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

smurfjed · 07-01-2021 9:09am

Grandeeod wrote: »

My Dad was told he deffo needs a hip replacement and it will be done in Belfast subject to restrictions. One more visit for pre op bloods etc and then by early March for the big job. He may have a little limp after it, but no more pain.

My mom had this done years ago and bounced back within a week, so he will come back like a new man

:)

Is this covered by VHI as it’s in Belfast?

Gremlinertia · 07-01-2021 9:19am

Waiting on nine o clock to call doc again. No snow here but I am pretty sure it'll be icy as hell out there.

smurfjed · 07-01-2021 9:19am

Just renewed my exit visa for the next six months, guess I’m the eternal optimist

purplecorn · 07-01-2021 10:23am

Trigger Happy wrote: »

No close contact and I have no idea where I got it. We stuck to the rules. I got it from grocery shopping or walking in the park. It really is very contagious.

Hope you feel better soon!

This is what I'm really nervous about as I'm the same as yourself and just goes to show how contagious it is

I know you said you didn't have any close contacts to alert but could you have picked it up way before you became symptomatic i.e. at or before Christmas if you mixed with anyone then? Do you both work from home? Do you have kids that could have picked it up at school/creche?

Ted_YNWA · 07-01-2021 10:27am

No snow down here. Just an air frost. Ground is clear.

/end of weather forecast.

Tea & deskside. Just enough milk for this cuppa. In two minds whether to head out to get some more now, or hold off until later.

Gremlinertia · 07-01-2021 11:00am

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

No snow down here. Just an air frost. Ground is clear.

/end of weather forecast.

Tea & deskside. Just enough milk for this cuppa. In two minds whether to head out to get some more now, or hold off until later.

Do it now while tea has heated you, too easy get comfortable later.

Autosport · 07-01-2021 11:30am

Snowing here and it such a beautiful white winter wonderland

I might make a snowman and maybe a snowwoman aswell

wildwillow · 07-01-2021 1:24pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

My Dad was told he deffo needs a hip replacement and it will be done in Belfast subject to restrictions. One more visit for pre op bloods etc and then by early March for the big job. He may have a little limp after it, but no more pain.

My neighbour had a knee replacement op in Belfast during the summer. He's doing very well, walking without pain, even though he didn't really give himself a chance to heal before going back to work.

I hope your Dad has a good outcome and that his surgery isn't delayed due to Covid situation.

smurfjed · 07-01-2021 1:27pm

Autosport wrote: »

I might make a snowman and maybe a snowwoman aswell

Shouldn't it be a “snow person”?

IamMetaldave · 07-01-2021 1:27pm

Workside. Working. Isn't life graaaaaand.... :pac:

@ Smurf

Sardonicat · 07-01-2021 1:42pm

Grumpy back from his appointment with private consultant. He will repair the hernia under local anaesthetic, I will have to inject him at home for three nights prior with heparin, which I'm a bit nervous about, but otherwise relieved that something is finally being done. It's so disgraceful we have this 2 tier system. Grumpy's very fortunate to be able to afford to avail of private health care in urgent situations like this, but what about those for whom it us simply out of reach?

Gremlinertia · 07-01-2021 1:45pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

Grumpy back from his appointment with private consultant. He will repair the hernia under local anaesthetic, I will have to inject him at home for three nights prior with heparin, which I'm a bit nervous about, but otherwise relieved that something is finally being done. It's so disgraceful we have this 2 tier system. Grumpy's very fortunate to be able to afford to avail of private health care in urgent situations like this, but what about those for whom it us simply out of reach?

I am delighted for you and him!

Sardonicat · 07-01-2021 1:46pm

Gremlinertia wrote: »

I am delighted for you and him!

Thank you. How's that back of yours?

Gremlinertia · 07-01-2021 1:49pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

Thank you. How's that back of yours?

Waiting on a call from doctor it's pretty bad but I'll live..

Sardonicat · 07-01-2021 1:58pm

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Waiting on a call from doctor it's pretty bad but I'll live..

Hope the doc can sort you out Grem

07-01-2021 2:26pm

Autosport wrote: »

Snowing here and it such a beautiful white winter wonderland I might make a snowman and maybe a snowwoman aswell

What's the difference between a snowman and a snow woman?

