Eternal Refuge

Sorry

Thursday work went well ... until the last patient arrived who argued and questioned every point of the test. Oh well, it takes all sorts to make a world!

In the afternoon I drove out to the local Covid centre, and had my booster jab. So I am allup to date again. I need to wait a bit then I can get my flu jab. By the time I had that done, waited the 1/4 hour and then got home (but we were all given a glass of water and biscuits!), it was a bit later than I had realised and I had a lot of ironing to do ... so LJ got abandoned. Sorry

Yesterday I picked up Christine on the way and we went to another National Trust stately home, this time in Plymouth (photos to come ... but probably next week). My ankle coped well with the drive and the walking so that was good news.

Now we are bck on Saturday ... walked to Tesco's this morning as I normally do on a Saturday. It's chaos there as everything has been moved as they are extending the building, but not closing at all, so it means that at the moment things are a bit more compressed. So nothing is where it was.

Now I need to make a few icons, sort out the photos from Saltram, and then disappear until Monday .... but before I vanish -


23. What is a meme or picture you’ve seen recently that has made you laugh?
My third cousin and I exchange pictures & you tube links etc ... this one was a recent one -


24. Have you ever bought something recommended by an ad on social media before?
No

25. How often do you go to the beach?
Not all that often, even though I only live about 7 miles away.

26. Do you ever look up actors you think you recognize in movies and shows?
Yes, Wikepedia is handy - I sometimes like to know what other things they have been in. Or, how old they were when they died etc

Ar 21 minutes past 9 tonight it will the  21st second, of the 21st minute of the 21st hour of the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century

Don't panic

I have just had a blood test, and the nurse was telling me a great joke she had just seen ...

2 women were talking, and the elder told the younger that she had just had her mammagram.
The younger asked as to if it hurt!
And the reply was .... "I went in with 2 cups and came out with 2 saucers"!!

This afternoon I was stuck in traffic for a short time not far from where I live (I was taking Jiffy for his annual jab).  Anyway, 2 things I saw amused me.  I see them all the time, but today I am obviously warped ....

1)    They are building a new retirement complex ... backing onto the crematorium!!!   (They obviously don't expect people to have a long retirement!)

2)   Just across from the hos[ital is a small parade of shops.  5 shops, 2 of them are funeral directors   (They obviously don't trust the doctors!!)

Well, as I said - madness abounds today!

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On a more normal note, let me wish Queen Elizabeth a lovely 91st birthday.

Stolen from curiouswombat

Just a few random thoughts to cheer up your afternoon ....


I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.

Life is sexually transmitted.

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Have you noticed since everyone has a phone camera these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

In the 60's when the world was normal, people took acid to make it weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

How is it one careless match can start a bush fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"

Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes out of its bum.

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets angry, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!  Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests itself:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I head towards the garage, I notice post on the porch table that I picked up from the postman earlier.

I decide to go through it before I wash the car.

I put my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the recycling box under the table, and notice that the recycling box is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the postbox when I take out the recycling paper anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my cheque book off the table and notice that there is only one cheque left.

My extra cheques are in the desk in my study, so I go into the house to my desk where I find the cup of coffee I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my cheques but first I need to push the coffee aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The coffee is getting cold, and I decide to make another cup.

As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water.

I put the coffee on the worktop and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers..

I put the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realise that tonight when we go to watch TV,I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I put the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

The car isn't washed

The bills aren't paid

There is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the kitchen work-surface

The flowers don't have enough water,

There is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book,

I can't find the remote,

I can't find my glasses,

And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all bloody day and I'm really tired.

I realise this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.....


Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

I am a loner - hate crowds of people ... although I cant wait to see Ghost of the Robot in July, I am wondering whether I will actually cope ... so, Blogthigs, you got this VERY wrong!

And, to think I used to be nervous before an orchestra concert, when I was just one of 46 performers!

This one is priceless. A lesson to be learned from typing the wrong email address!

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A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier.  Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day.

The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realizing his error, sent the e-mail.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband's funeral. He was a Baptist minister who was called home to glory following a heart attack.

The widow decided to check her e-mail expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted.  The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:


To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've Arrived
Date: March 21, 2012

I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send emails to your loved ones. I've just arrived and have been checked in.

I've seen that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then! Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.


P. S. Sure is freaking hot down here!!!