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Yes it was lovely there dilli and they also had a food fayre :drool::drool: there and some lovely railway shops that sell plenty of good railway books :hyper::hyper:

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Oh ducky you do look very nice in that dress.;):D

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Needed to call a certain company that uses offshore 'customer services' to make a complaint, the third such time in 4 weeks. I never get anywhere as they don't seem to listen but today I found out that when speaking to Indian call centres I can include as many WWE wrestling catchphrases as I like and they have no idea I'm winding them up. Makes me feel a bit better after realising they aren't taking my complaint seriously. And that's the bottom line cos Russ says so.

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lol eases the frustration I guess :)

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Damn, what is seen unfortunately can not be unseen..... :D

Ignore me from now on !

:D

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Tennis on, plenty of crabbies in the fridge, and a Scottish/British (delete depending on your own personal prejudices) player doing well.

Fingers crossed for him!

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if he wins I will be pleased for him and let him choose which I do not mind

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Visa medical completed, with a clean bill of health. :)

Well, except for syphilis blood test the result of which will be available Tuesday. Not expecting to fail that one... :erm:

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Excellent :)

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No doubt the only thing they will find infectious about you Cobby, is your laugh! :)

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Where about are you going heero as its beautiful down in this part of the world.

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:LOL::cleader:

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Just finished work, and now i have 3 weeks holiday!!! Happy days :)

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That's brought back happy and sad memories for me. My late wife booked a Santa Special trip on the Bluebell Railway for us and the kids the day before she died. At first I thought it'd be too painful to go but I decided not to cancel it and 8 weeks later, the excitement on my eldest's face when he went on the train was priceless. I'm so glad we went and I was able to tell him it was treat from a special mum for an equally special boy. :)

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I won't advocate violence. But watching Gavin Henson getting knocked out with a single punch is a joy to behold :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ4UxiS9Spo

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Your late wife was obviously a very special lady and the memories will always be there of her and l can just imagine the smile on your eldest's face when he went on to the train and to tell him it was a treat from a very special mum to a equally special boy.:)

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Yes, there is something about Gavin that makes me want to thump him as well. There are quite a few like that, you take one look at their face and get this uncontrollable urge to want to reach through the screen and smack them in the gob. Or is that just me?:confused:

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Another happy thought, after a year of what seemed like endless treatments and reports Mrs Osem has passed her reflexology exam. She'll have to wait for a month or two for the actual grade but is rightly proud of herself and hugely relieved. So now I have a qualified massage therapist, reflexologist and budding karate practitioner on my hands...

:)

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You have a family you can be rightly proud of Osem.:tu:

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You kept that quiet. Not sure what to say. :(

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Thanks Den, I am.

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Sorry, no need to say anything. ;)

Den's post simply brought back a very precious memory. Maybe I should have been a bit clearer. My first wife died very suddenly, out of the blue, when our kids were very young. It was a special treat she just happened to book for them the day before she died. In fact in all the turmoil at the time, I completely forgot about the trip until the tickets were delivered a couple of weeks later. Our youngest was too young to understand what had happened but, happily, Osem Jnr. was able to see the trip as a special goodbye from his mum who'd kissed him goodnight one evening but had 'gone to heaven' by the time he woke up the next day.

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:Yes::Yes::Yes::Yes::handshake:handshake:handshake :cleader::cleader::cleader:Seeing my cousin Jamie become world boxing champion, knowing that he beat a champ from Mexico who said he could not be beaten is my happy thought

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that will be Jamie McDonnell then? he won that in May though?

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Yes 11th May, it a happy thought:Yes::Yes::Yes:

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More power to Mrs O, quite some achievement :nworthy:

:(:bigcry:Made me cry

Bravo Pisces, well done your cousin!

My happy thought, I will be celebrating a very special birthday on Tuesday, some of you will probably guess which one. So me and Mr Tink are off for a little 4 day break to the north coast of Cornwall.:)

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I'm back home again.which is a good thing as the time was not all that good.

