LAUNDRETTA'S IN A SPIN AGAIN... I just sat with her for well over an hour at our local pub as her "punters"/customers sloped on by; she pointed them out... waggling her enormous false eyelashes as she chattered on... three stopped to talk. Two of these were noticably jealous (of me) (for what~??)... She told me about her complexicated relationships. I told her as long as you're a "working girl" all your relationships are going to be like that. With no set parameters. No lines firmly drawn. And never knowing truly where you stand. How could you?
Then we walked up the street and she grabbed my arm. And yet another friend of hers accosted her (you should have seen the look on her face: losing patience by the second). He thought I was her customer or something so he was all over her. She did say several of her "friends" have been very kind to her in the past...
I AM IN ROBO-HORROR. Not because of Itchy's starting squabbles but because... remember I called her Itchy because she was so licked wet all the time and I thought she might have mites? Well I saw a picture online of a robo WITH mites. It was tiny, like Itchy. Wet fur, just like Itchy. (Thing is Itchy's skin isn't red or even particularly pink; there are no bald patches... which is why I assumed it was NOT mites...) And this pictured hamster had the arched back, miserable posture of an ill hamster that Itchy most definitely does NOT have. Apart from looking like a tiny Porkshire Terrier (rather than a fat robbie) she is VERY pingy and healthy... So I don't know. I shall have to do further reasearch online...
THIS IS: the robo-website I found the details on ~ http://www.roborovski.net... but you'll need to click on "health" (I think) and scroll down to see "ill Itchy-lookylikey"...
MY ARM has been playing me up. As you may recall, there is a "wound" on it (yes! caused by my needleering...) it blew up, got very sore, got a huge blister, which transformed into a scab... It went all hot, red and puffy round this scab, which got it labelled (by the nurse) as an abscess. Well I didn't really pick at it but did stick a needle right in... which produced nothing more exciting than a few drops of blood. No pus. Even now, as the swelling's going down and the scab loosening (because it's shrinking) where it comes open at the scab's edge at one end it looks a bit white inside with the texture of tastebuds from the mouth... and only the tiniest ooze of pus. I think maybe it's a nonfocal abscess or a tiny cellulitis. I've had cellulitis before. That is an infection of the skin (rather than under the skin, like an abscess)... it can spread really rapidly to cover an entire limb but I've been lucky with antibiotics in the past... and this time, despite no antibiotics, whatever it was stayed localized. It does hurt quite a lot. If it's like this next week then I will go to the doctor's...
VID:
Kraftwerk: The Model
16 comments:
I like to hear stories of your "working girl" friends!
Take care of that arm Hon. Don't want any type of infection!
I have to be v careful not to "cross-infect" myself... fortunately (in that sense, but disappointing in lack of nothing to squeeze...) there's not hardly any pus at ALL...
No comment on the arm situation. Re; Kraftwerk - there is a remix of Whitney Huston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and some crazy song by Kraftwerk...I will see if I can get the name off my BF.
Kraftwerk is always what I think of when I think of Germans. That and nude swimming in cold pools of water.
The Model is a classic- In fact, the album Man Machine is quite stylish- if little more than an EP, really.
I don't know if you've heard Autobhan by the same group, personally I find it very relaxing.
I se you've got Age of Love in your sidevar- good choice, but HOW did you shrink the liks? I'd love to put the 1984 vid I have at the bottom of my blog in my sidebar.
The sore on your arm sounds as though it bears watching. It would not be any good at all to have a serious infection in it!
I hope Itchy turns out to be just itchy and not infested with mites. But, wouldn't the others be showing signs of infestation by now if that was the case?
Do go to the doctors you don't want that arm getting any worse Gleds. x
G, I'm really having problems getting your blog up. Please know I'm trying.
Poor Laudretta! She is only trying to make a living, after all... Glad Itchy is Ok and hope your arm is soon better, Gleds. Hang on in there - we need you out here in the blogosphere!
Hmmmm, I am thinking maybe Itchy is just younger and the others licked her with affection because they felt 'motherly'? Does 'pinging' mean "like running laps in rapid succession or running back and forth alongside the egdes of the cage"? EWWW you grossed me out about your arm, I couldn't be a nurse! Maybe you should visit a different nurse?Hope Lauretta's spinning has calmed and she thinks about your wise words ;)
Be careful that you don't end up with MRSA.
I get all freaked out about that stuff!
You have the funniest, most entertaining blog in the blogosphere. I always know I'm going to have a giggle when I come over here.
Take care of that arm, kiddo.
Hi Gleds ~~ Enjoyed the post and stories about Laundretta and the Robos. Hope Itchy is OK. Watch that arm and do go to Doctor if it stll pains. You may need antibiotics.
You do well putting all the Videos on. I have left an award for you over at my blog. Hope you enjoy it.
Take care, Regards, Merle.
I'm no fan of all the videos. But Kraftwerk, yeah!
Eileen: Whitney remixed by KRAFTWERK~?!? THAT has to be worth hearin'!
Ingsoc: how did I shrink them...? if you read through the html code I altered the LAST TWO mentions of size ... hang on let me look it up and get back to you...
Autobahn... vaguely I think I do... I had one of their best CDs but left it at my Mum's it might well have been victim of a clearout... one track on there sounds just like the soundtrack to a 1970s Jacques Cousteau deep see glassfish adventure...
Kahshe: the arm's better (see below)... mites definitely not no sign of them. plus I just changed their oldest (teabox) bedding... if it IS an infection/infestation it has to be fungal as mites you can apparently see and there is NOTHING to be seen... I have to say I'd assumed it was behavioural before... still I'm not sure. Have to get 'em a new wheel... then we'll see whether there really is some physical cause to this all or just hamsters getting territorial over who spins the most...
Akelamalu: hey it's Monday now. couldn't reply till now as TIME all OUT (sorry)... now all swelling GONE... scabbed over. wet underneath and slightly weepy. nothing worse than that. practically healed!
Queenie: what's WRONG with it? I've taken off loads of youtube screens today... was THAT slowing them down..?
Welshcakes: I will. Thanxx! My arm much better now (Monday afternoon...)
Anon: Laundretta and my "wise words"... she always assumes I've not grasped her point and says "well I know what I mean"... I know what you mean too dear but you're DRUNK!
Itchy's VERY SMALL compared to the others I was wondering why she's so cute it is partly that her head is distinct from her body which is NOT a robo charicteristic. she looks more like a capybara than a roborovski hamster. i hope she is OK. she SEEMS healthy enough... VERY pingy... yes: pingy is just FAST!!
Preposterous: mrsa: aparently 30% of all people have the SA (staff aureus) and 1% have mrsa up their noses or by their anus. hospitals are pretesting and pretreating those who DO have in advance so to avoid them and others getting/spreading the infection.
wow! sanity hits the hospital wards at last!!
Josie: arm's much better, ta! keep being entertained...
Merle: thanks for the award I shall be over tonight... but have a zillion and 1 things to sort between now and then so please 4give me if I'm late... arm FAR better thanks... Itchy I'm not sure about... if can't get them dry they have to go to VETS
Vincent: know what you mean. I think it's what American's label "electro" ;->...
Ingsoc:... right what I do is change the last 2 mention of size parameters in the html from 425 to 315 and from 355 to 200 THAT shrinks it down. works for me¬!
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