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Re: Marcliff
by JCoop » Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:51 am
Marcliffe, Hope your wife gets better soon, great to hear from you x
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Re: Marcliff
by mondo » Thu Dec 08, 2022 5:47 am
Marcliff is one of the most prolific posters on this site, and what he posts is always useful, sensible and authentic. Besides that he seems to be a thoroughly nice guy.
Welcome back Marcliff, we need you ...and thanks for the info about the hospital..
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Welcome back Marcliff, we need you ...and thanks for the info about the hospital..
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Re: Marcliff
by Willow » Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:04 am
Lovely to see you posting again Marcliff, hope that your wife gets better soon .
Thanks for the information about the hospital it has eased my worried mind a bit.
Have a wonderful Christmas with your wife and she is right ( of course) 73 is not old
Thanks for the information about the hospital it has eased my worried mind a bit.
Have a wonderful Christmas with your wife and she is right ( of course) 73 is not old
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Re: Marcliff
by Paul1000 » Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:26 pm
I think this thread is a lesson in not jumping to conclusions...!
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Re: Marcliff
by Mac3blade » Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:07 pm
Hi MARCLIFF,
I’m married to a man like you and I thank God for him everyday
Your wife survived whatever it was with your love and help. When we are young, life is so different. We had children and devoted our lives to being parents Then they leave home and go off to study so you spend a fortune keeping them in the manner they have grown accustomed to. Time moves on and they get jobs which don’t seem to pay enough to provide them with a decent living so we quietly subsidised when necessary. Then one day, things settle and birthday presents and wonderful Christmas presents appear. Things begin to look up. Now years later, we don’t admit to bring old nor do we accept help crossing the street but we know it’s not that far off! If we are lucky enough to still have our other half then we must consider ourselves blessed. I remember mom any years ago being told that our children were essentially on loan to us and one day to fly from the best. I was advised to always put my husband first as I’d need him when the family were no longer at home. It’s the best advice I’ve been given. My husband is my life. My children are married and all have their own lives which we are often invited to share and we live every minute of that but it’s really just the two of us! My late father used to joke and refer to Mummy and himself as DERBY AND JOAN. I presume characters in a bygone day !
Well done MARCLIFF. You’ve got your wonderful lady wife home and hopefully well. That’s what we do, literally take care of our other half.
Happy Christmas to all of you good people on the forum. We’re staying in London visiting our family. What a lovely place to visit. We’re going into Regent Street tomorrow for a Carol Service and then taking the grandchildren to Hamleys .Our son and his wife took us out for lunch today to the Iveagh which was extravagant but a joy. If I never got a Christmas present it wouldn’t worry me. Our outing today was special.
Sorry for biting you all please forgive me. Old and rambling !
Be good to one another. It doesn’t cost you anything.
I’m married to a man like you and I thank God for him everyday
Your wife survived whatever it was with your love and help. When we are young, life is so different. We had children and devoted our lives to being parents Then they leave home and go off to study so you spend a fortune keeping them in the manner they have grown accustomed to. Time moves on and they get jobs which don’t seem to pay enough to provide them with a decent living so we quietly subsidised when necessary. Then one day, things settle and birthday presents and wonderful Christmas presents appear. Things begin to look up. Now years later, we don’t admit to bring old nor do we accept help crossing the street but we know it’s not that far off! If we are lucky enough to still have our other half then we must consider ourselves blessed. I remember mom any years ago being told that our children were essentially on loan to us and one day to fly from the best. I was advised to always put my husband first as I’d need him when the family were no longer at home. It’s the best advice I’ve been given. My husband is my life. My children are married and all have their own lives which we are often invited to share and we live every minute of that but it’s really just the two of us! My late father used to joke and refer to Mummy and himself as DERBY AND JOAN. I presume characters in a bygone day !
Well done MARCLIFF. You’ve got your wonderful lady wife home and hopefully well. That’s what we do, literally take care of our other half.
