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Absolute torrential rain all morning ...they forecast snow but we haven't had any yet ( almost 1pm)..rain has eased a little...

I called around to get a quote for the repair recommendations for my car... huge difference in prices.. absolutely shocking tbh...šŸ˜–..anyway the most reasonable one has asked me to take the car to them as soon as they open one morning this week... and they can get it on a ramp and have a look at the extent of the defect to the suspension arm ball joint,... before everyone comes who are already booked in

I've got to go to the dentist shortly... I was hoping to go to the recycle centre on the way.. but it's raining too much to be hauling stuff out of the car...
 

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Today Iā€™m taking my wife to the doctors to have her wrist checked. Itā€™s been ten days since she broke it and the gauge is falling off. Needs to be rewrapped. Hope itā€™s healing okay as she broke it before and it wasnā€™t set right. She had to have an operation on the wrist again.
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Hi from a fellow bone breaker. Do take good care of her. Broken bones are no joke.
 
Good morning all......I had a wonderful sleep last night, the night before the power went off in the middle of the night, I had flashbacks of the big outage in 2021....this one was only 2 hours but I could not sleep, anyway all is well now.
I just saw on the news that there is a big traffic line stranded on I95 in Virginia for miles due to weather conditions!! They have been stranded all night. I hope this can get cleared out soon...I have a grandson stationed in Norfolk, hope they are not involved.
 

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Today Iā€™m taking my wife to the doctors to have her wrist checked. Itā€™s been ten days since she broke it and the gauge is falling off. Needs to be rewrapped. Hope itā€™s healing okay as she broke it before and it wasnā€™t set right. She had to have an operation on the wrist again.
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Hope Mrs Pappy's wrist is healing ok, and doesn't need any resetting, that would be so painful. Good luck.
 
Well I managed to stay uprite long enuff to fix my favorite,
sausage gravy w/ biscuits....yummmmmyyy.....took a heavy
pain pill too, so it should kick in later...no other plans as I can't
go out anyway, drive and walk still icy/snowy....may have it cleaned up or not....hard to get snow clearing these days...
Catch u later......don:cool:
 
@Mizmo
That sounds like a difficult and upsetting, and long, ongoing situation, with your hand. :cry: I wish your appointment yesterday, had gone better than it did.

I know that your country's medical coverages are different from ours, and therefore I don't know what is possible and available to you, but if I were in the situation,

I would want to try to find a way I could be seen by another specialist, for an evaluation or consult or 2nd opinion, whatever they'd need to call it. I would hope to get better info and communication than what you have gotten so far. I would hope they would tell you clearly, the pro's and cons to any of the medical options. And to see if what they advise would be the same or different. And if they inspire more confidence in you that you'd get good care.

Unless you have reason to think that surgeon you just saw, is the best at the science and surgery parts; if so, I would proceed with his next steps, and put up with his shortcomings.

Imo, An excellent hand surgeon (which he might or might not be) would likely know by looking at it, as he did, what it is and what the surgery would entail.

If he is your only or your best option, then we hope he will do well for what you need most, which is a good outcome, as soon as they are able to schedule.

But if you can get another specialist's viewpoint, then it would be worth waiting for it, I would guess. I am not a doctor, of course, and do not know the details of your health or your system's options. Just sharing my ideas, in case it helps you.
 
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@Mizmo
That sounds like a difficult and upsetting, and long, ongoing situation, with your hand. :cry: I wish your appointment yesterday, had gone better than it did.

I know that your country's medical coverages are different from ours, and therefore I don't know what is possible and available to you, but if I were in the situation,

I would want to try to find a way I could be seen by another specialist, for an evaluation or consult or 2nd opinion, whatever they'd need to call it. I would hope to get better info and communication than what you have gotten so far. I would hope they would tell you clearly, the pro's and cons to any of the medical options. And to see if what they advise would be the same or different. And if they inspire more confidence in you that you'd get good care.

Unless you have reason to think that surgeon you just saw, is the best at the science and surgery parts; if so, I would proceed with his next steps, and put up with his shortcomings.

Imo, An excellent hand surgeon (which he might or might not be) would likely know by looking at it, as he did, what it is and what the surgery would entail.

If he is your only or your best option, then we hope he will do well for what you need most, which is a good outcome, as soon as they are able to schedule.

But if you can get another specialist's viewpoint, then it would be worth waiting for it, I would guess. I am not a doctor, of course, and do not know the details of your health or your system's options. Just sharing my ideas, in case it helps you.
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Yes I am inclined towards a second opinion.
I placed a call to family Doc for a further consultation about the whole thing.
We in Ontario are in lockdown mode again as of today so not anticipating any satisfaction soon.
Just have to grin and bear it.....
 
