The Fleet Report and Daily for Saturday July 29th, 2023

[erewhon]

12 hours ago, ger_77 said:

 

Yesterday morning, just as I'd finished my post on CC, DH came into the room saying he'd barely slept through the night.  I assumed it was because he hadn't had enough water during the day and had cramps, but no, he said his foot and in particular, his big toe had been throbbing all night.     Gout.     He was in a lot of pain, so as soon as our doctor's office opened, I called and explained he was really suffering.  Thankfully they were able to get him in within the hour, so off we went.  Examination revealed it was indeed, gout, so the office faxed the prescription off to the pharmacy and we stopped there to pick it up on our way home.  

 

 

Smooth Sailing!  ☺️☺️☺️

Gerry 

 

@ger_77  DH has sufferered from gout for many years, last year I read in a magazine that Cherry Juice helps. We located a source of Cherry Juice, he takes 100mls daily, has not had any episodes of gout since.  He calls it his "medicine".

[kochleffel]

I'm in favor of tigers, especially Hobbes. Not an aficionado of chicken wings, and I'm only comfortable with lasagna if it's made with lactose-free ricotta, which exists but is hard to find.

 

Grilled orange chicken skewers would have been OK with me, but it was raining most of the afternoon anyway. Neither tequila nor jalapeño figures in my plans.  Shiraz and Syrah are the same grape, but there is a convention of calling in Syrah when it's grown in cooler climate, such as France or here, and Shiraz in a hot one, such as Australia or Israel. The wines are quite different, Syrah being more elegant (but often quite dark and heavy), Shiraz being fruitier and higher in alcohol. On the speculation that a blend with Viognier might result in something more in the French style, I'll suggest Fulkerson 2016 Syrah. Aomori wasn't on my itinerary for the TPAC from Yokohama that was cancelled.

 

I was also one of the officiants this morning and did a number of things that are perfectly legitimate in our congregation but "not the way we always used to do it," as the old-timers would say. I'm no spring chicken, but I've lived here only 16 years.

 

 

 

 

 

[cruzn single]

Very late for me posting.  I get to read almost every day, but posting gets questionable, since I am in the "moving" mode.  Almost everything done, and am though with the emotion!  I have purged until there is no more.  Will be glad when this is all over on Tuesday!!!!!

 

I laugh with the Dailyites, cry with you and and pray for those in difficult situations.  As we all grow older we lose so many of those so precious to all of us.  So many are going through so many difficulties, and I wish I could be there for any and all of you!

 

We have two wildfires in our Red Cross territory - one that started on Wednesday at 600 acres and now is at almost 1,000 acres with 1% containment!  The other one is smaller and think that the wonderful firefighters are gaining control!  When I went to a meeting in another county on Thursday saw another wildfire that is "contained" but will take a season ending snowfall to finally put it out!  We need rain (monsoon)!

 

Have a good evening everyone and hope that the rest of the weekend brings love and contentment to all!

Mary Kay