Happy Christmas to all of you good people on the forum. We’re staying in London visiting our family. What a lovely place to visit. We’re going into Regent Street tomorrow for a Carol Service and then taking the grandchildren to Hamleys .Our son and his wife took us out for lunch today to the Iveagh which was extravagant but a joy. If I never got a Christmas present it wouldn’t worry me. Our outing today was special.
Sorry for biting you all please forgive me. Old and rambling !
Be good to one another. It doesn’t cost you anything.
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Re: Marcliff
by JCoop » Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:35 pm
So very true xx
Mac3blade wrote:Hi MARCLIFF,
I’m married to a man like you and I thank God for him everyday
Your wife survived whatever it was with your love and help. When we are young, life is so different. We had children and devoted our lives to being parents Then they leave home and go off to study so you spend a fortune keeping them in the manner they have grown accustomed to. Time moves on and they get jobs which don’t seem to pay enough to provide them with a decent living so we quietly subsidised when necessary. Then one day, things settle and birthday presents and wonderful Christmas presents appear. Things begin to look up. Now years later, we don’t admit to bring old nor do we accept help crossing the street but we know it’s not that far off! If we are lucky enough to still have our other half then we must consider ourselves blessed. I remember mom any years ago being told that our children were essentially on loan to us and one day to fly from the best. I was advised to always put my husband first as I’d need him when the family were no longer at home. It’s the best advice I’ve been given. My husband is my life. My children are married and all have their own lives which we are often invited to share and we live every minute of that but it’s really just the two of us! My late father used to joke and refer to Mummy and himself as DERBY AND JOAN. I presume characters in a bygone day !
Well done MARCLIFF. You’ve got your wonderful lady wife home and hopefully well. That’s what we do, literally take care of our other half.
Happy Christmas to all of you good people on the forum. We’re staying in London visiting our family. What a lovely place to visit. We’re going into Regent Street tomorrow for a Carol Service and then taking the grandchildren to Hamleys .Our son and his wife took us out for lunch today to the Iveagh which was extravagant but a joy. If I never got a Christmas present it wouldn’t worry me. Our outing today was special.
Sorry for biting you all please forgive me. Old and rambling !
Be good to one another. It doesn’t cost you anything.
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Re: Marcliff
by partygoer » Sat Dec 10, 2022 9:46 am
marcliff wrote:Don't know why everyone was ascribing things to me that weren't true. Trolls don't bother me, ex scaley back, broad shoulders and I can hack it.
I've been away because my wife has been rather ill. She had flu a few weeks ago, as did I, which wasn't that bad at the time but the after effects struck her rather badly. Covid test negative but an extremely bad cough, feeling very unwell in general. Doctor gave me a note to take her to the hospital in Torrevieja.
She was x-rayed, thoroughly checked over and they decided she should be kept in for observation. More covid tests (negative) but lingering flu. Overnight in the observation ward while they found a bed for her wasn't very pleasant. Next day in a room and they kept her in for 3 nights and did more tests. I stayed overnight with her after coming home to get PJs and washing kit etc.
They let her out with instructions to monitor temp and BP (temp wasn't critical as it only went to 37.3 and came down with a paracetamol). BP was quite high, though. Hospital care was marvellous, by the way, apart from the food. Luckily I could go home and make some home made soup fo take to her or use the cafeteria downstairs when she was feeling a bit better (the so - called fish stew they gave her was really water with lots of grease and she got fed up with apple juice for breakfast). But the doctors and nursing staff in the hospital were brilliant (first night she did throw up rather violently and, after hearing the stories about relatives having to clean up after patients, I went to get a cloth but a nice lady from the cleaning staff came along, did it all, changed the top sheet and gave her a wash down).
Since she's been home she's been getting better but I've been acting as her carer and doing the cleaning, shopping and cooking and so on. (Hope she doesn't get used to it). Feeling better now but still worried about the BP even with a daily Ramipril. Obviously a bit worried as, although at 73 she says she's not old, she is in the danger zone.
