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Off to a follow-up appt with the spine doc. I'll tell him the spinal injection (for pain) had only a short-term effect. Kicked in 2 or 3 weeks after, and lasted maybe a month or so. Good while it lasted.

I suppose he'll either schedule me for another injection or we'll discuss another surgery.
 

Georgiagranny said:
I had to look up swede and carrot mash. Looks like swede is much the same as rutabaga. While I was at it, I looked up toad-in-the-hole. In the US, it's an egg cooked in a cutout of bread or toast.

Do you use bangers or just pork link sausages?
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link sausages always..although I've heard of a few people using meatballs... in a batter known as Yorkshire pudding batter.. basically a savoury pancake batter ... Swede is often mistaken for turnip here, but they're not the same...
 
Murrmurr said:
Off to a follow-up appt with the spine doc. I'll tell him the spinal injection (for pain) had only a short-term effect. Kicked in 2 or 3 weeks after, and lasted maybe a month or so. Good while it lasted.

I suppose he'll either schedule me for another injection or we'll discuss another surgery.
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sorry to hear that Frank... that's precisely what happened with my last one. ..almost word for word. That was my third over a period of 3 or 4 years, and when the pain relief didn't last any longer than a few weeks the last time, Doc stopped doing the cortisone injection, saying there was no longer any point.

I suspect it may be different in the USA given that they're paid for it.. whereas here they won't necessarily do a procedure if it's going to cost the NHS and it will be of little benefit to the patient..
 
@Jules This union increase wages? Pfffft. Their contract was signed early last summer...after even the fast-food joints were hiring at $15/hr. The store's union agreed to $12/hour for new hires. Pay increases? $.15/hour after a year. It's a very weak union. But they will go to bat for members, and I intuit a train wreck headed in the direction of my department that may very well affect me.
 
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Swede is often mistaken for turnip here, but they're not the same...
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Perhaps Swede is one of the sweet potato varieties, if not turnip then?
And I don't think Swede refers to any squash varieties either. :unsure:
That might make sense, as sweet potato vines generally grow well in more moderate and warmer temps, and in many places with longer growing seasons, than the colder places where turnip and rutabaga thrive....???
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Kaila said:
Perhaps Swede is one of the sweet potato varieties, if not turnip then?
And I don't think Swede refers to any squash varieties either. :unsure:
That might make sense, as sweet potato vines generally grow well in more moderate and warmer temps, and in many places with longer growing seasons, than the colder places where turnip and rutabaga thrive....???
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No it's not a potato.. it's a root vegetable..also called Swedish Turnip.. and rutabaga in the USA

Turnips are smaller with white flesh, and Swedes are larger with orange flesh
 
MickaC said:
Have been on a search for a very kind person who cleared my driveway on Sunday.
I didn't hear or see them.....i was involved in a power nap.
I sent a thank you to a person, later Sunday, who i thought had done it......he wasn't the one.
With so many having cell phones only, hard to find persons.
It was done with a walking snow blower, so tried to scout out which direction they came from.
Looked like he came from 2nd house down from me.
Since Monday was a holiday, called his work yesterday, and sure enough, it was him, he doesn't want paid, extended a BIG THANK YOU.
He knew i have a business do it......but he thought with the long weekend, would be no one there till tuesday, thought i should be cleared out in case of an emergency.
There are still very KIND persons in the world.
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Good things happen to good people Micka and yes there are very kind people in the world! :)
 
Beautiful day here and I am having an afternoon tea for a few of my neighbors who looked after our place when we were away.

Promised them to watch a video of the trip and cherry cake, lots of cherry cake.
Enjoy your day all !!
 
