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6.1 this morning.
Mr K has had a reaction to either the covid or flu jab and it has wiped him out. Several class members have also reported that they have also been affected.

He said that he was freezing cold last night and couldn't sleep as he was so cold - which is so.not like him as I am usually the cold one.

Have just rung home and he is feeling a lot better after resting this morning.
 
6.7 this manic monday.
Electrician should have been here an hour ago according to the appointment time.
No phone call as yet.
So as always normal chores, Monday shopping, extra cleaning cos someone strange is coming (hopefully)
And the heating and hot water boiler combi, just lost its pressure.
And only noticed as the temperature dropped quite suddenly.
As it did outside.
It is dry and 8 degrees now, it actually got up to 12 before noon, it is cold not mild here @gennepher.
It was freezing around midnight, I thought there would be a jack, but no!
Up until five years ago, I never felt the cold, below freezing yeah, but being mostly outdoors, I was acclimated to our winters. Shorts and t-shirts, but didn't go overboard. Even my benchcoat would still be open, unless it was raining hard.
I do now feel the chill, age, I think, but the arthritis doesn't help. I remember last year when it did go below freezing, my neck would be likely to be more painful, and I would warm my right hand, before going out.
Carrying shopping bags, is tough on my hands.
But being a man, don't like to be seen with a trolley, vain, you know?

Gotta go, some things to do, and if the electrician isn't here soon, I'm gonna get Mrs L to give them what for on the phone. Grown men have cried, when Mrs L gets a bit miffed.

Best wishes to you lot as always
 
Best wishes for Mr K to soon be back to his superstar self. As I said fitbit showed my resting pulse going hgher for about five days after the jabs otherwise I wouldn't have known anything was different.
 
Hug for boiler issues and a hope on behalf of those who may be on the end of a volley from Mrs L that the electrician arrives. Here, it is 14C outside, sunny enough for the kitchen door to be open and Hive is 1 degree above target so all is good. My new (baby for old men with "manageable" aka "tiny" houses and gardens, #3 now has the beast and 3.3 metre hedge trimmer) strimmer strims like a good 'un so this ain't a pork chop day either. Actually it is a duck stir fry - aka hot salad - day with baby bok choi, tatsoi, mushrooms a heap of bean sprouts and lemongrass and coconut sauce Long way from 1960s UK food - no one ever managed to, nor ever will, persuade me to eat that monstrosity boiled suet pudding of any kind again after one hideous taste. Never looked or sounded right
 
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Hug for Mr K and a hope he'll get over it soon. Rest is best when he's feeling like that, plus perhaps some paracetamol.
 
My grandmother used to make wonderful suet puddings but I've never managed to make anything edible with suet. Steamed sponge puddings though, can be a delight. Not good for diabetics though.

I'm having a stir fry tonight as well, but made with pork belly, not duck, and a heap of other vegetables that I have hanging around the place.
 
Hope your electrician is there by now and that you can get your heating going. Bad time of year for it to pack up on you.
 
Hot salad aka stir fry - courtesy of BBC Radio 2, (along with pudding gravy for any dessert accompaniment from coulis to cream) - is the way to go, enjoy. My grandfather knew what day we usually had steamed pudding and came with some vague pretext - do you need kindling chopping or logs splitting? being the most unlikely unless he added me or my dad may only break an axe or log maul going too hard, highly likely - there would be a spare portion since I would never touch any. Steamed sponge in a tin was a craze once - A and E was full; pierce tin and stand in boiling water for 10 minutes is asking for trouble with some people
 
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No electrician, no phone call from them. Tried to phone, no answer, so frustrating.
They will or the housing will get it in the morning.
Heating is back on, son come round and got it going.
Toasty for Mrs L now.

Suet puds. When the Cake and Sidney pies in my younger days from the local baker. Cookes.
Family friends from the next road. He baked a suet pastry that was heavenly.
My mum would heat it in a special bowl in a pan. Somehow which was covered by a (name of the material escapes me) over it.
The nearest to one was a company that you still can get, not FB. And we tried them but no thanks!

Gotta go facup draw on now.
 
ianpspurs said:
Steamed sponge in a tin was a craze once - A and E was full; pierce tin and stand in boiling water for 10 minutes is asking for trouble with some people
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Akin to all those speeding tickets learners got.

That bit on the licence that used to say....

"Sign here
Then tear along dotted line "

Oh happy days.
 
ianpspurs said:
Best wishes for Mr K to soon be back to his superstar self. As I said fitbit showed my resting pulse going hgher for about five days after the jabs otherwise I wouldn't have known anything was different.
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Mr K has tested positive for Covid so won't be back to his superstar self for a few more days. Yesterday he was negative but I tested him again this evening because I was a bit concerned about his feeling freezing cold.

Although I am still negative I have cancelled all classes for tomorrow as I can't risk passing it on to all class members and have also text my dentist to cancel my check up tomorrow.

This morning Fitbit flagged up my resting heart rate has gone higher. Could it be the vaccine or have I caught covid. Must buy more tests tomorrow.
 
Annb said:
Hug for Mr K and a hope he'll get over it soon. Rest is best when he's feeling like that, plus perhaps some paracetamol
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Thank you @Annb . Unfortunately it is Covid not a reaction to the vaccine. Hopefully he will get over it quickly.

Rest is definitely best. Actually, he is being good and resting but I am a little bit cross with him because he felt rough yesterday but didn't say anything because he didn't want to cancel Sheringham Park because I was looking forward to it so much. That hike must have made him feel much worse today.
 

Sorry to hear that it’s Covid hope it’s mild and he recovers quickly.

When I had my appointment for dressing change on Thursday was talking to the nurse and covid came up in the conversation it turned out she had it twice first time when working on a covid ward and the second time she contacted it while giving jabs at a vaccination centre though she escaped hospitalisation on both occasions.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
5.4 this morning.
We are off to Sheringham Park shortly.
We are looking forward to a lovely walk in the sunshine. Perhaps it's time to get my warm winter gloves out and maybe my winter coat.

Hopefully the trees will be wearing their Autumn colours.
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There's not much sign of autumn colour here in London @Krystyna23040. Leaves are dropping off the trees when still green.

Monday 's FBG 4.2 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.
 
JohnEGreen said:
When we went to BrierleyForest Park though it was sunny it was quite cold and my hands were freezing so I have bought some new gloves and will wear them when going out from now on.
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Have you tried HotHands instant hand warmers? @JohnEGreen. They last for up to 10 hours.

Monday 's FBG 4.2 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.
 
Will you be making leafmould? @Lamont D. Handy for mulch, potting or soil conditioner, it's easier than a compost heap.
 
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