The Naked Crepe

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Psst, over here!

Oh dear - have I killed the thread!

As you were :-)

Hello Justme. No particular observations on your doggy issues except to note that many years ago when I was an opionated and stroppy teenager my mother noted that having had the children she wanted when she wanted she felt in no position to ever comment on other people. It's always struck me as an excellent yardstick.

And re 7/8th trousers I have some very nice ones from Great Plains but they are a few years (possibly 5+) old.

Stropps, have a lovely time. You have earned it over the last two decades! I don't think I have done this either - last time was when pg with dd and I went to my dm's, vomited for 48 hours, and left. Our relationship at that point needed some bridges building, so it was partial success.

Justme, I like your idea too - agree about being sad. Of course you miss ddog.

WAF, hope dh pinks up soon, and look after yourself.

God, those pies on GBBO looked good.

Rudy is right JustMe - this thread is indestructible! Sorry to hear of your sadnesses but you can bring them here and we won't run away or ignore them. What sort of dog was ddog? Might you get another in due course? I have a v badly behaved terrier - she is awful but we like her (channeling Dick Emery there and showing my age there) and can't imagine not having a dog now.

Stropps, if anyone deserves a good weekend away it's you. Enjoy.

Auriga, sorry to hear about MRI results. Is there a plan / diagnosis?

JustMe, I echo what the others have said Are you planning to get another dog? And I can recommend Gap - I have an old pair which I still love.

Auriga, sorry to hear your MRI results were bad - what is the forward plan?

Herbs, how frustrating re the job. And yesterday - well done for surviving it. With Dan Desmond. DS had a lion that he bought at a school fair, but I can't remember it's name

Stropps, remember to accidentally forget your phone - you need a complete break.

Wobble I so get the dog thing as we lost our mutt earlier this year. We now have the irrepressible Flash which is a bittersweet experience as he reminds us of the old dog who was very different.

M&S did some nice 7/8s over the summer.....

Sorry that post was directed at Justme...

Trivial Thing That Is Upsetting Me alert:

Have had flaming row with DP because he put the delicates on a hot wash and the beautiful, intricate socks my sister knitted for my birthday present have shrunk and felted to a size that wouldn't fit a toddler. Then when I said how cross I was and didn't brush it off (I would be abject if I'd done something similar) he got huffy with ME and apparently this is in sharp contrast with "how I deal with his stuff"

I know it sounds petty but DSis made these for me. She does this stuff beautifully. I loved them and only got one wear out of them.

He has stomped off, having conveniently turned this into a demonstration of how self-centred and self-obsessed I am.

It's more than one pair of socks, FFS. If it were a normal wool pair I would be pissed off but not upset.

MI I would be furious too..... As you say its not just a pair of socks....

Oh no MI - that is upsetting as well as annoying.

I am at home with DS - he is not good today
But we are being sensible and are watching a 1976 production of Macbeth with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench!

Here he is. The bracelet is the Silver Sweetie Style Memorial Charm bracelet (with heart charm) at www.scattering-ashes.co.uk

We will get another dog in due course, but I don't think either of us are ready yet and we're also making the most of having no time restraints at the week-end - and being able to go out all day!

Thanks for the S&B suggestions, I'll check those out.

MI - you must be spitting feathers - what a klutz!

He does most of the washing and has apologised...and now windows10 is playing up

Sorry about DS, BTM. DD2 still off poorly.

BTM sorry to hear ds isn't good.

Justme - lovely hound :). Many of us on here are hound lovers :)

On my way to interview - at least I know it wouldn't cost more in train fares....

Good Luck BD!

Go, BD. Crossing everything for you.

BTM, hope all OK.

Sadly all is not OK, but he is a lot happier than he was first thing this morning. I am waiting for a call back from a practitioner - it is going to be a long struggle for him. And us. None of us would have ever predicted this situation!

tilly I'm so sorry you have this anxiety and completely out of the blue. Glad DS is a bit better than earlier in though. Do share when you can. hugs. X
Best of luck BD!

I'm sorry you lost your beloved pet Justme. I'm not a dog person but I'm aware just how important they are in people's lives nevertheless. I am a bit on the fence about slightly short trousers. I'm OK in the summer but somehow with normal shoes that make me look like Max Wall.

Seething for you MI. These things are important. Trouble is, some people get on the defensive when they know they're in the wrong. I live with one of those too. Bloody men.

I have had a morning traipsing round the mall looking for a range of birthday presents for people. Not least is all DM. And trying to find bright orange and lime green cheap garments for DDs next costume. It seems to me that in the summer the shops were full of these colours..I know as I can't wear them at all. Now absolutely nothing. It's all burgundy and maroon. In the end found seven quid perfect t shirts in top shop sale but can't remember if they need sleeves so bought two incase I have to make sleeves with the same material....or something mad like that....otherwise I'll flow the second one to another desperate cast members mother.

Teaching a real class tonight. How dull it will seem...

Sorry about the typos and lack of highlighting. My iPad keyboard seems to have frozen...

Good luck to BD

BTM - sorry to hear about DS - hope things can (slowly) get resolved.

Rose I find this lot amazing for gifts for hard-to-buy-for adults:

www.gloverandsmith.co.uk/

Lovely pewter things & I particularly like some of the table stuff:

This salt dish

Justme - sorry to hear about your lovely dog. I've always had cats and when the last one dies (some 10 years ago) we decided not to have pets for a while. Keep thinking about it but do like the freedom now we are retired.

ANd it doesn't need polishing

Error - not dogs or cats who don't need polishing, but pewter, of course!

Sorry for Rudy and BTM with anxiety about sons' health. Must be the worst kind.

MI, DH still destroys something nearly every time he does a wash or tumble dry. I used to think he'd learn from his mistakes but recently realised that's not going to happen, because he doesn't care. Washing is something he does while thinking about something else.

Have just been writing a letter of condolence to a woman in her 30s, who has a two-year-old . This should be enough to stop me from complaining about DH ever again but mysteriously it doesn't seem to work that way.

I'm waiting for a surgical consultation. Hoping there is something they can suggest other than surgery, obviously. But the physio is unwilling to try anything else until the surgeon has seen me.

Justme, we would be heartbroken if anything happened to DDog or DCat (what do I mean 'if'? Cat is 20)

Oh, BTM, sorry to hear this. Let us know if any of us can do anything or if you need a walk in the park.

I hate present buying and am very bad at it [helpful]. Revolted at thought of polishing a cat.

Well that was a dogs breakfast. Wouldn't hold out much hope.

BTM that sounds really worrying.