Post a bad thing that happened in your life today

[Bryan]

On 14/05/2022 at 16:23, aphperspective said:

I do grow chillies, same as you then freeze them, only a few plants every couple of years is enough. I grow Gardeners delight outdoors over here in Ireland and blight can be a problem, in fact there is a blight warning next week for us. (lots of damp after a hot spell).

I grow Gardener's Delight under glass, but last year tried a couple of plants just outside the allotment greenhouse on either side of the door. They were blighted and the rot spread into the greenhouse, we did get some crop, but the season was cut short. In contrast the GD toms in my greenhouse at home were fine. This year I plan to grow outdoor cucumbers, Burpless Tasty Green, outside the allotment greenhouse, we'll see !

[Bryan]

This started as a Bad Thing, but ended up OK.

 

I was reversing the car out of a store parking bay while somebody else was doing the same. Despite checking carefully and driving slowly, we both failed to see each other and we had a minor shunt, leaving a dent in our rear fender and similar damage to the other car.  I spoke to the other driver and we were both of the view that neither party was particularly to blame, so we didn't exchange details.

 

As our car is getting on in years, it wasn't going to make sense claiming insurance, and to be honest I'm not in any way shape or form a car buff, it's a truck that carries stuff to the dump or to and from my allotment. I'll keep it until it can go no more. A dent is mattertless. 

 

I forgot about it, until today that is when I searched for the dent and couldn't find it, it had clearly popped back out leaving no discernible mark ! 

[Ed Rooney]

4 hours ago, Bryan said:

when I searched for the dent and couldn't find it, it had clearly popped back out leaving no discernible mark ! 

 

😮 It's enough to make me consider going back to church. Almost.

[Nigel Kirby]

16 hours ago, Bryan said:

I grow Gardener's Delight under glass, but last year tried a couple of plants just outside the allotment greenhouse on either side of the door. They were blighted and the rot spread into the greenhouse, we did get some crop, but the season was cut short. In contrast the GD toms in my greenhouse at home were fine. This year I plan to grow outdoor cucumbers, Burpless Tasty Green, outside the allotment greenhouse, we'll see !

Hi Brian, do you use the no dig method on your allotment plot?. I have been reading up on this as l get my first allotment in a few weeks time and it seems much easier than the traditional method.

Nigel

[DCSmith]

Went to Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles to photograph the lunar eclipse. Got 3 shots off before the tripod police shut me down along with several other photographers.  We were told they were a "tripping hazard" 

The annoying thing was, there were about a dozen people with telescopes on tripods and they weren't bothered.

[Cecile Marion]

That doesn’t make sense. Why would they allow one and not the other? 

[spacecadet]

43 minutes ago, DCSmith said:

Went to Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles to photograph the lunar eclipse. Got 3 shots off before the tripod police shut me down along with several other photographers.  We were told they were a "tripping hazard" 

The annoying thing was, there were about a dozen people with telescopes on tripods and they weren't bothered.

The difference is that you can't possibly hand-hold a telescope. And it would be a bit odd to turf them out of an, er, observatory.

Edited May 16, 2022 by spacecadet

[Ed Rooney]

 

But, Mark . . . people can still trip over a tripod use on a telescope. Tripping was the concern of the police, no? 

[spacecadet]

38 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said:

 

But, Mark . . . people can still trip over a tripod use on a telescope. Tripping was the concern of the police, no? 

True, sounds a bit jobsworthy. Perhaps the law doesn't cover telescopes or they have an exception........at an observatory.

I was challenged by a ranger in Epping Forest once, but I was launching a rocket, not flying a model aeroplane. He agreed that there was a prohibition on aeroplanes, but not rockets.

[Allan Bell]

2 hours ago, spacecadet said:

but I was launching a rocket,

 

Ah!   Now "spacecadet" makes sence sense.😉

 

Allan

 

Edited May 16, 2022 by Allan Bell
spelling error - not surprising.

[Bryan]

9 hours ago, Nigel Kirby said:

Hi Brian, do you use the no dig method on your allotment plot?. I have been reading up on this as l get my first allotment in a few weeks time and it seems much easier than the traditional method.

Nigel

Hi Nigel

 

Up until this year I have used the traditional dig method, but this year, because of having to cope with storm damage and having a house extension built I didn't have time to do much digging!  Therefore I am using partial no dig for the first time.

 

I'm not entirely convinced by no dig, if your land contains lots of large stones then I suspect that it would be better to dig them out, parsnips are not going top like dealing with stones ! Further if your land has been compacted and is heavy, it might be better to open it up to begin with by adding humus and, if you can afford it, sand. I suspect that no dig is best employed where you have a well prepared bed to begin with ?

