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Post by whatagain on Jun 30, 2021 21:09:57 GMT
Jeez Htmb, i always feel so shocked at discovering what people dare say to others concerned with grief.
My daughters tell me to let it drop, that these people hopefully will never have to understand the hard way, so will ne er know how to respond...
However strangulation immediately comes as the only possible reaction.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 1, 2021 19:07:28 GMT
Whilst out walking the dog on the old golf course yesterday Jeff came across a dead fox cub on the track through the grass. He said it only looked a few months old and he couldn't see a reason why it had died. What did take him aback was Django's reaction. He stayed well back but was whining. Jeff moved the cub into the long grass by the dense bushes away from the track..and when he did so Django sat down, threw back his head and howled for 2 or 3 minutes...it made Jeff quite teary. Then Django dragged Jeff home and was subdued fo the rest of the day.
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Post by lugg on Jul 1, 2021 19:14:06 GMT
My vertigo reappeared for a few days, though it seemed milder. I haven’t had an episode since Monday so I’m hopeful. That is good to read Htmb , fingers crossed for you.
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Post by lugg on Jul 1, 2021 19:15:06 GMT
It's time for you to start one. Ah so there isn't one - good to know thanks
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Post by lugg on Jul 1, 2021 19:20:20 GMT
Whilst out walking the dog on the old golf course yesterday Jeff came across a dead fox cub on the track through the grass. He said it only looked a few months old and he couldn't see a reason why it had died. What did take him aback was Django's reaction. He stayed well back but was whining. Jeff moved the cub into the long grass by the dense bushes away from the track..and when he did so Django sat down, threw back his head and howled for 2 or 3 minutes...it made Jeff quite teary. Then Django dragged Jeff home and was subdued fo the rest of the day. Animal reactions are always so interesting and often hard to fathom, I think they feed off our own/ human reactions in some situations, smells and hearing are often more acute though. But of course they have their own minds too. Anyway hope Jeff is feeling better now and bravo him for moving the cub off the path.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 1, 2021 21:01:23 GMT
Oh, that is touching! Django is quite sensitive. I think some dogs are naturally parental. Darla, who will remain forever a virgin, is fascinated by puppies. Sometimes we'll be walking down the sidewalk & she'll pull to the side and be peering off in another direction. Finally I'll see that quite far off in the distance there is a puppy. She's a good little dog about not jumping up, but if someone is holding a puppy, she'll try to jump up to it. Other times she'll poke her nose under the driveway gates of a house we're passing and start making sharp little whiny noises. Usually then I'll hear faint puppy noises from somewhere on that property.
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Post by questa on Jul 2, 2021 4:12:31 GMT
Could be that Django and fox had been leaving scent messages for each other for months. When Django smelt the dead fox odour he could not understand why the fox smelt so different. He was more likely to howl in confusion than grief, especially if he settles down fairly soon.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 5, 2021 12:06:22 GMT
I see the Pope’s colon is now a semi colon.
Good job it didn’t come to a full stop.
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 5, 2021 12:55:22 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 5, 2021 14:37:44 GMT
My vertigo reappeared for a few days, though it seemed milder. I haven’t had an episode since Monday so I’m hopeful. How are you doing now?
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Post by tod2 on Jul 5, 2021 14:48:23 GMT
Í saw an excellent explanation and cures for this terrible dizziness by highly qualified doctors - on YouTube. I now understand the piece of substance breaking off and floating the wrong way in the ear fluid and how that pillow/neck position helps to get rid of it. I was showing Mr.Tod and guess what ...I got so giddy I had to lie still for a few moments.
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Post by htmb on Jul 5, 2021 14:51:42 GMT
Bixa, I haven’t had any vertigo or dizziness in a week, so it seems to have cleared up. Quite a relief! Thanks for asking.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 5, 2021 17:57:12 GMT
That's wonderful, Htmb! I am happy and relieved for you.
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Post by htmb on Jul 5, 2021 23:36:23 GMT
Thank you, Bixa. It was certainly no fun. The dizziness was even weirder than the vertigo. At least I seemed to have some control over the latter.
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Post by mich64 on Jul 6, 2021 0:36:26 GMT
I am happy for you htmb to read that you have been symptom free for over a week now. I have been following your posts and was hoping for your recovery from vertigo.
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Post by htmb on Jul 6, 2021 0:49:18 GMT
Thanks, mich.
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Post by mossie on Jul 6, 2021 7:05:40 GMT
Pleased to hear you have recovered
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Post by lugg on Jul 7, 2021 21:23:31 GMT
Me too Htmb .
My kitchen refurbishment began in earnest today. I am collecting photos and may do a thread if I ever recover from the trauma at some point. I have changed kitchens x3 in my houses , I tried to remember how I managed re lack of cooking, washing -up and refrigeration facilities previously but failed ( I know small world problems) . On a more positive note I am enjoying the pain of deciding on paint , light fittings, new appliances, splashback etc. Anyway at least I still have a workable microwave so now off for some sludge for dinner.
