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A £500 premium bond win :)
About bleeding time ! Cheers Rishi.

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Today I accomplished a nearly impossible task.....I was 1st in the phone waiting list at 8am for the Doctor. :)

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awesome

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Well done Tinky.:)

In our surgery group patients have to go through the kafkaesque econsult system which for those who struggle with online forms which includes many OAPs and some other groups is pretty hard.

And even after that it is a lottery as to how long before someone replies.

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We have an online facility down here, where you can tick a list of ailments, and complete a questionaire. I received a phone call from the doctor next day. However another time the receptionist said she would get the doctor to phone, it was 10 days later when I got the call.:rolleyes:

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After a terrible release of a poorly optimised game with terrible shader loading times poor driver support and crash after crash after crash The Last of Us on PC is finally stable and playable

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Finished it yesterday. What an excellent game

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Went to the O2 Leeds last night to see The Damned - not my usual fare, but a friend had a couple of spare tickets, so thought "what the hell"…

The supporting act (The Nightingales) weren’t my cup of tea (post-punk thrash shouty alt-rock), but I enjoyed the first hour of The Damned set (stuff from the 80s, 90s, & 21st century), then it got a bit too punky for me for the last half hour (their mid-late 70s punk era), but all in all, it was a mostly enjoyable experience- never too old to try something different.

Captain Sensible was a bit cheeky at the end of the gig - he got one of the roadies to bring him a change of tops, and he put on a Crystal Palace football shirt to wave goodbye to the audience…

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Stick to the Proms Hugh ;)

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Finally got round to destroying a couple of hardrives from old pcs. Turns out they are hard to destroy. Used a sledgehammer in the end, very satisfying.

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Electric drill does a good job as well.

I keep old drives, and re-use them as data/photo backups, using a USB 3.0 to SATA Adapter Cable to connect them to the PC, then keep them at our daughter’s house.

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Sounds a good night out, quite a bit of Damned stuff in my various playlists, and have been a fan of The Nightingales since first hearing them on the Cherry Red records Pillows and Prayers compilation album in the early 80's (I was lucky enough to pick up a picture disc version which did cost more than the 99p they charged for the normal vinyl).

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It was fun, and a bit different - it’s important (imho) as one gets older not to get stuck in a rut, and try new things (saying that, we went to Fuji Hiro in the Merrion Centre for gyoza and noodles before the gig - we’ve been going there since it opened in 1997…).

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Never been. We go next door to My Thai, well worth a visit.

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Got my watch finally mended this morning which my parents gave me for my 50th Birthday.

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Just been (with SWMBO) to the Leeds Grand Theatre to see Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)

Very funny, good songs, and a very talented - would recommend it anyone who wants/needs cheering up, or just fancies a good night out; the cast got a standing ovation at the end that went on for a couple of minutes.

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My nieces girlfriend had her passout parade for Heartfordshire police, she finished top of her class.

Now she's based in a station near her home and I guess the real fun starts when she does the on job training, the instructor recommended that female recruits get taser trained, which she will.

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Just had a text message off the DWP saying I have been award PIP. They have not said what they awarded me yet so still may need to appeal if it is only lowest Mobility but at least it shows they are willing to help me and it only took 2 weeks

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Good news. Hopefully you will get a higher award but at least you have had a quick ruling. <<hugs>>

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On Wednesday 17th May she did her first shift, she was ask by her instructor is their any thing she is nervous about, she replied "Sudden death", and 30 minutes later her first job was a sudden death, so I guess that all new recruits get their fears done ASAP.

This week she should be using the handcuffs in anger as they carry out arrest warrants.

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Certainly hope she isn't gonna be one of "them" coppers

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By anger i mean for the first time, and she won't be one of "them", she is a kind young woman, who is involved with my niece

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Glad to read it :)

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Had a Text message saying I had to call DWP about my ESA claim so bricked it. It was actually saying I may be eligible for Severe disability allowance an extra £76 a week. He also told me my PIP award was Standard Rate Daily Living High Rate mobility

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pleased for you - hope you get the extra.

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We are going up to visit our parents in Gosport for a week starting this Sunday.:)

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I play Wordly on my Android phone, today I got it on my first guess, I used 2 words which I rotate, they are based on letter frequency.

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Not sure where else to put this but this is absolutely epic

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Somehow managed to save money when renewing the virgin contract this morning….

Eighteen months ago it was £85 + whatever the sim cost per month

Renewed this morning still £85 a month but no sim, and as now Netflix included it cost £5 to move the premium plan over saving £10 a month…

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Well after 4 years without a holiday, I've booked a night in a Travelodge in Great Yarmouth.

It is much needed as I've been a full-time carer for my dad and I need this, so my sister will stay overnight and look after my dad.

Then I can enjoy proper cooked chips in Beef Dripping.

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I'm in Yarmouth atm (On a Mon - Fri break). :D

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I trust you've had the Market Chips :drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

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My husband is making good progress after his collapse due to a blood clot on the brain.He is communicating better,speech is better and I'm now much more hopeful that he will make a better recovery than I expected just after the collapse.

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<hugs>

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:tu:

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Sounds good, fingers crossed that his progress speeds up and you get him home soon. Being home will help him, give him more to do, I see lots of cowboy and war films in your future TV veiwing. :)

Jo. <<hugs>>

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:ghugs:

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That's good news, hope he continues to improve.

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My husband is still making good progress so much so they want to move him to another longer stay facility to improve on his improving skills.

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That sounds very reassuring. Will the location of the new facility make it easier for you to visit him?

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Wish you and your husband all the very best Maggy.

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Such good news Maggy, I hope he continues to improve and make a full recovery.

:hugs:

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Nothing but good news today, 4 phone calls from Doctor's surgery in 3 days. Visit from district nurse to dress wounds on my foot marked urgent, AND AND :hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper:........ A HOME VISIT FROM A DOCTOR! Plus I am getting a whole 25p pension increase. Almost best birthday present ever, bar my daughter being born same day (16th July). Things hopefully are starting to look up, thank God.


:cleader::cleader::cleader::cleader::cleader:

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Good news Tinky.:tu:

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Best Happy Post ever !!!!!!!!

Jo xx

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What started as a nightmare sort of end up OK

I went up our town centre with my sister.

I bought a Greggs luch as I had a free sausage roll due, which I paid with my bank card, we sat in the Water Gardens and had lunch and then we popped into a few shops.

I went to get my wallet out of my mini messenger bag and its not there, so panic checked out the other compartments nope. so I paid with my phone and then did a retraceto find it, again without luck.

So I went to my local HSBC and cancelled my debit card and the POA debit card for my dads account, and new cards ordered, i then said about going on holiday next saturday (22nd) and needed cash, she askewd if I had any ID, I said yes in my wallet which is lost, but she was able to give me £200.

I did the same in Santander my mine and dad's POA card, again he asked did I have any ID, but cards cancelled and ordered.

Both should be here next week.

I popped into Barclays about my credit card and they said that I need to call them, she also said have I tried the Management Suite for the Water Gardens, so along I popped, and just as Im standing outside I get a phone call from the MS and after telling them what card where in there in the order they gave me my wallet back, minus the £70 that was in there.

But At least my paper driving licence was still in there which to me is more important the the £70.


Now to wait for the new cards and add 2 of them to my phones and watches wallet .

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Glad things worked out well for you hom2r.



Had yet another phone call from the surgery to say it was he district Matron coming instead of doctor, I felt really honoured. Shortly later 2 young Matrons arrived, asked me a load of questions, said it was possibly essential tremmors, but they would get a consultant to look into it. The 13th has always been lucky for me, got divorced after 13 years on 13th May 1976. Has this lifted my spirits? You bet. :D :):):):):):):):)


Many thanks Jo you are a diamond x

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Glad you're getting some medical attention. Hope it works out for you. :hugs:

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5 Weeks into my Slimming World journey
Total loss of 31 1/2 lb slimmer of the week 3 times and simmer of the month last month and I was only there part of it :)

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Glads is going well


The 13th is very lucky for me, I was born on Friday 13th, and the stuff babies are covered in was down my throat and I couldn't breathe, but a nurse sucked it out, also my grandad survived 2 torpeded ships on Friday 13th, one was in shark infested water, which claimbed many of his friends.

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Wow great effort Jay, you are a past master at losing weight, would you like to give me/us a few tips? Keep up the good work! :tu:

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Cut out starchy carbs

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Fantastic, really pleased for you

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Well done Tinky.Great news.
Should be getting my car back from the garage today which is going to make visiting my husband a whole lot easier. He seems to have settled in at the new nursing home. He's keeping in contact via his phone which is a nice change.Seems to have got some of his spirit back.

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Have you set up Skype or another video call app?


I did these for my my when she was in a nursing home.

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Awww wonderful news Maggy, things are starting to look better for you both. Mobile phones do have their uses thankfully. Mr T refuses to use one.:rolleyes:

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Found the wedding ring :cleader::cleader::cleader::cleader:
Strange place, went to refill the water bottle I keep at the side of the bed. Heard a weird clonking sound which I took to be unmelted ice, when out popped the ring, saved only by the sink stopper. Someone up there is looking after us. :hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper: Emotional time for us both, what are the chances?

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That's great news.

The way things keep working out for you Tinks I hope you are doing the lottery. xx

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Fantastic News Tinky.:):tu:

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We do the Thunderball twice weekly Jo, won £5 Saturday



Thank you both sincerely, I've now order a ring reducer, being delivered tomorrow. :):) Till then I will keep checking it is still there.

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You can get rings resized at good jewellers. I need to get my ring expanded as my fingers are fatter now and my NF has more fibromas around the ring site.

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I got back yesterday evening after 2 days In Great Yarmouth, boy has there been som changes in the 4 years since I went there.


I had The beef dripping cooked chips on the market on Saturday & Sunday (on tripadvisor some numpty moaned thet the market chips weren't vegan friendly, well boo hoo) and donuts.


I waled 16 miles in the 2 days and boy do I ache.

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I have had my ring resized twice since 1976, I gained a lot of weight, then lost it again, hence the reason it it too big now tweetiepooh. Thanks for the suggestion.

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For any Cable Forum OGs who remember, not long after this site began my daughter was born.

Today she turns 20 :shocked:

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Not been on the forum that long but Happy Birthday to your daughter and congratulations to you for being such a fantastic Dad. xx

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I called up Amazon about a refund on an item, got a very helpful person that tried to sort out a problem.

I didn't expect the email I got afterwards, but it did make me smile.

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I've got a Doctor,s appointment Monday 9.30am and another one same morning to dress my foot 12.20pm, they phoned me! :)

Congrats Mate!!

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Our VM V6 died (hard disk failure) Monday evening, tech came out this afternoon and replaced like for like, and waited until all the software had downloaded (it takes longer for the V6 s/w to download than the 360, apparently), then checked it was all hunky-dory before he left.

Good service from VM.

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A rare thing these days, got a doctor's appointment in 1 hour's time. :)

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Photo or it never happened! But seriously, hope you start to get things sorted.

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:tu:

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Hope the appointment went well Tinky.

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Thank you Grim Den and Jo. Two things surprised me today, one apparently I have had these tremmors since 2016 and two Mr T being sick in the consulting room, luckily he managed to reach the sink in time. the Doctor is arranging something for me but don't ask what as I could not understand what she said. So I won't hold my breath.:confused:

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I thought I had an appointment on Thursday with the nurse to change the dressing on my foot, but she phoned just now to say it would earlier at 12.30, so I looked it up just to check I had the new date correct. But it's for a smear test, what the heck! I'm 80 years old.:erm::confused::rolleyes:

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Promotion at work - now a senior paralegal

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Excellent news - well done.

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Well done Russ.



Won £407.34 on a bandit, shared with my pal, now not so bothered about the episode with bay refusing a refund for an unuseable typewriter. :)

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Congratulations. Well done.:tu:

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Congratulations Russ. I am sure your promotion is very well earned. :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Cheers guys

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51lb lost in 9 weeks. Long way to go but that is a huge amount of weight

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Congrats, thoroughly deserved too I'd bet :tu:

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Well done :tu: softens the ebay blow

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Well over 3 stone, impressive :tu:

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Wowee Jay that is truly amazing, how much more do you hope to lose?



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Well done :tu: softens the ebay blow


Ebay has had a change of heart, after my rant with their rep and threatening a extremely negative response for the seller, they have agreed a full refund and I don't have to return the useless typewriter either.

Ebay has had a chnge of heart after my rant to their rep on the net, and posting a really rotten reputatio. Won;t hold my breath till the refund arrives in my account.
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Lets just say I have a long road ahead haha

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Well done, every pound off is a one nearer your target. Keep it up.

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Happy Days my youngest got into their first choice uni after thinking they had fluffed it

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Oh that's fantastic. <<hugs>>

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Well done :nworthy:

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Congratulations to you (and them)

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Finally got my car back. Been a bit of a saga though I had to pay an extra £350.

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Considering how long they took they should have at least given you a discount. Hope you have taken this up with your insurers. At least you are fully mobile again, xx

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The CFers on my Facebook will know I have a preference for going to the gym at stupid o’clock (usually around 4.30am) as other than my OH and her kids, some members of my family and a small smattering of friends I generally don’t like humans very much and especially don’t like humans in the gym whilst I’m there, so to make things easier I try to go when people generally won’t be there. But despite my best efforts even at that there can be 3 or 4 stragglers..

But this morning I reached peak utopia - not a single other living breathing humanoid was there for my full hour and 20 minute workout.

I cannot put in to words how much of a serene and blissful mood I’ve started the say with today.

Don’t worry, my usual level of grumpiness will return soon enough but for now, Russ has been smiling lots.

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Your smiley, early morning, face makes me laugh. Always have to look closely as it's hard to see whether you really are happy. It's the eyes that give you away :) Heaven help anyone who dares to leave any weights lying around and has to deal with Mr Grump. :D

Enjoy the rest of the long weekend smiley man.

Jo

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I only smile at the gym when either there’s nobody there or if Ally specifically asks me to send her a smiling pic. Other than that I’m happy (!) to look my usual grumpy self there.

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I hate getting out of bed at 5am when I'm on early shift it kills me as I hate going to bed super early and often still need a nap in the afternoon, you must go to bed at 7pm to get up at that time lol or maybe your adrenaline helps you stay awake?

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About 9 usually. Or if I get insomnia I’ll make make my way over at 2am and sleep when I get back.

Hey nobody said looking this damn SEXAAY was easy :D

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Sexaay? Who told you that..... ;)

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I said “damn SEXAAY” - and the Mrs as well as the exes :D

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When I see your grumpy mug early in the morning on my FB page I know the world is going along okay.Makes me feel as if I'm getting some exercise by association. ;)

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That legit made me smile