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Dea
hope your burn is better <3

Hi Linda
xxx

Pm sent to Dea with what Dr Persie does with burns.. ya gotta cover them after the cold and cream treatment so the air doesn't get at them..

I was once making a large stainless steel dish of savoury mince surrounded by rice to take as my bring a plate for a car club dinner. I put the dish in oven to heat it up on its own.. took it out carefully with oven mitts on. Got the pot of mince and then stupidly picked up the red hot dish with my bare hand.. and it was one of those situations where I gripped tighter instead of letting go.. Three fingers of my hand were red and sore.. so I managed to bandage each one.. and my youngest .. only a preschooler at the time.. said oh look mum's made finger puppets.

Now to go back and have a read about sumptuous rooms etc

P

I too have gone into hotel lounges and passed my time.. also they have better bathroom facilities.
Even when we are in Wellington we will park in the city at the back of one of the hotels and rather than walk around the streets we cut through from that side of the hotel to go two - three floors down to the other side on the main street often stopping for a coffee (and a drambuie) on the way.

We have never been questioned anywhere we have been though my mother was once approached by the Military Police (with gun) at the Chicago bus depot, she was leaning over the railing watching what was going on below and the cop said to her " don't stand close to the rail honey"... maybe people jumped from there.. No one worries here if you lean over the railing in the shopping malls.

Persie

Hi Sylvia
Hope you are feeling ok Im about to go to bed so nite nite :-)

Just read your post about "visiting" the hotel lobby what a great idea I must try that sometime. <3

Hi Persie


oh yes, hotel public washrooms are far superior to any other. And are far cleaner than most!

Some department stores come close.

night night Linda


sleep tight
xx

I was about 18 and had my cousins two little ones with me in the city.. the girls were two years and six years ( I did type two and six and thought that looked too much like half-a-crown) ...

and the youngest wanted to go to the bathroom.. I looked around and their was a pub nearby so took them in there past the public bar (which was a male drinking area) and through to the washrooms...

Never thought anything more about it until the eldest said to her mother that I had taken them to a pub. My mother leapt in and told me off before finding out that I was not taking them for a drink with my mates.

Persie

:-D :-D :-D

I remember having problems in Australia when we were living down there.

Up here, every place that serves food, even a coffee shop that doesn't make the food, but has ready-made sandwiches, muffins etc, AND tables to eat inside (ie, not takeaway) has to have a least one bathroom with a toilet and washbasin for the use of customers.

So, I was quite used to going in, buying a coffee, and visiting the facility



no, no ........ not in Australia of the mid-70s.


Go in, buy coffee because 18-month-old, let alone me, is desperate ............ ask for toilet. Don't have one.

And that place cooked some food on the premises, so was more like a cafe than a coffee bar!


I quickly got to know where there were public toilets in the centre of Melbourne!

And don't use Mac Donalds in Melbourne.. they have these doors that only come to about shoulder height so anyone can look over the top.. I assume it's to stop needle use.
Nearly everywhere you go over there there is a place for used needles. We have very few of these receptacles here.

P xx

The American cubicles are like that or have great big gaps down the sides of the doors....very off putting :-D

ja...x

Perse


we noticed the needle receptacles when we were down in OZ in 2006 ...... they were even in very nice restaurants, as well as in the public toilets near the town park.


They are now common in many places here in Canada.




Just not inclined to linger when there are gaps down the side ..... however doors here are above head height.

Mornin all...........stopped raining at last but still buddy dull, more like an autum day

Our loos in places like Macky Dees have ultra violet lighting so the drug users cant use them. The light stops them being able to see a vein, so they cant inject

They were brought in after numerous deaths in fast food gaffs...

Good morning everyone
xxx



breakfast is ready ........ and there are also some nice lunch items :-D :-D :-D




Fresh fruit salad with vanilla yoghourt


Honey Yoghurt and Berries, with granola and walnuts


Porridge with chopped up dates, bananas, and maple syrup (other fruit selections over there >>>> )


Selection of cold cereals


French (eggy) toast, maple syrup, Golden syrup
Caribbean Banana Fritters


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis, gluten free),
raisin bread,
hot cinnamon rolls


bacon & cheese quiche,
cheese and onion tarts,
broccoli and cheddar quiche


Full English

The Transcontinental - 2 eggs any style, choice of bacon, ham or breakfast sausage, chef’s own hash browns, toast or fresh baked muffin

Pancakes, English-style, served with maple syrup or Golden syrup, and choice of bacon, ham or breakfast sausage

Chicken and basil sausages, 2 eggs any style, chef’s potatoes, toast

stirfry (chicken, or vegetarian),

Chicken Karage (Japanese deep fried chicken pieces)

Veggie Wrap (Fresh Tomatoes, Basil, Roasted Peppers and Feta Cheese)

Chicken wings (bbq, teriyaki, honey garlic)

Turkey Club on a croissant – roast turkey slices on a croissant, with bacon, lettuce, sliced tomato and mayonnaise, topped with a slice of Cheddar cheese

Cheese burger, with onion rings, mushrooms, lettuce and tomato

Ham, cheese and tomato on toasted bread

Smoked ham hock, with house fries


cheesy potato patties
home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon


Potato, dill and cheddar soup


apple pecan muffins,
cranberry & orange muffins,
lemon and nut muffins,
morning glory muffins


Cheese scones,
raisin scones


jams, jellies, marmalades, Nutella (hazelnut spread)


Tea, coffee, juices


(some extra bacon, turkey sausage or sausage patties, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, sliced baby golden beetroot, Maple baked beans, olive oil, in the hidey place to cook up for the very hungry ones!)





enjoy
xxx




s
xxx

They have done that at our City Train depot Gins.. so they can't inject.. they have needle receptacles there but surprisingly they are kept really clean.. they are the one where they flush when you leave.

As you say Jax the toilets in the US are not wonderful gaps down the sides on the ones where you pay and no lock on the door of the free one... but then in the middle east i have been in a large room with several holes in the floor to squat over... I would fall over trying to do that now.. you really do need to wear a burka.

Persie .

Sorry still talking about ablutions and now breakfast is served...

I am having steak for dinner... so might follow that up with a cinnamon roll with some of that vanilla yoghurt..

P xx

Watching the boats going down the Thames.. see we have a Waka.... and a dragon boat with Aussie and NZ and beyond breast cancer survivors rowing away..

The breast cancer survivors are from here (British Columbia) .........

............... but they borrowed the dragon boat from a similar group in the UK.


Did you also see the Voyageur canoe from Canada?


If you look closely (or the camera pans in, you can see that the men are wearing hats with long "tails" ...... that's what the voyageurs used to wear.



and the Venetian gondola :-D

Persie,

Some good pictures of the event including the Maori boats on this link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153969/Queens-Diamond-Jubilee-Three-generations-Royals-join-Queen-sets-sail-Thames-glorious-Jubilee-river-pageant.html