Hi Tommy

But isn’t cutting the national deficit impossible? It’s an issue faced by many western countries. I heard that the national deficit for economies already impacted is predicted to only exponentially increase. 🩵

I guess the UK is a testing pot right now as our deficit is the largest of any western country. I don’t know all of this is going to affect us.

I heard that it is very difficult to make changes to policies because they are set by the wealthy who are propping up the country. One solution proposed is to increase taxed on the ultra-rich. Of course, the ultra wealthy aren’t going to go for that. Some countries are already testing playing with the wealth taxation.

The BRICS thing is fascinating. I can’t complain too much. I didn’t realise that since world war 2 money transfers across the world have to be pushed through the American economy first. I hear that this is particularly devastating for developing countries since borrowing is based on USD and when the USD fluctuates they are left with massive amounts of debt. I guess it is a levelling of the playing field. The world is uncertain and tensions are growing. 🩵

Interesting! We don’t have fire hydrants in the UK. We just have grates that they lift up on the ground that allow the fire engines to connect to water supplies. I expect pipelines are a universal problem. When I lived in a small town by the countryside we had dark water during summer sometimes. Our water supply was being contaminated by local farmers. 🩵

Thanks so much for the advice and the well wishes. I’m feeling better now! Take care, thinking of you and your family. 🩵

Hi Tommy

Please don’t worry! 🩵 You’re perfectly fine. 😄 I’ve just not recovered from that bug yet. I have asthma and it got into my lungs, turned into a chest infection and filled them with fluid. So I’ve been a bit down in the dumps. It’s slowly starting to improve a bit now. 🩵

I think the filter is a great idea. I might look on YouTube about fitting one. I grew up in a hard water area where we would use a filtration jug. But a filter under the sink would be less hassle if it’s not hard to fit. 🩵

I’m afraid I don’t know much about the economy. I know that things are not in a good way for the UK though. Brexit and COVID devastated our economy. It’s like two hits in a short span of time.

What are BRICS? That doesn’t sound good at all… 🩵

Hi Tommy

Thanks for thinking of us. 😊 Fortunately, we are in an area with good quality soft water. No limescale or anything. I guess the main thing to worry about these days is microplastics. I really should get a water filter. I keep meaning to, but I’ve not gotten around to it yet. 🩵

Hi Anita and Tommy

My son got worse again. Stopped keeping milk down. Stopped keeping food down and he’s very weak. Has barely moved all day. Took half of the day but he’s keeping juice down now.

Thanks so much for thinking of him. It means a lot to me. 🤍 🩵

I’m well enough now, just a bit tired. It has been days of not eating much, not sleeping well for both of us.

I hope he feels a bit better tomorrow. If not back to the doctor or the hospital again.

It was scary seeing him not moving all day for the first time since he was a newborn. He’s such an active boy usually. A newborn doesn’t move very much in the first place. It’s not a massive shock to see them like that. But with him being so active. It’s scary to see him sleeping all the time. Even during the days he had a fever he was still walking around at home and playing with toys.

It’s hard that I don’t have a mother to turn to when he is sick because he is my first and I don’t really know what I’m doing. I only know how to deal with the stuff I’ve dealt with so far. Every now and again something new crops up and I don’t know what to do. I feel like I’m failing him.

Thanks so much for the advice Tommy. 🩵