Well I think he's finally accepting his human form. For example my relaxing Sunday morning was interrupted today when a child exclamed "Look, Daddy, a poo!" and we were 99% sure it would have come from the dog before further investigation. It would be nicer if there was no poo at all though and given the dog had been out in the garden several times since 6am he really had no excuse. Old age is catching up with him though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Forced myself to stay awake until ‘bedtime’ last night, but my body clock is still set to summer time. If I wake at 7.30, that’s just nice timing to doze for a while, then get up in time to leave at 8.30 on the days when we go out for breakfast. Woke at 6.30 this morning, two hours to kill. Couldn’t be bothered to get up and do housework or something constructive , and stomach started rumbling at 8am. Grrr. And tonight, I can look forward to it getting dark at 6pm instead of 7. OH has pointed out that in a couple of weeks, it’ll be dark anyway, so what was the point of that?
My phone had an android update yesterday. It always asks for the pin after upgrade rather than use the fingerprint, but it failed to recognise my pin (although I knew I was using the right pin as you have to enter the pin to restart the phone or shut it down - which I tried). My phone then locked after the 3rd attempt. But I couldn't get a PUK until my service provider opened their support at 9am. This is insane. Given that we live in a 24hour world, and 3rd party security (or whatever you call it) needs a phone to send access codes to, why on earth isn't there an automated way to get a PUK?
And then, on my laptop this morning - for some reason facebook tells me that there has been suspicious activity on my account - so it takes me through security (that goes fine) and it says I should change my password. I check the activity log and see nothing suspicious anyway - but I change my password to be on the safe side. I then log out of facebook groups and log back in again (to record the new password) - and now it tells me I have to prove it's me and that they will take me through uploading photo ID. What? This is barking - so I don't do it. As I only use facebook for a couple of local groups, I decide to get rid of the account anyway - but how can you delete an account you can't log into? Aaaaaaaaargh.
What scares the hell out me is that if their current systems and software is so full of ill thought out black holes, what on earth is AI learning?
Gremlins in the machine after Halloween? Pain in the bum....
@steveTu My home insurers have a 24 hour emergency number but, as it has a recorded message to call back during office hours, it's about as much use as a chocolate teapot.
I had to have a blood test and BP tested this morning. After walking up the stairs to the second floor, the nurse commented on how high my BP was! And that's now on my record. Her room is usually on the ground floor at the back which is one flight down. Not ideal for the elderly, obese or frail patients but far better than two floors up, don't you think. It felt to me like the nurse just preferred the larger room with a nicer view rather than think of her patients' well-being.
OH had to have a blood test some time ago. He hates anything medical, has to be dragged kicking and screaming at the best of times. Nurse made a right bodge of it, several attempts on one arm, then the same on the other arm. Then decided to check his blood pressure... you can guess the rest. Wouldn’t let him go home until she had cleared it with a doctor. Luckily our favourite / trusted GP was on duty, once he realised it was OH, sent him off , and told him to check his BP at home the next day, and contact him if it wasn’t back down to near his normal ( for him) level. Which it was. OH now refuses BP checks unless they are under ideal circumstances.
I'm not surprised @Ergates. Fortunately I don't have 'white coat syndrome' and am fascinated with all things medical. The only procedure I am frightened of is having an MRI scan because I'm claustrophobic but I know I can have sedatives for that.
@Lyn, the medics use a groundfloor room for disabled people, there is no lift at our surgery, it's an old Georgian house.
Can I come on here and complain about having long Covid, when I was starting to get better after 2 weeks! Lizzie27, I am also very claustrophobic! I was at screaming point in a CT. You'd be very lucky to get sedation for an MRI. I was told I needed one 4 years ago. I said you would have to sedative me,was told it wasn't possible,we agreed CT with contrast. I know people say if you have to have one,you do and that's that! I've just made a dental appointment for April,our dentist is on the first floor (ok, hopefully, I will be able to walk better by then) because I am already panicking about having to use the lift!
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@Lyn, the medics use a groundfloor room for disabled people, there is no lift at our surgery, it's an old Georgian house.
Hope you two keep safe in the forthcoming storm.