tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post8216643022613461322..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: The best medicine?Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-22160672016949456352008-03-19T16:05:00.000+00:002008-03-19T16:05:00.000+00:00It is mind boggling how insensitive the odd person...It is mind boggling how insensitive the odd person can be. My first husband and I knew a very enthusiastic dinner party giver and we were constantly being invited. A day after my husband had his heart attack the husband rang with another invite and - a bit tearful - I explained what had happened. He wouldn't take no for an answer - they would delay it until he got out of hospital. Then I had to be quite firm.<BR/>Great that you have laughter memories - the best kind. We found gallows humour - black anyway - when someone close was in hospital with an acute breakdown.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-81140580035764451372008-03-19T12:30:00.000+00:002008-03-19T12:30:00.000+00:00It's not a pleasant job, cold-calling, is it? At ...It's not a pleasant job, cold-calling, is it? At least these people are phoning on behalf of proper charities and not asking *you* directly for money - though the effect is the same, because of course you don't go round your friends flogging the raffle tickets.<BR/><BR/>Mobile phone sellers are easy to deal with - I tell them truthfully that I only spend £15-£20 per year on calls, so it's not worth having a contract. <BR/><BR/>KW, she was splendid, but when not happy, very hard work. I'm glad we had those six months which repaired our relationship, which had suffered over the previous 15 years.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-69766901049047077542008-03-19T12:22:00.000+00:002008-03-19T12:22:00.000+00:00Your mother sounds absolutely splendid. :)Your mother sounds absolutely splendid. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-40454666979447054372008-03-19T08:36:00.000+00:002008-03-19T08:36:00.000+00:00I get a lot of spam callers. I can now recognise ...I get a lot of spam callers. I can now recognise them, because they ask for someone who left here ten years ago. I usually respond with Eric Morecambe's immortal line:<BR/><BR/>'I'm sorry, there's no phone here.'<BR/><BR/>I then put the phone down.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-20758243276968674192008-03-19T02:42:00.000+00:002008-03-19T02:42:00.000+00:00That is heart-breaking. The poor chugger, I mean....That is heart-breaking. The poor chugger, I mean.<BR/><BR/>I like the genteel way you talk about the close friend "hitting the wrong tone" - I have to say I would agree, however close a friend they were.Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.com