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Finally seem to be getting to grips with Evernote ..... I like organising things :D

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Natalie playing surgeon simulator - when I get my new Kidney - she's not doing it that's for sure :)

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Yeah seen that on Steam, looks good. Tempted to use the money I got for selling some stuff on buying the game.

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It's gone up to £4.19 - it was £2.37 when I got it.

Very hard though.

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As well as passing my medical on Friday, I got my interview appointment in the post yesterday. 13th August at the American Embassy, my birthday! Hoping to fly out around the 20th if all goes well. :)

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Good luck to ya! Hope it all works out for the best. :)

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My running has been slacking off over the past few months so a couple of weeks ago I decided to buckle down and get back to my best. On my first day back I tried my usual pace and distance only to get ITBS which is a pretty nasty pain on the outside of the knee. I gave it up for a week and went back out on a run, different route and it started again after 2km. I bought an IT band strap for my knee to easy the pain which worked on my following run....until I walked the final few hundred metres taking past the place where I first had ITBS...and the pain kicked in at the exact same place.

Went and bought a quality wrap-around Neo G knee support instead which isn't actually for ITBS pain but since then I've been out on it 3 times (6 miles each) including tonight - albeit at a slightly slower pace - and the pain has not returned. Chuffed with that and my target of the Cardiff half-marathon in October is now back on :)

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My running has been slacking off over the past few months so a couple of weeks ago I decided to buckle down and get back to my best. On my first day back I tried my usual pace and distance only to get ITBS which is a pretty nasty pain on the outside of the knee. I gave it up for a week and went back out on a run, different route and it started again after 2km. I bought an IT band strap for my knee to easy the pain which worked on my following run....until I walked the final few hundred metres taking past the place where I first had ITBS...and the pain kicked in at the exact same place.

Went and bought a quality wrap-around Neo G knee support instead which isn't actually for ITBS pain but since then I've been out on it 3 times (6 miles each) including tonight - albeit at a slightly slower pace - and the pain has not returned. Chuffed with that and my target of the Cardiff half-marathon in October is now back on :)

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Thanks, hope so too! :)

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Mrs Osem's off on holiday to Croatia with her family so myself and the boys are going to have 2 weeks of unabashed 'guy time' during which we can fart as much as we like... :D

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Pfrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt :D

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Glue that bog seat up!

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Well l hope you men have a wonderful enjoyable time but as for farting they train you not to do that at Eton dear chap.:D

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How tired was I last night? I attacked her with a pillow at there am assuming she was a giant leg who was armed and dangerous.....

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:dmonk:My happy thought is knowing that my totem animal is monkey

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Mrs Osem has arrived safely with her family for a day catching up before they head off to Croatia tomorrow. So glad we can communicate so freely these days or I'd be in for 2 weeks of fretting... :)

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Hence my decision to send ours to the local comp... :D

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Been offered consultancy work by my current employer when I move to the States. Chuffed to think I'm that indispensable!

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Nice one Cobby. Who knows what that could lead to. :tu:

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Well done Cobby.

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Thanks, will keep me from being bored!

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Pad the old sky rocket nicely too I am sure well done. You gonna be our US shipper now then lmao

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The Golden Age Of Atlantis:luv:

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Don't go getting all self-obssessed will you!... :D

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Nice to hear that you are having a lovely time but phew its getting a bit hot for me now.

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Just been for my run through - tomorrow is the big day :)

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Good luck dilli.:)

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The future:clap:

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Will be here sooner than you think...

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no it will not it is always the present ;)

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Going out tomorrow night:waving:

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Mrs Osem just sent some pictures from Croatia after the best part of 2 days travelling. It looks lovely and she's starting to relax at last so fingers crossed it continues to go well.

