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 So i have returned , this whole can i type, can i move routine is getting to me im afraid ..lol ..really not needed as ive so much to do , everything is taking so long . Mr BH could help by not making such a mess because sometimes the urge to slaughter him does pop up when im feeling grim . Sarcastic son is just locking himself in his bedroom to avoid having to help . Comment from Mr BH yesterday about the amount of cat snot on the windows nearly resulted in his death , doh ...like i can go out and clean the windows at the moment !! At this point sarcastic son emerged and started scrubbing out the shower a chore he was assigned a week ago ...so a small result 

Joyce , Boris is donating all this money to the navy in his bid to take up piracy after Brexit , practically everything heading for Germany etc has to come through the channel so if we are short of anything we can just rob it off of a passing ship . They can also buy lots of nets and ammunition to keep the refugees at bay , though quite why they will want to come here  is a tad beyond me . 

Then we have the latest instructions for lockdown that nobody can make head nor tail of , why dont they just be honest and say that all those rich enough will continue to jet off for xmas , you plebs can all be locked in and die for all we care . They are probably designing a Covid Santa 2020 badge for the poor bloody care workers and NHS staff as a thankyou as we speak .  

Just to make my head explode we had decided just to have the three of us for xmas , dinner is in the freezer it will just be defrosted and warmed on the day if im dying its not beyond sarcastic sons abilities, yesterday i was informed that Mr BH has invited Young Baldrick but only if he agrees to quarantine for a fortnight he hasnt replied yet , im really hoping hes too off his head to respond as that would be the straw that breaks 2020s back  aaaarrrggggggghhhh

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 So im enjoying the morning silence , MR BH is snoring for England in the distance , he had his scans yesterday and hes drugged up to his limits at the moment having injured himself trying to get on and off a non adjustable bed at the scan center , he will be fine just his everyday problems .                                         Has anyone else noticed that the rest of the world has ceased to exist ? the only news we seem to see is local Covid stuff and nothing else , even the papers are much the same is the world still out there?  We are been fed endless can Boris save Xmas at every turn while theyre not mentioning the following week and the beginning of the Brexit shambles , the only worry i have on that front is any loss of electricity supply as we have no fire places and are reliant on electric to run the heating , other half having unstable angina he has to stay warm and temperature change is a well known trigger for attacks , i keep bidding on cylinder gas fires online , but no luck so far .  But they do say that the whole of Europe could have power outages this winter if the weather turns grim , because everyone is at home using far more energy .  Having oil heating its surprising how few people realise that the pumps run on electric . Must remember to order some more hot water bottles , though shopping online is such fun , I ordered a memory foam pillow wedge the other day and when it turned up it was child sized a very small child at that , it had no resemblance to the pictures online where you could prop yourself up in bed with it , so back it is going , i will have to join the queue down the road at the only post office for miles , more hassle ...AARRGGHHH

Plague 80

 So here we are at number 80 , still bored , still baffled , had to take a few days off due to shingles in my mouth , thats a particularly horrible one it springs on you when your run down to the ground. So im back in the land of the living looking round the squalid pit of iniquity that is my home , tempted to burn it to the ground . Mr BH has been busy and we are now officially chav scroungers he ordered a huge telly to amuse himself during the winter , knew there was a catch , he can now cast stuff from his laptop onto the TV so endless tedious racing and fishing instructionals on TV , oh joy , as he says hes got the boys to put the old TV upstairs for ,me , trouble is there he sits in the one warm room in the house , while i freeze upstairs bless him . I would be more impressed if he had replaced the holy stair carpet before one of us dies  but hey ho , listening isnt a strong point .                                                                                                                 Meanwhile out in the real world , it was our prescriptions  run yesterday , the only folks you see about are the very elderly the shops seem to be packed with them , Woodhall doesnt seem to be short of tourists despite this half hearted lockdown , lots of bikers about as usual . I do think living out here in the armpit of nowhere we are very privileged,  theres no public transport , shops are few and far between  etc etc so theres far fewer transfer risks for the virus , except from the endless delivery vans we see nobody . everything is more expensive even the electricity is a higher rate than other parts of the country so its swings and roundabouts , giggle of the day was the doctors ringing to tell Mr Bah Humbug that hes to go to the local maternity clinic for his kidney scan the hospital isnt doing them at the moment .                         Todays question is what are your thoughts on the whole wonder vaccine score ? mine is i wouldnt want to be anywhere near the front of the queue for it  and dont you think that its a tad odd that theyve removed the right to sue if anything goes wrong . Thoughts please 

