Gun control

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

No, I'm not talking about the NRA - it's these guns I'm talking about:

Did you know it's called a caulking gun? The shower in our en suite has been leaking out of the tray on to the carpet and so I had to clean out the old, blackened sealant and put new stuff in. Jo bought a new tube of sealant but the first problem I had was getting the old tube out of our gun - it had sat there for too many years. I managed it eventually but brute force was required and the gun broke, so I bought a new one this morning and came home tonight and completed the job:

24 hours and we'll be back using the shower again - saving the morning tramp up and down the stairs to the electric shower.

The cap on my implant came out again on Friday - that's the 3rd time in all. I got my dentist to cement it in again yesterday but it is a worry - I nearly lost the cap down the wash basin. You wouldn't want to see me without the cap - I certainly wouldn't be smiling like this:

I've been in touch with the knee surgeon and told him that my knee brace didn't work and I wanted to now schedule the knee replacement operation - ideally late October, once my holiday flights for this year are done. He can't give me an exact date yet - it will be a month or two yet before he knows his NHS schedule.

Jo went to Woodend Hospital yesterday to have her X-ray for the long-standing problem she's had with pain in her ribs. We hope to get the results before we head to USA - 2 weeks tomorrow!

Oh well - better go now and heat up the soup Jo left for me - she's in Inverurie on Tuesdays.

Last of the summer golf

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

I've been cramming in the golf recently - June is always the busiest month - often the best weather, courses usually in good nick, and we're off to USA in just over 2 weeks' time and I need to get all my ties played. I played Banchory on Wednesday as usual and had a tie there on Thursday, then we played Edzell on Friday in our Midsummer Outing - and what a lovely afternoon/evening that was. I've been playing in shorts all week, so that's been nice. My golf has been good too - I've been winning almost everything - and my knee has been holding up pretty well.

Three days' golf in a row would have been too much for me a little while ago, but I managed it OK last week, then took a day off yesterday. In fact. I think I've virtually stopped playing Saturday Medals now - that must be 4 weeks in a row I haven't played. Instead, I've had an easy day, strolling up to the village centre to buy my paper, then we go for a coffee and something to eat. I must be getting old.

I had my annual company medical last week too - at Nuffield again. I'll get the full report in a couple of weeks, but it didn't go too badly - I don't think. Sometimes parts of these medicals are not exactly comfortable, but I always take every opportunity to have my body MoT'd, despite occasional embarrassment. I always compare and contrast the results from year to year - it's important to watch trends. My family history is not too bad, but I have to remember I'm getting on a bit now and approaching the ages when Mum had Glaucoma and Dad had a Heart Attack, then Prostate Cancer. So far, so good however - and I got the all-clear from the NHS for bowel cancer after the recent stool test sample - as did Jo.

Tomorrow's going to be a busy day at work - we have a Board Meeting in the morning and we have to sign off our Annual Accounts, but I still hope to be able to get away in good time for our annual trip to Balmoral tomorrow evening - always a fun time, but it's late when we get back to Banchory, so I've left Tuesday fairly free - it may be a slow day.

Jo heads off to Elderslie on Thursday for a couple of days to catch up with Mary and family, so I'll be home alone until she gets back on Saturday - just in time to head to Keith and Annette Gray's in the evening - it's their 40th Wedding Anniversary - should be good fun.

First, however, we're heading off to Ross' flat later on this afternoon - curry and beer - call it a housewarming if you like. He's been moving more stuff out this week, but his old room is still pretty full of stuff - as is the downstairs study/computer room. It would be good to have a clear-out before we head to USA, but will we manage in time?