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Wed, 04 April 2012 19:28

Robin
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Thu, 05 April 2012 00:48

Diane in MN
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Your condition reminds me of the last time I had real, honest-to-goodness influenza, a couple of decades ago. I made it worse by attempting to go to work on the days I felt marginally better--that was the first week; the second week I just stayed home. My husband had been out of town the first week, but since he caught it as soon as he got home, we were both knocked out the second week, barely able to stagger downstairs to heat up soup. I hope you do NOT have honest-to-goodness flu and see the end of your current affliction very soon.

Oh reckless dog owner beware of precedent.

Don't I know. Smile

yesterday’s blog [ . . . ] roused comments about what on the forum? Knitting.

But there you were, in automatic-ribbing mode--it clearly needed congratulating! Smile

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Thu, 05 April 2012 02:45

CathyR
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It was after noon by the time I managed to make and drink my first cup of perilously strong tea

Gosh, you really ARE poorly! Wink

Seriously, it sounds completely and utterly horrendous. I do hope that you're soon feeling better.

As a non-knitter, I was most impressed by your dedication to the handbell workshop despite your lurgy, btw. And annoyed on your behalf that it wasn't so much better organised.

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

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Thu, 05 April 2012 08:41

Mockorange
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Sorry to hear you're still feeling rough. These viruses can't half take their time to clear off. These days, bugs I used to shake off quite quickly when I was younger linger for weeks.

It was after noon by the time I managed to make and drink my first cup of perilously strong tea

Have you thought of training the hellhounds to carry a thermos flask down to the Mews so Peter can make you some tea and send it back with them?

But may I just say that it amuses me that yesterday’s blog, preoccupied as it was with not only handbells but the miseries of illness, roused comments about what on the forum? Knitting

Well, naturally. Some of us are knitting again for the first time in years entirely due to your proselytising on this blog. Let's see if we can derail to knitting again. KNITTING! KNITTING! KNITTING! KNITTING!

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Thu, 05 April 2012 11:54

PamAdams
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Then I went back to bed (which was popular with hellhounds†)

I find that cats are equally helpful in an emergency such as this. During my own bout with the Martian Death Bug earlier this year, I was constantly surrounded by and/or covered in cats.

† Oh reckless dog owner beware of precedent.

On the other hand, they do make adequate substitutes for the electric blanket......

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Thu, 05 April 2012 14:16

AJLR
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Mockorange wrote on Thu, 05 April 2012 13:41

Have you thought of training the hellhounds to carry a thermos flask down to the Mews so Peter can make you some tea and send it back with them?

Great idea! Smile

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Thu, 05 April 2012 14:25

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I’m also at the my-nose-has-been-running-for-so-long stage that smiling makes the entire centre of my face crack painfully.

Oh you poor honey! *there there* *sends warm and supportive hug*

Are you able to use E45 cream? I find that does wonders for made-sore-by-a-cold areas.

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I am an obsessive listener to Radio 3

I'm more of a Radio 4 addict - sleep comes peacefully after listening to the Shipping Forecast. Smile

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Fri, 06 April 2012 05:38

Mrs Redboots
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So sorry you're still feeling ghastly - and sorry I wasn't able to come on to the forum and say so yesterday, but my internet was playing sillybuggers, so I gave it best and returned to my book and my knitting!

Radio 3 is what got my daughter through labour, apparently! She said it was lovely, because it was just music and no chat, and just exactly what her body craved.... she didn't say what happened when they started the talking bit at 6:00 am! I'm afraid I'm a Classic FM sort of woman as, while I do enjoy classical music, mostly, I am not fond of the gurble that Radio 3 seems to like - the being profound about what the Composer May Have Meant!

And Easter Weekend is always the Classic FM Hall of Fame, which we are enjoying the early parts of even as I type!

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Sat, 07 April 2012 18:11

Robin
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I pinched the Shipping Forecast for the blog and forgot to say: E45! Avert! Evil petroleum-based product!! No, it gives me a rash. But what I finally *thought* to use is the Barefoot Botanicals stuff I use anyway--the SOS body rescue cream and a couple of the rosa fina things (one oil, one cream). The stuff costs shockingly--especially if you're used to buying a gallon of E45 the next time you pop into Boots--but it is AMAZING. I think I've mentioned it on the blog before. I found it originally when I was desperately trying to get Peter off steroid creams for his eczema. And then I started using it. I'm going through the rosa fina oil at a third-mortgage rate right now but . . . wow. At least I can smile. Smile

http://www.barefoot-botanicals.com/

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Sun, 08 April 2012 14:29

AJLR
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That looks lovely, although I see what you mean about the price! I get small patches of eczema on my face occasionally, so I think I'll have to try it when they recur.

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Tue, 10 April 2012 15:50

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And I’m sure my mayonnaise has gone off.

And as usual I get the giggles when I read something like this. Separated by a common language indeed!

(Just in case anyone doesn't know -- "gone off" on the USA side of the Atlantic means that whatever it was exploded.)

O Chris Laning <claning@igc.org> - Davis, California
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Tue, 10 April 2012 17:14

Robin
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Well . . . no. Maybe it depends on your area? I've used 'This has gone off' and similar all my life for things like dubious mayonnaise. I think of it in that usage BEFORE things that explode. Although this may be because there has been more dodgy mayonnaise and overaged chicken in my life than bad chemistry experiments or water balloons. . . .

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Wed, 11 April 2012 13:52

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I think it's a regional usage in the US -- I've heard "gone off" for dubious mayonnaise (or other perishable) at least as frequently as for things that explode (though I suppose if it went far enough off, then the resulting pressure from gas build-up in the dubious mayonnaise might cause an explosion).

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Wed, 11 April 2012 17:38

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Snork. Zombie overage chicken!!

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Wed, 11 April 2012 19:23

b_twin_1
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shalea wrote on Wed, 11 April 2012 13:52

?
Dunno about it being regional. ?
Here you can have a party/event "go off" ie. boomingly fantastic
You can have food that has "gone off" ie. spoil
Not to forget explosives that "go(ne) off" Very Happy

Or you could have "gone off" in a huff.

Okay, I'm stopping now... LOL

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Fri, 13 April 2012 11:37

blondviolinist
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b_twin_1 wrote on Wed, 11 April 2012 19:23

shalea wrote on Wed, 11 April 2012 13:52

Or you could have "gone off" in a huff.

Okay, I'm stopping now... LOL

Yup, I've heard all four of those usages in the US Midwest. (Though second & third are by far the most common.)

"Purity of heart is to will one thing." Kirkegaard

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