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 Life is so tedious ive not a lot to say, Mr BH having finally got his blood tests has been referred for urgent scans, he may have liver problems due to lockdown drinking????  he doesnt drink . Our GPs are great for years we have had this problem every cycle of bloodtests he gets hauled in and told he should admit he has a drink problem , he hasnt drunk for over 10 years and back then it was the occasional one. My tests still arent happening , just yet more repeat prescriptions. Still a tad shingly , bane of my existence, not getting an awful lot of sleep so a wee bit tetchy , trying to get outside and do one little job each day a bit of pruning, strimmer under the washing line, sweep up leaves  etc etc etc etc then put my feet up at 3pm and try to find a bit of TV to watch , we were so bored the other day We watched the very first episodes of Take The High Road ...lol...brilliant , it was bad to start with and it hasnt aged well . Son has given me his TV codes so loads of choice but theres not a lot that we both want to watch , id like to thank the pillocks who have started xmas adverts early this year while they have a captive audience Mr BH is ranting even more than usual . Still got problems with my arm i can type now but not for long and scrolling is just painful , cant concentrate to read which is driving me mad ..lol, im a positive crock of shit , not rundown more runover ...The highlight of the morning is going to be gazing at a couple of wrens harassing the cats , they get so angry and noisy out among the fog the cat s just chitter at them , theres so much vermin they dont show more than a passing interest in the birds 

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 Well its back to the winter fun filled existence yet again , lockdown isnt any different from our normal life , pretty boring and pointless sums it up . Mr BH finally got to go for his blood tests , the nurse informed him hes the only person shes seen who has actually lost weight during lockdown . He promptly crapped himself when the receptionist rang him to say hes low in iron yet again and the doctor wants to know why ? well hes been waiting to go for cautery for his never ending nosebleeds for over a year  now , his nosebleeds are of epic proportions and he needs cautery every couple of years. Nothing happening on that score at the moment so yes he has anemia.  From what i can gather they are working their way through the practice alphabetically trying to get all the government extra cash for actually doing something ,  maybe the doctor could try reading the patients notes and it would all go a bit quicker ..wild suggestion                  Actually ventured to little Tesco in Lincoln Saturday dinner , plenty of loo roll etc , actually got what i went for, a big pack of tinned cat food for old cat , i always try to buy cans whenever i can at least they can be recycled easily , lots of photos in the local press showing it had been stripped by locusts by Sunday Lunch , here we go yet again.  Well stocked on the grocery front , have a Morrisons delivery expected , it should be interesting in the extreme , i can get away with a trip to the butchers every couple of weeks . At least it has been confirmed that he can still go disabled fishing , usually hes packed up for the year now but him and BIL say theyre off to continue till xmas subject to the weather . Then theyre off to save up and renew some of his dads permits , they have used them all this season and its cost them virtually nothing in fees . So thats the tedium that is life at the moment , im off to watch the raindrops run down the window for a bit of excitement...lol  

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 Well todays headlines seem to be Boris the Pudding Snatcher , whipped up by the usual media culprits . So whats a Covid Xmas going to be ?  Not much different than a normal xmas i would imagine , my mothers head may explode as shes having to write so many letters reporting everyone for having seven people in their house , i do think the ideal xmas present to send her might me a set of night vision binoculars then she can police her neighbours 24 7 . Meanwhile in the real world can you see the police turning up to count your guests, the answerphone playing festive tunes and telling you that your 340 in the queue will be firmly on for that one . Its also being suggested Boris will call in the army , really? what army is this? hes busy handing our redundancy to them all at the moment , Demonic Cummings has done a review and he says all we need is more and more drones and spies lots of spies and all the data available on the internet , technology is the answer to everything , oh and algorithms. You dont need an army when everybody has been stuck at home playing Call of Duty for 6 months   Government by IPhone seems to be the order of the day , the procurement scandals will doubtless be shredded under the carpet as usual , meanwhile theres a Minister somewhere earning millions of points on Hot Deals ordering everything online each day , maybe the military should have noticed that everything is now being delivered by Amazon .                                                                                                                                                        So a perfectly normal xmas then , vile plague spreading relatives turning up , granny locked in the conservatory with her dinner on her lap waving to everybody , the kids looking baffled at the orange and banana in their stocking in preparation for Brexit . Then by New Year everybody has Covid from Uncle its only a bit of a cough 

