RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2014 We have put those blackberries to good use - blackberry and apple crumble. Non of this fine, pureed, artistic cooking stuff for us. Whole blackberries and thick slices of apple. Delicious. Plenty of apples free for picking about as well. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2014 Debs, One of Max Hastings quotes from his 'Military Anecdotes' book, attributed to an American officer in WW2 - 'you can always rely on a Frenchman when he needs you!'. Kind regards, Jock. Quote from one of my grandfathers talking of his time on the Western Front in the Great War 'I'd sooner trust 10 Germans than one Frenchman' 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 (edited) Evening all, Slowly feeling better and, each day, looking less like Michelin man. Still off the chemo till at least my appointment with the oncologist on the 18th - appetite is back with a vengeance for the time being and I'm convinced that Joanna is trying to build me up! Got a bit of an early stage bed-sore on the back of my left heel which is as tiresome as it was self inflicted. Don't know if any of you ERs have had one and if so, how did you get rid! Preparing lots of data for future modelling and so I scanned lots of Black 5 images and data, probably more than 100 pages today, only for the computer to say it couldn't save the scan because I didn't have enough RAM left to accommodate it! Blank area of my IT knowledge, could one of our resident experts give me a clue as to what features of the PC store in RAM and not hard disc - for instance, stored e-mails or favourites? It would be a great help if I could move whatever files are in RAM to the hard drive which is 1TB! I assume that 'my documents' and 'my pictures' or on the hard drive. Help - my old slide-rule handbook offers no assistance! (Mentioned trains in the hope that Debs has gone to bed!) I'm currently working on the possibility of managing another Cornish break next spring as Joanna loved it so much. It has only been possible for the last couple of trips because eldest daughter and family were living near Taunton where I could take a couple of days R&R en-route and return. She has now moved back to her home near Epping. Does anyone know of an organisation or web-sites that might offer short term, 1 or 2 night accommodation, which must of course include Archie the Westie, that we could tag on to either end of the journey? I would be very grateful for any suggestions. Baz, once I'm a lot better (probably 8 - 10 weeks, I would like to start selling off various items on Ebay, perhaps nearer the time I could ask you to PM me any nasty pitfalls you might have encountered - no rush! You might be pleased to hear that, although I haven't yet re-started the regular nightcap routine, I have with doctors permission, taken a nice glass of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo with dinner the last two evenings. Very welcome it was - I await an e-mail from my favourite cider producer however as I haven't had a drop since the 26th August. Still, I'm sure the next few weeks will pass quickly enough and I can try to make it up to them! If you are like the Boomtown Rats*,then I commiserate with you tomorrow, to all others, have a positive start to the week, Kind regards, Jock. *I don't like Mondays - for clarification! Edited September 7, 2014 by Jock67B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelintrev Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Good morning all, Had a quite day today (Sunday) as I was feeling a bit under the weather this morning. Spent a bit of time sorting some of the 1000+ photos we took last week! Couple of holiday snaps for you enjoy. One thing I did notice how many different shades of green there are in the trees, at one stop I counted 38! The Totem Pole is a "Spirit of Friendship" - which I think sums up ER's? Have the best day you can. (especially those returning to work!) Trev. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2014 Morning all. You're making me envious with photos like these, Trev! Looking somewhat dull outside after the t-storm we had last night and I just read some regions in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt were hit by flash floods. I suppose we can call ourselves lucky that nothing like this happened around here. Try to enjoy your day… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) Morning All, I am back in the office this morning, wondering where the weekend went! The weather was somewhat strange - Saturday was quite pleasant, and about the right temperature for the time of year, but yesterday was a strange mixture of slightly chilly, but very humid. We also had torrential rain overnight on Saturday - to the point where we wondered if we were going to get water in the cellar again, but fortunately we stayed dry. As far as your bedsore is concerned, Jock. I seem to remember from my Mum (a lifelong nurse) that they can be very troublesome to get rid of. As the primary cause is lack of circulation, due to immobility - I guess that you could probably massage the surrounding area to try and increase the circulation (if not too painful and no real blister) and try to mobilise it as much as possible, but I guess the best advice would be to see your Doctor because the advice I am giving you is coming from an Engineer rather than a medical practitioner! It looks like quite a nice bright morning here and it is time for a coffee! Have a good day everyone... Edited September 8, 2014 by Robert 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Morning all. Took my coffee outside to the jungle garden as usual this morning for a quick game of "spot the latest weed". Not a cloud in the sky but definitely cooler than of late. Might be time to replace the T shirts with something a little warmer soon. Jock, I don't like Mondays either but whatever you're all up to this week, hope it's good. Pete. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2014 Morning al. Looks like it could be a pleasant day today. The mist earlier has now disappeared . Nothing too arduous planned for today. I'll be cleaning the oven, but that only involves setting a program and opening the kitchen windows. Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Morning al. Looks like it could be a pleasant day today. The mist earlier has now disappeared . Nothing too arduous planned for today. I'll be cleaning the oven, but that only involves setting a program and opening the kitchen windows. Tony You have a self-cleaning oven??? When did that miracle of modern technology get invented and why don't I have one...??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcombe Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) Evening all, Got a bit of an early stage bed-sore on the back of my left heel which is as tiresome as it was self inflicted. Don't know if any of you ERs have had one and if so, how did you get rid! Kind regards, Jock. ! Hi Jock, Glad you're convalescing well but bedsores can be a nuisance as I recall during post op days following a hip resurfacing in 2005 when it was recommended that I slept on my back for six weeks. Luckily, the district nurse who visited regularly, supplied me with inflatable shaped airbags on which my lower legs and feet could rest. Perhaps you could be provided with those? Many thanks to you and all the other ER's for your warm responses to my engagement to Ian. As I said to him recently, bring engaged beats being vacant!!! Ahem! Have a good week! Edited September 8, 2014 by Ashcombe 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Jock: This may be useful: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bedsores/basics/treatment/con-20030848 From what I can see it would appear that removing the cause is the first step. I'm not sure if I believe that raising the leg to remove pressure is a great idea - it must make circulation more difficult which is very necessary for healing. However, I have no medical knowledge. