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Thank You!
And to You and Your Loved Ones too :)

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Had a lovely family day. I am now sat cradling a hot toddy watching Lord of the Rings whilst surrounded by dozing family sleeping off a surfeit of good food, wine and and all manner of goodies. Truly a happy day in the company of those I hold dearest.

I raise a toast to absent friends.

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So glad you have had a lovely day jog with your family and our family too is watching Lord of the Rings as well after we have spent the day feasting ourselves on food and drink and giving each other presents.

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:D

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Got my refund today of £1300.30, i am the only person living in this property so the refund is 25% less than what my neighbour got, but over all i am pretty pleased. :)

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Thats wonderful news SnoopZ.:tu:

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I just had a thought - if I have various organs packing up does that mean as they are no longer working I get the extra energy :)


See now that would be cool.

Oh and with it all I am at least loosing weight - down from 23st to 13.5 at the moment.

Although the hospital say I should be 8 - can't see it myself.

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Hope everyone here has an excellent 2013, especially all those who've been having a hard time in one way or another!

:tu:

Meanwhile back at the ranch, Osem Jnr has gone out to a New Year's Eve party. He's a bit nervous as one of the girls appears to have a bit of a crush on him. Awww, young love. I can remember it, just... :)

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Good luck tomorrow heero.

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My fingers are crossed for you but I am sure it will pass after the work you have done.

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Just took delivery of my dads birthday present and i cant stop laughing at it. The smile on my face is massive and laughing. It will be soooooooo funny when he opens it up on Monday evening. I cant wait to record his reaction and put it on Facebook and Youtube :):)

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Just got Jelly Bean with Premium Suite on my Galaxy Note 10.1. Nice...

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Nice, now I hope they do my galaxy s2 next :-)

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was that OTA?

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I am a Grandma. A healthy boy and two very happy new parents. Best start to a new year we could have wished for. :)

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Congratulations :)

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Thats wonderful news and many congratulations on this great news jog.:tu:

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Yes, congratulations. I bet you will spoil him rotten!

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Thanks guys, I can't think of a better bunch of people to share my news with.

What moi? https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2016/10/1.gif one thing the other members of my family have been relieved about is that I won't be tempted to buy the baby lots of shoes for a while. Little do they realise that Jimmy Choo does a children's range, a fair selection of which I already have on order. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/01/24.gif

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I'm so pleased for You and the Happy Parents. Oh and Grandad too :)

Congratulations!

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Thanks Caff. Oh and John says Thanks as well. :)

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Just got back from shopping - saw a 38G bra on sale in ASDA - WOW, almost TOO big I say :)

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Draw '-2 -2 + =' on your pillow with your finger. It plays 'Chim Chiminey'.

I'm awesome. You are not.

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This is great news for you & all the family. Congratulations ;)

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Thanks for the responses nash and heero.

I was classed as a geriatric mother when I had our son and with him now in his 30's I supposed you could say I am a geriatric Granny now. Doesn't mean I have any intention of growing up though, grey hair and slippers are not quite my scene. I will continue being a red haired, high heel wearing hellion for the foreseeable future. :D

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Good for you. I agree & feel the same

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My birthday this year is on Friday 13th December 2013 :D and I ain't fearing it as I was born on Friday 13th, and nearly didn't make it.

So its a lucky day for me.

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Good for you . Always stay positive & happy

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Nice one jo, you don't look old enough to be a granny though :)

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:D You little flatterer. :D

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May I introduce my darling grandson Jack. :)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/01/78.jpg

I really had forgotten how small a new born could be.

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What a handsome lad.

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He looks lovely jog.

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Thank you both. We all think he is pretty spiffing. :)

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nice :)

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I didn't think you were old enough to be a granny Jo :)

I remember 12 years ago picking my newborn niece up for the first time, I was scared I might break her.

But I did love bottle feeding her and was amazed how loud her burps were.

Mind you I never would change a smelly nappy.

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beautiful.

Congrats Jo. They don't stay that size for long though so get a shot as often as you can :D

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I have 2 great-nieces with that birthday. Sisters but not twins!

They were born 11 years apart. Now that would have been some labour.:D

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He is, thanks for sharing.

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So snuggled and blissful.

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........on the other hand - it's starting to make Natalie broody again! :erm:

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You know how sometimes your day is just ridiculously full of 'win'?

That's been me the last two days. Everything has just gone right. :tu:

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More happy thoughts....

Natalie and I did our first (family) service at church at the weekend which was great.

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jack is just adorable. Good heatlth to him.

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Just agreed to do the local weekly church Sunday newsletter - Nice to be helpful :)

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Nice one. :)

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They all look to the same to me :D

Only kiddking. Lovely pic. :)

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Yes, just got upped again to 4.1.1 OTA

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Awww, so cute!

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Well done you!!! Hope the little one brings you all lots of joy.

