DH has gone out to play...

Ah! Thought it might be something ornithological.

My DDH sits by muck heaps to take pictures of the birds that feed on the many insects etc that live there.

Oh, Bags, I think they worry about infected toes as they can spread and be quite nasty (*Galen*?), so make sure you take your AB's!

Mr. H's hobby is DIY, and he's currently turning our son's loft into a useable room. He's a very handy chap to have around - and it keeps him out of my hair!

Thanks, agus and pittcity. GP did mention getting some of toenail removed if necessary but I guess he thought he'd be able to tell if that was necessary when the infection (which is quite slight actually; end of toe is just a bit red, not swollen or yucky) is cleared up. I was really quite surprised when he prescribed an antiB. I thought he'd tell me to soak it in Dettol or something.

Mine gets paid for some of his hobbies (he is a Warrant Officer in the local Air Cadets and is always off on expeditions with the Squadon...at least that what he tells me), shame he spends it all on his other ones!

All the best with the antibiotics bags.

I had a very painful toe bags, turned out to be a very small corn at the side of my toe which even the chiropodist missed!

I would have thought if your GP suspected ingrown toenail he would have arranged a visit to a chiropodist.

Good Lord Kitty. I hope he doesn't go out to play and get paid in a certain red light district in Leicester.

The mind boggles.

DH got more funding today so, when he goes out to play, he gets paid!

DH played golf today for the first time for weeks. I would have made smoked salmon sandwiches and blinis with caviar if it got him some exercise. Waving the remote is not good for the blood pressure. I then plunge in to the domestic toil but get through far quicker and far less tiringly without the constant interruption .

Pogs LOL.

Poor old Mr. J doesn't have any hobbies. As for me my ambition is to become Miss Haversham and I am getting quite good at it.

Flower the mind boggles. Does he do anything in particular while he sitting near the muck heaps?

I did n't like to say that!

buggered blowed if I make his sarnies for him!

merlot you are a saint.

bags I'm thinking of you.

Merlotgran are you mad ? If he fit and well enough to sit out in the cold all day fishing , I'm blowed if I would be making sandwiches etc. I hope you get your days off too and that he has dinner waiting when you get back.

GP also wants me to measure my blood pressure for a week and average the scores. It's high. 'Taint fair (when was life fair?) – never smoked, never been overweight, don't drink much alcohol (never have), got masses of exercise until I came down with ME which slowed me down, and still get a fair bit. Where have I gone wrong? Must be all the flapjack.

Mine sits by muck heaps, think yourself lucky he doesn't come home smelling of cow dung

Rich living would n't reach her toes would it?

Grannyactivist I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks like that. Trouble is that all my DH's activities mean he comes back either wet and muddy or hot and sweaty, both meaning extra laundry for me.

Too much rich living bags?

bags go with gout darling, ingrowing toenails are soooo last year!

galen, GP thought it might be a slightly ingrowing toenail. It doesn't look any different from usual to me. Anyway, I've started the antiBs today. Will see how it goes. I did wonder about gout

oh DH hubby loved the radio controlled model boats..! I used to love it when he fancied a new boat, (I used to secretly love helping him with the little intricate bits n bobs, making fish and lobster pots for the fishing boats he built) then he moved onto model trains

The Wonderful Man has a number of hobbies and interests to occupy him - he does all of his own preparations for them and most of his interests keep him out of the house. If he isn't in the house then he can't be messing it up and I get serious brownie points for encouraging him to do his own thing. Double bonus. [Grin]

Gout even?