Testing the water for a "Northern mini-national"

At least the drunks did not start to arrive until after 11, and none of them were obstreperous.

Elegran. I have just caught up with this.

Ouch I hope you feel better soon. or such like should help.

Have you tried doing your bra up first and pulling it on over your feet and wriggling it into place with your left arm? This is probably more difficult with broken fingers though.

I solved the bra problem for the first night by not taking it off (or much else) when I got home from A & E. There was hardly any night left anyway. Then I took it off and left it off for three days. Big T-shirts and loose shirts and a cardigan slung over my shoulders was OK.

Meanwhile my hand became less swollen, and my shoulder was OK with a little movement, so this morning I could return to my usual system of wrapping it round my waist and fastening it in front, then wriggling it round and putting my arms in. Sore arm first, slowly, then the other one. I could even put on a reasonably sized T-shirt, if I eased in the sore arm first, then the head, then the good arm.

I still can't wear a jacket properly because of the sling, so went out today with one sleeve hanging loose and the zip undone. Not too warm in a nippy wind.

Elegran I am the same with an empty sleeve at present with my shoulder drafty coat front.

I have finally mastered putting the coat over my bad shoulder first and holding it there before getting other arm in the left sleeve. I can just do up some of the press studs at the front.
Apart from not being able to move right arm enough to safely drive myself the ultimate indignity is having to ask someone else to fasten and unfasten my seat belt for me. After 4 weeks I now feel my shoulder is hurting less and is more mobile.

I am so glad you are getting somewhere,Nellie

I think I have been lucky - on Saturday I was typing with my left hand only. Tonight my right hand is joining in a little without being too painful. I can use the thumb and forefinger of that hand to steady things, not to take wieght, but even that little bit of twohandedness helps a bit.

Result! I have just had an email confirming that someone from the Scottish Beaver Trial will come and talk to us about it on 1st December. This was the subject of a talk at my adult class at the zoo on a week ago, and I thought it so interesting that I nobbled the speaker and asked whether it was possible.

It is all coming together.

Well done, elegran!

Result indeed Elegran

Beavers! That is so wonderfully Narnia'ish .

Elegran, thank you - what a lot of work you've been putting in! Single-handed, too.....(sorry!)

Sounds interesting! Thank you Elegran for all the hard work

Marelli

elegran dont forget to shout if you need anything done, hope your feeling a little better.

Right moomin galen gillybob we are booked for 7.30 at The Rosehip.

Great! Hope it's warmer than the 15 degrees currently in my lounge ? and that's blue with cold!

its Edinburgh we are going to galen dont count on it

Thanks everyone.
I think all those who offered to talk are now organised, plus a couple of non-gransnet ones (beavers and Scottish family tree searching) which I hope will be as interesting to you all as they were to me.

I have roughed out a programme to include all that and still leave time for chatting.

I have checked about vegetarian alternatives in the lunch, printed out info sheets and so on.

I have made sure there will be a projector and screen to see all the pictures in the talks. However I have found out that they do not have one of those red laser things for pointing things out on the picture, so if anybody has one they could bring, it would be appreciated. If not, I shall go along to PC World or Shapes and buy one. They are probably only pennies.

What have I forgotten? Tell me now before it is too late.

glass On Tuesday I will be on a coach on its way to the Highland Wildlife Park for the day. Compared to that, Edinburgh is the Riviera.

(There are still some seats on the coach, if any of you in the Edinburgh area or on the road through Fife to Kingussie would like a trip - only £20 including entry to the park, coffee and biscuits and a talk of some kind, leaving the front of Edinburgh Zoo at 8am and returning by 5pm. It is an extra day tacked on to the 8 talks in the LA adult leisure class a the zoo, but there are not quite enough people to fill all the places, so it has been opened up to families and friends. You lot are friends.)

Who is in the final line up elegran and will we need name badges if there are some new members.

glassortwo - final line-up:-

Elegran
Thatbags
Marelli
Wisewoman
Gillybob
Janeainsworth
Tegan
Glassortwo
Granny23
Granny23's sister
Elizabeth1
Pittcity
GillyB
Moomin
Tanmack
Galen
MindfulGrandma
A.N.Other whose gransnet name I don't know (must find out)

and from late morning on:-
Baubles
Cari Gransnet

I will bring some name badges.

Great glass, thanks for sorting out. Elegran sound like you've got most things covered - don't have red laser pointy thing, they look quite expensive at PC World but quite cheap on Amazon

Are you sure or I could do them for you?

Amazon here I come. No, wait, I have a friend who had one about ten years ago. She used it to drive the cat into a frenzy. I'll try her first.

elegran what about the balance to pay for the day, do you want that sent to you or done on the day?

Could you, glass? That would be good. I must find the name of the GNer who is coming with MindfulGrandma. I will pm you with that and G23's sister's own name - she is not a member but came to one of our coffee do's with G23.