Take the O out of OAP

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I had one of those horrible SMS messages on my landline the other evening (in fact they sent me five between 8pm and 9.30 so I was not amused) :“Mrs Cross. You are due to make an appointment to see your dentist” etc, etc all spoken in a deep robotic voice. Now I don’t mind going to the dentist a bit and would rather do that than have my hair cut! The reason being that I never have to have anything done. I think this is for several reasons, the main one being that all our family have good teeth - it is in our genes. My mother and father both had their own teeth when they sadly died aged 83 and 93 respectively. But I also have not needed any plaque removing since using Ultrashine Radiance toothpaste followed by a quick rinse with Eliminate. To think I used to crack nuts with my teeth! Well I don’t do that any more but I do lightly clash them together once or twice a day whenever I remember. I read somewhere that it strengthens them so I do it.
I also do not clean my teeth within half an hour of eating. Again, I read somewhere that our saliva (which is used to help break down our food before beginning the marathon journey to the other end,) also makes our teeth enamel soft. I don’t know if that is true but it makes sense to me.
You will find that a lot that I do is from hearsay and reading over the years and if I think it is logical I will do it. You will have to make up your own minds about how mad some of these tips are - or are not. At least most of them cost nothing.
I turned my back on the garden for a couple of days this week and could not believe the transformation when I looked again. The lawn growth is almost visible. The trees have burst out into the great variety of colours seen at this time of year and daffodil heads look droopy and forlorn with the heavy seed heads while the bluebells have spread through the woods and show above the grass elsewhere.
It is time to deadhead the daffodils. I break off the seed heads and throw them about as I think that in a few years time they will have grown into flower producing bulbs. If they don’t I can’t understand how my daffodils have so increased over the years. I do not cut the leaves until they have turned slimy and yellow.
Folk lore says that this summer will be wet as the oak is out well before the ash -
Oak before ash in for a splash,
Ash before oak in for a soak.
I believe the weathermen think the same. Whatever is to come weather wise this summer I am thoroughly enjoying this changeable cool spring as I tend to feel filleted in a heat wave.
Here’s to health, wealth and happiness to us all. Janet