Senior Golden Sneakers
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Hello friends. It is laundry morning here I want to be finished as it is already hot and it will get really hot later and our air conditioners will be cut from power 15 minutes each hour during the worst of the heat. I do not want to add to the electric load by running my dryer in the afternoon hours.
Jackie, what a day! Thank heavens you got home in one piece. Driving can be hazardous but what a string of close calls. OMG! Wow, Bella was indeed a bad dog. Thank heavens she found her way back, if she could tell her story! Poor Linda, yes, it is time to get away from the horrible man, but I understand how giving up your gardening spot is very tough. Since he is destroying her plants, she will remain agitated and it is definitely not good for her. Oh and no, not one of my Huskies, I never had a red husky, just black and whites. That is just a cute photo I found years ago and kept in my camera roll. Be safe today—stay home!
Sandy, I hope Bryanna gets in touch soon and that you were all cleaned up and ready for company. Gosh Babe has lots of property interests to look after. Is the building a commercial property? Yes, we all were horrified by the shooting at the parade. I was very shocked as I think of that area as a very good (and expensive) neighborhood. Like maybe they are less likely to see this type of violence? A hometown kid perched on a roof killing people he may have known 😱. Best wishes on the appointment this afternoon with the ENT.
Anne, well last night was a terror here. Not only were the city fireworks going off (not that far from where I live) but a large number of people were setting off every imaginable type of fireworks here in the neighborhood. One family drug their mess of crap to the city street by my house and huge explosions and large displays went off, showering my house with debris. Apparently some people wanted to park on the street and they went back to their own cul de sac to set yet more junk off. But so many people were using illegal fireworks that the air was full of smoke and smog from all the mess. Loud noises make me jump, it was quite an evening. I finally went to bed and pulled a pillow over my head.
When a was a child I loved having a package of sparklers (not a bit loud) and little black pellets called snakes (again quiet). We had a few bad boys who set off firecrackers but that was it. Nothing like this, if you wanted to see fireworks, you went to a public display. This is out of control.
Barbie, it is a tough time for dogs. I just hope everyone has run out of noisy things but I would imagine they haven’t. Be safe.
Patsy, I hope Katie is okay today. What did John think of the holiday menu? Did the gardening company ever call you back? My friend has a company weeding her flower beds and she is happy to have help but she is losing a lot of flowers as the ladies often cannot tell a flower from a weed.
Must go check the dryer.
I am having fun with the cutting plate/I lay but I quit yesterday as my nerves were frayed and I couldn’t place pieces well at all lots of potential color combinations, patterns etc, I could make these every week but I would imagine folks would get tired of cards all based on the same design. 😁
Reminds me of quilt pieces
Monochrome….
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Nobody wants my opinion but I sometimes think civilization is breaking down. Mentioned this to Michael this morning and to my surprise he said he feels the same. I hope we are wrong. Glad everyone survived the last few days. Anne.0
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I don’t believe civilization is breaking down. I believe that we are showing strain from the pandemic and the understandable effects of a global economy destabilized by it. I believe the Ukrainian war is in some odd way the result of a dictator’s reaction to illness and fear. It has been a reoccurring happenstance throughout history. Starting further back even before the Egyptians. There have been pandemics and economic destabilizing events before. I agree it is scary. I don’t believe it is the end of us. I believe we will evolve and change because we will be forced into a different way of life. Think about how life was before WWI. Life changed because it was forced on people. So I remain a cockeyed optimist. Shuffle the cards, new game, different rules!
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Good morning Sneakers. An overcast day but warm so once again I’m free of thick sun cream! Another walk on the moors, this time with David and Hattie who caught up with us as we climbed. We chatted about all sorts and ended up taking a longer route so both George and Betty are now snoozing while I enjoy my cup of coffee.