Plague 76

 So ive never been more happy to see a patch of shingles hatch , at least i can be sure that the raging sore throat and chest pain is just the lovely illness i endlessly get , plus movement is coming back in my arm slowly , sarcastic son has had the bad throat its a mystery as he has been out the door twice since March ? rather worried about him at the moment hes had a lot of mental health difficulties in the past and hes very quiet and withdrawn of late , plus i noticed that his pills are now twice the strength when i picked up his prescription.                                                                                                                                                      Im cabbaging happily watching the local internet auctions , its amazing what rubbish you can get for under £10 , havent bought anything theres nothing i need , but you never know .  I would just like to be able to concentrate to read at the moment that is the annoying side of things . so watching online auctions is quite relaxing it certainly can be an eye opener when you see the second hand value of furniture and household goods .                                                                                                                                               Im suitably amazed at the government decision to not pay free school meals in the holidays , talk about a publicity gaffe of epic proportions , wouldnt be surprised to see a u turn on this one the amount of online grief they are getting . Dr Caroline Johnson our conservative MP voted with her herd as usual , bit much when shes a Consultant Pediatrician in the NHS does empathy die at the point you become a Tory, there even getting stick from their own members over this one  

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 Hello its the one handed typist here . Well lifes so boring ive little to tell anyone , still cant do a lot with my right arm , but at least its not getting worse . Its a good job im used to a body that does as it wants , years of shingles teaches you that one . Mr BH just laughs at me , yesterday i got stuck in a jumper and couldnt get out and i couldnt get my bra fastened this morning , hes had to help which gives him a giggle because hes not an awful lot of help and he nearly took his eye out trying to do the bra up . Managed to get into the garden yesterday just picking up branches to go to the burning pile for an hour , it didnt make it any worse so may potter a bit outside later. Other half has had his urgent blood tests cancelled yet again, no surprise there.                                                                                                                                                Young Baldrick is apparently homeless yet again ,  his frantic mother rang because hes been slug out of his houseshare , he couldnt stick to the rules so they have no obligation to rehouse him , she was hysterical and begging us to take him in again , we pointed out that hes nearer his dealers if hes living in a cardboard box in town , eventually after all these months she agreed to send him her empty flat keys ...hooray , now she can find out what happens , im sure she may be more realistic once hes sold all her stuff for drugs and the flats full of drugged up zombies . Her neighbours will doubtless inform the authorities once hes made their life intolerable and he will be on the streets yet again.  Not feeling my normal charitable self at the moment im afraid , just want to sleep and forget about other peoples shit for a while  

Plague 74

Still alive and still here...lol  ..just reduced to left hand typing and left hand mousing at the moment , the receptionist informs me theres nothing available for muscular skeletal problems at the moment , take painkillers and rest ...ho hum same with the blood tests , none urgent and none happening. so i have the winter grumps early this year . I should be out getting on with garden projects , lots to do out there , instead its Kindle and Netflix earlier than usual.                                                                                              Both cats are in disgrace , nextdoors food visitor Lily Cat caught a mouse in the kitchen as they stood and watched with total disinterest they have had their treats cut in retaliation and are sulking and planning to murder us in our sleep .                                                                                                                                      On a plus note Keith my ninety something year old Jehovah's Witness turned up bouncing around in the front garden waving , he was well masked up and wasnt knocking on doors hed come to ask my email address as hes now online , his grandkids have been teaching him computers online during lockdown . he was out for a drive and thought hed just pop by, .i think he may have escaped from his family as they generally dont let him drive ..lol                                                                                                                         Mummy Dearest is im afraid going batty , shes turned into a one woman covid vigilante and is informing on all sorts of imaginary sins with stern letters to the authorities , she also told me shes electrocuting cats that come into her garden ..wtf ....can you buy tasers out of the Daily Mail back pages these days ?  Shes also taken against the man at the bottom of the road who owns a white van , hes a drug dealer you know ...really ? i thought he was a builder doing up the bungalow hed bought cheap , but hes stopping her spying on the folks at the bottom of the road with her binoculars so shes written to the police ...sometimes im glad i live on the other side of the country                                                                                                                              

