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[Delicatessen]

Hi @Oaktree 

How are you?  I love this thread.

Random thoughts come from a book I’m reading about the history of the news. I didn’t want a textbook (which it wasn’t thank goodness) but I want to figure out for myself “why does a marriage of a kardashian make it to the front page, while big crisis for a third world country on the same day makes only page three?” A weird question I know.

My own conclusion (I could be very wrong) is simply that ENVY trumps EMPATHY in terms of the readers. If anyone else thinks I’m wrong let me know.

Lots of other very interesting insights and comments but that was my own quest when I started reading…

[Oaktree]

@tonys 

Some garden pictures just for you!

Cucumbers 1st July 2023

Lettuce 1st July 2023

Brocoletti 1st July 2023

Parsley 1st July 2023

Lemon 1st July 2023

Meggle

[Oaktree]

@tonys 

I harvested the lettuce last week so it looks a bit sad right now. I also have other things in my walk in green house but I didn't take photos of everything.

Meggle

[Oaktree]

Welcome to the forums and to my thread @QueerPenguin 

I hope that you find a few friends here.

There are some great forumites here on my thread. Have a look around the forums too as there are some wonderful threads. I am still discovering new ones that I enjoy. I hope you liked my thread.

Meggle

[Shaz51]

Hello @Oaktree , how has your weekend been going 😀 

[Oaktree]

Hi @Shaz51 

I had a good day, I went for a drive to the Swan Valley for a coffee. Hubby and I visited The Honey House. I had a cappuccino and hubby had a long black and a ham, cheese and tomato croissant. We also bought some gifts for my best friend who is a beekeeper. A travel coffee mug and some coasters with some bees on them. It was a lovely day.

Meggle

[Shaz51]

@Oaktree , sounds like a  great day 🥰

[Oaktree]

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Hi guys, 

Sorry I haven’t been very active for a few days. I have been busy! My hubby had a full knee replacement on Tuesday. Leading up to it I was quite worried and stressed because his blood pressure tends to crash under a general anaesthetic. The surgery itself went well and it lasted 2 1/2 hours. His blood pressure did play up and as a result he spent 4 hours in recovery instead of the planned 20 minutes. Since then he has been a star patient and the Nurses are very happy with him. His bandage looks great, no signs of seepage or infection. His blood pressure is still all over the place but we are expecting him to be discharged tomorrow afternoon. I am getting up early tomorrow morning to cook beef casserole in the slow cooker for him. I will serve that with some crusty bread. It should make a nice change from hospital food. Then on Saturday I will turn the casserole into curry to be served with rice. Sunday, I am experimenting with roast pork and my son and his girlfriend are coming over for that. Then next week sometime I am making beef satay with rice. I am looking forward to doing some cooking. As I am on Lite n’ Easy I haven’t been cooking lately. Looking forward to spoiling hubby. He usually cooks for himself. Anyway all is good in the hood!

Meggle

[Eve7]

He’s a lucky man @Oaktree 

[Dimity]

So glad it went well @Oaktree but I can understand your concern. The meals sound yummy.

In a week or two we'll hope to hear about his rehabilitation - your walks!