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Even after watching this about 20 times it STILL makes me laugh!
ReplyDeleteDoes that dog have an itchy bottom. After doing that 20 times it would surely need to see the vet for some soothing ointment.
DeleteWorms...!! 😱
DeleteOh yuk! Change of subject please!!
DeleteArcherphile, hope you have a bloomin' marvellous holiday!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Gary - cruising to Lisbon, Cadiz and the Canary Islands which, I understand, were named after dogs. Or at least, the Latin for dogs! So perhaps this discussion was apt after all! 😂 🐶 🐛
DeleteLovely, AP, have a wonderful trip!
DeleteThe dog is constipated.
ReplyDeleteOr blocked anul glands
ReplyDeleteArcherphile. Have a wonderful holiday, at least you will see the sun, relax and enjoy the food. 🌝🥘🚢
ReplyDeleteWent out this morning to meet some friends ☕️ for coffee and cake in Ledbury. Had a terrifying journey home, didn’t think we would make it. The roads have flooded so had to take circuitous route taking the car through deep water 💦 and it is still ☔️ raining. Has been since last evening. All this rain is sitting all already sodden fields and many of the roads here are now closed. We have been sent flood alerts although they won’t effect us, it means we are stuck at home, unable to go anywhere.
ReplyDeleteThe downside of living near a major river in a rural area.
Dear Lord stasia! Was just reading more about all the hideous floods in Yorkshire & the snow blocking roads in Wales - feel extremely fortunate that up here we have had nothing but clear blue skies and brilliant sunshine. It's been absolutely freezing, but nothing that some winter woolies doesn't sort out!
DeleteSorry to hear about what is happening with the floods in your neck of the woods,Stasia but
ReplyDeleteI am pleased that you are not in danger of having to leave your home
It is dreadful to see what people in various parts of the Country are going through.
I feel for those people who not only will have the dreadful task of trying to get their homes back to something like will be in the dreadful position of worrying when it will happen again.
I hope they get plenty of financial support from the Government.
Stasia what a horrible ending to your meet up. Frightening I’m sure and glad you are now safely home. At least you will be able to stay there and not be evacuated 🤞
ReplyDeleteHow long do you think you will be grounded? Always a different ball game when something is forced upon us and our “ freedom” compromised ☹️
Thinking of you - keep safe 🌻
Stasia, I lived in Ledbury before moving to the island and although the town itself didn’t usually suffer from flooding, I well remember the surrounding roads and villages did and it was often impossible to venture forth! One pub we often went to was situated near where the canal, now filled in, had run and their cellar was sometimes flooded. Sorry to hear about your difficult journey but glad you made it safely home!
ReplyDeleteWe had a huge snowfall yesterday which meant having roads closed and a lot of inconvenience getting to work mostly because of the protection services anticipating danger through fallen trees and avalanches.
ReplyDeleteMinor problems all things considered considering the damage and danger thousands of people are experiencing elsewhere.
Hope you and yours are all safe and sound.
Ps. Gary, you are a gem but that doggy upsets me.
Sorry Autumnleaves - have now changed it!
DeleteThank you gary❤❤❤
DeleteLife can't get much better than that😁😁😁
DeleteA warning. I had a cold call from a firm called Sanctuary concerning care home costs and how it is possible to finance this, if needed, without having to sell a property. It sounded very genuine BUT it is a SCAM. I did cut them off and on researching, it is flagged up as dangerous.
ReplyDeleteTalking about dreadful weather conditions, I heard from some friends living in Sydney today.
ReplyDeleteThey say the conditions are awful there with thick orange smog hanging over the city from the huge bush fires getting nearer and nearer. It is very hot and difficult to breath. They said they could do with some of our flood water down there to quell the fires.
What a crazy world we are living in these days!
Indeed, Archerfile! Over the summer we wanted rain and now we are getting far more than we can cope with! I feel so sorry for those so badly affected by floods. I only have to cope with muddy walks with the dogs and trying to stop Buddy from drinking from muddy puddles!
