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Well done - the first step is alway the most difficult

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Good, I'm sure it'll help :tu:

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Our's is New Years eve. :)

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You're doing the right thing Halcyon, all the best for your future. :)

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Congratulations Hugh, Valentines day too you romantic bugger.

Ours is the 21st December, as it's the shortest day but it still felt as long as all the others :D

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Good, upwards from here on.

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As Yazz would say "The only way is up". :tu:

I registered on this site in 2023!

www.fast-rewind.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi

24 May to be exact and I just got confirmation TODAY that my acct was approved!! (I posted on various bases)

I dunno why it took so long.... Looks active there.... I had forgotton I regged there!!!

I asked them why they force SSL as its not needed on a site like thiers......

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I'm guessing ssl is used on nearly all websites now. Provides security and will help protect a users personal information etc.

Yes but it shouldnt be forced....... These sites do not force it for example

http://findadeathforum.com/forum.php (VBB (4.x))
www.letsrollforums.com (Xen2)
www.hipforums.com/forum (Xen1)
www.city-data.com/forum (VBB)

They have SSL but dont block http sessions....

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Of course it should. Websites are all about security now. Don't think I would trust a site that didn't have it.

Its hard to trust sites that do block HTTP Stevie as the only ones they benefit are those who wanna track us like Google!!

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Lost 5lb this week now lost 10 stone 11lb in total. 6lb off being under 20 stone for the first time in 9 years

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Well done :tu: that'll be achieved this time next week then the way you are going :tu:

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Yeah Stevie :D

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No its for security. You wouldn't want your data stolen on a non secure site. You have a strange concept of trust if you'd rather trust a non secure site.

Well read this thread buddy

www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,30194071

My friend Marylin (Mele20) explains it the best

This was years ago when Justin was gonna force SSL on the whole site..... (Which thankfully he didnt)

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Just sounds like paranoia.

Thank you for viewing the thread :)

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Car passed its MOT this afternoon. One advisory about a small oil leak that cones up every time. :)

Im glad everything is ok buddy!!

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AA wanted to increase my Car Insurance premium over £100 in the renewal to £510 bollox to that I thought I've not payed that much since I was 18! So I've taken it out with Aviva this year for £409 and hopefully get £35 cashback from Topcashback.

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I’m not sure how , but my bike insurance has come down £50 for the year despite

1. The new bike being twice the value of my old bike
2. I picked up an SP30 last August

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Someone at work also had their insurance increased from the AA by the same amount.

I've never had a speeding ticket but that may change later this year as they're reducing the speed limit in my village from 30 to 20!!!! And this is not Wales.

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My first ever in over 25yrs gave it a bit too much of the beans overtaking some trucks travelling between Skipton and Harrogate……

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Did they not offer you an awareness course?

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I was over the max limit for an awareness course

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Heading to a warmer sunnier place tomorrow :cool:
Just as well as this country and its weather is really getting me down.

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Say "hi!" to Satan for me… ;)

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It's not just the weather, people are happier public services exist, decent healthcare is not just for the rich. Wonder if the EU will let me claim asylum? Worth a go I reckon :)

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Go for it…

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Our Rover 25 which is 23 years old, passed it's MOT first go today. :cleader:

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For my bonus review yesterday and received over 133%

SWMBO is already planning on how to spend it

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Nice one mr :)

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Well done!

And thank you for your 40/45% contribution to the Exchequer… ;)

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Now I understand why you buy expensive cars and stuff.... You're loaded :D

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That’s somewhat of a sore point 😂😂😂

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Not at all !!!

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exactly what a loaded person would say hahaha

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The only loaded thing about me sir is either my baked potato, nachos or fries !

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Didn't you just order a £100,000+ car a little while ago?

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No, I went to get on the waiting list to order a new car

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kudos!

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So went to fat club expecting my body to take the piss for the 3rd weigh in making me wait for breaking through the 20 stone barrier. But no I lost 3.5lb smashing the 20 stone mark by 2lb. So that is 7.5 lb in 3 weeks so not a bad result all in all. First time I been under 20 stone in 9 years

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Very well done!

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Congratulations - well done, Jay.

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Just arrived at the Grand Hyatt for a cheeky week in Goa, getting changed then off for a curry and a couple of beers.

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Have a great break.

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My sister is in Iceland, staying in Reykjavík. on Thursday she was at the Blue Lagoon, and while there they told them the evacuation plan.

But Friday it was closed indefinitely, She is going so see if they can get any photos of the eruptions.

She said that Thursday there was a blizzard and Friday they where sitting outside without coats.

They couldn't see the Northern Lights with the naked eye, but the camera did.

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In the admittedly unlikely event that she was at this exact location and you have amazing visual acuity, you may be able to spot her :D

https://livefromiceland.is/timelapse...on/2024/03/14/

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Well I'm now the Secretary & Trustee of Harlow Community Men's Shed.


I also have 2 members giving me support.


