tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post2854225450721282554..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Bed Socks & BottlesWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-15042820807725648662016-02-22T23:15:30.716-03:302016-02-22T23:15:30.716-03:30I have recently added a toque to the ensemble. You...I have recently added a toque to the ensemble. You'd be surprised how much heat you lose through your balding grey head. So I see another venture here for you. Newfie Nitted matching toque, socks and hot water bottle cover. We'd buy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-36966946680261303112016-02-17T10:37:24.344-03:302016-02-17T10:37:24.344-03:30I send you wishes that you always are toasty, warm...I send you wishes that you always are toasty, warm and safe from the howling blizzards outside.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-43820292159276467322016-02-12T22:03:40.427-03:302016-02-12T22:03:40.427-03:30And feel so entitled and honestly put it down to t...And feel so entitled and honestly put it down to their "skill" and "hard work", Nick. I've known too many. And seriously, they never give a thought to us "lesser" beings apart from contempt.<br />I wish I didn't know that.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-10602069903692886862016-02-11T17:39:19.368-03:302016-02-11T17:39:19.368-03:30Some heart-rending comments there. Many Brits are ...Some heart-rending comments there. Many Brits are also hanging on by their fingernails as the Tory government screws up the economy and cuts every welfare benefit in sight. Meanwhile the rich get even richer and crack open another bottle of champagne on their million-pound yachts.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41218468426355148252016-02-10T19:24:11.046-03:302016-02-10T19:24:11.046-03:30Oh lawd Linda, how dreadful and I know, and you to...Oh lawd Linda, how dreadful and I know, and you too probably, so many with similar tales. It is a multi-layered issue, I was a single mother raising two kids, always paid 1/2 what a man would earn in an equal position, then I free lanced, no pension, apart from CPP and OAS and I recently was rejected for an Irish Pension (pitiful but still)as they've lost my old records and I'm frankly too tired to pursue it. I channel my current energy into getting any kind of work to supplement, hospitality in my home, writers' courses and I had to take on tax work again. Another friend, my age, single mom all her life will be working in a local drugstore until she drops. She's 75.<br />It should never be like this. And it's always the women who are impoverished.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-68100839563099262522016-02-10T14:04:21.957-03:302016-02-10T14:04:21.957-03:30As I read your post, I was thinking about a good f...As I read your post, I was thinking about a good friend and her thirty-something daughter, now clinging to each other and trying to keep their heads above water. My friend was let go from the hospital job she'd held for decades after a new corporation swept in and bought the hospital where she worked, trimming personnel. Two years later, two years before Medicare, she had cancer surgery. Our state did not elect to do the Medicaid expansion, so she had no insurance. Her daughter was paying her bills, but the daughter has since suffered a health setback of her own. They're now sharing a one-bedroom apartment, combining my friend's social security and her daughter's disability payments. They both worked hard all their lives. It shouldn't be like this, should it?Linda P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-36032486448292028822016-02-10T12:36:50.696-03:302016-02-10T12:36:50.696-03:30Aw - thanks for the kind thoughts Ursula. I was ne...Aw - thanks for the kind thoughts Ursula. I was never cold until the last few year, growing up in wet damp and cold Ireland toughened me up, I believe. Now it's elder limbs. Fortunately the temperature has climbed in the past day up to plus so it's a day I'm not counting the coin :)<br />Sympathy to you too Ursula, I wish you also didn't have to worry about bills for basic needs.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-8113384856376937082016-02-10T11:09:35.618-03:302016-02-10T11:09:35.618-03:30I wish I could help you out (financially), WWW. Al...I wish I could help you out (financially), WWW. Alas this minute I can't, digging myself out of a mega hole by the teeth of my nails. At least there is now light at the end of my personal tunnel. No, not the proverbial train coming towards me. Though that, maybe, too.<br /><br />Yes, electricity. Winter is expensive. I pay between £4.50 and £5.00 per day. A pittance really. A bloody fortune at the moment.<br /><br />Hot water bottles? I share your enthusiasm. For some reason though I never have cold feet or cold hands (unlike most women I know) in recent times I feel dead cold between my shoulder blades. Strange. So, when sitting at my desk I tuck a hot water bottle (the original design) between a cushion and my back and I am as snug as the proverbial bug. Which is the reason it gives me the shivers wondering what I'd do on a cold desert island with no kettle to boil the water to fill the bottle.<br /><br />Hug,<br />U<br /><br />Ursulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-1555673579374059352016-02-09T23:26:46.764-03:302016-02-09T23:26:46.764-03:30It varies with market demand, Mike. Right now I...It varies with market demand, Mike. Right now I'm getting it at $100 per half cord and ordered 3 cords which will do me approx. 3 months. Until the end of winter. I've got some "green" in the barn which will be ready in the winter. Your energy bills are waaaay lower than mine and I keep the heat off in most of my rooms.<br />Yes, I was thinking of the homeless as I wrote the post and so grateful for what I have :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-16752412058009937132016-02-09T22:26:34.880-03:302016-02-09T22:26:34.880-03:30How much is wood per cord there? If that's how...How much is wood per cord there? If that's how one measures wood in Canada.... My heating bill, electricity and gas, is around 150 US per month, but perhaps being away often is responsible too. <br />I confess to opening my bedroom window an inch or two almost every night, until it gets down to minus 10F or so. <br />Butte has it's share of homeless, most can find shelter at night if they want at the mission, though Ithink they have to sit through prayers before eating. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83495029357657426422016-02-09T21:03:23.143-03:302016-02-09T21:03:23.143-03:30Ah thanks Hattie, my wee tigeen up on the hill is ...Ah thanks Hattie, my wee tigeen up on the hill is completely solar. To convert the house? I wouldn't live long enough to reap any kind of benefit. Yes more are doing the eke as the world tumbles more into unsustainability.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-66426231161469742372016-02-09T18:56:36.773-03:302016-02-09T18:56:36.773-03:30I wish I could send you some of our warm free and ...I wish I could send you some of our warm free and abundant electricity,all solar. A lot of people here are hanging on by their fingernails too,though.Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41567116560722012832016-02-09T18:39:43.518-03:302016-02-09T18:39:43.518-03:30There's something about the heat source. I kno...There's something about the heat source. I know I despise electric blankets as my skin would crispen. I'm so glad you're blog visiting again. You've been through so much in the last while.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-4817414194104933902016-02-09T17:43:10.673-03:302016-02-09T17:43:10.673-03:30I use my hot water bottle
from Amazon
nightly
Bee...I use my hot water bottle <br />from Amazon<br />nightly<br />Been using about 5 years<br />and put in my bed about 1 hour before I go to bed.<br />Such a comfort<br />and thinking of ordering another one.<br />In years past used heating pad<br />no more<br />so drying on skin...My Journey To Mindfulnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743386000772274656noreply@blogger.com