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St Clements and others [message #12320] Mon, 02 March 2009 20:25 Go to next message
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Join St Clements and others for a fun filled evening..... Wink

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Today has turned out a whole lot better than predicted.* This morning it had fangs and a really bad attitude. Tonight as I lie surrounded by having-eaten-their-supper hellhounds** it’s a pussycat.***
*strokes pussycat* hope it stays for tomorrow - or does that need to be a different cat? A sibling cat?

Niall, who is also a malign monster in his own way, said to me (predictably) on the way home that learning handbell methods is very good for learning methods in the tower . . . and I finally have to agree with him: in the first place because change ringing on handbells is the most difficult skill on the planet§§§
§§§ Possibly excepting training a hellhound in obedience
The more ringing I do, the more I compare it to riding and dog training -might I interest you in some obedience sessions with Darkness (I know my limits!!) purely in order to further your ringing skills? *ducks* Very Happy

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Re: St Clements and others [message #12322 is a reply to message #12320 ] Mon, 02 March 2009 20:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Oh dear. But does it explain *my* rather unexpected/out of the blue "is that my gut churning" feelings about 2 hours after you logged off^. Hmmmm Sympathy pains across the globe?!

Darkness was no doubt merely very sensitive to your predicament and was trying to make you feel better - in the sense of "you are not alone" .... Razz

And when it comes to St Clements.....
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!


^I read somewhere once that the faster your stomach reacts to whatever you put in it then it is an indicator of the immune system.
Therefore, if you puke within 20 minutes of eating then the system is a well-trained SAS squad. If it takes 2 hours of dithering then it is probably more related to the public service..... Wink

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Re: St Clements and others [message #12324 is a reply to message #12320 ] Mon, 02 March 2009 23:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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§§ Presently curled up on a pile of clean dog towels in the farthest-from-hellhounds corner of the top of the crate. She’s black and orange with a white front. Just in case you’d like to know.


I did (of course Smile ); she sounds like an attractive little thing - and I like that your pussycat is a "she".

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I won’t know till tomorrow if I’m going to pay for all this wonderfulness very severely or not. You never know about adrenaline and ME–and I can assure you there was a lot of adrenaline involved tonight. But right at the moment it feels worth it.


Well, I hope you don't have to pay - and that it will be a very long moment - lasting a few days at least!

[Updated on: Mon, 02 March 2009 23:56]

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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I did (of course Smile ); she sounds like an attractive little thing - and I like that your pussycat is a "she".


Of course the pussycat is a she - if it weren't, it'd be a tomcat!

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Really? I didn't know - but now I do! Thanks! Smile

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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Presently curled up on a pile of clean dog towels in the farthest-from-hellhounds corner of the top of the crate. She’s black and orange with a white front.


She sounds charming. Please feed her so she stays. You can use more pussycat days.
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I'm glad that a day that started off so miserably ended on a high note. Congratulations on the good ringing and on the short duration of the food poisoning, and may the ME go slinking back off to wherever. It was nice of Darkness and Chaos to contribute to the general effect by eating their food.

You might not think two forty-pound dogs could do much surrounding but you’d be surprised.

I've found that dogs are extraordinarily elastic when it comes to occupying space. Long-legged dogs especially can do a lot of surrounding if they feel like it.

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Yes. Have you ever used fish fertilizer? Good stuff, but there are times when you really have to think twice about it.


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Pretty much the moment I signed off the blog and sat down at the piano I began to experience Dismaying Signs of Rapidly Approaching Manifestations of Food Poisoning. Unnnnnnnnngh. I did not have a good night.† I don’t think it can have been food poisoning because it’s passing off too quickly–although it has not felt quick ††–but this will do as a descriptive phrase to strike terror into the hearts of all those who eat.


I don't know if what you had was really food poisoning...it might be just your stomach disagreeing with the food you ate, not necessarily because it had some nasty bacteria in it. But for digestive upsets, I rely on slippery elm (powder mixed in with hot water and with a bit of honey to make it go down better) or milk thistle. Honey and plain milk also helps. And sometimes chamomile tea.
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sunday_morning wrote on Tue, 03 March 2009 01:50

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Pretty much the moment I signed off the blog and sat down at the piano I began to experience Dismaying Signs of Rapidly Approaching Manifestations of Food Poisoning. Unnnnnnnnngh. I did not have a good night.† I don’t think it can have been food poisoning because it’s passing off too quickly–although it has not felt quick ††–but this will do as a descriptive phrase to strike terror into the hearts of all those who eat.


I don't know if what you had was really food poisoning...it might be just your stomach disagreeing with the food you ate, not necessarily because it had some nasty bacteria in it. But for digestive upsets, I rely on slippery elm (powder mixed in with hot water and with a bit of honey to make it go down better) or milk thistle. Honey and plain milk also helps. And sometimes chamomile tea.


Fresh ginger tea is excellent as well. (Says she from bitter experience)

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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Wow, it sounds like you really *needed* a nice evening to make up for the morning. There are some things we shouldn't have to deal with!

Crossing ferrets that the feeling good *lasts*.

Smooshes!
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I’d hung the towel I’d used as a reverse moat around the roses last night outdoors this morning, but come evening it was still pretty damp with best-quality run-off so I brought it in to hang by the Aga in case I was going to need it again tonight+ . . . and when hellhounds and I came back from our final hurtle Geezum crow the smell. There are drawbacks to organic fertilizer..


