Well. My snot finally dried up after two soggy weeks, and then I got laryngitis. I know it’s that because I checked my symptoms on the NHS website last night.
The good thing about this affliction is it hasn’t stopped me from going out on my bike. I had been depressed into the ground with the snot, on top of the cold grey weather and the dark dark news, but the sun came out last Monday and stayed out all week and it’s still out today! When I went for my first spring ride on my electric bike it was better than a dose of anti-depressants. I came home on a high. And I’ve been out for another three rides since. This has carried me through the week despite the painful throat.
There are just two snippets of news from Hepworth Towers.
One is that we both now wear hearing aids.
We’re the Howard and Hilda of hearing aids.
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It has made our evenings less fraught in terms of reading out crossword clues.
It had been:
“Did you say retch?”
“No! Fetch! FETCH!”
I’ve had hearing aids for three years but they were so uncomfortable and a struggle to put in, so I never wore them, much to the annoyance of some of the younger members of the family. Then I had a check up and they gave me a new pair that are easy to put in, and more importantly they showed me I had been wearing them in the wrong place on the back of my ear. So now I am a happy bunny.
When the audiologist first turned on the new ones on I flinched. “NO! Too loud! I’m a Quaker, I like quiet.” So she turned them down and programmed them to increase in sensitivity over the ensuing three months. Isn’t that clever? And all free on the NHS.
Dave had an appointment and couldn’t believe they gave him a pair to take home the same day. He says he feels like a new man. And his guitar sounds like a new guitar. He’d been puzzling over why it wasn’t producing harmonics any more. Magically, now it does.
At least the NHS is working in this particular specialty. Though my friends who live in Sheffield are only allowed one hearing aid each. What?
The other bit of news is that Dave was on BBC Radio 4’s Any Answers yesterday! (8th March)
Go Dave! He was the first caller, and was talking about whether the UK could call the USA an ally now. If you’re interested you can hear him on BBC iPlayer.
He was so impressive, and I was so proud.
And that is our news, such as it is.
You can see why I don’t blog much now, can’t you?
No one wants to read political stuff, and actually I can’t bear to give it any more attention than it’s already taking up in my brain; and secondly, life is so quiet here.
Having said that, I do recommend this piece that was in the Guardian yesterday:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/donald-trump-america-mafia-state
Enjoy your Sunday!
4 comments:
Sue, This is a lovely post - it made me smile. So thank you.
Dave was a superstar - live national radio is not for the faint hearted. And he landed his points very credibly. Well said that man!
Thea x
That is so good to hear! I was thinking “oh dear, it’s time to give up the blog.”
Made me laugh too...lucky you with the NHS!! I think we need hearing aids too but scared to find out the costs!
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