ReplyDeleteI have decided to give Dudley a second chance and will be calling in a behaviourist highly recommended by our dog minders. He needs to get over his frenzies when people come to the door and also to relate to Gypsy even if he can only ignore her. We have had a difficult week as Katy and I have both had a heavy cold, we had Gyp’s diagnosis and Dudley biting her was the last straw. Last night she refused her DINNER! Unheard of and we thought this was the beginning of the end but this morning she polished off her breakfast so we are very happy!😊
Thanks everyone.
ReplyDeleteEv. We met at the Feathers which has opened a very posh coffee house. Plush sofas, compfy arm chairs and good coffee and cake. Shall go there again, when it’s not raining.
Miriam. I have heard of a company called Sanctuary Care, but thought they had gone bankrupt. My view is never take seriously any cold calls. Unfortunately when one gets to a certain age 60 yrs seems to a point when retirement/medical companies start Cold calling and sending out Unsolicited material. Around here retirement ‘villages’ are popping up everywhere.
In our day we tended to frequent other pubs which were more comfortable, less shabby and cheaper! I’m glad to hear the Feathers has updated though as it is a lovely and prominent building in the town. We found towards the end of our time there that the town was fitted up more for tourists with multiple coffee shops, posh frock shops and gift shops and trying to get everyday things like socks and knickers was impossible. You needed to travel to Hereford or Worcester both well over 10 miles away. I have found a big difference here with a 10 minute interval bus service to Ryde and Newport both about 3 miles away and having a well stocked little Tesco 2 minutes walk away. We do have a posh frock shop in the village and a small coffee shop which is run by volunteers and ploughs profits back into the village. We also have a rather nice charity shop run for the hospice on the island. Also unlike Herefordshire we are near the sea!😁🦀🐟🌊🌊
DeleteThanks for changing the doggy picture. I was about to phone the RSPCA and ask them to rescue the poor thing.
ReplyDeleteI think it was anal glands and hope they took it to the vet!!
DeleteI think it's called scooting.
DeleteThe rubbing action along the floor. Cats can do it as well.
DeleteI am so pleased that you are giving Dudley a second chance,Ev..
ReplyDeleteIf he were to be rehomed you would be worried that he was not being looked after as well as you were doing and you would probably be right
Re. Miriam's comment about cold callers I had one recently that caused me great worry. I was in bed and then my mobile rang. I answered it half asleep ( only family and friends are supposed to have the number) and it was a very plausible woman telling me my car had been involved in an accident. I panicked because my daughter had borrowed my car for the evening, and fortunately my first thought was to contact my son for help rather than giving details to this woman. He thought it would be a scam, but it didn't stop us deluging my daughter with texts, and we didn't get a reply for a while until she was back in signal. Since then several others in this area have had similar calls, and I think it is a very mean thing to do.
ReplyDeleteI've had one of those, Janice, but I'm afraid that in my case it only sparked amusement. I do not drive, have never been behind the wheel of a car in my life (the very idea frightens me silly) and therefore have never owned one.
DeleteI have had several of those cold calls about having been in an accident, despite my last (minor) bump having been 8+ years ago. The callers are very persistent when I say I haven't been in an accident.
ReplyDeleteI have worried about the the possible effect on people in some situations, like
your experience Janice. It must have been so worrying for you.
What very unfortunate timing for the call to come in.
... Continued...
DeleteSome people may doubt their memory and become very anxious and confused.
I'm horrified by your cold call, Janice., & sorry you had such a frightening experience. It was so irresponsible; how can it be stopped at source ? These scammers know nothing about the people they target, & care even less about how such a lie might affect them.
ReplyDeleteTo add, I didn't take the cold call seriously, but was just intrigued. I posted it, purely as a warning for those with older friends + family, as it sounded so genuine.
