driving place near Scarborough which is only a couple of hours away from me. We also keep promising ourselves that we will do the Landale Quest, also towards Scarborough, in our own 4x4 and they have a big thing that you can drive there.
http://www.langdalequest.co.uk/unimog.html
My sister passed her HGV (articulated) test last year and sometimes drives Eddie Stobart wagons down to London in her spare time - pays very well. I don't fancy doing it seriously as busy roads scare me and unknown routes terrify me but I'd like to know what it feels like.
looks like loads of fun. hope you're leaving lots of little hints all over the place so that they have time to plan it for you. or are you just going to be bltant and just ask?
i've often thought about a few laps of silverstone or doing some rally stuff. never got round to it.
No, I have told them outright so they have a year to save up/organise it. If they don't do it, I shall do it for myself. I never spend money on me (we never have any) but if I put a little away every so often I will have a big treat in a year's time. Silverstone/sports cars don't do anything for me, I'd rather do big and heavy.
Go for it Pam and show the men what we are really made of. I would love to drive a big vehicle. Not sure what, but something big and heavy.
Any ideas?
You will have to send us some photos Pam and let us know how it went.
Take care,
Lan. :bleh::bleh::bleh:
right people. what's going on?
the other day i was amazed that i was finding 50 or so new posts to read each day and for the last couple of days it's been 4 or 5? so what gives?
well my news. i've finally managed to do the essay for my final bit on this open university course. just need to copy it in triplicate and post it!
nice weekend spent with my daughter just pottering in the garden in the sunshine.
and down side have to go to southampton tomorrow to submit the next bit for my pending divorce..:(
oh well might win the lottery on wednesday......
rebecca c
05-09-2005, 05:36 PM
I just got back from my holiday in Wales yesterday. Havent had a chance to catch up on missed posts yet. Had good weather...coracles everywhere. Kids had a whale of a time (excuse pun).
Not so great for me as my husband and I are having problems. Oh well ho hum who said it would be easy.
Copper
05-09-2005, 05:44 PM
Wow Matt what are you doing on here in the daylight hours :)
So you just have the OU exam to look forward to now then? Good luck.
I am sorry to hear that you are getting divorced. Maybe you could try and look on it as a fresh start. At least you still see your daughter which is good. Daughters and fathers are very close - usually.
Have you given up on the introduction to wheat?
What have I been doing? Trying to make everything clean and tidy ready for "my back to work today". My other half was back at work last week so I have had a week of getting up early but today I am really tired. Hell, I have bags under my eyes already - they went away in the holidays.
I have been trying to do some family history research. This goes in fits and starts as you get new leads.
I had RSI in my left wrist last week - the mouse on the computer is to blame. Last year I had bad RSI in my right wrist, so I swapped and learnt to use the mouse left handed. I will now have to alternate and that will confuse my brain :lol2:
I had another silly phone conversation with the garage today. They are sooo bad it isn't true. I managed to find a very sweet technician (they are not mechanics anymore!) at a different garage who fixed the car in 30 mins. It cost me a contribution to their coffee and biscuit fund. Meanwhile the car is booked in at the stupid place for next Wednesday - they can have a dose of thier own medicine as I will not cancel the booking.
paranoidangel
05-09-2005, 07:09 PM
I haven't posted much recently - just been here to play Mah Jongg and keep my high score on Bombjack!
I have been ill twice in the past week, once at Pizza Express and once last week when I woke up ill and had to take the day off work. I am having the York test done though - had a friend of mine round yesterday who is a nurse to take my blood. Hopefully it'll show up something useful.
Hi Matt,
Sorry to hear the divorce is impending. Hope that you know you have some great friends here who care.
Lan. :D
open university. no final exam this year. this is year one of six! next year doing geology and a seperate one on environment prob, that'll have an exam at end...
wheat, well i did eat a rich tea biscuit the other week! but what with everything going on i just can't be bothered. going through the mill with the hassle at moment. just reaching the angry stage in the dealing with stuff :rant:
not going to give up, will try again shortly if i manage to put things to one side.
stop feeling sorry for myself.
came in daylight hours as remembered i'd promised to post that receipe.
sorry to hear all the probs, we're a right group aren't we!:o
rebecca c
06-09-2005, 11:04 AM
PA -keep us posted on that york test it really interests me. Sorry you've been poorly its so frustrating.
Matt - The OU thing is great - I feel my time at college is a luxury and a priveledge(sp?) - I hope you get loads out of it. When i am going through an emotional rollercoaster - which is all too often at the moment I find rescue remedy helpful. Sipping it in water right through the day.
We are all a mess but I often think I am no more of a mess than anyone else but I make some attempt (probably not enough) to face it and deal with it and I think that is true of us all on this site and I think good for us.:)
One of the problems with GPs is they cant even come close to realising how much work we have to put into all this.
zoefruitcake
07-09-2005, 09:23 AM
Hi all,
not been about for a few days as I landed up is hospital after a bad reaction to an unidentified insect bite! feeling much better by poor swollen lymph nodes still not gone down. Come back to work as I was bored silly :)
rebecca c
07-09-2005, 09:31 AM
A friend of mine gets that with mosquito bites, I'm glad your on the mend must have been really unpleasant.
linny
07-09-2005, 01:52 PM
Sorry to hear you've been poorly Zoefruitcake. :( I hope you feel a lot better soon.;)
linny
07-09-2005, 01:58 PM
I don't know if I've mentioned but I appeared in the Cross Stitcher mag (Sept) with my Beatrix Potter x-stitch picture! :D A fellow sufferer of psoriatic arthritis contacted me too which is nice.
I'm off to the dentist again as my daughter elbowed me in the mouth (accidently of course) and my bridge has come loose. After having the abscess in the hols I thought I'd had enough. Oh well, keeps me busy!
bloomin eck we're all going through it at the moment aren't we? please someone have some good news no matter how simple.
i managed to finish putting the preservative on the sheds yesterday in the lovely sunshine and had my daughter to dtay last night so that was good. bit of a pain driving 25 miles to get her to school this morning but....:D
ellsie
08-09-2005, 09:03 AM
Goodness everyone is going through the mill!
I shall have a look for that mag Linny! I may have it but if not one of my friends will. I think the last one I bought is Oct issue as I liked the christmas tree sampler and am starting that for christmas. My Mirabilia mermaid will have to wait!
Apart from that my youngest has started school (sniff) and can't go back today as she got pudding on her top yesterday!;)
Still waiting for news on the emigration to Canada front....
Sent of my final assesment for book keeping so I hope that will be back soon and then my husband can bury me in his papaerwork!
Apart from that my hoose needs a good clean after the summer hols so I better start ! :thumbsdow
Hi all.
I haven't got much good news either. My stomach has been bloated for the past two weeks (since the wedding), with sickness, legarthy and depression. Have a doctors appointment on Monday and can't wait. If nothing improves I might go to the hospital and see what they say, as worried now.
Have had a lot of stress the past few weeks, so could just be IBS. It never rains, but it pours.
The only good news I have is am going away for the weekend and can't wait.
Kind Regards,
Lan.:D:D:D
P.S. Have a sick day off work today and that's why I'm posting earlier than normal.
Take care all.
PinkyPrincess
08-09-2005, 12:27 PM
Gosh, sorry to hear people are going through it at the moment.
Makes a change for me but things might be looking up, my IBS symptoms are better since being off the dairy and taking digestive enzymes and some wonderful homeopathic medicine which is supposed to stop me being a bit of a fruitcake and being miserable.
I've also managed to start a new job without making an idiot of myself and am a lot less stressed because I hated where I was before.
Hang in there people, there's light at the end of the tunnel!
Fozzybear
08-09-2005, 05:03 PM
Things aren't too bad for me at the moment. Been too busy to post here as I've spent a couple of weeks troubleshooting my PC and after deciding it was a hardware problem I've been building a new pc and trying to get it set up how I like it. Now running (if this makes sense to anyone) an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor on an Epox nForce3 ultra motherboard (with more connectors and options than I know what to do with!) and a dual channel memory set of 2 512MB Kingston PC3200 RAM sticks. Also have a Jeantech 600W! psu from PC World. It is pretty fast compared to my old pc (an AMD 2500XP processor) but the best thing about it is that it runs a lot cooler than my old CPU and the fans on the CPU and in the PSU are very quiet.
Steve
08-09-2005, 07:12 PM
Things aren't too bad for me at the moment. Been too busy to post here as I've spent a couple of weeks troubleshooting my PC and after deciding it was a hardware problem I've been building a new pc and trying to get it set up how I like it. Now running (if this makes sense to anyone) an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor on an Epox nForce3 ultra motherboard (with more connectors and options than I know what to do with!) and a dual channel memory set of 2 512MB Kingston PC3200 RAM sticks. Also have a Jeantech 600W! psu from PC World. It is pretty fast compared to my old pc (an AMD 2500XP processor) but the best thing about it is that it runs a lot cooler than my old CPU and the fans on the CPU and in the PSU are very quiet.
Actually that makes perfect sense to me :)
I have just built a pc here, and AMD64 X2 3800+, nForce3 motherboard, 2 gig ram and 2 180Gig hard drives.
It's currently running WindowsXP, Windows 64 and linux.
:dance:
Copper
08-09-2005, 07:59 PM
Boys and their toys :D
Fozzybear
08-09-2005, 09:31 PM
Definitely - we have to have gadgets! I don't do much with my cash:
no big holidays
inexpensive social life
no car to run
don't smoke or drink
so my outgoings are pretty minimal. Because of that I don't feel guilty about spending money on 'toys' CDs and DVDs. I did try to avoid upgrading my PC though - I spent about 3 weeks fault-finding my PC before giving up and going for the upgrade.
see i love toys but don't trust myself taking them apart as they invariably don't go back together properly.
got the pc
gps
pda
new laminator yesterday!! v cheap from tesco
want the digital caonon camera vvv expensive.
he who dies with the most toys wins:D
Fortunately I've got a man to do that sort of thing, I just sit here pressing the buttons when he's finished.
I got home from work yesterday to a bit of a crisis. My eldest (12) fell off his bike and ended up sat in a wasps nest. He got hundreds of stings on his bum, back of his legs and arms. Hubby gave up on NHS Direct as he couldn't get past the automated bits so rang the local health centre instead. Having already used 2 whole cannisters (ours and neighbour's) of sting relief and put son in bath, hubby spoke to the nurse who arranged for a prescription for strong anti histamines to be made up and the doctor handed it over as soon as I walked in - good service for once - and the pharmacy was deserted just for a change. He went to bed sore last night but fortunately didn't suffer an allergic reaction, I don't think he will be going to school today though. I hope this won't predispose him to an allergic reaction in future after such an onslaught.
We're hoping to go off road this weekend, there's an event not far from us at Langley Farm which we will visit to spectate if not participate. http://www.langleyfarm4x4.co.uk/ However, we won't be doing the mud hole, the air intake on our Terrano is too low down to risk it, we can only go into water about 18" deep.
Hi Pam
I hope your son is feeling better now. Sounds like he had a nasty fall.
Lan.
ellsie
09-09-2005, 09:43 AM
Ouch Pam that sounds awful for your son. It must have been frightening for him. Hope he feels better soon.
Copper
09-09-2005, 11:32 AM
I feel really sorry for your son Pam. Wasps will sting for no reason at the best of times. Bees have to be provoked as when they sting they die themselves, wasps sadly live to sting again :( Thank goodness he is not allergic to wasp stings. I hope that he feels better soon.
hope he's managed to sleep ok.
4x4 event went well i hope or rather hope it does depending on when you read this.
saw a lovely range rover in papers yesterday. lpg converted £10000 if only. there's always the lottery tonight. dman need it with the petrol prices at the moment. 96p around here.:o
I would never have a lpg conversion. I've heard too many stories of people having difficulties with them and then they have to go away to a specialist for repairs. More trouble than its worth really I think. I filled my car up last night at 92.?p and we filled the other up with diesel at 94.?p so that if the blockades do start at least we will be ok for 2 to 3 weeks (longer if we are very careful). We managed ok last time but hubby was just starting to get low when petrol started coming through again, he had filled a couple of cans as he did about 40 miles a day in his work van and ended up using them. Fuel tax is a bit of a money earner for the government, it wouldn't be so bad if they invested it in public transport and research into renewable energy sources but there aren't any real alternatives to driving sometimes.
Son had day off school yesterday, his stings are itching now but he isn't really unwell. Hubby went looking for the nest but couldn't find it so we suspect that our son was somewhere he shouldn't have been and didn't actually fall off his bike where he said he had. That'll teach him!
Forgot to say, hubby decided that we would go to the 4x4 place tomorrow (he's fixed it up with his 4x4 forum friends and disregarded any plans I had for tomorrow) but judging by the very wet weather at the moment we might not go at all, it will just be a mud bath and we'll be stuck in the car so won't be able to watch other participants if it continues raining.
