A Bit Of History

I watched a biographical movie about Benjamin Disreali Prime Minister of England in the 1850’s. After the death of his wife he tried to hand in his resignation to Queen Victoria, she refused citing the war clouds gathering in Europe led by the Russians. He was so bereaved he felt others could do it....She said "who"? He rattled a few names off names one of which was the name Cardarvon.....an ancestor of the now real Earl of Highclere castle that is used in the current series Downton Abbey!!

The Crimean War was one of the results of the many Russian campaigns during that time. One of the battles there was the Battle of Balaclava led by commander the Earl of Cardigan. I kid you not. Seems there was a clothing theme going on lol. The suicidal mission was immortalizes by Lord Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade.
Who says history is boring?

Testing The Waters Or Lack Of....

This item is a gift for my ever expanding indoor flower collection (there are also 3 babies on my window sill) and I needed to stop guessing about whether the plants need to be watered or not.
As you can see my sofa is quite dry--and that's a good thing!

The Calm Before The Storm

The weather man is threatening us with a big snow snow storm over the next 48 hours. With that in mind I ventured out in the still blue-hue of this morning to forage for food. As I was standing at the checkout I happened to look out the windows overlooking the parking lot and lo and behold there was a Downy woodpecker In a small tree closely. Downies are not rare here that's for sure but for one to be jamming away in a busy parking lot in a small tree is! I dare say he got the weather report too and thus his bold and adventurous spirit today.

MOUTH WIDE OPEN

I spent an hour and a half reclining in a chair with my mouth wide open at 9 A.M. this morning. Mornings are hard enough to face without having this prospect looming as the day barely dawns on you.
When the dentists decided a couple of years ago to build a new office they did so in grand style sparing little in the way of quality and visual pleasantness and obviously the latest in dental technologies. Before I even entered the first time I thought it was a bit pretentious for the size of our little city. On first glance it looks like a two story building with huge front windows facing south, quite awesome but I think it is like the false front on stores in old western movies.
Today as I was waiting in the room usually named as such, I noticed that the metal chairs had the Apple logo on them. Now if that isn't pretentious enough the glass doors to the torture chambers also sported the apple with a bite taken out of it.
I dare say that their expenses could have had a bite taken out of their bottom line by buying cheaper comfortable chairs. Or cosy slippers instead of paper ones which afford little protection from the cold slate floors. Or automatic doors for some who almost can't get into some buildings without them. I guess you have to cut corners somewhere. I'm just sayin'
You've heard it said "If you got it, flaunt it." I don't subscribe to that thinking, but that's just me.

Fun Day

If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.

Not one shred of evidence supports the idea that life is serious.

My idea of housework is to sweep it with a glance.

If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out.

Winter

It's dark outside and I find it so hard to get started in the mornings this time of year despite the fact that the days are really getting longer unnoticed day by day? I do know that about the middle of next month it becomes very noticeable and my spirits will be lifted.
In the spring and summer I'm up before 6 A.M. when not much is happening except the birds and the breeze. When one can sit outside with a cup of coffee and drink the beauty in as well and hope you can get away with being in your housecoat or pyjamas!

Blog problems

I don't see any resolution soon here and so I have been trying out some new blog sites. There is one that looks very promising and offers a superior experience all for the same price, free.
It is taking time to get it up and running so don't expect it before the end of the month.
I've been under the weather for a week which is my main excuse. Today was a much better day I'm happy to say.
Another iron in the fire is I'm looking to move and have just started to put out some feelers.
I dread the thought and I really don't need this right now but have no choice. I may share some of the reasons in time.

Spilled Milk

 

Well they say dont cry over spilled milk and I didn't after I saw this unusual patter that resulted.

A Friend's Frustration With UPS

Do you want to hear about my day?
Well you are going to anyways! lol
Get a cuppa something cause this is long. . .or rather I am long winded!

You may not know it but Hubby and I do a lot of shopping on line and get many deliveries to our home via courier service.
Unfortunately 3 out of 10 orders end up at the neighbors house! Thank goodness for a wonderful neighbor Rxxxxx who brings our parcels down the street to us.
My house number is 223. .. her house number is 233. She does NOT shop online.
Today about 9 am Rxxxxx found a note stuck to HER door from UPS notifying of a missed delivery. So she came and gave it to me.
I called the 1-800 number and they apologized, checked the order, noted that YES it was their mistake.
They would file a complaint about the driver. The customer service rep said the package would be delivered today.
About 15 minutes later I get a call from UPS. The woman tells me the driver said he tried to deliver it to the right address YESTERDAY without a response.
So . . . . ??? what . . . ???
Did He decide TODAY he would deliver it to the wrong address instead??? Good Grief!!!
I think he was just trying to defend himself. She assured me the driver would come tomorrow. . .to MY address.
I sarcastically said to her "To 223 ?" She said. . .er. . .yes. . .if that is your address.
Now I realize that delivery people are busy but come on!
Take the time to read the address!
WOULD YOU BELIEVE . . . . .
It happened again!!!!
Rxxxxx called me at lunchtime saying another neighbor had called her at work to say she had seen the courier at her house with a package then left a notice on her door.
She is not expecting any packages so she phoned me and said for me to go down to see if the note had my name on. Sure enough.
And get this. . . its for the SAME package!!
Only this time it says SECOND attempt at delivery!

Are you serious ????????

