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I had covid when it was rife but practically no symptoms. I had a headache and groggy feeling but tested positive for it but it only lasted a day. I’m lucky at least in the fact that I rarely mix with crowds in the winter. Practically everyone and his brother has flu in the winter and Italians are so sociable that it’s a certainty that you’ll get something. I never get a cold and don’t remember the last time I had one. Suppose I’m lucky, I’m not antisocial I just take care who I mix with. Hope it stays that way.
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I started reading 3 sisters 3 queens a book that my cousin left after returning to Oz. I wasn’t interested in history and it took me a while to start reading it, but thought I had to in case she asked me about it. I couldn’t put it down. After that I thought of looking for more books along the same line and came up with a pack of 5 books starting with The Lady of the The rivers up to The White Princess. I finished reading all of them in a little more than a week. I thought that’s enough history for now but still thinking I have to get to Henry 8th because I’d already read 3 sisters etc. I have recently bought 2 second hand books from Vinted at €1 each plus postage. So after The Boleyn Experience I shall have to look for the next 4 books in the hope Vinted has them.At least to finish the Plantagenet and Tudor stories and who knows I may go onto the other novels about the women of the cousins war etc. Looks like my felting hobby has to go on hold for a while.
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Sorry to hear your news Trogg but you are in good hands and I don’t think for one minute that they’d leave you for too long before doing something.It must be difficult to eat and drink but it’s important that you do drink before you get too dehydrated. ( advice I should give to myself as I’m a bit negligent where drinking water is concerned. Hope you get some good news from QMC.
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I’m reading The constant Princess by Philippa Gregory. I have read all books up to this one and next I’m going to read The Kings Curse and 2 books about Anne Boleyn and her sister. Henry 8th reign. Never thought I would be interested in the royal history but Gregory put facts into real time .
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I’ve had my 4th booster but don’t know if they are going any further with them. It seems that a lot of people are now under the impression that the vaccines have produced a lot of pains in the body
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On 7/10/2023 at 7:14 PM, Jill Sparrow said:
A bit confusing two hostelries with the same name. Both in Basford.
Jill you think 2 pubs with the same name is confusing. We have 2 street names named the same in a village of 3.000 One is street and the other Road, invariably parcels get mixed up. I have to put on addresses “ Strada valle NOT Via valle. I think sometimes corriere are too lazy to drive out of the village centre to us in the “ sticks”
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Just lately I seem to be having problems with my vision. It’s just 2 years since I had my glasses changed and like everyone else the lenses are so expensive. A while ago I had a check and update and since then I have to adjust my glasses because they don’t seem to be right. Bumped into my optician the other day and told her and she just said pop in with everything and we’ lol have another look. If my eyesight is ok there’ll be no charge. I have a pair of prescription sun glasses but when I fell they scratched and I’ve not worn them since. I also had new frames a few years ago and after a week decided I didn’t like them because my daughter said it looked like I had strong black eyebrows. Will take all these glasses and prescription and see what Paola says. It may be a case of new glasses and sunglasses. I have these clip on shades but hate them makes me think of old people and although I sometimes feel old I don’t want to look old.
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We don’t have wheelie bins, we have plastic bags.White /grey for plastic, yellow for those with babies for nappies and green ones for non recyclables. Sorry we do have a bin a big yellow one for paper. The bin and bags are collected outside the house every 2 weeks.As we live outside the village centre they are collected on alternate weeks whereas in the centre it’s every week and in the summer twice a week. Food waste we keep until bag is full and it’s taken to my daughters or sons restaurant to be collected along with their kitchen waste. We did have a huge compost bin but saw rats around it so we got rid of it . The council gave us permission to take it to the local sports centre bin but we found taking it to our Daughter and Sons restaurants it works better and we don’t have it hanging around especially in this weather. Bottles are taken to bottle bins and there are also old clothes bins . So everything has its place. Old furniture is also taken away pronto for a small charge.
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Trying to buy unusual items that they’ve never heard of in shops or supermarkets is a pain. For example these little lint collectors for washing machines that collect animal hairs. I’d looked everywhere locally and non but eventually found TEMU and found them there. Looking through household products it’s amazing what you find. I even got a ginger peeler that fits round your thumb. We don’t have a shop such as Wilcos so have to get what we can find.
