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Just spoke with a Journalist for The Scotsman for a piece she is doing on the Scotland Transplant Active Football Team. Spreading the word on organ donation.

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Back home having spent 15 days in hospital including my 82nd birthday, my daughters 60th and my friend's 79th all on the 16th.

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Just on way home from Oasis at Murrayfield. The bandwagon were absolutely amazing. I am totally buzzin from it.

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Sat having a coffee and a cigarette on the balcony outside the bedroom, blue skys l,
And the sun is out, the dogs are playing in the garden it’s incredibly quiet apart from the birds chirping (and now the dogs are playing bitey face) the suns out and everything for once feels tranquil.

I wonder how long it will last

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Until the kids/SWMBO get up…

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No kids just the pups….

SWMBO arrived with ‘I think we should….’ Which translates to ‘you’re going to do’

Ah well, nice while it lasted

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Fantastic UK weather again for another 2 weeks off in the UK for days out, I timed my 2 weeks off perfectly back in June too. I can't remember such a good summer in the UK before, atleast as an adult I can't really remember how long it lasted 40 odd years ago.

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Longest ever single bike ride today of 60 miles. Will not be doing much more today I tell ya haha

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60 miles and in this heat!!! I moan when I have to drive 60 miles.

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I was out early and home by 10am

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And knackered for the rest of the day, atleast I would be.

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took a few hours to recover but soon got energy again hahaha

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Out for another association walk this morning with Rossi our idiotic greyhound and Oliver who’s coming to us after we get back home from holiday. He’s currently being fostered by one of the rescue center workers as he was not coping in kennels at all, Brindle lurcher less than a year old, was kept in a garage , horrifically treated & never associated with other dogs.

So this is a slowly slowly to make sure he’s ok. Everytime we go and meet him and spend time with him there’s a little less fear and a little less nervousness.

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I'm happy football is back :D

I was riding/walking my bike tonight and I was gonna coast down this hill so I could rest up a little.... I put my glasses in my pocket.........

When I got to the bottom og the hill I went for my glasses and they had fallen out!!

I looked on the road,I was fixin' to get a flaxh light and go back and look for them when I notced they had been caught in my bike!!! (They didnt fall on the ground after all)

Wow what are those chances?? :)

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100% chance cuz it happened hahaha

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Goes on too long.


Should be soccer - October to March then cricket for the other 6 months. OK, with our weather maybe allow the soccer to run to May but it really shouldn't start so early.


And then holding the world cup (Rugby is guilty of this too) in the middle of the northern summer!!! They should move this around so it's held in the winter for the hemisphere it is located in. That way it doesn't always disrupt the local game in the south.

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They did that for a recent world cup I'm sure and it was plain weird. I think the main idea is that its during the time between seasons.

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I feel the same with Soap Operas, too many of them and they're constantly on the TV. Add to those the crap like 4 in a bed, Bake off, Masterchef, that SAS rubbish and all the celebrity housewifes of some shithole nobody cares about.

Which is why I don't watch them :p:

oh, and it's 'football' . . unless you're American

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True, all the same just with a different set/staff/cast/task but essentially the same.
And, I believe, it was soccer here too for quite some time too. Was it the Americans using it that pushed to using football. Still using soccer distinguishes it from the various other "football" games especially that one that rarely uses the foot (the one that you don't touch down to get a touch down).

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It's criminal to call it Soccer in the UK! You should be taken outside and tied to the goal posts! Lol

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Its 19th Century comes from Assoc and er
Assoc is abbreviated for association and association football was first played in the 19th century

The word Soccer is as English as it gets

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it's still the worst game on the planet

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ya preaching the the choir mate

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Nice new visual updates to Pixel smartphones :D

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Its messed with the watch too which I am not happy about

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What happened? mine is fine.

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just changed a few things that I had got used too haha

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I'm not sure if this was part of this update but I've just discovered it via Reddit.

If I go into settings/rules I can automatically set my phone to vibrate only when in certain locations. So when I go to work I always manually have to set it but now it's automatically done, this is a huge quality of life setting for me.

My Pixel 2 Watch still looks and behaves like it always did, maybe I need to update that.

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Lazy dog :rolleyes: whatever happened to manual work :D

I really like these new visuals. The font is nice too. :tu:

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Just tested that auto rule setting and it works perfectly, definitely a quality of life feature as I work unusual shifts so it's great to have. My whole job is manual work I'm an expert at it. Zzzz lol

Still annoys me I can't get rid of that damn search bar on the home screen.

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Well last Admiral tried to charge me £975 on my insurance with 36 years NCB, I told them WTF, they dropped it to £775, I said bye.


Aviva Zero (via compare the market) said £401.


I said take my money.


Well one year later, I expected it to go up, but with my new job it dropped to £253.33.


I'm well chuffed.

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Was the high premium because you were unemployed at the time?

I future I recommend going through Topcashback site so you don't have to phone up and you will likely get £35 cash back on top of your cheaper premium.

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I'm with Aviva Zero, they do seem cheap. You can never tell with insurance companies till you need to claim....

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I just gave my GP a call curious whether they offer ear treatment. To my surprise they do. I did search the GP website beforehand where its stated yes by third party but obviously that's wrong. The staff member made an initial ear check appointment then it'll be decided whether I need further treatment. It's just as well I brought otex ear drops today which I'll need to use leading up to the appointment. There's a lot of miss information out there. It's sometimes best to play dumb and seek help. I didn't need to frantically call in the morning :D

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It's a good day for conker collectors . What's up with the kids these days? None of them seem interested in picking them up. They'd have been scrapping over them in the 1970s :)

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Health and safety obviously. You're not allowed to play conkers anymore. Well not without full body armour, helmet and goggles etc and certainly not without a responsible adult present who at least needs to be trained in H&S and has legal advice to adjudicate.

