tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post7721601046836153629..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: The brickbats keep on coming,Frikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-74187791548945973612021-10-13T16:38:32.181+01:002021-10-13T16:38:32.181+01:00Yes I so miss your blogs..great writer of wisdom a...Yes I so miss your blogs..great writer of wisdom and occasional humor…Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987527540895782339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-76354864991581554362021-10-12T10:23:55.922+01:002021-10-12T10:23:55.922+01:00Hope all is beginning to work out as you want. Sh...Hope all is beginning to work out as you want. Should you get back to blogging or if not writing here just reading some blogs, you might enjoy reading one of a blogger who took a long hiatus and has started up again, Elaine: http://www.kalilily.net/Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-54399713972789665532021-09-22T18:06:47.522+01:002021-09-22T18:06:47.522+01:00Rude of Germany to doubt you exist. What sort of U...Rude of Germany to doubt you exist. What sort of Unterlagen would be deemed acceptable to the pencil pushers over yonder? Hmmm...Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21018679130625001022021-09-18T02:26:58.080+01:002021-09-18T02:26:58.080+01:00I've come late to this post, and can only hope...I've come late to this post, and can only hope that at least one of your nations is acknowledging you at this point...? I feel along with you about all these devices. Patience is required in any case - with the slow and tedious tablet or whatever, or with the technician who likely as not does not fix it.<br /><br />Patience, patience. As we lose one old thing after another from our lives, we Gretchen Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517667588580639304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21411962777303087632021-08-26T23:13:57.653+01:002021-08-26T23:13:57.653+01:00I think you are coping extremely well, having to c...I think you are coping extremely well, having to cope with all that crap - I admit brickbats may be a better term - and still be able to write about it with humour. I'm sure it would take a lot more to bring you down! Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-59334327754850617472021-08-05T22:46:09.718+01:002021-08-05T22:46:09.718+01:00You do have a bunch of stuff to deal with. I tota...You do have a bunch of stuff to deal with. I totally understand not wanting to hassle with stuff. Just keep on doing what it does, etc. I have had that with our long-term care insurance that is being sued for some mysterious reason and requiring me to select A or B or C that are explained in tons of paperwork written by some fancy lawyer. I also find fixing a frozen cable TV a mess. Hubby isTaborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21974739852510732002021-08-04T18:42:26.996+01:002021-08-04T18:42:26.996+01:00When I first read this post, the day you posted i...When I first read this post, the day you posted it, my overwhelming feeling was that I wanted to give you a big hug, Bless your heart. All that at once. And, yes, MANY, if not all of us seniors are facing similar dilemmas. I learned years ago that knowing others were having the same problems didn't help me handle my own. Now, if those "others" could just help me solve my RunNRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610154229648677906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36234344793756381912021-08-04T09:09:36.542+01:002021-08-04T09:09:36.542+01:00Wir leben in Belgien (ich deutsch, er Italiener) i...Wir leben in Belgien (ich deutsch, er Italiener) inzwischen muss er jedes Jahr einmal zur Gemeinde gehen und die geben ihm einen Zettel dass er noch lebt !I never worked in Germany so for me it's no problem. The whole Brexit is a joke, just that dear Johnson doesn't loose face. There are so many exceptions that finally it is as if there had never been a Brexit. The only once who suffer Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-72896891856994879902021-07-29T15:26:02.792+01:002021-07-29T15:26:02.792+01:00I'm sorry you are going through all this, Frik...I'm sorry you are going through all this, Friko. Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702620069148109246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-44166799209827653922021-07-27T14:16:14.659+01:002021-07-27T14:16:14.659+01:00Friko, I'm glad you have a new IPAD and the pr...Friko, I'm glad you have a new IPAD and the price was reasonable. About paint and tiles...I would see any sites of the new shower room design and sure you will like some of them. So you will be able to say insurance company what you have chosen. (I'd love white paint and light blue tiles :-)<br />I wish you much patience and proud.Nadezdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159291982383302922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-77685286301993174692021-07-27T09:41:42.283+01:002021-07-27T09:41:42.283+01:00I understand about not wanting the hassle! I'...I understand about not wanting the hassle! I'm sick and tired of hassles, too, but they just keep coming. Just when I think life will move along smoothly, some new hassle comes up. So, we have to hang in there as best we can.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-85718251769595877482021-07-27T03:58:59.338+01:002021-07-27T03:58:59.338+01:00Difficult times. I am sorry you are going through ...Difficult times. I am sorry you are going through all this. Life doesn't seem to get any easier. Your determination will get you through. Take care of yourself.Linda O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-40215847060389950272021-07-26T03:04:15.155+01:002021-07-26T03:04:15.155+01:00Good grief Friko. How are you not so totally overw...Good grief Friko. How are you not so totally overwhelmed that you can no longer function? You are dealing with more all at the same time than it is reasonable to expect an older woman alone to be able to deal with.