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ReplyDeleteEv - May 14, 2021 at 8:33 AM
Sorry, had failed to see load more and thought my posts had disappeared! I know a female Lesley whose name is spelt the male way because her dad got the spelling wrong when he registered her! She is definitely a lady though! I registered Katy in the nursing home as Mike was a dreadful speller and would have got it wrong! I only had enough money on me for the shortened certificate which didn’t name the father. Later I did get the longer version which was badly typed! The original had flowing letters in black ink, old fashioned fountain pen. When I was at school we had to use pen and ink, no biros! Sure enough writing is neater that way. Nowadays they send their work to teacher by e mail. Katy has had to print it all out so no other hands touch it because of the virus. At least she has small classes!
Ev, I tried to find old footage of pupils learning to write using pen and ink and stumbled across the gem above. It's a delight.
ReplyDeleteSorry (again) for letting the last blog over run. The "real world" got in the way. MrGG had to go into hospital for a routine op yesterday and, well, you know what it's like! All went well, he's back home now and everything is back to "normal".
Good to hear Mr GG got the op he needed Gary and I wish him well. How could I not with your good self looking out for him 🤗
Delete*** MY EARLY MEMORIES ***
ReplyDeleteMrs P, if you are willing and ready, the floor is yours! Enjoy...
Thank you Gary.
DeleteThey are in my head and will post them later.
Good luck with your patient. Wish him well.
Gosh, Gary! That vid is a revelation into how children were conditioned into male and female roles. The boys are doing man things whilst girls are putting up a Wendy house, doing laundry and scrubbing! There is a difference between the sexes naturally I think but it is magnified by such stereotypes. I firmly believe that if you have children someone needs to be there for them and too many nowadays are put aside because of parents working full time outside the home. It shouldn’t always be the mother though. My granddaughter has a boy of three and twin boys of seven months. She is a hairdresser and has gone back to work part time. Her husband is a manager at the Co op and he together with my stepdaughter fills in the gaps as he works different hours. They have an ideal setup but must be very tired! It is sad in this video that the girls are automatically supposed to stay at home whilst the boys go out to lay bricks and do joinery. I am no feminist but I just think everyone should be true to their own nature and not that dictated by society. BTW I started school in the fifties and as a teen was part of the swinging sixties when views shifted a bit! Oh, and no mother or father should be made to feel useless because they stay at home to bring up their children! A very important job!
ReplyDeleteThank you for that last comment Ev. That’s exactly what I did and have never regretted a day of it. Sadly young families don’t always have the freedom or finances for one parent to stay at home these days which is a tremendous shame, in my opinion.
DeleteI am a feminist, but I echo the the comments above.
DeleteBoys and girls should be allowed to experience all life skills be they cooking, washing, or building a wall or a treehouse.
I also agree that in the early years of a child's life, they should be with one parent at home, not farmed out.
I was fortunate to be able to be at home in my daughters early years, and my daughter was able to do the same. She didn't return to P/T work until her youngest went to school.
A school friend of mine had a career as an academic and her husband stayed at home to look after the children. He had the patience of a saint and did a fantastic job.
ReplyDeleteMrs P - you mentioned watching the re-run of the old series of Silent Witness.
ReplyDeleteI was very amused, when watching the trailer for these programmes, to view exactly the same wallpaper in a very early episode starring Amanda Burton, as we had used in our first home in Abingdon.
It was a huge pattern of orange, brown and yellow. Very 1970’s! We had papered just one ‘feature’ wall of our lounge as it was such an expensive paper and could only afford one roll.
I though we were terribly modern having this iconic decoration - and there it is again in a BBC trailer!
Archerphile
DeleteI think I remember that episode. I too noticed the wallpaper and recognised it. My parents had it in the kitchen, if it's the one your referring to.
All the best to Mr GG, glad his op went well and I’m sure you are looking after him very well Gary.
ReplyDeleteJanice
ReplyDeleteSaw your post late last night.
You made a point that others have privately thought re playing of games.
Thank you for the documentary Gary - very entertaining and the narrator's voice sounds so posh.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear Mr. GG is doing well.
Basia ?
ReplyDeleteMissing you this morning !
And LanJan ?
Is all ok ? You have been silent for a couple of days.
All the best to Mr GG 🤞
ReplyDeleteBufo9bufo, eagle owl?
Golden orioles have been staking their claims for the past few days, lovely to hear the real thing & not just the starlings going through their repertoire!
ReplyDeleteI started school, just in the '50's. I was taught writing in the italic style, using a dipping pen in an inkwell, set in a wooden desk. The nibs were oblique and so often split. This style of writing changed, when my family moved and so a new school. I was so proud as a 10yr old, to be the ink moniter for my class, trusted with the big ink bottle with a pouring lip, to fill the inkwells up.
ReplyDeleteAfter my 2nd jab yesterday, I am not feeling great. The arm is sore + swollen and I can't lift it up high. I am also cold + achy, but don't care as this is temporary and the benefits are worth it.
I too wish Mr. GG well.
I hope you feel better by tomorrow!
DeleteThe One Show tonight, had at the end, a wonderful Les Mis snippet, done socially distanced. It was wonderful to see + hear this.
ReplyDeleteI so want to go to a theatre again, to sit relaxed and just watch a great play or musical. It has been far too long, since this was possible. I cannot remember my last theatre trip, but I think it was in 2019 💁♀️
Gary, when I tried to visit the blog just now, Firefox flagged it up as a 'deceptive site' and a phishing risk.
ReplyDeleteIt has never done this before, and no seems to be quite happy to let me in again without warnings, so it might just have been a blip.
But you might want to check all the blog settings to make sure no-one else gets confronted by a scarey red warning banner. 😱
No, the warning banner's back 😱.
DeleteI filled in the form to say I thought it was mis-identified as dodgy.
But I still won't tell you my DoB, address, credit card number, or cat's mother's middle name 😉
OWIAS, it just did the exact same thing to me! MrGG (who is a certified computer genius) will have a root about tomorrow. To me it looked as if it may have been a genuine generic warning from Google with our blogspot name filled in automatically. Hope it's a one off and not stopping people from posting. Grrrr!
DeleteAny chance Mr GG could find out why IPad users with the latest iOS 14.5 system are having so much trouble posting as well. And are unable to delete a post because the ‘Delete’ sign has disappeared ( I log in via Chrome so it should be OK)
DeleteGoogle blogs seem unable to keep up with differing systems and changes & it’s becoming a lucky dip as to whether you can post a comment or not
(Don’t want to overload Mr GG with problems though as he is recovering)
Just going back to Michael Portillo’s current railway series for a mo:
ReplyDeleteLast nights trip was from Aberystwyth to Newtown in Mid Wales.
We were delighted to see the last place he visited was Gregynogg Hall, a beautiful Half-timbered Manor House new Newtown. It has become a venue for cultural events, concerts, plays, art exhibitions etc and is set in beautiful grounds.
