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Post by lagatta on Feb 19, 2020 23:53:53 GMT
I do have the same reaction, especially near bedtime. I'm terrified of wetting myself or the bed, though I never have. Probably because it is the first step towards decline and death. I've been having lower back pain (no other symptoms). It usually clears up completely when I can get cycling again. I walk at least one hour every day, but that doesn't have the same effect. This is really pain along my spine, not kidneys.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 20, 2020 9:49:26 GMT
It seems that regardless of what i drink i wake up at 4 30 or 5 30 to goo to the loo. Fortunately i fall back in sleep very quickly.
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Post by questa on Feb 20, 2020 12:10:18 GMT
It seems that regardless of what i drink i wake up at 4 30 or 5 30 to goo to the loo. Fortunately i fall back in sleep very quickly. Had the old prostate checked, have you? No...I don't need to know the details but I'm sure you will, if you haven't.😉
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 20, 2020 12:44:32 GMT
When I have to go during the night, I know exactly why -- in terms how much liquid I ingested (water, beer, wine or anything else) from dinner onwards. But I still have no trouble getting out of bed or going back to sleep within 2 minutes of my return to bed, so it isn't really a problem. It probably will be some day.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 20, 2020 13:51:56 GMT
Had mine checked twice. Rarely need to get up at night.
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Post by mossie on Feb 20, 2020 16:01:10 GMT
I have had my prostate burnt out and have subsequently been back to hospital to have the neck of my bladder cut!! All to no avail, I get up at least 3 times during the night, but do go back to sleep easily. It is not the Urology dept in my mind but the Utterly Useless Dept, the last fellow to operate on me I think got his training in a backstreet butchers shop in Cairo. Things are worse now than when I originally went to my quack so I have totally lost faith in them and will take my chances.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 20, 2020 16:18:33 GMT
It seems that regardless of what i drink i wake up at 4 30 or 5 30 to goo to the loo. Fortunately i fall back in sleep very quickly. Had the old prostate checked, have you? No...I don't need to know the details but I'm sure you will, if you haven't.😉 I have. But maybe i should check again. That and tgs teeth are the only things i didnt check last year.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 21, 2020 4:41:07 GMT
5 39 local time ! 🤣
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 21, 2020 4:44:33 GMT
Don't pee on your phone.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 3, 2020 18:36:38 GMT
I was briefly in total panic this morning when my optic fibre connection was not working -- no internet, no telephone and no television. When I rebooted the system, it just stayed in the installation mode longer than it should have done with nothing coming back, so I thought "oh shit -- if I have to call them (by mobile phone obviously), it is going to take forever to get a technician to fix it!" But I rebooted it a second time and everything came back to normal. Whew!
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 17, 2020 17:41:49 GMT
I admit I'm probably overly distressed about this, but I'm sure some of you will identify. You all heard my rant about concrete block construction in the bathroom renovation thread. Well, the kitchen is block also and the stove fits in the space provided with a bit too much clearance on either side. I have those filler things on either side, with burns on them from where the flame flattened out under a pot. Because of that, I routinely have to move the filler out of the way on the left side when I want to use my big skillet on the big burner. That's what I was doing this morning when my little flat wooden stirrer fell down into the gap. @#%^&*! I've had that stirrer for at least forty years and use it all the time. It's the kind that comes (or came) in those bags of wooden spoons from the dime store. Right now I'm thinking that maybe I could shift the stove over to the right & stick in a wire coat hanger to get my beloved stirrer out of the black hole.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 17, 2020 18:02:47 GMT
I am still using the wooden spoon from my parents' house. I think it must be about 40 years old now, too. I am extremely attached to it, but I have learned not to mourn over such items. If they have been in service for so long, it is only normal for it to end sooner or later.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 17, 2020 18:30:41 GMT
This is not the same thing, though!
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Post by htmb on Apr 17, 2020 19:16:28 GMT
A coat hanger won’t fit without moving the stove?
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Post by lagatta on Apr 17, 2020 20:38:54 GMT
I also have a slender wooden spoon (for dealing with small amounts of food) and was so happy to find it again early this morning. It isn't more than five years old, but all the cookware shops are closed.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 17, 2020 21:01:31 GMT
I have learned not to mourn over such items Even though I read your pointless palliative er self-congratulatory profoundly zen-like message of detachment, I moved the damned stove & got my stirrer back.
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Post by casimira on Apr 17, 2020 22:22:32 GMT
That is identical to the "roux stick" T had and about six months or so it broke. He was, and remains, crestfallen and devastated over this.
He got a "new" one but it just isn't the same nor is he.
He also had his for 40 years or more...
"Some people" just don't understand these things Bixa.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 17, 2020 23:24:37 GMT
I am devastated on his behalf, Casimira! I'm always on the lookout for a duplicate. You might be able to see that mine has a little split at the top, along with all the other abuse it has taken during its long service. The problem is that the ones I see for sale are always wider and often don't even have that crucial slant on one side. Humph. If I find one, I'll get T one too.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 18, 2020 3:06:47 GMT
That's almost exactly what my wooden spoon looks like. I suppose I should not call it a spoon. Mine is in slightly better shape.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 18, 2020 3:30:21 GMT
I didn't realize how bad mine looked until I took a picture of it for others to see. Oh well. It's mine and I love it & I'm sure it feels the same about me.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 18, 2020 5:25:56 GMT
I also have a real wooden spoon (totally spoon configured) which I will finally put into service in the place of the flat one if it ever gets destroyed or completely worn it. The spoon is not new either and comes from my parents or maybe even my grandmother, but one wooden utensil is sufficient for me.
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Post by bjd on Apr 18, 2020 6:03:53 GMT
I had a utensil like that too but it has disappeared. I looked for some new wooden sticks lately but they are bigger and wider.
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Post by onlyMark on Apr 18, 2020 7:14:10 GMT
I've got a shit stirrer I like to drag out from time to time.
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Post by questa on Apr 18, 2020 7:57:01 GMT
Yes, Mark, we know.
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Post by whatagain on Apr 18, 2020 8:14:36 GMT
I've got a shit stirrer I like to drag out from time to time. Thanks. First laugh of the day.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 18, 2020 8:38:34 GMT
Bixa you are a girl after my own heart - rescuing your beloved spatular. I have many identical to yours but have two favourite wooden spoons made of olive wood. I bought them in Montecatini Alto during our trip to Italy. I wish I had bought 20! The olive wood is smooth and cleans well. Besides, they are just the correct size for any job.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 18, 2020 8:44:04 GMT
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Post by questa on Apr 20, 2020 0:20:28 GMT
That is a pretty neat photo, K2 Why don't we have a thread just showing our little knick-knacks, souvenirs and unusual gadgets with a little story of them.
I might even try to post a picture...don't hold your breath though.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 20, 2020 2:44:36 GMT
This evening after the sun went down I went to open the window in my bedroom to start trying to cool it off. There on the windowsill was a fat coiled scorpion. *shudder* I ran & got some of that gel cleaner used to clean the toilet and poured it on the creature. It scuttled along the sill, so I lifted my flip flop clad foot & tried to smush it, whereupon it fell on the floor and then scuttled toward me. I don't know if any of you have ever tried to crush a scorpion,, but the devil bugs are almost unkillable. I stepped on it & could feel it fatly writhe beneath my foot (oooeeeuuuhhh), until I put my full weight on it and held it there.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 20, 2020 3:57:14 GMT
At least you knew what to have for dinner.
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