Today's thought.

[B B]

On 18/08/2025 at 22:37, salokcinnodrog said:

Oh grief!

I am so wound up. My father is 84, and has dementia so my brother and I split visits with him a few times a week each as he is still independent and living on his own.

Today was my day, and I had to be there from 10am until his normal medication delivery arrived, but immediately after had to go pick up his antibiotics prescription from Boots and do him some shopping, which involved a trip into town.

So one of the 'homeless' trying to 'help' at the car park ticket machine, in other words beg.

This idiot chose to give me verbals in Ipswich town centre, and then decided to try to push me when I refused his assistance as I paid on my card. I put him down and left him tangled up in the post at the car park. Got back to my car and he was taking photos of my car.

He then tried to carry on with the mouth and wanting to fight. I just picked his bike up and moved it and him out of the way.

You can see what happened to his trousers when I left him attached to the post by the waistband

Iv had a run in with a deliver bike he must have been going 20mph he skidded to a stop and we both went down, sadly I lost my balance as I got up and stood on his front wheel damaging the spokes then would you believe it trying to untangle my foot I stepped on the back wheel 🫢

[crusian]

6 hours ago, B B said:

Iv had a run in with a deliver bike he must have been going 20mph he skidded to a stop and we both went down, sadly I lost my balance as I got up and stood on his front wheel damaging the spokes then would you believe it trying to untangle my foot I stepped on the back wheel 🫢

How unfortunately clumsy of you BB 😁 .

[commonly]

I don't ever want a repeat of yesterday.

A friends lake, troubled with 2 large fallen trees, excessive Canadian and pond weed, lack of any rain (which usually helps keep good water quality).

8 gone, between 15-30lb.

Sad day

[salokcinnodrog]

I really don't know where to start!

It's been a difficult few weeks with my dad in hospital since a fall at his flat in August. Just when we thought he was recovering, he had a chest infection turn into pneumonia while in the rehab community hospital at Aldeburgh, so got rushed back to Ipswich Hospital A&E on Saturday night, where he has been ever since.

Back in August I made a long Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JEEY9X2sB/ 

[yonny]

Sorry to hear that @salokcinnodrog. I hope he pulls through.

Those waits @ A&E you refer to in your FB post are horrendous. A very close friend of mine had a stroke last week. He was taken to hospital and dumped in A&E for 12 hours before receiving any treatment. It's completely unacceptable.

[crusian]

On 04/09/2025 at 23:17, salokcinnodrog said:

I really don't know where to start!

It's been a difficult few weeks with my dad in hospital since a fall at his flat in August. Just when we thought he was recovering, he had a chest infection turn into pneumonia while in the rehab community hospital at Aldeburgh, so got rushed back to Ipswich Hospital A&E on Saturday night, where he has been ever since.

Back in August I made a long Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JEEY9X2sB/ 

Hi Nick 

Sorry I've just read your post .

So how is your Dad at the moment , please ? . 

I recently took my Wife to A&E , Ipswich Hospital , and we were in there overnight for 12 hours , so I know exactly what it's like . You were great in keeping your temper under control under stressful circumstances , I could have quite happily punched the first hospital employee I saw who just wound me up . 

My Mum had dementia , and it became too hard for her to live at home so she went to live in a friendly  care home in the village . 

Fortunately I didn't have to deal with a social worker , just a care home Manager with empathy , and knew what she was doing .

Take care .

😃 

[salokcinnodrog]

9 hours ago, crusian said:

Hi Nick 

Sorry I've just read your post .

So how is your Dad at the moment , please ? . 

I recently took my Wife to A&E , Ipswich Hospital , and we were in there overnight for 12 hours , so I know exactly what it's like . You were great in keeping your temper under control under stressful circumstances , I could have quite happily punched the first hospital employee I saw who just wound me up . 

My Mum had dementia , and it became too hard for her to live at home so she went to live in a friendly  care home in the village . 

Fortunately I didn't have to deal with a social worker , just a care home Manager with empathy , and knew what she was doing .

Take care .

😃

Hopefully my dad should be going back to the community hospital for rehabilitation tomorrow. He has managed to get around using a walking frame with the physio.

[crusian]

1 hour ago, salokcinnodrog said:

Hopefully my dad should be going back to the community hospital for rehabilitation tomorrow. He has managed to get around using a walking frame with the physio.

Well that's sounds encouraging , Nick .

When your Dad is back at Aldeburgh hopefully you can draw breath , and relax a little after your difficult few weeks .

With these big winds , and rain of late they should be biting down your syndicate .

😃