tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post3126440493791623203..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Almost losing the will to live.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-78157329451817612422012-02-21T10:28:09.074-08:002012-02-21T10:28:09.074-08:00The fact that so many of us remember the polio epi...The fact that so many of us remember the polio epidemics shows the average age of bloggers,doesn't it?<br /><br />Interesting how many Post Offices are in Co-op stores - ours is too.<br />I had not thought of computer selling as beig a reason for such a queue.<br /><br />Thank you for participating.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82829316019419239582012-02-21T09:25:22.846-08:002012-02-21T09:25:22.846-08:00Definitely E-Bay people. I always want to know wh...Definitely E-Bay people. I always want to know what it is they sell.<br /><br />I remember the Polio jabs in the mid 1950s, sugar lumps came later. We queued down the street to get the jab, all the family, along with 100s and 100s of other people.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-9967325923428373762012-02-21T01:33:37.389-08:002012-02-21T01:33:37.389-08:00Perhaps it pays to be a creature of habit Pat. By ...Perhaps it pays to be a creature of habit Pat. By sticking to your usual shopping times you seem to avoid all that tedious queuing. At least our Post Office (now consigned to the back section of the Co-op supermarket) always seems to have all cashiers on duty. The bank will quite often just have two - there are four positions - and people queuing to the door.<br />Medical science has made such huge strides in my lifetime, and I read recently that there are cancer treatments being developed which may one day lead to that awful illness becoming one which patients can manage and live with.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89818151721172494322012-02-20T23:48:55.803-08:002012-02-20T23:48:55.803-08:00I was going to say eBay, but have been beaten to i...I was going to say eBay, but have been beaten to it ;)Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252983027018111307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88884733699218296952012-02-20T23:02:44.802-08:002012-02-20T23:02:44.802-08:00I have just heard on the news about the india not ...I have just heard on the news about the india not having a polio outbreak for a year and was very pleased to hear it and want to say hats off to the rotary people who volunteer to go and do this work.<br /><br />It must have been e-bayers in the post office. My friend works part time in a village po and when hers was threatened with closure it was the e-bayers constant protestations that kept it open. It can be a pain though, an hour, I would have been getting quite restless.<br /><br />Woo hoo for the fascinator, hope you will post a photo.mumasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063599072799536913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61073981359993362372012-02-20T16:31:50.919-08:002012-02-20T16:31:50.919-08:00Yes, I remember the iron lungs, and the first mass...Yes, I remember the iron lungs, and the first mass inoculations. Then the sugar lumps later I believe. . . <br /><br /><br /><br /> Aloha from Waikiki<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> <br /> >< } } ( ° >Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67490636014947205802012-02-20T15:38:29.212-08:002012-02-20T15:38:29.212-08:00Our village Post Office often has a long queue whi...Our village Post Office often has a long queue which can be the cause of much sighing and shuffling of feet. We would be very sorry to see it go, for all the waiting around.<br /><br />I too remember children with calipers in our village school. One lad could deliver a horrible whack with a swing of his caliper and I remember once being on the receiving end! There was also a poor young man who was wheeled around the village in a huge pram. He had suffered from polio as a child.Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-73238374373237877912012-02-20T15:20:44.706-08:002012-02-20T15:20:44.706-08:00I too am guessing it was people who have sold thin...I too am guessing it was people who have sold things on eBay.<br /><br />Will you be going back to your normal Tuesday visit in future?BilboWagginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913801147278606148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40695596121820929072012-02-20T14:40:31.652-08:002012-02-20T14:40:31.652-08:00I thought that polio had been eradicated with the ...I thought that polio had been eradicated with the Salk Vaccine, and am so sorry to hear it is still in some countries. When Charles was 27, shortly after we moved to the Similkameen to begin farming in 1951, there was a terrible outbreak of polio in Canada which he fell victim to. He recovered, with only a small drag to his left leg which eventually disappeared, but I am sure that the neuropathy that has disabled him now is a result of this polio.<br /><br />About the post office, - when they computerized our P.IO. they closed down one of the desks, as they only have one computer, and it takes twice as long if you go at busy times. I have no altruistic feelings at all for the establishment itself, although I do like and sympathize with the clerks.Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-62176904025415609062012-02-20T14:34:55.516-08:002012-02-20T14:34:55.516-08:00I was at school in the 50s. there was a child with...I was at school in the 50s. there was a child with a limp or in calipers in every class. Hard to imagine these days. We had to queue all morning to get the new vaccine on a lump of sugar. so glad polio's retreating.Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338964992539885016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28505162670905852242012-02-20T13:56:12.417-08:002012-02-20T13:56:12.417-08:00Two weeks ago, a parcel arrived while I was out. O...Two weeks ago, a parcel arrived while I was out. Of course, it went back to the main post office and I had to go collect. I 'popped in' on the way to town with my dad.Twenty five minutes later, when I stopped queueing down the corridor and actually entered the sorting office room, I saw that the queue snaked around a barrier and that there were still twelve people in front of me with one window open. I timed the next person to be served. It took four minutes. At that rate I would be another 44 minutes. I gave up.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357761230206692089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8741501925400787102012-02-20T13:21:54.781-08:002012-02-20T13:21:54.781-08:00Overheard a few months ago from the lady who works...Overheard a few months ago from the lady who works in my local PO "Good morning, Mr Jackson. Have you got any proof of identification with you?"John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-35282754146101488282012-02-20T12:17:33.184-08:002012-02-20T12:17:33.184-08:00Your Post Office experience rang true with me, we ...Your Post Office experience rang true with me, we have lost our local Post Office so now everyone has to use the main one. I would hate to loose that facility too.<br /><br />A friend of mine runs an on-line shop she has own franking machine. It is simple to set up and link to your computer.Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-31583238513752733512012-02-20T12:15:31.501-08:002012-02-20T12:15:31.501-08:00Our post office is pretty good. It's a shame t...Our post office is pretty good. It's a shame that yours lets you down.MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40115461772679204912012-02-20T12:15:01.495-08:002012-02-20T12:15:01.495-08:00Oh the frustrations of the Post Office! I have on...Oh the frustrations of the Post Office! I have one in each little village or small town here but the best one is in the Co-op in Wolverton. They usually have more than two people serving at a time. Several years ago their manager died and they closed the PO for the afternoon so that all the staff could go to his funeral - a lot of customers went too.<br /><br />Such good news about Polio. I recall a girl in my Welsh hill town having it and had to wear callipers for the rest of her life, poor thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-21767809606780193242012-02-20T11:42:26.965-08:002012-02-20T11:42:26.965-08:00our po comes back to us ( ONE AFTERNOON A WEEK)
BU...our po comes back to us ( ONE AFTERNOON A WEEK)<br />BUT AT LEAST ITS A START!!!#<br /><br />as for the vets and hen<br />weaver I dont usually take them but I have tried to clear the crop myself and just can't!<br />poor thing... if they will do the proceedure simply I will go ahead ( ie open her crop up under a quick local) if not I will put the hen downJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11199361642706518732012-02-20T11:26:37.602-08:002012-02-20T11:26:37.602-08:00Oh Weaver, what a day. I can empathise. Doesn'...Oh Weaver, what a day. I can empathise. Doesn't it always seem when we have to change our plans and really need to fit things into a day that everything goes awry! Thank goodness you got the card back though.<br />We just have the single counter at Penpont PO, so you quickly learn the good times to go in and when the bad times are. To echo Bovey Belle, there are a few people who obviously sell things online who do come in with an awful lot of packages! <br />On the plus side, it only takes me one minute to walk there, so it's not a huge problem if there's a queue. And the PO is also the tea room...<br /><br />It is brilliant news on the polio, isn't it. The local day hospital here used to be a fever hospital for TB; people have told me that if you were in as a child your parents couldn't visit - they could only look in through the door.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-72814704782186008062012-02-20T11:15:05.944-08:002012-02-20T11:15:05.944-08:00I can remember an outbreak of Polio in Wales (Card...I can remember an outbreak of Polio in Wales (Cardiganshire I think) back in the 1970s, just as we were due to visit that very town on holiday. We went anyway, but I think the family we went with (who had two sons) thought long and hard about it. In this day and age it is hard to imagine diseases which could affect whole communities so thoroughly, as Polio, Smallpox, TB, Diptheria etc used to do. My g.g.grandmother Bow lost her entire family (3 children under 5) in the space of a week back in the late 1850s. It is hard to imagine in this day and age and it will be wonderful when Polio has been eradicated.<br /><br />As for the PO, we have a local one (3 miles distant) which is part of a community-run shop now, or the main one in town (20 mile round trip). Perhaps the people with lots of parcels are e-Bayers posting their wares? (Says she, who posted hers today - but only two parcels!)Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com