Copper
10-09-2005, 10:57 AM
There are more 4x4 vehicles than ever round here. The only off road stuff they do is park half way up the pavement. Our road is not that narrow so why do people feel the need to park on the pavement?
Last time we had a petrol crisis we had to save the petrol in my car as we had to take our youngest daughter to uni at Reading. I managed to get a lift to work but had to rely on the bus to get home. I had to leg it down the road - luckily downhill - in order to be on time for the bus. The bus did not arrive and the follwing one was very late. I was told by a fellow passenger that this was the "normal" service. They only run every half an hour! So I left work just after noon and got home at 3pm. It takes me about 20 mins to drive. I wonder why I don't use the bus every day. Now the timetable has changed and the bus used to go as far as the top of the hill in Bournemouth which is where I work, has now been changed so it stops at the bottom of the hill in the town centre. There are a lot of offices at the top of the hill so there have been a number of complaints. Which ever way you look at it you have to spend longer travelling, as you either have to get 2 buses of have a tiring walk up a fairly steep hill to get to work.
can't think why i hate public transport. my 200 miles a week to just collect and drop off daughter is going to be introuble if they do decide to blockade. pointless episode as well. doesn't acheive anything wish it would but...
solar power or rain powered car is what's needed!
Mr and Mrs Consumer are going to be well and truly robbed over the next few months. Petrol has already gone up by 14.9%, British Gas are putting their prices up by 14% so everyone else will follow suit there. Food is going to go up with a hike due to increased production/transport costs.
Will our wages go up by 14%? Don't be silly! All we need is for mortgage rates to go up a few percent and the whole country will be well and truly stuffed!
Yes, we should be doing more with solar, wind, tidal energy but the government make far too much profit out of petrol etc to investigate other sources.
I'm back!! :)
I'm still in once piece, apart from a suspected broken big toe, a grazed forehead and nose, and a small swelling to the side of my head!!
Had lots of fun.
Sorry I didn't manage to send anything when I was away (although I did email Matt, so whether he bothered to tell you all whether I was alive is a different matter!)
Photos will be uploaded sometime in the future, and will post a link for anyone interested when I get round to it.
Sorry to hear about everyones troubles, hope things are going to start improving for you all soon.
Copper
11-09-2005, 10:35 AM
Welcome back. Matt did not tell us that you were alive - that is a typical bloke thing.
I am sure that when you are over the jet lag you will be telling us how you got damaged :)
rebecca c
11-09-2005, 12:03 PM
Welcome back Claire.
I guess I shall just hope these blockades dont go ahead, but my reasons would be largely financial and I think Matt has the biggest reason to be concerned if it would stop him seeing his daughter that would be awful.
Went to a fancy dress party last night as a bean pole;) I am proud of myself becuase I only knew the hosts dont drink and went on my own and had a good time.
Today we are just chilling out a bit. Will have to watch a bit of cricket.
in my defence i would have said if anything was wrong! plus i'm bloke we don't think about that sort of thing!
managed to almost/actually break my little toe yesterday by kicking something by accident:o
the cost of petrol is not good but i'm more worried about he blockade, they mean well but i'll be stuffed if it goes on. can last a few days if i really restrict myself but soon run out of fuel.....:o
time to pray to the god of lottery. won't help with the supply of petrol but will with cost. going to make sure enough insulation in loft and draft proof house. extra clothes this winter. save on fuel bills. that or get a wind turbine in back garden!
zoefruitcake
12-09-2005, 12:43 PM
thanks for your good wishes.
I'm feeling better, but constantly exhausted and have no appetite at all - this is very unnatural for me ;)
I don't really understand the point of the blockades, they aren't effective, and just annoy the rest of the country.
I think that last times attempt show how ineffective the blockades were.
I think I should have brought some petrol back from America (its about half the price although they are moaning that its got expensive!!)
Matt, put your wind turbine on your roof, its more effective, or solar panels, (they do work in Britain honestly!!)
Steve
12-09-2005, 04:02 PM
People are already panic buying petrol. I had to get petrol lunchtime and the local tescos garage was absolutly packed. There was even long queues leading into the garage.
96.9p a litre here at the moment. On the weekend i passed a lot of places where it was 99.9p. Maybe buying a car wth a 2.3 engine was not a good idea<_<
Hi all,
I was advised by Steve to go and buy petrol and certainly glad I did. When i got in the garage there was about 4 other cars there, but by the time I left, there were nearly 15 and they were queueing out onto the road. :mellow::mellow:
I only got the petrol as I had under 1/2 a tank and with all the panic buying, knew I'd have to get some. The last time it was a nightmare, even so, I still managed to get to a job interview about 10 miles away.
Kind Regards,
Lan. :D:D
P.S. I hope everyone has full tanks now.
Copper
12-09-2005, 07:14 PM
We have full tanks here too now but only because they were both on half or less. I am told that the local Asda here was very busy and they had run out of diesel!!!!
We have won the Ashes :dance: :w00t1: :dance:
I know I was watching it during the day!!
Ah the joys of being a student :D
My mum was in work and actually rang me to find out the score during the day.
Oh I managed to have a positive customer service experience today- it did involve another accident though, minor at least, but my glasses got broken and the company have agreed to pay for most of the repair cost :)
tesco's also 96.9 around here and the queue was building up as i left! panic buying will make them run out but what do you do? can't risk running out.:(
they mean well with the blockade but not going to acheive a dman thing.
i know the turbine and panels work, it's just the initial outlay or i'd do it. in the long term they do pay for themselves and as time goes on the may become a necessity! time to look into them seriously. and to get that loft insulation done.
meanwhile enjoy the sunshine.
Fortunately our cars both got filled at the end of last week and will hopefully last us about 3 weeks of being careful (mine normally lasts over a month but not if hubby uses it instead of his). If the worst comes to the worst my eldest can catch the bus to school and I'll walk to work and back, I will only need mine to go to the supermarket once a week then. Hubby is going for job interviews, college once a week and his radio club every thursday but his other "going out" will have to be curtailed.
Petrol stations have been very busy around here and hubby reported that some had lanes closed so must be running out. The little one down the road from me (2 pumps, they serve you) has been over £1 per litre for a few days.
Last time it happened hubby was working 20 miles away and did travelling during the day so his van was just running out when deliveries started again. Another couple of days and he wouldn't have been able to get to work. Thankfully he had stored a couple of cans of diesel just in case. His company were talking about taking vans off on-site engineers to allow field engineers to use them as they needed more fuel but in the end it never came to that.
My local sainsburys has resorted to having some more assistant out on the forecourt making sure people are behaving themselves and are queuing properly (was quite annoyed as they queue along the lane for the exit!!)
If the set-up is anything like last time, my Mum should still be able to get some petrol (means Dad can go to work then), as professionals are allowed some petrol (as they don't completely empty the stations when they say they are empty), and they reserve some so people like doctors and teachers can carry on working.
Copper
13-09-2005, 04:55 PM
A number of petrol stations here have closed as they are empty. I took my mother to a large Tesco to do her shopping and was amazed that the petrol queue had not blocked the entrance to the supermarket car park. I then had to drive on a dual carriage way with idiots driving at 70mph plus - wasting petrol.
My stupid car has decided to stall at nearly every opportunity yet again!!!! It is going to the garage yet again just after lunch tomorrow. I hope they fix it as coasting in hilly B'mth is not a good idea.
i'm just trying to not drive much. though you'd think being this close to fawley i'd have no probs!
government "no need to panic buy" well that's comforting then... who else remembers gummer and the burgers??
when in doubt do the opposite to what they say.
hopefully it'll all be a damp squib and it'll all resolve itself in day or so. bloody greedy arabs fault could have increased production. mind you get used to it as in a few years it'll be happeneing permenantly. we will run out eventually. we're all doomed i say, doomed!:D
rebecca c
14-09-2005, 08:10 AM
Well I was going to say how positive I am feeling today...but Matt has put a stop to that:) Ever the optimist!!!!
I am driving in my car to Lewes ( and i dont care a fig about the petrol I am going to use)- for a friends birthday breakfast at a very trendy fun cafe/greengrocers. So I shall have fun today.
Other than that things are definitely getting (very slowly) better and my health is good!:)
ellsie
14-09-2005, 09:07 AM
I'm off for my first swimming lesson now as I thought it was past time ,as my kids wave goodbye and jump in at the deep end! Wish me luck!:mellow:
That's good news Rebecca.
Good luck Ellsie, let us know how you get on.
rebecca c
14-09-2005, 12:29 PM
Good luck Ellsie. I am always inspired by people who go back and learn skills they werent taught as children like swimming or riding a bike!! :)
Hi all,
Where I work is a tiny little village and the police were called to help deal with the petrol rush. It took me 5 minutes to move a couple 100 of yards, sue to people queueing on the main road. The one further down was even worse and and about 16-20 cars were queueing on the road. The ones not waiting for petrol had great difficulty getting around the ones that did. They must have been cursing.:angry::rant::rant::angry:
It was very quiet today though, definitly the opposite to yesterday.
Lan.:D:D:D
The petrol stations around here have all been fairly quiet today. I think thats to do with the fact that no action has been taken.....
Am meant to be rowing tonight, but had a bit of an accident with the boat last night and put a hole in it :unsure: So I've got to wait until tomorrow when my coach is back so that I can go out in a different boat.
Copper
14-09-2005, 09:01 PM
I spent an hour in a garage this afternoon waiting for my car to be fixed. It had taken to stalling at every opportunity. They said they had fixed it and road tested it and it was fine. I got to the end of the forecourt and the car stalled! It stalled twice more on the way home. I left the car outside my house for about 20 mins as I had to collect some bills. I then thought I would go a few miles up the road to pay the bills in the bank. The car had other ideas - it started ok and then died twice. I phoned the garage and told them the car was now worse!!!
I had to drive back to the garage and then spent another hour waiting for it to be fixed. So far so good. Maybe I will be able to pay the bills tomorrow.
I went to a card store today and they had... wait for it... CHRISTMAS CARDS on display!!!! It is only September! Admittedly, these cards were there for those people who need to send cards abroad, but it only takes a few days for a card to reach the UK by airmail.
On Sunday my 18 year-old daughter will be flying back to the UK to live (she plans to work for a year and then go to uni there--too late to apply for a uni of her choice this year). I just hope her grandfather won't have a problem getting petrol so he can collect her from Gatwick (and get back to Cambs).
open university. no final exam this year. this is year one of six! next year doing geology and a seperate one on environment prob, that'll have an exam at end...
What OU course did you do this year, Matt? I did Geology (S236) as my first OU course and I just loved it. Being uncoventional, I then went on to do the science foundation course S102. Those courses may be discontinued now as I did them in the early '90s. Also loved 'Human Biology and Health' and 'Physical Resources and Environment.'
an optimist can only be disapointed whereas as an pessimist i can only be pleasantly suprised!
local tescos has the xmas stuff in, yep you can buy the cakes and choccies already! saying which i'm about to make the first of three cakes. they benefit from the soaking in alcohol for a couple of months. far superior to the rubbish in the shops.
well i did s103 intro this year. replacement to s102. will do s260 next year geolgy and three short science courses aswell spread over the year. well the first short one starts oin nov then geo in feb. can't call it an earth sciences degree at end as at the monet i'm not able to do the residential courses! phobia probs and food probs. seems unfair but they might change their minds later. only doing it for my own satisfaction. by time i've finished i'll be atleast 41! bit late to enter the field of geology.
copper, you didn't actually expect them to fix the car did you? mechanics actually do the job you ask them to. there's an amusing idea:lol2:
So did they actually say what was causing the stalling Copper?
Pen, my supermarket had all its christmas chocolates in last week when I went too, once the kids are back at school in September the christmas shopping starts - or so the shops would have us believe. Petrol shouldn't be too much of a problem as there hasn't actually been much action in terms of blockades yet and deliveries are still getting through. All the queues and selling out have been due to panic buying.
rebecca c
15-09-2005, 08:40 AM
Petrol has only been selling out in Asda in Brighton - everywhere else is fine and nobody I know round here is bothered by it at all. I find all the panic buying quite amusing.
That whole car thing must have driven you nuts Copper, life really is too short. when so many people are doing there jobs so well its annoying when yo come across people who are still stuck in the stone-age.
Went to the Arsenal with my husband last night. Nobody could say they played well but it was a lovely night out and as I haven't been since the kids were born amazing to see players like Reyes (who is one of those people with immense prescence)
It is out 20th anniversary of being together today so we are going out again tonight - not fully decided where yet.:) :)
All the stores I've visited recently have got their seasonal aisles full of Christmas stuff- Christmas annoys me as it hijacks my birthday- I'm born early December, so most of my Birthday cards end up with random snow scenes on it. Its just not fair!!
Thankfully we have a nice little independent garage just up the road from home, who actually do their job at a reasonable price- unlike Kwik Fit who let their mechanic smoke whilst working under the bonnet of our car!
