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Hi Graylings !!! I feel much better today, slept well, and those aches and pains have gone down a bunch yay!! I need to decide
what to do about this desk that the pc sets on....it is a glass desk, and my past two falls into it have ruined the leg stability
it once had, so I want to get it out of here.....may have to just
give up the desktop and use only my laptop....we shall see....have a great day all !!!! ;):love::unsure:
 
dilettante said:
I prefer the first "All Creatures Great and Small" TV series. I saw some of the newer remake but eventually lost track after the first few episodes.
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I agree, I preferred the first series.. back in the 70's and early 80's.. the later series with different actors playing established characters made it unwatchable for me.
 
hawkdon said:
Hi Graylings !!! I feel much better today, slept well, and those aches and pains have gone down a bunch yay!! I need to decide
what to do about this desk that the pc sets on....it is a glass desk, and my past two falls into it have ruined the leg stability
it once had, so I want to get it out of here.....may have to just
give up the desktop and use only my laptop....we shall see....have a great day all !!!! ;):love::unsure:
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Please get rid of it before you land on it by accident and it gives for good. Keep the desk top on the kitchen table until you find a new desk?
 
Georgiagranny said:
@OneEyedDiva You spent how much???? Hmpf. That kind of financial recklessness needs to be confessed on the What Have You Bought Recently? thread. At that rate, there will be nothing left for your son when you're gone! ;)
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Well turns out somehow I got the amount wrong! I use self check out and think the $11.35, which was a sub-total, got imprinted in my brain. I actually spent $19.13. Now there really won't be anything left for my son! I'll change it in my reply.

 
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NotCompSavy said:
My all time favorites are Mr. Bean , Inspector Clouseau / Pink Panther and Monty Python especially Holy Grail movie .
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hollydolly said:
I think Americans enjoy slapstick humur more than we do in the UK
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Agree, HD. None of those movies do anything for me. Could never understand what all the fuss was about. I didn't like slapstick as a kid either. Jerry Lewis's antics struck me as cruel and offensive even when I about 7 years old.
 
hollydolly said:
plumbers earn more than dentists.. and he says that if he get called out to an emergency in the middle of the night, the sky is the limit as to how much he charges
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My father was a plasterer and glazier to trade - but not one where he made shed loads of money. I learnt a lot of things from him and his fellow tradesmen and I'm lucky to have a builder next door who keeps me right when needed. I've done a fair amount of plumbing, built walls, installed kitchens and bathrooms etc.. but my speciality is tiling. Maybe I wasted my 'talents' by going to Uni and pursuing a career in IT. I did however get to do a lot of travelling at the firm's expense.
 
dilettante said:
Weird dreams last night about being at the job I retired from 14 years ago. The place was different, work at hand different, but I interacted with the same people. I was even on a business trip for part of it. I was also living in a different house. Nothing odd going on at all, fairly routine work.

Very unusual. I haven't had a dream about that job since retiring from there.
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Funny....I had a dream this morning about my former co-workers too! We were like a family and I do dream about them from time to time. I haven't seen them in person since 2012, when we attended a retirement party for one of them. There were several different scenarios happening in the dream, culminating with us walking from wherever we were a short distance to a restaurant to have dinner.

I was lagging and when I got to the place, I couldn't find them but saw my Uncle who is deceased. I went to another restaurant next door and that's when the dream ended. One of those coworkers I stay in touch with via Facebook. My BFF and I often ponder what makes us dream the strange, sometimes intricate things and about the people we do.
 
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StarSong said:
Agree, HD. None of those movies do anything for me. Could never understand what all the fuss was about. I didn't like slapstick as a kid either. Jerry Lewis's antics struck me as cruel and offensive even when I about 7 years old.
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He did put out some incredible material .

Jerry Lewis Goes To The Gym | The Nutty Professor (1963)​

 
Overcast day here,, no sign of the nasty storm that is supposed to be happening today.

Hubby didn't care for the wheat bread I made with my bread machine.
Said it tasted too wheat?

We were in the grocery store when he said that.
Think my reply of,," IT'S made with WHEAT Flour! " was a bit loud.

So Checked the for freezer for 'store bought ' bread this morning.

Made him a loaf of 'white ' bread for him this morning.

Next up will be cookies the grand daughters like.

And maybe give hubby a hair cut.
 
