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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Minxie's Mummy is being discharged from hospital this afternoon ........ way to go Mum ............ well done and can't wait to pick you up later ....
Also had a battle on Friday over the storage of her wheelchair ... was told it cannot be stored under the stairwell in her block of flats and that she has to fold it up and carry it up to her second floor flat everytime she has used it .............. she's almost 78 and had the stroke ........ yeah right ... after appealing to people's better nature and getting nowhere I wrote an email to the local MP ... Mum can now store her wheelchair under the stairs, I have this in writing and the local MP has sent my mum his best wishes for her ongoing speedy recovery .... lol  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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they don't - the MP involved Head of Housing, on Monday I was getting phone calls from everyone including the fire officer ........... lol its amazing what one email can do lol |
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"Minxie's Mummy is being discharged from hospital this afternoon ........ way to go Mum ............ well done and can't wait to pick you up later ....
Also had a battle on Friday over the storage of her wheelchair ... was told it cannot be stored under the stairwell in her block of flats and that she has to fold it up and carry it up to her second floor flat everytime she has used it .............. she's almost 78 and had the stroke ........ yeah right ... after appealing to people's better nature and getting nowhere I wrote an email to the local MP ... Mum can now store her wheelchair under the stairs, I have this in writing and the local MP has sent my mum his best wishes for her ongoing speedy recovery .... lol "
Brilliant news, please pass on all our best wishes for a speedy recovery from all us here at swingers, mind you maybe not mention the swingers part, just say from all your friends xx |
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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago
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Go Minxie and Minxie Mam.
A neighbour of mine bored my arse off one afternoon complaining about another neighbour in a wheelchair, apparently lowers the tone.
Her face was a pic, when I came home in one after my op!!!!
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Go Minxie and Minxie Mam.
A neighbour of mine bored my arse off one afternoon complaining about another neighbour in a wheelchair, apparently lowers the tone.
Her face was a pic, when I came home in one after my op!!!!
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that made me laugh out loud and I bet u had a big grin on yours too
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By (user no longer on site)
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Also had a battle on Friday over the storage of her wheelchair ... was told it cannot be stored under the stairwell in her block of flats and that she has to fold it up and carry it up to her second floor flat everytime she has used it .............. she's almost 78 and had the stroke ........ D"
If some of theses carers/people in charge of H&S had brains they would be dangerous
Great news though  |
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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago
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"Go Minxie and Minxie Mam.
A neighbour of mine bored my arse off one afternoon complaining about another neighbour in a wheelchair, apparently lowers the tone.
Her face was a pic, when I came home in one after my op!!!!
that made me laugh out loud and I bet u had a big grin on yours too
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Poker face and raised cynical eyebrows that threatened her to say just one word......... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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yeah their concerns were that a metal wheelchair would be a fire hazzard as it might spontaneously combust but the wooden bookcase with books in it, or the wooden chairs or table wouldn't be a risk?? neither would the wooden stairs ... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Go Minxie and Minxie Mam.
A neighbour of mine bored my arse off one afternoon complaining about another neighbour in a wheelchair, apparently lowers the tone.
Her face was a pic, when I came home in one after my op!!!!
that made me laugh out loud and I bet u had a big grin on yours too
Poker face and raised cynical eyebrows that threatened her to say just one word......... "
am loving it and can imagine the LOOK lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Minxie's Mummy is being discharged from hospital this afternoon ........ way to go Mum ............ well done and can't wait to pick you up later ....
Also had a battle on Friday over the storage of her wheelchair ... was told it cannot be stored under the stairwell in her block of flats and that she has to fold it up and carry it up to her second floor flat everytime she has used it .............. she's almost 78 and had the stroke ........ yeah right ... after appealing to people's better nature and getting nowhere I wrote an email to the local MP ... Mum can now store her wheelchair under the stairs, I have this in writing and the local MP has sent my mum his best wishes for her ongoing speedy recovery .... lol "
wishing her a very speedy recovery xx |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
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"yeah their concerns were that a metal wheelchair would be a fire hazzard as it might spontaneously combust but the wooden bookcase with books in it, or the wooden chairs or table wouldn't be a risk?? neither would the wooden stairs ... "
The fire hazard argument isn't usually that something is combustible, more that its likely to be an obstacle in very smoky conditions. That said, if you've got wooden stairs I guess a wee thing like a hurly chair isn't going to be an issue.
It's probably more likely to get stolen than cause death by fire.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"yeah their concerns were that a metal wheelchair would be a fire hazzard as it might spontaneously combust but the wooden bookcase with books in it, or the wooden chairs or table wouldn't be a risk?? neither would the wooden stairs ...
The fire hazard argument isn't usually that something is combustible, more that its likely to be an obstacle in very smoky conditions. That said, if you've got wooden stairs I guess a wee thing like a hurly chair isn't going to be an issue.
It's probably more likely to get stolen than cause death by fire.
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If someone is going under the stairs in the doom and gloom of the smoke then they are a gonna anyway - and the doors are push buzzer type so don't think it will be stolen |
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Congratulations on the mama coming home n hopefully it's onwards n upwards for her now. Some bureaucratic idiots about innit ugh!
