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Well just back from the dentist and l am afraid l will have to endure things until next Thursday as they are going to put a crown in.:bigcry::bigcry:

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dental pain really sucks! sorry to hear that!

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l am glad you have come through your ordeal this morning dilli.:group:

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still waiting for patient transport........ could be on time could be hours. if they turn up ;-)

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Yes my experiences of hospital transport have not been good in the last couple of years as one time we did not get back to Plymouth till 1.00 in the morning from London as he arrived 4 hours late and then we had to go to the moon and back to drop off other patients before l was finally dropped off.

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Nothing sucks more than a bad tooth.... way too close to the brain for comfort!! :erm:

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Stay positive. ;) :tu:

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Yesterday was a good day.
and today my car has passed it's MOT.

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That's excellent news.

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Thanks, denphone.

it's one of them man things when your car passes it's MOT without any advisories. it's a lot like when your voice breaks and you become a man :)

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Time to pack the sandals, sunscreen, shorts and perhaps walking stuff and hat and gloves. I'm off to the Scillies for some peace and quiet.

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Yep both being poked and proded albeit in different orifices, hope it wasn't to awful a day.

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Have fun caff, actually a tiny bit envious, wouldn't mind go silly in the scillies myself given our current weather.

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Best of luck den ;)

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Hope you enjoy Caff ;)

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Thank you TheDaddy and Nashville.
So long as the helicopter can land and take of twice I'll be a happy bunny. :)

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You must be brave,

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Hey Den,

I know a guy offering a 'dental work Express service',if you know what I mean. It's £50,it'll hurt real bad once but the tooth is out. How 'bout that? :p:

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Not for me old bean.:nono::nono:

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Me, Nashville? Nooo.
So long as I trust the operator, the machanics and the mechanic I'll get aboard anything!
Think of it as getting on a fairground ride or a hovercraft or putting on roller skates.
You fly to the states, yes? 'tis the same thing but a bit more basic inside. And noisier. And no cabin staff.

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Back home, it was less than fun but at least the eyes are doing all kinds of weird stuff at the moment and I don't have to smoke anything.

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Nice to hear that your tough day has ended dilli and the best thing to do now is to put the kettle on and have a nice hot drink and something to eat and relax.

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How many of yours has he knocked took out?

I bet you didn't have to pay him :)

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If Mike Smith is the pilot?

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Well a thrilling day out for me. Blood tests (5 vials of the stuff, I asked her if she was a distant relation to Dracula. She laughed.), an ECG, peak flow, MRSA swabs, temperature, blood pressure, and that was pretty much it.

Now to wait until next Wednesday when it happens. Looking forward to it. And looks like I'm going to be having the full general, with an injection of local at the base to help with pain relief once I wake up.

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It's funny you should say that,someone with your gob must surely be on his 4th or 5th set of dentures.... ;)

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but he's real good.... :(

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Sorry to hear about your tough day Mark and l do hope things go alright next Wednesday for you.

Five vials try 14 Mark as every time l go to London that's how many they do as l am part of the stem cell research patient team which is part of the heart science unit.

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Hmm, well I'm up for a challenger as much as the next person but that would be above and beyond me.

You crack me up and have me in bits sometimes ;)

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I've always fancied flying lessons. But I also have an irrational fear of flying.. So I end up confusing myself.

I'm feeling quite chilled out today. Which is nice :)

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Yes l have never flown in my life and l have no intention of changing that stance now.:nono::nono::bigcry::bigcry:

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well the good news I get to hang on to my toe a bit longer. I just have a large bit of it removed now and can't go out for a few days.

good stuff.

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So glad to hear of your good news dilli and lets hope it is onwards and upwards from now on.

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My whole right foot is in agony this morning. That's great - I can't usually feel my feet at all.

Excellent.

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Amazing how sometimes the negative is indeed the positive....:)

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alas it didn't last. can't feel a thing now. oh well :-)

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Taken delivery of my new Tempur Mattress. I'm in for a good nights sleep tonight :)

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Very nice indeed MG.

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Hope you slept well MadGamer! I bought a memory foam mattress a few weeks back and I can't recommend it enough. :)

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I did tinky, though I woke up sweating buckets, as its like sleeping on a duvet. My mum did warn me :)

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Aye hard to explain but it's like the mattress is heated, as it radiates heat upwards. We also only use a very light summer weight duvet and that is ample for us even though Mr T is normally complaining about the cold. Once I get in bed I could swear I don't move from the spot and when I get up I expect to see the shape of a body where I have been lying lol! :D:D:D

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Excellent :-)

my happy thought....