Yesterday afternoon watching tennis didn’t happen at first because Linda phoned me from her allotment plot and gave me a running commentary on what Mr Nasty was up to not far from her. Again, after an hour I suggested the situation was affecting her health so perhaps think about walking away. Her garden at home is tiny so no room for the fruit bushes she grows in order to make jams and chutney for friends and neighbours but good friends have offered a section of their large garden to use until they pass away so I say grab the offer! I’ve said I’ll help her move everything off her plot so long as her sons get involved because their presence will keep Ted Bundy at a distance! Mid afternoon I received a message from Amazon that an order had arrived for collection at the local shop and that’s close to the allotments so I drove down, collected my parcel and walked to the allotments. I did think twice Anne but peace and quiet with everyone gone so a big sigh of relief and I drove home to finally watch some tennis! Linda messaged to invite me to visit but I declined because she now has to make a decision and there’s nothing I can add. Certainly no good constantly talking about what has happened as upsetting as it is.
Anyway, enough of that drama; my plan is to finish my coffee, cut my lawns and weed my veggie garden. Last night I stir fried kale, Pak Choi and a small courgette that tasted better than anything we grew at the allotment… perhaps that’s just my imagination! 😋
Lin, that’s a fascinating design but you must explain what a cutting plate is. Do you have to cut out each piece then form a pattern? That teapot stand looks similar! I remember sparklers, wiggly worms and if we were lucky, dad would buy a Catherine wheel and nail it to a garden post. Little or no noise involved although local lads would get hold of bangers and throw them at us girls on the way to school!
Anne, there is an age restriction on purchasing fireworks brought in around 8 years ago. It’s now anyone over 18 to even carry them, never mind setting them off so that stops irresponsible parents buying for their kids!
Personally, I don’t think civilisation has advanced a great deal in 2,000 years other than technologically. Read diaries written by Greek scholars or even Roman slaves and they have similar outlooks to us in the 21st century. Wars are as brutal as back then, the only difference today being the killing can be achieved from a distance! I agree Anne that there are those in society that belong back in the caves but perhaps we just hear about them more because of social media!
Did you see the interesting BBC chart showing gun ownership around the world? A strange mix although I imagine hunting affects some percentages.
Sandy, I hope your ENT and hair plans came together. I’m sure one day life will calm down for you and Babe.
My tummy is rumbling so that walk has left me feeling peckish! I will have a snack then leave my phone indoors and bury my nose in my roses!
Jackie 🥰
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Morning all! I'm not saying humankind is on the way out, far from it. I mean western civilization as we know it is on the way out. Corrupt governments lining their own pockets, folks disregarding rules and shooting at anything that moves, morals at an all time low, whilst migrants from totally different civilizations quietly move up and into Europe and the americas and quietly infiltrate governments with alien values. We actually are thinking on the same lines I believe PATSY. The barbaric hordes that finished the Romans, and who can forget Genghis Khan, the Spanish who almost wiped out the Incas etc, a little more violent but not all that different from us. I believe our descendants will still be around in 200 years but living in a much changed world and my watery blue eyes will be an oddity!
One good thing its a bit cooler today, and my cousin and family in Sidney have wet garages but not wet homes so far AND its going to be a sunny day down under.
Anne
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Gardening club section:
Beets must be thinned today.
Tomatoes loaded with flowers.
Broccoli now forming small flower heads.
Second small crop of asparagus now ready for eating.
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Happy Wednesday!
The ENT appointment went well, the module in Babe's throat is getting better and his voice is almost normal. Return visit in six months so that was finally some good news. Saturday the rescheduled dermatologist appointment for that nasty ear.
Bryanna and I decided on tomorrow after my meeting for our hair appointments. She might come while I am at meeting to clean the house and then hair. I will make dinner so it should be a good day.
Cloudy today after much rain last night, not sure if the sun will come out for the pool so I might grocery shop in person instead, only because I like the meat more at a different store than Walmart.
I did go back to counting calories again yesterday just to shed the three pounds I put on. I also rode my bike for an hour so I hope to keep this up even though it is summer.
Lisa now has Covid but mild symptoms. They plan on driving tomorrow and should be home Saturday.