All the petrol panics seem to have calmed down here as well- petrol has also been just under 94p for the last week so hopefully we'll see it drop soon.
Rebecca C I hope you have a lovely evening tonight.
linny
15-09-2005, 12:28 PM
Hi, I cannot believe that the workmen started burning the yellow lines off the road outside our flats at 2.30 am!!! :rant: We thought a car had blown up or something terrible had happened. They didn't finish until 3.15. I have complained to the contractor and they didn't know that the gang were doing it then, they were told to start this morning. The noise, smoke and smell was awful. :angry: They are putting in traffic calming and parking restrictions for the school opposite. They did some of the yellow lines during the holidays - during the day.Should I have called the Police? Matt???
linny
15-09-2005, 12:34 PM
Wow that's better, sorry I had to let off steam.:)
The petrol situation is ok here although my husband says the diesel is about 99p a litre.
I know what you mean about the Birthday cards. My daughter's Birthday is on 19th December and we tend to buy her card early so we get a decent choice. I think every shop sells Christmas cards now including chemists - it's out of hand really. I saw calendars for sale somewhere, I think it was WH Smith. Being a cross-stitcher I try to make some cards, although I need to get some enthusiasm to start them. I've felt really tired lately and had to go for some blood tests yesterday - only 5 phials this time. Workmen don't help!
I was more concerned when I actually saw someone buying some Christmas Cards- Ok I bought my mums birthday card when I was out in America and its not till March, but its her 50th, so I've got her a card thats going to be unique here.
If I bought Christmas cards now, I'd lose them and have buy new ones again!!
Linny I'm amazed that workman actually work at that time of day, around here they turn up put some barriers up and then disappear for weeks on end.
Hope the blood tests weren't too bad and you start feeling better soon.
workmen at 2am!!! well not the police but the council should be called. strongly worded letter of complaint disturbed nights sleep etc noise pollution need restitution. should be good for a night out if nothing else. be suprised if you can't get them to give something as against enviro health to make noise that time night night unless emergency, i think anyway.
dropped daughter of at school, had to leave here at 7:30 poor little sod.
been out for a couple of caches then have got the first xmas cake in the oven. atleast they are appreciated. with the amount of booze that gets soaked in i'm not suprised!
i have to say i've taken to making birthday cards on the computer. big pack of white card then just use simple photo software to put a picture on one side. totally unique that way. just use photos i've done. might well do the same at xmas. it's trad to do a family portrait one isn't it? must set one up. scare all the people i send them too!:lol2:
I ended up buying the only decent card in the shop for my husband's birthday. The thing is, he must have had this same card given to him by me on on at least 3 out of 7 birthdays he has had here!! The trouble with most North American cards is that they remind me of the poor/old-fashioned selection that the UK used to have back in the 1960s and early 70s. On very rare occasions I find a great card in a shop, and then turn it over and read that it is 'made in England!' So I wonder if hubby will recognize that he has had this "Forever Friends" card before!!
I too tend to buy cards ahead of time if I see a good one (not that that happens very often).
Re the workmen at 2.30 am, I agree that a letter to the council is a good idea. Heads should roll.
Copper
15-09-2005, 05:20 PM
Kwik fit here are brilliant - so brilliant we have even phoned head office to tell them so :)
Dan (mechanic - sorry technician) used to work on my car before he was promoted to paper pusher, worked on my car the second time. I have no idea what he did but so far so good.
Sadly I went to the bank etc this afternoon and just after I got home Barclays phoned. They had just added all three cheques up and they did not come to the total on the credit card bill. Blast!!! I had to go back out in the kiddies coming out of school rush hour with yet another cheque. At least they phoned, Natwest would not have done that I know. It is just as well that I paid the bill in hubby's bank as one of the cheques was from his Barclays account. Natwest kick up sometimes if I give them a cheque from our building society account. I don't have time for these petty rules. I must double check the total before I pay the next bill.
ellsie
15-09-2005, 05:53 PM
Luckily all the cross stitch shops are bulging with christmas goodies as I will need this long to make my chrissie picture.I am a big kid and I love christmas planning and shopping it's great!:dance:
I don't particulalrly enjoy Christmas planning- Its hard enough thinking about what I want for my birthday let alone having Christmas in the same month. Its even worse at uni as we finish for Christmas on my birthday, so there will be loads of Christmas celebrations going on and I won't have even had my birthday :(
We refuse to go back to Kwik Fit unless its an emergency. Having said that companies around here must think that cars are permenantly breaking down around here, there are three garages within about 100m of each two are directly opposite each other!!
America photos should be online in the next couple of days- just sorting out the best way to get friends easy access to them
first xmas cake made and sat on top of stove awaiting it's first drink.
second to be made over the weekend. be even better if i could eat any of it!
linny
16-09-2005, 10:52 AM
I initially spoke to 3 different people at the council, as their no. was on the plans we were sent - 24 hour highways helpline. They were useless and told me to ring the contractor Jacobs Babtie. Mr Jacobs rang me and apologised and said he will look into it. He couldn't believe that I had to ring them as he said that was the job of the highways dept at the council. Not a lot we can do now. One neighbour went out in her nightie to see what the Hell was going on! Everyone I speak to said it sounded like a gun/bomb.
Hopefully we'll have a peaceful weekend now that they've finished the work.
At least you found someone to complain to. Sometimes finding the right area to address a complaint is nearly impossible. I'm sure they do it on purpose!
Got quite a busy weekend planned, although it doesn't seem very interesting, I've still got to get sorted from arriving home and do odd jobs around the house (It's terrible but Mums paying me to do things like paint the garage- it's because I've not been home much this summer)
put it in writing and make written request for compensation or it'll just be washed away and nothing done about it.
the complaint is with the council regardless if they contracted the work out. do not be fobbed off. :rant:
I got £50 off Yorkshire Water for disturbed sleep because they put metal plates across some holes in the road outside my bedroom window. These were there for 2 weeks though despite our persistant phone calls to get them removed. Perhaps I should have asked for more.
The trouble is with something like sleep is that you can't put a price on it.
I got a bizarre letter from the solicitors today- they claim my reference number is incorrect, whereas I think its actually the company- who are giving me the compensation they have spelt my name incorrectly, so think thats where the trouble is coming from....
and of course the solicitors can't charge an extra £50 to the firm by sending you that letter for you to explain what they already know? or am i just being a tiny bit cynical? don't get me started on those bloodsucking moraless gits...
so sunny day today but will be good and spend it doing chores in the garden instead of going out caching or something.
getting cold at night now.
What do you mean it's a sunny day? It's still dark! Yesterday was a good day though, I got my washing nicely dried on the line.
I had a very large filling in the back-most molar yesterday, I thought he was drilling to reach my brain he took so much out. I have also volunteered to have my wisdom tooth out before I have to start paying for treatment again (will be less painful if I'm not paying for it). It is quite impacted but is causing the adjacent tooth problems so it is better out than in. I had the other top one removed last year and it didn't cause any problems, though it wasn't so impacted. So I will be feeling sorry for myself on 15th October.
I went to a wedding exhibition at my church yesterday, my dress is on display as well as others from 1928 to present day. My 16 year old meringue would look lovely as a pair of net curtains! I spent all afternoon trying to sort the boys' bedroom out a bit and managed to take out a whole bin bag full of rubbish. At least we can see the floor of their room now though. I have to make a start on their clothes drawers today as my 9 year old insists that he doesn't have any socks/undies most days. I also need to do my 6 year old daughter's room too as that is always a mess, she has a great talent for getting everything out and leaving it in a mess.
Copper
18-09-2005, 09:19 AM
The college that employs me is on two sites (Poole and Bournemouth) and as there is no technician yet at Poole, I have been asked to work on both sites. I went to the Poole site on Friday (it has two things going for it - much closer to my house and no parking problem) and I appear to be needed on both sites at the same time!!! My boss said that he would see me next week to try and sort things out - which site I wonder? He is a great boss and now works on both sites too. One thing I know for sure is that he will be at the Poole site on Friday mornings.
I have a sore throat now that the students have been around for a week :(
I think I need to spend today doing as little as possible as I will need all my energy for work. I think that I will try and do some family history as that means I get to sit down and just use my brain.
Yeah I know, I think they're just out to annoy me Matt, but I will fight for my money- if they carry on messing me around I'll start demanding more money!!
Pam, consider yourself lucky my old dentist filled my back molar, without anaesthetic :unsure: told me I wouldn't need (wasn't convinced and still am unsure about this!) No wonder I hate dentists.
Copper good luck getting things sorted out. Hows the family history going?
Copper
18-09-2005, 08:52 PM
I have not done any family history today other than pay online for a document. My paternal grandfather was in the navy and I now know he was only 5' 4'' tall. This would explain why I am vertically challenegd then :)
I was very good today and did 2.5 hours of gardening and now my back hurts :(
well i got the second xmas cake made. and greenhouse frame covered so busy day yesterday.
just cause you live way up north pam doesn't mean it's dark down here on the south coast! but i was referring to mainly the weather forecast.:lol2:
got someone coming to quote on loft insulation today but might get the time to grab a cache or two first. been good over the weekend so a litle treat for me.
had a alugh on sat looking around the nearby show home 4 beds and only 400000 cheap really! i wish. but then to be honest i wouldn't even if i could too much space for me to rattle around in.
Oi Matt, less abuse of Northerners please!! :D
Having said that I've noticed my term time home is a couple of degrees warmer in summer than here... But its also a lot colder in Winter!
Spending the day with a friend before he goes back to university- I'll soon be the last one left at home :(
east anglia has more extremes as it is more comtinental weather patterns. so hotter in summer and colder in winter.
oop north, don't the pigeons in the loft keep the houses warm? if not then the flat caps and whippets must help? any more stereotypes i've missed out?
mind you as far as i'm concerned north of winchester is up north, comes from being born within 6 miles of the channel. bad winter for us involves actually getting snow!:lol2:
I know why East Anglia has mroe extremes!! Its flat so the Siberian winds can get as far as there, and its pretty damn cold!
Matt, you've missed out lots of stereotypes, I get them all from my Southern friends- jibes about electricity, working in the coal mines, food, and water!!
mind you as far as i'm concerned north of winchester is up north, comes from being born within 6 miles of the channel. bad winter for us involves actually getting snow!:lol2:
We've been known to have a bit of that snow stuff here in Toronto too. It usually starts in December and keeps topping up until about the third week of March--often a good 12" deep. Then there is the minus 20-degree temperature, and with windchill taken into account it can feel like minus 40, but mostly it is not quite that cold. We had to laugh when the UK had about an inch of snow and they had a 'snow day.' My kids weren't amused by that as we had all this deep snow but never a single snow day, so they had to go to school.
My elder daughter (18) flew out to her new home in the UK last night. Spoke with her on the phone an hour ago to check she arrived safely. She did, but her luggage has gone AWOL and so far Air Transat don't know where it is!
I think that Britain are so unused to snow that we don't have the equipment avaliable to deal with it.
Bike and snow- not a good combination....
I'm not surprised her luggage went AWOL- having had to emergency stop a conveyor belt on my way back from my holiday it took the baggage handlers about 10 minutes to realise that the conveyor had stopped! Hope she finds her luggage her ok, where abouts in the UK is she moving to?
She will be living with her grandparents in March, Cambs. We lived in St. Ives, Cambs before moving here.
rebecca c
19-09-2005, 06:13 PM
I grew up in Cambridgeshire - my parents still live there. March is very out of the way. She cant get into much mischief there!;)
Rebecca I wouldn't be so sure- Its quite easy to get into central Cambridge from there, and I know theres lots of things to do at 18 in Cambridge :) Having said that I've only ever been to one club in Cambridge, and I don't intend to go again unless I have to!!
March is a fair way out of the way- had to get a train to there to go home once...
Copper
19-09-2005, 06:30 PM
A fair number of my ancestors lived in East Anglia - mainly Chatteris. I feel the cold so I could not survive there and certainly not up north. As Matt said if we get snow here on the south coast it is a bad winter :)
Fozzybear
19-09-2005, 11:38 PM
Gulp! I've just spent £800 on a new amplifier! I wanted a £550 one but they didn't have stocks pretty much anywhere so I've gone one up the range. It's a Denon AVR-3805 surround sound amplifier and should be pretty amazing, but I do feel a bit nervous as I've bought it online without getting a demo of it - something I always used to do when I bought hi-fi kit in the past. The reviews are excellent though (and I've got some recommendations from people on other forums) and it has a full auto setup thing with a microphone so it does all the speaker levels and distance settings itself (something I just can't get right on my current amplifier). It's way overkill really, but all the functions means I should be ok in the future.