Natalie is back in the UK and I'm about to go meet her.

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That's wonderful news dilli.

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A bit of absence makes all the difference... :)

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I attended a conference in Liverpool last month, and gave my business card to one of the stands for a prize draw.

I got home today and found I had won a HP ElitePad 900 Win8 tablet, which I am posting from at the moment.

So now, I have an iPad, A Toshiba T100 Android tablet, a Nexus 7, an a HP Win8 tablet, a Chillblast PC, a Samsung X900 laptop, a iPhone5, and a Samsung S3 - probably enough devices for now....��

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Green card application posted yesterday special delivery & received today...

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Hope you enjoy the new Matress. I am happy today Just booked a holiday to Austin Texas for the end of May. Looking forward to meeting some friends & good Music

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l hope you have a lovely holiday nash at the end of May as we are going up to Gosport to see our family in late June and it looks like there will be a trip to the Cotswolds while we are up there as we will be up there for several weeks..:hyper::hyper:

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Thanks Den We love going to Austin. Hope you enjoy your holiday too. ;)

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My Mercury 1000 dual fuel range turned up today :)

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Excellent news for me today, despite high blood sugars I am not to be put on insulin. However, they want to try me with another 2 tablets to see how that goes. So if I get put on them, that means 1 injection of Byetta twice a day and at least 6 tablets twice a day just for diabetes. Add into that 1 tablet a day for blood pressure and 1 a day for cholesterol and I am shocked I don't rattle when I move.

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Just worked out what my medication costs a month, and before any new ones are added in it costs £197 a month. That's the cost for the production of it. Some are only 77 pence or 30 pence but my Byetta injection pen costs £68.24 a month so you can see why things like that are only given sparingly.

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Hope the alternatives to insulin work for you Mark. The stress you are under will not be helping your Blood Sugar levels so maybe having that threat taken away will help a tad as well.

My happiness to-day has been getting my new laptop up and running and being able to stop using my Kindle on line. The only thing I lost was my Firefox profile so, considering how little time I had to close down my old laptop, it could have been a lot worse. At least I managed to save all my Bookmarks so that I won't have to track down a couple of hundred web sites.

The new Samsung seems very good but I don't think I will be keeping Widows 8 for long 'cause, even though I have installed a start button which delivers up the same functions as Windows 7, it just feels wrong. Maybe I am just too set in my ways. :D

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Good news jo and mark :tu:

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Excellent :)

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As long as they make you feel better.;)

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They do now the dosages have been sorted out, the nurse mentioned gastric surgery but that seems to be the cowards way out. Although weighing it up, a £5,000 gastric band op as a one off cost versus £2,500 a year medication for the next 30 or 40 years.

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I'm back, be gentle with me

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Bet it was a Lidl one ;) We bought one for our youngest a couple of months ago and it's really terrific. Great value too at £70.

We have a king sixe double sided memory foam/pocket sprung mattress which is excellent too.

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Gosh no!

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My happy thought. ... Apple wood smoked cheese.

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Yay! Back in time for our 10th birthday then!

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What do you want?! :D

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:group:

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Why gosh, yes :dozey:

I thought I detected something in your posting behaviour, happy Birthday Russ :p:


Peace in the world
An end to famine



And a bigger axe :shocked:

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Back at ya :sorry: :hugs:

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JAY!!! Welcome back Bob!!! :tu: :D

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Happy Birthday Russ. Have a great day

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I think Russ means Cableforum's 10 Birthday ;)

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:knock:

Thanks :rolleyes: :D

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Welcome back bop, refresh my memory, your the guy who likes wearing dresses right? Nothing wrong with that of course, I've often thought skirts look more comfy than trousers and are definitely more airy.

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Yep happy birthday Russ, soon be a teenager and all grown up :D

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That's the fella :)

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I've been photo'd in both a nice black nightie and a pink one too.... But the less said the better :)

My happy? thought.

I was talking to friends last night and apparently in the local community I have something of a reputation as 'that blind guy who is an IT / Computer expert'

I dunno if I feel fluffy or not :)

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You underestimate yourself dilli as you are a man of many talents.:)

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Your abilities obviously outweigh any disabilities you may have....:)

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Best not broadcast the fluffy bit though.