Walked outside during a heat wave 27F YAY. Signed 14 month lease on our apartment so we only got a raise of 28 dollars in rent. Itā€™s 1728.00 a month. Two bedroom, two bathroom, laundry room/utility room. Highway robbery.

They did not have a one bedroom when we moved in; in fact this was the only apartment they had left and that was because of a cancellation. You have to live here a year before you can transfer to a one bedroom which we can do in July. The one bedrooms one bath no separate laundry are 300 dollars less at this time. This was the least expensive decent apartment complex in the county when we rented it.

They started evicting people last summer. Its a large complex and always fully rented. Before I resigned the lease I looked for a cheaper place and could not find one. Itā€™s so expensive here. This is one of the reasons why my husband still works.
 
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Walked outside during a heat wave 27F YAY. Signed 14 month lease on our apartment so we only got a raise of 28 dollars in rent. Itā€™s 1728.00 a month. Two bedroom, two bathroom, laundry room/utility room. Highway robbery.

They did not have a one bedroom when we moved in; in fact this was the only apartment they had left and that was because of a cancellation. You have to live here a year before you can transfer to a one bedroom which we can do in July. The one bedrooms one bath no separate laundry are 300 dollars less at this time. This was the least expensive decent apartment complex in the county when we rented it.

They started evicting people last summer. Its a large complex and always fully rented. Before I resigned the lease I looked for a cheaper place and could not find one. Itā€™s so expensive here. This is one of the reasons why my husband still works.
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Wow, that does sound expensive!
May I ask, how many square feet is it?
 
And am curious which utilities it does or not include.
Rents have sky-rocketed here too, even for just one (small) bedroom/one (small) bath, and tiny kitchens, and the 2nd bedroom does add even more, here too. (Plus, it is difficult for 2 people to share the teensy one bedroom units! :rolleyes: )

Sorry there just isn't any better option for now, so it is actually good that at least you have that rental unit secured.:confused:
 
I'd like to, but I don't understand that post, Holly....even after I tried to look up a conversion chart, and the link you posted.....the numbers in those ads seem less than $4, ooo per month, and far less than $8, ooo per month, unless you meant with all of the utilities>????

I am admittedly completely confused, trying to figure out the calculations and the comparisons...o_O:rolleyes:

And, another factor is possibly involved:
In all of our big cities, the prices are as well, much higher than anyplace else. So I would expect London to be much higher than our averages, just like Boston or New York city would be.

But as I said, I think I am misunderstanding the figures anyway.:confused:
I tried to comprehend it.
 
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I'd like to, but I don't understand that post, Holly....even after I tried to look up a conversion chart, and the link you posted.....the numbers in those ads seem less than $4, ooo per month, and far less than $8, ooo per month, unless you meant with all of the utilities>????

I am admittedly completely confused, trying to figure out the calculations and the comparisons...o_O:rolleyes:

And, another factor involved is possibly involved:
In all of our big cities, the prices are as well, much higher than anyplace else. So I would expect London to be much higher than our averages, just like Boston or New York city would be.

But as I said, I think I am misunderstanding the figures anyway.:confused:
I tried to comprehend it.
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Ok let's just take a random one on the list...the first apartment on the list Ā£2,708 pounds per calendar month.... that equates to $3,363 American dollars, per month
 
Kaila said:
And am curious which utilities it does or not include.
Rents have sky-rocketed here too, even for just one (small) bedroom/one (small) bath, and tiny kitchens, and the 2nd bedroom does add even more, here too. (Plus, it is difficult for 2 people to share the teensy one bedroom units! :rolleyes: )

Sorry there just isn't any better option for now, so it is actually good that at least you have that rental unit secured.:confused:
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Yes it is good we have it, impossible to find anything else.

The garage is 105 dollars, water, garbage, and sewer is added into the rent and is 70 dollars a month. If I had to pay for my dog it would be 50 dollars a month. But I donā€™t as doc signed her off as a service dog.

However, service dogs and ā€œcomfort dogsā€ are treated the same by this corporation and technically Stella would be a comfort dog. But does not matter, they do not charge for either with a doctors form.

Husband went full time for work. He was working part time. We need to get our car paid off. Things are so expensive now.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Itā€™s 1728.00 a month. Two bedroom, two bathroom, laundry room/utility room. Highway robbery.
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Until I read the last two words, I was thinking what a great deal you have. They charge that for a 1BR/1BA in an unfurnished basement suite that is out of town here. Thereā€™s nothing available and they get those $$$.
 

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