Jake has pegged it.

john

On 23/05/2023 15:53, John Ashby wrote:
> Jake has pegged it.
>
> john

I suppose he's made provision to get his hide tanned?

--
Cheers
Clive

On 23/05/2023 16:13, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 23/05/2023 15:53, John Ashby wrote:
>> Jake has pegged it.
>>
>> john
>
> I suppose he's made provision to get his hide tanned?
>

Well he won't need to be tied down.

john

Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
> On 23/05/2023 15:53, John Ashby wrote:
>> Jake has pegged it.
>>
>> john
>
> I suppose he's made provision to get his hide tanned?
>

That’s it hanging on the shed!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 23-May-23 15:53, John Ashby wrote:
> Jake has pegged it.

I wonder how long it took the BBC to decide quite how to pitch his obituary?
I suspect they took far more care over this than your average obit.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 23/05/2023 20:08, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 23-May-23 15:53, John Ashby wrote:
>> Jake has pegged it.
>
> I wonder how long it took the BBC to decide quite how to pitch his
> obituary?
> I suspect they took far more care over this than your average obit.
>
I nearly involuntarily expressed fluids when I saw the photo of a pile
of ashes with the caption "Can you tell who it is yet?" (My unfortunate
daughter was caught with a mouthful of tea.)

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 1:37:47 PM UTC, Jenny M Benson wrote:
> On 23/05/2023 20:08, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> > On 23-May-23 15:53, John Ashby wrote:
> >> Jake has pegged it.
> >
> > I wonder how long it took the BBC to decide quite how to pitch his
> > obituary?
> > I suspect they took far more care over this than your average obit.
> >
> I nearly involuntarily expressed fluids when I saw the photo of a pile
> of ashes with the caption "Can you tell who it is yet?" (My unfortunate
> daughter was caught with a mouthful of tea.)
>
Where was that then? I obviously missed it but whoever/wherever, surely that deserves recognition for an honorary BTN

Nick

On 24/05/2023 15:05, Nick Odell wrote:
> Where was that then? I obviously missed it but whoever/wherever, surely that deserves recognition for an honorary BTN

Somewhere on Facebook I would guess. I don't indulge, but my daughter does.
--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On 24-May-23 14:36, Jenny M Benson wrote:
> On 23/05/2023 20:08, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 23-May-23 15:53, John Ashby wrote:
>>> Jake has pegged it.
>>
>> I wonder how long it took the BBC to decide quite how to pitch his
>> obituary?
>> I suspect they took far more care over this than your average obit.
>>
> I nearly involuntarily expressed fluids when I saw the photo of a pile
> of ashes with the caption "Can you tell who it is yet?"  (My unfortunate
> daughter was caught with a mouthful of tea.)

Is there some UMRA award for the most tasteful, elegant, turn of phrase?

A subsection of BUMRA?

--
Sam Plusnet

On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> a
gribouillé dans la poussière...

>Jake has pegged it.

I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
answering that question briefly.

*was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
by the whole experience.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On Fri, 26 May 2023 09:58:43 +0100, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> a
>gribouillé dans la poussière...
>
>>Jake has pegged it.
>
>I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
>where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
>the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
>a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
>answering that question briefly.
>
>*was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
>by the whole experience.

Sorry to hear that you were in hospital and I'm glad you are much
better.

Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> a
> gribouillé dans la poussière...
>
>> Jake has pegged it.
>
> I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
> where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
> the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
> a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
> answering that question briefly.
>
> *was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
> by the whole experience.

Eeek. Get well soon, Penny! Pity there’s no one near enough to bring you
chocolate

Mrs McT

On 26-May-23 11:28, Vicky wrote:
> On Fri, 26 May 2023 09:58:43 +0100, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> a
>> gribouillé dans la poussière...
>>
>>> Jake has pegged it.
>>
>> I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
>> where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
>> the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
>> a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
>> answering that question briefly.
>>
>> *was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
>> by the whole experience.
>
> Sorry to hear that you were in hospital and I'm glad you are much
> better.

Me too. Hope you are now back to rude health.

Query: Why "rude"??

