Sorry just having a RANT!!! I HATE packaging. Tried to make a sandwich at lunch time, couldn’t get into the pack of rolls. They ended up on the kitchen floor. Also couldn’t get into the packaging for the ham. Thought I would put on some mustard on my sandwich but could not get the jar open. I had just came home from work and was absolutely starving. Hands and legs were not working properly. So annoyed I just had to have a cake of chocolate. Bang goes the diet again!!!
Bloody frustrating!!! Couple of tips I find useful. Keep a pair of scissors in kitchen drawer to cut packaging off. Try putting on rubber gloves to open jar. I do have a rubber jar opener but I’ve never once managed to open a jar with it… rubber gloves work better. Another for jars… use a corkscrew and pop a little hole in lid… releases the pressure. But rant away!!! It’s really frustrating and has had me in tears before now! Chocolate… mmmm… I’ve gone through nearly a whole big bar of Galaxy today… Pat xx 
Hi
It is so frustrating I know, sometimes I think to myself by the time I get this open I will have gone off the idea of eating.
I do have one of the rubber jar openers Pat mentioned, but it rarely works, so will remember the rubber glove trick, thanks Pat.
You rant away with packaging, we are all with you. Life would be easier if we went back to buying things that were put in a paper bag, makes me sound old.
Pam x
Oh how I hate the times when everything goes haywire, it drives me nuts! I’ve actually been known to throw the offending object out of sheer frustration…so stupid really because it only makes matters worse! Rubber gloves…what a brilliant idea…thanks Pat! Nina x
Oh, I hate days when things like that happen.
I tripped in a car park today so have a really sore hand and knee, I think they both hit the round at the same time - grrrrr!
At least it’s the weekend, finally - hope everyone has a good weekend
Sonia x
I hate baby proof medicine bottles too. Was in absolute agony yesterday and couldn’t get top off my bottle of morphine syrup. By the time I got into it my hands were in spasm and as sore as my hips and legs. Jen was asleep so I had to manage, so infuriating. It’s being stored minus lid now, plastic bag and rubber band so much easier.
Thanks for rubber glove tip. I turn jars upside down and break vacuum with a knife down side of life. Metal lids are easier if you run them under a hot tap too, metal expands and loosens.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Cath xx
Trying to open packages and jars has reduced me to tears, I’ve resorted to eating instant porridge when no one is around to help, its so easy and fills me up. My perch stool is also a pain I never seem to have it in the right place to carry out a simple task I always fall over it. Thanks for the tips Pat, I still need an
L plate.
I fell in the garden last Wed one of those slow motion falls if you know what I mean, I knew I was falling moved my feet in 3 different position whilst moving my body at an angle to use the fence so it would support my fall as it is I crashed into the gate scraped my back on the gate latch & banged my bum on the floor. No one heard me shout, the lucky thing was I fell right next to a chair, I sat for a minute on the floor laughing don’t ask me why! I was hurting I calmly got myself up with the help of the chair and continued to sunbathe with my Ouches.
Pauline
Oh Pauline and Sonia I hope you both escaped with minor injuries. I must admit that despite all my trips and topples I’ve been really fortunate and only suffered minor bruises and grazes. The only bad bruising has been when I’ve fallen down the stairs. My friends and family get more upset when I fall than I do. I’ve got a huge privet hedge around my garden and I can’t tell you how many times my daughter has dragged me out of it when I’ve over balanced. They make wonderful crash mats, only minor scratches.
Cath xx
Hi just after Christmas I went round with a cut on my chin. I felt quite embarrassed to have to admit that a packet of bacon had done it whilst I tried to undo it with my teeth. I KNOW I should have used the scissors in the kitchen drawer, but I thought about walking to other side of kitchen or using my teeth, and the teeth won. I still had to go and get scissors to open the packet though. Sorry to hear about your falls. I do the same -and it is over simple things when you are not concentrating on walking when it happens. Steps and doorways have been fine as I look exactly what I am doing and hold on tight to anything in the vicinity. Walking on the straight thinking of something else is another matter. I just try to adapt to different things and learn from my mistakes. Haha - that would be a perfect world. Have a good weekend. Jackie xx
Oh Pauline and Sonia I hope you are both ok now. Have a good weekend everyone.
I shall be sad this weekend, cos its the end of the football…consolation only got a month till the world cup starts, sorry to all you that loathe football, but for me it is truly fantastic.
Pam x
Thank yous,
I’m sore today (my shoulder weirdly!) but nothing broken Have been layng low today(i.e. stayed in bed til mid afternoon and still in PJ’s)
Sonia xx
Lol I struggle opening a packet of crisps and the most frustrating thing is . When someone says I’ll do that for you. No you bloody won’t I am 58 years old not a kid I will open my own packet of crisps GGGRRRR.
Hi everyone I have to use a walker(Zimmer frame)to get from A to B in the house these days, but bought myself a “Walking frame caddy” that clips on, I have all sorts of usefull things in it, My mobile phone, an alarm to get my husband in case I fall, a pair of sissors, spare Tenna ladies, micro cloths(just in case I need to polish something) water bottle, a rubber glove and a rubber caps to open jars with,It’s a god send.anyway just my thoughts on what might help others. Deborah
That a great idea Deborah, My walker has a little basket and a bag…so handy. Sadly I’ve had to stop using my walker…I suddenly started to get tangled up in it every five minutes…there were several “you’ve been framed” moments …but that’s another story!! What I’ve been looking for recently is something like that which I could clip on to my wheel chair…anyone know of anything? Take care everyone, Nina x