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Flu jabbed this morning. Pharmacies are very accommodating. Nice people in there. :tu:

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Mines at my local GP so very convient to walk to as its a 2min walk from my house which doesn't really leave my housing estate and it's 7pm after work and free. Previously I've got it through work from Boots or even onsite at work but the last 2 years work hasn't offered it.

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After taking this for 2 weeks my blood pressure Sys reading has dropped a little in the mornings but the Dia reading doesn't seem to have changed, it's still in the high 90s, hopefully things will improve so I dont need to revisit the doctors for it.

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I finished up on a combination of Amlodipine & Losartan, seems to work ok.

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How long did it take for you to see results on your Dia reading, I've only been on this 2 weeks.

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About 2 weeks.
Amlodipine has a long half life, so after a while it builds up to a steady level.

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I was the same, they upped my Amlodipine to 10mg amlodipine which didn't agree with me, so knocked it back to 5mg and added 50mg of losartan then upped that to 75mg and my last reading was 130/79.

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Just had my Flu Jab.

Talk about fast, there was no one waiting when I got there, the sign said remove coat before going in to the room due to the speedy nature of it all, they were not joking I literally got called in she told me my date of birth I sat down and within 5 seconds it was job done, no questions or anything, all she said was that's it job done and i was like wtf... Is that it?

I feel like I should have been told what the jab manufacturer was and told not to drive or leave the building for 15mins or so in case of side affects, but I'm at home again and not dead yet! The whole process of walk there, get jab and walk home was likely no more than 6-7mins.

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Must have been second nature to you doing "things" really quick :naughty:

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I was on 10mg of Amlodipine and had to go down to 5mg due to oedema in both legs, ankles and feet caused by the Amlodipines. Also now on 1mg Doxazosin as well as. Still getting a bit of swelling but nowhere near as bad. My BP is higher than normal due to CKD.

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Just discovered these Firestick things (not the Amazon one), and how versatile they can be for a sporting Gent ;)

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Pleasant journey in and out of London today.

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it's always pleasant when one leaves that cesspit ;)

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Got my Asda Christmas delivery slot for the 23rd nice and early as usual haha

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Yeah, Asda finally made them available, Morrisons were available a week ago.

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No Christmas order needed for me, the family up North will sort all that out luckily.

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New car arrived today. :)

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Congratulations - what did you get?

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Nissan Micra, 0-60 never.

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My son is a tree surgeon, which can be a thankless job at this time of year, but he has an annual weekly gig for a friend, and this is his view from work this morning…

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...0&d=1792054026

Chamonix, with Mont Blanc in the top left corner…

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It feels really warm outside at 10am so I managed to give the grass another cut as it's bone dry before I go to work at 1pm and bin collection is tomorrow, I wonder if it'll be the last time this year.

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no i'm sure the bins will be emptied as usual ;)

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Received another begging letter from electric company this afternoon, rang them and explained (in the almost unique Carth way) that they put it up 3 months ago and can take a hike if they want more.

Payment is staying the same . . . until the next time.

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Corolla 1.8 HEV Estate.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...chmentid=32361

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Looks nice, sadly my back and knee issues make 'ordinary' cars a pain (literally) to get in and out of, so I'm now an SUV type driver

I still miss my Avensis :mis:

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On a slightly divergent note, my brother loaned me his car for my honeymoon - it was a specially imported Toyota MR2 turbo, with hardened /race level suspension.

Fine for me, alas my (new) wife was 3 months pregnant, not happy about the way I took corners, or the ride, or the engine noise, lack of luggage space, or about how difficult it was for her to get into or out of the car. There is just no pleasing some people, after all we I didn't crash and kill us!

However, at one point we pulled up at the lights alongside two ‘yoof’ in an XR3i, who decided to rev their engine and look over. She said to me ‘when the lights change, floor it!’ So I did, there was quite a considerable degree of lag until the turbo decided to cut in - and we blew past the Ford.

On reflection this may not have been a good strategy, what with my new wife and future daughter on board.

Was quite exciting though.

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That's "sick" (urban dictionary). Theres hope in your marriage. My best of wishes to you both.

Somebody on my road has a black one, cab driver. It's soo good looking. Is there a reason why you went for red?

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I went to see wicked the musical in the theater in London, Apollo Victoria, this evening or yesterday evening now. I've never really got into plays but I managed to stay in tune with the storyline with it being soo damn loud. Impressive nonetheless. Paranormal activity caught my eye :Yikes:

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Are you defying gravity?

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I like red.

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Fair enough. Are you worried it'll fade over time or is that not a thing anymore with new paint.

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May even be the reason I tend to go for Orange, it depends on what colour your team play in ;)

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Good on you - supporting the Netherlands…

Do you get the Ferry from Hull for the Home games?

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I've never had a car fade on me, are you sure thats a thing.