I told he I would probably wait until the following weekend to see them because of Babe's immune system. She understood.
I made an appointment for mani/pedi next week and have a birthday dinner for our friend with a little gambling so that will be a test for Babe to be alone. I also start therapy Monday two days a week but of course my back is doing much better. I don't take the muscle relaxer but if I remember I take the pain pill after breakfast which with my memory isn't often. lol
I have seen this country come back from evil and have faith we will do it again. The saddest thing I read about the last mass shooting was a little two year old got separated from his parents but was picked up by strangers who worked with police and got him to his grandparents home. Both his parents 37 and 38 were killed by this senseless killing and he is now an orphan. Breaks my heart.
Sorry this seems like it's all about me but you are now caught up.
Jackie, there is something seriously wrong with that bully and I agree Linda should take the offer of using her friend's garden. It seems no one wants to listen to the complaints and he gets away with everything, just like the orange man. The thing with your graph is that it says civilian gun owning so I doubt that means assault weapons so I imagine the US has many more guns than published. The NRA has the politicians in their pockets so they do nothing to help citizens.
Anne, enjoy the cooler weather, we also are cooler and even I like it. I am glad your cousin did not have severe flooding.
Patsy, you of course are right and as mentioned we have been through hell and back and are still standing strong. We came back then we will come back now. It is just disheartening with young people getting killed, laws being set backwards instead of moving forward and so many people who don't even believe in God. Just my opinion but again I pray we will get back on track, this pandemic really did a number on this world.
Lin, yes, Babe's buildings are industrial buildings. The people who managed them all these years are now retiring so all the buildings are being sold. Babe is the only living brother with interest in the buildings but his brother's wife and his other brothers two sons now have their interest. A lot of paperwork involved and a lot of time but will be worth it in the end.
I think I am finished with this novel so enjoy your day and thank you for being my friends.
Sandy
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Anybody read "China: MI5 and FBI heads warn of immense threat. Its on BBC News. Anne0
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The prediction of Nostradamus Anne! 😲
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A sunny mild day so far. Yea! Today is Costco day and pasta for dinner. I will sneak in a couple of links of chicken sausage for protein loving John.
It is good to think about deeper subjects from time to time. Like life’s purpose etc. for me, the key is to look at things from different angles and ponder the circumstances. Makes life very interesting. The future of our planet, human beings, and our universe is a worthy contemplation. No one can say we are wrong or right, ideas are like that.
My old Amaryllis bulb has come to life again. She has shot up a huge stalk like leaf. What a trooper! I need to give her plant food and a big drink. Since I am not a gardener by any means, any success at all is a thrill.
I have not read BBC news today. Woooooops! Disaster is about to happen and I am totally unaware.
Sandy: I think Babe is so lucky to have you back in his life. And I could be wrong, but I think you are happiest when you are caring for people. The more the better!
Lin Your cards are quite stunning! Unusual and charming.
Jackie: it is true about your friend needing to make a decision. Move her garden or stay and fight or stay and put up with the crazy man. As far as I can see, that’s the choices. I know what I would do but your right, now your friend needs to go forward. What’s the plan? Murder is not an option…..
Anne: I see many pots of borscht in your future! John likes his with a small dollop of sour cream on top. When available he would not object to a small dollop of sherry stirred in, much like split pea soup. As you can see our menus center around John. I am like a garbage disposal, I take it all.
Hello Barbie and all you absent sneakers.
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Hello! I am getting quite frustrated with my Internet service. I have, once again, had hours of not being able to load my email, Facebook, or this app. I would try to post something and the spinning would take over.
So I am just saying hello and best wishes to everyone.
I had my trip to the dentist which took much longer than anticipated. Probably because we started much late than the appointment time. 😁
Lin🙋🏼♀️
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I think I have a stable connection now. 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Regarding what is going on with our economic conditions, here’s an excerpt from an article I read which I found quite interesting.