Five years ago it was where Mr A’s 70 year old sister got married, he ‘gave her away’, the grandchildren were attendants and it was the most beautiful day. So it was a great pleasure to see it again on television and learn a lot about its history.
Sorry to post again so soon but HACKER ALERT GARY - on the Ambridge blog.
ReplyDeleteI know AP as you know I am a night owl and when I saw that Red Alert page my heart sank. I googled about it and also took a screen shot of it. After reading google I left well alone in the hopes it would be ok this morning or that everyone including Gary of course would be the same and that as blog administrator could maybe fix it.
DeleteIf it had been just me then no way could I have let anyone know so something to bear in mind when one of us on occasion “disappears”. Only those who have met up would be able to get a message through via another blogger 😕
Alert was on both blogs AP!
DeleteI didn’t get a red warning at all Lady R
DeleteThe alert I was referring to was only on the Ambridge blog and it was a rather suggestive and saucy post from Calgary, that Gary has now removed.
Just watched the video above, gender stereotypes being thoroughly reinforced by the woman reporter. But I loved the kids outfits, when my girls were small I made a few outfits when I couldn’t find what I wanted, mainly dungarees and always press stud fastenings as I never learnt how to do buttonholes.
ReplyDeleteMiriam I remember being transitioned from pencil to fountain pen aged eight, I still have my old osmeroid pen with a left hand nib. We were encouraged to use cartridges, although at senior school there was a large bottle of ink on the teachers desk the inkwells on the pupils desks were not used.
At university I completed my exams using fountain pen as it makes my writing semi-legible, when I write in biro it is truly terrible. At least when I type I just have to look out for typos and autocorrect.
I did all my degree writing, be it transcripts of lectures, essays and exams, using a fountain pen with turquoise ink. I even took my bottle of ink into the exam room!
DeleteWhy turquoise - no idea, but wanted to be different.
I still have my Parker pen, in its original case, tucked away in a drawer.
DeleteI had turquoise ink once, I bought it by mistake.
DeleteAt one stage I had a variety of inks, each in the matching coloured pen. Always Sheaffer No-Nonsense pens - the most comfortable I've ever used. Sadly they were discontinued several years ago, but I managed to get some replacements on eBay. They nibs had a ball end so were perfectly useable for a left hander.
I do have a posh Parker, but I still prefer the Sheaffers.
I used to use cartridges but they are horrendously expensive so now I use an adapter and a nice bottle of ink. (Took me ages to realise I didn't need to remove the adapter but could just draw the ink up through the nib.)
Yes, writing tends to be much neater in fountain pen. It's far more comfortable as well. I could write a three hour exam with no pain at all (except mental pain!) That much writing with a biro gave me cramp.
I used to write my lecture notes in pencil. This does not photocopy well, so my friend supplied my with sheets of carbon paper so she could have copies too.
Only one small shoe-dweller is a lefty, and his writing used to be awful! I've never considered left-handedness to be an excuse for anything (except perhaps genius 😉) but I spoke to my Dad and my brothers and they all said the same thing, 'You can have fast or you can have neat, but you can't have both.'
My youngest sister and hubbie celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in Lockdown. One of their daughters has set up Wattsapp page, asking for photos + of the wedding, as their kids are planning a surprise celebration next weekend. I have photos, but are all are on slides, so sadly cannot be shared at such short notice. How Sad.
ReplyDeleteI think I need to buy a device, to transfer my many slide photos, to another medium, be it an SD card or another.
It's a challenge to look into and one that I can find memories of a life, of a younger me!
I might be so horrified.
I've done it again, as I need to post again.
DeleteI forget to ask - Can any-one can help as to this slides to media problem?
Miriam…..Google it.
DeleteDidn't help at all and confused more.
DeleteOh I get the drift - another unecessary + boring post, and of no interest to any-one.
I will learn, eventually 😁😂
Miriam …..No. you’ve taken it the wrong way. I just thought that folk on here wouldn’t know what to do and that it would be easier to look on Google and research it yourself.
DeleteJust put in Google convert slides to digital uk.
DeleteGoogle 'negatives to digital' if you want to avoid loads of articles about Power Point slides!
DeleteYou can get the slides scanned professionally but the site I looked at charged 50p a slide, plus £8 for a memory stick. Could get expensive if you've got loads of pictures.
You can also get machines to do it yourself. These vary from £99 to over £1000!
Apparently you can get software to scan slides and negatives with your phone, using your computer screen as a lightbox - that might be your best bet to get them done at short notice.
One day I need to scan all my negatives. But I won't be splashing out £1000 in order to do so!
Congratulations ,Leicester City.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely LJ thrilled for them lovely to see a team win “that” cup that has not done so before.
DeleteHow are you Percy, Poppy, and visiting 🐈⬛ puss cat doing? I often think of you and hope all is as well as it can be for you in these early days.
Thank you Lady R.
DeletePercy is on my knee now.
It is not as comfortable for him as Mr LJ's but he is getting used to it.
I have regular bonding sessions with all three cats on the bonding bench
Rain or shine .they don't care!
The6 are a great comfort.
Lovely to hear LJ and ☺️I’m sure you are a comfort to them too (especially Percy) even with a smaller set of knees or slimmer maybe. Let the bonding continue!
Delete❤️
DeleteSo pleased for Leicester City!
Miriam
ReplyDeleteYour post is of interest to me.
Background
I was married to a professional photographer who worked professionally in B&W,
but used transparencies frequently for family stuff.
As a result we had masses of contact sheets, and a few shots would be printed off to give to grandparents.
When we parted I had no family photos at all, but my ex would provide me with a few prints of our children each Christmas. Several decades ago he went to live in Australia.
I carry in my head memories, knowing that many of those memories were recorded photographically but are not in my possession. My daughters are now acquiring some of these memories which also contain images of my parents and his mother, and occasionally me. One of my daughters realising the absence of these photographs, is trying to fill some of the gaps. But so far none of the transparencies have been shown the light.
So in a way Miriam we are in a similar situation.
I have a friend who is very very technically minded.
I will ask for some information from him and let you know what he says.
If I haven't mentioned anything by next weekend, remind me, please.
My family has always tended to take loads of photos - why take one when you can take ten? The developing tended to get expensive! This wasn't a problem while I still lived at home - we'd take our films into the local photography shop and then wait. Dad would go in to collect his prints and simply ask for all the photos for our family name. Result, Dad paid for the lot : )
ReplyDelete(We weren't called 'Smith', otherwise that approach wouldn't have work very well.)
Grandson chuffed to bits! His University City football team has won the FA CUp.
ReplyDeleteEven I watched and was thrilled, and I’m totally uninterested in the game normally.
I'm not interested in football but was pleased that it was a team that's not won it before instead of one of the usual suspects.
DeleteWell that's a surprise!!!!
