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I know someone who always writes a thank you note or card when they’ve received a gift or present, but they are not young. It is a nice thing to do.Â
I also know some people who bring food when they’ve been invited for tea! Which is a very rare thing indeed, I think.  Something like a cake or trifle or both. @Biblioklept0 -
@biblioklept
i am sorry I think I touched a nerve. I did not mean to make anybody here feel embarrassed, and not yourself.
We all express ideas and while we believe that most people agree with us, there are a lot of people who disagree.
I hope you will receive a letter in due course.0 -
@Biblioklept It is a tradition amongst older people to bring a little home baked gift when they visit. They do not care what it is. They care about the fact that you brought something. Do not fret about what it is. They will appreciate the thought more than the gift. Try and concentrate your thoughts on the people you are going to visit and maybe your mind will pop up with an idea for a gift. You must try to go out no matter how difficult you are finding it mentally to accept. I believe you will change if only you feel able to give yourself a chance. I know it is very hard. I have a friend who has a similar problem.0
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@Biblioklept Please keep trying. Life is to be enjoyed and if you do not have a positive outlook it can be very hard to move forward. Hence the friend I referred to. He just has given up and stays at home all the time despite having two cars in his garage. He has a cat but the cat does not drive. His main car is a Porche which has sat there for about five years. He has his food delivered online and gets his wine from an independent agent. His Sainsburys refuses to deliver wine he tells me.
Talking about that I have posted on the food and drink category. Have you any views about either?0 -
@ Bibliokempt
Morning Bibliokempt. Do you have a first name. I find it a bit strange replying to a person who steals books. I know that is impossible as you rarely leave the house. Are you acquainted with an Ed Turner?
Anyway how is this week going. Did you set yourself one task? If not are you going to try one next week?
Hope you are feeling cheerful0 -
@Maurice123 To alert someone that you want them you tag them with the @sign close to the name, eg @Biblioklept Not @ space biblioklept . If you’ve done it correctly the name should be printed in blue.
in fact as you start to type @ then a first letter of the name a box will pop up with names in , all you need do is choose the name you want to tag so to speak.
i hope this helps 🙂0 -
@leeCal
Thanks. I am still feeling my way and these sort of tips are very helpful.1 -
@Biblioklept I bought myself an expensive pair of hair clippers a couple of years ago and I’ve cut my own hair ever since, saved a fortune, well a couple of hundred anyway.Â
I’ve noticed a lot of women also use clippers to give themselves a pixie cut. You can buy extra clipper guards up to two inches if needs be, which means your hair would be two inches long after cutting of course.Â
However, I think  a cut from a pro every now and then is probably a very good idea just to redress the balance if you see what I mean. 🙂0 -
@leeCal
Hi Lee,
Prices for hairdressers have increased sharply since Covid so your savings could be even greater than you imagine.
I am lucky because the lady who does my shopping trained as a hairdresser when she was young and she cuts my hair. I think she is very good and am pleased with her work. It must be very hard for most of the people on this site to find somebody. They have my sympathy as I had no idea what to do until this lady said she could cut it.0 -
That certainly was a piece of luck @Maurice123, a good hairdresser/barber is a very handy person to know.Â
Its certainly a skill skill worth gaining and would help anyone financially. It’s a bit like window cleaning which is less skilful but in demand. I learned to use a squeegee forty plus years ago and I’ve never needed a window cleaner since.Â0 -
I love getting my hair done washed, cut, blow-dry and straightened. Lookes loads better after.Â0
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All I can say @Biblioklept Is I add a tiny bit of washing up liquid to a bucket of warm water, sponge it on doing the corners first, then whilst their still a bit wet I use the squeegee. The trick of it is in the use of the squeegee which acts a lot like a windscreen wiper, but I can’t teach you via text how to use the squeegee, that’s something you must pick up yourself and try. Perhaps one thing I could say is you don’t let the squeegee leave the surface of the glass, its all in the wrist action. 🙂
(trial and error I’m afraid, but you soon pick it up and squeegees aren’t expensive.)1 -
Hi All
Err. I have a lady who cleans, washes floors, does my ironing AND WASHES THE WINDOWS. She also cleans my oven. Sorry people like her are not easy to find.1 -
She sounds like a gem @Maurice123!
@Biblioklept I don’t wash them very often, depending on the desert sands we get from time to time, say once every eight weeks.0 -
@leeCal
Yes I agree Lee. I hope her husband appreciates her. he is a stonebason and I have never known him to be out of work. I also have met two others as well as a couple of thatchers. Nobody is ever out of work here. The cost of rethatching a house is about £50,000. North Devon is supposed to be a poor area. Not if you have a skill.0 -
Wow, £50,000 for a thatched roof! That would be the last straw for me, ha ha.
How long do they last @Maurice123 ?0 -
@Biblioklept
Sarah I did not realise that you lived in an oasis in the Sahara desert.No wonder you can only manage every 8 weeks.
Today my gardener and mechanic fitting a battery charger to my car. It is a special one that constantly charges up the car and is detached only when you want to drive somewhere. In my case when somebody else drives me somewhere. However I have now found a specialised dealer in Somerset who may be able to help me drive again.
The only other businesses are based in Accrington and another Northern area. They are talking about a lever that when you push, the car accelerates and if you pull it brakes. Also on Thursday and Saturday my friend will drive me to a pub. On Friday my prized housekeeper comes for her once a fortnight visit and my dogwalker is bringing my dog to see me for the day. She is still staying away from home because I cannot walk her. Also on Friday the NHS contractors are supposed to be coming to fit a ramp. It will be the fifth try. They have cancelled on every other occasion. then there is the daily washing and dressing, cooking breakfast, eating, emptying the dishwasher.filling the dishwasher, washing clothes and drying clothes.
It is all I can do to have a drink. At the end of the evening a glass of Calvados to finish. I do find things to keep me busy, but I could not manage without all my helpers.0 -
@leeCal
About 25 years but everybody leaves renewing until it is absolutely necessary. It is a lot of money to most.
This is not rich Norfolk or Suffolk. They probably charge even more there.1 -
@Maurice123 glad you have looked into adaptions for your car I did mention in one of your posts that you could have it adapted to hand controlsÂ
The controls are all fitted to the steering wheel and you can even have it so that you can use either hand or foot pedals so other people can drive you using the foot pedalsÂ0
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