Squiggle, I hope your grandson's dental visit goes OK.

I am waiting outside the dentist now, the swelling went right down I just want him to be free of pain

That's a good start squiggle, if the swelling has calmed down they should be able to do the work *crosses fingers* What device are you using?

Did you recognise the elderly man in last night's Call the Midwife? I recognised Karl Johnson immediately. A somewhat different role from Twister Turrill.

Someone's been playing about with my local news website - I've just seen this strange headline:

 

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That's a lovely idea for a charity shop, rather different too! I hope it's a huge success

I was on the Kindle earlier on Summer.  I was able to use the Tesco Wifi (Tesco is right next to the dentist).  As expected they have extracted the two teeth, my grandson is in a lot of pain as you can imagine.  We now have to see whether we can finally be on the track of getting his shoulder sorted out.  I have just spoken to his GP, for some reason the letters giving appointments have not reached us (we had given them his address and mine) and the surgeon has taken the view that he is deliberately ignoring the appointment, I have no idea why she would think that, but once you go down as a DNA then it's an uphill job to get it sorted.

Last time I was in Gloucester I spent a significant amount of time doing the charity shops. Most impressive and beats Harrogate into a cocked hat!

Hi all 
Hope you are coping without your baby Yogi.
Well done to your grandson for being brave at the dentist squiggle, hope the pain isnt too bad for him to deal with and hope you get the hospital appointments issues sorted out.
What a lovely blanket Summer, your mum is very talented.
Great idea El, for the charity shop, hope its a success. Its such a good thing to get children involved in sports. 
Weather here sunny but cold, nice and fresh though  

Hi skylark how's your granddaughter? Did you have snow this weekend? Aw poor master squiggle his gums will be sore all week bless him, I'm pleased they could do the work, at least he's on the right path long term. Is he staying with you or going home to rest up? I hope he doesn't have to do anything for a few days. Favourite DVD or Xbox game to distract him perhaps..? I'd report the missing mail to your post office too, we had a postman for a year or so who was constantly putting wrong mail through our door and ours kept vanishing.. I reported it 3 times!

Oh and that's fab about your kindle I didn't know they could do that!

Hi Summer, meant to say earlier hope you are feeling better. Remember to keep yourself hydrated x Granddaughter is well thanks, she cheers me up no end! Dont have her for tea today, thank goodness too, as i have just cooked a gammon joint and its really so salty. Not sure if my son will eat it, i cant, dont know what to do with it now. I dont like wasting food but its inedible
We had some snow, but it didnt lie long. We have missed most of it this year

Squiggle, I hope your grandson can deal with the pain I assume he's been prescribed antibiotics to ward off any infection.

As Summer says, I'd report the missing post to the post office.

Skylark, I found this for getting rid of salt from cooked gammon. I don't know if this will work,

 

"Last July Ii baked a ham for our family reunion that turn out to be too salty. I found this info on the internet and surprisingly it worked.
Ham is a popular meat that is served year-round, especially during the holiday season. One problem that often occurs with hams is that too much salt is used in the curing process which leaves the meat almost inedible.
 Since cooks don't know the ham is too salty until after it's cooked, it can be disheartening to think about all of the wasted preparation and cooking time. However, there's no reason to throw away a salty ham. In a few short hours, you can draw out the salty flavor and have a delicious main course ready to serve to your family and friends.

Use the Proper Sized Container
Find a pot large enough to hold the entire piece of salty ham and place the meat into the container. Large stock pots work best, but if you don't have one of those you can disinfect the inside of a cooler and use it as well.

Soak the Salty Ham in Soda
Purchase three to four 2-liter bottles of a clear or light colored soda such as Sprite, 7-up, Mellow Yellow or Mountain Dew. The sugar in these drinks helps to counteract the salty flavor while at the same time drawing some of the salt out. If you don't want to use soda, you can use water although it will not be quite as effective. Whatever liquid you use, make sure to completely cover the meat with it so that the meat is submerged.

Place the pot into the refrigerator and allow the salty meat to soak for at least two hours. You can also allow it to soak overnight if desired. If you are using a cooler that will not fit into the refrigerator, place plenty of ice packs into the liquid to keep it cool and change them out frequently.

Rinse and Serve
After the two hours are up, remove the meat from the soda and pour out the soda. Rinse the meat in clear cold water to remove the soda residue on the surface. Reheat the meat in the oven until warm and then serve it. The meat will not taste like soda and you may even get a few compliments on how good it is."

Very useful info El  I have, before, boiled ham before cooking to get rid of the salt. This time, because its an unsmoked one , i didnt....
Will try that, thanks x Its now macaroni cheese for tea today! Will work on the joint for tomorrow!

What a clever tip EL.  Good luck Skylark, hope it works well.  I'm like you I hate to waste food.

 

He's not been prescribed antibiotics EL although he was last week if you remember by the dentist.  I have advised him to keep gargling with warm salt water though.

My mum would recommend that too. I hope his mouth feels better soon. I know only too well that constant, nagging pain can make you feel really down.

Hope you get things sorted out at the hospital and he manages to see the surgeon soon. Poor lad, he has been through the mill recently.

 

Great tip re the salty ham, El. I shall remember that one for future reference.

Hope it works on your ham, Skylark.

Signing out just now, daughter arrived wanting me to do her hair. This time its mid auburn. 
Patience is a virtue  
Bless your Grandson squiggle , and hopefully he can deal with the pain, although it shouldnt be bad now, that the teeth have been removed. Of course it does depend on pain thresholds . 
Goodnight all , God Bless xx 

Night Skylark, your daughter sounds like mine, mine was mid auburn but has now gone to dark mahogany.  I am sure my grandson will be feeling much better tomorrow.