I should get it on Saturday - I can't wait! :drool: My neighbours won't like me now - 7 channels at 120Watts a channel!:lol2:
I need a list of films to play through it for 'testing' purposes:
Star Wars
Saving Private Ryan
The Lord of the Rings
Jurassic Park
and my Corrs live DVD should be pretty spectacular too! :clap:
a film to test the stereo....top gun, pulp fiction
stereotypes on up north. you've got electricity now? wonders will never cease. i thought it was all gas lamps and smog.
pen my sisters in toronto and i get sent the photos each year. i say the same to her aswell. if you will move to a colony what do you expect??!! 18 and you're letting her out of your sight! what's she over for university , work or just to see if she prefers it here?
uk, we get all the hassle of the snow and cease to move without getting enough to make it fun. di once find a car park that had a sheet of black ice all over it though! handbrake turns galore at 3am in "company car"!!!
Oi Matt! Stop picking on us northerners. Last year we had less snow than you lot down south had. In fact just where I live we got nothing at all that managed to stick though they got about 4" just 3 miles away, but it melted the same day.
A good film for sound effects is USB 751 about a sub marine, lots of undersea noises, particularly when it gets hit. They come over very well on our surround sound DVD system.
Claire, when do you go back to Uni? You'll be a Southerner then!
I know, I'm very confused location wise! I go back on the 1st, am looking forwards to it (apart from the work bit!!), but I need to make sure I'm organised this year, as I want to keep doing lots of sport and making time to visit/ have Ian to visit.
I've never seen USB 751, but was told it wasn't that great, is this accurate Pam?
Yeah Matt we have electricity, running water, and don't all work in the coal mines. :D
We normally get quite a lot of snow where I live, we live on top of a hill, so get more snow :) There used to be enough to go sledging in, I wouldn't know nowadays, I think I'm a bit big for that kind of thing!
Fozzybear
20-09-2005, 04:31 PM
That's U-571 actually - I've seen it but personally thought it was a pretty bad film, not my cup of tea.
Some more films for the list:
Kill Bill
Apollo 13
The Incredibles
Terminator 2
The House Of Flying Daggers
Die Hard
Spirited Away
Lost In Translation (good ambience in this one)
rebecca c
20-09-2005, 04:51 PM
Cnc - Surely rowing is kind of wet horizontal sledging so I'm not sure you can claim the too old!
Fozzy bear - did you get a good saving buying your speakers over the internet as opposed to the high street? I'm afraid all the techno babble means nothing to me - sounds great though.
I bought my dog a new purple collar and lead on the internet ready for her new home that should come Saturday too - not exciting at all though.:dogrun:
Fozzybear
20-09-2005, 05:26 PM
The amplifier cost me £769 plus £25 for a Saturday delivery (would have been £10 if it was in the week but no-one's home to receive it). The retail price for the amp is £1000, so that's £205 off including delivery. It's possible to buy it for £800 from Sevenoaks Sound and Vision, but that involves getting a lift from a friend to either Witham or Ipswich (I don't have a car) and they didn't have any when I rang on Monday. Seemed easier to get one delivered rather than wait, although I'd have preferred to buy from a shop as it's easier to go there and make a fuss if there are problems.
A guy at work commented that I must be rich to afford this (and it is a luxury!), but because I'd been not at all well for a few years with the lactose intolerance I'd not really done much at all socially (no trips out, no holidays + there's no car to run) so I built up a bit of savings, some of which I'm spending now (digital camera, amplifier, ipod, pc upgrades). It's nice that now I'm starting to feel normal again I've got a bit of cash to spend on things like this as that's helping boost my mood after all the depression I had when I was ill.
...that's my excuse anyway! :bleh:
Umm I'm not sure that I can justify sledging as I'm a rower. Nice idea though!
I thought the name of the film didn't sound right, but I couldn't remember the proper one.
Saw Sin City and Madagscar recently. Both good in very different ways!
Fozzybear, are you intending to get an ipod or something similar? I'm personally anti-ipods for various reasons, so am interested in your opinions on the matter.
I have to live a rather minimal life when it comes to things like hi-fis- don't have the space to store them or transport- just wait until I get a house of my own (So that'll be about 10 years then....and everything will be compact by then!)
Fozzybear
20-09-2005, 07:45 PM
I've got an iPod mini (actually bought it at the end of last year) and I use it most days going to and from work, and sometimes at work (plugged into some powered speakers). It's not perfect as the battery life isn't fantastic (about 8 hours from my first generation mini) and if you leave it a day or so it goes into deep sleep and forgets where you were in a playlist and some other settings, but everything else it does really well. It's easy to use, small enough to carry around pretty much all of the time and the software (iTunes) works much better than other software I've used. I don't buy music downoads as they are restrictive and not very good quality, so I transfer all of my music from CD to the computer (using software called Exact Audio Copy and an MP3 codec called LAME) and then import it into iTunes ready for transfer to my iPod, or just for playback on my PC.
I don't really like having a 'trendy' mp3 player, but the fact that it is actually a pretty good player as well as a cool piece of technology means that it's got something to offer people who just want a decent player as well. My old flash player got left at home all the time as although it was tiny it was a right pain to use - a problem I don't have with the ipod.
I can't get all of my CDs on the mini (I'm still converting them to mp3 and I'm up to 4000 songs and 20gigabytes of storage space at the moment) but a full-size iPod goes up to 60gigabytes and could hold a seriously large music collection!
BTW: the mini has been replaced with the smaller iPod nano, which is flash-based and has a colour screen (you can view photos and cd cover artwork on it).
too old for sledging???? never or maybe i'm just a big kid.
we once went out sledging at 3am. there's a pattern emerging here isn't there? night shift were very ver y dull. something good to do is a must. so ten police in full uniform sliding down this hill on plastic bags!
now i've the excuse of a 7 year old but no snow.:(
i've never been drawn towards i pods. or anything similar. got a kenwood portable cd player that was a present. prob used it 6 times in 8 years!
but have large cd collection. a good 300 or so.
wavering on the canon digi camera looking at £600 with all the bits ie memory card etc.....not a huge amount but it is only a toy.
That's U-571 actually - I've seen it but personally thought it was a pretty bad film, not my cup of tea.
That's the one! I knew it was something like that. I can't actually comment on whether it is a good film as I haven't watched it all. I was just subjected to the sound effects by hubby - "come here and listen to this" sort of thing.
Top Gun is one of my all time favourites but Dirty Dancing is up there at number one.
Fozzybear, I refused to pay the price for an iPod, (plus the computer I had at the time wasn't compatible- I know of quite a few people who have fallen fowl of them this way!)
I bought something that was half the price, with 20GB of HDD,(I think) and avoids having the distinctive white head phones- which have caused some many iPods to be stolen!
Its a bit bigger than an iPod (proper size one not mini, they weren't avaliable when I bought mine), but also means I'm less likely to leave it anywhere. The software it comes with is quite simple as well- searches your music library and then you click to download it via USB. If it dies/ I break it (which is fairly likely, mine gets a lot of abuse!) I'd probably replace it with a similar model.
You're one of the few people I've known to have an overall positive attitude towards iPods, maybe I'm just too cynical!
Can't sledge at uni, its just too flat :(
Matt I use my MP3 in the car (old car, so only has tape player) Plus my CD player is the size of a brick, and means you have to lug cds as well when I'm travelling!
Fozzybear
21-09-2005, 04:03 PM
My brother has a Creative player with 30gigabytes of space and it's good, but so large that he can't really use it in the summer as it's such a pain to carry around. I knew about the white headphones but never intended to use them - I've got some reasonable (black) Sony in-ear headphones that I use instead. The iPod 'phones don't actually sound that good anyway.
I know a lot of people who like the iPod and a few who hate it - it's one of those things that polarises opinions! For me the choice was simple as there weren't many small players with big memory out when I bought it and I knew that I would not use a full-size player (my minidisc portable taught me that). The iPod seemed to have a good interface and it's certainly a lot easier to use than my brother's Creative player, even if that does have more functions.
As an aside, my amp purchase may not be going ahead at the moment. I rang the company to check that all was ok for delivery on Saturday and they said that they had no stock (despite the proclemation on their website of their "live stock checker", which said that they had silver ones in stock). I'm trying to cancel the order but they'll only do that via email and I'm waiting for a reply. Maybe I should send a registered letter...
ellsie
21-09-2005, 04:49 PM
Two swimming lessons and I am still here to tell the tale! I am enjoying it though and my goal to get up to the deep end is 2 lessons closer! I was surprised to be asked to blow bubbles like my 4 year old but I suppose you have to get your face wet! Pool water makes my face sore as I react to the chemicals so I have to put lots of cream on first!
Mines about the same size as an original iPod, but I don't find carrying it an issue- I usually have a rucksack on so stick it in there, or am travelling, and then its not an issue. Ironically having said I really liked my MP3, I've discovered the remote control unit has broken, so am having to replace that, but at least its not to expensive. Just over £20, so not too bad- could use my player without it, but makes skipping tracks so much more efficient.
Oh and I've got to go into the city on Friday to complain about my phone- it keeps cutting out in the middle of phone calls (is quite frustrating, so am not happy), this is the second phone I've had with the same problem. I think its time to ask for a different model of phone??
Ellsie- well done! They teach you to blow bubbles so that you become more confident in water (something which is generally more of a problem in adults)- I've got a full list of similar exercises that I've had to learn to teach (I'm qualified as an assistant diving coach). Good luck with the rest of it!
Steve
21-09-2005, 08:41 PM
I have an MP3 cd player in the car which is very useful. I haven't bothered looking into an mp3 player as i normally only listen to music at home.
I currently have over 40Gig of music on my pc though :)
well done elsie. not a swimmer myself as i always sank! never saw the attraction in immersing myself in something i can't breathe!
I listen to music when on my bike :unsure:, in the gym, on the train (4 hour train journeys are quite boring!!), in the car. So its quite useful!
Matt- you're not meant to breathe in the water!! Thats what the air above the water is for :P
linny
22-09-2005, 12:33 PM
Well done Ellsie! My daughter learnt to swim on a crash course during the holidays. She had 5 half hour lessons and managed to get her 5m badge.:) I took her swimming but it was a mistake. Although it's supposed to be good for my arthritis, the water was too cold and my joints didn't want to move at all the next day. The baby pool is hot but too shallow to swim in. Oh well I tried! A jacuzzi sounds better!
Linny don't ever try swimming in a diving pool- they're freezing (cold enough to make me wheeze)
Swimming pools in hotels tend to be quite warm or abroad, so might be worth trying another time!
ellsie
22-09-2005, 01:37 PM
I am looking forward to my 5 m badge:lol2:! Sometimes pools at sports clubs are warmer than public pools Linny and they can have family times too. I have a friend with ankolosing spondulitis and she had the same problem. Phone round and ask them what temp they keep the pool at as it's a good way of keeping mobile!
Have had a rather busy day today. We had a members regatta, its a small club so must of it is sculling (2 blades each) this is style I've only been doing for about 5 weeks so was never going to be particularly easy for me especially as I'd never been in a double or quad until the race! These were scratch crews as well, drawn on the morning! So in the doubles and quads, we were close to the other crew but just lost out, so weren't bad perfomances at all!
However, I am the proud owner of two winners medals!! In virus sculls (they put you in this big plastic tub) is for those new to sculling and also I won as part of a mixed four (thats single blade each). When I say mixed, I mean this in the loosest possible sense of the word- out of the 8 rowers in the final I was the only female (so it was effectively mens crews :unsure: ) so now I'm quite tired (5 races without a break isn't easy- and did 7 in total) and eating ice cream as a reward!!
Kamagrian
25-09-2005, 08:42 PM
However, I am the proud owner of two winners medals!!
Wow, that's fantastic - well done!! :thumbsup: You've earned that there ice cream...I feel quite lazy now, having had a day of sitting around eating painkillers and watching comedy DVDs. ;)
congrats.
quiet time with my daughter just playing. after she told me that she likes staying with me because i take the time to do this! bless her little heart. or was that just a line to give her a quiet day in????:lol2:
Thanks!
Wasn't a very serious competition, but its still nice to do well!
Matt I think she just didn't want to spend all day walking around!! Nah, not really, its nice that she likes staying with you- well done!
Copper
26-09-2005, 02:44 PM
Well done Claire.
Matt I think that you must be good at the playing thing as your daughter clearly loves her time with her daddy.
I spent most of yesterday searching the 1901 census index. This is on an American site - don't ask, they are trying to take over the genealogy world too
:(
Sadly it is riddled with a large number of transcription errors. I found a wife who should be Frances transcribed as Frank!! I have some interesting howlers which I will send to a genealogy forum.
paranoidangel
26-09-2005, 06:01 PM
Well done, Claire. Copper, can you send me those transcription errors as well?
I've mostly slept recently (which shouldn't be an achievement, but is) and taken up the guitar. I've only had one lesson so far, but there's definitely something to be said for practising because I've improved a lot since then.
Copper
26-09-2005, 06:07 PM
PA I can send you the howlers but it won't be until the end of the week. The free access to the index ends at the end of the month and I want to amke full use of it.
rebecca c
26-09-2005, 06:30 PM
Well not very exciting really but I had a nice day working in someones garden and its college tomorrow so that will be good.