Capt Lightning said:
My father was a plasterer and glazier to trade - but not one where he made shed loads of money. I learnt a lot of things from him and his fellow tradesmen and I'm lucky to have a builder next door who keeps me right when needed. I've done a fair amount of plumbing, built walls, installed kitchens and bathrooms etc.. but my speciality is tiling. Maybe I wasted my 'talents' by going to Uni and pursuing a career in IT. I did however get to do a lot of travelling at the firm's expense.
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I wish I had taken up a trade .. instead of business economics.... trades were looked down upon when I was at school..

I tell everyone now, to take up a trade, because being a hairdresser, or plumber , electrician.. etc.. gives you a job for life...

Even when you've retired, you'll still make money in your 90's if you need it...
 
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hollydolly said:
I wish I had taken up a trade .. instead of business economics.... trades were looked down upon when I was at school..

I tell everyone now, to take up a trade, because being a hairdresser, or plumber , electrician.. etc.. gives you a job for life...

Even when you've retired, you'll still make money in your 90's if you need it...
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You have to keep your license up to date and generally after a certain age you need your own clientele. Please talk to hairdressers in their 60s and their health issues. I worked with program directors across the US for five years and some turned into friends. Carpenters - it depends on what kind. A framer is most likely worn out by 60-65.
 
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That darned cat isn't going to make me get up at 5am tomorrow. She can just wait for her breakfast :mad:. It's not like she's ever missed a meal.

I made the baked apples. They weren't what I expected, not at all like what I remember so not using that recipe again. The best "recipes" are my by-guess-and-by-golly ones. A pinch of this, an eyeful of that...
 
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Twostep said:
You have to keep your license up to date and generally after a certain age you need your own clientele. Please talk to hairdressers in their 60s and their health issues. I worked with their program director across the US for five years and some turned into friends. Carpenters - it depends on what kind. A framer is most likely worn out by 60-65.
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My sister is a hairdresser, she has no health issues, she's racing towards 70.......my father was a carpenter/joiner...one of my brothers is a mechanic...

None of the farmers here where I live are worn out at 60... good grief ! 60 is still young these days
 
hollydolly said:
My sister is a hairdresser, she has no health issues, she's racing towards 70.......my father was a carpenter/joiner...one of my brothers is a mechanic...

None of the farmers here where I live are worn out at 60... good grief ! 60 is still young these days
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I'm 72 and though no Tom Selleck ( Magnum PI ) and never was , lol not a one health issue , had a bout of arthritis in a hip and 90 percent taken care of but has no plans of trying out for Olympics so can live with it .
 
NotCompSavy said:
I'm 72 and though no Tom Selleck ( Magnum PI ) and never was , lol not a one health issue , had a bout of arthritis in a hip and 90 percent taken care of but has no plans of trying out for Olympics so can live with it .
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that's good news isn't it ?.. I have OA in my knees and fingers which have flared quite a bit this last couple of years... but painful as it is sometimes it doesn't disable me...

I do have an abdominal problem currently of which I'm supposed to have an operation next month..that's if they don't cancel it like they did last month through the lack of beds.. but other than that at almost 70.. I'm otherwise healthy *touching wood*
 
Our fake spring is easing off starting today, darn it. The coming week will have temps only in the 50s before it starts warming up again :(.

Dunno what's on for today, but the TV will be tuned to movies or anything without commercials because...Superb Owl, and I just can't.
 
Oh for goodness sake? What is it with NYC and weather? We were promised snow and got a slick of ice instead. Phooey!

I should do a blankets laundry today.

Had such a fabulous time yesterday at son/grandson visit! GS not want to go bowling, wanted to play football with his dad at my local park. Three generations playing in this park...........GS was Eagles, son was Chiefs.........GS didn't mind I root for Chiefs! Eagles won, barely, but GS won! Son said "you want to go with me to get stuff out of car or do you want to be with Grandma?" and GS said "Be with Grandma!"

He drew a special picture of a jellyfish just for me and hung it himself on my wall, under his depiction of solar system. When he left, gave me big hug...........oh I love him so, I count my blessings, I do.

We played with son's old toys, action toys. GS made "movie" and Skeletor, King of Evil, was winner. Watch out!

Got rid of them early, worried about the No Snow snowing. Had a blessed day, truly. Oh! GS wanted to be sure I had good eats for Superbowl tonite.

He's becoming so caring of me. They like me. @Murrmurr calling on you to see this, you know why, my friend, thank you.
 

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