Chandlers and Clinics....

Last night we were getting organised before retiring for the evening, washing up, making drinks etc., and VT was telling me about a fuel that used to be used before diesel.. tractor something or other. He said..so you remember the old parafin that you could buy at Chandlers shops? I said..you will never believe this, but I had been doing a crossword not ten minutes before, and one of the answers was 16d Chandlers.!! How spooky is that? It is a word that neither of us had used for years, and yet it crops up twice in ten minutes..Weird!
Weekend things were normal, the crosswords yesterday quite easy for a change, not too much looking up on the computer.
Had an appointment at the Diabetic clinic today at 1.0'clock. Very awkward timing, I normally have morning appointments, but they seem to have changed things. This might be because they have moved the old diabetic centre from the now shut down Walton Hospital, to the very built on Aintree Hospital. Multi Storey car park at £2 a pop!. Brand new spanking new diabetes centre. Electronic doors, massive foyer, white and blue paintwork and ceiling lights with a lovely blue lighting area around the reception area.
Still...the same amount of waiting.. still the place where you get weighed and have your blood pressure done, and your blood taken like a cupboard!! if anything, smaller than the one at Walton.. Nobody moving very much, people walking about aimlessly it seems, and people left waiting like lumps. Just the same as Walton except with pretty lights! There is one Dr there i was particularly dreading..I got him once at Walton and never again..talk about slow/dead stop..he comes out of his room and glides about with no purpose..and sees about one patient to everyone elses six..he is a professor too...dread to think what his lectures are like.
Anyway...missed him this time.Saw quite a nice young asian chap who was fine really, didn't talk to his computer much. Told me to see the chiropodist, which I should do really, and made another appointment for a years time!! Lost weight too, i wish I had had those crisps and a drink on friday night now. Just the renal one in about three weeks and thats it for a bit.
Poor VT, he is so patient driving me around, he made a lovely omelette for lunch today, which we had to have really early before we went.
I shall treat him to a coffee somewhere this week.
Came back to find a letter from John and Ann in Perth. He had received the CD's of The Goons, and enclosed some photos of their house which had its roof blown off in a big storm in february,,on his birthday as it happened.
Tonight we are having:
The remains of the pizza that we usually have for lunch on a Monday,
Potato and agg salad
potato salad for moi and Rice salad for VT.