--
Sam Plusnet

In message <Yh8cM.667819$5S78.609111@fx48.iad> at Fri, 26 May 2023
21:05:11, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes
>On 26-May-23 11:28, Vicky wrote:
[]
>> Sorry to hear that you were in hospital and I'm glad you are much
>> better.

Ditto.
>
>Me too. Hope you are now back to rude health.
>
>Query: Why "rude"??
>
I'm pretty sure it's an old meaning of the word - not "impolite", more a
feeling of crude, unsophisticated, robust. That last in particular -
someone in "rude health" would be resistant to infection.

(Just gut feeling/vague memory; haven't asked bro.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Just seen a Dyslexic Yorkshireman wearing a cat flap!

On Fri, 26 May 2023 11:13:05 -0000 (UTC), Chris
<chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> a gribouillé dans la poussière...

>Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> a
>> gribouillé dans la poussière...
>>
>>> Jake has pegged it.
>>
>> I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
>> where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
>> the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
>> a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
>> answering that question briefly.
>>
>> *was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
>> by the whole experience.
>
>Eeek. Get well soon, Penny! Pity there’s no one near enough to bring you
>chocolate

D#1 drove down from Sheffield to 'work from my home' for a few days and did
bring me chocolate - she also declared my home toxic and did some cleaning
while she was here.

--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On Fri, 26 May 2023 21:05:11 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> a gribouillé
dans la poussière...

>On 26-May-23 11:28, Vicky wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 May 2023 09:58:43 +0100, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> a
>>> gribouillé dans la poussière...
>>>
>>>> Jake has pegged it.
>>>
>>> I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
>>> where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
>>> the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
>>> a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
>>> answering that question briefly.
>>>
>>> *was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
>>> by the whole experience.
>>
>> Sorry to hear that you were in hospital and I'm glad you are much
>> better.
>
>Me too. Hope you are now back to rude health.
>
>Query: Why "rude"??

Well, in my case, before health returned, I had a blood sugar crash* and
shouted at three junior doctors, one of whom was behaving very badly and he
shouted back at me. Maybe he was hangry too... A nurse figured out what was
going on and brought me some Gluco-jell.

*I haven't been in hospital that long since d#1 was born, hospital time
zones don't agree with me, I should have packed more nibbles.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <Yh8cM.667819$5S78.609111@fx48.iad> at Fri, 26 May 2023
> 21:05:11, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes
>> On 26-May-23 11:28, Vicky wrote:
> []
>>> Sorry to hear that you were in hospital and I'm glad you are much
>>> better.
>
> Ditto.
>>
>> Me too. Hope you are now back to rude health.
>>
>> Query: Why "rude"??
>>
> I'm pretty sure it's an old meaning of the word - not "impolite", more a
> feeling of crude, unsophisticated, robust. That last in particular -
> someone in "rude health" would be resistant to infection.
>
> (Just gut feeling/vague memory; haven't asked bro.)

Perhaps also a relation to ‘ruddy’ as in red or red blood rather than pale
or poor blood?

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 9:00:31 AM UTC, Penny wrote:
> On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johna...@yahoo.com> a
> gribouillé dans la poussière...
>
> >Jake has pegged it.
>
> I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
> where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
> the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
> a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
> answering that question briefly.
>
> *was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
> by the whole experience.

Nugger!

That doesn't sound like the sort of hospital visit that was planned in advance. I'm very pleased to hear that you are back home again and hopefully continuing to improve.

Liliana and I both send you our love,

Nick

On Sat, 27 May 2023 10:53:32 -0700 (PDT), Nick Odell
<nickodell@bigfoot.com> a gribouillé dans la poussière...

>On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 9:00:31?AM UTC, Penny wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johna...@yahoo.com> a
>> gribouillé dans la poussière...
>>
>> >Jake has pegged it.
>>
>> I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
>> where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
>> the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
>> a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
>> answering that question briefly.
>>
>> *was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
>> by the whole experience.
>
>Nugger!
>
>That doesn't sound like the sort of hospital visit that was planned in advance. I'm very pleased to hear that you are back home again and hopefully continuing to improve.