ReplyDelete🤣🤣🤣
DeleteStrange place for that post, no doubt Gary will remove it in due course.
ReplyDeleteAnother intruder alert Gary - the Calgary hacker has struck again!
ReplyDeleteGlad he’s good at something because he’s crap at spelling. 😆
ReplyDeleteI think it's a she PtbY, because yesterday's advert on the other blog described how good a dominatrix she was!
DeleteDisappointed to have missed them!
ReplyDelete****************************************************************************************************
ReplyDeleteFor anyone who has seen the "This may be a deceptive site and a phishing risk" when logging into the blog recently - it was an error by Blogger and we aren't/weren't alone. It was an error that they are aware of and have now hopefully fixed.
The consensus on the help/community section of Blogger Support appears to be that it was a one off and it eventually let everyone in afterwards without any problems, although quite a few other administrators reported the loss of one or two posts. I hope that this hasn't happened on our pages.
AP (and others who have had difficulty posting) - I have approached Blogger themselves asking for help and advice with issues that several of you have been having in posting/deleting/accessing.
ReplyDeleteAs efficient as ever Gary 👏🏻 That page appearing certainly put the wind up me I was half afraid for a little while that I may not be able to join the party again 😱 so was relieved when the next morning all was back to normal. As ever many thanks for all that you do to ensure the smooth running of our blog.
DeleteHow is Mr GG today 🤔 sending him good wishes.
Mr GG feels good enough to have plonked himself in front of a bank of computers in the study and get on with, erm, whatever it is he does for a living*, so I can only assume that he is feeling much better thanks Lady R.
Delete*I have only a very, very vague idea of what he actually does. What with me being a whimsical dandy and him being a theoretical quantum physicist...
Oohhh impressive and good to hear all is ok 🤗
DeleteI hope you mean it's impressive that I'm a whimsical dandy Lady R?
DeleteANYONE can do what MrGG does I imagine - whereas I had to study for over 12 years and take dozens of rigorous exams in order to finally become a work-shy fop. It was EXHAUSTING...
Sounds like it was worth it to me though Gary 🍷 🥃 🥳 (and it seems to me that I must have taken those exams too in the distant past 🤣)
Delete👍👏🤣
DeleteGlad you're not too work shy to run this blog Gary.
DeleteFeeling better now after the second jag Miriam? Hope so.
ReplyDeleteI second that Miriam. A great feeling to have completed both jabs 🙏
DeleteA Golden Aureole heard in Worcestershire today apparently.
ReplyDeleteThe twitchers are flocking there.
I understand that they usually go straight to East Anglia but it's stopped off in the midlands.
I did do my memories yesterday and lost the post. Will try again later.
Sorry !
I am here to give an alert, in case others are not aware of this situation. I was alerted by a niece.
ReplyDeleteWattsApp. This has changed its group setting, to now include "Everyone" by default. Scammers, unkown persons etc. could now add you in without any knowledge.
To change:-
1) Go to WattsApp
2) Go to Settings
3) Go to Account
4) Go to Privacy
5) Go to Group
6) Change Everyone to My Contacts.
It seems a lot, but easy to do in just a few minutes.
How lovely a family member, alerted us more Dinosaur relatives to this issue.
I will hug her in person, in 7 days time, along with my latest, 16-month old grand-neice.
I am into the kitchen now, to prepare my evening meal, for later.
Thunderstorms are forecast, but hopefully, this is wrong.
Thanks Miriam have actioned and passed on 🤗
Deletea ⭐️to you and yours!
Janice🥬🥦🥕🌽🍅🫑🥔
ReplyDeleteStasia
DeleteI'm not prepared to share this space with you after your veiled *allegations* on 13th May about one of us who incites others to intimidate and derives satisfaction from their following.
I accept the situation was badly handled and I'm prepared to take the rap.
I shall not write again on this subject unless I'm challenged.
This is best left alone as contrary to Stasia's allegation I am not seeking detractors or allies.
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DeleteAlso 🍈 🍉🍉🍉
DeleteThanks Miriam and clearly explained. Even this dinosaur could manage that!!!
ReplyDeleteOh wow!
ReplyDeleteAnother brilliant game of football.
Well done Allyson Becker!
In case you don't know.....
The Liverpool goalkeeper scored the winning goal in the final minute.
Who said football is boring?
Me....🤣🤣
DeleteGive me cricket, tennis or golf, any day....
So glad you enjoyed it though, and this must mean so much to you, in your new situation...
It must be lovely to get such a buzz + good feeling, from something you so enjoy. 😁
Just going to post this and you're already there! Fantastic!
DeleteListened to it on the radio. They were all going bananas!
DeleteMiriam - thank you very much for the WhatsApp warning. I have given all my family the instructions you posted. We shouldn’t have known about it otherwise so hopefully we’ll now be safe
ReplyDeleteGary - thank you for passing our posting problems to Blogger. We can’t be the only people having problems, seeing how many people use iPads, so hopefully they’ll work on a solution.
P.S. it took me 3 attempts to post that!!!
DeleteWatched Countryfile this evening from the Peak District, I just love that countryside and those views.
ReplyDeleteLucky me - I only blog on a laptop so have experienced none of these problems so far. I've heard of WattsApp but have no idea what it is. Being a dinosaur sometimes has its compensations.
ReplyDeleteSarnia- it’s a way of sending messages, photos and videos to a group of friends or family via smartphone. I had to (very reluctantly) buy a smartphone when my family moved to Dubai 3 years ago. There is no Facebook or Skype allowed out there, so WhatsApp was the only way to keep in touch, see photos of videos of the grandsons.
DeleteWe can hold ‘conversations’ between the whole family as my daughter is in our group as well.
Thank you, AP. We use Zoom, as my son already had it set up for distance-working.
ReplyDeleteWe do Zoom as well, but we have to agree in advance when to do a session. So, because we can’t telephone to Dubai, we send a message on WhatsApp, saying ‘will you be free at such and such a time to do a Zoom?
DeleteThank goodness they are coming back to France in July so we can just pick up the phone!
How complicated for you. Come to think of it, perhaps Wales isn't so bad!
DeleteEarly memories
ReplyDeleteMy most vivid and often recalled was being in my pushchair with a loaf of bread on my lap. I really enjoyed picking at the end of the loaf and eating it. But when mum had finished shopping at our little row of shops and we were back at the house where we had rooms on the upper floor, she was really really cross with me, because there was a large hole through half the loaf.
Another memory is about the sound that we all made, pushchair and mum and perhaps dad running across the metal bridge between Waterloo East and Waterloo.
Clatter clatter clatter bump, clatter clatter clatter bump.
That bridge remained as metal until about the nineties, with its utilitarian roof as well.
It's all posh now, and no comforting sound.
I can still hear in my head the whooshing sound of gas lights when we visited the elderly couple that my mum had a room with in Wood Hill Charlton.
