Day 4 of the Great Gas Saga. If we are an emergency, why do the workmen not arrive until 9.15? No progress on this house, but lots of deep holes are being dug in the road for the neighbours' connections. Meanwhile, we are perfecting the art of whole-person-washing by standing in a bowlful of water. (Shower operates from boiler, of course.) At least it's still unseasonably warm...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
it took me 3 years of utterly hideous cold turkey to get over Tramadol addiction after my hip surgery.
Tramadol is a dangerous one; syntheric opiate. I refused it I have been stable on codeine for years and it is the only thing that alleviates. As I assured my new GP I don't take if for the jollies but fr pain relief. I also assured him that at my advanced age I am not worried re addiction any more than a diabetic would be re insulin .
My tablets are Dihydracodeine , (don’t find codeine on it’s own to be much good) I am down to just one a day now, topping up through the day with anti inflammatory, also banned but fortunately I have some, you can’t just stop taking these type of tablets it has to be done gradually and wean yourself off of them gently. Had a restless night, pulled out of bed this morning, not too bad now, I’m very good at pain management.
Could have operation but I definitely won’t be doing that!
Charity bags are what some charities put on your doorstep hoping you will fill them with unwanted clothes or house hold items, which then can be distributed to the homeless. Whether they actually get there, no ones knows, to do they get sold on eBay.
when we ask for Flaggers on a particular thread, it means someone is advertising illegally on the thread mentioned, we can click on FLAG and after 5 flaggers, the advert is automatically removed.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Charities leave bin bags with their logo on them for you to fill, leave outside your door on a certain day to be stolen by low life who collect them before the charity arrives.
Day 4 of the Great Gas Saga. If we are an emergency, why do the workmen not arrive until 9.15? No progress on this house, but lots of deep holes are being dug in the road for the neighbours' connections. Meanwhile, we are perfecting the art of whole-person-washing by standing in a bowlful of water. (Shower operates from boiler, of course.) At least it's still unseasonably warm...
I think I'd be asking the gas people to pay for the shower to be replaced with an electric one (also handy to have when the boiler goes on the blink).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I admire your calmness . More than a couple of days with no hot water and no completion date given for the work - I would be really cross by this stage!
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
We have 2 showers over the bath. One electric and one which used hot water from the boiler. Belt and braces. We've not used the electric one much, but as Liriodendron is discovering, it's better to have and not need than to need and not have.
The builders next door are connecting the drains today for the new house and they've cut the sewage pipe from my house and hit a snag getting the new pipes in so it's not getting connected back in a hurry. Luckily my wife is out and I have a composter to wee into. Hopefully they'll have it sorted by the time she gets back as pregnant ladies wee like a garden water feature.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
My wife was prescribed a temporary dose of diazepam by the GP but she refused to have it, knowing the possible consequences. Ultimately she relented but only for one reason: to give the tablets to the cat. Suffering from epilepsy, the cat was prescribed exactly the same tablets, same packaging, same warning label inside. Being told not to drive, drink alcohol or operate heavy machinery ruined the cat’s weekend!
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Had a restless night, pulled out of bed this morning, not too bad now, I’m very good at pain management.
Could have operation but I definitely won’t be doing that!
Charity bags are what some charities put on your doorstep hoping you will fill them with unwanted clothes or house hold items, which then can be distributed to the homeless. Whether they actually get there, no ones knows, to do they get sold on eBay.
when we ask for Flaggers on a particular thread, it means someone is advertising illegally on the thread mentioned, we can click on FLAG and after 5 flaggers, the advert is automatically removed.
I think I'd be asking the gas people to pay for the shower to be replaced with an electric one (also handy to have when the boiler goes on the blink).
We just keep saying "We can manage for another 24 hours!". We can also go to the local swimming pool and use their showers if desparate.