At our AGM today it was felt that all trustees could be over loaded so giving them backup will help, and also stop the argument they stuff not done.


As the Secretary I'm looking after the documents (nothing I ain't done before) an stuff like sorting out leases, meetings etc, the latter I haven't done.

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6.5lb weight loss this week. Biggest in a while got my 11.5 stone award and only 2lb off my 12 stone

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Pork shoulder crackling joint roasting in the oven.:drool:

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Crackling just off the scale. Glad my fillings coped.:D

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got my 12 stone award today

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What about those 48 Welsh burgers though? ;)

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I eat burgers. Had a huge roast today. I have 2 or 3 cheat meals a week to get all my fats etc . Still losing a 3lb average loss per week

I got $60 today FREE... Me and my friend Steve were at his friend Darrins old apartment here in town and there was a bunch of lotto tickets there..... They had been there for months and Steve didnt ever look at them,he figured they were losers..... I looked at 1 and it was a 40 dollar winner.... I asked him to Call Darrin and see if he wanted the tickets,he said "Dude is looking thru them" Darrin said "Tell Dude he can have them"

We went to PC and I cashed them in and it was $60 in total...

Well there is 1 more ($10) but the game ended and its not in thier database anymore but I can mail it to the lotto people and have it caahed that way......


I told Steve to tell Darrin I said THANK YOU..... Steve cant believe they were there that long and neither Darrin or Tara cashed them in!

Im glad I checked and saw there was a 40 dollar winner on top!!

Plus an entry for the CASH 4 LIFE drawing tonight........

I checked my ticket and got 3 numbers..... (I dunno if ya win anything with 3)

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A very good month on the Premium Bonds ! cheers Rishi, he can afford it :)

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So today is my 1 year transplant anniversary. I still can't believe its been a whole year already. Getting that phone call early in the morning and racing to the hospital still feels like only a couple of months ago.

It's sad that someone lost a loved one, however receiving the gift of life from a total stranger is the greatest and most special gift anyone can ever get. Organ donors really are the biggest heroes.

From living day to day with dialysis every night and being an insulin dependant diabetic, to looking forward to the future and no longer having to think about diabetes thanks to the kidney and pancreas I was so fortunate to be gifted.

Both organs doing great and I feel on top of the world, having my health back. Yes I had a number of complications involving more surgeries and hospital visits but in the grand scheme of things they were nothing more than small bumps in the road.

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That's brilliant and for me it gives me optimism as well as hope. As I will be going through it all soon as my kidneys (Polycystic) are now struggling and there's already talks about what to expect in the very near future. I've gone from yearly consultant appointments and now down to every 2 months. And now feeling the effects too.

But I'm really please for you as I've watched my late father go through it all as well so I know it's not an easy ride. My father also spoke of the person from which he received his kidney from, it's a bittersweet feeling, it is sad but he was all so grateful.

Thanks for the update.

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Thank and hopefully you'll not be too long. I went through kidney failure for 6 years. At first a slow decline and talk was transplant in 15-20 years to 6 months later transplant withing 5 year. eGFR pf 54 to 23 in just a few months. Checks were every 4 weeks by that point. Symptoms hit me heard as I dropped function so quickly. Before I knew what was up, I was so tired and was even falling asleep at work almost every day.

Just over two years on peritoneal dialysis. And just under three years on the transplant waiting list. Transplant completed on second call a week after the first failed attempt as the pancreas weren't good enough.

Fingers crossed for you.

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Thanks.

PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) is hereditary and I've know pretty much most of my life that I've got it and I know from family history that so far it hit us all in our 50s. It's always been something I I've know that will happen but when you're in your teens it was a lifetime away, then all of a sudden it's kind of like now... It's been a heavy weight hanging over me just knowing over the last few years.

My eGFR is now 32 and has taken quite a hit over the last 12-18 months and they're concerned at the rate of the decline. Same symptoms, falling asleep like out of the blue, one min fine, then I'm gone. Just that symptom alone is getting hard to plan around. And just feeling out of sorts and peeing for England at the mo too.

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Must be even worse knowing that it would happen at somepoint.

Yeah it was CKD I had caused by my diabetes. Egfr was 6-7 when on dialysis. I was lucky to pee once a day eventually. Kidney disease is a horrid illness and so many people still really don't understand it. My dad especially didn't seem to get how serious it was, but after I was put on dialysis and told I need a transplant I think he soon got that with out them I likely wouldn't be here.

I could literally be at work an hour or two and need to nap. Pretty hard to do in a busy call centre lol.

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Good to hear, I hope it stays like that.

Good Stevie,I hope it continues!!

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Anglesey- what a beautiful place. So much space, so few people. The coastal walk is 130 miles long ! Managed to do a few of them this weekend, will need to come back to do the rest :)

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I just saw I've been a member hear for 20 years

Congrats..... Its been good having you here my friend!!
 

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Many of us have now. Time sure does fly. :cool:

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My dad is finally getting over his UTI.