Being known as a 'Pink fluffy blind guy who has been known to enjoy wearing a nighty and is an IT / Computer expert' doesn't have quite the ring to it. :)

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It was a nice satin pink thing :)

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Tooo much information. :D

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Good news, the GP has said I can finally start weaning myself off the anti depressants as I am much happier than a year ago. Bad news, he is overruling my diabetes nurse and is going to start me on insulin in May.

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Got to take the good with the bad Mark

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Just spoken to my daughter on Skype, first time after trial and error.:):):)

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Well today I pre ordered my next phone "HTC ONE" not bad deal 500 mins, unlimited text & Data all for £26 pm.

I question the Unlimited data and I was told the first 1GB is at the top speed, and after that reduced for the remainder of the month.

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Just did my first ever Parkrun 5k, looks like I came in at about 23 mins 40 and recorded my fastest ever mile at 7 mins 11. Official times will be up later but considering I've just come off the back of a 5 week lay-off I'm pretty happy with that :)

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I just made a cake with Peter. .... and amazingly it didn't kill us. Nice

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Do not underestimate your self dilli as you can do whatever you put your mind too and Mmmmmmmmmmmm a piece of cake for supper sounds very nice.:)

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I am ashamed to admit it is not only the first cake I made with Peter but the first cake I have made ever.

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Well the first cake we made was a disaster but things have somewhat improved since that first disaster.

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I have baked cakes ever since I was a toddler but the first cake I made in a new fangled microwave oven sat on the lawn for days, even the birds couldn't make a dent in it. :(
When John eventually dropped it in the dustbin you could hear the thud as it hit the bottom halfway down the street.

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Ours was like a biscuit sponge. Natalie tells us we didn't mix it for long enough. Going to try again next time Peter is here :)

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Good Stuff Russ. My best is just under 23 mins. After a 5 week lay off I'd be happy to duck under half an hour.

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Well - another day in hospital and another cast.

But at least it's on the other leg so they can waste away evenly :)

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Not sure if I should be happy or not. My op, which was cancelled because of high glucose readings, is now apparently scheduled for May 1. Despite them saying I had to get my glucose levels down, and as I am due to start insulin in May, my sugars won't be better managed now until at least start of June.

Totally confused. Wish hospitals could make their minds up. Now waiting for the pre assessment nurse to call me back to discuss whether to have the op on May 1 or leave it until I've been on insulin for a few weeks.

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I'm glad you're back on track. :tu:

My happy? thought - Natalie got a second hand wooden bed frame (with new mattress) at the weekend.

Which is has just been delivered.

Trouble is I've got to take the old metal one apart and build this new one before she gets home and I've got no sight or instructions. I am going to have a great afternoon.

Right now I'm procrastinating ;)

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Dirty boy. :) You'll do fine building it. Hope it is all back on track, still waiting for a call back.

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Finally called back, and it was booked by mistake. I've got to get my GP to refer me back once I've been on insulin for a few weeks and blood sugars are under control. So realistically looking at middle of June, beginning of July.

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I'm a fortnight behind with recent postings here Cobby.
I think the the green card allows you to reside and work in the US?

Do you still keep your UK passport?

And... was/is the packing all done? :shocked:

Happy thought - I went off for some warm spring and I came home to find that it's here too at last. :)

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That's excellent news heero and you should be proud of your old lady.

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I did it :) now I'm off to bed. .

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On the weekend I spent a night in a hotel, I meant to order a queen concert on demand from the hotels TV channel, but my mistake I ordered a Justin Bieber concert :(

But to save any embarrassment, on my bill they put it down as Porn :D

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;) I don't believe it was a mistake.

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Now read the punch line ;)

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It's the equivalent of permanent leave to remain here, It allows you to live and work in the US and is valid for 10 years before it has to be renewed. I will still be a UK citizen & keep my passport. No packing done at all & so much to do!

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Having read the punch line I still don't think it was a mistake, your a belieber aren't you Dave :D

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Chop chop then, hope you'll still find time to pop in once you've left, if not good luck kev, hope it all goes well out there.

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You had better find time to come and give us updates on what is happening to you Cobby or else I shall come over there and bop you on the nose my little Jem. :D

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You mean that you could be allowed back at any moment? :shocked:

Do you have a departure date?

Stay in touch here yes?

If you should run out of packing boxes I volunteer to look after your music collection ;) :angel:

Very best wishes and Happy landings Cobby.