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  • Florence Fennel
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    Good Morning All and Happy Friday Scorchio again and only a few showers, could do with a storm! Have a good day

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  • greenishfing
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    Thanks everyone for your helpful answers. Unfortunately when we got our "all new singing and dancing" modern hospital it didn't fulfill lots of basic criteria. This, I must say, is only my lay persons view. However due to one "moan" by me we did get a few chairs just inside the doors to leave patients who struggled to walk while people accompanying them could go and park a car (no good if the person might wander off or not just sit there however). .....
    I am no expert but have, over the last few years, accompanied a good few of the elderly in-laws for out patients appointments and who wanted to visit in patients (close relatives). I get so frustrated.
    Whatever anyone says ( particularly architects, morons and idiots) I don't believe anybody thinks through the purpose of such buildings.

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  • Bren In Pots
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    Afternoon

    We've had a fair bit of rain it was running down the road for a good hour, it was just what my garden needed.

    Greenishfing does your hospital run a scuttle train to the wards ours used to be it was fazed out at some point and replaced with a bank of wheelchairs in the foyer.

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  • Snoop Puss
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    ^I expected you to say something like that. On the other hand, maybe you could argue that going out in public round Sainsbury's and going round a hospital, where lots of people are in wheelchairs, is a totally different thing. Not easy, mind. Good luck.

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  • greenishfing
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    Originally posted by Snoop Puss View Post
    GF, if your husband wouldn't be offended, you could maybe book a wheelchair at the hospital for patient use. I used to do this with my mum, as she would have been incapable of walking all the way. I can't remember how much notice I had to give, but I'd just phone, book one and then it would be waiting at reception for us. They sometimes even have porters available to do the pushing.
    Thanks. Good idea, but unfortunately he wouldn't do it. When he came out of hospital with two drains in after 2 weeks in bed on one occasion I struggled to get him in a wheelchair to go around Sainsburys. Considering 12 days earlier he'd been at deaths door I couldn't see his problem. Normally I struggle to get him to use his walking stick if he thinks he might see somebody he knows. MEN!! Particularly obstinate old men.

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  • Mr Bones
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    Good afternoon
    Did the grory hop this morning.. there are lots of empty shelves, quite frustrating really.
    Fox removed the front panel from the garden dalek in the night and had a bit of a rummage so had that lot to clear up.

    greenishfing not tried roasting grapes but have added whole green ones to a fish pie along with sliced sweet red peppers. They add a lovely sweet, juicy pop of flavour as you bite into them.

    Supposed to rain later .. we'll see.

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  • Snoop Puss
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    GF, if your husband wouldn't be offended, you could maybe book a wheelchair at the hospital for patient use. I used to do this with my mum, as she would have been incapable of walking all the way. I can't remember how much notice I had to give, but I'd just phone, book one and then it would be waiting at reception for us. They sometimes even have porters available to do the pushing.

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  • greenishfing
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    A really frustrating morning. An elderly relative of my husband was supposed to be leaving hospital and returning to her care home yesterday, the hospital had actually rang the previous evening to tell my husband (next of kin). I rang the care home this morning to book a visiting slot. She is still in hospital. I am still trying to get the ward to answer the phone. I have ascertained that she is still on the same ward at least. Although there is limited visiting at the hospital my husband struggles to manage to get all the way from the car park to the ward to visit. It is about time that the architects of such buildings realised that most of the users have limited mobility due to either illness or age. They are even worse than airports to navigate.
    Off to the allotment now before I blow a fuse.

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  • Snoop Puss
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    Morning all.

    Rained a little bit in the night but hot again today. Had a traipse around the veg patch. The snails and slugs seem to have got wise to my predations in among the cabbages and caulis so have moved over to the tomatoes instead! Never used that emoji before, so just goes to show how cross I am. Compounded by one of the dogs getting in among the peppers a couple of nights back (barged the gate open). Significant damage to the plants and fruit. On the positive side, I found a few of the snail culprits and will now hang cups of beer in among the toms to catch them. And the gate has been reinforced.

    Busy work day today. So better step on it. The smiles have gone out with the dogs with Mr Snoop, but they promise to head off from their most northerly point on the walk.

    Have a great day everyone.

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  • Bren In Pots
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    Morning

    I stayed out late yesterday evening watching the bats dashing around the garden there were 2 this time not just the one like usual.

    Snadger my blackberries aren't dong to well either usually by now I've made a few pots of jam but instead I'm freezing them until i have enough. Raspberries are doing better though.

    Grory hop today not sure after that.

    Enjoy your day

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  • greenishfing
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    It was too hot here last night, really uncomfortable for sleeping. It looks as if we had a little shower early this morning but none of the forecast thunderstorms yet. In fact at the moment the sun has come out to play.

    I did try roasting some of my grapes last night to go with the pork. I wasn't impressed. I'd far rather eat them raw.

    Not sure what I'm doing today. It rather depends on how inaccurate the weather forecast was. Not something I'd like to have to rely on. I just hope it's considerably cooler than the last couple of days.

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  • Snadger
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    Morning all

    Checked my favourite blackberrying site yesterday whilst walking Kato. There were a few ready, but not a great deal. It seems to have been a bad year for all fruit, soft and hard and the only thing that did well for me were gooseberries. Unfortunately the local kids must have spotted them as they were all gone when I went to harvest them!

    Never mind, next year is another year!

    TTFN

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  • Florence Fennel
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    Good Morning All Still really hot and dark again here this morning. Have a good day

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  • Nicos
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    Mornin n’alln’all

    Oh my, it’s dark out there!
    Hibou has been hyperactive for the past hour so I’ve let her out.

    Sounds like you had interesting weather yesterday bramble! Are your cars and windows now covered in fine dust?
    Our temperature have dropped 10C in two days and it’s much more bearable….so a day working in the garden is now in order.
    First thing though will be to see if there are any ripe blackberries…fingers crossed!

    Breakfast trays for everyone are just outside your bedroom doors - don’t accidentally step in them

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  • bramble
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    We had temp of32 degs today with winds to match.
    Think of sandstorm.
    We stayed under cover until this evening.
    Farmers market never happened,
    A calmer evening now.

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