Matt - not many people actually play with children nowadays its a dying art. I always assumed everybody did it because I do and my mum is great at it - I get very upset to see how few adults actually want to play with children in any way. After all its excellent regression therapy. Obviously now I have my own I dont have the same amount of energy to play as I used to but I have still been known to have most of the children in the local park playing monsters:taz:
Just got an email from the captain of the rowing club, apparently one of the races I was involved in winning we were seen as being the underdogs by a long way (I think the fact we had a girl in the crew might have led to that assumption, plus the fact that a lot of people assumed I was a complete novice rower which I'm not- I was speaking to a guy who rowed with me in the race and he decided that I was the secret weapon!!)
It is a shame that more people don't play with their kids, another sad sign of society I saw the other day was a lady of grandmother age actually asked the childs dad whether it was OK to talk to the little girl. It seems so sad that people can no longer talk to a young child who was with her father without worrying.
I don't mind entertaining children-I know I can hand them back at the end of the day!!
paranoidangel
26-09-2005, 08:36 PM
PA I can send you the howlers but it won't be until the end of the week.
Oh, I can wait.
you do have to be carefull in a park for instance. i was in one and this little girl got stuck on a climbing frame right infront of me. ofcourse i helped her down but she was in floods of tears. then her mum rushed over and did i panic. large bloke holding her daughter who's crying.....i know what i'd think:o
just wished i had more nergy to play more with daughter. you never get this time again. no point looking back wishing.
she's now booked in to do swimming lessons every friday after school at my local swimming pool so that's where i will be taking her from now on. little treat from dad! lets hope she enjoys it.
finally planted stuff into the botttom flower bed yesterday, satisfied but knackered! getting well watered in at the moment.:)
This was in a shop, and I reckon the little kid could have probably hurt the old lady rather than her doing anything. I know people have to be careful but its still a shame.
Well back to the rowing again today- am slightly nervous, I'm getting to go in a proper sculling boat today- a friend told me its like sitting a on pin head, so I'm a bit worried!! Plus the fact my coach told me to bring plenty of spare clothes :D
On a more positive note, my glasses are being sent back to me via special delivery. Was told it was a minimum of a 3 week wait for the repair, but mine seem to be getting done sooner than that, so am quite happy! (They want to send them to my home address so are being queue jumped as I won't be here after the weekend!)
Well, I'm feeling rather grumpy and a bit sorry for myself (I know I shouldn't feel sorry for myself!) Went to the doctors today, apparently my chest isn't too bad (not sure whether I should be worried about this), but I've got a nicely infected throat- haven't had a sore throat though so was quite shocked at this but from the look on the doctors face my throat isn't in a particularly good way- so back on the lovely syrup antibiotics!
On a side note, must say I was impressed that the doctor knew who I was even though I've not been there for over year, managed to get a temporary appointment to see the doctors I used to be registered at. Right think I'll go and feel sorry for myself in a little corner somewhere :)
Kamagrian
28-09-2005, 09:43 PM
Eep - hugs to you, Claire! Throat infections are very unpleasant. Get yourself a cup of cocoa, wrap yourself in a duvet and indulge in a good book or film. Get well soon.
best wishes from me as well atleast not on your chest. wrap up warm. i would say add a brandy tothat cocoa but not wwith antibiotics!:angry:
I think theres a bit on my chest, but apparently its mostly in my throat. Surely I should have had a sore throat prior to this though!
I don't actually feel too ill in my self (if the weather stays ok I'm going to venture across to the boathouse as I need to get some stuff sorted before I leave). I'm just getting tired very easily.
Went for the hot blackcurrant and honey approach last night and sleep.
Thanks for the concern, should be back to normal soon I hope!
Claire, this might be useful to you and others who feel they might be coming down with a future virus or bacterial infection. Oregano oil is anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic and anti-fungal. I take a course of it at the first sniffle or sign of possible infection. It may prevent a potential virus/infection from taking hold. (I started taking it again recently after I was bitten by an mosquito as there was a risk of being infected with the dreaded West Nile Virus--thankfully the incubation period has come and gone--phew!).
Oregano Oil (which can be purchase at health food stores/dispensaries) comes in a small bottle with a dropper. I take three drops a day under my tongue, then quickly wash it down with several gulps of water. Oregano is a 'hot' herb and if it gets on the tastebuds of the tongue, you will know all about it!!! I have experimented with taking it without tasting it or having the hot effect, and the way I do it works really well.
I often take a course of oregano oil for 3-4 weeks as it is anti-parasitic--an easy way to do a cleanse without nasty effects. I also notice that I seem to lose more weight when I am taking oregano. It is important to repopulate the gut (using probiotics) after taking a course of oregano because the antibiotic-effect strips the good flora from the gut.
I am so pleased I discovered oregano oil--I don't know how I managed before I discovered it. You may want to check this Alive Magazine article out. http://www.alive.com/home/index.php?page_type=article&topic_id=1001299&article_id=8103&site_id=23&go_id=2&take_id=6
Other type of natural antibiotic is colloidal silver which can also be bought at health stores (and you can also make your own). I haven't tried it yet but know many people who use it.
Cranberry is also a good anti-bacterial remedy.
Thanks for the advice.
I'm one of those people who is in denial about the fact they are unwell until its too late, and generally chest infections on me just kind of appear one morning.
On a more positive note, went for a nice little paddle (yes I know I shouldn't be training!) in my new boat (got promoted to a proper posh boat) and was told that my transition from the previous boat was the best my coach has seen for a long time *feels slightly proud of self!* To put a dampner on it, I also got provided with my training plan for when I'm at uni, looks like I'll be busy!
Does anyone know where I can get hold of a heart rate monitor for exercising and a gym ball cheaply/ easily??
I think Argos sell both and is probably as good as anywhere for prices. Lidl are doing huge silver gym balls next week too (I am assuming that you mean those big space hopper type things without the handles), they put their specials on their web site so you could check the price there. I always used to go to Sports Soccer at Birstall for our sporty stuff but they were closing down last time I went and hardly had anything in - I don't know if it was a permanent closure or just a re-furb. There was one in the White Rose Centre too but I don't know if it is still there, or if they have the same amount of sports equipment. Hope you're feeling better soon - is it next week when you go back to Uni?
Yeah the big space hopppery things are what I'm after!! Have various other things to buy, including dumbells (I can't be sure I'll have baked beans in the cupboard to use!) and probably a mat to muffle the sound of me falling over when I'm training in my room.
Will have a search on the internet when I get back to uni. Got to get packed today seeing as though I leave tomorrow! Got to do some cooking as well, rhubarb crumble, pie and lasagne :eat:
rhubarb crumble:drool: when can i come round?
daughters swimming lesson went brilliantly yesterday. she really enjoyed it.
and my decree nisi was due to be granted yesterday:( oh well was going to happen one day. maybe i'll win the lottery tonight......free and single if only i was still young and carefree:naughty:
We're on a mad cleaning and tidying session at the moment and have decorated the living room this week (new carpet coming on Monday). We had one estate agent round to value the house on Wednesday (disappointingly low valuation) and have another coming on Tuesday. We saw a house that was just right for us last week and this spurred us on to set things in motion, but that house has already had an offer put in. We should sell ours fairly easily as we are still in first time buyer territory and our sort of house seems to go quite quickly, then we will have a major task of finding something that suits us within our price range. I can see a very stressful few months ahead.
Now hubby has started working the children go to Out of School Club so I need to do battle with the Tax Credits people and get everything changed over - more stress, confusion and frustration. I now take them to school and start work later, reducing my lunch hour, then I have to come home and cook for everybody so my surfing time is now severely limited but I usually manage a bit of time first thing in the morning.
don't start making excuses for not posting much pam. you get here or else we're be round....
mind you what's going on? during the working week there have been 30 mails to read each day. get to sat and there's 6! so either you all had a lie in or lots are using company time to post. or is it the families making you wait on them hand and foot?
:lol2:
It's that Claire one, she's busy getting back to Cambridge and hasn't been posting as much as normal.
I made cushion covers yesterday and have to do tie-backs for the curtains today, then we have a new carpet coming tomorrow - morning off work yippee! Another massive tidy up tomorrow night for the next estate agent coming on Tuesday lunch. I am looking forward to hearing the valuation from this one as I think the last one undervalued us significantly. Looking at the houses that are available at the moment there isn't much for us to buy so I don't know if we should wait a while (maybe after christmas) before we set the ball in motion. We might just win the lottery before then (yeah! some chance!).
Fozzybear
02-10-2005, 08:02 AM
Hurrah, I've got my Denon AVR-3805 surround sound amplifier now! Sevenoaks Sound and Vision in Ipswich sold me their demo unit for £699, which was in very good condition, only a few greasy fingerprints on it that I've cleaned off now, and has the full 24 month Denon warranty and is boxed with all the assorted paraphernalia. I paid for it last weekend but had no transport (boy is it big and heavy!) so a friend of mine very kindly drove me back to Chelmsford with it last night. I didn't get a chance to do that much with it last night but I've got the auto setup done and I've played a little with the radio, watched some TV through it (a piano concerto on the Performance channel sounded really good!) plus I've watched bits of Saving Private Ryan and The Corrs at Lansdowne Road DVDs. It's quite a different sound to my Yamaha amp so I need a bit of acclimatisation, but the effects steering and quality does seem much much better. The fact that it's set up properly certainly hasn't hurt as my set up of the Yamaha was way off - you need to set the speaker sizes, distances and levels and my settings just didn't work properly. With this new amplifier (same on quite a lot of surround amplifiers now) it has a microphone that you place in the listening position (where your head would be) and it sends (loud!) test tones from each speaker and calculates all these things for you automatically - and it works really well!
I might have a guy coming round today to buy my old Yamaha amp (DSP-AX620) so will have to set that up for him to hear, but I'll be doing some more 'testing' today for sure! When it got late I tried the headphone output, which gave a VERY full sound and was really good when I was watching the Corrs DVD. Looks like the 2 channel performance is way better than my old amplifier so I may well start listening to CDs on the system again, which sounded rather wooly before. Plus the radio isn't bad, even with the manky wire aerial they supply (RDS too, which is handy to have).
Pam, don't blame me! Its not my fault theres no internet connection in my room at the moment (I'm using a friends connection whilst she does work on her dissertation!)
Was going to stay and post some more, but have just had notice that my meeting has been rearranged, for approximately 7 minutes time!! So just enough time to let you know that I got to uni ok, and am settling in well (am having a few issues with adjusting to various things, but should be ok) Plus I got the lists from the chef so I can eat in college when I'm lazy! Will be back posting properly hopefully in the next few days.
Sorry scrap the very last part!
Discovered we have a computer officer in Romsey (the area I'm living in) and he is fixing all the computers here so we can be put back on the network :dance: Feel less isolated now (although none of my friends in the main college have got internet access!)
Copper
02-10-2005, 07:04 PM
I guess you are not in Leeds then :) Don't forget to change your profile when you have a moment.
I am quite jealous as I would love to visit Cambridge. My ancestors came from villages north of Cambridge itself. I intend to visit in the next year or two.
Its a beautiful city, except for all the tourists!!
Will change it when I get the chance, sorry have been a bit distracted with various things, so not really with it.
So, Claire, are you at THE university in Cambridge, or the other one (APU)?
quiet sunday for me sorting out my old laptop for my daughter then a walk by the sea. got loft insulation being put in today so have to hang around and do my chores!
So, Claire, are you at THE university in Cambridge, or the other one (APU)?
I'm at THE university of Cambridge.
Looks like a trip to Tescos this morning (am still chocolate less) and also a trip back to the same area for some gym equipment :unsure:
Have fun with the chores Matt!
I went to the 'other' university in Cambridge as a mature student 11 years ago. Got very disillusioned by the standard of teaching in the second year, so decided to give up and returned to studying with the Open University instead.
This morning I went for a brisk walk to the park with a bag of peanuts (to feed the squirrels, chipmunks and birds). I then decided to walk the whole length of the park and down to Lake Ontario. It was/is such a beautiful sunny day with the temperature due to get up to 26 degrees C. Don't normally get to wear shorts in October, but then 26 degrees isn't normal for October either.
I went to the 'other' university in Cambridge as a mature student 11 years ago. Got very disillusioned by the standard of teaching in the second year, so decided to give up and returned to studying with the Open University instead.
I don't know much about the standard of teaching there, so won't comment!
What were you studying?
The standard of teaching here is very good- they work us very hard, but what else do you expect really?!
You were wearing shorts-I had my scarf/hat thing on and my gloves when cycling today :(
I think I need sleep- I've finally got pillows that aren't going to make me ill, so fingers crossed that I'll be able to sleep properly!
I started out doing Earth Science, but wasn't keen on the geography bit, so switched to Geology.
Should be warm again tomorrow (about 25 degrees C), so might get the chance to wear shorts again. This is not typical temperature--is normally more like 16 degrees at this time of year, so I am making the most of it.