Snowballs. ☺️

Don't worry I'll get my coat lol. Couchside, took a half day with the intention of doing a big clean, take down decorations etc , I'm cuddled up here heating on, a big bag of Cadbury Wholenut chocolates, numerous coffees and I might stay here until bedtime, feet like 2 icicles.

Sardonicat · 07-01-2021 2:34pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What's the difference between a snowman and a snow woman?

Snowballs. ☺️

Don't worry I'll get my coat lol. Couchside, took a half day with the intention of doing a big clean, take down decorations etc , I'm cuddled up here heating on, a big bag of Cadbury Wholenut chocolates, numerous coffees and I might stay here until bedtime, feet like 2 icicles.

What's this about bags of wholenut chocolates? You get get bags of whole and nothing else? Why have I never heard of this?

07-01-2021 2:44pm

Yes , they were selling them at Christmas, my favourite sweets, like the hazelnut whirl in the Roses. Not just a whole , chocolate and nut also.ðŸ˜‚

Sardonicat · 07-01-2021 2:56pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes , they were selling them at Christmas, my favourite sweets, like the hazelnut whirl in the Roses. Not just a whole , chocolate and nut also.ðŸ˜‚

Drooool

Grandeeod · 07-01-2021 3:57pm

smurfjed wrote: »

My mom had this done years ago and bounced back within a week, so he will come back like a new man :)

Is this covered by VHI as it’s in Belfast?

Nope. He's paying up front and then trying to claim some of it back via the HSE cross border directive scheme.

Gremlinertia · 07-01-2021 5:05pm

Doc appointment tomorrow boo.

07-01-2021 6:04pm

Google maps just shared a synopsis of my travel for 2020. Well that was focking depressing. Thanks a lot google! Also I thought I had tracking switched off.

Kitchenside, making sweet n sour for the dinner.

Grem hope the doc can sort something for your back.

Sardi glad to hear your dad is getting sorted.

Purple Mountain · 07-01-2021 6:11pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Google maps just shared a synopsis of my travel for 2020. Well that was focking depressing. Thanks a lot google! Also I thought I had tracking switched off.

Kitchenside, making sweet n sour for the dinner.

Grem hope the doc can sort something for your back.

Sardi glad to hear your dad is getting sorted.

Any sign of that guard since?

07-01-2021 6:12pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Any sign of that guard since?

I have high hopes he'll be back next week!

Purple Mountain · 07-01-2021 6:25pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I have high hopes he'll be back next week!

Hope you still have the scrap of paper with my digits on it, Buile!

Autosport · 07-01-2021 6:33pm

Evening all

It’s a cool one here, the front of the house the snow melted but the back of the house it didn’t. Definitely gonna be dangerous out there tomorrow.

Now I’m couchside watching Heartbeat

07-01-2021 6:36pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

How you still have the scrap of paper with my digits on it, Buile!

Oh I sure do! And I didn't erase them and replace with my own. Nope nope nope. Hot cop is all yours.

Grandeeod · 07-01-2021 8:32pm

Finished work for the day. (not often I get to say that.:D)

Cooling my jets with a beer and looking out my tech desk window at the lying snow that is freezing hard. Also wondering why some drivers think the road is normal. :eek: From my vantage point its like a feckin ice rink. Gonna be very bad in the morning. Take it easy if walking or driving.

Fathom · 07-01-2021 9:40pm

Avoiding DC.

thomil · 07-01-2021 9:49pm

Tableside, tired as hell. Not even coffee will help at this stage I'm afraid...

Gremlinertia · 07-01-2021 9:59pm

Sitting on the couch feeling drowsy

Fathom · 07-01-2021 10:03pm

Coffeehouse. Need caffeine after last night.

JupiterKid · 07-01-2021 10:40pm

In bed with a rotten head cold...

Sardonicat · 07-01-2021 10:42pm

JupiterKid wrote: »

In bed with a rotten head cold...

Uh oh. Hope you're ok Kid.