On a sad note re my 89 years old neighbour with advanced Alzheimer's-. Eventually I had to concede defeat n she has been taken into a care home - it all just got toooo complicated to continue caring for her singlehandedly. On the plus side she appears to now b thriving n is warm n getting three meals s day. But it has left me a bit dispirited to have lost my pal  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Congratulations on the mama coming home n hopefully it's onwards n upwards for her now. Some bureaucratic idiots about innit ugh!
On a sad note re my 89 years old neighbour with advanced Alzheimer's-. Eventually I had to concede defeat n she has been taken into a care home - it all just got toooo complicated to continue caring for her singlehandedly. On the plus side she appears to now b thriving n is warm n getting three meals s day. But it has left me a bit dispirited to have lost my pal "
awwww but u can still visit ... can't you? and can now do the nice things instead of the essential things   |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
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"yeah their concerns were that a metal wheelchair would be a fire hazzard as it might spontaneously combust but the wooden bookcase with books in it, or the wooden chairs or table wouldn't be a risk?? neither would the wooden stairs ...
The fire hazard argument isn't usually that something is combustible, more that its likely to be an obstacle in very smoky conditions. That said, if you've got wooden stairs I guess a wee thing like a hurly chair isn't going to be an issue.
It's probably more likely to get stolen than cause death by fire.
If someone is going under the stairs in the doom and gloom of the smoke then they are a gonna anyway - and the doors are push buzzer type so don't think it will be stolen "
I hope you're right.
Would you leave an elderly lady with mobility problems own house door open just 'cos there's 'secure entry' on the door to the world? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"yeah their concerns were that a metal wheelchair would be a fire hazzard as it might spontaneously combust but the wooden bookcase with books in it, or the wooden chairs or table wouldn't be a risk?? neither would the wooden stairs ...
The fire hazard argument isn't usually that something is combustible, more that its likely to be an obstacle in very smoky conditions. That said, if you've got wooden stairs I guess a wee thing like a hurly chair isn't going to be an issue.
It's probably more likely to get stolen than cause death by fire.
If someone is going under the stairs in the doom and gloom of the smoke then they are a gonna anyway - and the doors are push buzzer type so don't think it will be stolen
I hope you're right.
Would you leave an elderly lady with mobility problems own house door open just 'cos there's 'secure entry' on the door to the world?"
pray tell me what your point is ... no one can get in and no one will see the wheelchair ... from outside ... ?? |
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"Congratulations on the mama coming home n hopefully it's onwards n upwards for her now. Some bureaucratic idiots about innit ugh!
On a sad note re my 89 years old neighbour with advanced Alzheimer's-. Eventually I had to concede defeat n she has been taken into a care home - it all just got toooo complicated to continue caring for her singlehandedly. On the plus side she appears to now b thriving n is warm n getting three meals s day. But it has left me a bit dispirited to have lost my pal
awwww but u can still visit ... can't you? and can now do the nice things instead of the essential things "
The home is 45 miles away - special dementia home - but yes can visit altho at mo I'm leaving her to settle in n acquaint herself with new surroundings cos I don't wanna crying to go home if she sees me. It's soooo difficult to know what to best in these situations cos physically she is very fit, slim, wears her make up still etc - but mentally she is lost in the past  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Congratulations on the mama coming home n hopefully it's onwards n upwards for her now. Some bureaucratic idiots about innit ugh!
On a sad note re my 89 years old neighbour with advanced Alzheimer's-. Eventually I had to concede defeat n she has been taken into a care home - it all just got toooo complicated to continue caring for her singlehandedly. On the plus side she appears to now b thriving n is warm n getting three meals s day. But it has left me a bit dispirited to have lost my pal
awwww but u can still visit ... can't you? and can now do the nice things instead of the essential things
The home is 45 miles away - special dementia home - but yes can visit altho at mo I'm leaving her to settle in n acquaint herself with new surroundings cos I don't wanna crying to go home if she sees me. It's soooo difficult to know what to best in these situations cos physically she is very fit, slim, wears her make up still etc - but mentally she is lost in the past "
definitely go visit when you are both ready |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
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"yeah their concerns were that a metal wheelchair would be a fire hazzard as it might spontaneously combust but the wooden bookcase with books in it, or the wooden chairs or table wouldn't be a risk?? neither would the wooden stairs ...
The fire hazard argument isn't usually that something is combustible, more that its likely to be an obstacle in very smoky conditions. That said, if you've got wooden stairs I guess a wee thing like a hurly chair isn't going to be an issue.
It's probably more likely to get stolen than cause death by fire.
If someone is going under the stairs in the doom and gloom of the smoke then they are a gonna anyway - and the doors are push buzzer type so don't think it will be stolen
I hope you're right.
Would you leave an elderly lady with mobility problems own house door open just 'cos there's 'secure entry' on the door to the world?
pray tell me what your point is ... no one can get in and no one will see the wheelchair ... from outside ... ?? "
So she has no plans to use this wheelchair outwith her home? Ne'er do wells watch out for the vulnerable and take advantage.
'Secure' door entry systems aren't and wheelchairs are stolen all the time - even from M&S.
I just hope this doesn't turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory - not that I suspect we'll be told if it is. |
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