I have wonderful pillows that don't lose their shape--they are made of latex (I used to get Dunlop ones in the UK). But being allergic to latex, I have three fabric layers between the latex part and me, and I don't have any problems with the allergy.
ah another mad geologist. don't know why i find the subject so fascinating but i do. could be i'm a big kid and you get to do paleontology and study dinosaurs or vulcanology.
Its the physical side of geography I'm interested in so this year I'm doing Earth Observation (its to do with spectography), glacial processes, hazards and economics- I have to do one human paper and this is the one I dislike the least, plus it has a lecture about casinos and gambling!!
Got to go into college this morning to then cycle nearly all the way back here!! Will then have to cycle back to college in the afternoon as I have 2 meetings one at 3.45 the other one at 7, so may stay for dinner. (I think I'm going round in circles at the moment!!)
ah another mad geologist. don't know why i find the subject so fascinating but i do. could be i'm a big kid and you get to do paleontology and study dinosaurs or vulcanology.
Yes, another mad geologist! I have a particularly love for anything igneous/volcanic, and those trilobites were pretty neat creatures too (was never really into dinosaurs though).
Have you got your hat, gloves and scarf on again today, Claire? Fog is clearing here now (9 am) and the sun is peaking through. It is going to get up to 26 degrees again today, so it will be a shorts and T-shirt day. The downside is, we have a smog advisory today so not so good on the lungs.
Just the gloves at the moment. Maybe the neck/facewarmer later tonight on my second journey to college!Sorry my third journey of the day!
It might have been sunny here (at the top end of High Park) when I went out for a 4-mile walk this morning (in shorts and sunglasses), but it was still really foggy and sunless down by the lake (Ontario). On the way back home I stopped in the park to feed the animals and birds. I was so lucky today because a woodpecker flew down onto my hand and took a peanut (twice). And then a couple of brave chipmunks (one at a time) sat on my lap to be given peanuts--and others were happy to be thrown nuts. There were a couple of squirrels that would have sat on my lap too, had I let them--but I was brave enough to let one take a nut from my fingers. And when all the nuts were gone, the five grey squirrels and one black one all sat looking at me as if to say, "why aren't you feeding me any more:( ?"
now i've always wanted a pair of chipmunks. you can keep the long tailed tree rats otherwise known as squirrels.
nice outdoor run and shed with a pair of chipmunks running around.
right important for anyone who has to avoid dairy, wheat etc. trufree biscuits in waitrose buy two for £2 ! quite good value if you have to buy them.
Oh no Matts on about the chipmunks again!! :D
Are you going to get round to getting some?
Lots of little things to do today, which is annoying as means I feel like I've done nothing.
My glasses are still not fixed, apparently they used the wrong stock code and my glasses weren't in stock at the time, even though they told me they were!!
Might make the chocolate brownies today/tomorrow, depending on how much I get done in the earlier part of the day. Am also going to investigate the health food shop that's up the road, hopefully theres some ice cream and cheese (saves me going into town)
Well I managed to get the ice cream and cheese.
However I had to return to the doctors as my throat infection seems to be getting worse. Have been told that its likely I've got infectious mononucleosis, which is caused by the Epstein Barr Virus, aka Glandular Fever :(
So have got to return to the doctors to have blood tests for GF, diabetes and something else and have also got penicillin tablets incase it is still just a bacterial infection, but the doctor didn't seem convinced at all. Has told me I could ring up for my results, but that he would rather see me to discuss them. Doesn't seem all that positive to me. So I think I'm going back into my corner to sleep and be grumpy.
The doctor also tried to enquire about the lactose intolerance and why I hadn't had the breath test, but I think I convinced him.
now i've always wanted a pair of chipmunks. you can keep the long tailed tree rats otherwise known as squirrels.
Thanks Matt--I am very happy to keep the squirrels! In fact we have a black 'pet' squirrel called Sooty and she has been coming to our house for several years now (along with lots of others, but she is our favourite). She comes inside the house--usually just inside the front door, for nuts. We're waiting for her to deliver her babies any day. And we get raccoons in the yard sometimes--do you like those Matt?
Claire, sorry to hear that you might have mono--I'll keep my fingers crossed that you don't have it (a course of oregano oil might assist you on the path to health). How long does it take to get the results back once you have the test? Get well soon.
I've got the tests tomorrow and then the results come in about a week. The anxiety over waiting for the results, surely won't do me that much good either, but I suppose thats the only way!!
Think I will postpone paying for the gym membership at the moment, don't want to join a gym if I can't do much!
Copper
05-10-2005, 08:14 PM
I hope that you don't have glandular fever Claire. My youngest daughter was tested for that twice!!! during her A level exam year :( Both times it came back negative so she just had bad tonsilitis. Her boyfriend managed to get GF though when he was in his third year at uni. I remember her phoning us and telling us how he was in her bed ill, she was coming down with flu and she had loads of work to do.
Thanks.
My mine worry is that if it is Glandular Fever, most people end up degrading, because we have such intensive terms that if you miss too much you'll fail :(
Its fairly common at uni as well- am symptomatic of it, so but fingers crossed that its not and its just a throat infection (although I don't have particularly bad throat pains....)Although as hes also testing me for diabetes, I think I'd rather have Glandular Fever to be honest!!
It could be much worse really as well :)
Claire
I was tested for GF in England when I was about 15 (had problems with swollen neck glands and generally felt unwell) but the tests came back negative. My daughter was also tested for mono (as they refer to it here) about three years ago and that came back negative too. And Copper's daughter's tests were negative too. So it seems that just because someone is exhibiting symptoms typical of GF/mono, it doesn't necessarily mean that they have it. Still keeping my fingers crossed for you Claire.
I was just wondering why your doctor wanted to test you for diabetes (infection that is not clearing up, perhaps?).
not good but look on the brighter side if they can id it then maybe they can treat it and means that you wont have to carry on feeling bad for too long.
better if isn't and turns out to be just an infection obviously.
racoons, aren't they meant to be bad mooded little sods or am i mixing them up with something else?
it's just the greys i have problems with since they decimated our native reds over here (squirrels that is ). vermin.
Kamagrian
06-10-2005, 04:15 AM
it's just the greys i have problems with since they decimated our native reds over here (squirrels that is ). vermin.There was a gorgeous little squirrel living in my friend's garden tree in Bletchley a few years ago. Unfortunately I once accidentally traumatised it by nearly braining the poor thing with a shower of unshelled hazelnuts, and it never quite forgave me...
Glandular fever's horrible, Claire, hope you don't have that. Though as has been previously said - if you do, at least they'll identify it and can make sure you're OK. And if you're already feeling this rotten, surely the diagnosis can't make things worse! Hope you're feeling better soon. My ex and I romantically (!) shared a dose of GF years ago (my monospot test came back noncommital but the evidence was strong enough that I was still given a fairly sure diagnosis), and I was exhausted for ages.
I think the diabetes test is because of the lergathic nature of the illness. Have just been to bed for 9 hours and my head is still spinning.
Unfortunatly its untreatable and you just have to wait until it passes.
Ah well as I said before it could be worse, and maybe it is just a bad infection. :unsure:
I've not been in close contact with anyone whos had GF for a while, a friend was diagnosed with it 3 months ago and my BF had it a few years ago.(which means he can still come and visit me this weekend :) ) I suppose when I was really busy in America I could have picked something up, as I've not felt right since then- Maybe its just some random American disease!!
Matt I'm with you, I like red squirrels, unfortunatly I've only ever managed to see them in captivity :(
rebecca c
06-10-2005, 07:36 AM
Claire - I hope it is not GF as you fear - I am thinking of you. My sons friend has it and his mum has ME and his dad has MS!
I am quite jealous of you Pen the wildlife sounds amazing and I am a bit mountain mad (probably becuase I grew up in the fens) so to live in Canada would be amazing. I shall have to make do with the downs though which is OK cause they are beautiful. If you have any giddyness then labyrinthitus may be worth considering. Inner ear condition normally triggered by a cold.
House move is now at a ridiculously stressful stage with people being not quite ready to exchange. First time buyers have suddenly decided to ask for money off etc etc. We have a deadline to exchange by for secondary school forms or the whole execrcise will be pointless....As of monday I intend to start going mad at people:rant:
Time for a walk on the downs to forget my worries I think then keep busy and take my mind off it.
Rebecca hope you get the house sorted soon. I'm sure it'll all come together in time. Fingers crossed for you :)
Btw I think it was a test for thyroid activity the third sample was taken for. Again, not something I want to be having problems with either!!
Claire, just a thought on 'some American disease,' did you get any mosquito bites when you were in the US? West Nile Virus (carried by mosquitoes) can have many different symptoms http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/wn-no/symptom_e.html#1 (http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/wn-no/symptom_e.html#1). It doesn't specify sore throat and lethargy specifically, but they could come under the 'flu-like' symptoms bit.
If you find you do have low thyroid, please look into all the options (doctors will probably try to give you thyroxin[?]). There are supplements available (from health stores) specifically for thyroid support. I use T-100 made by AOR which was recommended to me by hormone doctor. Lethargy and lack of energy are also associated with low adrenal function (which is a high probability for someone who has used steroids long-term). There are also supplements available for adrenal support. DHEA (not sure if it legal in the UK) is one, and others such as 7-keto-zyme. A qualified herbalist could also provide a tonic to help the hormones.
Matt, raccoons are pretty pointed-nosed animals http://www.yuckles.com/posters-raccoons.html (http://www.yuckles.com/posters-raccoons.html) that sleep all day (sometimes see them in the park) and forage for food at night--often through people's garbage cans! We have grey, brown and black squirrels here (of grey descent), but I have seen red ones in a park a few miles from here.
Rebecca, I am soooo grateful to have the opportunity of living here with all its wildlife and natural areas. Sometimes I forget I live in the city. Apart from squirrels, raccoons and chipmunks, there are coyotes, and once I saw a groundhog in the park. Further afield, there are black bears, wolves and moose. No mountains in the Toronto area though--I love the mountains too (I grew up in St. Ives, Cambs--very close to the fens). I would love to visit the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Hope your house problems will soon be sorted out.
It is our fourth consecutive day of unseasonal temperatures (26 degrees C and sun) today, so another long, brisk walk is definitely on the cards. It all ends tomorrow (down to 12 degrees)--just in time for the long weekend (Thanksgiving on Monday).
Copper
06-10-2005, 05:27 PM
Rebecca, I hope that the house move comes together soon.
Claire if they are testing for thyroid and you are lethargic then they are considering an underactive thyroid - you can take tablets for that so it is not something to stress about. You will just have to rest as much as possible and I hope the bf gives you plenty of TLC at the weekend.
Yes I know tablets can be taken for underactive thyroid, but not the thing I want to be diagnosed at with my age really...
Ian is actually coming this evening :) Will look after me lots, I'm sure!
Don't think I got any mosquito bites, got odd midgie bites but nothing else as far as I recall. Will just have to wait and see now (still crossing fingers for bacterial throat infection)
paranoidangel
06-10-2005, 06:24 PM
Someone at work in her mid-20s got diagnosed with underactive thyroid - apparently you get free prescriptions for life!
Fozzybear
06-10-2005, 07:21 PM
A guy I work with had an overactive thyroid, then treatment made it underactive and he takes thyroxin now but he still does triathlons and is very, very fit. My Mum also has an underactive thyroid and takes thyroxin.
The thing about prescriptions is true - as I understand it that is the case whenever you have a life-long illness that requires medication.
Kamagrian
06-10-2005, 09:21 PM
Someone at work in her mid-20s got diagnosed with underactive thyroid - apparently you get free prescriptions for life!My mother has hypothyroid problems and needs thyroxine, and I can second this - she gets free prescriptions.
life long free prescriptions are not really a great trade off for thyroid going pear shaped.
the list for free ones is bizarre. some really bad illness' get the free ones other don't and they aren't going to change the list except to remove some if they can.
didn't do much yesterday just went for a walk in the woods so not a total waste.
Yeah I agree!!
Don't really want any of the nasty illnesses that they think I might have got, but if I have I have, and it theres very little I can do about it!
Am stuck in a vicious circle at the moment am very tired, and want to sleep lots but the fever I've got at the moment means I'm too warm to sleep and can't settle :(
Copper
07-10-2005, 06:31 PM
I was trying to cheer you up - think I failed :(
Both of my sisters have under active thyroids and they are fine. What I was trying to say was that thyroid problems were not the end of the world - it can be fixed.
I had a card from my GP surgery this week - I can have a flu jab this year - yippee. They have finally realised that I am asthmatic. Well it is dormant and has been for a few years now but this year I had to order an inhaler as the old one went out of date. This must have triggered a message in their computer.