She had spent most of her pregnancy there and walked to the British Mother and Baby Home at the bottom of the hill after her waters had broken. But not before she had thoroughly cleaned her room and the grate and laid a new fire ready for her return.
I can also remember the nursery school that I attended when I stayed with my aunt Alice in Kidbrook. What I remember there is having a rest, a sleep on those little beds.
I think I was happy there.
I have other vivid memories of when I was ' sent away ' !
But don't want to write about them.
Not too many years ago when trying to research the what, why and where of this period of my life, I was shocked when told by a social worker that I had been ' a cared for child '
In other word I was taken into care by the authorities. It is all a mystery that I'm still trying to find the facts about.
One strange memory much later in life :
On watching the film ..".Blow Up " . about a photographer believing he has found a murder when shooting in a park, I had a very strange but strong sense throughout the film, that I knew what was round every rise and fall of the ground and every path.
For years I would recall these feelings and wonder about it.
About three decades later I was reading an article about the film and discovered that the park was Marion Park in Charlton.
I knew that my mother had wanted to call me Marion, but changed her mind at the last minute. I asked her did she know anything about Marion Park.
Yes, she said, I used to push you in your pram every day round that park.
Wow. What a wonderful item which is so very interesting and intriguing.
DeleteThank-you for sharing these memories.
My true middle name, is actually Marion.
DeleteAnd it’s my first and only name!
DeleteSome poignant memories there Mrs P
DeleteSo now we know Archerphile! Hard to imagine us all with real names - other than Gary of course 🤗
DeleteOn the subject of memories, and WattsApp, I was included in a new group from neice/nephew No#5 to not many. This is to do withmy Little Sis + Hubbie and their 40th anniversary. Her 3 children have planned a family celebration, to happen this weekend. I found some very poor quality photos of the day, which are blurred with some persons, half cut off. Still, after finally finding these, I sent them in the post today.
ReplyDeleteThese should give some memories of the wedding. It seems only 2 of us, could find any. As neice said, she has had no access into her parents home, to source anything as to Lockdown + retrictions.
Very very interesting Mrs P. Love the bread item.
ReplyDeleteYou have had (as Marion has said a very intriguing life) Certainly a roller coaster of events and emotions!
Thank you, Mrs P! I used to be sent to the corner shop and once for a loaf of bread. On the short way home, overcome by the smell I bit off all the corners! Mum was cross but then amused! Sorry to hear about you being taken into care but I think in those days it was justified by the authorities on the slightest of reasons. I hope you can find out more for your own peace of mind. The park experience is very interesting and just shows how much a baby in pram can take in about daily surroundings.
ReplyDeleteMemories of bread.
DeleteMum making it. Then there is being sent out, to buy from the Bakers Van, which appeared daily..
All I can recall, is having freshly made crusty bread, which was a staple part of our food, at that time.
When I was a teenager I used to ride my bike to a bakery every Saturday morning to buy freshly baked bread. When visiting a relative a few years ago the satnav took us past that shop (a route we wouldn't normally take), the bakery was still there over 50 years later! Sadly it was closed or I would have gone in to buy some bread for old times sake.
ReplyDeleteVery clear memories Mrs P; especially about the sounds. It’s funny how certain sounds, or smells can evoke strong memories. And how strange that your Mum wanted to call you Marion and I ended up with that name!
ReplyDeleteI have to say I have never liked it very much because it’s not possible to shorten it to a pet name and at school I longed to be called something glamorous like my best friends Meriel and Andrea.
Now that two of you have owned up, and one in particular doesn't like it, I'll tell a bit more.
ReplyDeleteMum worked At ' Seemses' as she always pronounced it - Siemens of course, and she was really keen on the name Marion.
Three weeks before she was due to leave prior to her due date, a cocky young madam came to work there.
My mother couldn't stand her.
Her name was Marion !
So she was stuck without a name. A nurse suggested Elaine.
I've never loved my name, a bit too prissy for me, but I've always been pleased not to be a Maureen or a Patricia or even a Janet.
And don't any of you dare take offence !
I know a Marion who has been called Mazzer since she was a toddler.
ReplyDeleteI'm not in touch any longer but she is probably just about to get her degree.
I wonder if she has kept the shortening.
Ev,
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't the authorities that sent me away.
My mother battled with my father for a year but he was determined that I should be taken away.
It's a difficult and complicated story and as well as still trying to find illusive facts, I also still suffer the consequences of being taken from my mother.
It has affected me emotionally and still does.
What an unhappy situation, Mrs P. You must have been very young as you don’t remember all the circumstances and indeed the bond between mother and child can be very strong and have repercussions in later life. I strongly believe though that even where childhood is difficult it should not influence your adult life and make that unhappy too. In my case my parents were always rowing and our family life was not happy. My brother went on a holiday once with his best friend and his family and couldn’t believe they were so happy together. I have found whilst fighting my corner where necessary I walk away from arguments literally by going into another room or out of the house altogether!
DeleteThank you Mrs P for your varied and interesting memories. I sympathise with the little girl eating her way through the loaf. Even as an adult I will pick at the crust of newly baked bread. Sounds are evocative - I must have been over that bridge as a youngster too.
ReplyDeleteYour last memory is incredible; as Ev says, it is amazing how much we absorb unconsciously whilst in prams or pushchairs. There must be so much untapped information stored in our brains. It must be satisfying to find out your connection to that park.
You have my sympathy too Mrs P, for the fact that an unhappy period in your childhood has remained with you into adult life. I suppose it’s inevitable as our young years are when we absorb so much from our surroundings and things seen, overheard or suspected.
ReplyDeleteLooking back, my childhood was riven with secrets, the room going quiet when I entered and many instances of ‘not in front of the ….’ i.e. me! It wasn’t until I found out at age 21 that I was an adopted child that those secrets and silences made sense. But since then I have often felt that my younger life was spoilt by so much being hidden from me. I could have spent times with uncles, aunts and cousins that I didn’t know existed and understood so much more about my adoptive family, but they were all kept well away in case they accidentally ‘spilt the beans’
Thanks for the memories MrsP!
ReplyDeleteHave managed to track down a short documentary that a chap has made about "Blow Up" - he has went back to the film locations 45 years after the movie's release and recreated the shots. Maryon Park is heavily featured...
All the talk of family secrets reminds me of the summer's day many years ago when our next door neighbours were having a blazing row. You could hear every word of it. Subsequently, we found out at the exact same time that the youngest son did that his big sister was actually his mum, and that the people he thought were his mum and dad were actually his grandparents!
We certainly have a diverse array of parents between us. Yes, Ev, it is possible to prevent poor experience of parenting from becoming a syndrome to be handed down the generations, but it can involve a great deal of struggle spread over several decades. It also depends very much on the nature of the experience: Mrs P's memories of being with her mother overflow with warmth, so that to be separated from her without knowing why must have been traumatic in the extreme and I can see why it would have cast such a long shadow.
