Adapted to English by me from a Swedish version I saw on Facebook:
A Moment is 3 minutes.
A Right Away is 12 minutes.
A Soon is 24 minutes.
A While is 48 minutes.
Which means that there are 4 moments in a Right Away,
2 Right-Aways in a Soon, and 2 Soons in a While.
I reposted the Swedish original on FB (for Swedish friends) with the comment that it's good to have guidelines, but I probably still need to double those figures...!
On Monday I managed a walk to the nearest small convenience "corner shop" (to buy some bananas). Normally that takes less than 15 minutes there and back again. Walking very slowly and carefully now, it took me 25+.. (Including sitting down for a couple of minutes on a bench on the way back.)
Autumn keeps advancing outdoors
Here's a Peanuts comics strip that made me smile the other day:
I don't think I'm being quite as grumpy as Lucy yet, though. I certainly don't hate the whole world... On the contrary, I'm still very grateful to be able to communicate with the whole world, without even going outdoors!
Hello Monica,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the translations of time given above. I fear that they would need amending for Budapest as Hungarians have a strange [from an English perspective] relationship with time. A moment, often used by delivery companies, can be up to an hour or, worst case scenario, never. A while is never within living memory and right away is just checking what else is on offer and then I might come.
Whatever, it is indeed huge fun that the Blogosphere allows one to tour the world from one's armchair. Timing is irrelevant!!
"Welcome back" to the Blogosphere. Yes, it is sometimes a huge advantage that one can write/post whenever one feels like it - and others can read and reply when it suits *them* ! :)
Deletebob woke me up at 1 am, and i have been UP since thn and I feel just like Lucy... and am acting that way.... glad you made it to the store and back. sorry about the knee problems
ReplyDeleteSandra, if I'd been up since 1 am I'd no doubt be grumpy, too!
DeleteMonica, thank you for the 'timely' reminder. Where does 'half a sec' come in? Do be careful with your knee and ankle - 25 minutes may have been a little too long.
ReplyDeleteSounds like 'half a sec' should come first, Janice. I didn't think of that one. The first word in the Swedish list was literally more like "in the wink of an eye".
DeleteThe weather turned rainy on Tuesday and is likely to remain rainy the rest of the week. Only been out to the bins at the corner of the building today and not going further than that the next couple of days either. Not good to become immobile either though...
I would have never guessed these definitions of time!! Heaven forbid we should all be like Lucy!
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Ginny! ;)
DeleteHey! I even look like Lucy! Be careful on your walks and certainly take rests if needed. See, you have permission from a grump like me!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kay :)
DeleteWell done on making it to the local convenience store and back home again. It shows that you are improving.
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil. The bruises are slowly diminishing and fading. Still need to "think" about my movements though - especially outdoors. Hoping winter won't come too soon this year...
DeleteLucy has always been my favourite Peanuts character, maybe because she and I have next to nothing in common :-D
ReplyDeleteI think you did well in chosing the corner shop for one of your first times venturing outside again. It certainly doesn't sound too long, and you are sensible enough to rest when you need to, and not overdo things.
Here, a storm (literally) is brewing; it's very windy outside and a wet and stormy day is forecast until the wind is supposed to be less violent late afternoon. If that ties in with my end of work today, I might go for a walk - or head straight home from the office.
Here in my part of Germany, the Swabian time definitions are somewhat different from the rest of Germany. Our "glei" ("gleich" in proper German) rarely really means "very soon", and "gschwind" (short for "geschwind") is often not as "quickly" as one would like.
Meike, it's a fine balance between being careful vs not becoming "too" afraid - but also not overdoing things... Living alone, I do of course also have to "be on my feet" quite a bit in my own flat. So there's quite a lot of logistics planning going on in my head all the time at the moment...
ReplyDeleteGood trip there for bananas and slow exercise. Laughing out loud at the time definitions! Our repairs are always done between 9-12 and that means arrival around 2 pm, while you've been sitting around waiting all morning. My unfavorite is a spot inspection where everything has to be ship-shape in the apartment, but you might not be one of the apartments chosen to be inspected at all. That just happened to me this week, so I'm living in the beautiful perfection that is so unrealistic still. Soon it will be back to cluttered comfort!
ReplyDeleteBarbara, so far I've never had any overall "ship-shape" inspection where I live, it's usually just like one kind of thing at a time. Like recently when they were checking for leaking taps (faucets) and exchanged some minor parts.
DeleteYou did well to make it to the store and back! It's an advantage to be within walking distance of a "corner shop". A nice handy bench for a rest does give you an incentive to get out into the fresh air. I hope you weren't too exhausted when you got home.
ReplyDeleteI laughed at the translations of time and judging by the comments they are roughly the same everywhere! One I used to hear was "half a mo", which I would assume is
1 and 1/2 minutes, using your scale!
Thanks Carol. I actually have two such small shops nearby (the other one in another direction and a little bit further). They have partly gone in for slightly different profiles. The one I visited now has quite an impressive assortment of fresh fruit & vegs for its tiny size. So I often visit it once or twice between home deliveries from a big supermarket.
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