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 Well i continue as itch bitchy old biddy , irritation is a symptom of B12 deficiency . Got a phonecall from the GPs receptionist saying they may be able to see me in a couple of weeks when the blood test fiasco is supposed to be resolved ...ho hum  by that time there will doubtless be other problems.  In the real world im just pottering around at home looking bored , lots of stuff to do outside but its wet and muddy out there so not feeling it im afraid .  Yet more bleedin problems with my Morrisons deliveries they have changed the date the day before the delivery this time . currently we can only get deliveries after 10pm at night , still lots of stuff out of stock as usual , complain yet again only to get a reply about the wonderful expensive boxes we can have delivered , sorry folks i dont eat a lot of mince , jarred sauces or endless pasta .  Why not change to a different supermarket ? lots dont deliver out here , those that do stop delivering out of town if they are busy , since March we have had a single Tesco delivery slot .  So it looks like i will have to struggle round Lidl next week for a bulk shop , ive run the milk and bottled water down as it was coming up to its use by date , at least i dont need potatoes for the foreseeable future our last Morrisons order had substituted all the stuff that was missing with bags of potatoes , rather odd but something useful for a change which will last us till xmas at least .  Another weird question why have swedes suddenly become expensive ?  Which celebrity chef has conjured up some ridiculous recipe for them ? 

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Urgent!!!

15h · 

URGENT MESSAGE

⚠️ due to national supply issues with the reagent used to process many of the blood tests at the pathology labs, all local practices have been instructed by the CCG to cease all affected routine tests with immediate effect. Only urgent tests will be carried out until further notice 🧪

You may be contacted and advised that an upcoming appointment is affected, for which we are extremely sorry, but the matter is beyond our control.

We have been given no indication as to how long these measures will be in place, and will update you as soon as we know more, so please be aware that our staff may not be able to provide the answers to the questions we are sure you may have.

Thank you for your understanding

So im fairly sure my B12 is through the floor , cramp everywhere , blurred vision , etc etc ...good old self medication is no longer working and i need a booster shot , cant get a booster shot because i need a blood test ....ffs ..this is permanent nerve damage we are talking about  . Spoke to the GPs yesterday , the doctor may ring me . Then this popped up sent by a nurse friend 

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 Woken up at 5am by an elderly cat who realised it was raining on her doormat , she wasnt too happy and shes a mouthy old bird . Theres a huge flock of starlings trying to do their dance and just getting blown in all directions . Its going to be a sit and look out of the window day with added domestic servitude i think , house is a complete shit tip  as ive been busy with outside jobs most of the week . i have a washing yurt the size of a small bungalow to clear , need to put most of the summer clothes away etc etc etc . 

But i did manage a trip out to the highly exciting world of Market Rasen . I won a £2 lot in an online auction weeks ago and they asked for my feedback said that that i had never received an invoice and they eventually found the lot and got back to me . Other half wasnt to happy he said it was a waste of fuel to go and pick it up but we toddled along anyway . Sheer bliss i got to talk to other actual flesh and blood humans and i didnt rush and managed to visit 3 charity shops, by the time i got back to the car he was fuming id got a couple of odd balls of wool , some Rowan knitting magazines and a couple of big books along with my auction lot of a bundle of unframed prints . I then pointed out that they had a small Tesco and why didnt i do my top up shop while we were out . That was a revelation a fully stocked Tesco , everything ive not seen for weeks so i went a little mad , set him off again when i bought a couple of boxes of bulbs , he went on a whole you cant bloody eat them rant . I gather he had yet another fall while fishing with his BIL last weekend and hes in agony and im getting the benefit , nothing new there .

On a GP note i seem to have achieved, locally there had started to be a few remarks on facebook etc about why our GPS wasnt actually open except for the chosen few ,  so i chimed in and triggered a whole host of stories about the place , none of them good . Low and behold from the 1st of October they are reinstating the testing for chronic conditions for those who need regular monitoring . In another surprise the brown envelope of doom from the DWP hit the map , it would seem that they are giving Mr BH an extra year on his PIP claim , a huge relief as we were gearing up for the battle , we had spoken to the people who helped with the 2017 shenanigans , i have prepped 6 months worth of food for the event . the lovely support lady i spoke to did say we should reapply anyway because they had moved the descriptors yet again , but we arent going to rattle that cage at the moment , we are content to receive something anything is better than the six months of nothing we had last time  