“ An aberration of economics’
By Vivian Giang
Scott Galloway, a professor at New York University’s Stern Business School and a co-host of the podcast “Pivot” with Kara Swisher, is notoriously outspoken. He has called the federal response to the pandemic “a con,” poured cold water on Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter and called Mark Zuckerberg the most “powerful, dangerous person in the world.”
Early on in the pandemic, he started writing a book looking at crises from 1945 to the present day to try to explain the momentous changes in our society and economy. Ahead of the fall release of the book, “Adrift: America in 100 Charts,” DealBook spoke with Mr. Galloway about what he had discovered about America during his research, and where he thinks we’re heading.
In your book, you take a look at how during every economic upturn, there’s this optimism that we’re going to solve inequality. But we always seem to come up short. Why?
We mistake prosperity for progress. And we have created tremendous, staggering, unprecedented prosperity. I think the mistake or the myth that we buy into — that whenever there’s prosperity economically, the G.D.P. grows, that it’s going to translate to progress for a nation.
What do we mean by progress? I think the ballast — and it’s my first chapter in the book — is a healthy and thriving middle class. The geopolitical power of a nation, its well-being, its democratic strength, is usually a function of how prosperous its middle class is.
Now the issue in America — and Europe makes it to a lesser extent — is that America has either believed this myth that the middle class is a natural-occurring object of a free-market economy, and it is not. The middle class is an accident. It is an aberration of economics.
There’s a constant notion that if the economy does well, the middle class will restore itself. That is not true. What happens over time in all economic history is that the wealthy weaponize government, lower taxes on them, resist competition — the biggest, most powerful companies entrench themselves, and you end up with an erosion of the middle class. You end up with income inequality. It gets worse and worse, and then the same thing happens with income inequality. The good news is income inequality, when it gets to these levels, always self-corrects. The bad news is that the mechanisms for self-correction are war, famine and revolution.
Unless you provide and invest in a strong middle class, whether it be the minimum wage or support of unions or vocational training or access to free education or reduced-cost education, the middle class, as an entity, goes away. We have fallen into this notion that as long as the economy does well, the middle class will do well. The two are not necessarily linked.”
Climate change, political unrest in many corners of the world, war, famine and I do worry that we will end up under the thumbs of some sort of dictator or some autocrats that will see more people poor and without hope. So there you go, the glass is not half full right now in this house.
Jackie, very wise of you to let your friend know what you will help if she wants to leave the allotment but you can’t keep chewing over the situation. I hope she takes the offer and gets the heck out of Dodge (anyone remember that phrase?). The walk today sounds nice and very good for George and Betty. I will try to explain the special die. It is one big piece and you cut it out of various colors of paper and then fit the various bits into whatever pattern you like keeping in mind there are different shapes as well as different sizes of shapes in various parts of the die. I loved old fashioned pieced quilts which is why this has such an attraction for me.
Sandy, good news for Babe on the throat issue. Just a few more days to get to the dermatologist and have the ear examined. Wish that could have been today! Did you get all the groceries you wanted? It must be a bit more difficult to shop for more food and to get the bags up all the stairs. I do wish you had an elevator given your back has been hurting. And thanks, industrial buildings, sounds like a good investment. Better than office buildings right now! Good that things are being straightened out.
Anne, a gardening update. Love it. My friend put some of her garden product on Facebook Marketplace today. I wonder if she sold it? She had it all washed and it looked good. She is selling beets by the way. I will have to look up that article. Maybe there’s a plus to intermittent Internet! Edit to add, yes, I found that article. Yipes! Serious. Of course living in the Midwest we were horrified when the Chinese were here stealing seed. It was big news.
Patsy, astounding that your amaryllis is sprouting up again. Oh, what fun! We will want updates on the progress, please. I had to giggle, I cannot think of you as a garbage disposal. 😄
Barbie, hello, hope all is well in your area of the world.
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My kind of quilt in the 1980’s.
