What have you done today thread?

[Taipan]

Did the physio, then Turkey Day pig out dinner, & binge-watching Gangs of London (with a big bowl of Tin Roof Sundae ice cream).

I always put his replies through Google translate, but nothing comes out.

Physio = enforced exercise
Turkey Day pig out = Thanksgiving dinner
Gangs of London = boxset
Tin Rood sundae = popular American ice cream.
You're welcome = Southern manners.

[Noggin]

Today I went to the Police station with a translator to get my residencia sorted. Trying to pick out words from a rapid fire conversation between her and the policeman wasn't easy, I got maybe one in every hundred. Still, I'm all sorted and now legal in Spain. Wifey and I cycled out to a restaurant for lunch afterwards wearing shorts and t-shirts.

Awesome

I can't remember how to spell it, but I can still clearly hear my year 8 French teacher saying "mille neuf cent quatre vingt seize" in my head

One of the villages is 1800 here. So, as Brits we call it eighteen hundred. The french call it one thousand eight hundred. Doesn't make much difference in words Dix huit cent/ Mille huit cent - it's just the mental process of changing to something that feels clunky!! LOL

And, just be glad your teacher wasn't saying 1999!! LOL

mille neuf cent quatre vingt dix neuf


The Swiss and the Belges are onto something with numbers, but the french are determined to stay with the weird ways!! LOL

[Taipan]

Spent half an hour looking for the key to the new scoot. Politely asked my Wife if she'd moved it, as she has covid badly and doesn't even know what day it is. I knew she'd put it somewhere, but just wasn't remembering. So I continued the hunt swearing under my breath. She called out to me from her bed saying have you checked the bike, you may have left it in there when you moved it last night. FFS does she think I'm stupid enough to leave a key in the ignition with a bright orange keyring hanging off of it, all night long!

[mangocrazy]

Spent half an hour looking for the key to the new scoot. Politely asked my Wife if she'd moved it, as she has covid badly and doesn't even know what day it is. I knew she'd put it somewhere, but just wasn't remembering. So I continued the hunt swearing under my breath. She called out to me from her bed saying have you checked the bike, you may have left it in there when you moved it last night. FFS does she think I'm stupid enough to leave a key in the ignition with a bright orange keyring hanging off of it, all night long!

So had you?

[cheb]

Not 'had', it should be 'are'.

[David]

Oi think he are.

[Taipan]

Spent half an hour looking for the key to the new scoot. Politely asked my Wife if she'd moved it, as she has covid badly and doesn't even know what day it is. I knew she'd put it somewhere, but just wasn't remembering. So I continued the hunt swearing under my breath. She called out to me from her bed saying have you checked the bike, you may have left it in there when you moved it last night. FFS does she think I'm stupid enough to leave a key in the ignition with a bright orange keyring hanging off of it, all night long!

So had you?

[Bigyin]

She called out to me from her bed saying have you checked the bike, you may have left it in there when you moved it last night. FFS does she think I'm stupid enough to leave a key in the ignition with a bright orange keyring hanging off of it, all night long!

You found it didn’t you

[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.

[Potter]

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.

[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.

[Potter]

I was up early and into the garage, I started to put my LC back together, it just needs the clocks assembling now after being refurbished and then the tank/seat putting back on and it should be good to go, I've got a new front disk and pads but they're not essential, I just thought it could do with them.

We're off out today but if I get back in time I might unpack and build my Abba Skylift then do the disk as well.

[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.