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Brought to you by grumpy old bird , as many will know winter is coming is not my favourite time of year . So i just get grumpier and grumpier .  GPs my pet peeve at the moment , last week i went to pick up the monthly prescriptions only to be told i hadnt ordered mine which i had , it involved a 30 mile round trip due to road closures , the witch in the window then informed me they would order some for next week , but the doctor wished to speak to me because i was blatantly not taking my tablets having not ordered any since July , err yes i have 2 lots.  Thats fine can i speak to the doctor , no the doctor isnt here he will ring you . So hes not here? I just watched him pull up outside not 5 minutes ago . He will ring you . Shake head and walk away .....Go back this week , the witch at the window is demolishing an elderly lady . the elderly lady visably swaying on her feet is having the stuff theyve given her isnt what shes ordered conversation , she then says shes not feeling well , best go home and use The Ask GP website then , she says she cant . well your carer or a family member will have to do it for you .  My husband was my carer he died last month can i write  the doctor a letter ?  No they wont read it you must ring Ask GP , shakes head and walks away . When i finally get to the window i did point out that if they could provide a plastic garden chair and some sanitiser wipes it might be a big help for those who struggle standing outside as they throw stuff out of the window to you . At this point i get the death stare . I then asked why the GP hadnt rung about me taking my tablets the scowl just deepened , eventually she threw my prescription at me 2 big bags , so i opened them in front of her and pointed out they wernt mine despite having my name on the bags at which point if looks could kill i would have died , by then id been stood a good 30 minutes and the queue was down the road . Now the weird part is that all the other  local surgeries are functioning fairly normally now with extra precautions like you sit in your car till they call you in . Ours however are doing nothing, its like a fortress with only the witch in the window having any patient contact  , no blood tests no checkups no nothing . In fact they had a long line of pensioners down the road Saturday morning having a flu jab in a gazebo in the car park by a Haz Mat suited nurse , strange .....But i did notice the line of brand new Teslas in the Doctors parking spaces 

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So im not around much on the grounds that im struggling to type , shoulder thingy having diffused to my hand and fingers now, usually this is a sign its getting better , i can hope , ive still a lot to do outside including the mother of all bonfires , at least its raining for the next couple of days so i should manage a big blaze once the ground is soaked . At the weekend i had a tribal visit 3 kids grandson and BIL to tackle the last of the conifers they thought they should get the backend jobs done before we are all locked down again , it was nice to have the kids here and also find out they squabble just as bad as they did when they were teenagers ,lol

Daughter finally got round to taking down the munchkins high sleeper , its been a total nuisance since they left nobody but grandson could get up there and of course the cat  . i managed to find a divan base free on facebook this week so nagged for the wretched high sleeper to go , at least the mattress fitted the base.  So it being very large even when dismantled we decided to give it away free on the local facebook selling page , why just why did i think it was a good idea?  370 viewers and endless messages , so far 3 didnt turn up who wanted it , then i got sick of the endless dumbass questions , so i turned my facebook over to my daughter and said you sort it !!  I'm informed theres another person picking it up today , we shall see . Its several hundred pounds worth of bed not a cheap nasty one , beggers belief that its so hard to give away  

Plague 68

 Why is it that winter is coming makes everything 10 times worse ,  xmas on the horizon doesnt matter a jot to me its just the thought of being locked up here with sarcastic son and Mr BH is enough to drive me mad in normal years, this year is a corker. 

Young Baldrick is doing drugs again another relative has informed us , endless phonecalls from the police who are looking for him . Part of his bail conditions is to inform them where he is living and he hasnt , so we gather an arrest warrant has been issued for him . His ex partner is being moved out of the area and he wanted us to collect his belongings , neither of us can lift anything and hes not allowed near the property plus we arnt storing stuff for him here . So its therefore our fault that hes lost everything and hes cut us off ...Hoorah  I do get the idea that hes going to be a neverending nightmare for the foreseeable future and hes far more bothered about his electric guitar than he is never seeing his child again .All i worry about is that he hurts someone , every time its in the paper that someone with serious mental illness has hurt or killed someone it grates , the families have all asked for help endless times and nothing is there .

Emergency xmas is in the freezer , 2 Bernard Matthew turkey roasts...lol  i will finish prepping the veg this week , the freezer is full so space is at a premium , nearer the day the turkey situation will be improved if possible, if not i can make do..lol . Lidl was once again very short on tinned anything this week and there were a few gaps here and there , onward shopping add six tins of what we use to the fortnightly order up to the maximum order limit on the delivered shop from Morrisons , still getting daft gaps in the order and weird substitutions but hey ho , how the hell do they have no eggs? 