In a way it was meticulously planned, by me at least.
I have resisted all thought of being sent off to hospital in an ambulance
since I've been living alone. I realised a large part of the fear was a
loss of control over the whole thing - plus the chance of becoming a
bed-blocker with no one to care for me once discharged.

More than once a GP has said 'you should be in hospital' and I've managed
to persuade them that another round of antibiotics will see me right. This
time it really wasn't helping, so I packed a bag with all the things I
thought I might need, alerted my neighbour (recently retired district
nurse), with reminder of where I keep my spare key, and called an
ambulance.

I did feel a little guilty about pulling an ambulance out of service for
several hours (we had to queue to get unloaded) but it went pretty
smoothly. The locum GP had said I needed to get my oxygen levels up. The
hospital docs did all manner of tests which found nothing else wrong. My
oxygen levels were righted, I came home - feeling better than I have for a
while but in need of some exercise to improve my strength and fitness. I've
started with short bursts of gardening.

>Liliana and I both send you our love,

Thank you.

--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On Sat, 27 May 2023 22:59:21 +0100, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 27 May 2023 10:53:32 -0700 (PDT), Nick Odell
><nickodell@bigfoot.com> a gribouillé dans la poussière...
>
>In a way it was meticulously planned, by me at least.
>I have resisted all thought of being sent off to hospital in an ambulance
>since I've been living alone. I realised a large part of the fear was a
>loss of control over the whole thing -

I hate that too.

>
>More than once a GP has said 'you should be in hospital' and I've managed
>to persuade them that another round of antibiotics will see me right. This
>time it really wasn't helping, so I packed a bag with all the things I
>thought I might need, alerted my neighbour (recently retired district
>nurse), with reminder of where I keep my spare key, and called an
>ambulance.
It is good you were able to.
>
>I did feel a little guilty about pulling an ambulance out of service for
>several hours (we had to queue to get unloaded) but it went pretty
>smoothly. The locum GP had said I needed to get my oxygen levels up. The
>hospital docs did all manner of tests which found nothing else wrong. My
>oxygen levels were righted, I came home - feeling better than I have for a
>while but in need of some exercise to improve my strength and fitness. I've
>started with short bursts of gardening.

Gardening is good. B does that too and even just getting out there is
good now the sun is shining.
>
>>Liliana and I both send you our love,
>
>Thank you.
Mine too and Ihope everything clears up.

On 28/05/2023 07:51, Vicky wrote:
> On Sat, 27 May 2023 22:59:21 +0100, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 27 May 2023 10:53:32 -0700 (PDT), Nick Odell
>> <nickodell@bigfoot.com> a gribouillé dans la poussière...
>>>>
>>> Liliana and I both send you our love,
>>
> Mine too and Ihope everything clears up.

<LW>

Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 27 May 2023 10:53:32 -0700 (PDT), Nick Odell
> <nickodell@bigfoot.com> a gribouillé dans la poussière...
>
>> On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 9:00:31?AM UTC, Penny wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johna...@yahoo.com> a
>>> gribouillé dans la poussière...
>>>
>>>> Jake has pegged it.
>>>
>>> I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
>>> where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
>>> the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
>>> a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
>>> answering that question briefly.
>>>
>>> *was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
>>> by the whole experience.
>>
>> Nugger!
>>
>> That doesn't sound like the sort of hospital visit that was planned in
>> advance. I'm very pleased to hear that you are back home again and
>> hopefully continuing to improve.
>
> In a way it was meticulously planned, by me at least.
> I have resisted all thought of being sent off to hospital in an ambulance
> since I've been living alone. I realised a large part of the fear was a
> loss of control over the whole thing - plus the chance of becoming a
> bed-blocker with no one to care for me once discharged.
>
> More than once a GP has said 'you should be in hospital' and I've managed
> to persuade them that another round of antibiotics will see me right. This
> time it really wasn't helping, so I packed a bag with all the things I
> thought I might need, alerted my neighbour (recently retired district
> nurse), with reminder of where I keep my spare key, and called an
> ambulance.
>
> I did feel a little guilty about pulling an ambulance out of service for
> several hours (we had to queue to get unloaded) but it went pretty
> smoothly. The locum GP had said I needed to get my oxygen levels up. The
> hospital docs did all manner of tests which found nothing else wrong. My
> oxygen levels were righted, I came home - feeling better than I have for a
> while but in need of some exercise to improve my strength and fitness. I've
> started with short bursts of gardening.
>
>> Liliana and I both send you our love,
>
> Thank you.
>

Hope the oxygen now behaves Penny!