ReplyDeleteAlso on asking where they got my home phone number from, the answer was the Home Owners directory (not sure if there is one). They seemed to know that I am over 60 and a home-owner, not just living in rented accomodation. That is worrying in itself, as my personal details, have obviously been accessed, somehow.
Miriam. Many organisations pass on and sell information about us to others. The most high profile case was Facebook selling information about their users to the now disgraced Cambridge Analytica. This resulted in interference in American elections and our own elections. Information is collected about us all the time, ever time you use a card for payment, or complete documentation, once it goes into a computer it is collated.
DeleteGary, just have to say I warned to both the dog motifs, the first, because he was getting relief the way cats & dogs unselfconsciously do, & the current one because his ears are enjoying the blissful breeze !
ReplyDelete'warmed' 1st line.
DeleteThere is to be a programme on Channel 5 one evening next week covering the subject of Cold Calls. Worth a watch - as I have said before we have a BT nuisance Blocker house phone so we are not troubled with them now. Although I mostly use my iphone anyway and so far that has escaped them, when I had my really old analogue phone I did get some.
ReplyDeleteCorrection it is a 4 night drama Mon - Thurs covering this subject. Trailer shows a lady being conned into transferring money etc which happens frequently unfortunately.
ReplyDelete“How to stop your nuisance calls” is the documentary on Channel 5 Thursday @ 8pm. The other (Cold Call) is as I posted before is a 4 consecutive night drama.
ReplyDeleteFinally I’ve got it correct! 😂 🤞
I shall try to find and watch it via the internet. Thanks Lady R.
DeleteRadio 4 Money Box is discussing this subject at midday 🕛 today.
DeleteI didn’t hear it on Money Box today Stasia .
ReplyDeleteWas it on at the beginning?
All I heard about was joke notes!
Is it me?
ReplyDeleteThis morning I was telling my hairdresser that I was appalled that on last week’ s”The Apprentice” several of the candidates didn’t know when the 2nd World War started or ended and my hairdresser who ,is older than them ,said that she knew when WW2 started and ended but hadn’t a clue about any aspect of WW1 .
I asked her to hazard a guess about when it started and she said possibly 1920.!
I Changed the subject.
Lanjan1.09pm. It was the first item. They were saying that 65,000 people were scammed in the first six months of this year. They were discussing how banks might reimburse the money to the customer and the process for doing so. Currently if you have been scammed it is virtually impossible to get your money back.
DeleteIt’s amazing that people are still falling for those old tricks.
I have had my account corrupted twice. Many years ago I bought ⛽️ petroleum at a garage in Birmingham and used my card. Some time later the bank phoned and asked if I had been to a certain Indian Restaurant and spent £700. I replied no, plus and another one spending £800. Again I responded No, that I would have had to had to eaten a lot of curry to spend that amount. My card had been cloned when I bought the petrol. The other time was in Norway and the bank asked if I had been in South Korea. The bank did not pay out any monies.
ReplyDeleteThe inconvenience to me was that I had to cut up my cards and wait for new ones. But the positive is my bank will notice any changes in how I use my account.
Wow where is everyone!
ReplyDeleteJust a relaxing day indoors today very chilly ❄️
Was about to type almost the exact same thing Lady R - I've got a feeling that everyone is just "nesting"...!
DeleteAfter a week of horrendous weather , can you you believe fog ,flooding,snow and ice just in the one journey coming home on Friday evening I'm happissima to spend the day by the fire binge watching Succession.
DeleteSeems so - or very “Christmas” 🌲 busy maybe. Only 5 weekends including this one 😱 to go!
DeletePersonally Lady R I can't wait for summer🌞🌞🌞
DeleteHad a lovely morning today. Coffee + mince pies with Big Sis + Hubbie, a niece plus her partner, along with a grand niece + nephew. I was amazed driving there through the country lanes, how flooded the fields still are, and one flooded field had about 20 swans on it!!