Plague 67

 Im just wandering off to play in the garden , i was up very late today having had a bad night with this wretched shoulder arm thing, got up made a cuppa watched a movie then finally went to bed at 5am ..lol  other half tried to sort himself out this morning , ive noticed hes got his shirt off already and the kitchen looks like a bombs hit it . In other words he had at least tried to sort himself out , he struggles to dress himself and anything kitchen related goes badly , it sounds so daft that he can put toast in the toaster but cant spread anything on his toast , but his life is one of endless frustration .  In a bid to help himself hes been  taking  CBD oil , its not cheap but anything that helps is a bonus , hes at the limits of normal pain medication when hes bad . hes been taking it for a couple of months and he says he hasnt noticed any difference only the fact hes not getting as many headaches . The point is that ive noticed a big difference , hes less nasty and mean , quite relaxed and chirpy and he just seems way more comfortable in his skin . Is it the CBD ? who knows .

Good old car boot yesterday , managed a bag of books . A rosemary plant mine having curled up its clogs and weird one of the day , a brand new in box pair of shoes for a pound . Decent make, the lady said she ordered them in lockdown couldnt send them back but they were miles bigger on one foot ...scored ....the reason im shoe hunting is i have one swollen foot !!! the large shoe foot 

PLAGUE 66

 Maybe i should have called it plague 666 after all the nations total indifference towards our latest government wheeze . Between that and the Covid Marshals the comedians of facebook are having a field day . Bet that was a giggle around the cabinet meeting table . Hancock getting almost animated at the thought of Doncaster Races having to be cancelled , not that his racing industry sponsors would want any of their donations back , so a compromise was reached and the new restrictions come in next week after the race meeting .  Boris doesnt give a fig it just means he doesnt have to see his kids at xmas and he doesnt need a bigger table to sit them round . Meanwhile Rees Mogg has a coughing child so nanny will have all 8 of the buggers stuck at home till the guilty party gets their quick private medicine testing done . Meanwhile everybody else with a coughing child will be driving to Barnard Castle for the only available testing slot in the country.                                                                                                                      Extinction Rebellion are rubbing their hands together in glee as it means they can only protest in groups of 6 , so they will have to come up with something even more news worthy , cant wait theyre nothing if not inventive . Priti Patels head will probably explode at that point , her plan to declare them a criminal organisation isnt going to well as most of the country find them more entertaining than Britains Got Talent , im not sure if this is there intention ? every day they pop up on my facebook with there latest wheeze its as if London has been invaded by redundant street performers crossed with Greta Thunderbird .                   Then theres the supermarkets latest wheeze to sell 16kg sacks of flour very cheaply are they trying to tell us something or is it just me , not tempted even with my prepper like mentality a couple of extra packs of normal sized is all i need as stock these days , ive tortillas and oatcakes in the freezer a couple of packs of part baked rolls and a few weird and wonderful bread mixes . However if you have a family it may be a good sensible purchase , but do remember that you need to dry store it properly its advisable to split it into smaller bags and freeze them to kill any weevil larva .                                                                                    I did venture to our local tin factory the other day and came home with lots of dried peas , stuffing mix and suet all normal stock cupboard items for the winter , they also had army ration pack chicken in brine , practically immortal and a real find, makes awesome chicken pies and great with any packet sauce known to mankind We also have a small countries consumption of pot noodles , son eats little else and MR BH likes them for fishing , struggled to find anywhere to store them , other half has just informed me hes ordered a galvanized dustbin  for his , should make a nice feature item for the kitchen !! 