Oh and the additional firearm data includes military and police. Sorry, I didn’t have a spreadsheet to dump the data to…..
country": "United States",
"firearms": 393347000,
"per100": "120.5000",
"military": 4535380,
"lawEnf": 1016000,
"pop2022": "334805.2690"
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To JACKIE: UK "THE TIMES THEY ARE RAPIDLY CHANGING".
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Anne, Hurrah for Democracy, even if it takes a while! Something to be cherished. 😁
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Happy Thursday!! Meeting day, then hair (I hope). The one item I wanted most was out of stock and one item that I paid for was missing. I am getting a refund but so frustrating. Now I have to stop after my meeting to get chicken wings that I am making for dinner, one of Bryanna's favorites. Oh well.
The sale of the buildings fell through because of the high interest rates. Babe is upset but I am calming him down. It was a lot of money though so I can understand why he is upset but he is fine with the dividends he gets from the buildings.
Anne, if you are talking about Boris I was surprised!! 50 ministers and government aides resigned in protest. Just goes to show you that you should practice what you preach.
Lin, as explained above no deal. Except for the better grocery store being more expensive I liked that I was able to get a fast time slot and that is was ready even before that time. I forgot to mention how beautiful the die makes things, I loved both pieces. Our guns are out of control in the US and that kid who killed 7 people ran to Madison where he told police after being caught that there was another parade and he thought about shooting more people but didn't have time to plan it out. Our country needs more funding for the mentally ill, which most of these people are. My friends daughter is mentally ill and there is so little they do to help them. Sorry another rant!!!
Hello to Jackie, Patsy and Barbie.
Have a nice day.
Sandy
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I’ve been chasing an Amazon package that was delivered at 4.22pm somewhere and signed for by Jaxquwkunw! The photo taken by the driver was a wooden post in concrete with my package leaning against it! I tried to contact the courier but found myself dealing with one of those dreadful set answers Apps that would have been funny if not so annoying. They finally sent a location map that showed it was halfway up our entrance track, in the middle of nowhere, so I took a walk and found it hidden against a fence!! I’ve left a message on the App suggesting driver Cameron gets his brain in gear but it came straight back telling me I couldn’t talk to the driver right now because he was busy! 😆🤣
Now I need to eat and cook rhubarb I pulled earlier but will return! A glass of wine would go down nicely but I haven’t got any!
Sandy, Boris the charmer goes through life telling “porky pies” (rhyming slang!) and has got away with it until one sleazy story too many about a colleague he tried to cover up for has been his undoing! We all know lying goes on in politics but thankfully sexual harassment is still frowned upon! Oh gosh! That reminds me of a certain orange man!! 🤭
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You have to admit JACKIE that British politics are very entertaining. I've been entertained for almost 2 days. I know the general public have no say in who the next leader will be and especially not me over here, but I fancy a chap named Tom Tugendhat. I looked him up on Wikipedia. He's 49 with a British dad and a French Mom. AND in personality apparently he's the exact opposite of the exuberant Mr Johnson. A territorial army man, he served in Afghanistan and was very upset when everyone pulled out leaving the poor afghans to their fate. An expert on China maybe thats what we need right now.
Its very difficult to lead a boring life these days isn't it. Glad you found your parcel! Time to make homemade rhubarb wine for future emergencies!
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Another warm sunny summer day. I got up early and while my coffee was being made I trimmed my hair! A bit too aggressively I fear. I look like one of those POW prisoners. I will try to fluff it up and put on earrings and a dash of make up to distract my eye from the short short hair. Not sure how that happened. Suddenly I have no hair and the scissors were in my hand.
Lin: The great orange one can top them all when it comes to sexual harassment, lying, cheating, outright criminal behavior. I don’t think they will put him in jail, however. But something will happen.
Lin: interesting ideas from that economist/political writer. I have to say, in my case we have to agree to disagree. But it is good to think about issues from many points of view. I am not a purist in any way. A little of this and a little of that….I am a true wishy-washy.
