COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

That is the problem. The Carolines

Carol in Carolyn (it’s my middle name too) pronounced Carol-in... and nobody seems to get it right

Lyn on its own is much easier
Although people rarely spell it correctly - I'm often Lynn, Lyne, Lynne or Lin and because it can't be shortened it tends to be made longer to Lynny (or Ninny as my all my nephews and nieces call me)
I answer to anything though!

 

[Lyn W]

Good mornooning everyone! There was a lot to catch up on this morning!

Lovely to see Ray and his family in the flesh. The boys look so pleased at being photographed with Opo

I made steady improvement yesterday. The back of my knee is still quite tender, but the spasms in my calf are fewer and less severe. I can take weight on the foot now and could do with a walking stick rather than crutches as I just need something to stop me wobbling if the muscle gets me.

I think the Baker’s Cyst is looking quite likely as the cause now I have read up on it. I’ll see what the physio says next week.

Good to hear your leg is bit less painful today,although it will still take a good while to heal properly so rest it as much as possible.
I find that one crutch is easier, and I'm even starting to manage without that in the house.
I'm going to go for a little drive next week to do my own shopping - who'd have thought I'd be so excited about a trip to Aldi or Tesco!!!

 

[Lyn W]

That is so sad. At least over here Coca Cola company does its part. Although they do put their "Soda's"in plastic bottles, they also put them in glass bottles which are cheaper than the plastic bottles and you get money back on the glass bottle as well. So I always try to buy the glass bottles when I have to buy 500ml. They don't do 2lt in glass yet though,

Coca Cola told me that their plastic bottles are 100% recyclable (?) but that's not much good if people don't make the effort to put them in a recycling bin.

 

[Lyn W]

Wow, You have a very good memory!!

Fighting a nurse armed with a syringe in the doctor's surgery is not easily forgotten, and it was a story about me that was repeated regularly as I was growing up so I wasn't allowed to forget it!

 

[Lyn W]

LOL. Last night I had a big cockroach in my room. So I just told Jarrod that if he did not want me to kill it then he better come and catch it. Which he did. Saved me the trouble of finding a shoe and trying to get the thing in the right position so that I could squash it.

Don't throw shoes at them, they are armed!

 

[Lyn W]

Good Mornooning All,

I am so glad it is FRIDAY!!!! Yayyyy, weekend here we come. Last night I had a horrible dream. I dreamt that I had another car accident. That I was going to park in the parking lot at the shops, but my brakes would not work, as much as I tried pushing on them it still would not work. I even tried pulling the hand brake (which the Prius does not have) it still would not work and as a consequence I went into the front of another car. I wonder if the universe is trying to tell me to not drive a car? Anyway we had some really good rain yesterday and the sun is out today. I am hoping that with the rain that we received, the egg in my garden would hatch, but I did not see anything this morning. Sigh, this egg is stressing me big time. Oh well, I should most probably not watch the egg anymore and then it might hatch. Have an awesome Friday everyone.

We've had all sorts of precipitation in the last 24 hours - rain, sleet snow and hail . There was a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon but it is quite bright this morning.
I think there's more rain heading our way this afternoon. Welcome to Spring!!!!
I bet as soon as you ignore the egg it will hatch - a watched pot never boils!
How long has it been there?

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning and Happy Gateway to the Weekend everyone!
So much for my parcel arriving before 8 am!!
I've been up since 7 and still haven't had my shower because Sod's Law is that it would arrive as soon as I got in.
So I sit and wait!
Hope you all have a good day, but I expect I will still be here for a while.

 

[EllieMay]

Erm... yes! [emoji23]

They were actually members of my Moderator forum. And I had met a couple of them before. But as my, then, teenagers put it...

“So you’re going to a pub in a town you don’t know to meet a bunch of blokes who you only know through the internet... and you’re an eSafety trainer”

I know them all quite well now.

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[EllieMay]

Good mornooning everyone! There was a lot to catch up on this morning!

Lovely to see Ray and his family in the flesh. The boys look so pleased at being photographed with Opo

I made steady improvement yesterday. The back of my knee is still quite tender, but the spasms in my calf are fewer and less severe. I can take weight on the foot now and could do with a walking stick rather than crutches as I just need something to stop me wobbling if the muscle gets me.

I think the Baker’s Cyst is looking quite likely as the cause now I have read up on it. I’ll see what the physio says next week.

Well that’s good! Do take it easy for a while though.

 

[EllieMay]

Good Mornooning All,

I am so glad it is FRIDAY!!!! Yayyyy, weekend here we come. Last night I had a horrible dream. I dreamt that I had another car accident. That I was going to park in the parking lot at the shops, but my brakes would not work, as much as I tried pushing on them it still would not work. I even tried pulling the hand brake (which the Prius does not have) it still would not work and as a consequence I went into the front of another car. I wonder if the universe is trying to tell me to not drive a car? Anyway we had some really good rain yesterday and the sun is out today. I am hoping that with the rain that we received, the egg in my garden would hatch, but I did not see anything this morning. Sigh, this egg is stressing me big time. Oh well, I should most probably not watch the egg anymore and then it might hatch. Have an awesome Friday everyone.