Thanks skylark I did my very best to stay hydrated, taking small sips of water and sucking on ice cubes later on. I still felt dry though! I'm pleased to say I feel back to normal now and I'm eating normally again too I didn't know you could do hair! I hope daughter is happy with the new colour I can't believe your granddaughter is almost 5 in my head she is still 3! I hope you found a nice cake after all I'm just settling down to watch the finale of Dancing on the Edge, I can't wait to see how it ends Squiggle, salt water is a very good idea, I did that when I had my wisdom tooth out. I bet he's tender tonight the poor lad, I hope he's holding up alright

Very interesting about the ham- I must tell mr summer!

for yogi, I haven't forgotten you! I hope you've had a good day

Night owling to wish you all goodnight I was hoping for a little more at the end of Dancing on the Edge, but I didn't dislike it.. Sweet dreams

Good morning everyone. Weather is dry, with lots of low cloud.

Thanks for the hug, Summer. Glad you are feeling well again.

I had stomach pains last night and went to bed at 8pm with a hot water bottle and fell asleep until 7am. I feel fine this morning.

 

Good morning everyone, Yogi I am glad you had a good night's sleep.  Will you keep a hot water bottle on your tum today?  I know when my tummy plays up it may take a few days to coax it back to normal.

 

A lovely picture to finish off the day Summer.  Skylark I hope you too slept well and I hope your daughter was pleased with her hair.

 

Taking the care in for a service and MOT soon, hope there are no nasty surprises.  We had such a nasty surprise last week when I was taking my grandson to the dentist, like everywhere there are some massive potholes here and we hit a humungous one on the back road and it was just like hitting a patch of ice.  We still don't know what happened, whether the wheels twisted out of the normal position but it was very frightening trying to steer out of it.  I refuse to go that way any more.

Good morning everyone

 

Still 100% leaden skies here.

 

Yogi, I'm glad you are feeling better today, and Summer, I'm glad you are back to eating normally,

 

Squiggle, scary about that skid. I hope there are no nasty surprises when you have your car serviced.

 

Summer, like you I felt that the end of Dancing on the Edge was a bit flat. The TV announcer over the credits said that there would be an interview with Louis Lester to come. I don't know if that will take the form of an interview with the actor or with the character. If it's the character, will it be just about the series or will it touch on what happens to him after the conclusion of the story.

Good morning Overcast and chilly here, but at least it's dry Yogi I hope you feel better this morning what a horrible night you must have had Have you got an easy day ahead? Hopefully you can relax a bit Squiggle how's your grandson? Good luck with the MOT, I can't believe it's that time again already El, I'll definitely watch the Louis Lester interview but the more I've thought about it, the more disappointed I feel about the ending!

I haven't heard from my grandson yet, I hope to hear later and hopefully that the pain is much less today.

I hope he slept ok last night, I bet it was throbbing even in his sleep

Squiggle, I hope yout grandson is in less pain now.

 

Yogi, I was looking at a website just now and found that all the text was much closer together than normal. I had a look at how much of the allocated disc space for the browser cache was being used up and found that it was virtually full. So I cleared the browser cache, tried the website and found it was back to normal. I hope my tip of clearing your browser cache has worked and that the log in problems haven't resurfaced. Whenever I start getting odd results with web displays, provided that the connection speed is normal, the first thing I try is the browser cache.

 

You may need to click on the above image, then right click and select View Image and click on the resulting image to be able to read it.

 

This BBC article explains what this is about, but see if you can work out what this rather unusual scientific paper is about

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-21585812

This BBC2 trailer has been around for some time now:

The "poem" was created by Alison Chishom but is a composite of lines from several poets (and the narrator is Peter Capaldi). The music is Above and Afar by Oswin Mackintosh. This is the longer version of the music (audio only):

I have spoken to my grandson, he is still in a lot of pain but I have reassured him that provided he keeps on with warm salt water gargles this time next week it should be healing well, and hopefully pain free.

Aw poor grandson, I can really sympathise with him. I hope he keeps using the salt, and hopefully it won't be too long before it stops hurting. If I recall Rightly, it was 4-5 days before my pain subsided, but I am a complete softy so he should be quicker really I've been food shopping, I didn't want to but I would like breakfast in the morning so it had to be done Yogi I notice you're not around tonight, I hope you're alright here's a pretty owl for you anyway

 My internet went down late morning, so I contacted Virgin who said there was a problem in my area which might take 24 hours to fix. By 11pm, I was getting withdrawal symptoms and decided to fiddle around with the router and modem boxes and discovered the four plug extension lead had blown. As soon as I swapped it over for another one, everything was working again.

Now it is possible that Virgin had managed to fix the problem faster than anticipated but it is equally possible I have been without internet all day due to a blown extension lead!

I will read back and post again in the morning.

Summer, thank you for my hug. 

Highly probable Yogi 

Not to worry Moonie, at least I'm back now.

 

Goodnight Moonie, hopefully I'll be back tomorrow.

I got Virgin Media coming in on Thursday to rewire me from street to house  cause all my services are paying up 

Nightems Yogi. Sleep well  

Good morning everyone

 

Another leaden sky here today. At least tomorrow afternoon there is some sunshine forecast but it looks as if the cloud returns by Friday.

 

Yogi, I hope your connection problems don't recur but if they do that suggests that there may be something wrong with the modem box or router to cause the extension lead to blow.