I don't know where we're going, but it can only be 5K away

3d4life wrote: »

Did you ever think of having your toes sucked now and then ?

My coffee has just come back up my throat ^^^^^ ..

Summing up the motivation here to go out to throw in a load of hardwood.

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Summing up the motivation here to go out to throw in a load of hardwood.[/quote]

You dirty dirty......

Purple Mountain wrote: »

You dirty dirty......

Well you can't throw it in unless it's hard wood, in all fairness. ...

3d4life wrote: »

Know the feeling. Just now I managed to motivate myself to see if the grass would be dry enough to run the mower over it.

Not a hope. No rain all day, good drying wind but grass still soaking. :mad:

Probably going supermarket-side real soon now. ...... emergency : chocolate supplies down to zero

My back garden grass is short enough, but I'd like to give it a winter trim to take it through to April. However it turns into a fooking bog once Autumn sets in. I haven't cut it in three weeks. Took a walk over it today and my boots were sinking into it. I fooking hate cutting grass anyway, but due to being out of work because of Covid, I tended to it this year like never before. Hardly got to sit out on it due to the poxy weather.:rolleyes:

I never run out of chocolate here. Go get it!:D

It's Grumpy's birthday today. His brother in England sent him a card with £40 inside. They are very close but because both are so hard of hearing they can't talk to each other anymore so it was my Uncle's way of saying 'I miss you'. I wrang him up and put the speaker on the phone. They got to hear each other's voices even if they couldn't make out what was being said. It got to me, TBH. I spent a great deal of my early childhood sprawled across this Uncle's lap and it's becoming clearer that he and Dad are not likely to see each other again. His wife is succumbing to dementia which has accelerated from the isolation of COVID and my Uncle is very unsteady on his feet so they can't come here like they used to once a year. Up until his stroke my Dad travelled to them yearly and stayed about 6 weeks. Before COVID myself and Mr Sardi were thinking of bringing Grumpy over to see them but I think it might be too late, for my Auntie anyway.

Aside from that my sister visited with a bottle of expensive whiskey which she was in the process of taking the money for til I walked into the room and she had to back track. Our neighbours who are locked down in Dharain sent a bottle of really good red and a box of posh chocks and I cooked him steak and chips for dinner. And he had a Guinness earlier.

All in all not a terrible birthday but a bit emotional. He's happy out now, watching Last of the Summer Wine.

Sardonicat wrote: »

It's Grumpy's birthday today. His brother in England sent him a card with £40 inside. They are very close but because both are so hard of hearing they can't talk to each other anymore so it was my Uncle's way of saying 'I miss you'. I wrang him up and put the speaker on the phone. They got to hear each other's voices even if they couldn't make out what was being said. It got to me, TBH. I spent a great deal of my early childhood sprawled across this Uncle's lap and it's becoming clearer that he and Dad are not likely to see each other again. His wife is succumbing to dementia which has accelerated from the isolation of COVID and my Uncle is very unsteady on his feet so they can't come here like they used to once a year. Up until his stroke my Dad travelled to them yearly and stayed about 6 weeks. Before COVID myself and Mr Sardi were thinking of bringing Grumpy over to see them but I think it might be too late, for my Auntie anyway.

Aside from that my sister visited with a bottle of expensive whiskey which she was in the process of taking the money for til I walked into the room and she had to back track. Our neighbours who are locked down in Dharain sent a bottle of really good red and a box of posh chocks and I cooked him steak and chips for dinner. And he had a Guinness earlier.

All in all not a terrible birthday but a bit emotional. He's happy out now, watching Last of the Summer Wine.

Post of the day/week/month Sardi. Seriously, it made me ponder some more as I can relate to so much in it. My Dad announced today that he needs a hip replacement. (aged 76) I also have a sister that takes the piss out of my parents in the interest of making herself money.

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Some people have all the luck....

.... Well we don't know who the dream was about!

Sardonicat wrote: »

Oh, I hope he doesn't have to wait too long for it, Gran. If he's private health insurance it should be sorted fairly pronto.

No insurance. Gonna try the treatment abroad route via the HSE. He pays up via a credit union loan and HSE refund it. Haven't a clue. Me and Mrs G spent the evening finding and printing forms for him. A bit angry as my sister sucks the life out of them with babysitting and school runs, yet she hasn't got the brain or tech to research/print stuff for them. I even do their car tax online for them as my sister wouldn't have a clue.:eek: She's a selfish type that they propped up all her life and has no memory.:rolleyes:

Gremlinertia wrote: »

I want to see into your head too Ted

I don't even want to know what goes on inside it.

Must do me duolingo French. I live for the day I can make that post in French.