Never cook when tired.
Picked some rhubarb from the garden, chopped and washed it, place it in a saucepan with water, sugar and 2 cinnamon sticks, put on gas and promptly fell asleep.
Woke up to a burning smell!! (first picture)
After 1 hour separating lid from pan then scraping and cleaning the inside of pan and lid were passable. (2nd picture)
Got more rhubarb from garden and repeat with added brandy, (picture 3)
Finished product. (last picture)
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I took my wife to our first meeting of the local Parkinson's support group, was quite interesting and informative although I struggled to stay awake during the speakers memories of being a policeman in the 60's. Tea and cake were welcome and I got chatting to a few, plus we are booked on their coach trip next month with dinner on route. Wife has stabilised a little, and my cooking skills have expanded to using an air fryer. (Amazon prime day offer) -
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We have rapidly gone from a carefree couple disappointed that our planned cruise to the Caribbean was cancelled due to the outbreak of covid to a full-time carer for my wife diagnosed with vascular Parkinson's plus a severely curved spine topped off with a dropped head, she is wasting away in front of me as she is losing the ability to control her limbs to get out of a chair without help or shuffle slowly with her zimmer frame, now dementia is noticable caused by Parkinson's. I now dress, wash, feed and care for her most of the time. My biggest gripe is that the lack of information from the hospital doctors or nurses, our GP and practice nurses on the available help and assistance that has cost me a lot of money buying equipment that could of been provided free of charge! Why is there not a pack explaining all this at first diagnosis? We now have been supplied with a medical bed, commode, tilting chair, adjustable table and chair for eating and a bath lift, all items I'd purchased myself commercially, the supplied items are superior and better for her condition. Fortunately I've always been a positive person and still in good health but I'm now starting to feel the strain as she becomes more demanding. I am aware that I have to look after myself and I will walk around the block when it gets on top of me, plus I have friends round each week for a bridge session, I manage a game of bowls on a Saturday morning whilst a neighbor visits and I still get a few longer walks in each week. On top of all this at 77 from being a typical lazy guy that only took the bins out every week, I now completely run the house, shopping, cooking, laundry etc, I've hired a gardener and a cleaner and a hairdresser and chiropodist both come regularly. Without realising it my wife frequently asks me to do things either whilst I'm doing something else or when I've just sat down for a break, because she can't raise her head her speech is muffled and quiet, she is also now hard of hearing even with new hearing aids so I speak louder if not in line of sight, I am then sometimes told not to shout and she'll get upset and cry! This is upsetting for both of us. Although she has a wheelchair she has no strength to manoeuvre it herself so I have to push it everywhere we go, I often offer to take her for a walk round the block or the local park but 95% of the time she declines preferring to stay at home. She does go to a craft class for 4hrs and knit and natter class for 2hrs each week which gives her the vital social interaction. She says she is fine but she's frustrated because of all the things she can no longer do, I've tried smaller sized large piece jigsaws but I help as she can't seem to manage them now. We have not been away since pre covid, but are planning to attend a wedding in October at Aylesbury and continuing on to Wiltshire and Somerset for a week staying with my sister who has a bungalow. A much needed break we're both looking forward to, I just hope she doesn't deteriate more before we go, she eats by lifting food up into her mouth, sucking from a spoon. She drops a lot, will be fun in the hotel restaurant and reception. There is so much more but I'd better get to bed and get some sleep. -
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I'm sorry to say that my life has become too complicated now caring for my wife, I really do not have the time to log on now, there is so much to do and when I do have a break I tend to doze off. I will close my account later as the unread post are now in there 100's. I've enjoyed my time with Scooploop and seen it evolve over the last few years, I hope it continues, I've made some good friends (and a few enemies) when my circumstances change I may well return but time will tell. -
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During a Physics course at University, many years ago, the professor thought to give his students the following assignment to answer: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following. “First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities: if Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that "it will be a cold day in Hell before I go out with you", and take into account the fact that I went out with her last night, then number 2 must be true. Thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic, and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls, and is therefore extinct... leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being. Which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."” THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A+" -
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"No piece of art has ever emotionally affected me the way this robot arm piece has. It's programmed to try to contain the hydraulic fluid that’s constantly leaking out and required to keep itself running...if too much escapes, it will die so it's desperately trying to pull it back to continue to fight for another day. Saddest part is they gave the robot the ability to do these 'happy dances' to spectators. When the project was first launched it danced around spending most of its time interacting with the crowd since it could quickly pull back the small spillage. Many years later... (as you see it now in the video) it looks tired and hopeless as there isn't enough time to dance anymore.. It now only has enough time to try to keep itself alive as the amount of leaked hydraulic fluid became unmanageable as the spill grew over time. Living its last days in a never-ending cycle between sustaining life and simultaneously bleeding out... (Figuratively and literally as its hydraulic fluid was purposefully made to look like it's actual blood). "The robot arm finally ran out of hydraulic fluid in 