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7 hours ago, philmayfield said:
As long as it stops the midges from biting you.
I use Autan. They love me so much, yesterday they kissed me 11 times
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Maybe he don’t kefir cheese. Thought I may as well add my little bit.
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This is old news. Maybe when they had an earth quake. Very sad though.
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That made me laugh Jill . Perfumes are a personal thing and they don’t always agree with who wears them. Youth Dew…..
a colleague of my husbands years ago came to us for Christmas lunch. As a Thankyou he gave me some Youth Dew. The first time I wore it I had such a terrible headache. Unusual for me as I don’t suffer with them . Didn’t think much about it but after a few episodes I realised it was the perfume. My SIL gave me a bottle of Boucheron because after commenting to me that she liked it on me, bought herself some. After a while of wearing it she told me I’d given her the wrong name because it didn’t smell the same. It took some convincing but in the end she realised it was the same. My mum used “ Knowing” but to me it smelt like chemicals.
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Ben going back to Old Spice. It’s had its day I think. It was ok but every man used to wear it. You are individual and unique so have a change. Go to a perfumery not the chemist or supermarket . They can always advise you ( if they know what’s what.)
I’ve always loved Chanel no:5 for ladies and when I went to our local perfumery to buy another bottle she said it was a bit old fashioned and suitable for older people. She suggested Boucheron and I love it. I still have no:5 ( seeing as now I’m an older person) It’s nice to have a change and you never know it might lead to more ladies picking you up in Bulwell
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Im sure she would Ben.
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Ben has your grand daughter entered a baby competition? My nephew and his family have mentioned a baby called Charley Rose and asking people to vote for her. Did see a photo and thought she must be about 6 mths old . Lovely baby.
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Lizzie I’ve just opened NS and saw about your husband. It’s very worrying and I hope that everything is going to work out. Strange how things work out . You decided to go home so it’s probably the best thing you could have done to be in a place you knew well and didn’t have to start looking where and how to go. But I’m thinking of you and hope things go well. I’ll try and ring you later. ❤️
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Looks exactly like a large MW
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Barrie you’ll be pleased I’ve sorted out in my mind what exactly the microwave cum oven is. I think with your description I imagined something quite different so no wonder they don’t make them here
Anyway we’ve got one on order so we’re waiting for a telephone call to tell us it’s arrived. They told us Thursday but it will probably arrive before. It’s called MW but it’s a combination cooker plus steam cooking. Reviews are good so let’s hope it lives up to its name. We’ve only been without MW a few days and it’s amazing , you don’t think you’d miss one but today we needed one to defrost some sardines for a plate of pasta. So it’s pasta with aubergines. ( no we don’t have pasta every day, I have stopped eating meat )I love pasta though because it is so versatile.My husband like his father could eat it for breakfast , lunch and dinner. I draw the line at that.
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On 7/28/2023 at 5:46 PM, philmayfield said:
It’s available on Amazon.
Plus import duty
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12 minutes ago, DJ360 said:
Ooohh. He's a big lad!
Yes he is. My son from childhood has been terrified of spiders. Had to fish this out before he wants to swim.
We are used to mosquitoes, leaves and a variety of insects. The other day I found a baby lizard trying to crawl out of the water, I was already in the water and helped it to climb the side and it ran off. Good deed of the day done.
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Early morning swim ?
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On 7/29/2023 at 4:13 PM, philmayfield said:
As we drove through the village today there was a sign pointing to a ‘hen do’. My wife, in all innocence, asked why men’s parties were called ‘stag does’ and not ‘cock does’? I gasped and pretended I’d not heard her!
There must be an answer to that somewhere
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As they say “There’s no peace for the wicked” .This butterfly wouldn’t leave alone. Sorry Ben I know you don’t like feet.
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How's your day?
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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Tomorrow night there’s a concert in the top (attractive) part of the village starring a singer that has won the San Remo concert twice. They’ve put the stage in the square in front of the junior school so my daughter and I are going to my sons restaurant to eat. It’s not far from the concert so we should be able to hear it. Next week the main concerts start. The main square is boarded up and a marquee erected. The stage is huge and around the inside there are 14 eateries for people to munch away while they wait for 9.30 pm and the start of the concert. This goes on for about a week to 10 days. Busy times for all.