:)

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Just got back home last night after spending 24 days in the glorious sunshine of Tenerife. So now I'm playing catch up!

Congratulations on the birth of your little grandson Jo and John, he's a wee cracker! https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/01/21.gif

Hope everyone had a good Christmas, and I wish you all a very happy, healthy and lucky 2013. :)

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l hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday Tinky and may l wish you and your family happy, healthy and lucky 2013 as well.

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Thank you Den, one day back and I don't feel like I've been away at all! :(

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Welcome home Tinks. Just in time for the Brrrrrrrr cold weather. :)

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I've got my first official race tomorrow morning, a 5 mile race cross-country event.

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Nice to see you about again :)

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Good Luck Russ. Enjoy it.

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Ditto, hope you had a good one :)

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Good luck Russ.

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Just finished 5 miles at 39 minutes 56 - I won't know my position for a few days yet but I'm really impressed that I managed a sub-40 in my first competitive race :)

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5 miles cross country in that time? Impressive!

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Good stuff :)

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Cheers guys - no idea how I managed it and it was disheartening at one point when I was halfway around a 3 mile lake to see some of the younger runners coming out of it the other end! But I noticed that only 4 or 5 people overtook me so I'm quietly confident my position won't be too embarrassing :)

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Hey kiddo, the fact that you finished is brilliant. Virtual couch potato to dedicated runner in such a short time shows how single minded you have been. :tu:

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Virtual? ;)

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LOL I was giving you the benefit of the doubt. Hopping in and out of a ring has to create at least a modicum of fitness. :D

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Well done. 8 minute miles is a great average. ;)

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Results are in: 139th out of 166 and my time was actually 39.45. Not so bad overall.

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Good stuff :tu:

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That's excellent Russ.

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That not too shabby a result at all and certainly gives you a good target to aim to better next time. :tu:

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Nicely done Russ. Amazing effort :)

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Say hello to Benson, the new addition to my family :)

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Hi Benson. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/07/12.gif

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Oh he does look so cute.:)

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Thanks Den and Jo, he's really well behaved at the moment. Just need to sort out the issue of going to the loo in the house, but that will come in time :)

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How old is he MG? It looks like he has some way to go before he grows into those feet. :)

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He's 10 weeks jo :)

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not fully jabbed up yet then He does look cute

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No he's not, he went for his first I think tonight, and thank you :)

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Awww the little sweetie, please post updates as he grows. :)

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Will do :)

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Good for yu Ross. You must be fit.

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I have decided to get myself a electric blanket to cheer myself up :)

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Fixed that for you ;)

And thanks but I'm straight :erm: :spin:

Not yet as fit as I'd like to be, at 38 I guess I'm doing ok. I've decided that dropping from 15 stone to 12 and a half is enough now as some people have commented that the difference in me now is impressive but losing any more lard wouldn't look or be healthy. So far my running has been all about distances, so rather than win a race I just want to be able to complete it. As my running mate told me, needing to slow down to walk isn't quitting - stopping is quitting. When I go out with the top runners in the club I normally come last in a 6 mile run but the fact is I completed it so that's not too bad.

But now I need to start on speed and endurance so whereas a sub-40 time on a 5 mile x-country isn't too bad, I have to beat it next time :)

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That's how I treat it. It's me against the clock and the course. It doesn't matter what pace the guys 30 years younger than me are going at.

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Never walk Ross no matter how hard it hurts, keep running even if you've slowed to walking pace as in my vast but now distant experience it was so much harder to get going again after walking.

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I only tend to walk when I get to steep hills towards the end of 3 miles+ runs - I don't do hills and can usually manage them but my usual loops are set up in such a way that if they do have hills I hit them at the start. If I do them at the end then I need a breather for about 15 seconds. But I do get running again :)

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Congratulations heero on reaching such a fine milestone.:tu:

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Excellent :)

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:D Well done heero. :clap: :clap: :clap:

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I have one really warm leg https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/01/17.gif and I don't have to sort my socks https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/01/17.gif

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Good work, well done :)

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New mattress is great, had a fantastic nights sleep last night :D

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Bladder control problems?? :)

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"To get to heaven you have to walk through hell"...

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Baloney.
once you're in hell you stay in hell.

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In your case that's probably true.;)

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Hopefully :)

My happy thought is I've only just noticed that someone has been Permanently Banned.

in another forum :D

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We're all nice here :)

Have sold my car, good price - totally lost confidence in driving it. Clutch set set way too high and too powerful - my mistake.
No more worries about anything car-related. Ahhhhh.

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Hmm that's made me curious...

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Glad you got a good price, don't envy you the prospect of public transport though, it's full of the public for a start.

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My happy thought - I got the dishwasher we were given working. But I'm not convinced there is any point.

Still that's why I married Mrs Right - Mrs ALWAYS Right :)