The boring thread.....

Started by Scrumpy, July 18, 2023, 11:58:08 AM

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Mups

Quote from: CHF on April 23, 2026, 02:07:03 PMMy sympathy, I used to get them as a child.
So did I.
Didn't we used to use something called  'Golden Eye Ointment'  on them?
Or I remember hearing it said to rub a gold ring gently over them.   Something to do with the gold healing I think.

klondike

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Scrumpy


I'll be digging around my bins later to see if there is anything in there that I can talk to Amazon about..

Beautiful day.. 
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CHF

Quote from: Mups on April 23, 2026, 09:56:11 PMSo did I.
Didn't we used to use something called  'Golden Eye Ointment'  on them?
Or I remember hearing it said to rub a gold ring gently over them.  Something to do with the gold healing I think.

Yes, Mups, my goodness, I'd forgotten 'Golden Eye Ointment,' my mother bought it 
from the newsagent's/village store.  I hadn't heard about the gold ring treatment.

Michael Rolls

Remember it being used on styes which seemed quite prevalent when we were children
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Alex

Lovely outside today, time for a coffee in the garden before the weekly trip to Mc Donalds later.

muddy

Quote from: Michael Rolls on Yesterday at 02:05:39 PMRemember it being used on styes which seemed quite prevalent when we were children

I had terrible chilblains when I was a child .
I can only imagine it was from inadequate footwear and waiting at bus stops 
I was always cold .
I don't think anyone gets chilblains nowadays ?  

CHF

I never had chillblains, but many of my friends did.

It's a different world now.......

Ruthio

Quote from: Mups on April 23, 2026, 09:56:11 PMSo did I.
Didn't we used to use something called  'Golden Eye Ointment'  on them?
Or I remember hearing it said to rub a gold ring gently over them.  Something to do with the gold healing I think.

Golden Eye Ointment is exactly what the pharmacist at Boots recommended and sold me last week.
It doesn't hurt any more, so from that point of view it's very much better, but still red and swollen, I suppose it will eventually disappear but it's taking its time!

Mups

Quote from: Ruthio on Yesterday at 10:04:34 PMGolden Eye Ointment is exactly what the pharmacist at Boots recommended and sold me last week.
It doesn't hurt any more, so from that point of view it's very much better, but still red and swollen, I suppose it will eventually disappear but it's taking its time!
Good grief Ruthio,  I didn't even know they still made it.
What a pity you didn't ask the pharmacist earlier, and it might have gone by now.

CHF

I hope it soon disappears, Ruthio. Perhaps you need a holiday. Hugs.

Mups

Quote from: muddy on Yesterday at 02:56:08 PMI had terrible chilblains when I was a child .
I can only imagine it was from inadequate footwear and waiting at bus stops
I was always cold .
I don't think anyone gets chilblains nowadays ? 
I remember feeling cold  when we came in from school,  but Mum used to not let us stand close to the fire to warm up,  she always said that was what caused chilblains.  
I just looked it up, and it seems Mum was right.   Heating from cold to hot quickly really does cause them.

Scrumpy

I have just been for a stroll... It is going to be a warm day..
I shall be doing bits and bobs indoors and out in the garden.. Nothing too strenuous..
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Mups

Another lovely day forecast. 
I must get outside and do some more jobs.  Hoovering can be done on a wet day!  :smiley:

Scrumpy


A bouncy castle has just been erected in the grounds of the little school opposite my house..
  Fun day...!!
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