Having heard from the friendly doctor, apparently shes amazed that they are even testing for anything but glandular fever. It's not looking good at all, but am now being dosed up on ibruprofen and paracetamol alternatively, to try and take the fever down, in the hope that I can manage to sleep a bit. She also wants me to ring up the surgery as she said my results for Glandular Fever should be in by now, but I'm very much of the opinion that I'm quite happy to wait until Thursday- if its Glandular Fever waiting a few more days isn't going to make any difference to me really is it?!
Made it to my lecture today, and stayed awake but I think the early morning bike ride with just t-shirt and jeans probably helped a lot! Sleep calls :(
Copper I know you were only trying to reassure me. The thought is much appreciated, sorry if I seemed rude.
keep the spirits up and hope for the best.
trip to the art gallery today as a reward for my daughter doing the backstroke last night in her swimming lesson. her choice!!!:lol2:
Hi Claire,
Sorry you're feeling unwell and hope all goes well with the Doctors.
Leanne.
ellsie
08-10-2005, 03:21 PM
Just catching up on a million posts! Good luck Clare and hope you get sorted.
Linda;)
Thanks for the care everyone, its much appreciated
Must say Linda, I always thought you were called Ellsie due to the screename :)
Claire - hope you feel better soon. If it is glandular fever, you've really got to coddle yourself. None of that boatie leaping up at dawn! Its one of those things that really only gets better with lots of rest, unfortunately. Or so a couple of my friends at uni found.
Nic
i recon it's all a con made up by students to justify sleeping all day and being lazy!!!
well we had a culture moment yesterday going to the local art gallery in southampton, modern abstract exhibition on. blocks of colour and stripes as opposed to half a dead cow stuff! amusing to see, though i'm still to be convinced that a canvas 6ft by 8ft called black with blue border is art. it did exactly what it said on the tin black with a very dark blue border.....well if the idiots are willing to pay then who's to say the artist shouldn't? emporers new clothes....
I'd much rather look at a nice landscape myself, I've got a nice watercolour of some bluebell woods that my nephew did for me.
Glandular Fever is a student type illness isn't it? They say that it is spread by too much sloppy kissing.
Hope you get yourself sorted out soon Claire, it must be awful feeling so grotty all the time.
Yes its quite common in students, apparently most people get it as kids when its symptonless and they never realise. Am quite tired at the moment, combined with not eating, fever and nausea, I'm not a happy bunny! Am quite stressed about whether I'm going to manage to comlete this term, the grand total of todays work was writing out a list of books I want to borrow- that took a fair amount of my energy, never mind reading them!! Don't think mine was caught by slopping kissing I'm afraid (my boyfriend said that I should reply just with the phrase 'Dribble!') It's not from him (hes already had it so isn't contagious) Art is so subjective, but I agree a lot of it is a load of rubbish. Am being dragged out to dinner, I think the theory is to try and make sure I eat at least one decent meal a day. Can someone start sending happy news please?!!
rebecca c
09-10-2005, 06:22 PM
Cant do happy news because the first time buyer in our chain just pulled. They wanted loads of money off at the last minute.
Now got to rent somewhere.
My sons got tonsillitus - but he seems to be bearing up. I shall just go and give him the traditional family remedy - some chocolate.
I guess it can only get better - maybe next year hey.:violin:
Nice sunshine here today and took the dog and the youngest for a good romp this morning.:dogrun:
Copper
09-10-2005, 07:58 PM
I discovered egg replacer in my local health food shop.
I am allergic/intolerant to eggs but still have them in cakes etc but as I am so tired all the time and not 100% I decided to try and cut eggs out of everything
I made my apricot & fruit cake with egg replacer today and it looks and smells just the same to me. I will be tasting it sometime this week.
Is that good news Claire? I wouldn't worry too much about not eating as long as you keep drinking. Also stressing about not getting any work done won't help either. As somebody has already said rest is the only cure. Once you know if you GF you will then be in a position to ask what help you can have - extra time or whatever. People in Cambridge can't be totally heartless can they?
Rebecca - what can I say - some people drive you mad. Sorry to hear about the house.
Rebecca, am also very sorry to hear about the house. I'm sure you'll sort something out. Copper that was quite good news I guess! There are systems in place, but I don't really know what they are but hopefully if it is GF then I'll be lucky and recover quickly. :unsure:
Kamagrian
09-10-2005, 08:44 PM
Good news bit....? Well, I found out a few weeks ago that I'm going to be an aunt for the first time ever in around March next year. That'll be a great birthday pressie! :D
As for resting and frustrations about being ill - I know exactly how you feel, Claire. I've been dangerously ill recently (I've been off work a month) and was told in no uncertain terms to stop doing EVERYTHING, stay off work, limit movement, etc. I've been very stressed about not working (I'm a manager for a Women's Aid project so you can probably imagine I get quite involved with it!)...but when it comes down to it, I'm no good to them if I'm (a) working but not well, so I have to take more time off when I make myself chronically ill, or (b) dead. When it comes down to it, your health's more important than anything else.
I know you want to get your work done, and I'm sure nobody doubts your dedication or ability - but you'll only delay things by not resting and treating yourself gently now.
Eep! I sound like someone's mother! I'm so sorry, it wasn't meant to sound like that...it's just that I really empathise because I'm in a similar situation right now. Hope I didn't come out too badly, that's really not how I intended it.
Anyway, if you're off university you can stay here and talk to us. ;)
happy news? sorry dentist today and have the first bits of a cold so root canal work with a sore throat. bugger
Rebecca, that's bad news about the house. We have had ours valued and are considering putting it on the market but will probably wait until after christmas now as there isn't really much that we would want to buy right now (we need 4 bedrooms at a 3 bedroom price - will probably have to get something with potential for a loft conversion).
Claire, I hope you start to feel better soon, getting a positive diagnosis will be a help - hope they come up with one soon.
I've got a poorly son today too. On friday he will ill with some sort of viral fever but then started with a cough and has got a temperature again now so we're off to the doctors today. My daughter will be going back to school as her conjunctivitis is virtually better. It still means that I have to take an unplanned day off work and hubby will have to take tomorrow off as even if son is well enough for school he has a hospital appointment tomorrow afternoon. Kids! Just when you think you have it all organised they throw a spanner in the works.
So not much good news here either - we didn't win the lottery either!
Well, I had a very nice bike ride around Richmond Park in the autumnal sun yesterday. Does that count?
I won't mention the somewhat traumatic parking (all car parks full, roads one-way because of people parking on the sides of them, nearly got ticketed, eventually gave up and left, and found a space literally outside the gate - going straight there next time!).
Claire - if you go and talk to your DoS I'm sure they'll understand. If not, your college should have a welfare person, and they'll be used to dealing with this sort of thing. Best to talk to them early, before things go pear-shaped work-wise. I remember how it is during term-time - really intense - but there really is no point doing anything that makes you iller.
Nic
Thanks for the support. I'm just rather grumpy about at it all to be honest. Got to try and get to my lectures this morning, but they're badly placed, 1 then an hour gap and then another 1, which is a bit of a pain to be honest! I think the bike ride does count Nic, and Gill thats good news as well Pam hope the kids get better soon.
well turn up for the books, went to the dentist.she then asks if the tooth has been causing any problems? well truthfully no.one xray later and she says no need to go prodding around at this point in time. did i mind??stupid question, i was out of the door like a missile. so not too bad a day all told.
Good for you Matt!!
I managed both of my lectures today :) Don't suppose anyone has a physics degree or something similar and knows much about the principles of remote sensing??
Got two more lectures and then thats me done until Monday.... Am meant to be doing reading and writing essays, but am trying not to do to much until I've spoken to the doctor and know a bit more about things :unsure:
Steve
10-10-2005, 09:46 PM
Don't suppose anyone has a physics degree or something similar and knows much about the principles of remote sensing??
No physics degree, but may be able to help.
paranoidangel
10-10-2005, 10:07 PM
I have the physics degree but have no idea what you mean by remote sensing :)
likewise some physics knowledge but not sure what you mean by remote sensing.
Technically Remote sensing is the collection of information about an object without coming into physical contact with it.
The technique is probably most well known in a military application- to do with the monitoring of the movement of vehicles and assessing terrain. But is now used in geography for mapping of things like ocean currents.
Its done using electromagnetic radiation. This is basically all I learnt in an hour, plus things about blackbody radiation and Stefan-Boltzmann Constants. Bearing in mind I've never done Physics since GCSE I was slightly lost (but then so was the a-level physicist I was sat next to!!). Anyone ever studied this area??
Steve
11-10-2005, 02:50 PM
Done some stuff using image recognition and infa red, got any info or links you can post? This sort of thing interests me anyway. :D
A lot of it is principles at the moment I believe- having only been to one lecture I'm not too sure! Will send you some links at some point soon.
Had a lecture on geographical ideas today, the bit of information I remember most is that its more effective to have a conversation with a cow not in a polythene bag. Was quite entertained by that, but not really sure of the sanity of my lecturer!!
Kamagrian
11-10-2005, 04:19 PM
*giggle* Cow in a polythene bag. *smirk* Oh dear, sounds like one of my old teachers who used to illustrate scientific principles by dressing up in a poncho and hat and making up rude pseudo-mexican songs about them.
I've got this mental image of a VERY perplexed cow now. I can't stop chuckling.
N.B. No cows were harmed in the making of this reply. Remember children, putting animals in plastic bags is JUST PLAIN WRONG! Although it might protect them from the rain, blue is not a good skin colour on a cow. Thank you.
I've got this mental image of a VERY perplexed cow now. I can't stop chuckling.
Apparently the reason you get a better conversation is that the cow in the polythene bag is not really a cow- it's a dead cow.... My immediate thought when he told us that you can have a more normal conversation with a cow was along the lines of ??!?!! Cows talk?!
Well it entertained me quite a lot, so thought it needed sharing, especially as it has pretty much been the highlight of my day :)
I'm confused enough on a good day! Imagine how confused I was after this and I had to sit through another 40 minutes on other random ideas.. Haven't the foggiest how cows in polythene relate to geography, will ask someone else later!
Kamagrian
11-10-2005, 04:42 PM
Apparently the reason you get a better conversation is that the cow in the polythene bag is not really a cow- it's a dead cow.... See, that's a fairly simplistic view for a scientist. Who says the cow isn't wearing SCUBA gear? Alternatively it could be a very large polythene bag with sufficient air to last until someone from the RSPCA comes along and pierces it.
My immediate thought when he told us that you can have a more normal conversation with a cow was along the lines of ??!?!! Cows talk?!Perhaps he was communicating by Mootooth.
[Edit: I do apologise for this. Must be the pain relief combined with the silly bovine mental images... :lol2:]
See, that's a fairly simplistic view for a scientist.
Nope, it was definatly a dead cow- was informed it would stay fresh for a while, but was definatly dead!!
Don't apologise, its keeping me entertained, and I'm bored silly. I've got no enthusiasm to do anything, so its quite tedious at the moment.
BTW I've been led to believe that MooTooth doesn't work through polythene :bleh:
all i can add is shrodingers cat. is the cat in the sealed box alive or dead ? no way of telling until you open the box.
though i suppose all they are really trying to do is go over remote sensing of stuff like satellite observation and so on.
so had the cow met damien hurst?:o
See the difference being that the cow is in a polythene bag therefore you can see whether its alive or not.
Matt this wasn't anything to do with remote sensing, I think it was to do with how you cannot detach yourself from nature, or maybe social relations. either way the idea was that if you take a cow out of its natural environment it won't survive, therefore it is reliant on nature.
In other saner news my glasses have been returned- well technically not my glasses as they decided to replace the frames for me, but you know what I mean!!
rebecca c
12-10-2005, 09:07 AM
I only vaguely remember remote sensing. The lecturer thought he was James Bond and liked telling stories of his conquests! Think I'd have prefered dead cows to be honest.
Feeling a bit more relaxed today as we have a holding deposit on a nice little house to rent.
Definitely a one day at a time situation.
Will have to change docs when we move but apparently all possibles are excellent.
Just arranged another liver function test and eosinophil test so I have maximum information to take to Guys when I go and also intend to ask to see liver people if the LFT is still abnormal. So feel like I am on top of things there.
Son is on the mend so I should be able to go to work tomorrow which will actually feel like a day off after the last week at home handiling house problems.
So all good news to some extent.
Kamagrian
12-10-2005, 11:14 AM
See the difference being that the cow is in a polythene bag therefore you can see whether its alive or not.What if it's pretending? Perhaps it can act.
Also, if the mootooth doesn't work, they can communicate through networked Moonix.
Gill, how many cows have you ever seen that can act?? More to the point, how many cows have you had conversations with (whether the cow was in a polythene bag or not!). Actually being from the NorthEast probably many, as theres not much else up there :P [Think I'll go hide now, before I get mobbed]
Rebecca that all sounds much more positive, glad things seem to be going your way :)
Took me 2 hours to get to and from the library (it was the sitting down bit between journeys that did it I think!)although to be fair its a bit of a joke to go all that distance and not call in on friends/ wake them up whilst I'm there!
