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I certainly will :)

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Hospital tomorrow, yay I am in so much pain I look forward to it :)

Also, peter has started playing violin and just skyped me to show me... I really hate violin but he has to practice every night..... AT HOME yay :)

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hope they sort you out matey

Bless Peter :)

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Fingers crossed for you dilli and whilst you are out tomorrow how about buying a pair of discrete earplugs? They won't block out all the, errrr, interesting sounds Peter will achieve but they will reduce the sound levels a tad. :)

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Peter can make as much noise as he likes, he doesn't live with me remember ;)

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I know he doesn't live with you but Violins are very portable and he does visit. :D

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Nooooooooooooooooo :)

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lol and of course he will want to show Dad his Violin!!! :P

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This morning, I got up late. Nearly missed my train which was then diverted away from my destination, so I was late anyway.

Then I spent the morning sorting out problems that occurred over the weekend, before spending time with a student who had chest pains and breathing difficulties. In short, displaying the symptoms of a minor heart attack. Thankfully the ambulance was there a few minutes later and as it turned out, he had a severe panic attack rather than anything more serious. That's my first happy thought (that he hadn't had a heart attack).

Then, after lunch, I spent the afternoon trying to catch up with what I should have done this morning. Hopefully I'll be able to catch up tomorrow.

My second happy thought? I am on my way home and looking forward to a very nice, if unhealthy, chicken in cheese sauce.

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YES!!!!

"Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.

We are writing to confirm that we are processing your refund in the amount of £0.12 for your Order ....."

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Don't spend it all at once. :)

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l can beat that Peter as a few weeks ago l had a refund for £0.01 and l have not spent it yet.:D:hyper:

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I think you deserve your chicken & cheese ;)

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I got a giro for 35p once :)

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Too late, just blew the lot on a holiday home in Albania. Get in there before they join the EU!

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l suspect it come more then that to send it out dilli.

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Good for you Peter

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Peter and I just built a mansion in Minecraft, a nice afternoon together. His violin practise is also done. A good weekend :)

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We did not go out last night & had a perfect night with a Brandy & coke & some good Traditional Country Music. Nice to relax & listen to the words of songs.

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Do you ever play it as a Fiddle with Bluegrass Music or Western Swing Music. I love Fiddle & pedal Steel in a Country Band

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Just been to see Alexei Sayle - great evening out. Would recommend him if you can get tickets for the tour.

Cheers

Grim

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Did he do Bobby Chariot?

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Princes version miles ahead

from Purple Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li9ffoLxNqk

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Did no characters at all, just good old fashioned stand-up. Though if you closed your eyes you could picture Brian Damage or one of the Balowski boys.

Cheers

Grim

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3 guys who work in my machine shop at work won £20,000 on the new lotto raffle, and anther last week won £25,000.

Jammy goits

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wow amazing odds!

Someone at my place of work won £7500 on 2 scratch cards a few years ago, he won £2500 on the first then bought another with the winnings and won £5000!

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My happy thought today is I think there is a permanent part time position in the warehouse where I am doing my work placement. Think they are lining me up to take the position once my placement is finished. Hope so, love it there.

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Hope you are right Mark. Do you realise you could be on your way to loosing your 'grumpy old git' persona. :)

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That is great to hear Mark and l wish you all the best.

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Fingers (and other digits) crossed for you, Mark - here's hoping....:)

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Nah, I will still be a grumpy old git. I am grateful for the good luck wishes and digit crossing, etc. I had a suspicion last week when the warehouse supervisor asked me if I would rather be on the shop floor or in the warehouse. As I had only seen the warehouse at that point, I said that I couldn't really say for certain until I had tried it.

Having had a taste of both now, I think I would rather work in the warehouse. I like shelf filling, but trouble is when the only warehouse bloke has a day off the warehouse gets all backed up with cardboard boxes and plastic wrap. Friday afternoon when I left, there was plenty of room for new stock to be delivered and the card and rubbish had been done. Went in Sunday, load of new stock delivered, 6 cages stuffed with card and plastic to be got rid off.

Go in today, and there were loads more pallets in the warehouse. I mean, you had to suck your stomach in to move around the warehouse today. Even skinny people were having to squeeze their stomachs in to move around. Enjoying myself very much there, lovely people so far. I am one of those who looks at someone and can take against them with a first glance. Happy to say, haven't had that feeling so far.

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Well since Monday my life has definitely started turning in the right direction :) had a meeting with thevicar and tnings are definitely looking up.

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That's great to hear dilli.:tu:

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That was brilliant ;)

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It was i just wish it was me!

The best i have done is got 5 numbers on the lottery with my old works syndicate.