Sandy: real estate, whither commercial or home, is in a weird situation these days. Our son has been trying to buy a commercial property and the process has a real pain. So he did what Babe’s real estate buyer did. Damon said forget about it! I don’t need it that bad. The interest rate is climbing by the hour.
Our very nice neighbor we have known for years is a union guy that unloads those huge containers from ships. He travels from here to Portland, Tacoma, and Oakland, CA. He works 12 hours a day for a week then home for 4 days. He was saying there is so much backed up container ships, he cannot see it all unloaded even by thanksgiving. These guys are working long long shifts. Then the truckers are saying they cannot afford to drive long hauls. Gas is too expensive. Interesting to talk to someone from the other side of that supply problem.
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The day is about over and it sounds like rain storms are arriving right now. So, I pass on anything else remotely current event related. I have been speaking and communicating with friends who are having health problems and are also having difficulty in getting to see a doctor. What a sad day for so many people.
The inability to get help also seems to be a sort of epidemic.
Be safe everyone. Oh and I got a few groceries this afternoon but I had to file a request for a refund for an incorrect item and must include a picture now and for some reason getting the item into the right orientation with an iPad is nearly impossible. 🤭
I am thinking of switching to some coloring for a while and I have to finish a book I am reading as it needs to return to the library. I think reading is the priority.
Well, the weekend is fast approaching.
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Good morning Sneakers. It’s a beautiful one but I can feel the heat rising! We were up on the moors by 7.30 but it was already hot so I kept the walk short, then dropped off a birthday card and a few stalks of rhubarb for a friend.
Yesterday evening I chatted to Linda after she had phoned her supportive GP for help and was advised to give up her plot and all the grief associated with it. She has agreed and her sons are both helping her collect her possessions and decide what she needs to take. Apparently, when she visited the site yesterday quite a few gardeners told her how wrong the situation is and one said she would report it on Facebook and write to the council. More help came from a couple of men arranging for a local builder to use a forklift truck to remove her shed to safety so that’s a worry gone. She had created the prettiest flower garden so I’ve collected pots and offered to dig them all up and keep them safe here until she is ready to replant and I’ll also help her create new raised beds… hey, I’m now an expert! One of her sons visited Ted Bundy in the evening and basically warned him if he upsets his mum again he will come for him, something Linda didn’t want to happen but I told her sometimes these things need to be said!
Anne, I too like MP Tom Tugendhat but doubt the party has the guts to make such a sweeping change so we will probably end up with another posh Etonian who knows nothing of the struggles ordinary people are experiencing. He has put his name forward though so I’m hopefully wrong. There is an Hilarious video on YouTube called Bye Bye Boris by Jonathan Pie but I daren’t post a link here as there’s some very strong language and some may be offended, you included, but maybe suggest Mike watches it since he’s interested in British politics plus he’ll know if it’s too strong for his mum!
Lin, that article you posted did ring true here in Britain because every time we are hit with economic strife the rich get richer, the poor get assistance through our benefits system but we middle classes pay with higher taxes, wage freezes and no help whatsoever! I have a very small income but still get taxed while the big corporations and their bosses find every wheeze to get out of paying. That’s my little rant for the day, although life is still good.
Hello to Sandy and Patsy plus Barbie and anyone else taking a peek!
Wimbledon tennis this afternoon but before that I will either vacuum and wash the downstairs floors or weed a flower bed. The vacuuming is probably more of a priority.
Good grief, now an ex Japanese PM has been assassinated! What next?
Jackie 🥰
PS my noisy neighbours have begun cutting grass with their screaming petrol strimmer so the vacuum cleaner definitely wins. Even George has come in from the garden!
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Hi one and all. Hey JACKIE, I'm not the sweet old lady passing by, I'm from Yorkshire where a spade is called a spade. I'll watch the video with Mike tomorrow but will probably have to bring out the smelling salts for Mike seeing he came over here when he was 11 and wasn't too contaminated!
The news from Japan is just awful. Incredibly awful.
