What have you done today thread?

[Skub]

I keep an eye out for an elderly neighbour especially since her husband died a few years ago. She's very frail now and difficult to make out as her speech is very slurred. I had a call from her this afternoon,she had fallen outside around the back of her house and was lying on the cold ground in her nighty and dressing gown. It was fortunate she had her phone with her,it was no kind of day to be lying on the ground outside in your nightclothes.

It looked like she's done a hip,that major killer of older folk.We got her wrapped up in blankets,hot water bottles and my bike jacket,then kept her amused until the ambulance arrived,which thankfully wasn't long.

The two paramedics who arrived were slightly built young girls. I can't help wondering what they'd do if they have to lift some 20 odd stone patient.

[weeksy]

I keep an eye out for an elderly neighbour especially since her husband died a few years ago. She's very frail now and difficult to make out as her speech is very slurred. I had a call from her this afternoon,she had fallen outside around the back of her house and was lying on the cold ground in her nighty and dressing gown. It was fortunate she had her phone with her,it was no kind of day to be lying on the ground outside in your nightclothes.

It looked like she's done a hip,that major killer of older folk.We got her wrapped up in blankets,hot water bottles and my bike jacket,then kept her amused until the ambulance arrived,which thankfully wasn't long.

The two paramedics who arrived were slightly built young girls. I can't help wondering what they'd do if they have to lift some 20 odd stone patient.

I found out recently that someone who can't lift themselves is really really heavy and hard to lift.

Sucks getting old!

[cheb]

I keep an eye out for an elderly neighbour especially since her husband died a few years ago. She's very frail now and difficult to make out as her speech is very slurred. I had a call from her this afternoon,she had fallen outside around the back of her house and was lying on the cold ground in her nighty and dressing gown. It was fortunate she had her phone with her,it was no kind of day to be lying on the ground outside in your nightclothes.

It looked like she's done a hip,that major killer of older folk.We got her wrapped up in blankets,hot water bottles and my bike jacket,then kept her amused until the ambulance arrived,which thankfully wasn't long.

The two paramedics who arrived were slightly built young girls. I can't help wondering what they'd do if they have to lift some 20 odd stone patient.

Out here they use the Coastguard for jobs like that, mostly when the stretchered patient has to be loaded into a helicopter

[Skub]

I found out recently that someone who can't lift themselves is really really heavy and hard to lift.

Sucks getting old!

Last year an old mate who'd had a stroke some years before,got up in the night for a piss and fell over in his house,then couldn't get up. He'd be in the region of 18+ stone and there was only me for the job. Fuck me that took it out of me. It's a shit sandwich because you don't want to hurt them,so trying to be considerate while lifting someone 7 odd stone heavier than me was a killer.

[Scotsrich]

Early to rise on a Sunday.

Going for a walk round of a field archery course that I’m doing on Monday night

Never done field shooting and never shot at night so double fun coming up.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Just remember not to shoot the mother and baby.

[Mussels]

I keep an eye out for an elderly neighbour especially since her husband died a few years ago. She's very frail now and difficult to make out as her speech is very slurred. I had a call from her this afternoon,she had fallen outside around the back of her house and was lying on the cold ground in her nighty and dressing gown. It was fortunate she had her phone with her,it was no kind of day to be lying on the ground outside in your nightclothes.

It looked like she's done a hip,that major killer of older folk.We got her wrapped up in blankets,hot water bottles and my bike jacket,then kept her amused until the ambulance arrived,which thankfully wasn't long.

The two paramedics who arrived were slightly built young girls. I can't help wondering what they'd do if they have to lift some 20 odd stone patient.

God bless you mate, she's lucky you're keeping an eye on her, but doesn't she have family or home help or something?
Being on my own in that frail state scares the shit out of me, if it was my old mum she'd be moved into our house.

Those are questions we have pondered about my frail father-in-law. We are in frequent contact and he has all the help he needs but for a problem like that not much beats next door neighbours.
We've offered to buy a bigger house and move him in, we've suggested he moves somewhere close to us but he won't leave his house. My wife suggested we moved closer to him but moving back to London is a step too far for me.

[MingtheMerciless]

I found out recently that someone who can't lift themselves is really really heavy and hard to lift.

Sucks getting old!

I used to be Tower Rescue qualified for our Aerial Rigger. We did rescue practice every 3 months with an 8 stone “rescue dummy”. It was hideously heavy to manhandle and 20metres up a radio mast on your own was sometimes very trying. There was a more realistic 13st dummy but that was never used.

Even just dragging the 8st dummy into position was hard work.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I found out recently that someone who can't lift themselves is really really heavy and hard to lift.

Sucks getting old!

I used to be Tower Rescue qualified for our Aerial Rigger. We did rescue practice every 3 months with an 8 stone “rescue dummy”. It was hideously heavy to manhandle and 20metres up a radio mast on your own was sometimes very trying. There was a more realistic 13st dummy but that was never used.