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 Ho hum , theres nothing interesting in the news , Boris pretending the EU is picking on us and Extinction Rebellion providing more entertainment than Britain's Got Talent , you do get the feeling that theres an awful lot of the bored to tears middle class out there using their  rail season tickets to go annoy the government.  when you look at the comparisons between America and the UK on the protest front i do think we win for the organised disco dancing protest outside Buckingham Palace .                                        One thing i have missed during lockdown was my monthly discussion with my elderly Jehovah's Witnesses   theyve been visiting for over 15 years and just before lockdown they said they were being replaced with an online service which i told them seemed very sad as Keith was now in his 90s and had been witnessing most of his life, his partner knew i would always give him a chair and listen to him , lovely bloke with some great tales to tell , i do think witnessing was very much a social event for him , i do hope hes ok.  Mr BH does say that i collect cats and Christians wherever i go                                            I ventured into a charity shop this week to top up my winter reading pile in their 10p sale  , suddenly realised im down to one drawer of to be read in the filling cabinet , these days half of what i get to read i start and realise ive already read they have just reissued stuff in a new cover  or its just boring formula twaddle . I was also looking for a few extra mugs , Mr BH has been smashing them a lot lately his grip is crap at the best of times but he wont admit defeat and get a cripple mug as he so charmingly calls them , plus they have to be just right for him , no china because he scalds himself without realising , handle big enough for his big fingers , right size must be able to dunk in properly , so finding the correct 20p mug isnt all that easy ...lol...  

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 Apparently im just being stubborn and need to get a smart phone straight away as its impossible to live life without one , kids you have to love them , there insistence that technology is the answer to everything may one day be proved wrong to them and im afraid i wont be drawn into the argument .  Meanwhile good old mumsie is having her own problems with technology . The last bank branch in her small town is shutting , she banks there and is none to happy , she raised hell and they informed her that they will make her an appointment with the digital training officer for her to go in and learn how to use internet banking . I wish them luck at 85 stubborn as a bloody mule and liable to ram their tablet up his backside this could get interesting . 
Officer Dibble may be ringing me again to enquire if she has Alzheimers , it seems they use that as an excuse for not prosecuting the very elderly who are a nuisance to mankind . In fact my dad once used it as an excuse when he got took to court for running his household electricity on a street light on the front wall of his house , the fact that he told me hed been doing it for over 10 years before they caught him didnt surprise me . He got the GP who owed him money for some building work to write him a letter saying he wasnt responsible for his actions , walked away with a fine .                                                                           Munchkin is loving high school already, his main comment ...this is soddin boring , I got the obligatory first day photo and he looked like a clown his uniform is so big . But hes grown so much it will fit him in a matter of months . Meanwhile im a happy Granny having gained five pairs of trainers and shoes in me size that hes never worn because he jumped 3 sizes in the space of a month , im not a trainer wearer but hey ho free shoes even cheap ones are something you cant turn down, Grandad did comment hey hes my size next lets hope he grows out of his new trainers super fast...lol  

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 Well this is exciting , Bank Holiday Weekend usually the last holiday before Xmas in the UK and im going nowhere and really doing not much of anything . Son took Mr BH out yesterday to a Truck event they were amazed to find was still happening they had bought tickets at xmas last year , then today hes off for an interesting day fishing while under the influence of drugs with BIL . So ive been up since my usual 5am to get him ready and packed up for the day . Read a lot of blogs , flicked through facebook , sorted all the washing now tapping my foot waiting to go out and play in the garden .                                                   On a world at large front have you noticed the current pasta mountain that the supermarkets are trying to shift at bargain prices , we arent huge pasta eaters since its just us 3 left here so apart from extra lasagne sheets its not really needed and im not buying it just because its cheap . I do wonder if this is the supermarkets trying to push us to stockpile a little in the event of Brexit , at bargain prices 10 bags of pasta might be a good idea if you have a family to feed , its good long past its sell by date and your future proofing your purse as we are well aware that prices are leaping . Have you noticed that Brexit pies have gone up to £2.00 a shot in the big supermarkets , good old Frey Bentos currently still cheap at £1.29 in Heron , grandson loves them . Im trying to stock up on stuff that sarcastic son can just throw in the microwave for Mr BH in the event im not well . Ready meals are damned expensive , so ive got a good supply of tinned curries and other crap food , plus an awful lot of noodles and precooked rice . Sarcastic son isnt a bad cook but Mr BH is as picky as hell and his daft eating habits mean that son will refuse to cook anything for him if he starts moaning.  Bargain of the week has been Big tubs of Flora at £1.50 for 4 and stork baking marg at 4 for a pound into the freezer it has gone , bargain shops may be mainly cakes and crisps but sometimes you strike lucky for stuff you need .  At least the cabbage and sprout patch look pretty healthy ive at least 5 different varieties to overwinter , squash are just coming ready for harvest and they can sit in the shed for months ..still waiting for the grass to dry a little so i can go out and potter ...ho hum