 

This year I am using a variant of no dig, where I carefully prepare strips or pockets of land for particular crops, so, for example, I have dug in well rotted compost along the rows where the beans, peas and squashes will go, and will prepare planting holes for the courgettes in a similar way. In contrast I just spread the stuff on the surface for the potatoes and other crops. 

 

So not a straight forward answer I fear, but hopefully of some assistance !

[Bryan]

Yesterday my faithful desk top computer failed to burst into life. I recently had a Solid State Drive installed and it appeared that it had given up. I had visions of having to reinstall my aged copy of PS and beg at  Adobe's door for another copy of Lightroom etc. after seeing the fateful message "Scanning and repairing drive C."

 

I left it running for a long time then realised that this would not be a good outcome, so tried a soft reboot, but no response. However the next manoeuvre, pushing the reset key, miraculously brought the computer back to life. 

 

Now all of my data resides on hard drive D which is occasionally backed up to an external drive, so my first move was to do a back up of D. Then I decided to do something about drive C on which the operating system and programs live. Having contacted my computer buff mate and received instructions, I made a mirror of drive C onto my external drive. So, hopefully, I'm now able to recover both data and software should Armageddon occur.

[Nigel Kirby]

17 hours ago, Bryan said:

Hi Nigel

 

Up until this year I have used the traditional dig method, but this year, because of having to cope with storm damage and having a house extension built I didn't have time to do much digging!  Therefore I am using partial no dig for the first time.

 

I'm not entirely convinced by no dig, if your land contains lots of large stones then I suspect that it would be better to dig them out, parsnips are not going top like dealing with stones ! Further if your land has been compacted and is heavy, it might be better to open it up to begin with by adding humus and, if you can afford it, sand. I suspect that no dig is best employed where you have a well prepared bed to begin with ?

 

This year I am using a variant of no dig, where I carefully prepare strips or pockets of land for particular crops, so, for example, I have dug in well rotted compost along the rows where the beans, peas and squashes will go, and will prepare planting holes for the courgettes in a similar way. In contrast I just spread the stuff on the surface for the potatoes and other crops. 

 

So not a straight forward answer I fear, but hopefully of some assistance !

Thanks Brian that's useful info. I will see what the plot is like and maybe do a bit of both.

Best Nigel

[Bryan]

I'm suffering from what I hope is just a mouth ulcer which is making eating painful and talking difficult. Managed to see a doctor yesterday and she prescribed a local anaesthetic spray, but it's not much use. She also told me that it would have to persist for 3 weeks before I could be referred to a specialist, unless it became much worse so that I was unable to eat. Subsequently a friend at the allotment suggested a mouth rinse intended to tackle various gum problems including ulcers, so I've tried that. No success so far but early days. A diet of porridge, soup and ice cream is about all I can manage, just as well I like ice cream.

[NYCat]

5 hours ago, Bryan said:

I'm suffering from what I hope is just a mouth ulcer which is making eating painful and talking difficult. Managed to see a doctor yesterday and she prescribed a local anaesthetic spray, but it's not much use. She also told me that it would have to persist for 3 weeks before I could be referred to a specialist, unless it became much worse so that I was unable to eat. Subsequently a friend at the allotment suggested a mouth rinse intended to tackle various gum problems including ulcers, so I've tried that. No success so far but early days. A diet of porridge, soup and ice cream is about all I can manage, just as well I like ice cream.

 

That is terrible, Bryan. Dentists are actually very knowledgeable about mouth issues. Would it be difficult to see one? Things wrong inside the mouth can be so annoying. I occasionally bite the inside of my cheek and then have a hard time NOT biting it again. I love soup and ice cream but it's not much for a regular diet.

 

Paulette

[Bryan]

4 hours ago, NYCat said:

 

That is terrible, Bryan. Dentists are actually very knowledgeable about mouth issues. Would it be difficult to see one? Things wrong inside the mouth can be so annoying. I occasionally bite the inside of my cheek and then have a hard time NOT biting it again. I love soup and ice cream but it's not much for a regular diet.

 

Paulette

 

Good suggestion Paulette, thanks.  If this shows no improvement by next week I'll contact  my dentist.

[Allan Bell]

It would probably be a few months wait to see a specialist and you would be cured well before then I hope.

 

Allan

 

[John Mitchell]

2 hours ago, Bryan said:

 

Good suggestion Paulette, thanks.  If this shows no improvement by next week I'll contact  my dentist.