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Post by htmb on Jul 7, 2021 22:05:14 GMT
I don’t envy you. I remember doing a total remodel many years ago. It was rough. Hopefully, the completed product will make you very happy and you’ll forget the temporary pain of remodeling.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 7, 2021 22:44:21 GMT
My kitchen refurbishment began in earnest today. *full body shudder* Just kidding ~ it will eventually be wonderful and totally worth it. But all renovations would be so much better if they didn't involve other human beings.
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Post by htmb on Jul 7, 2021 23:52:14 GMT
Besides the workers, my kitchen remodeling involved twin three month old babies, a two year old, and an overly enthusiastic husband. Also, no microwave or oven and a refrigerator placed in the living room. I cleaned dishes in the bathtub and prepared food on a hot plate. I was young, energetic and stupid naive.
Make sure you take lots of "before" photos, Lugg. You won’t regret having them.
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Post by lugg on Jul 9, 2021 21:55:28 GMT
But all renovations would be so much better if they didn't involve other human beings I have to say that the guys who are helping me with this are sterling. Make sure you take lots of "before" photos, Lugg. You won’t regret having them. For sure - but if I end up posting a thread others might Besides the workers, my kitchen remodeling involved twin three month old babies, a two year old, and an overly enthusiastic husband. Also, no microwave or oven and a refrigerator placed in the living room. I cleaned dishes in the bathtub and prepared food on a hot plate. I was young, energetic and stupid naive. I cannot imagine how tough that must have been
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Post by tod2 on Jul 17, 2021 12:42:17 GMT
I broke out a new vegetable peeler today - not any old supermarket one but this little wooden and steel implement brings back a wonderful memory of Paris. Just what I need. I know I bought it in a small corner shop whilst strolling down Rue des Martyrs. Rue des Martyrs is not only one of the best food streets in Paris – it’s one of the best streets in Paris, period. This street has everything! Studying the white label on the wooden handle I see it came from a huge Kitchen Gadget outlet called Jodas in La Monnerie-le-Montel, in the Auvergne. My model in their selection is the Ëplucheur Manche Bois Teinte. So now I peel my spuds with a lovely memory. I have had two before , and still have them, but I think they have started to get a little blunt.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 17, 2021 13:22:56 GMT
At least you still peel potatoes like a civilised person. I encounter more and more people who are proud not to peel potatoes. I think that all of the pesticides and anti-germination chemicals they are ingesting is addling their brains.
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Post by questa on Jul 18, 2021 12:55:36 GMT
Except for making mashed potatoes, I have never peeled spuds. I just give them a good wash and maybe use a brush if they are unusually dirty. The most nutritious part of a potato is the very fine line just under the skin.
Vit C and others.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 20, 2021 13:25:31 GMT
I was wandering around the waiting room at the doctor's office this morning as the wait was particularly long even though there are fewer people due to the summer holidays -- but this allows the doctor to take more time with each person. She is about to move her office, so nothing has been updated for a long time (I really hope she dumps all of the ancient magazines covered with covid.). Anyway, there was a little bulletin board with semi-official notices, including covid information feom the Paris metropolitan area doctors association. It was the usual stuff, how to cough, social distancing, etc. But the final line really caught my eye. It said "The epidemic will last 5-10 weeks and will be finished around April 2020." Oops.
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Post by bjd on Jul 20, 2021 15:57:28 GMT
The other day I learned that one of the many boxes we moved to this house contained mail from when I arrived in France (1978), until people generally stopped writing letters -- sometime in the mid-1990s when we all switched to email. At first, I printed out some of it, but not for long. So have have spent ages sorting, reading old letters, and essentially throwing out everything except those from immediate family. Not sure why I kept those, but still -- that reduced the parcel of things to keep dramatically. I am amazed at how many letters I must have written, since everybody's letters started with "thanks for your last letter" or "sorry, I haven't written back sooner". I didn't even remember who some of these people were! And the Christmas cards or postcards, most of which I thought I had already thrown away. Since I don't even send Christmas cards any more, I am only in touch with very few of these people now. We all went our separate ways. I did try to get in touch with a few a couple of years ago, but got no answers. Looking on the internet let me know what a few others are doing. On the one hand, it's a shame to throw all those letters away, but on the other, they serve no purpose. Nobody is going to write my biography. And I may as well throw this stuff out before my kids have to deal with this stuff once I'm gone. But it certainly reminded me of lots of things I had totally forgotten. My husband has even more letters than I do, but is not as good about throwing stuff away, so his piles reduce a lot less.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 20, 2021 17:22:42 GMT
There are two people left on the planet to whom I still enjoy writing postal letters. There used to be at least a dozen.
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 21, 2021 15:52:22 GMT
I know what you mean! I did a big clear-out of old letters to me, plenty of which whose significance was quite lost. On the other hand I've still got a boxful of my parents' stuff, including my father's terse letters home as a POW, and my mother's diary of the time she arrived on a package holiday to San Sebastian just as the Spanish Civil War broke out, and they were all confined to their hotel for three days until they got safe conduct passes to get out to Biarritz for a normal beach holiday was caught up in the Spanish Civil War. My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by whatagain on Jul 21, 2021 21:18:21 GMT
I found some of the letters i wrote to my fiancée when i was in the army.
Fun reading, but i would not want others tonread them. They were only intended for her.
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