And as for Boris I hope the next PM allows him to have his delayed wedding party at Chequers. Seems a touch churlish to cancel it. To be honest I like Boris. I think he was a spot of fresh air after the bland lot now calling themselves leaders in ALL countries. However what is, IS, and I'll send strong thoughts for Tom Tugendhat. Maybe he's just what old Britain needs right now. I believe he is 49?
We have heat here as well, but with much watering everything is growing at an alarming speed almost alien to me who remembers the slower growth of England. I am so relieved Linda has departed the allotment plot. You are so good Jackie, saving her flowers. She sounds a gentle soul deep down and not equipped to deal with Attila the Hun.
I'm waiting for groceries. Happy barking day for my little protector. The West Indians laugh at her [shes so small with a BIG bark] the caucasians ignore her, and the East Indians drop everything and RUN. Very satisfying for her no doubt but she likes to be petted by the West Indian lads. "Hey mon, what's all the fuss?" Sort of thing with tail wags.
What's next on the world stage? Hope its peaceful!
Have a good day Sneaker pals,
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Happy Friday! Laundry has been started, hair is done, house is clean, life is good!!
Rainy day so a good day to stay in and get some rest.
Anne, I can tell you are a writer with your descriptions of every day life, good talent. I do hope it is peaceful on the world stage we need some laughter and good times.
Jackie, poor Anne, I am so glad you are her friend and have such back bone. I am glad her son said something to that bully, someone had too. More work for you but it still must feel good to help someone in distress. I hope your able to relax after vacuuming and just enjoy your day.
Lin, sorry about having to take a picture of the item. Mine was easy just click on what I didn't get and no questions asked, refund is in my account. One other time the same store gave me the wrong wine and told me just to keep it. I bought a pair of cheap shoes from Target and didn't like them, they told me to keep them, bought a pair of sweats from Amazon that were too short, told me to keep them. I understand food purchases for health reasons but the clothes and shoes I didn't get why they wouldn't want me to return. I did read yesterday that is is cost efficient for them to tell you to keep certain items.
Strange new world.
Patsy, you hit is on the head with interest rates going up daily, no one can afford to buy anything and the landlords know that so they raise the rent in atrocious amounts, including mine. If Babe weren't with me I couldn't afford to live here although the landlord still hasn't given me a figure which he is supposed to do within 30 days of my lease.
Barbie, hope all is good in Washington.
Have a good day.
Sandy
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Well at least I am reading you gals. The Rogers telephone, tv, internet is completely gone. Mike managed to phone me on a borrowed "my" supplier phone. I was starting to worry about him. I did hear from Mark earlier.
The grocery delivery guy who is on the same shut down network floated past with me frantically waving, leaping up and down, and The Bean yapping her head off. He's a new guy and was relying on a tracking address system! So all's well here. groceries put away including ice cream and Jilly's chicken. The boys are always telling me my supplier is too expensive. Mmm no comment on that.
Its the same here girls. Everything is skyrocketing in price. Mike is convinced its a bank conspiracy to put more wealth in their pockets. When I retired I explained to the British pension system that I had paid 13 years into their pension scheme. Well I got a small percentage back in monthly pension which never increases 'cos I live in Canada instead of the States, but I also explained I had been married when in England and had stayed at home for 11 years looking after two sons and was I entitled to anything from my husbands pension. What a laugh! They awarded me an extra 30 pence, around 50 cents a month to add to my own pension! Why did they bother! Now I learn that thousands of women have been diddled out of cash for years because of an error! I don't expect to be compensated living abroad but who knows, maybe we will meet in Florida! I will treat you all to a muffin if so, but don't get too excited on that promise!
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Watched your Jonathon Pie video JACKIE. Golly, I thought he was going to have a heart attack!
I think Mike can handle the language!
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Sadly Anne, the majority of the country agree with the sentiments but without the swearing! No doubt when he finally departs No.10 he will become a celebrity and earn a fortune as an after dinner speaker entertaining his Eton friends!