@GeorgiaXplant
That was quite a sequence of events, in your small section of the store.:oops:
I wonder if the new store assistant manager is just trying to show his importance to someone, Or perhaps he has someone from the other store, or someone else, he wants to put into your supervisor's position.
It'll be interesting to see if your supervisor still works at Kroger, when you go back, tomorrow.
Yikes. Best for you to do as you said, and continue to try to keep yourself out of the turmoil and unpredictable tumult there, as much as possible!(y)

Then again, that new store assistant manager, might move his attentions on to some other department, if he thinks he's created enough havoc in yours for now. ;):rolleyes:
WHo knows, what he is thinking!!!o_O

Then again, your bakery supervisor might have been stretching the rules far too far, for too long, and might actually need to be reined in, due to licensing of the departments that cook food on site, to sell directly to customers. There are pretty strict laws about that process and who oversees it, and watches over those foods.

I know I am just rambling....your posts about the job got my mind going.....
Your schedule changes are perhaps more of a problem to you.
I hope it all works out to still be a good part-time thing for you!
 
hollydolly said:
No it's not a potato.. it's a root vegetable..also called Swedish Turnip.. and rutabaga in the USA

Turnips are smaller with white flesh, and Swedes are larger with orange flesh
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Okay, I know what you mean. Thank you for that, Holly!:)

I love rutabaga. :giggle: Many here, do not. ;)

Actually, winter Squash varieties are favored here, especially in the New England portion of the country, where they grow well, and some types store very well over the winter, for eating all year long, when most veggies are not in season, and are less available.
 
hollydolly said:
sorry to hear that Frank... that's precisely what happened with my last one. ..almost word for word. That was my third over a period of 3 or 4 years, and when the pain relief didn't last any longer than a few weeks the last time, Doc stopped doing the cortisone injection, saying there was no longer any point.

I suspect it may be different in the USA given that they're paid for it.. whereas here they won't necessarily do a procedure if it's going to cost the NHS and it will be of little benefit to the patient..
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Thanks, Holly.

Doctor J recommended I try the injection again but he'll definitely do another surgery. He was willing to schedule it while I was there but he prefers to wait until covid is less an issue at the hospital, and also he asked me to talk to my PCP again about my weight loss; wants me to ask her for complete blood work and maybe an upper GI.

Sounded reasonable, so I'm waiting for a call from my pain management guy who does the injections. I sure hope it works better this time. I'll probably ask for surgery after flu season or maybe early next year.
 
Today I am getting a new toilet so I cleaned everything out of the bathroom that may be in the way while he works in there. Put my mobile chair out in the hallway along with my shopping cart. Plenty of room in there now. I have needed this ever since I moved in. Yes, it is the little things that matter.
 
On my early walk around 6:30,didin't go far walked back/forth twice on our driveway.It was a bit chilly 18.
This morning, Mary&I are going on our weekly 'road trip' to local grocery store,"Price Rite' need a couple of items This store is 6 blocks away from our apt building,their prices are a bit less expensive to the other grocery store I usually go to
The rest of my day,hope to get in another walk,read NYT,local paper, my book
Tonight watch new episode of' Ghosts'
 
Actually, today I am going crazier than usually. I can't get into many of my usual places. I have all my usernames and passwords but for some reason the only one that works is getting in here.Which makes me happy because I love this place. I can't get into my email or any other places I visit.So sadly you will be stuck with me more today than any other day.
 
Been at work all day today...... we had snow today followed by hailstones... .got home around 4pm...


When I got home I filled a bag with clothing for donation ( including that cheap quality slogan sweatshirt I bought online the other week)... and tomorrow I have the dentist 2 towns away.. at 9am . ....9am ?.. on a school day.😕.I'll have to leave at 7.30am to get through the school traffic..even though it's only a 20 minute drive. lol.. ...and I'll drop the donation bag off while I'm out...

Actually I hate early appointments , I rarely ever agree to them , I prefer something around mid-day.. but it was take 9am tomorrow or wait until May when the next available appointment is.. 😣

Tonight I cleared over 26,000 photos from my phone...I kid you not... and the same ones are in my Photos on my MAC, and because there's a few thousand mixed in amongst them that I don't want to lose, I can't just simply press 'delete' on the whole album, so I'm having to go through it and delete 10 or 15 pics at a time...very slow and laborious job... so far it's taken me over an hour to clear 3,000 😬...that said I've found quite a few pics I'd forgotten I had...
 
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