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hollydolly said:
Great to see you back... 🥰 so sorry to hear you've lost your sister so young... poor woman, she really got hit with the big stick with regard to serious illness, what a battler and what an absolute pig Covid was to kill her when she'd fought so bravely for her life ... may she Rest with the angels..


It's just astonishing that no-one has been made accountable for Covid..
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Thanks, @hollydolly for your kind words. I agree with you 100%. Covid was exactly what you said. She was one-of-a-kind person who loved everyone - always cheerful and yet professional. They had a travel agency, let rooms for tourists, and they owned a tour boat on the Greek island (I may have talked about it in the past). Over 500 people from the island went to her funeral. She was loved by many.
 

I dunno what to about this gardener.. he rang about 4.30pm, asked how late I would allow to come around.. and said ( again) that he's stuck on another job.. and won't be able to get here until 7pm if that was ok.. so I say ok... then he says..II'll fix the mower but I won't do the garden until tomorrow ...

The things is I could hear children in his background, and a female voice telling him what to say on the phone...

I use him because he lives locally, and he's cheap.. and does a good job... but this is the 3rd time in as many weeks he's cried off... with some excuse..

..and now 30 minutes later at 5pm... I just saw him drive past my house.. going the opposite direction to his own house..
 
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The London Eye has broken down twice on the hottest day of the year with tourists stranded inside.

The iconic landmark broke down at around 3.45pm today as temperatures in the capital soared to 28C, marking the hottest May Day ever on record.

It then began letting passengers back before coming to a halt a second time just forty minutes later,

People on board were left suspended more than 400ft in the air after the wheel came to an abrupt halt. Meanwhile, crowds were seen gathering at the base of the huge Ferris wheel, which holds 32 capsules, each carrying up to 28 passengers.

It is unclear why the London Eye suddenly stopped working, although engineers have reportedly since fixed the issue.

Despite the sweltering conditions, passengers who were inside the capsules when it stopped said they still had a pleasant experience.

Marta Suleva had been taking a trip in the wheel with her husband and two children and were left stuck at the top when it stopped moving.

She told The Sun: 'We had an announcement that there were technical problems. But the air conditioning stayed working which was a relief.

Iconic London landmark breaks down on hottest day of the year
 
hollydolly said:
I dunno what to about this gardener.. he rang about 4.30pm, asked how late I would allow to come around.. and said ( again) that he's stuck on another job.. and won't be able to get here until 7pm if that was ok.. so I say ok... then he says..II'll fix the mower but I won't do the garden until tomorrow ...

The things is I could hear children in his background, and a female voice telling him what to say on the phone...

I use him because he lives locally, and he's cheap.. and does a good job... but this is the 3rd time in as many weeks he's cried off... with some excuse..

..and now 30 minutes later at 5pm... I just saw him drive past my house.. going the opposite direction to his own house..
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This sort of reminds me of a little card my husband had on his desk for many years.
"Fast, cheap or high quality. Choose any two."

This guy offers low prices and high quality. But not reliability or a quick response.
 
I am ahead of the power curve. Weekly idiot rally of groceries, bank and have not done. House clean. Ironing basket not worth the trouble.

A beautiful Spring day! The swamp should drain enough to do yard work tomorrow. The single peach is still hanging in the tiny tree:>)

At 1:00 a friend will call for at least an hour. That gives me time for mini Patty Rolls and cutting chicken wings into segments. SO will be a happy camper!
 
StarSong said:
This sort of reminds me of a little card my husband had on his desk for many years.
"Fast, cheap or high quality. Choose any two."

This guy offers low prices and high quality. But not reliability or a quick response.
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I know this, that's what I said... ..however all other gardeners in the area.. are hugely expensive..

My 88 yr old neighbour pays her gardener, £80 pw for a pocket size garden back and front, he only goes there one morning a week .... and all he does is mow.. and plant bulbs in season .. and she said he doesn't always plant the bulbs she wants. ...
 
hollydolly said:
I dunno what to about this gardener.. he rang about 4.30pm, asked how late I would allow to come around.. and said ( again) that he's stuck on another job.. and won't be able to get here until 7pm if that was ok.. so I say ok... then he says..II'll fix the mower but I won't do the garden until tomorrow ...

The things is I could hear children in his background, and a female voice telling him what to say on the phone...

I use him because he lives locally, and he's cheap.. and does a good job... but this is the 3rd time in as many weeks he's cried off... with some excuse..

..and now 30 minutes later at 5pm... I just saw him drive past my house.. going the opposite direction to his own house..
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Sorry to hear that you are going through this thing, @hollydolly. Looking back at his track record, if this is the 3rd time he has cried off, that is definitely a sign to look elsewhere. If something like this happened to me, I would let him know that if he didn't do it by such-and-such a time/day, I will look elsewhere. I know that sounds like a threat, but it has worked for me. They need to respect your time, too. Just my two bits.
 
palides2021 said:
Sorry to hear that you are going through this thing, @hollydolly. Looking back at his track record, if this is the 3rd time he has cried off, that is definitely a sign to look elsewhere. If something like this happened to me, I would let him know that if he didn't do it by such-and-such a time/day, I will look elsewhere. I know that sounds like a threat, but it has worked for me. They need to respect your time, too. Just my two bits.
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yes, that's what I was thinking I'll have to say to him... after all I'm the employer, he's the employee....In a different environment.. if he cried off his job 3 times in 3 weeks, he'd be getting his cards...

he's due here shortly, so I'll see where I go with it...
 