 

Sounds like a wise idea. Dentists have seen it all. Hope the condition clears up soon. It doesn't sound like fun, except for the ice cream of course.

[Betty LaRue]

18 hours ago, Bryan said:

I'm suffering from what I hope is just a mouth ulcer which is making eating painful and talking difficult. Managed to see a doctor yesterday and she prescribed a local anaesthetic spray, but it's not much use. She also told me that it would have to persist for 3 weeks before I could be referred to a specialist, unless it became much worse so that I was unable to eat. Subsequently a friend at the allotment suggested a mouth rinse intended to tackle various gum problems including ulcers, so I've tried that. No success so far but early days. A diet of porridge, soup and ice cream is about all I can manage, just as well I like ice cream.

I took Llysine (OTC) to prevent painful mouth ulcers while on chemo. It’s been awhile, but I think I took one twice a day. I had one break-thru ulcer, but it was mild.

Sometimes, Bryan, they can be an indication of something else going on in the body. Sometimes just as simple as exhaustion, or a cold or something like that that gives a little knock to your immune system.

https://www.naturemade.com/products/nature-made-extra-strength-l-lysine-1-000-mg-tablets?variant=17776122167367

Edited May 20, 2022 by Betty LaRue

[Bryan]

7 hours ago, Betty LaRue said:

I took Llysine (OTC) to prevent painful mouth ulcers while on chemo. It’s been awhile, but I think I took one twice a day. I had one break-thru ulcer, but it was mild.

Sometimes, Bryan, they can be an indication of something else going on in the body. Sometimes just as simple as exhaustion, or a cold or something like that that gives a little knock to your immune system.

https://www.naturemade.com/products/nature-made-extra-strength-l-lysine-1-000-mg-tablets?variant=17776122167367

Thanks Betty, I've taken a Covid test which came back negative, but I've had a few sniffles recently which could be symptoms of a mild cold. Currently using Corsodyl as a mouth wash twice a day.

[Martyn]

Bonjela works well on mouth ulcers ...

[CAROL SAUNDERS]

On 20/05/2022 at 05:53, Bryan said:

I'm suffering from what I hope is just a mouth ulcer which is making eating painful and talking difficult. Managed to see a doctor yesterday and she prescribed a local anaesthetic spray, but it's not much use. She also told me that it would have to persist for 3 weeks before I could be referred to a specialist, unless it became much worse so that I was unable to eat. Subsequently a friend at the allotment suggested a mouth rinse intended to tackle various gum problems including ulcers, so I've tried that. No success so far but early days. A diet of porridge, soup and ice cream is about all I can manage, just as well I like ice cream.

Bryan when I had chemo many years ago, it caused mouth ulcers.  My oncologist was delighted as he said it meant the chemo was working !  He told me to get something called Iglu/Igloo not sure of the spelling, you can get it at any pharmacy and it actually did work.  Comes in a tube similar to Bonjela.  Think it's Iglu.

 

Hope it clears up quickly anyway, take care

 

Carol

[Bryan]

2 hours ago, CAROL SAUNDERS said:

Bryan when I had chemo many years ago, it caused mouth ulcers.  My oncologist was delighted as he said it meant the chemo was working !  He told me to get something called Iglu/Igloo not sure of the spelling, you can get it at any pharmacy and it actually did work.  Comes in a tube similar to Bonjela.  Think it's Iglu.

 

Hope it clears up quickly anyway, take care

 

Carol

Thanks Carol.  Problem is I can't actually see the ulcer to apply a cream, it's near the back of my mouth, possibly under or on my tongue !

[CAROL SAUNDERS]

3 hours ago, Bryan said:

Thanks Carol.  Problem is I can't actually see the ulcer to apply a cream, it's near the back of my mouth, possibly under or on my tongue !

Oh ok that must be really uncomfortable Bryan, I do hope it gets better really soon !

 

Carol

[Bryan]

On 21/05/2022 at 15:29, CAROL SAUNDERS said:

Oh ok that must be really uncomfortable Bryan, I do hope it gets better really soon !

 

Carol

Thanks Carol. I think that the mouthwash is working,  I'm in a great deal less pain and able to eat with less discomfort.  I can also talk properly - well as near as I get !   I'm a bit disappointed that the doctor I visited didn't prescribe Corsodyl, or any mouthwash, as it does appear to do the trick. Dentists rule OK (for mouth issues).   I tried playing the recorders yesterday, but that was a step too far. we had to cancel a gig at the weekend, but hoping to get back to annoying the neighbours very soon.

Edited May 24, 2022 by Bryan