For venturing outside, ensure that your relative wraps up warm in gloves, a scarf and hat. Elderly people should change out of damp or wet clothes immediately to prevent extreme coldness or even hypothermia.
Socks and slippers are essential for keeping feet warm, and a blanket over the legs can be used for some extra heat if necessary. If your relative suffers with coldness, electric blankets and hot water bottles can be a great investment to provide some additional warmth at night.
Mary was going out for a meal with some former colleagues who had taught underfunctioning analysis and triquacking theory.She stood in her bedroom, surrounded by piles of clothes, wondering how hot the restaurant might be and how cold and frosty the air in the road by the bus stop.
I think I’ll phone Pete she told herself.
Pete answered on the first ring.After so many years, she still recognised his semi- South African accent and pleasing,humorous voice
Hello,it’s Mary Dear-Brown here, she said shyly.
Hello Mary Dear-Brown, he responded instantly
Why, he sounds like the Amazon website, she thought to herself.That figures!
Hello Pete, I was wondering if you could give me a lift to the restaurant tonight
You don’t need a lift, it’s on the ground floor, he informed her quietly and sensitively
I mean in your car.I can’t drive now.
Why not? he said testily.
Actually, I never took the Test because I always drove very fast
Why didn’t you use the brakes? he teased her.I reckon you might have passed.
I stopped the car and vowed never to drive again but now it is a problem with Stan dead.I can get a cab if you are too busy
Well, what time do you suggest we meet? Shall I come earlier?
Why does he say that,she pondered
No, it will take ages to put all my clothes away.I can’t make up my mind what to wear.
Why not just copy Hilary Clinton? he asked
I must not buy any more clothes.Shall I dress smartly? Or smart casual or unsmart?
I know, said Pete.Shut your eyes and pick up 3 things off the bed and then wear those.
Mary closed her eyes.When she opened them she had a pair of Arran legwarmers, a green silk shirt and a black pleated Windsmoor initiation silk skirt.
I suppose if I wear my new long camel coat, the leg warmers will be hidden, she whispered.She took a bottle of dandruff shampoo and washed her light gold locks and then waxed her bikini line by mistake.
My goodness, why and how did I ever think of doing that, she pondered ruefully?And in the winter who wears a bikini?
Dressed in her almost pure silk outfit, the legwarmers hidden under thigh high red leather boots, she created a buzz in the restaurant as she climbed in through the window followed by Pete in his yellow wool suit,shirt and green tie.
Why did you come in via the window, asked Tom McDonne, the former head of the maths department.
We didn’t see any doors, she cried gaily.And Mossad wants more women agents so I thought MI5 might like to see me.
Who is this Mossad, Tom asked angrily?
It’s the Israeli intelligence service.You must have heard of them.
But they don’t want old people! Tom told her ignorantly
That’s why we came through the window, so if any spies are here they will see how agile I am still.And I still know what uncountable infinity is.Aleph, aleph.Null.
Tom led them to a long table.
Wow, it’s a log table Mary screamed.I’ve not seen one for years.
Well, with computers and such like we don’t really need them anymore, Tom revealed.
Are they real logs, she queried.
No, they are vinyl, the waiter admitted furtively.Easier to wash.
Mother never washed my log tables, Mary told the men impudently.
Let’s order some food, Tom said, as they all sat down
I fancy the Polish Hussar Roast, he admitted.
What has a Polish Hussar ever done to you, Mary asked?
Nothing yet but I live in hope
And so do all of
All this year erratic winds have blown
Cold in winter,humid in the spring
Whirling human minds like little stones
Ethics,truth,humility disowned
In their place what will the demons bring?
In this era, winds erratic blow
All the owls and other birds have flown
They sense the truth, there is no lingering
As whirl our human minds like pebblestone
In the blackbirds garden, they say :go
As they flutter on their open wings
Even in that place, winds strange do blow
Under masks of sweetness, poison shows
Bombs are nuclear, once mere arrows stung
As whirl our ancient minds, as mothers moan
On the cross, the Christ in grief still hangs
Underneath, the proud snake shows its fangs
All this year the monstrous winds have blown
Stirring up our patterns,seeking form
Shedding tears there’s nothing much to say
Everybody dies in their own way
While we’re healthy we can bawl and shout
Serious illness makes us feel afraid
Conscious of the messes we have made
Remember birthdays and the bag of cards
When they’ve died it feels so cruel,so hard.
We like to think we’ve got a chance for Grace
We can’t know the time of death or place
Our house is up for sale it looks so small.
The vestibule has gone there is a hall
I can’t believe the other people dwell
In a place that we lived in so well
We had no inside toilet we felt cold
Menstruation bleeding we were bold
So we look at photographs with care
But still we see no toilet anywhere
The one outside has disappeared from view
Whatever do these people have to do?
Excretion is a nuisance for us all
But go on sweetheart let your sad tears fall
For rears are clean and will not do us harm
Uric acid rarely has much charm
I am writing my autobiography.So far I’ve written just the titles of the volumes and that took me three days:
Daddy doesn’t smoke here any more.[ Early to mid childhood]
My family and other criminals [Sibling rivalry]
Nuns are not a jot of fun [School days]
Scholarship and yearnings [Hire Education]
Insane but true [My love life]
The heart has its treasons.[My adult life]
Under the haystack. [How I became a gypsy]
Am I too cold for you ? [Age and its mysteries]
How I double crossed the quiver [ Almost dead but still very trying]
Black eyed floosie [My medical history ]
I saw that life as we know it is just a film but we are too close to spy the hand that turns the roller [Nearer to death and seeing the clouds from above]
| synonyms: | representative government, elective government, constitutional government,popular government; |
| antonyms: | tyranny, dictatorship |
Do you need to save money? You need to look at subscription that you’ve got
The Radio Times costs £4.50 to buy in the shop
I can’t read it anymore even with a torch
Cancelling that will save you about 250 pounds a year
Or if you pay my subscription you will save about —£100
Why have I kept on getting it question mark because to me a home without the radio Times just not seem like a home because I’ve read it since I was a child but really it’s no pleasure now
In any case it’s easier for me to read what is on the radio just in the BBC listings online
I don’t find the radio Times easy to read online and the radio programs are only a very small part of it
I don’t waste time watching the television very much. I don’t know why companies waste money making more programs about people like Prince Andrew. I don’t want to think about him.
So ASDA fuel we’re going up 10% in October you may like to look at these savings
Do you like Weetabix? Well ASDA are selling a 48 pack for approximal the same price as
waitroses 24 pack
But Waitrose sells their own brand of corn flakes very cheaply just 1.20 for a large pac
How my heart sings 