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My grandmother had the wood fired, bricked in version and, later, an electric one. The bricked one was in the wash house which was some way from the main house. Big stick to stir the linen/clothes.
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My grandmother had the wood fired, bricked in version and, later, an electric one. The bricked one was in the wash house which was some way from the main house. Big stick to stir the linen/clothes.My grandmother had one in her kitchen, the bedding and clothes that could be were boiled in it on wash day. This was when I was very small. My grandmother would put the water in, heat it up by lighting the gas underneath and then put in the washing and carbolic soap. Apparently her mother had one that was set up high on bricks or similar and she had to light a fire underneath to heat the water.
Hugs for you @Viv19Last night bg was 7.5 and this morning it was 7.9! I don’t think it has ever been that high. I’d been well on the way to reducing it. Really really cheesed off.
Retinopathy day today.. so I start the day with a 2.8 not a great start but onwards and upwards..
I’ve read your other posts @Viv19 on your injured toes.
I do this with both my little toes which have clandestine meetings with the door frames when I least expect it. They are permanently slightly swollen now, although more swollen after their meetings. And it does flipping hurt like yours did.
But I find it’s when I am over tired, overstressed, overloaded, and so my co-ordination is slightly off, and I don’t quite move my feet properly.
I hope your pain eases off quickly.
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Hugs for the 2,8 and best wishes for the retinopathy. Don't forget the sunglasses or are you Northern lasses too tough to need those?Retinopathy day today.. so I start the day with a 2.8 not a great start but onwards and upwards..
@gennepher. I hope you’re able to manage the pain of your tooth, and to eat enough food. Your cooling system sounds like one I heard about in Australia- ie a block of ice frozen in an old ice cream tub with a fan blowing over it, it’s supposed to be quite efficient. Pain and heat are not good together, so I hope you can manage to stay cool too.
I think my coordination went down the drain when I was about 13 and grew enormously in one year, ending up being quite tall and famous for tripping over things. My poor feet and ankles have had a tough life.
Some years ago I was at a fancy dress party in someone’s garden, and couldn’t see the different level between two garage driveways. The resulting twisted ankle meant I couldn’t walk and OH and a friend carried me to the car, then I was driven to the hospital for x rays. The problem was that I was dressed as a vampire, with a white face, blood dripping down my chin, and waxed green hair standing up on end, plus of course the usual cloak and vampire suitable clothes.
When I hobbled in to my gp’s surgery a couple of days later to have the foot checked, he had heard about my green-haired hospital visit and couldn’t keep a straight face. (It was a small town where everyone knew what everyone else was up to). It didn’t do my street cred any good at all.
Viv don't be too cheesed off...it happens to me when the weather warms up...it could be the day of the week...the wind direction...anything at all often diabetes has no rhyme or reason...wondering if the pain & inflammation from the toe injury has pushed your BG up...quite possible it is that...it will come down but only when it's readyReally really cheesed off.
A tooth which had a crown on it, broke/snapped off completely when I put my falsies in. So now I cannot wear my falsies now, no tooth to hold them in.
So clove oil and chewing gum over sheared off tooth. It blinking hurts. Went to dentist to make appointment.
24th July receptionist said...
I thought I had mis-lipread.
No, I hadn't.
24th July she said again.
May I point out this is a sheared off tooth and hurts lots, I said.
24th July she said again.
I am not moving until I get an appointment at the beginning of next week, I said (dentist doesn't open on a Friday).
Impasse....
I am standing solid as a rock, staring at her face.
She looks away first. Looks at her computer. I can fit you in on Tuesday, she says. Good, I said, Thank you.
So, cantankerous old lady is now in her potting shed, with cat...life is hard work...
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I've covered so many duty slots DJC it does take it's toll...plus my first job was at a location where they film a certain TV programme the place was 'littered' with TV producers who wanted to film me with my client...they wouldn't take no for an answer...finally I had to point out I was there to work not provide entertainment...it was so difficult & time consuming drumming that into them...as a result when I set off in the evening I wasn't in the best of moods...I wonder if those night duties hastened or contributed to the diabetes diagnosis...just a thought.I was ‘on call’ for many years when I was working ( hospital) and I know it really does take its toll.
Its on channel 81 Talking Pictures TV on freeview….2pm every afternoon Monday to Friday.I loved Rumpole too I must search the channels if it’s running again.
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