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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 21st April 2024
« on: Yesterday at 22:10 »
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 21st April 2024
« on: Yesterday at 22:04 »
I also have to cross the top of the stairs to get to the bathroom - so easy to fall down sideways! So landing - such as it is — needs to be clear.
LSo,etime later———
Raining hard now, what a surprise !
Well - Last of The Summer Wine on ,I love it.
Cheerio. Viktoria.
I also need a light at the bottom of the stairs, ,I descend into darkness and can’t differentiate between the last stair and the floor- same carpet on both so I slam down sometimes.
I usually count but I have a small light colour carpet sample on the floor so see that easily and no misjudgement.
Viktoria.
Ask your son to investigate LED strip lighting for your staircase. There's different makes and types on the market such as "solar" powered, or "lit by motion, or battery, etc.,
To give you an idea surf for "Safety Lighting for Staircase" and the usual A --- n website pops up together with other suppliers.
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The Common Room / Re: Toffee apple men -- registered??
« on: Yesterday at 19:37 »A hawker or pedlar required a licence.
You beat me to it. A hawker had to (and still has to) pay for a licence from the local authority tp sell wares or a service (such as a knife sharpener) in the streets. I was surprised recently to see how much a modern hawker was fined in Singapore for selling hot chestnuts (yum yum) without a licence.
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The Common Room / Re: How did Brockett became Brockie
« on: Yesterday at 11:51 »
In the 1841 Norfolk county census there were families with surnames of "Shearing" but my family was "Shearen". My direct ancestor moved south to find work where he was documented as "Sharring". I made contact with the descendant of the uncle of "Sharring" who had moved west to seek work when he was a young man and his surname was still "Shearen". At least one of the boys in my Shearen/Shearing family always includes the surname Holyday/Holladay/etc., and the other "Shearing" family included the middle name of "Christmas".
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 21st April 2024
« on: Yesterday at 11:34 »Brings back childhood memories, my mum gave me blackcurrant ...
LM
The humble Blackcurrant is rich in polyphenols, mainly anthocyanins.
Mark
My maternal grandfather had a few blackcurrant bushes which provided my grandmother with enough fruit to make absolutely the best jam/preserve. My parents garden had raspberry canes which didn't seem to fruit, except for one year when it produced one berry., which I sampled and from then on raspberries have been my favourite fresh fruit.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Newspaper Report
« on: Yesterday at 11:26 »
One Medical Report suggested that certain DNA might be more prone.
My blood family have been badly affected by recent illness.
The last time I was sent by GP Surgery to A & E, I also mentioned my family and the Nurse kindly replied ... Two of my family died too.
Mark
I was shocked to read that last remark !!
I currently nearly need medical attention myself because I've spent hours flicking through online webpages following instructions on how to fill in a questionnaire in order that I can download an APP. I successfully entered a few numbers but was then stumped on the question asking for my linkage number.
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The Common Room / Re: How did Brockett became Brockie
« on: Thursday 18 April 24 16:27 BST (UK) »
We have to remember that not many children attended school or only attended school until the age of eleven and even before hat age they would be out in the fields helping with the harvest of, etc.
Another thing to remember is that church vicars, padres, preachers, etc., moved away from the birth places to give guidance in other parishes and did not know the then very strong local dialects. When I was younger, when Television reception had not reached every place in Britain, I went to a village only two miles from the place I lived in and couldn't understand a word they were saying !!!!
Additionally when I was growing up practically every word, given name and surname, was given the local colloquial "ee" on the end doggie, Charles/Charlie, surname Cram = Crammie., etc. The younger generation might have been fed up of having to correct other people's pronunciation of their surname that they agreed to change it to accommodate the locals.
The origin (below) states it could have been a Norman word and the Normans were French - many French verbs and other names end in the sound "ee" , e.g. "ez", "et"
It will be interesting to see what other chatters think.
SURNAME: Brockett
English (of Norman origin): from Middle English bro(c)ket, a term denoting a stag in its second year with its first horns (diminutive of Old French brock), probably applied as a nickname.
Another thing to remember is that church vicars, padres, preachers, etc., moved away from the birth places to give guidance in other parishes and did not know the then very strong local dialects. When I was younger, when Television reception had not reached every place in Britain, I went to a village only two miles from the place I lived in and couldn't understand a word they were saying !!!!
Additionally when I was growing up practically every word, given name and surname, was given the local colloquial "ee" on the end doggie, Charles/Charlie, surname Cram = Crammie., etc. The younger generation might have been fed up of having to correct other people's pronunciation of their surname that they agreed to change it to accommodate the locals.
The origin (below) states it could have been a Norman word and the Normans were French - many French verbs and other names end in the sound "ee" , e.g. "ez", "et"
It will be interesting to see what other chatters think.
SURNAME: Brockett
English (of Norman origin): from Middle English bro(c)ket, a term denoting a stag in its second year with its first horns (diminutive of Old French brock), probably applied as a nickname.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 21st April 2024
« on: Thursday 18 April 24 15:53 BST (UK) »
Well a tin to open - pasta to cook ,breadcrumbs to crumb and mushroom sauce to slave over, ——- well Campbell’s’ condensed mushroom soup to open .
I still have to slave over the crumbs!
Cheerio.
Viktoria.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Newspaper Report
« on: Thursday 18 April 24 15:46 BST (UK) »Rana, I only wish my Influenza in January 2020 resolved successfully. The flu went, but it was followed by a body inflammatory rash taking 2 years to calm and had complications ever since.
I've been on a specialised diet for several years to calm the inflammation naturally and provide all the high nutrient demands for the GI system and my body.
The next Consultant will be the third.
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One of the things noticed in filed Reports are varying Scientific opinions regarding differing outcomes in people. This is one mentioning elevated IgG4.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10222767/#:~:text=There%20is%20now%20compelling%20evidence,received%20mRNA%20vaccinations%20before%20becoming
I'm extremely sorry (and sad) that you are still suffering from an invasive virus.
The longest bout of 'flu that I know of was an old aunt of my late OH and she had winter influenza that lasted six months !!
One of my sons had attacks of measles five times and was always being "off colour" until aged 24 years old when he had his tonsils out and living measles virus was detected by the pathology department. He never suffered measles again.
I'm not up to date with current bodies who have government research facilities but once upon a time British scientists gave their best assessment of what new wave of virus would arrive on British shores from Asia, which is where most annual virus emerge from. Some years they miss the mark completely and we have stocks of useless medications.
Coincidentally I've just skipped over a newspaper headline that suggested if a person had
an ancient DNA then they were susceptible to certain virus.
Best Wishes for a speedy conclusion to your ailments and to good health
Rena