As for the boys and I, well we've just finished a rather nice BBQ in the garden and are watching the cricket. Couldn't be better.... :D

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Yay it all went off ok and oddly no-one thought it was odd :)

(I'm not sure what that says about me ;))

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7pm tonight:hugs:

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l am glad it went okay dilli and what it says about you is that you are a true legend.:)

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Well maybe a leg end lol :)

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You could do with a new leg end... :D

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That is a very good point :)

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Shopping;):D

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Why the polo shirt? Ruined my preconceived image of you as a attractive well endowed lady. :D

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I think me and large boobies would have sent the congregation over the edge :)

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They do say that laughter is good for you, and I believe that it can break down barriers. :)

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Well everyone certainly had a good laugh that's for sure and at the end of teh day they will all remember the lesson ;)

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in hospital again but at least this time I get to see inside ny toe :-)

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l hope everything goes well for you today dilli.

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Ditto :tu:

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Just bought my mum a new laptop as a surprise :)

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After many delays I finally get to pick up my new car on Saturday morning :)

Of course it's not /really/ mine as it's a motability one but hey ho I'm still looking forward to getting it.

although I bet this heat wave breaks just as I test the aircon ;)

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l hope everything goes okay with the new car dilli and your aircon will be fine.

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If it gets too cool to test out the aircon just wear a couple of woolly jumpers dilli. :D

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a new car every 3 years dude that is better than owning a car lol

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Normally we would get one every three years yup - but we've only had the current one for 18months.

They let us change early as it keeps breaking down.

I'm just looking forward to playing with all the gadgets ;)

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even nicer

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I'm trying to keep positive for the new appointment for pain management, hopefully this one goes a lot better than the last.

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I hope it goes ok - let us know how you get on :tu:

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Good luck Peanut.

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Good Luck from me as well peanut. I hope this new guy proves better than the others, from what you have said anything will be an improvement on the other ineffective incompetents.

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have you tried cannabis ? I know it is illegal and all that but it is meant to do wonders

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The research.

The medication.

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Just got back, and thanks all the posts above. :)

Actually, cannabis has come up in past pain management meetings, and it could be something I could try.

Anyway, the appointment went well, he reviewed my notes and states I need to be seen in more detail, with pain management physiotherapy for joint pain (arthritis) , back (due to Crohn's and posture), neck (which is a mess), kidney (PKD) and Crohn's pain. Also pain management psychotherapy to help with depression and help deal with living with pain. On top of this he shoved a needle in the top of my neck / base of a the skull which hopefully might help with headaches and bone pain, some steroid thing, but got to do the other side in a week or 2. Quite a strange feeling, like biting on cotton wool feeling when the needle goes in. It wasn't as bad as it sounds.

Anyway, he listened to everything I had to say, and acknowledged that more should be done but unfortunately there isn't much in the way of medication that they can offer now as I'm already on the big guns as far as pain medication goes. So cannabis could well be an option.

Feeling a bit sore but mainly very much relieved that it all went as good as I hoped.

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it seems such a shame that the only people tapping the Cannabis gold mine are criminals. It grows naturally it has beneficial effects and it chills people out. Obviously I am not talking Skunk which is just THC meaning is has a psychoactive effect I am on about natural weed like Thai like we used to get in the 80s/90s

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Very glad to hear that you have at last found someone to view you as a whole person and not just as a random group of conditions. Wish I could give him a Rep point. :)

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2 Words

IT'S FRIDAY

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I have my new car, nice :-)

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Very nice indeed.

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and a piccy :)

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Oooh shiny!

What's the highlight of your day today?
 

What are you expecting to be the best part of your day today?:)

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every time I think that tomorrow, I don't need to go to work... annual leave time!!!

what about you?

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I'm going to Lincoln Cathederal for the evening prayer service:angel:

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waking up alive

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I was supposed to be doing my deacon bit at the service up at the church today but due to my operation had on Wednesday I couldn't do it.

I am quite upset about that.

so today I'm having trouble finding a highlight.

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if you woke up dead you'd be a zombie..... but don't worry I'd do you in the head. just 'cos I care :-)

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Talking to my family on the phone tonight.

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I always know I can rely on you to cave my skull in on such occasions lol

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Just got an iMessage to say I have a copy of Star Trek: TNG season 4 on blu ray waiting at home. Forgotten I'd ordered it.