Quote from: Scrumpy on August 13, 2026, 10:38:00 AMAww! Muddy.. He sounds a lovely old thing..
I couldn't bear to hear him crying downstairs all alone..
 Just give him lots of love and nice treats.. He has earned them..
And just hope.. it's not 'on your watch'..

Yes I am counting the days until they return .
They will have a very sad decision to make .
As it is he is eating well but sleeps a lot and when awake he has severe separation anxiety and follows me everywhere .
He has pain medication poor old chap . 
He still loves treats so he gets them too .😢

Quote from: Mups on Yesterday at 10:00:00 PMI managed to get an appointment for Liffey this morning.   
The young vet did a flea check first - nothing there.
She thinks it is an allergy of some sort.

I showed her all the places that she had made sore,  especially her tummy,  and the vet was surprised at just had bad it was.   
She has given me some tablets for here,  plus a skin spray I have never seen before.  When you press the nozzle, a foam comes out.   
I have to rub rub this into her skin and watch she doesn't lick it until it is dry.  She said I can also still give her the Piriton,  but I haven't decided about that yet, I'll see how it goes first.

Lif is very quiet today,  and sleeping most of the time,  but there seems a slight improvement,  so that is encouraging at least,  but unless I know what she is allergic to,  I don't know what to keep her away from!
Just parted with another £90-something pounds.

Thanks for the kind thoughts, Scrumps, Alex and Muddy. 

Mups have they prescribed prednisone yet ? 
This will stop the itching for a while 
Unfortunately its long time side effects are not good .
Some people believe it's a food allergy .
I give mungo liver once a week and lambs hearts if there are any .
I try and give him eat least some good quality food goodness knows what goes into cans and kibble .

I think he needs to be reminded of the seriousness of the crime .
That poor young man was dragged behind the car at 42 mph for a mile .
First responders did not at first recognise his body they thought it was a deer carcass.
Can you imagine how his mother must feel the horror of his death is something his family will carry to their graves .
A life sentence .

Quote from: klondike on Today at 10:22:00 AMCould be he can't act. Lots of government power has been passed over to quangos, and courts, Those courts rule by our human rights act which incorporates European human rights law various international treaties and probably loads more stuff that wants weeding out. I'm pretty sure that he'll be saying that it is all out of his hands and that may even be true. The whole rotten ediface needs a huge chopper and the politicians just don't seem to have the balls to take it in hand 

Acts of Parliament are passed, surprisingly, by Parliament (presumably due to a majority of the Labour government).  Consequently, perhaps the 'human rights act' could then be changed, perhaps by ignoring the European human rights law, even if it requires our leaving the ECHR.

This government will not, of course, bother with such matters which don't directly interest them.
"Out of my hands" could be translated to "I just can't be bothered"!

I worked for British Gas for 18 years, great employer IMO. That was when we used to be considered the best for customer service, like M&S. I took redundancy after working in three locations.  OH was ill, and I didn't fancy the long commutes.  And the company had changed massively through privatisation. 

A leftie acknowledging the death of another leftie. 

Quote from: Mups on Today at 11:36:26 AMKlondie,  I see they cancelled the balloon festival this weekend.  Apparently it was too windy they said on the radio.
I don't really get that,  because there has hardly been a breath of wind for weeks, has there.   

The wind often causes them problems. It isn't just surface wind it could be wind higher up too.

It could also be a way of chickenng out of course but TBH I doubt it. They are way ahead of the old Montgolfier methods and my betting is that those monster gas burners are very safe because they'd have to be. I haven't checked but I doubt there will be any news reports of fires started by those balloons. Unlike the toy ones with a little package of something flammable under a tissue paper envelope that people sometimes launch at hight.

Quote from: muddy on Today at 10:48:20 AMAll it needs is political will .

Well I don't know which piece of woke nonsense backed by which piece of legislation is getting the blame but you are correct in that utimately the only need need to fix it is political will. These days that is rarer than hen's teeth and the odds on him coming up with stopping the early release are pretty long imo.
I did sign the petition. My first time ever on that site although I have signed countless others on the government site as I consider that the correct way to embarrass them.

Quote from: GrannyMac on Today at 06:41:18 AMWe've been with Octopus for a while, fixed rate, dual fuel, compares pretty well to others.  We'll probably just stick with them too.

Yes I think I will now.  I do like Octopus.

They also are a much easier company to talk to if you need them.  
I find them miles better than British Gas used to be,  and that is why I changed over a while back now.

Quote from: GrannyMac on Today at 06:35:30 AM🤣😂😄

Today at 06:39:02 AMI hope it works 🤞🏼.  One of my son's dogs gets something itchy on her paws, she licks them raw if they don't spot her doing it.  Like you, they bathe her and put ointments on, but it comes back.  The latest suggestion is it might be the grass irritating her skin? Cone of shame is on at night 😢

It's difficult isn't it Granny.    I know its meant for the best,  but we probably all know what it's like to have an itch you can't reach to scratch,  so imagine the torture if his feet are burning and itching all night and he can't reach them.  On the other hand,  he might well make them worse if he did!  Difficult isn't it.

When Liffey's feet were like that,  I have got an old cat litter tray which I fill with cool water just a couple fo inches deep,  then I lift her up and stand her in it.  I thought if her feet are burning,  the water might soothe it for a while.  I've also got a small plastic bowl I hold and dunk her feet in that too.
I wondered once, whether it was anything to do with weed killer sprays they use don't the park sometimes,  or even

I suppose if it is an allergy of some kind,  we can only try to help them this time,  but it won't stop it coming back again, will it.  I also wondered if it was grass pollen?


P.S.  I just googled about that, and interestingly, this is what I found.  This could easily explain why its a seasonal thing with Lif.


Yes, grass pollen can affect dogs. Unlike humans who usually sneeze or get runny eyes from hay fever, dogs typically react through their skin. This condition is known as canine atopic dermatitis.
Dogs do not even need to touch the grass to react; airborne pollen can trigger symptoms indoors or out.


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Today at 11:47:08 AM
Klondie,  I see they cancelled the balloon festival this weekend.  Apparently it was too windy they said on the radio.
I don't really get that,  because there has hardly been a breath of wind for weeks, has there.