There is no driver number or name on the ticket or else we could maybe get to the bottom of this more quickly.
So I called the 1-800 number again. The woman (named Diane) answered and I said "Oh you poor woman!"
She said excuse me?
I said I feel sorry for you because I am about to come unglued at you!!!
So I explained the situation all over again. Was put on hold, was told yes the address on the package is correct according to their records.
They don't know whats happening. She said I would again receive a follow up call in a few minutes and for certain before 5 o'clock
Well 5pm came and went and no phone call.
SO. . . I made a sign and went down to Rxxxxx's and taped it to her mailbox to help the driver out. It said and some of it was in bright red bold type too!"
ATTENTION
This address is 233 NOT 223
We, the xxxxxx's live at 223
Please check your packages carefully!
I am tired of having to do your job by delivering them to the proper address!


Stay tuned. . .tomorrow is another day. . . .

Xxxx

Loyal Following

Despite my prolonged absence I notice there have still been activity on a daily basis.  I hope to be much more visible and vocal to reward you...... since I can't for the life of me figure out how to send you all a turkey :)

Commenting Problems

I have made a minor adjustment to try and resolve some difficulties in commenting on my posts. Thanks for your patience and will report this if necessary.
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Heart Attack Patients Who Receive Blood Transfusion Have Higher Mortality Risk

Once used without a second thought it is now treated much differently. Many progressive doctors even refuse to use blood because they found their patients actually got better faster without blood. Blood is a dangerous and unnecessary drug when there are many safe and effective blood volume expanders and drugs like EPO.
The above opinion is my own and unrelated to the following article.
Deltajoy


Heart attack patients who receive a blood transfusion are at a much higher risk of death than those who don't receive one, according to a report published in Archives of Internal Medicine...

To read the full article, please go to:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/254483.php

The Back Alley Picture of the Day

 

For some reason I find back alleys more interesting and fun to photograph than front yards.  You just never know what you will find.  I really like the photographic versatility of the daisy as it seems to lend a certain softness and many times contrast in a picture. 

I am still considering whether to allow my photos to be copied or not and would like some feed back on that. 



 





 

 

1947 Extreme Winter

You can view my original post with picture January 27, 2011 here on Blogspot.
I can't upload the picture from my Camera Roll to Ipad for some reason but I've posted it on Facebook.








This 1947 picture from Minnesota, U.S.A. is like a picture I belonged to my parents but now cannot not find. My pleas on Facebook have so far have yielded no results and neither has extensive internet searches. Surely I didn't have the ONLY Canadian image of the train buried in between snow drifts higher than the telephone lines?

Extreme Weather in Canada - The Canadian Encyclopedia: "The worst blizzard in Canadian railway history occurred between January 30 and February 8, 1947, when 10 days of blowing snow buried towns and trains from Calgary to Winnipeg. Some Saskatchewan roads and rail lines remained impassable until spring. Children stepped over power lines on their way to school and people dug tunnels to their outhouses."

We have a ways to go this year before there is any comparison to 1947. However worry lines are already beginning to appear across the brows of many a civic leader on the prairies well before spring. The idea is that being proactive is the smarter thing to do rather than mop up the consequences of being ill prepared. "Be prepared to fill sandbags" said one report, and another spoke of the monies that are now being earmarked in January for berms and levies.

Time will tell of course just how effective and 'proactive' humans really can be given that the powers of nature can never be predicted.

Name Change to come

One of the first things I want to do is change my header name to Deltajoy's blogs but for the  meantime I will leave SHE SAID  in front of it.  There are numerous sites named SHE SAID and I can't even find myself sometimes.  So after a reasonable time I will delete the first two words and site will be known as Deltajoy's blogs.

Long Time No Type

I have no real good excuse for being delinquent for so long other than serious health issues.  I may have lost my one and only follower by now I'm sure.
So much has happened in the last year that I'm not about to try and play catch-up but just begin after I learn some things about the changes made in this web site. I also need to get some pictures available to upload, yes I've been able to get a few pictures and will even if I have to crawl to get them....
Be seeing you soon🙋

Citrus Fruits May Help Women Reduce Risk Of Stroke

Citrus Fruits May Help Women Reduce Risk Of Stroke
Because of medication issues a lot of people cannot eat grapefruit but you can still eat oranges unless otherwise contraindicated. I have decided to include citrus fruit in my daily diet from now on. Right now the Texas Red's are awesomely sweet.

Zevalin For Previously Untreated NH Lymphoma

FDA Approves Zevalin® Expanded Label as Part of First-Line Therapy in Treatment of Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Label Expands Treatable Population To Approximately 43,000 Patients Annually

IRVINE, California – September 4, 2009 –Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGM: SPPI), a commercial-stage biotechnology company with a focus in oncology, today announced ZEVALIN® (ibritumomab tiuxetan), a CD20-directed radiotherapeutic antibody, received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an expanded label for the treatment of patients with previously untreated follicular non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL), who achieve a partial or complete response to first-line chemotherapy. This new and expanded indication supplements the 2002 FDA approval of ZEVALIN as treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory, low-grade or follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=2403

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=2403

Doctors choose a variety of treatments for follicular lymphoma the second most prevalent type of lymphoma.

Stop washing raw chicken, food agency advises - Healthzone.ca

Stop washing raw chicken, food agency advises - Healthzone.ca