Its a fatburg from all the oil from washing the dishes and pans, perils of cooking curries!!

Quote from: davina61 on January 17, 2024, 05:12:29 PMIts a fatburg from all the oil from washing the dishes and pans, perils of cooking curries!!

I see.  Well that is a problem too!  (Not eating the curry though!)

I wipe off or drain cooking oils and put them in the trash as recommended by the local authorities.

Quote from: Maid Marion on January 17, 2024, 05:24:38 PMI wipe off or drain cooking oils and put them in the trash as recommended by the local authorities.

Thank makes a lot of sense to do Marion.


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I do as much as possible, plumbing is not good in my flat as water pressure drops when having a shower, toilet backs up some times and my supply is shared with flat2 . Electric shower so when the pressure drops first I get "burnt" and then froze as it turns off to protect the heater, there is a flag to show it so you know when its happening.
 Well its a good frost this morning, condensation has froze on the inside of outside glass on secondary glazing and car looks well frosted from here. Think it will be the thermal socks my sister got me for Christmas today.

Quote...water pressure drops when having a shower, toilet backs up some times and my supply is shared with flat2 . Electric shower so when the pressure drops first I get "burnt" and then froze as it turns off to protect the heater,....

Yep, your plumbing is not good. That's a fire and ice shower! Your showers are an adventure, Davina.

Debs birthday tomorrow, found some fluffy thermal socks in supermarket. Lemon icing on reduced shelf so making her a lemon cake, got 2 birthday cards and they scanned but don't show on till receipt, bonus!
 So thats a cooking afternoon then (again) making Debs a cake and doing a sweet and sour pork and veg. Got some spring onions, pak choy, button mushrooms and 2 packs of sauce. Carrot going in as well.

Quote from: davina61 on January 18, 2024, 03:40:29 AMI do as much as possible, plumbing is not good in my flat as water pressure drops when having a shower, toilet backs up some times and my supply is shared with flat2 . Electric shower so when the pressure drops first I get "burnt" and then froze as it turns off to protect the heater, there is a flag to show it so you know when its happening.

My first house had plumbing like that. Flush the toilet and the shower went into ice mode. When I built my new home 23 years ago I ran separate lines back to the pressure tank(well water) for hot and cold. Completely eliminated that problem. Plumbing inspector was perplexed why I had ran so much plumbing but since it met code he passed it. I also added thermal traps to the hot water heater to keep it from diffusing the heat and placed the heater between the bath and kitchen to eliminate having to run a lot of water to get hot.
 Gina

Our kitchen is a distance from the tankless water heater, so we put a small water heat tank under the sink.  Instant hot, and the pipes get flushed of cool water before the water temp of the tank drops much.

So got up early to ring docs for appointment with my trans friendly lady doc, was told she would be in this afternoon but not according to reception this morning. Have to go through getting up and ringing them again on Mon when she should be in (maybe) . Its a pot luck system as you have to ring on the day, they no longer do booked slots due to time wasters.
 Mum rang last night, one of the new LED lights I fitted has lost 2 units and they are not replaceable. Looks like I will be wobbling on some steps to replace the fitting then.

Quote from: davina61 on January 19, 2024, 03:36:58 AMSo got up early to ring docs for appointment with my trans friendly lady doc, was told she would be in this afternoon but not according to reception this morning. Have to go through getting up and ringing them again on Mon when she should be in (maybe) . Its a pot luck system as you have to ring on the day, they no longer do booked slots due to time wasters.
 Mum rang last night, one of the new LED lights I fitted has lost 2 units and they are not replaceable. Looks like I will be wobbling on some steps to replace the fitting then.

Wait - you can't make a doctors appointment? It's first-come, first-served, day of?

That's just another difference between your system and ours...

Here we are free to make appointments... it's just that we're usually making them three or six months in advance. I guess both systems have their disadvantages.

TBH each GP surgery seem to have their own system, its fine as long as you phone at 8am and get in the call back que. Today was a bust for going down the workshop, by the time I had fitted the new ceiling lamp and had a cup of tea my clothes wash was nearly done. Had to get a few things washed as not sure when the man is coming to unblock my drain, 1.30 when I left mums so back home and put the washing in the tumble, all on the dryer now.
 Had "fun" fitting the lamp, had to get the trestle steps to stand on as every time I looked up I went dizzy. Vertigo is not funny but worked my way through.
 On a mission now to lose the LBs as my blood pressure is high, 6 weeks till hols as well so hope to move at least 8lbs .

Davina, I get a kick out of your vocabulary and expressions. Your speech is similar enough to mine that I can decode what you write most of the time, but I enjoy it all the time. Are the words and expressions that I use ever funny or confusing for you?

I usually get the jist of things! 

Okay so I overslept big time again, there's a BIG Atlantic storm coming in this afternoon as well so gave up going out. Back is playing up as well so its rolled up towel in small of back time to see if that stretches my spine into place.
 Watching a cooking program gaining tips!

Cooking chicken in a creamy pistachio sauce, it said caramelise the onion. Well my back was hurting after standing shelling over 100 pistachios to grind to a powder and prep the rest of the ingredients so while the onions were cooking slow I went for a 5mins sit down. I will swear there is a mischievous spirit in my kitchen , the onions were hardly cooking and when I came back they weren't caramelised they were carbonised ! Pan was really hot even though on a low setting, they didn't taste burnt so I carried on making it. Tastes okay, some rice and a chapatti will go well with it. Stir fry sticky chilli pork to cook now for tonight.
 Storm is blowing in, very windy now rattling things and howling in the eves.   

Rang the docs on the stroke of 8am, the doctors surgery will be open at 8am said the message so rang straight back and ended up in the call back queue. Got a9.30 slot but the doc I wanted to see was on training duty so saw the trainee who then called Dr W in. Got a referal to the ENT clinic, they were going to ask about monitoring my hormone levels as I told them the gender clinic had stopped after my GRS. Also got her to check if my right breast was okay as it got sore under the nipple . Told her it went with the full moon! and she checked and said its hormonal and nothing out of the normal , breasts can be funny things said the trainee. I asked her if she had treated a transgender patient before and she said no but she was lovely, will make a good GP I recon.
 House work then, bed changed and some cleaning done. Have to chase up the agents to see where the man is to clear my drain.

Another storms a brewing, braving it today to go down the workshop. Back is better and its warm today so less likely to seize up! Put a LB back on <not allowed> , must do more exercises.
 The chicken curry does have a bit of a taste to it from the burnt onion, not bad but still there. Watched a program last night where they checked a family for what they ate and did health checks, yes they did get good food when shopping and ate good dinners. Trouble was they then ordered take out on top, bad blood pressure and over weight. Given a good diet and exercise they both lost 5ins around there waist in 6 weeks. Now I have 6 weeks before my hols so can I do that?? Thing is my diet is a lot better than theirs, its just the exercise thing----- 

Well I managed to do a bit in the workshop today, so damp my glasses and welding helmet kept fogging up.
 Finished the other tail pipe and fitted it, by now my back was playing me up again from bad posture sat on my stool leaning forward.
 Looks like we missed the worst of the weather (so far) , still windy but no heavy rain yet.
Docs sent a message asking about gender clinic monitoring my HRT, told them yesterday that once I had GRS they discharged me from their care---------- 

Cutting Carbs for 3 years dropped 9 kilos it all came back in three months when I fell off the cart.

Very damp here as well.  Melting a foot of snow takes a bit and makes quite the mess.  I've not been able to make myself get out in the Barn (shop) even though the heat pump keeps a balmy 12 degrees (55F).  I'm using the excuse that the shipping company lost the brake drums for the Silver Cloud, thus nothing to do.  I confess.  that's facetious at the least since I'd not want to drive it through the snowy splashy slushy mess out there in any  case.  Not that I never have mind, just not fond of the cleam up.  She's already had so many years in Midlands rain like as not I'll never afford the rust repairs before I go the the great beyond.  No matter. The old girl is a hoot to drive!  I ordered the drums first of December last.  Company lost 'em somewhere around Chicago during the last Arctic blast.