Mrs McT

On 27-May-23 22:59, Penny wrote:
> On Sat, 27 May 2023 10:53:32 -0700 (PDT), Nick Odell
> <nickodell@bigfoot.com> a gribouillé dans la poussière...
>
>> On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 9:00:31?AM UTC, Penny wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 May 2023 15:53:15 +0100, John Ashby <johna...@yahoo.com> a
>>> gribouillé dans la poussière...
>>>
>>>> Jake has pegged it.
>>>
>>> I was about to listen to TA (with some difficulty in a noisy hospital ward
>>> where I'd been since Saturday*) when I heard that news. I announced it to
>>> the four-bed room and the only person who heard me was the nurse sitting at
>>> a desk nearby. She, being young, asked me who that was, I had difficulty
>>> answering that question briefly.
>>>
>>> *was allowed home on Wednesday - much better thank you, if somewhat shocked
>>> by the whole experience.
>>
>> Nugger!
>>
>> That doesn't sound like the sort of hospital visit that was planned in advance. I'm very pleased to hear that you are back home again and hopefully continuing to improve.
>
> In a way it was meticulously planned, by me at least.
> I have resisted all thought of being sent off to hospital in an ambulance
> since I've been living alone. I realised a large part of the fear was a
> loss of control over the whole thing - plus the chance of becoming a
> bed-blocker with no one to care for me once discharged.
>
> More than once a GP has said 'you should be in hospital' and I've managed
> to persuade them that another round of antibiotics will see me right. This
> time it really wasn't helping, so I packed a bag with all the things I
> thought I might need, alerted my neighbour (recently retired district
> nurse), with reminder of where I keep my spare key, and called an
> ambulance.
>
> I did feel a little guilty about pulling an ambulance out of service for
> several hours (we had to queue to get unloaded) but it went pretty
> smoothly. The locum GP had said I needed to get my oxygen levels up. The
> hospital docs did all manner of tests which found nothing else wrong. My
> oxygen levels were righted, I came home - feeling better than I have for a
> while but in need of some exercise to improve my strength and fitness. I've
> started with short bursts of gardening.
>
>> Liliana and I both send you our love,
>
> Thank you.
>
From me also.

I too have 'short bursts of gardening'.
There is a grove(?) of bamboo behind the pond, which more or less kept
itself to itself for many years[1] but then started expanding alarmingly.
Hacking it back is hard work, so I attack it in short sharp spells.

[1] It was there when we moved in (1980).

--
Sam Plusnet

In message <deOcM.40439$cBf5.15638@fx09.ams1> at Sun, 28 May 2023
20:48:24, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes
[]
>I too have 'short bursts of gardening'.
>There is a grove(?) of bamboo behind the pond, which more or less kept
>itself to itself for many years[1] but then started expanding
>alarmingly.
>Hacking it back is hard work, so I attack it in short sharp spells.
>
>[1] It was there when we moved in (1980).
>
Does your local zoo have pandas? (Do you even have a local zoo?)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. - Oscar Wilde

On 29-May-23 0:22, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> In message <deOcM.40439$cBf5.15638@fx09.ams1> at Sun, 28 May 2023
> 20:48:24, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes
> []
>> I too have 'short bursts of gardening'.
>> There is a grove(?) of bamboo behind the pond, which more or less kept
>> itself to itself for many years[1] but then started expanding alarmingly.
>> Hacking it back is hard work, so I attack it in short sharp spells.
>>
>> [1] It was there when we moved in (1980).
>>
> Does your local zoo have pandas? (Do you even have a local zoo?)

We don't even have a local library!

PS AIUI, pandas eat the tender fresh shoots, not the 8 or 9ft high old
growth canes I am fighting.

PPS Given that we already have cats, hedgehogs, foxes (inc. a fox cub)
visiting the garden, I don't think I should introduce yet another species.
Think of Australia!

--
Sam Plusnet