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Ros C
Da Vinci
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jeannie
Da Vinci
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 Posted - 03/07/2010 : 09:02:13
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ohh hope you had a lovely time Lorna - its great to catch up on friends with a meal and sunshine
i sent myself a copy of an email yesterday that i'd sent to local council so i could copy it to my "stuff for reference" file. clicked on it this am and the pc says i need to install japanese to show all the characters in the mail!! i wrote it and i certainly don't speak or know any japanese characters...so i just clicked cancel.
sometimes i think my pc is having a bit of a laugh at my expense " she's an it idiot, lets tell her she needs to install japanese " foiled you PC - i can click cancel . ner ner ne ner ner |
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http://www.affordablebritishart.co.uk/
all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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Lorna S
Salvador Dali
United Kingdom
4107 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2010 : 15:10:03
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Ha ha , I think the pc's are taking over. The plan is to confuse us first so to make it easier.
Last night after our guest left I unplugged the lamps and mistakenly pulled the netgear connection out too. Switched it straight back on and came up here to check mail before closing.
No internet.
Ah well, thought perhaps after switching it off for the night it would re-boot etc.
This morning...no internet!
Spent fro 9am until 3pm, a whole day wasted, only to realise finally that when Virgin .net made me change my email log in password a couple of weeks ago it also changed my broadband log in...only they didn't tell me that!
It stayed connected using the old password until I accidentally disconnected it last night and then it needed the new password to log in.
Logic won out in the end but not before we had tried lots of other things and wasted a day
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"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."
Sara Teasdale
www.lornastorey.co.uk
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Valpolicella
Constable
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Posted - 03/07/2010 : 20:14:46
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here's the red waterlillies sue ...and the duckweed and the yellow mimulus that grows like a weed!
Ooooo - they are really lovely Jeannie. Your pond looks lovely, very mature and natural. Ours is a bit murky at the moment. A little while ago the water was crystal clear, you could see everything. Alan's overhauled the filter today, added another filter and got some UV things (don't ask me, I'm so not technical). It's been up and running for a couple of hours and the difference already is very encouraging. I reckon it will be clear again by tomorrow.
I love my pond. I was out there earlier with my tea watching the little dragon flys. Very relaxing.  |
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Valpolicella
Constable
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Posted - 03/07/2010 : 20:15:51
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It's definitely the Elderflower Jeannie. We have a whole curtain of it at the back of us which is beautiful most of the time but right now it's hell on earth for the sensitive nose.
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What a super vista you have Lorna - so pretty. |
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Lorna S
Salvador Dali
United Kingdom
4107 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2010 : 23:05:08
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It will be Sue, when all the work is done on the house and I can move those bins, demolish that shed and have a little log cabin in it's place  |
"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."
Sara Teasdale
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jeannie
Da Vinci
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Posted - 04/07/2010 : 09:02:50
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this year our pond was very murky where its usually quite clear. we had the waterfall bit turned off though cos the hose had come out and i was waiting for james or one of the boys to come and re attach it - i tried but the clip had rusted solid. soon as it was done water cleared within 24 hours - i'd guess its oxygen that does it because it really was amazing. with all the plants and wide surface ( and a few leaks) our needs topping up alot - i'm careful for environment in most ways i can so i don't feel guilty about the fact we have the hose on such alot - anyway like yours with the dragon flies etc its a wildlife haven, with frogs, toads, newts, snails, loads of insects and beetles, bees and butterflies that stop by for a drink and all the dif dragon flies. Anyway - when we had fish on a hot dday the waterfalls didn't produce enough oxygen and they'd flop round near the op of the pond til put put the hose on spray and played it over the water - of alans "gear" needs a bit of a hand to start try leaving the hose on spray for a while so it splashes the pond water around.
The barley straw - £10 for 5kg ebay pet supplies - is still doing a fab job of clearing blanket weed. cheapest and easiest solution - i just poke holes in the bags and chuck em in - i've spent a fortune on proprietary guaranteed stuff that just doesn't work on large volumes of water. blanket weed is horrible, like green cotton wool that multiplies very fast and then floats on top of pond in a yellowing fermenting revolting mass. its great to have fond a cure!! now if i could get one for the duck weed...have to keep scooping that off but at least it floats and is just a top layer. its a plant that grows ncredibly fast though so as fast as we get it out the next bits are multiplying - i did ask the ducks why they weren't eating it but they just went " quack..., quack, quack-quack" so ?? |
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all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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Lorna S
Salvador Dali
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/07/2010 : 09:57:40
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LoL, might as well talk to the birds eh?
I will pass on that tip about the barley straw, I know a couple of people who could uses that.
We are a little less fraught today after what turned out to be a whole day of messing around with two pc's. I thought I had fixed it after a few hours but it was intermittent and then conked out again. It took four more hours to solve, a whole day wasted in my opinion and I so hate wasting time cos there's so little of it.
The 'Shore' exhibition at Bainton ended today but as Rob and I have some exhibition space there in a week or two we are going to leave the paintings in storeage and add to them then. It's a nice little gallery, popular restaurant there too and it's where Rob's big commission originated when the customer was out to dinner with his family so worth being there.
Incidentally, I was feeling worn out and under the weather for a long while there, blood tests were normal but I was getting sores around mouth and falling asleep earlier and earlier so I decided to sort myself out before I fell into the trap of giving in to it and I'm highly reccommending B12 tablets and Haliborange. Not normally one who takes pills but have to say, I feel like a new person
Now for a restful Sunday I hope |
"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."
