Thursday, December 29, 2005
The holidaze
On Christmas Eve, I met with Erdem, a professor of engineering at Mississippi State University where my aunt Tammy works. She must have threatened his life because he took time out from visiting with his family while his father is ill to show me around Istanbul. We took a drive up the Bosphorus and he introduced me to the joys of Iskender kebap. Thanks to Erdem for a fun night and best wishes to his father for a speedy recovery!
I unfortunately came down with a cold on Christmas, so I had to skip dinner with Amelia and Emre. I'm still getting over it. It's been cramping my style a bit -- I have a lot of shopping to do and still many places I want to visit. But the to-do list in Istanbul will never be complete regardless of how much time I spend here. Bob had told me that people here confuse Christmas with New Year's Eve. This point was driven home when I saw that the large trees decorated with ornaments were being put up on December 26 in Taksim Square! Yes, that's the same scrappy Satan Claus selling lottery tickets by the Christmas tree. This guy never sleeps, I swear.
I took a walk recently with the intent of getting lost and wound up at the old walls that were built around Istanbul during the Crusades. They were quite lovely at sunset.
This is an old Roman aqueduct that we drive through going north from Bob's house. How nice of them to make it wide enough for the dolmuş to drive through!Off to meet Amelia for a visit to the hamam!!!
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So worth considering when buying a
Over 1,400 members of BackCare, the national organisation for healthy backs, responded to our Back Your Bed survey - the first of its kind to explore the views on beds of those who suffer from bad backs and the experts who treat them.
SUMMARY OF THE BACK YOUR BED SURVEY RESULTS
Buying a good bed is one of the most important purchases you can make when it comes to back pain relief. Nine out of 10 say their bed is more important to them since they developed back pain; 98% agreed that a good, supportive bed could help a bad back. 82% of experts felt that the right bed could help prevent back pain.
"If you cannot rest properly and sleep well, this hinders recovery from back problems."
A firm, supportive bed, not a hard one, can do wonders to ease and even prevent bad backs. Only 22% of sufferers had bought a bed classed as �orthopaedic�; while 28% describe their bed support as �medium�. Only 6% of experts would recommend an orthopaedic bed to patients.
Three quarters would be prepared to spend more than �500 on a new bed: compared with just 36% of the �normal� population. Nearly one in 10 would pay more than �2,000 for a new bed to get the comfort and relief they need.
Back pain sufferers are twice as likely as the rest of the population to own a new bed - 50% have beds that are less than five years old compared to the national average of 24%.
88% are satisfied with their choice � but 16% said they would get a better quality one next time; while 9% would opt for something firmer; 5% said they would choose a softer bed and 4% wanted a bigger one.
Sufferers are three times more likely to replace their beds when they no longer feel comfortable (65% compared with just 20%).
31% own a king size bed compared with 11% generally. Separate mattresses zipped together are also popular with couples whose support needs differ or who are easily disturbed by their partner's movements. top
So worth considering when buying a
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