ReplyDeleteWhen aged 12 my mother wanted to have me put into care as being uncontrollable I would have liked nothing better. Then it occurred to me that there would be no piano in the Children's Home for me to practise on, so I reluctantly managed to persuade her that against my record of achievement at school and in art exhibitions her request would look very odd indeed.
She eventually gave in, but was very resentful about it.
Yes, realise my background not nearly as traumatic as some. At least my parents always loved me whilst not being that demonstrative as parents were often like at that time. I just have to say they did their best. Dad had gone through the war and no PTSD in those days! Most arguments were about money which was in short supply!
DeleteMrs. P and Gary.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much :) I have never seen 'Blow Up', but will look out for it now. That documentary was fantastic, I was amazed how little had changed. I don't think white jeans were ideal for sneaking around, or biting the hand of the photographer!
Mrs P., I hope you get answers to your questions, I understand the long-term effects of childhood trauma. No matter how hard you strive to overcome, some things are so embedded you are unconcious of them until they rear up and bite you in the bum.
Thank you all for your kind and empathetic words.
ReplyDeleteI have tears right now. Gentle tears just slowly rolling down my face.
I have had a life, and now it's becoming a long life, and I have lived it, but yes the trauma has followed me and informed my emotional responses. But I am acutely aware that others have similar misfortune.
Archerphile- I will follow up with a similar story to yours, later.
And such words from Sarnia, about the warmth emanating from my words about my mother. Thank you, that is a revelation to me, and I will tell more. But not now.
Thank you Gary, I will watch later.
Also..... I spelt Maryon wrongly, didn't I.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the correct spelling G.
I'd like to add my thanks Mrs P for your memories which were so interesting.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing 'Blow Up' but can't remember the story or much about it other than it was all the rage at the time.
All I can add:-
ReplyDeleteI have so appreciated reading so many memories, about life as a child.
How brave of you all, to share these.
These have also made me feel tearful, as to the experiences many underwent.
A big group 🤗 is needed.
Mrs P, thanks so much for your memories...ah, families....we all have our histories...
ReplyDeletefascinating clip GG, will look into the other works by the same chap, have seen Blow Up but forgotten, David Hemmings wasn't too bad was he, before he got too porky! 😉
Sorry Miriam, don't involve me in any group hugs, definitely NOT my thing!! 😝
ReplyDeleteIt was only meant as a heartfelt form of support, to those who are emotional today. This is after sharing so very many, and personal, memories of childhoods, which sadly were not as great as mine was.
DeleteNot mine either Parsley !
DeleteI need my personal space to be respected.
I’m very much a hugger Miriam of my “special” people 🤗 (but do not of course assume that everyone is)
DeleteEnjoy your evening, everyone. Mine is very rainy, yet again.
ReplyDeleteThe kitchen is calling me, so to cook and get my meal ready by 7.00pm, so in time to eat, whilst listening to TA.
I am off to research my profile.
ReplyDeleteA picture has appeared by my blogger name, which has NOT been changed by self. I have no idea what this is, nor how it has appeared.
It is confusing and worrying -
as have I been hacked??
Starting to panic...😣😥
Very curious Miriam. Haven't heard of that before. Anyone else ever had that happen to them? Here's hoping it's another random glitch. 🤞
DeleteApologies to all but I need GG's help.
ReplyDeleteI have just looked at my profile. The photo which is now appearing, is actually a family member, but I have not set it and it is only in my photo gallery on my android phone. I use a completely different e-mail and account on this blog, which is not used anywhere else.
On looking at my profile, all it shows is this photo and nothing else and no access to reset things...
Any thoughts or ideas?
I am in a panic as can be imagined. I might have to log off completely, just in case.
DeleteI fear the worst. 😣👎
Off now to check my bank accounts.
Goodness me, I can understand how panic might set in at such a discovery.
DeleteI had noticed the difference in Miriam's profile, could see that there was a picture in place of what had been a blank.
Personally I'm not surprised that our ' activity' online can bring forth any sort of surprise in these times.
Big Brother has been with us for quite a long time now.
For the above reasons I do not carry out any financial activities online including banking.
Try not to panic Miriam. Contain your fright and I hope all can be explained.
Curious times Miriam (what with the red alert and delete option disappearing both of which Gary is investigating with blogger) and now this for you I understand your feeling of uncertainty. 🤞🏼you get it sorted very soon.
DeleteThanks Mrs P.
DeleteI have not been able to access my bank account, as my memorable "name" was not recognised and I tried many times.
I then tried the 'phone to bank. This was automated and asked security details, but when I put in my date of birth, was told this was wrong. Again have tried 3 times.
Why can't I speak to a person even though pressed this option?
I will try again..
If I were in your position with your latest attempts to contact your bank, I would be there in person, at your local branch, tomorrow morning, speaking to an advisor, not over the counter Miriam.
DeleteHope you get it sorted, by midday tomorrow.
Hope all is well,Miriam. Curious chain of events.
ReplyDeleteMiriam, I have had that photo, or one very like it, next to your name for a few weeks now.
ReplyDeleteIt appeared round about the time people were talking about their favourite doll and I assumed this was yours, the photo being so small I thought this was your doll.
It hasn’t changed when I log in at all.
Unless she is seeing a different picture then the one we see is the one she put there herself.
DeleteMrs P I found your memories interesting, especially how you remembered sounds and the route round the park. I know people under hypnosis can be regressed a surprisingly long way, even to the birth experience and maybe from the womb. Your dad sounds a hard man . I felt sorry for your Mum. It makes me realise how lucky I was in my own father. You have survived though. There was a saying we used at work, that many children survive not because of their parents but in spite of them.
ReplyDeleteYou said you thought your name was prissy, but there are quite a few Elaines in the Arthurian legends, one of whom possessed magical powers, was the daughter of a King, and who (admittedly using a bit of magic and subterfuge to confuse Launcelot, or was that just an excuse put about by him !) had a son, the best of all knights Galahad.
DeleteMy dad wanted to call me Melanie which I much prefer, but my mum wasn't having it.
Janice
DeleteAm interested in your comments and will speak more later.
I'm actually up and about early, ( I'm currently waking up at about 1.30pm )
and off to Tai Chi in the Museum walled garden. Mustn't miss it, now that I've got a morning !
Warning:
ReplyDeleteI’m going to have a rant!
On BBC Breakfast yesterday they were doing a piece about the first British people to go away on holiday to Portugal. They interviewed a couple, next to a hotel swimming pool with their son, aged around 11 years old I guessed.
They said they were both posties and had worked very hard last year and felt they deserved a holiday. They had booked immediately the green light was given, arrived early at the airport and were on the first plane to arrive in Portugal.
Dan Walker asked (what I was desperate to know) how they had got their son out of school for a fortnight. The father said, ‘we wanted a holiday so we just took him!’