You don't get rid of me that easily but don't think it's because of the trolls although I've just spent several hours going through the misinformation that's been posted since I've been gone (the Irish in the EU was a particular one) and the self righteous postings (someone asks a Q about where to recycle cardboard and you get pages blaming the elderly for not recycling) or the latest I've just caught up on where someone asks why their pension is a bit lower and you get pages of misinformation about the WFA (you don't get WFA if you are a resident in Spain and haven't since Ian Duncan Smith stopped it in 2015).
So don't think you've got rid of me yet. Won't be spending as much time on here for a bit until she recovers fully (Coronation St on at the moment so I'm getting a bit of respite at the moment). But I could be the proverbial bad penny.
Oh, and just to clarify about my level of Spanish. FYI, I did a 9 month solid (ie every day) Spanish course back in 1979 courtesy of the Royal Air Force (no, I wasn't RAF but they did the Spanish courses). The spent nearly 3 years in Central America over the next 5 years, the bits missing were in the S Atlantic). Leaving that, I went to a place (sh) in Cheltenham where I spent the next 3 years mainly translating Spanish documents into English (no such thing as Google translate then). A break away from that for several years but I did attend Bristol University for a few months to add an A level to my Civil Service Commission and O level quals.
Before the pandemic, I was attending the University at Alicante for one morning a week to study Catalan/Valenciana. The pandemic put a stop to that after 3 months, unfortunately, and they don't have any places at the moment. I do read the Spanish and Valencian papers on a regular basis (without using Google Translate) to keep my hand in.
See you around no doubt.
Wow! Puts my ''Donde esta los aseos'' to shame...
Thankyou Marcliff,as ever, for your advice, experience and viewpoints.
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Re: Marcliff
by The Eagle » Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:13 pm
partygoer wrote:
Wow! Puts my ''Donde esta los aseos'' to shame...
Thankyou Marcliff,as ever, for your advice, experience and viewpoints.
"Por favor" also helps.
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Re: Marcliff
by Gustav » Sat Dec 10, 2022 3:27 pm
Mac3blade wrote:Hi MARCLIFF,
I’m married to a man like you and I thank God for him everyday
Your wife survived whatever it was with your love and help. When we are young, life is so different. We had children and devoted our lives to being parents Then they leave home and go off to study so you spend a fortune keeping them in the manner they have grown accustomed to. Time moves on and they get jobs which don’t seem to pay enough to provide them with a decent living so we quietly subsidised when necessary. Then one day, things settle and birthday presents and wonderful Christmas presents appear. Things begin to look up. Now years later, we don’t admit to bring old nor do we accept help crossing the street but we know it’s not that far off! If we are lucky enough to still have our other half then we must consider ourselves blessed. I remember mom any years ago being told that our children were essentially on loan to us and one day to fly from the best. I was advised to always put my husband first as I’d need him when the family were no longer at home. It’s the best advice I’ve been given. My husband is my life. My children are married and all have their own lives which we are often invited to share and we live every minute of that but it’s really just the two of us! My late father used to joke and refer to Mummy and himself as DERBY AND JOAN. I presume characters in a bygone day !
Well done MARCLIFF. You’ve got your wonderful lady wife home and hopefully well. That’s what we do, literally take care of our other half.
Happy Christmas to all of you good people on the forum. We’re staying in London visiting our family. What a lovely place to visit. We’re going into Regent Street tomorrow for a Carol Service and then taking the grandchildren to Hamleys .Our son and his wife took us out for lunch today to the Iveagh which was extravagant but a joy. If I never got a Christmas present it wouldn’t worry me. Our outing today was special.
Sorry for biting you all please forgive me. Old and rambling !
Be good to one another. It doesn’t cost you anything.
You are very blessed, to be so lucky,
Theres so many struggling in today's world only dreaming of doing what yoy can do, we should spare a thought for the needy.
Good on you Marcliff for supporting your wife through out your trying times, best wishes to you both, may your god go with you in all you do,
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