Sara Teasdale
www.lornastorey.co.uk
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Kos
Picasso
United Kingdom
6804 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 14:16:42
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| well i take evening primrose oil and B12 for my monthly grumpiness...does seem to make a difference and a selection of the fish oils for my joints....but I am still creaking like a 90 year old...specially the ankle that was broken, still quite a lot of stiffness and swelling... |
Kos Marton
http://www.kosanamarton.co.uk
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." Marilyn Monroe
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jeannie
Da Vinci
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Posted - 05/07/2010 : 08:54:53
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I'm off to meet friend for breakfast in a bit so i'll look for some of those B12 - anything to help with the energy levels is good i'm having joint probs - spine and shoulders worn fr a while but over last year of so my hands are getting lumps over the joints esp the middle finger first joints - look weird and hurt - i wear gloves alot to keep them warm, but the base jints of the thumbs have got them now and it makes me drop things and difficult to grip. charles keeps saying go to doc but not sure he can do anything so it seems pointless in a way - just wasting his time. anyway we have to jump hoops now to see doc, there are signs everywhere saying try chemist, nhs direct, local hosp for minor injuries,or see the a nurse at doc surgery. if you do want an app with your doc you have to ring, they get doc to ring you within 2 hours, you tell him the prob and he'll decide if he needs to see you or if nurse can do it, or he can write a prescription, or maybe just wait a week or so see if whatever it is goes.. it seems like too much hassle on days when hands are ok but it seems to be creeping into my wrists and elbows now so i guess at some point i'll have to go like you say though Lorna - tine is precious and i hate wasting it on a trek to doc for nothing.
sunshine here today - so...what to do? garden, paint? friend here at 2 so about 3 hours free to choose. there's always weeds to chase out but the actual planting jobs and seed sowing is all in hand so nothing urgent.. except those damn weeds. why is it that you can clear ground of them - plant seeds and within two or thre weeks your seeds might be at the two leaf stage but the weeds will be perfect little plants sucking up all the goodness and water I'm aiming for eventual thick perennial planting so the weeds don't get a chance, - its working where i first had the idea in a small bed by the gate and thats lovely and my fav part at the mo, al i have to do is pull out odd bits of grass, dandelions/milk weed and goose grass - so much easier. but it takes time to get big plants esp when most have come from seed or cuttings ( i don't have a Ground Force budget but do have patience luckily!)morrisons 99p plants usually give me 6 or so cuttings and seed from them is 59p - or i use ebay at 99p you can get hundreds of plants from some packs - not that i need hundreds... tens and twenties maybe |
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all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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jules4154
Salvador Dali
2382 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2010 : 09:47:24
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| I take selenium + ACE and I find that it's quite good at helping with pain relief, it's one thing that makes a real difference. I know you can get selenium on its own too. |
Jules.
'Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.' Adair Lara |
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Ros C
Da Vinci
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Lorna S
Salvador Dali
United Kingdom
4107 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2010 : 08:00:24
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I take selenium + ACE and I find that it's quite good at helping with pain relief, it's one thing that makes a real difference. I know you can get selenium on its own too.
That's interesting, I wonder how long you have been taking selenium supplements because that mineral is in so many foods like eggs, nuts etc, unless you have a problem with digestion it's probably enough in diet.
Selenium is very toxic and over egging (pardon the pun) can result in symptoms very similar to those displaying in 'ME'
If you've been taking it for a long while it might be worth mentioning to your GP next visit.
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"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."
Sara Teasdale
www.lornastorey.co.uk
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jeannie
Da Vinci
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Posted - 06/07/2010 : 08:17:33
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thanks Ros -didn't know that, in that case i will see doc.. i'd thought it was just old age/osteo arthritis ( not that i am old - i won't be even when i am but my joints have had excess wear to my age so they show what would be age related changes)
Lorna/Jules - lots of horse supplements have selenium in them - manufacturers make millions form horse supplements for everything you can imagine - but the horse mags and some vets say be careful with selenium because only a very few places in uk where grazing doesn't contain plenty and excess isn't just flushed away via urine as with lots of vits but can cause many problems including lethargy - exactly what the owners are trying to prevent with supplement use!
I know more about horse related ailments and problems than i ever will about people diet and nutrition - no prob, what extras needed for skin, coat, hoof problems, lack of energy, too much energy etc...I can deal with minor wounds, poultice abscesses, I'm ace at disguising painkillers and have trained sylvester (the old horse) to have a twice daily asthma type inhaler and have even given him injections ( skin is TOUGH!! i had no idea) People though |
www.jeanniezelos.com
http://www.affordablebritishart.co.uk/
all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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jules4154
Salvador Dali
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Posted - 06/07/2010 : 10:02:25
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I take selenium + ACE and I find that it's quite good at helping with pain relief, it's one thing that makes a real difference. I know you can get selenium on its own too.
That's interesting, I wonder how long you have been taking selenium supplements because that mineral is in so many foods like eggs, nuts etc, unless you have a problem with digestion it's probably enough in diet.
Selenium is very toxic and over egging (pardon the pun) can result in symptoms very similar to those displaying in 'ME'
If you've been taking it for a long while it might be worth mentioning to your GP next visit.
I wish I could say that I've been taking them long term but unfortunately not. I do have problems with digestion, it can be managed but it does restrict the foods I can eat. I have 1 supplement every 2/3 days depending on what I've been eating or drinking. |
Jules.
'Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.' Adair Lara |
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