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A Nando Lorisโฆ.
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I recently bought these bubble lights/candles which I will put on my tree, they used to be very popular in America in the 40's to 70's. They're coming from China so it will take a while for them to arrive.
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Blimey, that's huge @Chris75_!
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Because of me losing my spare car key when I was out (which luckily I managed to find) by accidentally pulling it out of my pocket when I pulled out my wallet, I bought myself a stretchy coiled keychain which I've attached my main keys onto which means I can now leave my spare keys at home. Now if I accidentally pull them out of my pocket they'll just dangle and I wont lose them, at the age I am I'm sure I look to old to be wearing a plasticy looking brightly coloured one but I don't care, I love the colour and they're nostalgic, they used to be quite common in the late 80's and early 90's.
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Being retro is just the thing ๐
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I've got all my keys on a carabiner that i hook onto my jean/trouser hoop so i don't forget them and get locked out๐
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Received my Mythbusters Jaws Special DVD in the post today, I can't wait to watch it later. Jamie makes a 20mph punching robot to punch sharks with, lol.
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My little Snicket, sleeping off his anaesthetic ๐ฅฐ๐.
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Oh dear! What a total sweetie pie, looking so lost yet comfy. Anaesthetic? What happened?
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Oh thank you! I tell him he's sweeter than sweet. He just had to have a few back teeth out yesterday. He's a brave little soldier! He's going to have his favourite breakfast now of egg on toast ๐คฃ. Photos here are last night and this morning. One of his sisters, Scarperlina, just keeps staring at him which is funny but a bit unnerving. I always tell her, wouldn't want to meet you on a dark night ha ha.
Are you back from your holiday now? I've just recovered from Covid and then flu and not replied to your lovely posts. Thank you for sharing your photos, I travel vicariously through everybody else. I couldn't travel now but been abroad a lot on my own since divorce which I loved (the holidays as well as the divorce ha ha) but wasn't disabled then so very good on you doing it and hopefully getting ready for your trip to Sweden (I think you said). It seems from what you said that it all worked out really well and I'm very
pleased for you. Xxx
The black and white one is Scarperlina who stares ๐คฃ๐.
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That's a great picture โค๏ธ
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@Santosha12 what a beautiful fur family you have to care for. And big! That's a ton of snuggling opportunities at every corner!
My oh my you've been sick! Good to hear you've recovered. Thank you for keeping up on my posts. ๐
Yes, I'm back from my holidays. Are you interested in discovering travelling with your disability? I've never travelled much due to my psychiatric disabilities and financial constraints, then increasing physical limitations. So now that my back is against the wall I've decided to give it a try with an entirely new approach. Go figure! Lol! Perhaps we can share travel tips? Do you solo travel? I'll start posting more soon in the forum travel section. Yes, my long-term goal is Sweden in August 2026. I've booked the same room in Granada in four months. So that's my medium-term goal.
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I just love your plans StarryEyed, and goals, and glad you're home safely. Thank you for your reply.
No, I wouldn't travel again, well, not whilst I've got my dogs who are all 8 and 9 years old, last time abroad was 2007 and flew back early as I missed my (then) dogs ๐๐ .
I have Long Covid, 32 diagnoses since 17th Nov 2020 (hard to believe it's the 5 year 'anniversary' soon!). Health worsening over time so not all related exactly to disability, as such, but ongoing illness. I'll be brief (not my strong point sorry ๐) but 8 infections this year including double pneumonia twice and each leaving my overall health vulnerable and that bit worse than before/takes longer to recover.
So my goal is much smaller than before, outliving my dogs would be a good one as wouldn't want them having the heartbreak. Despite all of this, I am happy and grateful I'm still here. I absolutely love seeing people's travels and photos, even in this country as there's a lot I've not seen. I'm lucky that I travelled a fair bit before and I do daydream about places and 'study' my globe ๐ซ ๐ .
I miss concerts and theatre the most and make sure I get the best seat in the house (well, depending if the dogs shift ha ha) when I watch things on TV. I lived in London for 20 years and really do miss the Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scott's and the Royal Albert Hall should have had shares in them all! Keep thinking i should go back to my art and draw/paint all of these places I love. I feel like they're part of my DNA, like my dogs are! So none of this is to elicit sadness as, just maybe, I'm becoming more accepting/adapting which I've fought against doing for nearly 5 years.
So sorry, I did say I'm not very concise ๐ซ ๐ xx
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How's this for a controller? It belongs to what is classed as one of the worst consoles of all time, the Atari Jaguar. Even though the controller looks clunky and a lot of people think it's bad, I actually find it very comfortable in my hands.
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@Santosha12 you said a ton in the little you wrote. Even if it was long, I would read what you wrote. So no apologies necessary. And as for feeling sad for your situation, I have room in my heart to feel sad for other people, so please feel comfortable in sharing your sadness. It lightens my load to help you carry yours. ๐
So since you enjoy living vicariously through other people travelling, perhaps you and I could work together in setting up my Travel Therapy Program? My goal is to design it so other people can use it to design their own. You could be a Travel Consultant. You like? ๐ So my long-term goal is Sweden in August 2026, medium-term goal is Granada in February 2026, and short-term goal is now in the city in which I live. What do you think?
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Oh @StarryEyed , thank you. You are very sweet and very kind. And very much, like I am, as in very ORGANISED !!!
I have no sadness; nostalgia, perhaps, for better days now gone but my life is enriched far more than many, thanks to my dogs, so I do not carry, nor should you, any sadness on my behalf. As I do not. I waste no time on that.
To put it into context, I lost several colleagues to Covid and genuinely count myself as very lucky. I take my pleasure where I can get it (TV is my greatest 'connection'). I feel no embarrassment whatsoever in saying that - I may have done several years ago but certainly not now.
I will not join you on the 'Travel Therapy Program' but I thank you, sincerely, for asking me. I would have, ordinarily, been very well placed to help with your 'Emergency Preparedness Plan' (I created/then worked with Directors to implement a Disaster Recovery Plan for 2,000+ employees in London following the bombing at the London Stock Exchange and later the South Quay bombing where I then worked and escaped unharmed.
Now? I prioritise ONLY my health and well being, and, of course, my dogs. I never feel any need to 'take my mind off it' (ie health issues) , nor should I, if I wish to survive. Selfish?? Yes, absolutely, and I'm ok with that! After all I tried to help my patients with no PPE, yes, absolutely selfish and no embarrassment for that either, ever. I do the 'work' of doctors who should have, but do/have not, kept their eye 'on the ball'. That is the sadness, if indeed there's any. In the UK, here we go again with yet another doctors strike, (5 days of their nonsense) many since 2023 - had I received the proper investigations and care, I would be 'fixed' and back working well before now.
I hope others can step up to help in your admirable efforts. I offer no apology that I cannot - (my own efforts just to survive every infection I get supersede all other desires!) but I genuinely wish you so well in your efforts. I appreciate this is probably several ton (what I've wrote). It's quite hard to convey the reality (my reality), I hope you may understand that where many, can not. Take very good care xx
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