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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Debs. on 08 December 2010, 16:19:33
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....to drop in a home-made cake and some fire-kindling and I very glad I did, for they`d not had water for a few days. :o
I checked around a bit and worked out that an 'ice plug' had formed near the tee-off for an outside tap.....`managed to defrost it and return their water-feed and then lag/insulate the tap`s pipe in such a way as it shouldn`t happen again.
Just wanted to remind everyone, that (like my neighbour) many seniors wont mention hardship or problems, for fear of being a 'bother'.......if you have elder or vulnerable friends/neighbours: please (if you can) spare a minute or two just to call in, even if it`s simply to let them know they`re not alone. ;)
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Well done Deb - sage advice indeed. 8-) 8-) :y
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Well done Saint Debs :-* Now what time shall I expect you with my cake? ;) ;D ;D
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Should I pop round to see STMO123 then? :y
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one of our neighbours is very elderly (in his 90's) but very active - out in the garden every day, he was pushing a guys car out of the drive on monday!! now what sort of person sits in their car revving away while a 90 year old neighbour pushes it from behind?? i told him to leave it - i'll get it, so he picked up a shovel and started clearing more snow - tough old b - refuses to be old :y
fair play to him he's fitter than most half his age ;D
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i called in to see old roy from the pub 2 days ago but no answer, not been in pub for months.hes been having treatment for cancer but is not good at all, has it stomach throat and lungs.matter of time now i think. his only family is a brother in scotland he cant stand. :(
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Oi! Blondie! Give me you're number, I'll ring you when my useless bloody water meter freezes up again, you can work your magic :P
Seriously, that is excellent comunity spirit, sadly missing from most towns and cities, where the BMW/Audi/Merc/4x4 owners are all 'me me me'
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Should I pop round to see STMO123 then? :y
Yes please...I'm freezing.....bring whiskey.
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Oi! Blondie! Give me you're number, I'll ring you when my useless bloody water meter freezes up again, you can work your magic :P
Seriously, that is excellent comunity spirit, sadly missing from most towns and cities, where the BMW/Audi/Merc/4x4 owners are all 'me me me'
;D Hahahaha! ;)
[irony] ;).......the 'me me me' generation will be old one day too, maybe they`ll think differently then! :-/[/irony]
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Oi! Blondie! Give me you're number, I'll ring you when my useless bloody water meter freezes up again, you can work your magic :P
Seriously, that is excellent comunity spirit, sadly missing from most towns and cities, where the BMW/Audi/Merc/4x4 owners are all 'me me me'
;D Hahahaha! ;)
[irony] ;).......the 'me me me' generation will be old one day too, maybe they`ll think differently then! :-/[/irony]
i get older but never age. i'm still the same sexy bloke my x met 29 yrs ago ;)
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Good on you Deb's. :y
They probably feel a lot better now they have water again. And probably given them a boost knowing that there is someone out there that cares about how they are doing.
Another tick in the divine heavenly book when you get to the gates then ::) :y
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....to drop in a home-made cake and some fire-kindling and I very glad I did, for they`d not had water for a few days. :o
I checked around a bit and worked out that an 'ice plug' had formed near the tee-off for an outside tap.....`managed to defrost it and return their water-feed and then lag/insulate the tap`s pipe in such a way as it shouldn`t happen again.
Just wanted to remind everyone, that (like my neighbour) many seniors wont mention hardship or problems, for fear of being a 'bother'.......if you have elder or vulnerable friends/neighbours: please (if you can) spare a minute or two just to call in, even if it`s simply to let them know they`re not alone. ;)
Mrs Varche has been having all manner of trouble with sorting "no heating" for an elderly uncle. The housing association didn't accept what the heating engineer said till they went out. Then they sent the man back and he said can't fix it, obsolete. and signed the job off. A week later with no heat at all Mrs V casually rang him and said is it OK? Loads of buck passing and now it is fixed. He never complained oncebut won't fill in the customer satisfaction form he was sent!!
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Good on you Deb's. :y
They probably feel a lot better now they have water again. And probably given them a boost knowing that there is someone out there that cares about how they are doing.
Another tick in the divine heavenly book when you get to the gates then ::) :y
;)It`ll surely be a 'stoking-shovel' that I`ll be needing for my final-destination! ;D
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Good on you Deb's. :y
They probably feel a lot better now they have water again. And probably given them a boost knowing that there is someone out there that cares about how they are doing.
Another tick in the divine heavenly book when you get to the gates then ::) :y
;)It`ll surely be a 'stoking-shovel' that I`ll be needing for my final-destination! ;D
Are you practising / readness for the event by shifting all the snow you've had ?!.
Hell isn't quite freezing over yet ;D ;D ::) :y
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debs i'm old, (nearly 30) can i have a cake please?? ;D
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Nice work Debs, you probably saved a life there :y
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....to drop in a home-made cake and some fire-kindling and I very glad I did, for they`d not had water for a few days. :o
I checked around a bit and worked out that an 'ice plug' had formed near the tee-off for an outside tap.....`managed to defrost it and return their water-feed and then lag/insulate the tap`s pipe in such a way as it shouldn`t happen again.
Just wanted to remind everyone, that (like my neighbour) many seniors wont mention hardship or problems, for fear of being a 'bother'.......if you have elder or vulnerable friends/neighbours: please (if you can) spare a minute or two just to call in, even if it`s simply to let them know they`re not alone. ;)
.....a place is waiting for you in heaven Ms Debs.....I'll be booking in at the other place....downstairs.... :y :-* :-*
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downstairs eh? so im led to believe thats where all the action is ;D :y
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Nice work Debs, you probably saved a life there :y
Agreed Well done Debs... you are a star :y :y :y :y
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Nice to hear of people who still care... SWMBO and I regularly check up/in on oldies as that's the way we grew up ;) ;)
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....to drop in a home-made cake and some fire-kindling and I very glad I did, for they`d not had water for a few days. :o
I checked around a bit and worked out that an 'ice plug' had formed near the tee-off for an outside tap.....`managed to defrost it and return their water-feed and then lag/insulate the tap`s pipe in such a way as it shouldn`t happen again.