My rant is on behalf of teachers every where. They put up with so much flack last year beacuse of schools shutting down, endless complaints about home schooling, how difficult it was, how the kids should be back in school ASAP. Huge relief, when they opened again, proper schooling at last, but still worries about those taking exams or tests this year and if they’d be able to catch up on missed work.
And yet, these parents thought it OK to take their child out of school for 2 weeks without even consulting his teachers because *they* wanted a holiday and couldn’t wait.
I am appalled!
Rant over.
I’m with you all the way Archerphile 😡 Grrrrr!
DeleteTotally agree with your every word Archerphile.
DeleteI hope that they don't expect the teachers to help him catch up when he gets back.
DeleteI know how you feel Archerphile
DeleteExactly Cheshire Cheese.
As a maths teacher I was furious when pupils returned from holidays unable to do certain topics .
Learning Maths is like building a house.
One needs the foundations .
Learning one's times tables-fractions -decimals -percentages .......
Miss out one of the middle topics and a pupil will flounder.
Teachers don’t have the choice of taking holidays adhoc! Now that Katy and I holiday together it has to be in school holidays when it is generally more expensive or if a cruise the one you want has to be during school holidays. We accept this and wonder why parents can’t!
DeleteMiriam’s photo like you AP I thought the pic was a doll for the reason you stated. I have been back to her earliest post in the archives and it seems that when a new photo is posted it gets replaced throughout all posts so no way of checking when the “change” actually happened. Now with the bank situation as well! Hope you are out sorting that issue right mow Miriam.
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn't be too difficult to find because Miriam commented on it at the time. I have a good memory.
DeleteI also hope that you are getting your tech problems sorted out Miriam.
ReplyDeleteOoh Miriam where are you? Waiting to hear how you got on today with your various concerns 🤞
ReplyDeleteMay I return to the vaccine and ask if any others are experiencing what I seem to have.
ReplyDeleteAs I've said before, I had very very mild side effects, but now after several weeks I have finally realised that for some time...... a week, two/ three weeks, or maybe longer, I have an itchy irritation in my arm. I realise that I have been rubbing and even picking at the injection site when falling asleep at night, but now it's irritating during the day.
No swelling, no redness, not sore. Just itchy.
Right now this delayed reaction is being discussed due to an email from a man in the States.
So I'm not alone.
Anyone else with anything similar ?
I’ve a feeling Archerphile did Mrs P. I had it slightly awhile after the second jab I went to scratch and then realised it was at that particular spot so spread a little Epaderm cream on to cool the area.
DeleteJanice
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments on my name.
I don't dislike it and do often quote the Lady of the Lake etc, if someone seems not to know the name. I am a great fan of Alfred Lord Tennyson as was my father, although I've never read anything else about the Arthurian Legends.
Anything you would like to recommend ? You clearly know more than me.
As for my father, yes he was a hard man, but both he and my mother had hard, and especially him, brutal childhoods. Both emotionally neglected and he was brutalised and scapegoated as we would say today. He was literally kicked out of his home into the snow on Christmas Day when he was thirteen. He was working at the time delivering newspapers from Fleet Street to Euston by horse and carriage. As well as aiding his mother by carrying heavy sacks of flower and sugar for her dairy business in central London. This would have been around 1916/17. He then signed up as a cabin boy on board sailing rigs, then was in the army by the age of seventeen and immediately sent to Northern Ireland.
Yet... he was passionate about poetry, Elgar and most symphonic music, was a self taught biblical scholar and could and would quote any of Shakespeare's works. He had extremely wide general knowledge, and did the Telegraph crossword daily.
And he could cry, and frequently did, often when listening to music.
He was also a fantastic raconteur but at the same time a very secretive man.
An enigma, my dad !
Looks like Miriam has deleted her account as she said she may have to consider doing. Hope we get to know the outcome of the photo and the bank at some point.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about that, as it all sounded very worrying. It all goes to confirm my policy of being extremely selective in my use of the internet.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you there Sarnia.
DeleteExtremely selective.
Mrs P re vaccination -
ReplyDeleteYes I had a very itchy arm after both my Pfizer jabs.
The first time it was about a week after the injection and I realised I was scratching at my arm a lot and it was tender.
After the 2nd jab my arm was very tender at the site and my whole arm ached. Two days later the itching began and got much worse. An area about 3” diameter was red and swollen. It took over a week to settle down completely . Mr A had no reaction at all, but then he has no problem with insect bites, whereas I react very badly and have to take antihistamine to quell the irritation and steroid cream to reduce the inflammation. I wonder if this could be connected to vaccine reaction too?
Mrs. P / Archerfile. re vaccine.
ReplyDeleteI too have very bad reactions to insect bites, usually end up in A & E with stings, and take daily anti-histamines. When I went for 1st jab on Feb 13th, I explained this. The Dr asked if I carried an epi pen or ever had anaphyactic shock. (No). She then said it was o.k. and gave me the vaccine, astra zeneka..
Three months later, i am in constant discomfort, sometimes pain, take paracetamol before bed, during the night, and before I get up. I have filled in the 'yellow card', spoken to two g.p.s by phone, and has two actual appointments.
My arm swelled to twice it's size, for about seven days, is still raised/sore at the injection site, two fingers and thumb almost useless, palm swollen and sore, skin feels stretched as if it will rip, now tingling up forearm, feels like I've got lemonade under my skin, fizzing and popping. I also have a new rash and intensely itchy inside forearm.
The answer I get to to questions and concerns is 'We don't have the data'.
The last doctor suggested nerve damage from the needle, added to my obvious allergic reaction.
I did not go for the second jab on May 1st, and have no intention of causing my body further harm. in my case, the 'cure' was so much worse than the infection.
People should make up their own minds, but I wish I had known more about side-effects before I had the jab, but despite my quite extensive enquiries, nothing was said about long-term side effects.
I hope you both feel better soon, and sincerely hope all this will pass for me.
P.S. the NHS is being super-efficient, leaving me voice-mail and texts every couple of days to tell me to make an appt for the second jab....
DeleteThere is an item on the BBC News website today about a proposed booster, they are looking for volunteers to see if a third jab will have side-effects for different age-gruops, so perhaps it is a 'thing' after all.
That sounds like a very severe reaction Mistral. I am so sorry you are still suffering.
DeleteI can’t help wondering if you would have had the same reaction to the Pfizer vaccine which was the one I had. I have heard from several people, including my daughter, that the AZ vaccine seems to cause more side effects than the Pfizer one.
Mistral
DeleteYour extreme reaction to the vaccination site is very worrying indeed, and I feel so sorry for you.
But thank you for explaining what you have gone through, it helps others to be informed.
Yes I do suffer badly from insect bites, and have since early childhood. If I am bitten anywhere near a joint then it's very very bad. So clearly from your words and Archerphiles this has something to do with this sort of reaction.