Fozzybear
12-10-2005, 04:05 PM
Had an interesting day today - this morning I was on a CPR (resuscitation) and defibrillation course. We work with a lot of high voltage, high power equipment at work so CPR is a requirement, but now they're bringing in defibrillators so if someone needs it they'll have a much better chance of survival. Had to perform mouth-to-mouth and chest pumping on the mannequin and then do the same but using the defibrillator as well, so got to call out "CLEAR!".
Fozzybear, I mis-read that and thought you said you'd had CPR!! Was very worried about you then!
Sounds quite an entertaining morning (better than working no doubt!) Just hope you never have to use it.
Fozzybear
12-10-2005, 04:39 PM
I hope I don't have to use it too! We've got a lot of stuff set up at work to minimise the risk of getting electrical shocks but the work we do* means that you can't eliminate the risk entirely. Fortunately there will be around a hundred people on site trained to do CPR and defib. so if I end up not being able to do it there will be other people around to take over.
*the company manufactures high power, high voltage electronic valves, so lots of gear around that generate many thousands of volts at lots of amps - some up to one hundred and fifty thousand volts. Most of the equipment ranges from hundreds of volts to a few thousand volts though - it's rare to go above 20,000V. I work in the maintenance department so when the equipment doesn't work or needs upgrading we have to delve into the innards!
talking intelligent cows. you've never read the far side comic strips then?
so why can't a cow exist out of nature? as long as a source of food and air etc is included. if not then that's hardly an amazing experiment. things tend to not survive long without air.
Yes Matt they're comics though!!
Having relooked at the notes I still do not know, but it was either to do with cows without nature, social relationships or meaning. It may have been the last one, as I vaguely remember being told a cow in a bag is not really a cow anymore.... Oh I don't know!!:D
Having just returned from the Doctors, apparently I don't have Glandular Fever, and he isn't 100% sure what is wrong with me, but thinks I've got post-viral fatigue. Said that if I'm not better within a couple of weeks to go back... Have been told to rest, drink plenty of fluids and try to eat properly. Has anyone any experience of this?
Copper
13-10-2005, 10:47 AM
Well it is good news that you don't have GF. I have not experienced post viral fatigue but I have heard of it. The main problem with any viral illness is the fact that there is no magic cure, you just have to fight it off yourself. If it is a bad infection or you were already at a low ebb before the viral onslaught, then it stands to reason that your body will be "very tired". You must do as the doctor says and rest as much as possible, drink plenty of fluids and eat. If you are not feeling that hungry, which is perfectly understandable, then you must try and make everything you eat be more of the sensible type of foods which will help to mend your body. In other words it won't help much to eat biscuits, cake and chocolate for instance and not a lot else.
I am sure that you are not doing that as you are sensible anyway. I am sorry that I sound like a mother - well that is because I am :)
I don't remember being particularly unwell!! I was a bit under the weather when I was in America, and haven't really stopped since then, which could explain a lot I suppose!
I know I should eat properly, but I'm also of the belief that theres no point making healthy food when I'm not going to eat it. I ate biscuits as an immediate response to being hungry, and then try and eat two reasonable meals a day. Things like sandwiches are better than nothing surely?? I think I might see if I can be moved into college for a while, at least then I don't have to cook for myself and then even if I live on chicken on chips its better than random combinations of food I've got...
Right have made a decision- I'm going to defrost a pie and have that for dinner. Real food :)
Its nice that people care (isn't much fun being miles away from loved ones :( )
Copper
13-10-2005, 11:13 AM
Eating in college sounds like a good idea. You don't have to waste any energy thinking about cooking and then actually cooking. Rather than a biscuit or two could you eat some fruit? This advice from somebody who does the opposite! I just think you need to eat mostly good foods but on the other hand something is better than nothing.
I need to get moved into college first, otherwise I've to cycle to college to eat, which defeats the object!
I had two bananas yesterday and a litre of orange juice. The problem is that there are biscuits here but fruit I have to get up and get from the shops, so its much easier to eat biscuits. Although the bananas I have, will be eaten before they go off :)
I got into trouble with the doctor as when he asked was I eating properly, I said a bit and got the response 'would you trust me to do my job properly, if I said I was just doing the examination a bit?' (or words to that effect) ooops, so then had to be truthful about the meals I was eating....
Copper
13-10-2005, 11:42 AM
Could you ask a friend to get some fruit from the shops for you? Cycling to and from college is not "resting" either. You can't win can you?! Moving back into college for a few weeks would be a good idea. That way you would be fed and you should be able to rest more. There is no magic wand - your body will get better what ever you do but the quickest way is to rest and eat properly - sorry but the doctor is right.
The important thing to note is that you will get better. Look on the bright side you will get better a lot quicker than if this was GF.
I don't want to be seen as having to rely on friends, so won't ask people to get stuff for me!!
Am taking a gentle cycle into town today to see a friend, as apparently its important that I don't become withdrawn.
Its debatable as to the recovery rate of either problem, its not fun either way and the treatment is the same!!
(I've had spaghetti on toast and a banana :) )
Copper
13-10-2005, 12:19 PM
Oh dear - I thought that friends helped each other at uni as you are all in the same boat (no family close by to help out) I am sure that you would help a friend in need. I am sure that my daughters found this at uni - they all looked out for each other - easier in halls of course.
Yes you must not get depressed about this fatigue. You just have to keep telling yourself that it will get better. Visiting a friend sounds good to me.
My friends would help me out, theres no question about that. It's more of me being too stubborn to admit I need help. (I'm still in denial about being ill!) Am waiting to hear from the friendly doctor, see if they've got some more practical advice.
rebecca c
13-10-2005, 02:10 PM
C
I have always been bad about asking for help (my son is the same already). But really really really nobody minds in fact they like to help you and when you are better you can do a favour for them.
It does not sound to me like you are taking proper care of yourself. You are eating quite randomly and not enough fresh stuff. get some frozen pre prepared veg in like green beans and peas - these are dead easy to cook and will do you good.
It seems to me you react to your ill health a bit like me and try to keep going and getting more and more frustrated that you cant get everything done. I shall give you advice I never take myself but rest now and get better and get on rather than cope for ages and stay run down.
Advice comes with respect for you because in many ways you cope better than me and you have given me some good advice in the past.
Copper
13-10-2005, 02:35 PM
It seems to me you react to your ill health a bit like me and try to keep going and getting more and more frustrated that you cant get everything done. I shall give you advice I never take myself but rest now and get better and get on rather than cope for ages and stay run down.
I think this is what I have been trying to tell Claire without being quite so straight forward. I have tried to carry on in the past and it just doesn't work. Sometimes you have to admit you are really ill and rest is really the only cure. You will get better faster if you listen to your body and give it what it needs.
Rebecca I took your advice and a friend was coming to pick something up that they lent me the other day and is also going to drive me to Tescos to buy some food. (They live in Tescos carpark and have a car, so I don't feel so bad about it) And smoothies (my favourite way of consuming fruit). I've never been much of a vegetable eater, I much prefer fruit. Doctor seemed to be accepting enough of me eating two meals.
I've got no option but to rest. I physically cannot stay stood up for more than about 10 minutes.
This is the complete opposite of me normally, which I think is whats upsetting me more than anything. Everyone is sooo used to be being hyper and full of energy and now all I want to do is sleep.
I'm having pie, mashed potato and tinned peas for dinner. I think thats a perfectly acceptable main meal. Which would then make two reasonable meals today. Have changed my mind again, I don't want to move to college!
Got a phone call from the friendly doctor as well today, whos advice was take multivitamins on top of a decent diet. Is also going to try and get me some more information from a consultant who specialises in these things to see what they can suggest.
Copper
13-10-2005, 04:29 PM
So Rebecca and I were right then - eat properly :)
rebecca c
13-10-2005, 04:42 PM
Copper I think we will have to keep an eye on her.
Claire do you have a freezer? If so frozen peas would have 10x more vitamins than tinned ones. Or get preprepared veg from supermarket.
I think you should eat so much better than you do it is more important than the training.
Anyway get a good magazine too - I find there is nothing more likely to make me really chill than a good old fashioned glossy girly mag with loads of mindless garbage in it.
I've never eaten properly. I usually eat well, 5 portions of fruit/ veg a day etc. Nothing particularly high fat etc. I've always been terribly fussy. I hate frozen peas, the only peas anyone has ever managed to get me to eat are tinned peas and thats what I shall stick with.
Rebecca being able to keep an eye on me, would mean I'd have to tell you what I've been eating :) As for eating random meals, I've always put strange combinations of food together, but usually I have a fairly balanced diet.
I've totally given up on training. Have only trained once this term. So am listening to the doctors advice honestly.
Been to the supermarket and have got smoothies, mushrooms, grapes and clementines. Think they should keep me going for a few days.
Am not reading girly magazines, they're not worth the paper they're printed on in general!!
BTW why do I get the feeling I'm being ganged up against?! :bleh: (I know/ hope you're only saying these things as you're concerned. :) )
Copper
13-10-2005, 05:05 PM
Yes Rebecca we will have to keep an eye on Claire :) I have had years of practise at keeping an eye on young ladies at uni.
I agree with Rebecca that frozen vegetables would be so much better for you then tinned. I can't think of anything worse than tinned peas - yuk. Yes I can, mushy peas - I just can't stand them. My freezer is full of frozen veg as I don't have the time or energy to shop for fresh. We do have fresh veg at the weekend though.
Surely tinned peas are better than nothing?? Plus I like them, and thats the end of it really :)
Copper as I said before the only way you can keep an eye on me is to rely on me coming on here and telling the truth....
Copper
13-10-2005, 05:19 PM
I hope we have not upset you. We are only concerned about you. As I have said before I have been on the end of a phone many times with a sobbing and or stressed daughter at uni telling me they are ill. I have become quite good at giving advice long distance.
I don't care what combination of foods you eat and it does not really matter BUT somewhere in that combination you need carbohydate, protein and fat. Fruit is good - not that I eat much - not a fruit person. The 5 fruit and veg a day is a good idea but I really struggle to get to 5. I really should get a grip. I have also always only been able to eat small meals. I am sure that lactose intolerance from birth has had some long term effect on my insides :(
paranoidangel
13-10-2005, 06:05 PM
*hugs* to Claire. I know what you mean about being too tired to bother with proper food. I hope you manage to get some rest and feel better soon.
No it takes a lot to get me upset, don't worry about it! To be fair its most of the stuff I tell myself, its just weird to see it written down. But as my closest friends will tell you, I'm amazingly stubborn and won't accept what I'm being told- Unless its said to me in very stern words and then it seems to work.
I've had carbs, protein, fat, and two types of veg in that meal. So I think thats acceptable! Am amazingly tired now though and feeling quite naseauous.... Think I'll have a rest until Mum phones, (shes unsuprisingly enough, quite worried about me!!)
She rang earlier, but said she'd ring back as I was cooking dinner :)
Thanks for the concern though everyone, it is appreciated :)
Copper
13-10-2005, 06:37 PM
I feel sorry for your mum - I know just how she feels. Her "baby" is so far away and ill and she will feel worried and helpless.
Seemed to be able to put her mind at rest a bit when she rang :) Dad seemed even more worried when I rang him this morning than her to be honest. He was always the one that looked after us if we were being sick etc when we were younger as well, so I imagine he feels terrible not being here for me.
They're coming to see me next weekend (not this Saturday) as is Ian hopefully. Its a couple of friends 21sts so they're having a combined party which hes coming for. Parents are coming as its half term, so are taking a break and coming to see me :)
Copper
13-10-2005, 08:06 PM
Well that is something nice to look forward to then. If you are a good girl you should be feeling much better in a weeks time.
I'm being a good girl honestly!! I had dinner (and then made the guys do the washing up)
Have emailed my tutor and my DoS- before you start asking questions, tutor looks after me as a person, so more of welfare etc and DoS (Director of Studies) looks after my academic wellbeing. Am going to see my tutor tomorrow, apparently he needs to write to the Department to let them know the situation and my DoS has said that as long as I'm happy to stay, then the Department will make every allowance for me and be flexible with deadlines etc. He has also said that he will deal with supervisors if there are any problems with them. So thats some good news, means I don't have to stress about not making deadlines and not having done all this terms work :)
Claire - I'm so glad to hear that! I know how intense Cambridge terms can be, I was always knackered by eighth week. Though that might have been all nighters in the theatre sorting out the lighting...
Nic
Copper
13-10-2005, 08:48 PM
Claire - you have obviously worked out how I think now :) I was going to ask if you if you had told your tutor your tale of woe.
Yes I've been a very good girl :bleh: They were all informed around about the time I had the blood tests, knew from other people that I needed to warn them as early as possible, as then is the time they can help most effectively!
Nic I was normally exhausted by the amount of sport I was doing and the endless round of end of term socials that are accompanied by these sports :D A friend of mine is the current publicist for the ADC and I don't know how he manages it!!
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