Oh yes!! And we have just had an offer of some bags of well-rotted horse manure from a friend, so Ray is going to pick them up in the (suitably protected) car this afternoon and then struggle round to the back garden with them. Me? Help with this messy task? I'm away overnight again tonight... *hums nonchalantly* Smile

I'm glad that your day ended in a very different manner to its beginning. Fingers crossed (apologies, don't have any ferrets to hand...) that today is an ME-free and good day.

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jmeadows wrote on Tue, 03 March 2009 10:30

Crossing ferrets that the feeling good *lasts*.

Which ferrets are best for "crossing"? Maybe not Miss Suzi! And please can we have a picture of crossed ferrets?????

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear
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sunday_morning wrote on Tue, 03 March 2009 06:50

Honey and plain milk also helps. And sometimes chamomile tea.

Not chamomile tea - if I take that, I'm guaranteed to feel sick, even if I didn't before I started! Ginger-mint tea is the best, if you can find it.

Robin, you said the Hellhounds had eaten their dinner - you didn't say whether you had! I hope all of you are better now, and the other ringers didn't pick up your bug!

It sounds as though you are a better ringer than you think you are!

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Mrs Redboots wrote on Tue, 03 March 2009 14:21



It sounds as though you are a better ringer than you think you are!


Of course she is. Robin is perpetually underestimating herself. Wink
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So glad it ended in a high! You have tummy and ME soothing thoughts and wishes from me too! I hope that the weather didn't collapse on you taking you back to winter as well. I was in London the past four days and the weather was lovely. I felt like a happy interloper having caught the best of the weather (as well as some lovely exhibitions). Hope you can continue gardening to quieten the ravening beasts and add to your spoons.

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Er . . . the public SAS squad? Touchy but incompetent? :)

(Atlas told me today there is something going around . . . that's *some* going around . . . okay, who's the Australian visited Hampshire recently?!?)
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And her fur is slightly long and her eyes are amber. :)
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Hehe. Nothing resulted for me. I was very determined not to puke down the main street...... Can't say Belle has sympathy symptoms for Darkness though Wink

One day I will tell you about the ram I have that is on antibiotics, probiotics and anti-ulcer meds....... *headdesk*

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Yes! Our in-hindsight-tiny 20-pound whippets covered an AMAZING amount of space with those long spider-monkey limbs!

And *seaweed* fertilizer is bad enough!
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I had a sufficiently horrific experience with slippery elm *once* many years ago I've never tried again. But homeopathy does pretty well for me. And it doesn't taste nasty! :)
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Ginger tea in my experience is for MILD disagreements (or travel sickness). Or the convalescent period. Ginger tea has been very nice the last two days.
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Fake Frenchie wrote on Tue, 03 March 2009 11:54

Mrs Redboots wrote on Tue, 03 March 2009 14:21



It sounds as though you are a better ringer than you think you are!


Of course she is. Robin is perpetually underestimating herself. ;)


GODS. YOU SOUND LIKE MY *FRIENDS.* WHAT'S THE *MATTER* WITH YOU PEOPLE?!? :) And yes . . . probably . . . but I'm also telling the truth about how hard it is, how untalented I am, and how UNRELIABLE I am. And I'm also trying to make a good STORY out of it. But I'm certainly IMPROVING.
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Today has been nowhere near as bad as I was half-expecting, but I can feel that I'm pretty thin on the ground and *caution* is quite a good idea. Or possibly sofa time. The hellhounds have my best interests at heart. :)
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Sure sounds like mutton stew to me. AFTER the drugs have worn off.
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I wouldn't inflict ram mutton stew on anyone.... (well..... actually I could think of a few people... muahahahaha)

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Oh, she sounds adorable.

On one particularly fine occasion, I decided to be water-conscious and efficient and combined seaweed emulsion with fish fertiliser. My husband was not amused when he came home.
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Robin wrote on Wed, 04 March 2009 01:21

And her fur is slightly long and her eyes are amber. Smile


That's beautiful! Smile And no doubt she's silky soft, too - except for nice claws to see off ME and any other nasty ailments that decide to attack either you or the hellhounds.

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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Oh? Evil hormone flavour? Not just tough, like an old rooster?
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Oh yes. Hormones. (Natural of course!!) Once a few good surges of testosterone have done the rounds that's it. (can you say GAMEY.) And this boy is at least 4 years old.
He hasn't given up yet though and neither have I.

[Updated on: Wed, 04 March 2009 01:03]

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Robin wrote on Tue, 03 March 2009 18:33

Today has been nowhere near as bad as I was half-expecting, but I can feel that I'm pretty thin on the ground and *caution* is quite a good idea. Or possibly sofa time. The hellhounds have my best interests at heart. Smile


Convenient for them that your best interests correspond exactly to just what they like to do. Wink


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You might not think two forty-pound dogs could do much surrounding but you’d be surprised. The size of this kitchen–Peter is playing bridge, so I’m at the cottage–has something to do with it of course. Hamsters would be large in this kitchen.


Considering how thoroughly one can be surrounding by a single (VERY cuddly) 75-pound greyhound, I'd not be surprised at all by the amount of surrounding that two forty-pounders could pull off. Smile

And many congrats on the successful bell-ringing.
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