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Same applies to those climbing trees, making rope swings, crafting bows and arrows, swimming in the local ponds/rivers, and all other activities that once were fun as a youngster.

I remember buggering off out after breakfast and coming home (late) for the evening meal - warmed up in the oven if you were lucky :D

Pretty sure it didn't kill me or any of my friends ;)

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Good to get a decent nights sleep after spending several days in hospital having gallstones removed. Does anyone know if you still get an ache in the right side after surgery?

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Just got my Sky mobile bill down by £10 month. :)

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Get well soon Tinkster :tu:

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I am unable to rep you Daddy, but thank you so much.

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My ears have cleared :woot: I can stick a finger in one and hear out the other and vice versa equally as good. :D

There's no need for a follow up appointment with my GP. I could to be 100% sure but a lot comes down to how I feel which they the doctor cannot tell so it'll just be a waste of time.

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Great news!

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Misread that. Thought you said you stuck a finger in one ear and it came out of the other, lol.

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I did have to read it a few time too as I thought the same. Lol

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I didn't lick it ;)

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I bet you did :D

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Ditto :erm: :D

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Just booked my Asda Christmas delivery slot for 23rd December haha

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Have you tried using the Everup app to get 4.5% off for gift cards? If you need a referral give me a shout, we don't get anything special though.

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will have a look

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I will message you on messenger.

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I bought something for £8.99 on Amazon a week ago but today I get an email saying my return is complete and my CC has been refunded. Trouble is I never requested a refund or returned the item!

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Take the win :D

I ordered a 10 pack of 119g Giant Buttons the other week.
They sent me 10 x 85g instead, so I complained to amazon.
They refunded me the cost, and told me to keep the buttons. :)

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Often good to be honest and report it. Chances are they can't be bothered but also checks that there is nothing dodgy happening on your account.

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I've got 2FA on my account so I know my accounts in order. The thing is they say they've received the return, so they will have to come to me I'm not going to stress over something minor I've purchased, it's not like it was a a TV or anything unfortunately.

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Amazon sell so much cheap tat (at good profit) that they can easily write off a few quid here and there without blinking. . . . and with the added bonus that the customer comes back for more :D

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just got my winter fuel payment letter :woot::woot::woot:

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Hey, at least you've already got a boat for your round the World cruise :D

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No i don't i sold it in August, but i have no problem paying for a world cruise now

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You'll miss that boat come 2084 and the Ice caps have all melted and Grimsby is the new Atlantis :D

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It cost a fortune, it's probably the most expensive hobby there is, i can go on 2 yearly cruises for what it cost just to keep it on the water

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Can well believe that, I once looked at those canal boat things and it wasn't just the price of 'buying' the boat that killed it, it was all the extras required to keep and maintain the damn thing - you can't leave them in the garage until the weekend can you :shocked:

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On the 16th to 19th October, I went to Krakow, it was a great long weekend apart the trip to the Auschwitz-Berkenau, which was powerful


I even went to a shooting range and fired 2 handguns and a rifle.


Very cheap there, £2.20 a pint £5 spirits £7 cocktails


My only hiccups was leaving my phone at my sisters.

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It's my first night in my new bed :D

https://www.silentnight.co.uk/silent...-mattress.html

I was expecting it to be softer but it's fine I guess with no chance of springs digging into my back :no: I had a 20+ year old mattress prior to my £70 mattress which I thought I'd get away with using a thick mattress topper but no a crap bed is a crap bed. There's no polishing it.

The new silentnight depth is nearly 40cm :shocked:

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Hoping to be strong enough to get out today to celebrate Mr T's 89th, first time outside for 2 weeks. :)

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Happy Birthday Mr T. Hope you manage to at least drink a few Vimto's Tinky. :hugs:

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Thank you folks for your good wishes, we did manage to get out for a little while, I fancied advocaat and lemonade (snowball) but unfortunately they were completely out of stock. Although it was his birthday he bought me an iphone.

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I slept all night and some more during the day. I was soo tired but I feel refreshed now. :D

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Which means you won't sleep tonight! That is what usually screws me over when I need to drive to work at 5.20am which is worse on the first night after a weekend, like tonight! I'll pop a herbal sleeping pill but not sure if it'll help.

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I've grown out of that. I'm not sure what it was when younger I kept doing all nighters then sleeping during the day then rinse and repeat until I do all night and all day then sleep the following night. Thankfully that's no more.

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I guess you don't have to get up at 5am though, this is a bad weeks shift for me but I prefer it than getting home at 10.30pm.

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What a great birthday you had :D Glad you got out too

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Thank you Daddy. Mr T's going back to the phone shop today to get info transferred, then we are out again!

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Had a home visit from a nurse sent by our surgery, in response to my communication to them re my concern about my unintentional weight loss, approx 2.1/2 stones since July. Blood pressure was 120/70, temperature normal, in fact all vital signs normal, with the bonus I had put on a little weight. :):):) :hyper:

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Octopus produced my final bill, over 3 months late.

As a result, they credited the bill amount to my account, to pay it off, and gave me a extra £40 refund as well. :)

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Nice one Paul

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I survived the dentist for the crown preparation, probably the biggest and longest appointment I've ever had! I took the day off work so got a nice long weekend to chill out now.

I now realise just how barebones my old NHS dentist practice that I went to for 49 years with only 2 people where the receptionist was also the dental nurse!

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New great granddaughter born yesterday morning. :)