Grandeeod · 07-01-2021 10:43pm

Looking for a movie to watch with the takeaway in a while. Nothing beats munching down a Chinese takeaway with a pint of milk and a good movie and then flaking into the leaba on a freezing cold night. It won't be raise the Titanic either.:D Mentally stimulated today, but mentally drained too as a result. No better way to wind down sipping a beer. One more stint tomorrow and then show me the money transfer before the upload.:D

Princess Calla · 07-01-2021 10:56pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

Looking for a movie to watch D

Currently watching captain phillips, it's not bad, abit slow but watchable.

Gremlinertia · 07-01-2021 10:59pm

We watched a kids movie - Turbo, got a right laugh, needed something a bit brain dead..

Grandeeod · 07-01-2021 11:31pm

I've settled on a selection of Laurel & Hardy short films as I need a break from all the high tech way we edit things these days. I also watched the Movie Chaplin a few days ago. I was sat behind a digital edit suite today. Its quick, simple enough, still requires a skill, but doesn't involve all the absolute revolutionary things that happened way back then. Its so refreshing to watch the sloppiness from the 1920/30s and to think that those guys were real pioneers. Makes you appreciate your skill. A bit like smurfjed flying with the Wright brothers.:D He'll get it!:D

Purple Mountain · 08-01-2021 12:41am

I just finished watching Fior Sceal on TG4. It was a documentary about Covid 19 from an ecological/sociological point of view.
It was fascinating.

Samsgirl · 08-01-2021 1:18am

Grandeeod wrote: »

Looking for a movie to watch with the takeaway in a while. Nothing beats munching down a Chinese takeaway with a pint of milk and a good movie and then flaking into the leaba on a freezing cold night. It won't be raise the Titanic either.:D Mentally stimulated today, but mentally drained too as a result. No better way to wind down sipping a beer. One more stint tomorrow and then show me the money transfer before the upload.:D

What ya get from the Chinese G?
Looking for ideas for Sat night.

One more day at the coal face. Yippee.
Mr Sam not looking forward to being muinteoir again on Monday while trying to work from home.

Purple Mountain · 08-01-2021 1:48am

Samsgirl wrote: »

What ya get from the Chinese G?
Looking for ideas for Sat night.

One more day at the coal face. Yippee.
Mr Sam not looking forward to being muinteoir again on Monday while trying to work from home.

I'm in your husband's boat too and dreading it.
I'll manage the work fine because I won't be under time pressure too much but trying to motivate and encourage the child is going to he very challenging...again.
But I totally support the school building closures, it's inevitable.

smurfjed · 08-01-2021 8:10am

Wet and miserable looking day around here and 12 degrees, just as well that I have to isolate for another week.

@Grandeeod, these days we call them children of the magenta line, program the computer and follow the line on the screen, so totally different to even 20 years ago. That’s why I love reading stories about the early pioneers.

smurfjed · 08-01-2021 8:13am

My housemaid is off this morning to get her first shot of the Pfizer vaccine, 4 days after she applied. She is 61 so it was rather quick based on age.

Grandeeod · 08-01-2021 9:18am

Samsgirl wrote: »

What ya get from the Chinese G?
Looking for ideas for Sat night.
.

Sezchuan beef and fried rice. Oh and chips too.

At the tech desk. About five hours of work and then a walk to rebalance the brain.

08-01-2021 9:43am

Another lovely cold frosty morning, great for walks

Autosport · 08-01-2021 2:20pm

Happy Friday!!!!!

Roads are lethal out my way so a walk is postponed for now.

Kitchenside making lunch

Gremlinertia · 08-01-2021 2:55pm

Doc not sure about back so all of the good drugs and a review in a fortnight in case of slipped disc..

Sardonicat · 08-01-2021 3:05pm

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Doc not sure about back so all of the good drugs and a review in a fortnight in case of slipped disc..

Sounds serious Grem. Is that you off work?

Gremlinertia · 08-01-2021 3:11pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

Sounds serious Grem. Is that you off work?

Nah no point being off. Need to keep moving..

Night owl gal · 08-01-2021 4:54pm

Couchside

I got a supervalu delivery this morning, I now have enough food for a month now

Not having the best week though, few migraines etc. Hoping its just a blip

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

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