Everything for the garage sale has been moved upstairs from the basement. Only the "big" coffee tables have to be lugged up, but I don't know where I'd put them. I put the folding card tables in the garage. My house is already filled with boxes of things. I can hardly move around. Only 2 more weeks to have to deal with this. Probably most will be going back in the basement. At my old house, I could leave a lot set up, but I just don't have the space to do that anymore.
 
Georgiagranny said:
@hollydolly Did everything get done the way you want it?
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yes & no... he put up the fence... but he spent a long time trying to repair the mower first.. give him his due, he'd bought the part but they'd clearly changed the model part , so the one he bought just didn't fit no matter how hard he tried ....he spent an hour .. so ultimately he bodged a repair using the old handle and switch, and he's got it going again, ,.. by then it was getting dark...so he's coming back tomorrow, to do the hedges..

After he spent so long trying to make the part fit, I couldn't bring myself to say anything to him. he's really a sweet guy.. very quiet.. not the sharpest knife in the box by a long chalk, but he's a good worker when he's here..

..but the porky pies continue.. because when he arrived I said something about how hot it was,, and he replied , that yes he'd just come straight from work on another job, which I knew to be false... and then..after fixing the fence, and lifting all the heavy plant pots back into the borders, he started to walk towards the back gate to leave .. I stepped into the back door into the kitchen .. and he must have thought I couldn't hear.. and he called his g/f .. and said''..I'm just getting ready to leave the repair shop ''! :unsure:
 
Yesterday afternoon, I started feeling the affects of A-fib and it sat me down. The palpitations weren't severe, but that familiar "eerie" feeling was back and I felt so drained, therefore took it easy. I feel a bit better today, but am still taking it slow. I balanced my checkbooks this morning, played games on my phone and watched T.V. My son is supposed to sit and talk with me tonight while I refill my pill cases. He was planning to do that last night, but I just didn't feel up to it. If he's tired when he gets home (he's already had a 13 hour day), either I'll do it by myself or use from my emergency/vacation pill case.
 
Pepper said:
Thanks. I not only had colon cancer so have been through this many times. Also having endoscopy Wednesday
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How did your endoscopy go? When will you know the results? Pepper, I didn't know you went through having colon cancer and have had to deal with cancer many times! That solidifies what I've always thought about you. You are one tough cookie! Hoping for the best regarding your endoscopy results. 🤗
 
@OneEyedDiva
Went okay, but I was my awful, panicky self. Had polyps both places, endoscopy ones in biopsy. Have hernia, which is why I have anemia. That's what freaked docs out, the unexplained anemia. They thought it might be a tumor, but it's a hernia. My son is my hero, that's the lesson of the day. He knows how to calm me down. Sometimes, like yesterday. Thanks for the compliment, but I'm a big baby. The staff excellent. They swooped in to help.
 
One of my four daughters drove me to Ohio yesterday for my 84-year old sister's funeral. Two of my other daughters joined us plus one son-in-law. (One of them had taken me to Ohio in March to see my sister one last time before she passed away.) My 88-year old, wheel-chair bound sister was also there. Both sisters have very large families and many of them were there as well. (They both have great-grandchildren in the same age range, infant to 14 years old, as my six grandchildren.) We got there in time for the wake, and the funeral was today. Then we drove home; daughters jobs prevented us from staying longer.
To make it worse, the husband (he's 65) of my niece (daughter of my sister who died) is in the terminal stage of advanced cancer. I expect to be going back to Ohio in the near future. :cry:
 
spectratg said:
One of my four daughters drove me to Ohio yesterday for my 84-year old sister's funeral. Two of my other daughters joined us plus one son-in-law. (One of them had taken me to Ohio in March to see my sister one last time before she passed away.) My 88-year old, wheel-chair bound sister was also there. Both sisters have very large families and many of them were there as well. (They both have great-grandchildren in the same age range, infant to 14 years old, as my six grandchildren.) We got there in time for the wake, and the funeral was today. Then we drove home; daughters jobs prevented us from staying longer.
To make it worse, the husband (he's 65) of my niece (daughter of my sister who died) is in the terminal stage of advanced cancer. I expect to be going back to Ohio in the near future. :cry:
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My condolences .
 
its friday in Oz and friday is always my rest day!! - yes chatting on here IS very restful; and cheerful and sometimes challenging - but I try to remain restful at all times!
 
Yes mr dave is quite still alive and feeling much better at this early stage than expected post surgery. Walking around easily at least slowly, quite wide awake, mentally sharp, though with a sore spot where they fixed my inguinal hernia with a mesh. Will wait for tomorrow to post more. Quite an amazing hospital process.

Thanks everybody for well wishing concerns and prayers.
 
David777 said:
Yes mr dave is quite still alive and feeling much better at this early stage than expected post surgery. Walking around easily at least slowly, quite wide awake, mentally sharp, though with a sore spot where they fixed my inguinal hernia with a mesh. Will wait for tomorrow to post more. Quite an amazing hospital process.

Thanks everybody for well wishing concerns and prayers.
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Glad to hear it .

You will have to take it easy for 2 months BUT especially first 2 weeks and you might want to ask for stool softeners just to play it safe first 2 weeks .

I have had friends who had it done after few months all went back to normal life some even labor jobs .
 

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