Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: freda underhill Date: 28 Dec 04 - 06:45 PM glad to hear you're at the cranky stage - good luck! and for sore throat - try gargling salty water, Sinsull, or gargling hot whisky! best wishes freda |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Pistachio Date: 28 Dec 04 - 05:17 PM Greetings, wishes for a speedy recovery and sympathy - from a 'coughing' catter in East Yorkshire. I lost my singing voice on Sunday 19th, while singing! and still can't find it!! My husband is enjoying some peace but the cough is hell and keeps the whole street awake. Lots of liquid they say - and a spoon of honey as often as you like as it's natures antiseptic (so says my neighbour). It's the first Christmas that I've not been able to sing and the cold air sets off my cough so I haven't even been out since 24th. Still, if that's all I've got to put up with I'll stop moaning now - thoughts go to those poor souls caught up in the tsunami. Good wishes to all for 2005. Hazel. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Alba Date: 28 Dec 04 - 04:59 PM ...and for the weak stomached among you there is a tablet form of my Father's remedy. You can see it's benefits here....: Cidervinegar/Garlic/Honey goo! Blessings to all, now back to Kat:>) Glad your feeling Cranky Sinsull....{{{{hugs}}}} Jude |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: SINSULL Date: 28 Dec 04 - 04:54 PM Pauline is asleep and I am cranky - a sure sign that I am feeling better. Meantime katlaughing needs all the attention she can get. So feel free to let this drop to the bottom. Thank you all. SINS |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Ferrara Date: 28 Dec 04 - 04:34 PM Sleep, Pauline, that's the thing. Maybe some of the cats will switch their allegiance for a few hours and keep you warm. :-) And of course lots and lots of liquids, far as I can tell that's second only to sleep, remedy-wise. Will be sending you both good thoughts of being well & hearty for New Year's Eve. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Hollowfox Date: 28 Dec 04 - 04:21 PM Pauline, m'dear, that cidergarlichoney concoction sounds like the Intensive Care ward at a hospital. You only stay in ICU when you're too sick to complain about the discomfort. Likewise, anyone who is well enough to fight off that goo must be on the road to recovery. Soo, are you sick enough to gag it down? |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Allan C. Date: 28 Dec 04 - 03:51 PM I just spoke with SINSULL and Pauline a short while ago. Sinsull's voice sounds pretty awful; but she is up and around. She seems to be recovering at a rapid rate. Pauline does, indeed, sound as though she may be on the cusp of whatever plague befell dear Sins. Here's hoping the bug is kind and you both are in good condition for the New Year. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Pauline L Date: 28 Dec 04 - 01:56 PM I'm looking forward to meeting all the 'Catters who will be here on New Years Eve. We can drink to everyone's health. Pauline |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Bat Goddess Date: 28 Dec 04 - 10:20 AM Pauline, fer-pete's-sake (how did Pete get in this conversation?!?) TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, TOO!!!! [caps mine -- not as much fun saying as "italics mine", but it works] Looking forward to meeting you Friday at The Press Room and then getting some more singing in (between glugs of champagne) at Sinsull's. And I expect EVERYBODY to be healthy by then!!! Linn |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Big Mick Date: 28 Dec 04 - 08:26 AM Get better, dearie!! Just like you to notice someone needs cheering up and take it on yourself to do it. You are a great heart, Mary. Pauline, enjoy yourself up there. hAPPY hOLIDAYS!!! (dAMN cAPSLOCK!!!) mICK |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: gnu Date: 28 Dec 04 - 05:27 AM Rub a few pints of best bitter on your chest ? I suppose it depends upon who is doing the rubbing. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Donuel Date: 28 Dec 04 - 12:59 AM Get well soon My cold has produced award winning morning green rocks and crud far superior to carpenters glue. These are long lasting but not entirely debilitating colds this year. My ear infection that led to 20% hearing loss has been nearly restored to normal with the use of steroids (pregnesone) So all my weight loss has been negated. Fair trade in my book. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Ebbie Date: 28 Dec 04 - 12:15 AM Oh, dear! |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Pauline L Date: 27 Dec 04 - 11:52 PM Seamus's devotion to Sinsull is quite impressive. I keep telling her that it's because he loves her, and she insists that it's because she feeds him and takes him to the dog park. She really looks and sounds much better. I haven't told her this yet, but I've been feeling crummy for the last couple of hours. Oh, no! |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Peace Date: 27 Dec 04 - 09:20 PM I stopped growing at the age of twenty; however, I do roll my own. Help me cough and clear the congestion out of my lungs. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: GUEST,Jaze Date: 27 Dec 04 - 08:52 PM Sinsull, Chicken soup, Vick's Vapor Rub, and Hot Toddies and you'll be feeling much better. Good luck. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Bert Date: 27 Dec 04 - 08:48 PM Hi SINSMELUV. you must turn to folksong for this one. John Brown's baby's got a cold upon his chest. John Brown's baby's got a cold upon his chest. John Brown's baby's got a cold upon his chest. and we rubbed it with camphorated oil. Or you could try a few pints of best bitter. Luvya, Bert. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: SINSULL Date: 27 Dec 04 - 08:20 PM Dial up connection, Spaw. And with Pauline here one of us is always on-line. Sorry I missed your call. But tell Michael to enjoy! Love, Auntie SINS Seamus must be afraid I am going to die. He won't let me out of his sight. Slept all day at my feet. Sat next to me when I finally woke up. He goes outside for two minutes and then comes right back in to check on me. Poor puppy. brucie - cigarettes? Shame on you! Or do you grow and roll your own? SINS |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: GUEST,Art Thieme, Date: 27 Dec 04 - 07:32 PM |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: catspaw49 Date: 27 Dec 04 - 07:23 PM Michael wanted to call and say Thank You earlier but we got the recorder. Sounds as though you're doing better now than yesterday!! Sleep some for me huh? Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: My guru always said Date: 27 Dec 04 - 06:58 PM Got a cold myself & can recommend Lavender oil in a burner, Hot Toddies & Hot Chocolate with Brandy in it. Animals will definitely assist *grin* |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Pauline L Date: 27 Dec 04 - 06:51 PM I can vouch that Sinsull sounds much better. Now if I can only restrain her from trying to resume normal activities too quickly... |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Joybell Date: 27 Dec 04 - 06:39 PM Hope you feel better really soon, Sinsull. Winter ills seem so far away when the thermometer sticks around 100 for days on end. Cheery thoughts Joy |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Peace Date: 27 Dec 04 - 06:19 PM HOT pea, grubs and sheep? I don't get it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: gnu Date: 27 Dec 04 - 06:17 PM What did I say above ???... "Lots of HOT tea and grub and sleep. " That's why you sound so much better. As far as getting killed having so much fun, I gave that up years ago, the getting killed part that is. Caution is the better part of valour, I always say. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Peace Date: 27 Dec 04 - 06:11 PM SINSULL, You're starting to sound better. Watch the infection doesn't get into your chest. It is a hard one to get rid of if it does. Had one dragging with me since early September. Bear of a cough. Had two rounds of antibiotics. Still have it. I have been using cigarettes to help me cough it outta my lungs. They help. BM |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: SINSULL Date: 27 Dec 04 - 06:04 PM Ranger 1 - thank you for offering to walk Seamus. He and Pauline are making do with tossing a ball in the back yard. And Kendall's daughters are on call if I need them. But thank you. Any chance of making it New Years Eve? |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: SINSULL Date: 27 Dec 04 - 05:52 PM gnu, Don't get yourself killed having so much fun! I slept all day...no kidding. Bed at 10PM. up and showered and took care of animals at 9:30AM, went back to bed until 2PM. Got up for a cup of tea and then slept until 5:30. Poor Pauline - she's had an exciting day. Seamus has cabin fever. Dog park tomorrow. SINS |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: gnu Date: 27 Dec 04 - 05:43 PM Yeeeeehaaaawwww !!!! That were fuuunnn! I even met a couple a nurses my age what are single. Since I gave up the bar scene years ago and don't go out much at all, that was exciting. The driving was fun too... I love Cat-putt-Cat (I AM demi-Acadien MOI !!!) Many vehicles stranded. Only helped eldery drivers get unstuck... fuck the yuppies who buy a Cat-putt and think they know how to drive. Pauline... I am in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Since the sun went down and stopped feeding the storm energy, things have subsided and the plows are out again. I won't even bother to shovel until morning. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: CarolC Date: 27 Dec 04 - 02:47 PM Good luck with the weather, gnu. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: CarolC Date: 27 Dec 04 - 02:46 PM You certainly have my sympathies, Sinsull. My chest cold has now moved up into my head and it seems to have decided to take up residence there for the winter. Here's hoping yours doesn't pull the same trick. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Pauline L Date: 27 Dec 04 - 02:29 PM Gnu, pardon my ignorance, but where are all these dire things happening? I just checked the weather forercast for South Portland, Maine, and it's just very cold and windy, some snow showers. Pauline |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: gnu Date: 27 Dec 04 - 01:58 PM Hospitals are requesting 4X4's and snowmobiles for staff and patient transport. See ya later! |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: gnu Date: 27 Dec 04 - 01:50 PM Say now... I knew somethiong didn't sound right about that last post. The SPRAY from the waves hitting the armour stone at the edge of his lawn are going over the house... not the waves. Please forgive my lack of clarity. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: gnu Date: 27 Dec 04 - 01:47 PM sTORM SURGE, AS WHEN THE SEA LEVEL RISES ABOVE NORMAL TIDE DUE TO THE "PUSH" OF A STORM. sHEDIAC bAY HAS A FETCH REACHING ALL THE WAY TO nEWFOUNDLAND... NUTS !!! There. When the wind blows at 100kph, as it is now, low coastal areas are prone to flooding. My buddy just called from Pointe-du-Chene, which is a coastal community within Shediac, New Brunswick. The ice is already scraping his house foundation and the surge is expected to crest about 17:00 AST. The waves are hitting the houses on the inland side of the steret he is on... ie, over his house and across the street. His wife is safe at work on higher ground so he's just loving it... his old Pontiac will be adjusted as soon as the insurance agent can get around to it. A sense of humour is good to have if you have no sense when you decide where to live. The poor dog is going nuts, but he says, "Hey, it's a purebred lab so it can swim if it has to." |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Ferrara Date: 27 Dec 04 - 01:45 PM Ah, Sinsull, lovely lady, if you haveta be sick, you've arranged it very well -- four cats and a dog to snuggle with, and Pauline who, I can vouch for this, is a very good caretaker. (Pauline once took fantastic care of me at the Getaway, the year before I got my new heart. At that time no one knew I had a heart problem -- the docs thought it was asthma -- but I was sick, exhausted, and coughing my head off. Pauline noticed, and arranged all kinds of support and help to get me through that miserable weekend.) Well Sinsull, be well soon! And Pauline, get LOTS of rest, hot tea, and everything, because as you know these virus-y things like to visit as many folks as possible over the holidays ;-) Hope the rest of your holiday is delightful. Peace and love and good health to you both, Rita |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Peace Date: 27 Dec 04 - 01:28 PM I ain't gonna touch that one. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: open mike Date: 27 Dec 04 - 01:26 PM what's a surge warning? |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: kendall Date: 27 Dec 04 - 01:22 PM I hope it's not as bad as the one they just got in Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka. Horrible tsunami, thousands killed. I wonder why the papers keep calling it a "tidal wave"...it is a "Seismic wave" |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: gnu Date: 27 Dec 04 - 01:15 PM Jacqui.c... It's better to have the tail end of a virus than a virus in the tail end. (Hey, at least I'm tryin.) Just be thankful you're gone for the storm. I don't know how Maine is making out but the snow plows were just taken off the roads here in Moncton and a surge warning is in effect along the Northumberland Straight. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Pauline L Date: 27 Dec 04 - 12:55 PM An update on Sinsull: The cats and dog are taking very good care of her. They lie in bed and sleep with her. She is not at all a bad patient. As her chief human caretaker at the moment, I like everyone's recipes for get well medicine -- some more than others. My years of work at the FDA have equipped me with knowledge of foods, drugs, and toxins. I really laughed at Allan C's advice on the galvanized steel bucket. I won't even try to feed her a concoction of cider vinegar, garlic, and honey. Sinsull is too tired to eat my good cooking, but she likes the smell, so it won't be long now. Thanks for everyone's good wishes for her and me. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: jacqui.c Date: 27 Dec 04 - 12:16 PM Hi Mary - I think this one travels - the Cap'n's got a great cough at the moment - I think the tail end of a virus. I'm glad that Pauline's there to take care of you, even if you are a bad patient it's a good idea to allow yourself to be fussed over for a while when you're like that. Vitamin C and zinc is good, but a Jack Daniels will make you FEEL good as well! |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Ebbie Date: 27 Dec 04 - 11:46 AM Ah ha! Sinsull is feeling better. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Allan C. Date: 27 Dec 04 - 11:27 AM Hey, its just as Kendall says... vitamin C and zinc - so drink some milk from a galvanized steel bucket and eventually your troubles will be over. Oh, wait, I now remember that you don't like milk. Well then, cook some broccoli in that bucket instead. That should have about the same effect. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: curmudgeon Date: 27 Dec 04 - 10:45 AM Do get well, Mary. New Years Eve is fast approaching, and the extended forecast portends mild enough temperatures for us to be able to leave the house/woodstove unattended that night. See you Friday -- Tom |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: Hollowfox Date: 27 Dec 04 - 10:35 AM Well, Pauline, thank you for playing Nurse. Sins, I add the advice to sleep with your head and chest elevated. Get well, stay well. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: GUEST,ranger1(currently in NH) Date: 27 Dec 04 - 10:33 AM Hey SINS, I'll be back across the bridge from you by this PM. Let me know if you need help with dog walking. I'm currently unemployed, so TONS of time! Tami |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: GUEST,kendall Date: 27 Dec 04 - 10:07 AM Sorry to hear you are unwell. There is only one sure cure, vitimin C and zinc. |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: MMario Date: 27 Dec 04 - 09:59 AM Remedy for a cold - take one warm fireplace, a good book, a lap robe, multiple cats - |
Subject: RE: BS: Get well, Sinsull From: karen k Date: 27 Dec 04 - 09:57 AM Be well, my friend. Thanks for the invite for New Year's Eve. I usually go to a gathering in New Bedford. I haven't decided yet if I'm going. So you might just get a call to say, "Save me a bed!" Will let you know by Thurs. ok? I hope you feel better. love, k |