Just wanted to remind everyone, that (like my neighbour) many seniors wont mention hardship or problems, for fear of being a 'bother'.......if you have elder or vulnerable friends/neighbours: please (if you can) spare a minute or two just to call in, even if it`s simply to let them know they`re not alone. ;)
:) :y :y :y :y
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Nice one Deb's :y did a similar thing, well we went to the shops for some items for our elderly neighbour, so hardly the same but the thought is the same.. ::) ::)
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Seriously, that is excellent comunity spirit, sadly missing from most towns and cities, where the BMW/Audi/Merc/4x4 owners are all 'me me me'
Mig owner & **cough cough** S4 OWNER HERE >:( ::)
scuse me, i will give my last, we have an elderly neighbour
& thru summer give her BBQ food & see her everyday &
wave as she sits lookin out her window.
She has our number or will bang on the wall if she ever needs us, no matter what time of day or nite.
Rant over :-X ;D
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Good on you Debs. You could well have saved more than a pipe. Since lodger Steve has changed jobs he has little time to take his Mum shopping. Jean is a lovely old lady & recently i've been taking her shopping. No longer having a Mrs. Guy i have to go once a week & she phones me when she wants to go. She lives alone in a little bungalow & is thrilled before, during & after the trip. She thinks she's being a burden...my only trouble is if i take my eye off her for a second she's off, she can move when something catches her eye! My Mum's 250 miles away so i've "adopted" Jean.
Older folk have given & continue to give & expect so little in return. Next trip this saturday. Don't tell anyone i've got a caring side...it's a secret!!! Guy. :y
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Good on you Debs. You could well have saved more than a pipe. Since lodger Steve has changed jobs he has little time to take his Mum shopping. Jean is a lovely old lady & recently i've been taking her shopping. No longer having a Mrs. Guy i have to go once a week & she phones me when she wants to go. She lives alone in a little bungalow & is thrilled before, during & after the trip. She thinks she's being a burden...my only trouble is if i take my eye off her for a second she's off, she can move when something catches her eye! My Mum's 250 miles away so i've "adopted" Jean.
Older folk have given & continue to give & expect so little in return. Next trip this saturday. Don't tell anyone i've got a caring side...it's a secret!!! Guy. :y
No it's not, every now and then we see your softer side.. ;D
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Good on you Debs. You could well have saved more than a pipe. Since lodger Steve has changed jobs he has little time to take his Mum shopping. Jean is a lovely old lady & recently i've been taking her shopping. No longer having a Mrs. Guy i have to go once a week & she phones me when she wants to go. She lives alone in a little bungalow & is thrilled before, during & after the trip. She thinks she's being a burden...my only trouble is if i take my eye off her for a second she's off, she can move when something catches her eye! My Mum's 250 miles away so i've "adopted" Jean.
Older folk have given & continue to give & expect so little in return. Next trip this saturday. Don't tell anyone i've got a caring side...it's a secret!!! Guy. :y
No it's not, every now and then we see your softer side.. ;D
Yeah, Guy's all right. :y Unless he mistakes you for a barbecue. :-X
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Kevin
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Good on you Debs. You could well have saved more than a pipe. Since lodger Steve has changed jobs he has little time to take his Mum shopping. Jean is a lovely old lady & recently i've been taking her shopping. No longer having a Mrs. Guy i have to go once a week & she phones me when she wants to go. She lives alone in a little bungalow & is thrilled before, during & after the trip. She thinks she's being a burden...my only trouble is if i take my eye off her for a second she's off, she can move when something catches her eye! My Mum's 250 miles away so i've "adopted" Jean.
Older folk have given & continue to give & expect so little in return. Next trip this saturday. Don't tell anyone i've got a caring side...it's a secret!!! Guy. :y
No it's not, every now and then we see your softer side.. ;D
Yeah, Guy's all right. :y Unless he mistakes you for a barbecue. :-X
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Kevin
Bitch. XXX ::)
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Bitch. XXX ::)
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Over a Foot of snow in Cumbernauld - My parents have had a neighbour trying to check on them to see if they need anything - My dad is furious ! - "they've been looking after the "proper elderly" ~80 plus" as he says - mid seventy's
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Over a Foot of snow in Cumbernauld - My parents have had a neighbour trying to check on them to see if they need anything - My dad is furious ! - "they've been looking after the "proper elderly" ~80 plus" as he says - mid seventy's
That's the sort of thing my Dad, 74 would say... ::) ::) ::) We only live around the corner and did ask, but in a very round about way.... :D :D
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well the old fella roy wont be coming home from hospital again it seems. cancer on the brain, lungs stomach and prostrate cancer. his cousin is at his house at the moment going backwards and forwards. so i shall be going up to see him on monday. dreading it to be honest but something i have to do for myself :( :(
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well the old fella roy wont be coming home from hospital again it seems. cancer on the brain, lungs stomach and prostrate cancer. his cousin is at his house at the moment going backwards and forwards. so i shall be going up to see him on monday. dreading it to be honest but something i have to do for myself :( :(
Oh, Richie....that`s such sad news. :'(
....do go visit; he (and you) will be very glad you did. :y
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That's sad news Richie :(