ReplyDeleteThis was only about 15miles away on the Shropshire/Wales border. Possibility of snow/frost forecast for later this week...❄☃️
Hello Miriam, sounds a lovely family time 🤗
DeleteThe flood waters are really bad still ☹️ Glad though that your journeys were without incident. Take care during the week!
I will be fine, as seem to live in a "micro climate" where my only main problem is Wind (the weather not me). I rarely get snow, but often fog + frost. I even missed the very heavy rain, which was why I was so surprised to see those flooded fields, so close by.
DeleteMy daughter in law has really been feeling the cold so we used our annual passes to take her to the Eden project where she was in her element in the tropical dome!
ReplyDeleteWe had a sunny day here and managed to clear my raised veg plot in preparation for planting broad beans, We took the dogs to Quarr Abbey, we had coffee and cake and they had black pudding dog biscuits! It was much warmer than yesterday and we had a very pleasant walk through the woods there. We met a family with children and they asked whether they could stroke the dogs. Dudley is fine with little ones which is one mercy! He has directed a few barks at Gyp this week but yesterday she butted him out of the way so he is a bit more wary! I am tackling the barking every time a car goes by as I tell him to be quiet and then praise him when he is! A lot of patience required which I’m not generally good at!
ReplyDeleteI agree with LanJan on the other blog that it is a good idea to mix age groups in housing. A good few years ago when we were looking for a house in Ledbury we went to see a bungalow and everywhere you looked little grey heads were bobbing around. In my early fifties I wasjust not ready for this! I like the company of people of my own age group but find it very wearing when they go on about their ailments and what pills they are on incessantly and when they saw the doctor last Friday or was it Thursday , although in this blog it has been good to share experiences of health problems but we do discuss other things!
ReplyDeleteA day in the life: worked in the morning, a successful and satisfying service, although as is often the case these days, I was really too tired to play in the first place. Slept in the afternoon, still too tired to cook, so enjoyed sausages and beans on toast, followed by nectarines and yogurt. Early night! Today I shall be back to enjoying the sunshine, although nothing strenuous in the garden. Solicitor coming to talk about dealing with Mr S's investments, as results of my enquiries so far have suggested that if I try to deal with them on my own I'm likely to be taken for some very expensive rides!
ReplyDeleteI have to say that I would take the solicitors advice Sarnia for peace of mind and the least pressure. Though of course you may have family to help and advise you in these matters.
DeleteEither way I wish you well, your loss is still very recent and I was not surprised to read of your day yesterday and the tiredness you are experiencing. A time of adjustment indeed.
Take care. 🌸
Thank you, Lady R. As Mr S had been in hospital more or less continuously since March he had been absent from the house for months before he died, so that is a useful reminder as it seems much longer than that. As 4 of my recent 7 operations took place in the last 5 years I'm quite low on energy anyway, and am inclined to underestimate how much of it activities like gardening use up.
DeleteThere was almost too much excitement last week, with new furnishings arriving to replace worn out items which Mr S had refused to part with. I'm taking it easy today, browsing through my new Gardener's World magazine and enjoying the autumn light.
🤗 👏🏻
DeleteThe town is still flooded in many streets, and so is Tewkesbury so Working on the allotment is out. The ground is squelchy Making it impossible to work the soil Which is heavy with water. The river Severn is still rising from rain coming down from Wales.
ReplyDeleteThe place where I live is classified as a large village, but for Some reason calls itself a town. In the nineteenth century it was a port on the Severn, since then it has dwindled and has become a tourist spot. It’s up the Main St and down the same street. Pretty in the summer dull and boring in the winter.
Lots of police in the town, a young woman’s body was found near flooded water and a man has been arrested for murder. That has caused a bit of a story for the locals.
Echo your Day in the Life, Sarnia : Sat & Sun rehearsals + top soloist, Bach Brandenbourg 4 + Vivaldi 4 Seasons, followed by a French blow-out meal...... slow going this morning!