Even just dragging the 8st dummy into position was hard work.

I remember doing similar with Boy Scouts. Not up a tower obviously, but various ways of moving people around and hauling them out of ditches on lashed together stretchers etc. It's suprising how much easier it is with someone who's even half conscious innit?

That's probably why we have the term "dead weight" after all!

[Skub]

I keep an eye out for an elderly neighbour especially since her husband died a few years ago. She's very frail now and difficult to make out as her speech is very slurred. I had a call from her this afternoon,she had fallen outside around the back of her house and was lying on the cold ground in her nighty and dressing gown. It was fortunate she had her phone with her,it was no kind of day to be lying on the ground outside in your nightclothes.

It looked like she's done a hip,that major killer of older folk.We got her wrapped up in blankets,hot water bottles and my bike jacket,then kept her amused until the ambulance arrived,which thankfully wasn't long.

The two paramedics who arrived were slightly built young girls. I can't help wondering what they'd do if they have to lift some 20 odd stone patient.

God bless you mate, she's lucky you're keeping an eye on her, but doesn't she have family or home help or something?
Being on my own in that frail state scares the shit out of me, if it was my old mum she'd be moved into our house.

Those are questions we have pondered about my frail father-in-law. We are in frequent contact and he has all the help he needs but for a problem like that not much beats next door neighbours.
We've offered to buy a bigger house and move him in, we've suggested he moves somewhere close to us but he won't leave his house. My wife suggested we moved closer to him but moving back to London is a step too far for me.

Yeah,that's the thing. Her family are good people,they live about 20 miles away,but despite their many offers,she is a very independent lady and doesn't want to give that up. I had the very same thing with my own dad. He and my MIL and stepmother all fell and broke a hip and not one of them ever walked again,nor lived very long after the event.

I can understand totally,wanting to be independent,but it often brings a penalty not fitting the crime. Hard times for the families involved.

[MrLongbeard]

Melted a hole through the glass plate in the microwave

[Taipan]

Melted a hole through the glass plate in the microwave

Thermite homebrew?

[MrLongbeard]

Nope drying out a moisture indicator;

[Mr. Dazzle]

Did anyone ever find out who the lady of urban legend was? The one who tried to dry her dog/cat in the microwave.

[Horse]

Qualified as a Community First Responder

Still have 'manual handling', 'conflict resolution' and a couple of buddy rideouts with a supervisor before I'm allowed out on my own.

[Noggin]

Went to GVA yesterday morning and got there at 8am expecting my friends to have been waiting for at least 30 mins. They got to the meet point about ten mins before me, so that was pretty good timing!! LOL


Drove them almost home, got picked up by some other friends to go and look at some curtains that needed shortening. Nope, they didn't need just shortening. Instead of 8 pairs of curtains to shorted they realised they had 8 really HUGE curtains!! So I have trimmed them all ready to hem, but also cut them all in half as well. So I need to do that seam first, then hem them. That's my evenings sorted out for the next week or so!!!


Just home this afternoon to crash out and be ready for work tomorrow! Serious lack of sleep this weekend - and not in a fun way!! LOL

[Bigyin]

I keep an eye out for an elderly neighbour especially since her husband died a few years ago.

Nice one skubbles

I am in a similar position as the closet 3 houses to me are all occupied by elderly residents who all have my number and that of my missus (who works in a care home) . Have had to pop next door a couple of times to help up the auld fella after a fall as his wife can’t manage on her own

[Yorick]

I keep an eye out for an elderly neighbour especially since her husband died a few years ago.

Nice one skubbles

I can't forget that

[Count Steer]

Went shopping for some things that I need. Usual thing, get in about 10.30 to get parked, go for a coffee and wait for the main shops to open at 11.00. Everywhere was open, usual coffee places were packed. Realised it's Black Friday weekend. Doh!

Got what I went for....saved about £50. (Well, I saved about £25 on my stuff, but I went with wife who saved the other £25 on stuff she hadn't actually gone for Of course, using wimmins logic, she now has £25 towards a handbag, £50 if she includes my saving ).

One of the the things I needed was waterproof overtrousers. I didn't buy them but I did touch a pair priced at £220 TBH I could have bought a £12.99 pair of 'boil-in-the-bag' ones from Screwfix but I wanted something that you can get on/off with your boots on.

While getting a coffee a young Deliveroo chap came in to pick up an order (his bike was a bit like the one Taipan had nicked). He must have been wearing £1.5k+ worth of kit. Really good stuff and a v v smart helmet with comms fitted. Must pay better than I thought.

[Horse]

It looked like she's done a hip,that major killer of older folk.

The two paramedics who arrived were slightly built young girls. I can't help wondering what they'd do if they have to lift some 20 odd stone patient.

Ambulances often carry these:

https://www.completecareshop.co.uk/medi ... sku=M09654

But I don't think they'd put someone with suspected hip/thigh problems back on their feet.