2019, slowly came to a halt and died - And I am now tearing up over a friggin robot arm 😭 It was programmed to live out this fate and no matter what it did or how hard it tried, there was no escaping it. Spectators watched as it slowly bled out until the day that it ceased to move forever. Saying that 'this resonates' doesn't even do it justice imo. Created by Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, they named the piece, 'Can't Help Myself'. What a masterpiece. What a message." Extended interpretations: the hydraulic fluid in relation to how we kill ourselves both mentally and physically for money just in an attempt to sustain life, how the system is set up for us to fail on purpose to essentially enslave us and to steal the best years of our lives to play the game that the richest people of the world have designed. How this robs us of our happiness, passion and our inner peace. How we are slowly drowning with more responsibilities, with more expected of us, less rewarding pay-offs and less free time to enjoy ourselves with as the years go by. How there's really no escaping the system and that we were destined at birth to follow a pretty specific path that was already laid out before us. How we can give and give and give and how easily we can be forgotten after we've gone.. How we are loved and respected when we are valuable, then one day we aren't any longer and we become a burden...and how our young, free-caring spirit gets stolen from us as we get churned out of the broken system that we are trapped inside of. Can also be seen to represent the human life cycle and the fact that none of us make it out of this world alive. But also can act as a reminder to allow yourself to heal, rest and love with all of your heart. That the endless chase for 'more' isn't necessary in finding your own inner happiness.” - James Kricked Parr -
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This made me cry 😭😭 When you first have children they talk about the challenges of parenting....the struggles of a baby waking in the night, the toddler who won’t stay in their bed, the cost of childcare, injuries from sports... Having to take off work to pick them up from school when they don’t feel well, helping them with homework, a messy house, the never ending laundry, the cost to buy school clothes, packing their lunches.... You watch their eyes light up on Christmas morning....and try to soak in the magic of those moments. You coach them in sports, rushing to practices and ballgames...and tote them all over the country to let them play the game they love...no matter how exhausting or expensive it becomes. Life is just so busy that you rarely even stop to think what the end of those days look like. In fact, it’s not really even something you can wrap your mind around. You go into it thinking that 18-20 years sounds like a long time.... Then suddenly hours turn into days...days into months...and months into years. That little person that used to crawl up next to you in bed and cuddle up to watch cartoons...suddenly becomes this young adult who hugs you in the hallway as they come and go. And the chaos and laughter that used to echo throughout your home....gets filled with silence and solitude. You’ve learned how to parent a child who needs you to care for and protect them....but have no clue how the whole “letting go” thing is supposed to work. So you hold on as tight as you can...wondering how time passed so quickly...feeling guilty that you missed something.... Because even though you had 20 years.....it just somehow doesn’t seem like it was enough. You ask yourself so many questions... Did you teach them the right lessons? Did you read them enough books as a child? Spend enough time playing with them? How many school parties did you have to miss? Do they really know how much you love them? What could I have done better as a parent? .....When it’s time for them to go, it all hits you like a ton of bricks. Parenting is by far the most amazing experience of your life....that at times leaves you exhilarated....while others leave you heartbroken. But one thing is certain.....it’s never enough time...💕 So for all the parents with young children...whose days are spent trying to figure out how to make it through the madness... Exhausted day in and day out... Soak. It. All. In. Because one day....all those crazy days full of cartoons, snuggles, sleep overs, Christmas morning magic, ballgames, practices and late night dinners... All come to an end. And you’re left hoping that you did enough right, so that when they spread their wings.... They’ll fly...💕💕💕 Credit to the Amazing Author: @MistyBrewerLee -
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A man walked into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asked them for their orders. The man said, "A hamburger, crisps and a pint." She turned to the ostrich. "What's yours?" she asked the ostrich. "I'll have the same," said the ostrich. A short time later the waitress returned with the order. "That will be £12.46, please." And the man reached into his pocket and pulled out the exact change for payment. The next day, the man and the ostrich came again and the man said, "A hamburger, crisps and a pint." The ostrich said, "I'll have the same." Again the man reached into his pocket and paid with exact change. This becomes routine until the two entered again. "The usual?" asked the waitress. "No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and a salad," said the man. "Same," said the ostrich. Shortly the waitress brought the order and said, "That will be £42.62." Once again the man pulled the exact change out of his pocket and placed it on the table. The waitress could not hold back her curiosity any longer. "Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?" "Well," said the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes. My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there." "That's brilliant!" said the waitress. "Most people would ask for a million pounds or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!" "That's right. Whether it's a pint of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there," said the man. The waitress asked, "What's with the ostrich?" The man sighed, paused and answered, "My second wish was for a tall bird with long legs who agrees with everything I say." -
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Some bad news, not been feeling my best over the last few days I just wanted to let everyone know that I have been admitted into hospital and they are keeping me in. I have only gone and poisoned myself. What I thought was an onion turned out to be a daffodil bulb.They said I should be out some time in the spring. -
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