ReplyDeleteNot surprised parsley! 😳
Delete😄
DeleteA day in the life...... after being poorly and in bed for most of last week after returning from hols today we have just finished wheeling....mr PtbY , and stacking.....me, 3 loads of logs ready for winter. I am now knackered and have had to come for a lie down.
ReplyDeleteGot to be able to keep awake after 9pm now for the next 3 weeks.......I’m a celebrity!!!!!
✔️ 🕷 🦗 🐛 🦟
DeleteAm feeling smug, as nearly finished my Christmas shopping. I didn't have a list, nor go out looking, but whilst out and about, just mooching, came across items, which are perfect. Heavy frost this morning, but a glorious sunny, cold day. -5C predicted tonight Brr ❄❄
ReplyDeleteNiece in OZ, with Hubbie, 2 sons (ages 6months + 20months) are on the move, to their new home. This is taking 5 days,with transporting all their wordly goods by train, their SUV by road and their pusscat travels. Family fly tomorrow, to go into a short term let, to move into the new house on Friday. Pusscat has been collected, put into a cattery, then travels by plane on Friday, to be delierved to the new home on Friday afternoon. It has been like a military operation...
Certainly does Miriam! I am worn out just reading about it 😂
DeleteOh! Didn't intend to bore anyone, just got carried away. I am just excited for them with their new + very different lifestyle. It's their dream life.
DeleteOh Miriam I meant my comment in a friendly way - in awe of such organisation. I love to read everyone’s posts about their daily lives so please don’t stop! Certainly not boring!
DeleteQuick addition. I picked up my new sunglasses today. These are sunglasses which have my prescription, for my driving glasses, in. They are brilliant and worth every penny.
ReplyDeleteThat's my vision finally sorted out after my 2 cataract ops. this year. Both my surgeon + optician have been fantastic and am having the best ever vision ever. It's never been so good. I have been lucky.
Do not hesitate to have catarcts sorted, if ever diagnosed with them. The outcome is so wonderful re clarity and colours, and such wonderful, improved vision. I had not realised how vision had deterioated, until now. The difference is unbelievable.
DeleteTotally agree 👀 🤗
DeleteNo posts at all on this current blog from Mrs P......🤔 and the last for Lanjan 16/11
ReplyDeleteQuiet times - or maybe really busy. Hope both ok!
Lanjan you are on TA blog ✔️ But nothing from Mrs P there either.
ReplyDeleteMrs P - I have been looking to see if I could "troubleshoot" the problem you are having logging in. There appears to be a multitude of possible reasons - I wish I were more computer savvy and offer you the solution! Hopefully you will be able to find someone who can rectify it for you.....
ReplyDeleteI have been in touch with Mrs P, she is still having problems with her access and is frustrated !
ReplyDeleteI have been in touch with Mrs P who as Cowgirl says is still unable to sort things out with her computer.
ReplyDeleteI have said I will pass on any comments she may have but I appreciate£ it isn’t the same.
I am scared stiff of signing out as I did twice before because it took me a while to get back on track again.
All I know is that I went via chrome and used to go through google.
How I ever managed to get onto to this site in the first place beats me.
How much easier it must be for youngsters who have grown up with technology rather than someone like me who only “embraced” it in her 70s ,learning processes by trial and error.
It is a bit like trying to understand percentages without knowing what decimals and fractions are.
Lanjan, how well said your last comment ! I shall always think of my technological gaps/dumbness like that now, trying to understand % without having learnt decimals & fractions ! ( Still hazy on the decimal point - you'd be disgusted)
ReplyDeleteI do hope Mrs P gets someone to help her soon, in a way that works not just in the moment, but gives enough understanding to protect against any future blips. As I said before, an assistant in a computer shop would be able to help, even though it's their job to try selling her an update at the same time ! Not, however, impossible to deflect that with, 'I'll think about that'....& leave...
