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Fair2good Sat 16-Mar-24 09:03:00

I’ve just spent ten minutes trying to get a wood louse to safety after finding it on my hall carpet. I’ve got cataracts and bending down is difficult so I was trying to encourage it to move onto a tissue so I could put it somewhere it wouldn’t be trodden on. Only to realise it wasn’t a wood louse but a piece of dark fluff !
It reminded me of last Christmas when driving home at night I saw in the headlights a poor little black cat lying dead at the side of the road. I was upset and sent up a prayer to St Francis of Assisi. The next night I saw it again as no one had moved it. We went home and got a shovel and a bin bag and went back.
To find I’d been praying for a very sodden small black fleecy jumper bunched up in the gutter !

karmalady Wed 20-Mar-24 17:57:54

I didn`t have my glasses on, saw a sultana on my coffee table, from the scone that I had eaten. Popped it into my mouth and chewed.

Yikes it tasted vile, I spat it out, it was a wood louse

tictacnana Wed 20-Mar-24 20:13:32

I thought that I was alone in rescuing worms and bugs. Seems like I’m in good company. Bless you all.

Hetty58 Wed 20-Mar-24 20:22:17

I'm not so good, tictacnana. I'm vegan, but when I was digging today, I put all the little worms on the bird table for the robins - as they're feeding chicks already. They need to eat other creatures but I don't.

Twopence Thu 21-Mar-24 05:46:10

Should have gone to Specsavers.grin

Gundy Fri 22-Mar-24 12:01:18

I want to assure Fair2good that you will not get glaucoma after having cataracts removed.

In my case it was something I inherited from my mom. Gotta love those genes. Unfortunately those things happen.

Doctors actually discovered I already had glaucoma while I was being prepped for cataract surgery. That was a good Dr as no other eye Dr ever noticed my symptoms or blind spots before. Take care of your eyes! Everything is very treatable these days.

Lovecatssomuch Fri 22-Mar-24 18:20:10

More than once, I have either pulled up behind traffic only to realize they are parked cars. Or the opposite, gone into the right hand lane thinking they parked cars and they're not.

MissAdventure Fri 22-Mar-24 18:28:59

I tried to get in the car of a strange man.

He was parked outside my workplace and I thought he was someone else, even when he tried to pull away.

I ran alongside, trying to open the door. blush

Dottydots Fri 22-Mar-24 18:44:11

After reading all the above comments and having a good laugh, I am definitely going to have my eyes tested again.

HowVeryDareYou2 Fri 22-Mar-24 19:24:35

A few months ago, I went to my parked car after a swimming session. My key fob wouldn't work, and I couldn't get into my locked car. I tried, several times, then sat on a bench, wondering what to do - it was then that I suddenly realised I'd been standing next to the wrong car, which was a different make and year, just the same color as mine (and parked 3 places away)

Gwyllt Sat 23-Mar-24 07:55:25

Not me the dog. I used to have a Belgian shepherd. Very well behaved I might add but when she became elderly she would come off the beach and walk along the parked cars and when she found one with the back open she would jump in
Tried taking her to Specsavers