19-04-2020, 19:42
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
As you may no mum is now in a nursing home as she was left paralysed by Covid-19 and not been able to see her for 4 weeks.
On Thursday I took some clothes to the home for her as all she had was a hospital gown, but as there is building work going on I was unable to see her.
My sister saw her yesterday, she was on the phone to me in tears as she was allowed to stand outside like me.
Today I took some magazines for her and the care home, let me stand in the doorway of her room and speak to her for 30 minutes, boy was it emotional.
When I got home I upgraded her phone contract (which I got for both my parents) as she was eating the minutes and data, so now she has unlimited Text & calls and 2GB of data.
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Sounds like a hard visit Hom3r but your Mother is safe and it looks like the care home are trying to make things easier for you in these desperate times.
<<hugs>>
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20-04-2020, 11:50
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#13787
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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20-04-2020, 12:48
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Originally Posted by Maggy
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Congratulations Maggy. Hope the mother and baby are well. 
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20-04-2020, 15:24
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Originally Posted by Maggy
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Congratulations - best wishes to you all x
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28-04-2020, 15:31
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#13790
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Just had a home delivery from Iceland after they contacted us 2 days ago to say they had a spare delivery slot for this afternoon.
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28-04-2020, 15:43
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Just had a home delivery from Iceland after they contacted us 2 days ago to say they had a spare delivery slot for this afternoon. |
Brilliant. We got a slot booked today for delivery on Saturday from Asda. Last Wednesday got a slot on Wednesday for delivery the following day.
It's good that delivery slot seem easier to get now, for those that may need them.
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28-04-2020, 15:55
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Originally Posted by Stephen
Brilliant. We got a slot booked today for delivery on Saturday from Asda. Last Wednesday got a slot on Wednesday for delivery the following day.
It's good that delivery slot seem easier to get now, for those that may need them.
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From what l can ascertain Morrisons tend to have some slots for 3 weeks ahead around 6-7 in the morning , Asda no slots at all for down here for 5 to 6 weeks now , Sainsbury's and Waitrose are delivering to extremely vulnerable customers only as they are in the 1.5 million extremely vulnerable person group which is understandable , Tesco any slots with them tend to be from around midnight onwards.
Iceland don't go as far ahead as the other supermarkets in their delivery slots.
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30-04-2020, 13:30
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Was digging around in an old memory stick and found a photo of me 7 years ago when I was likely at my thinnest ever as an adult.
Spliced it earlier with a modern day photo and now use it as my home workout motivation.
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06-05-2020, 11:36
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
There’s a retail park close to where I live and just about every time I’ve been there I always see these 2 ducks together. No idea why they’re always there, I live close to the Bay but I’ve never seen any other ducks around the place. Anyway I went over this morning and there they were again so I decided to grab a photo of them.
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06-05-2020, 11:45
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Nice to see the Corona Virus thread not at the top on unread list.
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07-05-2020, 14:27
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#13796
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Did my first Zoom* video call with my sister this morning. Nice to chat and actually see the person you're talking to. Seeing as it's likely to be some time before I can go and visit her in East Sussex.
I was going to meet up with her for lunch the week the lockdown came into effect.
* Free version running under W7 Pro on the HP i3 laptop, she was on her iPad.
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07-05-2020, 15:58
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Did my first Zoom* video call with my sister this morning. Nice to chat and actually see the person you're talking to. Seeing as it's likely to be some time before I can go and visit her in East Sussex.
I was going to meet up with her for lunch the week the lockdown came into effect.
* Free version running under W7 Pro on the HP i3 laptop, she was on her iPad.
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Nice of you to have a video chat , is Zoom free, ?
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07-05-2020, 17:11
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Free for users with some limits
https://zoom.us/pricing
To host meetings you need to set up an account: Username and password.
To be invited by a meeting host you just download the app.
The host sends you an email with a link or a meeting ID number.
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However history will change with my coronation - Mariemaia Khushrenada
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07-05-2020, 17:21
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Mum 30/09/20 Dad 08/08/24
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Looking forward to our second family quiz night over Skype.
There's 5 of us, and we each have 10 questions.
After 3 rounds we have a break to top up the booze, the one advantage is that we don't have to drive home.
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07-05-2020, 18:23
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nashville
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Free for users with some limits
https://zoom.us/pricing
To host meetings you need to set up an account: Username and password.
To be invited by a meeting host you just download the app.
The host sends you an email with a link or a meeting ID number. |
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