<br />I so admire your emotional and intellectual strength, evident from your post. I am not sure I would still be capable of writing so coherently in the face of all you are looking atMinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00581480264435962668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-91036590320345559122021-07-24T15:25:25.441+01:002021-07-24T15:25:25.441+01:00Oh jeez. That's a lot. No wonder you're fr...Oh jeez. That's a lot. No wonder you're frustrated and overwhelmed.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11981854517054632052021-07-23T19:16:54.608+01:002021-07-23T19:16:54.608+01:00Hope this helps re Brexshite: As you have settled ...Hope this helps re Brexshite: As you have settled status, if you supply details of the identity document you used when you applied and your date of birth, you will then be sent a login code to the mobile number or email address you used in the original application. This will give you access so you can view and PROVE your status...<br /><br />https://www.gov.uk/view-prove-immigration-status<br /><Ursulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-64829780620468150642021-07-22T16:06:52.881+01:002021-07-22T16:06:52.881+01:00Between all these kinds of hassles and the insane ...Between all these kinds of hassles and the insane world we now live in, thanks to politics, it can be so exhausting and to have to handle a lot on your own can be overwhelming, for sure. I get it and I do think many of us are in the same boat.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987527540895782339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-10756112399080993552021-07-22T01:17:10.017+01:002021-07-22T01:17:10.017+01:00We are all Apple too but learning to use voice as ...We are all Apple too but learning to use voice as my eyes weaken remain a new learning curve hence very few posts. I miss that connection.Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-87449084932382729602021-07-21T03:02:40.310+01:002021-07-21T03:02:40.310+01:00If it's not one thing it's another, and th...If it's not one thing it's another, and then another. I hate all those hassles. Pulling weeds sometimes helps my frustrations!Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-80493268300084159882021-07-20T23:19:41.947+01:002021-07-20T23:19:41.947+01:00As a widow living alone, I can become quite anxiou...As a widow living alone, I can become quite anxious when the brickbats come, and I'm becoming worse at handling them as the years trickle by. I don't want stress, or hassles so sometimes I put off sorting things out...when I shouldn't. Burying my head in the sand is time out whilst I gather the strength to sort out whatever issue may need seeing to. It's no fun and I find it Rose ~ from Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908281749611280188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-13408091967638221762021-07-20T15:15:58.742+01:002021-07-20T15:15:58.742+01:00I sympathise with you over having to choose paint,...I sympathise with you over having to choose paint, tile, etc. for the shower having had to do the same plus light fixtures and faucets and towel bars when both our bathrooms had to be remodeled, one because of the flood and everything had to be torn out and the other because all the ancient plumbing had to be replaced. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-16603843157959039072021-07-20T14:31:48.845+01:002021-07-20T14:31:48.845+01:00Never heard of brickbats but I feel for you. Life...Never heard of brickbats but I feel for you. Life can be so frustrating. Gerlinde de Broekerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174961875518661639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-35575968629041519392021-07-20T13:42:00.295+01:002021-07-20T13:42:00.295+01:00Is it OK to come out from under the covers yet? Yi...Is it OK to come out from under the covers yet? Yikes lady, I added a bunch of grey hairs just reading this. Sure hope the brickbats (I grew up with that term) are finished for now. You deserve some ease for a while. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-79069299663996075862021-07-20T12:36:30.285+01:002021-07-20T12:36:30.285+01:00I'm surprised by the number of people here who...I'm surprised by the number of people here who say they've never heard of 'brickbats.' That's a word I grew up hearing and using occasionally. It must be that England-Iowa connection! The other word that caught my attention was 'palaver.' That's a word I heard daily in Liberia. The activity it represented -- everything from resolving a village-dividing issue to shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-29112960018015682412021-07-20T12:03:11.993+01:002021-07-20T12:03:11.993+01:00Never heard of brickbats, either. Bad luck here, ...Never heard of brickbats, either. Bad luck here, too...but all health stuff. Painful arthritic flare in various joints in hands and feet (which you need to use both every day), found I now have macular puckers in both eyes that compete and make it more difficult to focus, and then found out I have bladder cancer and possibly it has spread to my liver...so am looking at surgery and more testing Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-71572559393101766242021-07-20T11:53:28.362+01:002021-07-20T11:53:28.362+01:00Frustration and administrators and hot days do not...Frustration and administrators and hot days do not go well together. I know - aghhhh... sometimes I could scream too.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.com