I checked the story about underpaid State pensions but it doesn’t involve mine as far as I can see. Hopefully you will receive a lump sum one day even though the error was first pointed out 14 years ago! I must send the story to my friend Pat who always felt she was short changed.
Tennis match over and no surprises so I’m wondering whether to cut grass and get covered in midge bites or relax. I know which sounds the better option!
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Back again. My iPad needed charging this morning. I had been absorbed in reading my book last evening, went to bed late and totally ignored the iPad. Duh. Anyway, I wrote a post on my iPhone and it showed I was logged in on MFP and then suddenly I could not post and it flipped magically to that Join or Login screen. Goodbye post!!
So the battery is partially charged now so will tap out a note——-this was on Facebook this morning
“Rogers is down. There's a massive outage impacting wireless, cable and internet customers across the country.
It's almost as if a monopoly on our telecom industry is a terrible thing for Canadian consumers.
An internet monitoring watchdog group reported that total internet traffic in Canada was at 75 per cent of its normal level this morning.
Even services not directly controlled by Rogers, such as emergency services, travel and financial networks, are impacted.
The Toronto Police Service tweeted that Rogers customers in that city were having trouble connecting to 911.”
Not funny. It happens around here, only not on that scale. We had thousands of people out here earlier this week when I couldn’t connect. Hard to function without our service!
Very shocking about the murder in Japan. I was horrified, that just doesn’t happen there. And for a personal reason and he made the gun?
Anne, glad you were able to get your groceries today. Resourceful of you!
Jackie, glad Linda is definitely bailing out. It is pathetic that the actual cause of the trouble is not being removed. But wow, her son was amazing to go and threaten the man. I hope Mr. Mean wasn’t wearing a wire. It is dangerous to deal with such crazy people.
Sandy, glad the haircuts are finished and your place is clean. Good luck with Babe’s appointment tomorrow. Have you talked to Joe lately? Are Lisa and the kids on their way home?
Patsy, would you believe the fireworks started up again last evening because it wasn’t raining? Thankfully they didn’t go on half the night and I was reading and that seemed to help block it out!
Be safe everyone.
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Hello from a sunny very warm Oregon coast! Good grief! I am not sure we know how to deal with this! Katie isn’t too thrilled with a hot sun on her deck. She doesn’t want to play ball or go out in that hot sun. I don’t blame her.
Yesterday was Costco day. I am still almost in a faint about the cost of everything. It has increased several dollars in 10 days. I used to buy Katie’s chicken in frozen packages at 10 lbs @. The price has now gone up 50% in one month. Plus the bag of chicken is smaller! 50% more expensive for 7lbs instead of 10 lbs. I try not to get angry about things like this but OKAY folks! I am now angry! Now I need to find a protein source for Katie that she will eat and that we can afford. Enough of my ranting about inflation and prices. I know we are all feeling it!
Today is cauliflower pizza night. We are also deciding how much we can help daughter Andrea with her car repair problem. $4000 to fix her Prius. Seriously! We will remember these extraordinary times in the future. Even though art and painting is the last thing on everyone’s mind, it is primary in my mind. I want to get abstract images on paper or canvas relating to this in my life. Just for fun!
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Rogers is still a goner and could be for ages says Mike who will just show up tomorrow with no prior message. I'm okay with Bell but apart from on here I can't communicate with anyone on the Roger system. Good job I got my order in earlier in the week!
Chicken has also gone up enormously in price here PATSY. Jilly is small but I don't know how I'd be able to afford chicken for a big girl like Katie! During the pandemic lockdown I did purchase a few cans of chicken from Costco for emergency feeding. I wonder what they will cost today? They are still in my food cupboard.
One wonders what tomorrow will bring.
Anne, who's just baked a bacon and egg pie to have cold tomorrow with a salad.
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Some photos of veggies this morning. I just love to look at them.
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Patsy, grab those supplies and create! It is good for the soul.
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