It's quiet scary when he asks you do tell people who ain't there to go away (and not FO).

Maybe he is seeing spirits Hom3r... They are all about after all :)

Im glad he is getting better!

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It is a hard job being an unpaid full-time carer, and stress full with virtually no time for you to enjoy life.


I can't be too far from home. Tomorrow I'll be at the Shed doing building work, which gives me a break, luckily its 5 minutes door to door.

Im sorry its been a bit much for ya.....

I tell ya,im glad I have a copy of OUT FOR JUSTICE (1991) recorded from analogue cable!!

I got the official VHS release today and it says "DIGITALLY PROCESSED" so I knew it wasnt gonna be good...... Its looks horrible!!!

Its thin and sounds disgusting!!


I tell ya dues!!!!!!

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Ive said it before and sill say it again, sorry but digital is way better especially if you are talking about modern day formats.

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I couldn't agree more.

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Digital is better as a new format yes but and I know it flies against everything in my heart but with Remasters sometimes the original is better

Return of the Jedis ending is a prime example

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The Star Wars trilogy is quite an exception to the rule. As for Dude.. He's just here for the attention. Everything he posts is just (to be blunt) drivel.

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That was more the Saga creater taking things way too far and just doing what he wanted because he could. The fan made despecialized editions are digital restored but leave out nearly all the added and changed scenes.

But getting old films remastered from the original 35mm film can make for a beautiful and stunning looking version. The original Blade Runner Blu Ray was one of the first older films that got a proper scan and remaster and at the time were seen as the best Blu Rays to show off how good a film could look. The colours and details all the way they were meant to be seen.

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On our first daytrip this year on Monday to Paighton as the weather has been so bad for a long time its been a struggle to book in advance given the awful weather these last few months.:)

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Picked my son up in the new Clio for the first time yesterday.

Firstly he loves it, it’s only a few years old so much more up to date than the mondeo so he’s chuffed with it, which was vital!

But more importantly my fuel consumption has gone through the floor. In the Mondeo I’d need to spend £120 on diesel to pick him up and bring him home.

In the Clio it only cost £55 to fill up and using Eco mode for the round trip I still have just under half a tank left.

Happy Russ :D

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I've been in quiet mode on Facebook for nearly 2 weeks and planning to do this until September.


I did break it on Monday to post embarrassing pictures of my sister as a pre 10 year old on her page.


When I go back I'm doing a massive cull of the pages I follow (not people).

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2 hours gym 6 days a week and new 2000 calorie protein heavy diet has resulted in 8lb weight loss in 2 weeks and I have achieved my 13 stone weight loss award

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Well done.:tu:

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Wowzah!

Well done.

Ya its sad how much he ruined all 3 movies!!

I love Star wars...........

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DAYM! Well done! Really proud for you. Take a bow sir, you deserve it.

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cheers bud :)

Good for you Jay - Congrats!!

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It's been nearly a month since my self-imposed Facebook ban.

I haven't missed it.

There have been some world events I wanted to comment on, but resisted.

I did make one post though on my sisters birthday to post a few embarrassing pictures, then re-enabled quite mode.

I will post again on what would have been my mum & dads 58th wedding anniversary.

I'm planning on going back on the 15th of August as this would have been my mums 78th birthday.

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5.5lb loss this week and 13.5 stone award. Only need 4lb to my 14 stone award. 53 weeks

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So last night I was down and miserable (see pet hates thread) but this morning I have had a lift. 3 weeks ago I bought 48" jeans. I wear them over my spare tyre so I do not sell crack to the world. They were tight to wear but that was fine I bought them to fit later which a week or so later they did. Today I decided to try on some smaller interim goal trousers and to my surprise they fit perfectly. I looked at the size and they were 44". I thought they might be just big so would try on another pair. Not 1 but 2 size 44" trousers fit perfectly so literally lost 4" off my waist in a weekish

I Have lost 19lb in 5 weeks and it appears most of it has come off my spare tyre which to be fair is the biggest bulk of what is left to lose

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You are absolutely smashing it mate. Wear your achievements like a badge of honour, you’ve earned it. Keep up the fantastic work.

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Cheers buddy :)

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Excellent, Now get out there and celebrate with a large jam and cream cake. ;)

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Russ is right, the commitment and dedication you have shown is remarkable :tu:

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Just about to watch the Scoland v Germany football match :)

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Shouldn't this be a moan :tiptoe:

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Painful if you're Scottish.

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It was painful, only watched the first half, that was enough. :(

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Doing a quick stock check and evaluation on my 26 fountain pens


A rough price of £1,500, 5 are worth at least £760.


I will one day add a Conway Stewart Churchill Ed, or the Alan Turin Ed. each i current worth around £600.


You can't beat a fountain pen.

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Being a lefty renders a fountain pen useless to me I learnt that in primary school when the bloody teacher forced us to use the damn things ever so often.

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My Nephew & Brother In-Law are both lefties, and can use them