The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

Status
Not open for further replies.
Morning Glory said:
Yeah - here a diary means either a personal diary or a work diary. I used to keep a work diary in pencil so I could easily rub out things that changed or got cancelled. My PA would update it if official meetings had been notified. There was also an on-line diary which was 'shared' amongst senior managers which she also updated.
Click to expand...

There is a shared calendar on the computer system, also a personal one but personally I prefer to walk in and see rather than switch on and faff.
 
Lullabelle said:
There is a shared calendar on the computer system, also a personal one but personally I prefer to walk in and see rather than switch on and faff.
Click to expand...
We all use the online stuff, it’s mandated, really, since that’s what everyone else uses (including managers and directors).

My signature move, on days I had too much actual work to get done or days where I just didn’t want to deal with people, was to load up my calendar with somewhat vague appointments/meetings, then go find a quiet/secluded corner somewhere and work from there. Now that we work from home, I don’t need to hide out any longer. :okay:
 
Best wishes to everyone who’s facing health issues.

Mine are minor in comparison so it feels silly to gripe, but I had a follow-up for my broken ankle and got moved out of the boot and into a cast. Because of the way they had to set the bone, I can’t bear any weight in the cast and I’ll be like this for another 7 weeks.

Then after that, I’ll transition to a boot for an additional 6 weeks. A simple bad step while out for an evening walk has put me out of commission until Christmas.
 
Herbaceous said:
Best wishes to everyone who’s facing health issues.

Mine are minor in comparison so it feels silly to gripe, but I had a follow-up for my broken ankle and got moved out of the boot and into a cast. Because of the way they had to set the bone, I can’t bear any weight in the cast and I’ll be like this for another 7 weeks.

Then after that, I’ll transition to a boot for an additional 6 weeks. A simple bad step while out for an evening walk has put me out of commission until Christmas.
Click to expand...
So sorry to hear this. Are they giving you anything to prevent blood clots?

January 2021, I went up to the chicken coop to catch 2 chooks.

I remember the fall clearly and remember my arm resting against the electric fence being zapped... I even caught a chook as she tried to get between me and said fence. So lying on my back with a chicken on my chest I was thinking I didn't have my phone on me... eventually I got up to my feet and carried the chook down to the house.

day 3 saw me at emergency. They x-rayed my right ankle, nothing broken but I'd damaged the tendons and ligaments badly so it went into a bootie. They did ask if anywhere else hurt but compared to the ankle, the other areas were just a niggle.

After several weeks physio sent me to my gp who sent me for an ultrasound - grade 3 tears on ligaments and tendons in the right ankle bad enough to need referring to a consultant... he ordered mri of both legs from thigh down. The final outcome was a broken stress fracture in my left foot (3rd metatarsal), stress fractures in both tibia heads and 1 further down mid tibia, one of them exceptionally concerning and needing to go into a knee support (it was over 75% of the way through the head of the tibia and would have required a knee replacement if it had broken because of its location.

So at 6 weeks in, I was told 8 weeks totally non-weightbearing on either leg with my entire right leg in a 'bootie' from the thigh to my toes A follow up x-ray at 14 weeks in had me off my feet, still totally non-weightbearing on either leg for another 6 weeks (not healed well enough) and then a further 8 weeks before I was fully weightbearing again.

The accident was a simple fall in the garden that I got up and walked away from at the start of January. I wasn't fully weightbearing and walking again until the end of July!

I even had a bone density scan done during this because I was so concerned that maybe I needed more treatment for the osteoporosis I had been cleared of... nope, my bone density was above average and officially treated.
 
This is what happens when the supplier your travel agent wife used to book your vacation messes up on four different aspects:

90394


90395

90396

90397

90399




90398


We were upgraded to The Presidential Apartment! This room, or rather, these rooms, go for €1,600/night!

More pics to follow.
 
Last edited:
I just can't understand why is there a kitchen, is it for your personal chef? I'm guessing people who can afford the presidential apartment can also afford not to cook while on vacation :D
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom