Old age it creeps up on all of us.Me and Mrs Postman have just been over to look after her parents for a day,and do some housework and diy gardening work,i had to re-point a circle patio thing.Not all of.Mrs Postmans mum,has a bad back that is crumbling,she is in agony,so Dad has all the chores to do.Mrs Postmans sister goes over to clean but she has broken her wrist and when trying to keep it dry in the bath,slipped and fractured two ribs.Dad is knackered his own words.bless him.So we are booked in to do a big late summer early autumn clean up of the garden.Including cleaning moss and weeds from between a long block driveway,only one way to do that on yer knees with a scraper and wire, brush i am not trying to get points here by telling you all this,because some of you will be doing the same,it's just because they are so grateful,damn you old age,you rob people.
BBBB old age.
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
if you can get hold of a jetwash/pressure waser for the block paving , it will save your back and knees and remove the moss and weeds too
BSOh
Über Member
- Location
- Ceredigion
Blimey that's a run of bad luck for the family! You're right of course, it does rob people.
Luckily for your family they have you, nice one Mr. P. And best wishes to your family for a speedy recovery (or rather recoveries) .
Luckily for your family they have you, nice one Mr. P. And best wishes to your family for a speedy recovery (or rather recoveries) .
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
And they appreciate it and if they are like my parent they will say thank you in there own way
Salad Dodger
Guru
- Location
- Kent Coast
We are in a similar position to Postman, vis a vis Mrs Salad's dad. He is well into his 80's, in poor health, and lives alone in a flat on a retirement village. We go to see him a couple of times a week, sometimes more, but it's a 120 mile round trip each time. Up until recently, it's been enjoyable, as he is normally quite positive despite his infirmity. But in the last few weeks he has been much more down, and I find it difficult to try and keep him feeling up beat.
We share the caring load with Mrs S's sister and brother, but for all of us it often feels like "one step forward, two steps back"......
But, looking on the bright side, we haven't been throwing ourselves headlong and breaking any limbs, in the style of Postman's relatives!
We share the caring load with Mrs S's sister and brother, but for all of us it often feels like "one step forward, two steps back"......
But, looking on the bright side, we haven't been throwing ourselves headlong and breaking any limbs, in the style of Postman's relatives!
