Well, not technically,but I'm getting there. It took nearly half an hour to type this (time inserted after).  It seems my laptop isn't doing much better than me, either.

Kugs and good wishes to them thats wants 'em *damn, that putr the timing out...*

I have just this second put the phone down after a sales/spam type call.

Me:answers phone

Caller: light static, strange noise,strangled plip

Me: Umm, hello?

Caller:(forcefully, in English but with a strong Indian subcontinent* type accent) Can I speak to Brian?

Me:I'm afraid he isn't in

Caller: Irrelevent!! click, dead air😏 I wonder how ( Read more... )

After all this time, and with the fairly recent run of disapointments behind us, Orthopedics at Southampton Hospital phoned today to confirm a date for B's hip replacement ( Read more... )

Crosspasted from DW :p ( Read more... )

Cut&Paste from DW, because they (probably LJ) are playing silly buggers ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to get back into some kind of crochet - either traditional or Tunisian - for a while now, but never seem to get far. I have recently relocated my set of Tunisian hooks (don't ask), and have a set of wooden crochet hooks plus some odd metal ones and the tiny steels (I think they are called?). I've always got on better with ( Read more... )

I had a phone call yesterday to say a lady, who had helped me and mine when we were at a low place and continued to think of the kids in particular following that, had unexpectedly been lost.

I'll start out by saying how genuinely sorry I was to hear this, and I'll reiterated my condolences to her entire family, and hope they get resolution soon ( Read more... )

...I hope to lose it by next Thursday.

From The Sound of Music. It isn't even a healthy snatch of the song in question! 'I am 16, going on 17 ...' followed by a bit of tune. Can't think where I picked it up from.

Apropose of nothing, my youngest, John, turns 17 this coming Wednesday.

This entry was originally posted at https://eoforyth.dreamwidth. ( Read more... )

My birthday was nice enough, when you consider I can't presently get out of bed without a lot of effort/pain so I never went out or anything. All three of my kids were home here (it being a Saturday) but P has actually been here for most of the week as she came over for some reason and by the end of the evening she felt 'odd', enough so not to ( Read more... )

Missed a phone call this morning, It appeared to have originated from a London landline number, but that means nothing as they sell such things to businesses who aren't even in the country these days. B took the dead air/checked number, but expected it was another of the sales calls we have had a rash of.

There was another call this afternoon, ( Read more... )