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How many Senior Moments can a man have?

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Looks like butter wouldn’t melt in its mouth

We had the Blackcap back again. The photos are different, as it’s on the seed feeder. They are, however, no improvement quality-wise. Anyway, that’s enough about Blackcaps, let’s talk about my new splint.

Blackcap again. Different feeder, same poor photo quality.

After self-diagnosing my wrist problem as carpal tunnel syndrome I ordered a splint from Amazon, It arrived today. It’s adjustable, it has velcro straps and a metal plate to hold the wrist in the right position. It’s a lot more comfortable than the tubular bandage I had been using for the last few days and, to be honest, much more impressive. It really looks like I have a serious injury instead of a sore wrist. The best bit, though, is the fact it doesn’t peel back as easily as the bandage, so I can’t roll it out of the way for washing up.

I did offer to remove it completely but Julia insists I keep it on, and she will do the washing up.

So my hand is less painful and I don’t have to do the washing up. It is the classic win-win situatio situation.

If I remove that arm with the hanging fat feeder it will be more difficult to gat to the seed

 

However, there is a cloud on the horizon – I’ve been having intermittent computer problems. New pages kept opening and I lost pages I was working on (though I found them all eventually). As I pondered on the problem it occurred to me that it always happened when I used the “t” key. Then it occurred to me that it might be something to do with the new splint and the “Ctrl” key, as I noticed drag against something from time to time. It’s still happening even now, though it’s less frequent now. That’s right, the splint was pressing on the key and “Ctrl T” is the command to open a new page. I didn’t know that. And even though I now know it, my hand is still dragging across the key and calling up a new page once in a while. It happened six times in the last paragraph even though I am trying to keep my hand up and the edge of the splint away from the  keys.

There is always something new to learn.

Dunnock – apparently a very promiscuous bird – you wouldn’t think it would you?

Trousers, Typing and Tongue Twisters

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I slept well last night and woke just before nine. It’s not exactly industrious, but it will do for me. I have nowhere to go and nothing to do, so 9.00 is as good a time as any. I managed to dress without industry and decided I could dispense with trousers today as I was not intending to go out. Slipper socks and a good long flannel shirt will do to preserve my modesty, though I will be keeping the blinds partially drawn after yesterday’s events. It wouldn’t do for the neighbours to know too much about the informality of my dress habits.

The lack of trousers means there was no trouble with trapping my foot in a twisted leg, or tripping whilst hopping around muttering things about tricky trouser designs.  If only I had tartan trews that last line would have  had potential as a tongue twister. The world needs a tricky tongue-twister about tripping with two trapped feet in your twisted tartan trews. Well, my world does . . .

I thought I’d make a quick start on the typing today, before the pain in my wrist catches up with me. Rest, a hot water bottle and patience have seen the pain disappear from my right arm, shoulders and left elbow. Only the pain in my left wrist remains, and that is where I had trouble with carpal tunnel before. I have ordered a wrist splint and set myself a target of resting and being patient for the next few weeks. With luck it will go without further intervention. In the meantime I will alter my typing position to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

My previous typing set-up may have looked chaotic, with things set at different levels using boxes and books, but it worked well and I had no problems from aches and pains (or RSI and carpal tunnel to give them their modern names).

We had vegetables for tea last night. With a bigger oven I feel that my roasted veg should be better, but I’m not sure they are. This is slightly disappointing, but I will get over it. I even pre-heated the oven and the roasting tins last night, even though my prudent side is much perturbed by the idea of heating an empty oven.

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We had cauliflower with mustard cheese sauce, with potato wedges, carrots, leeks and brussels. I read a recipe that says if you leave the cut brussels face down for the complete cooking time it traps the steam inside and gives you sweet, tender brussels. It seems to work, though buying decent brussels also helps. I will have to buy some tough monster brussels to really see if it works. We seem to have been eating better since we moved and altered our routines.

Ah well, 10am now and time to prod my sleeping wife into action with a cup of tea and a suggestion that it is her turn to make breakfast. If you don’t hear from me again you can take it that the suggestion went down badly.

Old photos again. I really must do better.

So far it has been . . .