After a mini meltdown yesterday, there was some news on our
TV which gave me a little boost.
This was news about eyesight. I shall give you the link at
the bottom of this blog, it’s not for RP, but for AMD. The most common cause of
blindness in the UK. And so close to what I have in a way, this is to stop your
eyes getting worse, so again too late for me, but again, we are really heading
in the right direction with this brilliant breakthrough. To be on our BBC news too is unusual as there
is never anything on our news about treatments for blindness. So, I was a happy
bunny after reading and hearing about this. As I said, the link is below.
The hottest February day on record is to hit the UK. 18 C is
forecast this week but then snow is due. So, in our street we have sun this is
bringing out neighbours cutting grass. In February? There will be a frost and
your grass needs a blanket. It’s far too early to cut grass.
I get asked to write about some really different subjects.
Some things require a special certificate, believe me, and those subjects I won’t
touch on. Yet. But todays email aske me to write about hotels. Okay, where to
start? I guess I shall write about things in hotels that is said to be that are
no longer. Such as remember when we used to be given proper metal keys to open
the room doors with? And they normally had large plastic tags on them with the
room number and address of your hotel. Well not now, you will probably get a
slim credit card like thing. I remember
in Russia, we used to get the most enormous key rings. During the Moscow 1980
Olympics, we got the most beautiful silver solid metal really heavy bear named
Misha, who was designed by a children’s illustrator whose name was Viktor
Chizhikov. The bear was the simple of the games. A really cute mascot and
believe me, you wouldn’t want to carry that round in your handbag and this was
the reason they did this so you had to leave your key behind the reception so
they knew when your room was empty so I guess they could take a look… well just trace when you left and returned
from your day out.
Can you remember guest books? Oh my, I do feel old. Before computers
we had to sign our name in the guest book. still now in small B&B’s for example,
they may still have one but this is normally for you to leave a review rather
than any personal information.
Sadly, in the UK the Bible is seen less in our hotel rooms. I
used to think that was such a nice feature.
I also remember when in really nice hotels as you walked in the
reception, the carpets used to be so thick. Now they are ether thin or you have
some kind of hard floor.
Ah, the good old days. The best thing about the good old
days is they were good, but I wasn’t old.
In our news iPhone 11 will be able to charge other phones
just by touching them together. That’s clever. But it will be far too
expensive. I do have an iPhone and I’m so grateful for it as the apps you can
get to help to recognise things is so helpful, though frustrating as far from
just like looking with your own eyes if they only worked.
And other headlines read
Smoking stops body from fighting cancer and makes you 40%
Less likely to
survive.
Hub travelled to work today three hours. Such a long way. I don’t know how he does it!
My brother though works all over the country and in Scotland, he too is a work
aholic. He has been since I can remember. Same as my brother in law and even my
ex worked so many hours. Well, then there is my Son, hahaha, what is it with me
and being linked to men who work a lot? My Son put in sixty hours last week and
more this week. I don’t even know how many hours my Husband works as he works
whilst in transit. That is a bonus when you are blind, well for whom you work
for anyway, if you can’t drive. I guess that is when you work. But when is down
time as he works weekends and nights too? Even when he is on holiday, his lap
top is always around and is opened at least once per day.
It’s a beautiful sunny day cool but with the sun, it’s warm.
There are no birds around at the moment, I really hate that. The sky without
birds is really depressing. I think it’s been a few weeks since I heard any
sweet songs. We have a wood pigeon in the distance and a crow visits, but apart
from that, it’s silence.
And finally, food for thought
250 lbs on earth, is 94.5 lbs on Mercury. So, as it’s said, I’m
not fat, I’m just on the wrong planet.
If we shouldn’t eat at nights, why do they put a light in
the fridge?
Reminds me, is our bulb still working? Hahaha. Seriously,
one time my friend went into my fridge to get some milk for a cupper. She told
me my light wasn’t working. I said to my Son, darling our light is off in the
fridge. He replied I know Mum it’s been like that for ages…. So why he didn’t
tell me? Bless him, could have been because he just felt a little awkward? I mean,
why would his Mum and Dad need one?
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