A thread for insignificant posts that don't need a thread of their own

Two of our DGC threw it off quite quickly.

absent I have not seen you post for a while, I hope all is well with you

My son did when he was about 2. He was a bit under the weather miserable but never really unwell.

DGD had it aged 2 and was really very unwell, she passed it to her father who wasn't as bad but did feel ill. I believe it is quite contagious. Hope the wee one isn't too badly affected.

Anybody else had grandchildren with the Hand foot and mouth virus?Whole family meeting up this weekend and DS1 has just rung to say DGs has it....should he come?

A Nobel Prize and canonisation wouldn't be good enough for the scientist who developed a vaccine for the common cold!

Just caught a cold from my youngest grandson. Had flu injections but it can't cope with a common cold. Head feels awful. There should be a cure,.

GA . I have that problem too. Why does the smell of chlorine only remove itself once you are at home in your own shower or bath?. Perhaps the cozzie needs to be removed - I am too coy to remove mine in public . Perhaps it has something to do with the heat and atmosphere in a pool area..

Can anyone explain why it is that no matter how much shower gel, shampoo and conditioner I use I still smell of chlorine after being in the swimming pool?

Gi' us a wee bitty aff the end soop my soup is taking forever to do and I am starving

Flickety I can sympathise. On one of my early visits to DD in Oz I had to sleep on a futon which for the first 3 nights or so was quite comfy. It then became not comfy and I tried to shake it to get its innards jiggled about - it was a double and I nearly ended myself. I spent the next 4 weeks on the sofa which was like sleeping on a cloud in comparison

I need a flapjack. I need it now!

bags has the same name as an aunt of ours who lives in Devon. Aunt is 95. Some time ago, believing that I was leaving a voice message on bags landline...I said something like - 'Hello bags, it's soop are you okay?' It wasn't until much later that I realised the error of my ways. Aunt hadn't a clue who soop was and of course, she would definitely not know who bags was either. I never did call her back to explain.
This morning I called the same wrong numbe. A young lady answered the phone...I said, 'May I speak to bags please?' Young lady said, 'Who?' I then went into an explanation of who I was on Gransnet. Young lady said, 'She doesn't belong to Gransnet. She's 95 and doesn't use a computer. I'm her daughter.' At that point, the penny dropped with a resounding clatter. I was speaking to Mr soop's neice. After much laughter and embarrassment on my side, we sorted ourselves out. Before I hung up I said, sorry about the confusion, please give Auntie our love. Oh dear! What am I like?

I am not surprised the moon affects us. Think about it! If it can make such a difference to the worlds vast oceans, it's surely not surprising if it has effects on the fluids in our brains and bodies.

DS used to have a futon in his spare room. I slept on the floor. It was more comfortable.

In my first teaching job I was having a bad time with some classes. The deputy head said I was not to worry as they would be fine the following week when it was not full moon. Initially I did not believe him but he was right.

As for mattresses ............. the spare bed in dd apartment in Beijing is like sleeping on concrete. We put everything possible on top of it but I still find it extremely hard - the mattress is about 1" thick - and only just getting used to it when I come home again. She thinks it is fine !

Oh dear Hannoona, poor you

Well I know we can be affected by the moon - my son banging around has us all up. :D

When I worked in mental health it was well known that we would be busier at the time of the full moon. There were more calls for mental health act assessments and the wards were more unsettled. I do think we can all be affected by the moon.

It was always obvious that my cats, when I had them, were extra crazy at the time of the full moon.

Re the moon - we can always tell by my sons behavior if its a full moon. He becomes really unsettled and is up half the night for a few nights prowling around the house looking for things to do and eat. If he needs to be given some extra medication its usually around this time also.

I miss my Tempur but the mattress we had in the hotel was so 'firm' that every time one of us turned over the other nearly bounced off the bed. Added to which, the room description was for a large double which, apparently meant the room, not the bed!! We have a kingsize! Grr!

GM, I also like Premier Inn.

Re mattresses - of the most comfortable mattresses we have slept on I would rank Premier Inns (at under £100 a night) as one of the best.They buy Hypnos and are really good (I googled, quite expensive!) I also loved I think it is Vi-Spring (Sprung???), which we had in a chic little boutique hotel in Rye. I am always poking around under the bottom sheet to see what the mattress is - especially if I have had a good night! My sis-IL uses a feather/down topper on her spare bed mattress which is a firmish one and the topper provides just the right amount of cushioning along with the support of the firmer mattress underneath.

I have always thought, if the moon can do such powerful things with water, making my brain work different must be a doddle

I still think it's a relic of stone age nights!