The joy of eccentric elderly parents and their routines.
Discussion
PositronicRay said:
TooMany2cvs said:
olly22n said:
Lemming Train said:
She also used to believe that freezers were some sort of time machine where it didn't matter what you put it them, you could leave stuff there for 20 years and then eat it as 'use by' dates don't apply if you're freezing it.
I also have this belief 
Lemming Train said:
Um yes. You must all have broken taste buds if you can't taste the difference. Freezer burn is a thing and wrecks any food that's been left in there for too long.
It's caused by bad wrapping though, not length of time in the freezer and won't kill you. Just cut off the bad bits. My mother once found a bag of spareribs at the bottom of an old chest freezer and decided to cook them up for Dad. They could have been there any length of time between 6 months and 3 years. It was immediately obvious they were not 'good', the smell as they cooked was very, very wrong and they had a wierd green tinge to them.
Even our poor old dog couldn't keep them down for more than 30 minutes, although the neighbour's dog seemed to still enjoy them second hand. Whether he kept them down we were never sure of.
Even our poor old dog couldn't keep them down for more than 30 minutes, although the neighbour's dog seemed to still enjoy them second hand. Whether he kept them down we were never sure of.
Piersman2 said:
My mother once found a bag of spareribs at the bottom of an old chest freezer and decided to cook them up for Dad. They could have been there any length of time between 6 months and 3 years. It was immediately obvious they were not 'good', the smell as they cooked was very, very wrong and they had a wierd green tinge to them.
Even our poor old dog couldn't keep them down for more than 30 minutes, although the neighbour's dog seemed to still enjoy them second hand. Whether he kept them down we were never sure of.
You'll be telling us next you know someone who's arm was broken by a swan!Even our poor old dog couldn't keep them down for more than 30 minutes, although the neighbour's dog seemed to still enjoy them second hand. Whether he kept them down we were never sure of.
HTP99 said:
My dad always answered the home phone by reading out the phone number back to the caller, <snip>
My late father always did this as well. He worked for BT for a while so he got a choice of numbers, he chose 54321 (this was in about 1980).It was fun until kids started ringing and after he had recited the number they would say "0 Liftoff" and then hang up
My inlaws have a dishwasher that hasn't worked for at least 6 years. They are still deciding on what to replace it with (this isn't a financial issue). They use it to store the dirty dishes in before washing up so they don't clutter up the kitchen...
They don't like driving in the dark in the evening, but driving in the dark in the morning is OK.
They don't like driving in the dark in the evening, but driving in the dark in the morning is OK.
Spumfry said:
HTP99 said:
Gargamel said:
Spumfry said:
Mine are similar - a lovely cup of coffee with the ten o'clock news*, just what you need at that time of night.
*BBC, not ITV, obviously
I do this. What's weird about that ? I like coffee and it doesn't keep me awake at all. *BBC, not ITV, obviously
I am in hospital at the moment and as is the norm there are a lot of older to very old patients of both sexes on the ward ,they take the eccentricities to another level . Much of this caused by dementia which is very sad. Most of them unfortunately are only in the waiting room ready to enter the gates above .
grumpy52 said:
I am in hospital at the moment and as is the norm there are a lot of older to very old patients of both sexes on the ward ,they take the eccentricities to another level . Much of this caused by dementia which is very sad. Most of them unfortunately are only in the waiting room ready to enter the gates above .
Hospital ward patients are in a whole new realm of weirdness.Stan the Bat said:
grumpy52 said:
I am in hospital at the moment and as is the norm there are a lot of older to very old patients of both sexes on the ward ,they take the eccentricities to another level . Much of this caused by dementia which is very sad. Most of them unfortunately are only in the waiting room ready to enter the gates above .
Hospital ward patients are in a whole new realm of weirdness.grumpy52 said:
Stan the Bat said:
grumpy52 said:
I am in hospital at the moment and as is the norm there are a lot of older to very old patients of both sexes on the ward ,they take the eccentricities to another level . Much of this caused by dementia which is very sad. Most of them unfortunately are only in the waiting room ready to enter the gates above .
Hospital ward patients are in a whole new realm of weirdness.grumpy52 said:
Stan the Bat said:
grumpy52 said:
I am in hospital at the moment and as is the norm there are a lot of older to very old patients of both sexes on the ward ,they take the eccentricities to another level . Much of this caused by dementia which is very sad. Most of them unfortunately are only in the waiting room ready to enter the gates above .
Hospital ward patients are in a whole new realm of weirdness.I meant people being affected by their medication etc.
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