I am aware that I need to fill in a yellow card and will see to it that I do, but I will also try to take my comments further.
I do hope that in due course there will be available a national register that those with side effects can report to.
Well, Miriam's photo has disappeared, so something must have been corrected. I must admit, I also thought it was a doll because of the angle of the legs.
ReplyDeleteYes Sarnia looking back in the archives I can see Miriam now has the normal orange circle with the b for blogger in the middle against her posts sit seems that issue has been sorted but like you I thought the other picture was a doll for the reason you stated.
DeleteAnyway I hope the bank situation has been as successful and Miriam will feel able to return.
So it (for sit)
DeleteRant alert!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly do bloody solicitors do to earn their huge price per hour!!!!
I’ve let rip into ours this morning after they’ve emailed to say the searches had come through….apparently 6 days ago and she promised to be in touch immediately.
Then they blamed the solicitors 2 up the chain from us, top of chain, for holding things up. It’s bloody well them that are sorting out that sale. The self same lot. Of which I informed them that I knew.
Reckon they only rang me cos I rang with an ultimatum that they ring me by 11.30 this morning.
No more Mrs Nice Guy.
I had to give them what for. I’ve been livid the whole day since.
I’m on the whisky to try and calm down…..it’s not working.
As you will be aware PtbY my daughter was throughout her working life an
DeleteEstate Agent.
You know, the ones that get blamed for all the problems of buying and selling property.
When she gave up on becoming a vet, I wanted her to go into Law.
She has a forensic brain and I wanted her to use it for good results.
Well she did, in a way, she applied it to step in and put right all the mistakes that the solicitors made that made her job so difficult and the journey of the sale of a property so fraught.
That is why she became so successful at her job, because her clients knew she would get a sale through and recommended her and returned to her themselves over and over again.
On her journey of thirty years she could probably now pass all the exams on property law there are.
She has always said the reasons behind all the delays in buying and selling property are LAZY solicitors !
Well done for putting them in their place. I hope it brings some results.
Our Son and grandsons absolutely love Marmite.
ReplyDeleteSince living abroad, it has often been difficult to find, so it’s one of the things I’m always asked to take out when we visit.
I think Marmite must have a new innovations manager because just recently, I keep finding new Marmite flavoured things in Sainsbury’s
First it was Marmite flavoured peanut butter, either smooth or crunchy
Last week it was Marmite flavoured hummus.
Today it was Marmite biscuits for cheese, which look rather nice, pentagonal shape.
Each week I send a photo out to Dubai where they have found Marmite rice cakes.
Next week I am searching for Marmite Bubble Bath and Face Cream! 😉😂
Have they come across Marmite chocolate? It does exist, but I have no desire to try it! Some flavours are best kept separate.
DeleteSorry PtbY, your solicitor rant post wasn’t there when I was writing my essay on Marmite - Sorry if it looks a bit silly after your very legitimate complaint, with which I totally agree, by the way. 😒
ReplyDeleteI've noticed the marmite revolution too AP.
ReplyDeletePersonally I'm a fan of Bovril.
Bovril, every time.
DeleteI love bovril and tomato sandwiches.
Quick post.
ReplyDeleteSo far so good, but too complicated to tell.
One thing I have done, is voice recognition to my bank for 'phone calls. Also I have set up, a 30 day free trial on a credit score site, so if my score goes down, then it will know if some-one has taken and using my personal details.
It is quite scary.
To Add - The photo which appeared.
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was a doll. On looking closer, I realised it was the latest edition to family.
She was 6 months old at that time.She was born with a foot defect, and this was taken on the first day that she didn't have to wear her boots with a bar in between. This is why her legs are splayed apart, as this is the only way she had sat all that time.
PS She is now walking.
Did you forget you had put the photo there?
DeleteI know this is my 3rd post, but forgive me this time and is definitely my last.
ReplyDeleteThe panic was enhanced, as I had had, an automated scam call (I knew this as did a 'phone number look up) only 2 hours earlier. It was an automated message, about fraudulant activity on my bank account.
This seemed too coincindental to my mind.
What a nightmare of a time you have had Miriam so glad you are now sorted you must be limp with relief. Also glad little one is now able to walk correctly bless her 🥰.
ReplyDeleteGood to have you back and (as always) no forgiveness needed.
Re scam phone calls.
ReplyDeleteApparently the rotten scammers have developed a way of using a number you might recognise as your bank’s or other Important number. So when you answer the phone you think see the number on display and think ‘ Oh that’s the bank phoning’
But it isn’t, it’s a scam, a very clever one. If you don’t know the banks number and ask the scammer if they are genuine, they will tell you to look at the phone number on the back of your credit card or utility bill to check,….and of course you will see it is the same number and are fooled.
The authorities are trying their best to stop this happening but as it’s being done from abroad they are having difficulty in putting a stop to this wicked practice.
The only solution is not to carry on with a call saying they are from the bank, or police, or wherever. Put the phone down, leave for about 15 mins and then phone your bank or wherever yourself, and check.
I knew it was a possible scam, so put the phone down.
DeleteArcherphile and Mrs P.
ReplyDeleteAfter my last blog I then had to ring the Drs surgery to book a thyroid blood test and got Mrs Hitler on the phone. That was the last straw. Had to have a 3rd whisky. A friend then rang, she always makes me laugh, so thankfully I am now at a calm stage with a cuppa coffee.
Mr PtbY gave up an hour or so ago and set off walking to the pub an hour away.
Oh for choccys for recovery.
Gary......You watching new series of RHO Beverly Hills? Loving it. Binge watched 4 episodes last night. They are all being really awful and bitchy this series. Fab. Can't stand new bird Sutton and then we have the coloured woman..........don't like her either. Used to love Lisa Rinner but she's getting on my nerves this series. As for Erika........! words fail me.
Poor Miriam, what a stressful time. I've recently reported a phishing e-mail allegedly from Santander, and yesterday there was another one. I'm not doing it again because they're next to impossible to get hold of. Their website and lines are all automated and the responses are based on the assumption that the caller is one of their customers, which I'm not.
ReplyDeleteThese e-mails are clunky to say the least: I'm addressed by my e-mail ID, not by name, and the message purports to be a guard against fraudulent e-mails. It claims to be a check that they have the correct cellphone (!) number, but the number in bold at the top is clearly not a UK mobile as it does not begin correctly and has the wrong number of digits.
I've had these from several 'banks' recently, none of which are mine and my 'cellphone' is only used for photos, e-mails and calling for taxis!
Report it to Fraud Alert. They collate, and look into all these scams.
DeleteI reported all except the second Santander one, as my first report to them took most of the morning.
DeleteBTW, PtbY, Mrs Hitler must be moonlighting, because she's often at reception in our main surgery as well.
ReplyDeleteBloody Gatekeepers !