You just need to get you a big truck hopefully the sun will chase your dreams away and you’ll have a wonderful day!

I’m sure Dan’s hatching has got you all on eggshells!!! Don’t you have a datalogger that is contributing to their success? Or is that for someone else??

 

[JoesMum]

I would pronounce mine more like Carol-Lin

Either way..

It isn’t Caroline!

 

[JoesMum]

Good Mornooning All,

I am so glad it is FRIDAY!!!! Yayyyy, weekend here we come. Last night I had a horrible dream. I dreamt that I had another car accident. That I was going to park in the parking lot at the shops, but my brakes would not work, as much as I tried pushing on them it still would not work. I even tried pulling the hand brake (which the Prius does not have) it still would not work and as a consequence I went into the front of another car. I wonder if the universe is trying to tell me to not drive a car? Anyway we had some really good rain yesterday and the sun is out today. I am hoping that with the rain that we received, the egg in my garden would hatch, but I did not see anything this morning. Sigh, this egg is stressing me big time. Oh well, I should most probably not watch the egg anymore and then it might hatch. Have an awesome Friday everyone.

All very stressful. Your brain clearly working overtime last night!

 

[JoesMum]

Good luck, Lyn. Hope all goes well.

How did I miss this post?!

Hello Gillian! Lovely to not see you in the CDR. I hope you and Oli are OK.

For those of you newer to the CDR, Gillian lives in Jordan where it’s usually far too hot, but in winter they still get snow occasionally!

 

[JoesMum]

Lyn on its own is much easier
Although people rarely spell it correctly - I'm often Lynn, Lyne, Lynne or Lin and because it can't be shortened it tends to be made longer to Lynny (or Ninny as my all my nephews and nieces call me)
I answer to anything though!

I get Lynda far too often

When I was a teenager a little boy I babysat for had a speech impediment and called me Yana. My sister, Nicky was Iggy.

That little boy has perfect speech now and is some sort of cyber security expert for the US Navy

 

[JoesMum]

Good to hear your leg is bit less painful today,although it will still take a good while to heal properly so rest it as much as possible.
I find that one crutch is easier, and I'm even starting to manage without that in the house.
I'm going to go for a little drive next week to do my own shopping - who'd have thought I'd be so excited about a trip to Aldi or Tesco!!!

Woohoo! That sounds exciting.

I risked driving this morning to go get a repeat prescription for my hayfever medication. It was fine. I can press the clutch pedal OK and change gear. (It’s my left leg and I was a little afraid it might trigger a muscle spasm)

JoesDad is going to pick up a walking stick for me as the crutches are a bit of a nuisance.

 

[JoesMum]

Coca Cola told me that their plastic bottles are 100% recyclable (?) but that's not much good if people don't make the effort to put them in a recycling bin.

It’s better if they’re not plastic in the first place. The less we use plastic the better now.

 

[JoesMum]

We've had all sorts of precipitation in the last 24 hours - rain, sleet snow and hail . There was a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon but it is quite bright this morning.
I think there's more rain heading our way this afternoon. Welcome to Spring!!!!
I bet as soon as you ignore the egg it will hatch - a watched pot never boils!
How long has it been there?

Son had the lot in central London yesterday... even snow!

We had hail, sleet and rain showers but escaped snow.

 

[JoesMum]

I am keeping my head down. While I was out sorting out my hayfever meds, a parcel was delivered next door for us. My lovely neighbour brought it round and warned me that our neurotic neighbour (let’s call her NN) on the other side of the road is after me.

Apparently NN has problems with her computer and I was in and it all got very tearful and the lovely neighbour also had to listen to something about a broken fence and a leak and...

* Sigh *

I made the mistake of fixing NN’s computer once. She was very grateful and bought me wine as a thank you, but now she keeps coming round and, frankly, I am going to have to tell her to go to a computer shop with it. If there was a remote chance of popping in and out quickly to sort it out then I would be fine, but there isn’t... And you have to hear her entire life story every time!

Luckily, today I have crutches I can brandish and claim I am in too much discomfort to think about fixing computers.

I feel awful about talking about someone else like this. It sounds really unkind. And I suppose it is. But NN has stretched my patience too far. She has adult children living locally; they can help her find help!

 

[CarolM]

There are some terrible examples of dead sea birds, dolphins, turtles, whales etc that have all died as a result of plastic.
In fact microplastics are turning up in the fish we eat now so it's even making its way into our food chains.
It's true - what goes around comes around!

I have heard that those scrubs that we all like to use in the shower and bath, have tiny plastic balls in them and are being washed out to sea, which in turn then gets consumed by the fish. Basically what you are talking about above. So if you have to use a scrub then use the ones with apricot shells etc.

 

[CarolM]

Lyn on its own is much easier
Although people rarely spell it correctly - I'm often Lynn, Lyne, Lynne or Lin and because it can't be shortened it tends to be made longer to Lynny (or Ninny as my all my nephews and nieces call me)
I answer to anything though!