Update on Joe: on and off topic.

We did a flit to the Frozen North on Friday: I am happy to report that
my very dear FIL's 'replacement hinge therapy' has gone well, and he
should be going home tomorrow. He looked and sounded well, and though
the bruising LOOKS alarming, it is fading well, and he can walk without
his crutches a good part of the time. He's getting daily physio, and
his colour and spirits are good. The op was done with an epidural
rather than a GA, and he said it was like listening to heavy duty
carpentry! He's a true engineer at heart - he said he'd like to have
seen how they did the op, so he could see how his bionic knee was fitted!

I managed a little fabric therapy at Dainty Supples, and bought LOTS of
thread: they had a sale basket of all sorts of things that have
obviously been discovered at the back of some warehouse - old fashioned
reels of Coats thread labeled in 1000's of YARDS first rather than
metres! it all seems good and sound, and I thought the cotton thread
would be good for using on the old hand cranks and treadles.

It was a rather rapid trip, as we set off at almost six pm, and left
again this am to call in on friends in Yorkshire on the way down.
England seems to be in the grip of some rather boring and ordinary
weather - thank God! Clear roads all the way up and back, and the few
sets of roadworks did not hold us up. I'm looking forward to getting
back to some form of normality tomorrow... rats! The builders will be
back! They removed and replaced the soil stack on Friday (no lavatory
for most if the day! Thank God for Auntie-Mo-Next-Door!), and had
scaffolding up for that and to replace the soffat boards above where the
new conservatory will go. Tomorrow they will probably start the
foundations.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

So glad to hear that your FIL's replacement went so well!

Best wishes to all of you from Tucson!

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you aren't trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
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We did a flit to the Frozen North on Friday: I am happy to report that my
very dear FIL's 'replacement hinge therapy' has gone well, and he should
be going home tomorrow. He looked and sounded well, and though the
bruising LOOKS alarming, it is fading well, and he can walk without his
crutches a good part of the time. He's getting daily physio, and his
colour and spirits are good. The op was done with an epidural rather than
a GA, and he said it was like listening to heavy duty carpentry! He's a
true engineer at heart - he said he'd like to have seen how they did the
op, so he could see how his bionic knee was fitted!

I managed a little fabric therapy at Dainty Supples, and bought LOTS of
thread: they had a sale basket of all sorts of things that have obviously
been discovered at the back of some warehouse - old fashioned reels of
Coats thread labeled in 1000's of YARDS first rather than metres! it all
seems good and sound, and I thought the cotton thread would be good for
using on the old hand cranks and treadles.

It was a rather rapid trip, as we set off at almost six pm, and left again
this am to call in on friends in Yorkshire on the way down. England seems
to be in the grip of some rather boring and ordinary weather - thank God!
Clear roads all the way up and back, and the few sets of roadworks did not
hold us up. I'm looking forward to getting back to some form of normality
tomorrow... rats! The builders will be back! They removed and replaced
the soil stack on Friday (no lavatory for most if the day! Thank God for
Auntie-Mo-Next-Door!), and had scaffolding up for that and to replace the
soffat boards above where the new conservatory will go. Tomorrow they
will probably start the foundations.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!