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The only car that faded was my Red S reg Astra, that was really bad.

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My Austin MG Metro changed colour, from silver to rust brown all over.I preferred the rust brown tbh.

But then it disapoeared in a puff of rust on a windy day. British manufacturing at its best.

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my red citroen developed a kind of haze

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Are you sure that was the car ? :angel:

Ya Red is a good colour!!



I hope she gets alot of miles to a tank of gas!!

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Apu is back woo hoo IYKYK

Oh so is Doctor Nick

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Yep the only time l chose a red car:dozey:

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I just had contact with the council that they want to do one final inspection before works go ahead. I already have double glazed windows but they deem them insufficient so new windows going in. Insulation in the walls. Roof works.

I have a wall extractor fan in my kitchen but it's in the window in my bathroom, that needs changing to the wall. And I hope they replace the window net curtain cord screws.

I'm well happy. The kitchen brings in a draft. Hopefully things improve. :D

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you can get an adjustable pole for nets these days

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Thanks but no thanks. :no:

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do you think they will install new windows then drill into them to insert screws

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My council last year fitted a window fan because I refused to let them drill through my tiles.

When I moved in in 1996 it had single glazing in a double glazing frame with spacers. About a year later they fitted sealed units. The whole lot was replaced again a few years ago

A few years ago I had squirrels living in my loft causing damage. The council fit scaffold down the side and fixed the whole where they were getting in. A few weeks later they come and removed the scaffold. Later the same afternoon a scaffold company turned up and put scaffold all round and they replaced my whole roof. First lot was a waste of money for them

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Do you feel the difference?

I think there's a clause somewhere saying like for like or better no downgrades.

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Hopefully you will get the same heating temperature results without having to have the thermostat set to a roasting 25c all the time.

Net curtain? People still have naff net curtains up?

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Well yes, stops people from being able to looking in, but mainly for a little bit more privacy than being too exposed. They do a job when you have really wide windows. As for being naff.. Basically beside the point, they do a job and they do it well.

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I'm sure some will remember my little rant about the bank and my phone number ;)

I'm now happy to report that, on a day when half the banking system is borked due to a Google cloud outage, a 5 minute phone call (with verification codes and a little hoop jumping), has seen my phone number successfully added to the account . . whether I can now purchase anything online is yet to be seen :erm:

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welcome to the 21st century haha

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I'm not quite that ready to fully embrace the dire customer service and shoddy quality of the 21st century 'happy shopper' group :D

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you could have had 10 years mastering the art of getting your way but instead you have to start fresh when it has already developed into a shit show haha

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Didn't waste 10 years (or stupid money) then did I :D

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Get a NFC watch :D

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I put it to you that your inability to shop the best bargains has wasted you money or could have done

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I put it to you that one mans bargain is another mans pile of dross, and I'm sure the inability to purchase 'online' has saved me more than enough ;)

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Well I am talking about things I am buying anyway and have the ability to find the best price. You have not been able to do that fully no matter how smug you are in your replies

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I just had the last visits this lunchtime. The fitters will put screws in the new window frames for net curtains. The extractor fan in the bathroom cannot be repositioned in the upper wall because of structural rules. I'm top floor. It's going back in the window.

Asbestos checks. And it's done for a provisional date of next month but works are to be confirmed. They were hoping work was done by now. :shrug:

Anyway it's confirmed new windows, wall insulation, roof work all to drive a net zero target.

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you are top floor flat and use net curtains?

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I also don't draw my curtains at night. :nutter::D

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As well as don't use bog roll to wipe your ass, you're falling into the strange human category quickly. Lol

How many floors up are you?

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Ground, first, second . It's no skyscraper.

It's good to be different ;)

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All those billions of $'s spent on developing AI and Mrs G is crying with laughter listening to Fart Fest - Over 1 hour and 1000 fart sounds on Amazon Alexa. Money well spent and she's happy.

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Neither do I tbh

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:D For me it feels like I'm waking up to the world

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I live off about 5 hours sleep (( or should I say 5 hours in bed sleep is an issue) get up around 4 so this time of year it is still dark

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Awake for sunrise must be therapeutic for you though. You must love getting a full day out of life. I occasionally wake before 6am and can't get back to sleep. Knocking off at 10-11pm is great. Which is the polar opposite to my younger years when I had too much energy to sleep, all nighters were common.

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I struggle to get up at 5am for work every other week, I'm not a early morning person. On late shift I get up at 9am so get alot more sleep.

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I would never have guessed looking at your avatar :rolleyes:

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I used to get up at the crack of dawn but then me too happened and I had to get up earlier hahaha

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I've always seemed to have been a 'late night' type of person, now I'm retired I've settled into a routine of bed at around 3am and get up around 9am (with occasional exceptions).

I used to hate a 6 to 2 shift, could never sleep right and always moody at work until I'd 'woke up' at about 9am :D