Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[Techno]

Looking very nice, Nobby !!

Cheers - Phil

[d_Guy]

Impressive seeing them all together! Are you going to end up doing all the air complements at Midway?

[fsn]

I'm working on the Yorktown.

That will be enough. 

[paulr]

 

[fsn]

I've been slightly distracted by some New Zealand P40s




... and some C18 buildings that I just founds ...

... and some Korean War British Commandos (which are terrific, by the way.)

[paulr]

Just to add to your distraction there is a restored P40 at the Wigram Air Force Museum

https://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/aircraft/curtiss-p-40e-kittyhawk/

[Techno]

... and some Korean War British Commandos (which are terrific, by the way.)

Thanks, Nobby...Glad you like 'em !

Cheers - Phil

[Womble67]

Another quick photo:

Die American Pig Dog Hamster Gerbils!

Akagi's airfleet at Midway - Vals, Kates and Zekes.

Still working on the bases.

Now that's an impressive Air Fleet

Take care

Andy

[Ithoriel]

Impressive!

I hear the hum of aero engines!

[Techno]

I hear the sound of ambulance sirens.

You can guess who for....She was VERY lucky I heard her, as she couldn't reach either of the alarm buttons, had her face down into the carpet..... and had her telly up at 110 Db.

Whenever you believe you can't get any more stressed !!

Cheers - Mr Unraveling very quickly.

[fsn]

Blimey, Techno!

Good job you got to her.

[pierre the shy]

I feel your pain Techno......

My mother is in her mid 80's but still lives independently, but she's getting a bit shaky on her feet. Over Christmas I rang her and she must have slipped over when she went to answer the phone. She has a alarm but couldn't reach it though I could hear her moving around. Trouble is she lives in Auckland, about 650km north of me so I ended up ringing 111 and having to get the St John's Ambos to go round and gain access to her apartment. Sure enough she had fallen over and was carted off to the local hospital. Luckily she has recovered fairly well but all the same a bit stressful for the family. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Is she okay?

[Ben Waterhouse]

Crikey! Hope all is well.

[pierre the shy]

Shes okay now.....got her a walking stick which was "really good".....first time she went out with it she left it in a shop but my brother who lives up in Auckland managed to track it down 

[lowlylowlycook]

I'm trying to get my mom to use a cane to help with her balance  but I do worry about her leaving it places since she doesn't need exactly need it.

[sunjester]

It can get worse. We visited my brother-in-law at Christmas and the aged parents came over on Christmas Day. My mother-in-law came into the front room (admittedly she hadn't seen me for a while) and said "Hello, I think I should know you but I'm not sure".
I explained I was married to her daughter (for the past 35 years but who's counting). I had to leave the room for a few minutes and when I returned she said "Hello, do I know you?"
At this point my nephew left the room choking, as he passed me by he muttered "Well that was a good start!".

Christmas day went downhill from there, my father-in-law didn't speak to me at all, but by the time the meal was over he was just mumbling "I don't know who all these people are".

When we went over to see them on Boxing Day they had no memory of the the Christmas dinner the day before!

[Techno]

Blimey, Techno!
Good job you got to her.

As I mentioned before.....It was really lucky I heard her, Nobby....I couldn't tell what the sound was originally, or exactly where it was coming from. For a couple of seconds I though there was a cat outside having a 'barny' with another cat.....Then realised it was coming from the annexe.

The ambulance folk were superb as always. The 'worst' part of that, was having to sit waiting in the ambulance for a couple of hours. It was so busy in A&E there wasn't any room for Mum's stretcher to even be put in the corridor. Apparently a Monday is one of the worst, if not THE worst, day for delays.

"Is this fairly normal, then ?......How much of your shift, are you spending sitting outside an A&E ?"

"Well, we do a 12 hour shift...6:30 to 18:30.....and we just have to accept that we'll spend half of that time, having to wait to get a patient into A&E."
(Jaw drops !)

Anyway, having got Mum into A&E, and as settled as poss, we had no other option but to come home, as there were SO many things that simply HAD to be sorted out yesterday...Yes...we did feel guilty doing that, but at that time Mum was fairly well doped up on morphine and didn't really know we were there....There was nothing we could do.....And she was in the right place to be taken care of.

Von tried to ring to A&E about 6 in the evening...But they were still so busy, no-one would/could pick up the phone, so she left it until 9 to phone again....Then found out that Mum had fractured her left humerus.

In one respect, that's a small blessing, as that arm's got a big problem with the shoulder joint already, and she barely uses it. If it had been the right arm she would have had enormous problems for ages, even in sing the Zimmer-frame. Obviously we'd rather she hadn't broken anything !!

At least she's in the right place, as I mentioned earlier.

Peter.....So glad your Mum was OK....I would say Von's Mum managed with a walking stick fairly well, for a few years after she broke her hip...(That was 9 years ago)..Then it was apparent that a stick simply wasn't sufficient. A lot of the time she had to use a wall on the other side as a prop.

It took AGES to get her to use the Zimmer.....("I'm not using that !.....Only OLD people use those." ).....Nowadays, she knows she couldn't possibly manage without it..and even sings its praises !
I seem to remember that we ended up actually taking the stick away, so she had no option but to use the zimmer.

SJ....So FAR I don't have the same problem with Mum...Though I often get greeted with "Who are you?"....Which I'm 99.9% sure is in jest. Stroll on, she's known me for about 45 years now, and I see her anything up to a dozen times a day. Though when I take her 'tea' in, she sometimes seems to have a problem remembering my name for a few seconds.

Cookie.... I'd keep encouraging her to use the stick !...If her balance isn't brilliant......

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Techno: have a virtual and manly hug.

Just remember what my old Granny used to say - "bu**er off out my way, I need a gin." 

She also used to say "'smile' they said 'it could be worse'. So I did and it was."*

Take care.



*On reflection, that may not be as supportive as I originally intended.

[Orcs]

Sorry to hear your having a tough time Phil. The hospital is the best place for her at the mo. If they keep her in for a day or two perhaps you can both catch up a bit and have a proper sleep.