I have connected MrsP and she is still having problems posting on the blog. She can read all our witty comments.
Deletecarolyn. 🤬 She is taking her iPad to an Apple shop tomorrow. Let’s hope she has some luck?
Once a year I have all my gadgets updated. So maybe that is the solution. Let’s hope.
Good ! Glad she's doing that, Stasia.
DeletePredictive text. Arrrrg.
DeleteHi Mrs P, so sorry you are still having problems. Wishing you all the best for tomorrow and crossing everything that you will be able to resolve this once and for all.
ReplyDeleteLan Jan you are spot on with how difficult it is to learn all this computer stuff when it wasn’t available at school. Some folk my age picked it up easily but definitely for me it’s counter-intuitive and frustrating in the extreme. If it weren’t for Mr S there’s no way I would have a phone or be on this blog, despite having to battle with using a computer at work.
Mrs P would like to that everyone who has wished her luck in solving her computer problem
ReplyDeleteShe is hoping to go to a Tech Centre tomorrow and all being well it will then get sorted.
I tried to copy her email but of course it didn’t work.
.....”thank” not “ that “ - previous comment!
ReplyDeleteNearly pressed “sign out “ by mistake then!
ReplyDeleteHope Mrs P will soon be with us again!
Good luck tomorrow Mrs P.
ReplyDeleteDitto 🤞
DeleteNew series of “The Repair Shop” started yesterday. BBC1 @ 4.30pm (we watch on catch up) as interesting as ever 👏🏻
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Show. Heartwarming.
DeleteIf I am able to post this, I will be surprised.
ReplyDeleteNot good news I'm afraid.
Nothing wrong with my IPad other than its age.
Six years old and not any longer able to satisfy any servers security requirements.
I'm not optimistic about my ability to afford a new one, but will look at figures and see if it's possible.
Hurrah here you are Mrs P 🤗
ReplyDeleteUnderstand the news Apple gave you - in Sept ‘18 I renewed my iPad 2 (as too old and incredibly slow) to a sixth generation model. The year before I had had a big birthday but as Mr R in hospital and then recovery just before it a year later he insisted I renew the iPad and change my analogue Samsung mobile for an Apple phone. (Some cash off as a nearby shop had an offer on the phone) as a rule we don’t do gifts just buy something if we need or want it at the time. So a treat of a lifetime, in your case I fully understand the numbers you need to crunch though and 🤞 for you.
Yay! Welcome back MrsP. Regarding updating your iPad there are shops and on-line retailers that do reconditioned tech, I replaced my iPhone with MusicMagpie, they have a 12month guarantee, and they do a range from oldish to very recent kit, my current phone is no more than 18 months old so should stay functional for a while, my old phone was OK but the battery life was diminishing and died after jumping into the toilet (oops!!)
ReplyDeleteThanks KP and Lady R.
ReplyDeleteLady R, my present IPad was a confined present from all the family six years ago and purchased in NY by S in L . I can't justify asking again, particularly since I have already announced that I can only contribute a minimum to this years Christmas.
But KP was thinking as you have on my return drive, re conditioned ?
Don't know where to start but do have people I can ask.
Any suggestions welcome.
Will look up MusicMagpie.
The system seems to be allowing me to post again.
ReplyDeleteThe first post I had to sign in, but so far it has allowed me to stay signed in for further posts.
🤞🤞🤞
Yay!
DeleteWelcome back mrs P.
ReplyDeleteI don’t sign out but every time I take a look at either blog I’ve been signed out somehow. Don’t understand why.
So if I want to put a comment I have to go through the rigmarole of logging in with all details on both blogs. Pain in the bum!
I was going to mention reconditioned items too Mrs P but posted before I had added I the comment 🙄 Could be worth an enquiring...
ReplyDeleteSo.... PtbY... you seem to have the same problem as me, as you say, a pain in the bum.
ReplyDeleteAnd now it seems that I have to sign in again, so perhaps my signing in is time controlled.