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted September 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2014 Just to let you know that blackberries don't only affect seagulls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2014 You have a self-cleaning oven??? When did that miracle of modern technology get invented and why don't I have one...??? About 25 years ago. The oven has a special program that heats it to very high temperatures and turns any grime to a white dust that can be given a quick wipe with a damp cloth. This feature is called are Pyrolytic cleaning. Our oven is made by De Dietrich (a French make). Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted September 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2014 Morning all. Sunny again here in Leeds! Jock will pm you when I get a minute or three. A bit of easing and ironing have appeared on my things to do today list... And I have more boxes of things to sell to catalogue. I was going to vote a smiley to your post Ashers but I seem to be a bit "away with the show folks" this morning. Have a great day! Back later.. Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted September 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) Just to let you know that blackberries don't only affect seagulls. But they do affect your car paint not once digested by the sea gulls... edited to get the words right.. day has gone into reverse at the moment... Edited September 8, 2014 by Barry O Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Quote from one of my grandfathers talking of his time on the Western Front in the Great War 'I'd sooner trust 10 Germans than one Frenchman' Bizarre. Because so many times I have been helped by ordinary French people. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted September 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2014 Good morning all, Nice sunny start to the day so will probably cut the grass. However before that there is the small matter of escorting Her Bossness to the dentist for a check-up. Even if nothing needs doing she will not enjoy that! Have a good one, Bob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 A good day to one and all. And it is, so far. No ill-effects from overindulgence last evening! Slack sort of day in prospect, clearing out my shed, doing a bit of simple woodwork, then - I dunno! I really don't understand where the anti-French sentiment is coming from. I've always found them helpful and welcoming. I think speaking French a bit (or at least making the attempt) and smiling goes a long way to removing barriers. And those who denigrate French military efforts should remember that they lost a third of a million men in August-September 1914 alone in the Battle of the Frontiers, trying to stop the German advance, and that whilst British casualties at ¾ million for the whole war were obscene the French lost 1.4 milllion. A French colleague of mine in a WW1 discussion group once said 'pour comprendre la France, il faut comprendre Verdun'. If you want to understand France you must understand Verdun - the 'meat grinder' in which there were 400,000 French casualties. In the end soldiers being marched to the battle baa-ed like sheep going to the abattoir. That's more than the Somme. Hardly a surprise that they didn't want a repeat of that in 1940. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) Good morning all, Nice sunny start to the day so will probably cut the grass. However before that there is the small matter of escorting Her Bossness to the dentist for a check-up. Even if nothing needs doing she will not enjoy that! Have a good one, Bob. Took my kids to the dentist last week. Amazingly they always enjoy going. The dentist's Spanish and is well aware that we lived in Fuerteventura for a while and always only speaks Spanish to them (and me). Now if they had really bad teeth, they'd be totally fluent in the language in no time! Edited September 8, 2014 by Pete 75C Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) Bizarre. Because so many times I have been helped by ordinary French people.Not In a wartime situation though Dick, unless of course they were in the Resistance! I too have found them helpful and fully agree about attempting the language - luckily, going to school in Scotland years ago meant that we started learning French and Latin in the Juniors and they were subjects of 'no choice' at the Academy.I particularly admire the current French attitude to the EU rules that offend them, such as where you can smoke or where you can sell your fish - no messing there! Kind regards, Jock. Edited September 8, 2014 by Jock67B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Not sure what you mean there, Jock. Certainly after D-Day there was a lot of help! Between 1940 and 1944 there were no English in France and France was under Nazi occupation/Vichy, so difficult to help, and in 1914-1918 there was a lot of co-operation (the British conveniently forget that the Battle of the Somme was a joint French-British effort, albeit mostly British, and the French did rather well) and that towards the end of the war both armies were under joint control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I think the anti-French thing should nowadays be treated as the long running joke that it is. In the early days of ERs, some may remember my model of the white flag factory but it was meant in jest and stronger feelings probably mostly relate to folk who are no longer with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted September 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2014 But they do affect your car part not once digested by the sea gulls... Just be thankful it's not me flying over your car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted September 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2014 Morning All All the talk about a lovely morning seems a bit flat here at the moment, as looking out of the window, there is only about 150 yards of visibility due to a quite heavy fog - hopeful that it will burn off before I turn out to go to town. Not a great deal to say this morning, so I'll check in later. Regards to All Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) I think the anti-French thing should nowadays be treated as the long running joke that it is. In the early days of ERs, some may remember my model of the white flag factory but it was meant in jest and stronger feelings probably mostly relate to folk who are no longer with us. Quite correct on that front DD - both my uncles (both gone now!), one officer and one 'rank and file' who fought with them in WW2 tended to promote the image in most of their stories. We must not forget the incredible bravery of the Resistance however, or the brave airmen that escaped and flew with the RAF. Must have been horrendous during the occupation. Makes it all the harder to understand why such a large percentage of the population are happy to raise their arms Le Pen style these days!Kind regards, Jock. Edited September 8, 2014 by Jock67B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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