COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

Tonight's entertainment for me

But not that one.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'm missing them... and home. We left for France in the early hours of August 5th and got home on Sunday afternoon (21st) My sister rang about Mum 7.30am next morning and I came up here at lunchtime.

I'm feeling a bit down. It would be easier with some support and backup.

Physically Mum is fine... well, she's lost a lot of weight, but the labyrinthitis seems to have passed completely.

Mentally she refuses to consider anything more than an hour or two ahead. We had a lovely time today; I took her to the garden centre for an outing and a cup of tea. I suggested that if she was feeling well tomorrow we could go out again and she clamps down. You'd have thought I'd said she had to do a hike up the Pennine Way.

We have a form that needs to be completed for her emergency button so they know who to contact if she fails to respond to a call, but she won't consider having local friends named as she doesn't want to bother them. Yet they're closer than either me or my sister (who's 30 minutes away) if she's in trouble.

The form remains half completed and if I hint at it then I get the same shutdown and stubborn expression.

If she'd consider it, which she won't because I have tried before, the easiest thing would be for me to take her back to Kent for a few weeks with me where I can give her the attention she needs. I don't have the commitments my sister does, but that doesn't mean I can spend all my time up here.

It's hard having to be a grown up around your own parent. (My Dad died a long time ago so it's only Mum)

Very difficult situation for all concerned.
Not surprised you're a bit down.
Keep chipping away, one line of the form at a time.
Maybe suggest going to Kent for a holiday, just for a few days and then extend it.
We'll be as supportive as we can here, for what it's worth.
Thinking of you, your mum and your family and Joe.
You'll sort something.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

it does sound like a great idea doesn't it . untill our roof is fixed and we decorate I wouldn't ask my worst enemy to stay here though

Well, no.
That would be silly at any time.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I must find a vegetarian version of this.

Tofu Kiev ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Someone just sent me a link.
Michael Jackson's molestation case has been un sealed.
Boy, lots of child porn found at Neverland ranch.
That didn't shock me. But apparently he also had a collection of animal torture videos.
That was one sick puppy!

Bizarrely, I hadn't heard this.
Just looked it up on google.
Yeuchy, yeuch, yech!
I am horrified and sickened.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I wonder how long until America gets on board?
Most folks are in confusion as to what the EU even is.
I'm just confused as to why England isn't using "Euros."

Not really a European nation.
An island state.
And if they nicked the Pound Sterling I would cry.
Even though I don't live there anymore.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

The EU began as a trading collaboration.

Some politicians would like to see it become a United States of Europe.

You've had a few hundred years to sort it out in the USA. Separate state governments creating some laws with a national government doing the rest.

In the European Union each country is an independent state. And none of them likes to be told what to do by the central EU government even though they generally agree that being able to trade and move freely between the countries is a good idea.

Monetary union requires all countries in it to stick to the rules. Enforcement is difficult. Unfortunately some are better with rules (Germany) than others (Italy, Greece) which led to big economic problems in the Euro-zone which Germany, as the wealthiest Euro-zone nation, has ended up paying for.

The UK didn't join the Euro because our government suspected that what happened with the Euro would happen - they were proved correct. As a result the recent recession has hit us less badly than other EU nations.

So why would we leave the EU? Because some believe that we would do even better without any direction from the EU and by negotiating our own deals.

This is the equivalent of Hawaii, an island state, deciding to have a referendum to leave the USA because some think they might do better for themselves without the federal government making decisions for them.

It's a very big deal. Arguments have got very bitter. There's been a lot of misinformation on both sides. And, sadly, a few nutters have tried to make this a right wing xenophobic debate using refugee migrants as their excuse to pull up the drawbridge.

The repercussions if we vote out will be huge and not just for us. It could be the start of the break up of the EU which is basically held together by Germany, France and the UK.

And if we vote in? The EU may still fall apart. Today won't be the end of this.

And the pound has crashed since.
wifey's lost a lot of her monthly pension due to the exchange rate worsening.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Did I really suggest that I needed the CDR for a sanity break?!

Have you ever encountered such a sober, sensible, rational and sane bunch of people outside of the Cold Dark Room ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Just stopped in for a quickie here mainly for my buddy Adam; Remember to make America Grate! Buy block cheese!
That's the end of my political post tonight. Goodnight All of My Friends

Points!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I have stars on my left wrist and shooting star on right. The lines that make the shooting star go around and up my arm like a music stave. Have music notes going up the lines. Hard to take a pic as they twist around my arm but heres an idea.

How original!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

A Brit on one of my motorcycle sites told me today that the music group Steely Dan was named after a certain "marital aid".
Is that what a Steely Dan is in Great Britain? Or is he pulling my leg?

No he wasn't.
But it was an American author who was to blame for the name of said big metal device.
Steely Dan III in the book "Naked Lunch".
Brilliant.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I feel like a creeper. I come in and read all these posts once in a while, but I never say much lol. So hi folks of the cold dark room

And "Hi!" to you!
It's a year since your previous post and this one, though I see one more since.
Just catching up on some I missed.
Creeping and lurking are most welcome in the Cold Dark Room, so please continue.
Feel free to post when you like, also most welcome, but not obligatory.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Most of us never say much. Welcome.

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[Tidgy's Dad]

Kind of a smooth rock.

Good easy listening stuff

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

...hahhahh!! 'game cards do not actually talk'

I used to play "Who's Who" with a previous girlfriend.
Amusing the first few times, but soon gets tedious.
The game got boring after a while, too.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

it must be like an oven

Nah, quite mild over there in Jordan.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

EDstrodomus has struck again!!

P.S. They mis spelled "favorites"

Hmmmmmmm.
That caused me all sorts of problems, once.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

the death stare.... eye contact until he gets fed, on will come up to window and chap! View attachment 178498

the only things in the fridge really is beer and fido food, just the essentials

Really looks ferocious.

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all. Another day beckons. Let's see what it brings

 

[johnandjade]

Good morning all. Another day beckons. Let's see what it brings

morning mum, hope all goes ok today. thoughts are with you