DeleteDrown every one of them.
Archerphile, Mrs P,
ReplyDeleteYes, it's interesting that we all have bad reactions to insect bites etc.
I think that if I had lots at once, e.g by standing on a wasps nest, I quite possibly would suffer with anaphyalactic shock. Anyway, contacted the surgery and asked them to stop pestering me about a second jab, no relations to Hitler here, the woman was very nice:)
I have had bad reactions to wasp stings + bites. After both jabs, I had side-effects, but after the 2nd these were not as bad. My arm a week on after 2nd, is still sore, with a definitive and visible area, where jabbed!
DeleteMistral. My thought is to get the 2nd jab. It will not only protect you further, but will also help protect family, friends and others you are in contact with.
DeleteThis India variant is taking hold here in the UK and seems can be spread quicker + easier. The best way to stop another surge, is to get fully vaccinated and to help stop further transmission.
A tough decision, I realise and this is a personal choice, only you can decide to do, or not.
Mistral, I fully understand your reluctance to have these second jab, and if actually necessary you will be able to catch up later when the scientists have refined it further. They are still working on this.
DeleteAs for your possibility of having an anaphylactic shock.
I was very badly bitten on my back and neck from bedbugs in Greece.
I thought that the bites were mosquito, but when met by a friend on arrival home, she, ( who had spent her childhood years in Bangladesh) immediately recognised them as bed bug bites and marched me off to my GP.
I saw a newby doctor who had clearly never seen the like before, and practically fiented. She sent me straight to a skin clinic where the consultant said it was the worst example he had ever seen.
My back was a mass of bites.
The point of this being, that although I was in a very bad state, at no time was I ever in any kind of shock. So although I do react, it's never to the point of changing my bodily response.
We are all so unique, aren't we ?
Thank you Miriam.
DeleteI have consulted four doctors now. My body already had antibodies as I contracted covid in January. The first jab therefore was my second lot of antibodies. I don't think that deliberately causing myself even more harm is going to help anybody, except drug companies. I am already concerned about prolonged use of paracetamol.
I do not intend to ever submit to more vaccinations.
Mistral. Usually I get quite irritated by people refusing vaccinations, but I think with your history and having had a confirmed infection as well as your first vaccination that your position is perfectly reasonable.
DeleteI hope that any remaining is with your arm resolve soon.
Miriam, I hope you are able to have a calm evening after so much fear and stress.
ReplyDeleteBASIA
ReplyDeletePlease return.
I for one am missing you, and I can't believe I'm alone.
Mrs. P.
ReplyDeleteYes. Every BODY is different. None of my offspring have these reactions, they all think I'm some weirdo, and find it quite funny. The last time I had a bee sting, I fainted, directly before a proposed 7 hour drive. It isn't funny really.... but also not very important in view of most other things happening in the world :)
KPNuts, thank you. I am absolutely not an anti-vaxer, and was relieved to be offered the first jab, especially as I work with vulnerable people and unconcerned staff. I take every precaution about keeping myself and them safe, including doing three tests every week, one is a postal one and two x lateral flow. These are provided by the charity that I work for, we have to log the results.
DeleteHowever, I really think I would be endangering my health to have another jab with such severe side-effects. My g.p. said that I can request another anytime, if I change my mind. I wouldn't have mentioned it had not Mrs. P. posted her message it, but it is interesting to me that we have similar reactions to insects, as does Acherphile. This cold weather isn't helping, I find wearing a glove on my daft hand seems to help a little bit. Roll on summer....
It's been a bad year for you Mistral.
DeleteI do hope your problems resolve themselves or some bright doctor has a lightbulb moment and realises what is amiss.
As we all age, and age brings with it problems not encountered so often in the past, ( or ignored due to lack of knowledge or understanding) it puts further strain on the medical profession to find solutions.
Personally I think it's very useful to find others with similar perculiarities ( ?sp)
To widen our, and the professions understanding that, as Mistral says, our BODIES are individualistic.
Yes, Mrs. P, a year to forget.
DeleteOn a positive note, I managed to see my son two weeks ago, he was in Southampton having radiotherapy. He lives in Jersey and was flown over for treatment, so once travel restrictions were lifted, off I went. He has a really great attitude, it was lovely to see him. My dog also has a new lease of life, so plenty to be thankful for, and I even saw my grandson on Tuesday, first time since Christmas. I really do live each day as it comes and don't remember/dwell on things, that way madness lies.
Was he in hospital Mistral, or at the Jury's Inn where Islanders are usually billetted?
DeleteAll this talkof Covid & antibodies has been a coincidence for me as I have just been rung by the ONS tester to say she is coming tomorrow for our swabs and blood tests. I just hope we can manage a couple of tubes of blood for her without turning the kitchen into a blood bath this time!
ReplyDeleteBut we were pleased to hear, after the last test, that we do have antibodies, hope they are still there!
I think our ONS tested has forgotten us - it's definitely been over a month since they last came.
DeleteI hope yours is less 'exciting' this time, Archerphile.
Archerfile, that's very interesting. I wonder how long antibodies last, perhaps your input will help the scientists decide if/when they will offer a booster. I don't suppose they will last for ever, not to mention different strains.
ReplyDeleteI think that the whole point of this particular investigation. They have recruited people who have had different vaccines and we’ll be tested every month for at least a year. Then they can see which vaccines promote the highest level of antibodies and for how long they last. I suppose, if they are found to fade away after a few months or whenever it would indicate the need for booster jabs.
DeleteSarnia, he was at Jurys Inn in January for a few days whilst having tests and again before his cancer operation, then went home to rest for a couple of weeks. his therapy was for six weeks, and he stayed at a flat in Ocean Village directly overlooking the harbour. It was fantastic, had the benefit of a kitchen which was great when he could eat. (He is a chef). It was a shame I couldn't visit him earlier when he was brighter, but as soon as the travel restrictions lifted, I went down.
ReplyDeleteHe is back home now, recovering from the therapy, then coming back for plastic surgery at Salisbury, so I will get another visit in then :)
I must say that The States of Jersey and MacMillan have been fantastic.
Thank you, Mistral, that was interesting. I'm glad MacMillan turned up trumps for you. We only ever saw Mr S's nurse once, when she sat in on his final appointment with the consultant. We could ring her for advice, but as she was on a part-time job share we often had to wait until her next duty day for a reply. There were never any visits from her or the district nurse because he was not deemed to be ill enough 'yet'.
ReplyDeleteI am so excited.
ReplyDeleteI have just heard that a niece plus the "littl'un" ( the doll in that photo), are now all safe with Big Sis, in N.Wales 25miles away.
I am off for a meet-up, and some much needed cuddles, on Sunday. Can't wait. 😁
To add. This will be a great positive step forward. 👍
DeleteBBC 7.00pm now - a programme about Burt Bacharach music. It appeals to me, not sure about others.
ReplyDelete