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  1. Smudger

    Doctors

    All calls to our local surgery are triaged. I f the problem is not deemed urgent then you may possibly get a phone session with a doctor or more likely a nurse. When i recently come out of hospital i phoned my surgery to say i was still in pain & needed some more pain medication. I received a...
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    Doctors

    In the 70`s we had 2 doctors that serviced all the villages round here. No appointments necessary & they also did housecalls. It`s all gone pear-shaped since then. There are a lot more doctors now & they pass a lot of the work over to nurses. Sad. !!
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    Computer help

    Some days Pete it doesn`t pay to get out of bed !!
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    A truly well loved garden Steve. It must give you many hours of pleasure { despite the wet weather }
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    Bread and Dripping

    Beefs dripping sarnies? Yummy. Could eat a few right now, trying to put some weight back on.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    And now i know where my Goldfinches have gone, haven`t seen any for a while. Great Tit chicks have left the nest box all except one little fella didn`t make it :(
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    Me Dads old sayings

    Where`ve yow been? There & back to see how far it was. Yow found it before it was lost. And one from the army days, Sgt. to recruit, Am i hurting you son? No Sgt. Well i should be cos i`m standing on your bleedin hair, get it cut.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Fruit season has been poor but flowers are ok. Sorry images not loading !!
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Definitely candytuft in there. Cornflowers ? { blue }
  10. Smudger

    Donations

    Thank you for the reminder Richard, i will do mine today
  11. Smudger

    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Your garden looks so neat & tidy. Mine is more rustic { posh word for unruly }
  12. Smudger

    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    It`s more like November here in s/e Durham. It`s cold windy with occasional heavy rain. I feel sorry for our nesting Great Tits having to feed their chicks in this weather.
  13. Smudger

    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Nice looking tree Pete. Mines looking sickly.
  14. Smudger

    Computer help

    I`ve just signed up to Cyberghost & it won`t let me view any sites whilst it`s running so i have to disconnect it to visit a site, which begs the question "what`s the point" ? Have i picked a duff vpn or have i got my settings wrong ?
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    I have 3 sweet cherry trees with a total of 5 cherries ! One of my apple trees is looking very poorly but still has apples growing well. Sweet peas, annual { lovely scent } & perennial, same flower but no scent, in fact all flowers are blooming lovely !! Sadly i have an invasion of what i...
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    Computer help

    I have this at the bottom of my forum screen... "Birmingham History Forum would like your permission to enable push notifications." I presume that means adverts { does the forum still get revenue from ads ?
  17. Smudger

    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Some gorgeous colours in nature.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Here in s/east Durham we have a abundance of birds, Blue & Great tits, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Sparrows, Dunnocks, Pigeons, Doves, greedy Starlings, & we had a Bullfinch pay a brief visit {first time i`ve ever seen one } Cherry trees are very poor this year & one of my apple trees seems to have...
  19. Smudger

    happy 80th to richard dye

    Happy Birthday Richard. Sit in the garden & count your blessings.
  20. Smudger

    Its Oldbrit's birthday !

    Happy Birthday you old saddletramp ! Hope you had enough puff to blow out all those candles. !
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