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Yes, Off with Willie's head! Don't worry Willie I would catch your head and hang on to it for you. Never fear......:)
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I'm afraid if I had that job in Henry VIII's day I probably would have lost my head.
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Hey, maybe all the caregivers out there who are cleaning their loved one's bums can just pretend they are back in Henry VIII's day and that will make it alright again.
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It is an established fact that the Queen hasn't got a bottom. Cf the satirical puppet show "Spitting Image" and her conversation on this subject with Prince Edward.
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They didn't do it in the days of Henry VIII, Gershun. They had a "groom of the stool" who took care of that. It was actuallly a coveted position, because it put you in close contact with the king and you could carefully suggest things while in private discussion with him - thereby being a very important position.
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The Queen seems like a strong old bird. I just thought of a silly skit they did on Monty Python once. It was animated. It was this big soiree and they show the Queen dressed in her finest weaving her way through the throng. She enters the bathroom, the door closes and then all you hear is loud bathroom sounds.........you know the ones...........ahem. I laughed so hard.

Even royalty wipe their own bums............(I think)............I hope so. :P
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Now I'll never see the Queen the same way CM, oh I know she is getting old but she's far from feeble, and she's younger than my mom (who is of course truly ancient). I wonder if she works out or just trusts it all to good genes and a gin & dubonnet a day?
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Phew, wow, oh boy...

Just sighing with relief that another Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall is safely out of the way. May the Queen live forever and everything, but the sight of a ninety year old lady making her way alone to the plinth, carrying a wreath - and they weigh a TON - up two stone steps and then down again BACKWARDS...

Well I'm sure I'm not the only English person holding my breath and gritting my teeth 'til she's safely back in line.
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Love you too, Gershun! Sleep good tonight.
Now, there is a long posting I want to make, about sinuses and cat litter, but must go find some medicine to fix this......I should have worn a mask.
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Gershun, So frustrating, isn't it? Posts disappearing theory is this- -When someone else posts as you are typing, nice, long postings, at the same time, yours disappears?
Solution, post really nice short posts. ? ?
Maybe I am wrong.
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Yea.........Send! Love you Send!
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Had a day, a caregiving day, worked hard, just came home. If it was not for the forum members here, teaching, supporting, discussions over a long period of time, then an elderly man with a UTI would not have been diagnosed and treated today.
No, Really, you all, my friends here get all the credit. So grateful, so thankful.
Thank you!
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I found you! It took my 5 am morning brain awhile. I haven't had my coffee yet and that would surely help, and all the eye drops.
Hope everyone has a good day, no matter what we face.
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Ali,
Don't know how the Hotel California cooks its breakfast bacon, but found a piece in mom's purse tonight - it looked chewy or at least chewed on
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Your smileys make me smile, Gershun. I didn't see the pic, Send, and wasn't aware of the show of solidarity until I read about it from you. I'm logging onto Twitter now to check it out.
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:)
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So many of my posts have been disappearing Send. I type out nice, long ones and then Poof...........gone. Tiring...........tedious. Sigh! Never saw the pin photo Send.
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Did anyone see the pin photo with Canada and the UK pinned together, standing together?
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Just saw my now post disappear.
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Lol, Send, I'm on a quest for the way to cook bacon so that it comes out more tender and chewy and not too crispy or overcooked. I always used to put it in a skillet but I bought 3 lbs on sale recently so thought I'd learn some new ways to cook.
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Ali, I don't like pumpkin much, but the beer part sounds good. Wish we could all get together and have a toast. I think my toast would be that this holiday season be better for us than any we've shared with family before. And if we drink enough pumpkin beer, maybe it will. :)
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Already cooked the bacon. What was the question again?
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I bought some Blue Moon brand pumpkin beer at the store on my way home. It's pretty good! Wish I could pass them out to my friends, here... if you like that sort of thing. I figured with super moon coming, and pumpkins being seasonal... Seemed like a good choice. :-)
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:)

Took Tumeric capsules instead of Curcumin. lol.

Ate an apple to keep the doctor away, just in case.

:)
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Love the poem Send!
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Be back later...
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Scottish Poetry

I'm Fine Thank You

There is nothing the matter with me
I'm as healthy as can be.
I have arthritis in both my knees
And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze,
My pulse is weak and my blood is thin,
But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
Arch supports I have for my feet,
Or I wouldn't be able to go on the street.
Sleep is denied me night after night,
But every morning I find I'm all right,
My memory is failing, my head's in a spin
But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.

The moral is this - as my tale I unfold,
That for you and me who are growing old,
It's better to say, "I'm fine" with a grin,
Than to let folks know the shape we're in.

How do I know that my youth is all spent?
Well my 'get up and go' has got up and went.
But I don't really mind when I think with a grin,
Of all the grand places 'my get up' has been.

Old age is golden, I've heard it said,
But sometimes I wonder as I get into bed,
With my ears in the drawer, my teeth in the cup,
My eyes on the table until I wake up.
Ere sleep overtakes me, I think to myself
Is there anything else I could lay on the shelf?

When I was young, my slippers were red;
I could kick my heels right over my head.
When I got older, my slippers were blue;
But still I could dance the whole night through.
But now I am old, my slippers are black;
I walk to the store and puff my way back.

I get up each day and dust off my wits,
And pick up the paper and read the 'obits'.
If my name is still missing, I know I'm not dead -
So I have a good breakfast and go back to bed.
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Does anyone think 3 safety pins are over the top? I sure hope so!
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Hurry Send...........take your curcumin........hurry. Take your Omega 3 6 9 too. It helps as well. Hurry! :)
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Gershun, Embarrassed to say that I forgot the Curcumin, but have been putting it in hubs vitamin box, o dear. No wonder. It had helped so well that I was more than able to do what was needed in a recent (and ongoing) crisis, now I am crashed, frozen, on the bed. Hurry, hurry, here I go...
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