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You could buy that pub at the end of the world.;)

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Had a laugh at this one ;)

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if you run the pub you would pay someone to do that lol

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Time to be a patient patient again :)

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Good luck Dilli. :)

My good news is my vit levels are now all good ish. (That's with regular B12 jabs and 50k Vit D tabs etc). Apart from my Iron is levels are really low but blood count is surprisingly normal but now closely monitored. Also LFTs are all fine considering the amount of alcohol I've got through lately.

The bad news is that I'm booked in for yet another colonoscopy and MRI. Hopefully that'll be after Christmas. I can't do with all that right now.

I still feel like crap but at least it's good news because I thought it would be all the total opposite.

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I'm glad you have some good news :)

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very good price all things considered nowadays

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I'm happy with that on wi-fi

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Lost half a stone this week total of 46 lb in 11 weeks

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You are doing very well my dear chap.

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cheers :)

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Bumped into the Happy Mondays again at rehearsal tonight. Really nice bunch of lads.

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How's the two brothers Peter.

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Heart results normal just hope the bloods come back the same then all systems go

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Good stuff :)

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Had an MDF board delivered last week, put it under my mattress and got the best nights sleep in about a year on it that night. Came to £37.02 with the delivery added from Wickes. But well worth doing, as I said there was nothing wrong with the bed apart from the bit sagging.

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nice one :)

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Good News That should make you feel better ;)

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Pretty impressive dear chap.

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I bet you've triggered STM doing that speedtest now?

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well I am surprised. All my bloods was is low calcium and seeing as I have had no dairy for 11 weeks that is not a surprise. Cholesterol is only 3.6 too for a fatty that is awesome

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Good stuff :)

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You are doing very well Tiz.

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Well done tiz. The diet you have adopted is obviously doing you good. :tu:

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You are going to have to send me your diet Tisme, not for the first time you have lost the equivalent weight of another person, well done you!!!!! :):):)

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that is the point though I am yet to keep it off long term

My diet is simple

Breakfast and apple and an orange

Lunch 2 slices of toast with either marmite or half a tin of tomatoes

Snack salad as much as wanted

Tea Broccoli Cauliflower green beans small amount of sweetcorn in a curry sauce or low fat soup (3rd of a can)

Supper whitefish cooked in lemon and pepper or a low fat soup ( 3rd of a can)

Late supper 2 toast and marmite

total 1400 cals

exercise
Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday weight training 40 mins 20 mins fast walk on treadmill (increased this week from 12 mins)then a good stretch on my medieval torture machine lol

Tuesday Thursday Kung Fu with cycling there and back

Sunday 1 hour Tia Chi type Gung Fu 1 hour fight training

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Jeepers Tizme, not a lot then. Even if I was able to stick to your diet I certainly would not be able to do the exercise bit, these days are gone. I've absolutely no will power left, pat on the back to you for staying so resolute, and may you eventually achieve the desired results. :clap:

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5lb this week 51 total 12 weeks :)

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Well done Tizme! How much liquids do you allow? Obviously no alchohol so what do you drink?, loads of water is what a lot of people tell me does the trick and also helps to stop the hunger pangs. Also how much more do you hope to lose?

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You are indeed doing very well Tiz.

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loads of h2o yes

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In sparring I was asked "do you ever stop coming forward" to which I truthfully replied "no" later though the same bloke said its like hitting a brick wall lmao he was faster fitter and had better footwork than me but I had the experience he wore himself out hitting my very tight guard but I waited for the openings and chinned him on numerous occasions lol

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I have decided to get my cat to train to play my games for me :)

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lol bless

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Bless her.:)

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So I got my book yesterday and in the end I did find a way to read it - the app in picture two takes a photo of the page and then reads it out loud.

Nothing is going to stop me finishing that book :)

It will take a fair while to get through it though but I don't care.

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It's Friday and that can only man one thing! It's time to be a patient patient :)

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My thoughts are with you today dilli.:)

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Cheers, i was in yesterday too so today is like a Brucy bonus :)

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hope all the nurses are sexy buxum ones dude

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No the best ones are the ones that get your papers and other bits and bobs.:)

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I'm with you on that one den. The best nurse on my day ward at the moment looks like a real battleaxe, she won't stand for any one messing about and soon knocks any newbies into shape, but, if you need anything she is the one that goes that extra mile.

Oh I forgot my happy thought. I ain't had to go to hospital to-day. Yippeeeeee.

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Well what can I say I don't mind either way ;) They almost need a forklift for my notes as it is now ;)


See now that is good :tu:

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@ dilli. :D My notes now have their own set of wheels. The good thing about having such a large file is that I can always see it when it's in a pile and the reception never has to hunt around for it amongst all the others. I also have a red star on it which get me to the front of most clinics as I usually have multiple appointments and none of the Consultants appreciates my turning up late having been delayed at the previous appointment. :D

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Apparently my red stickers on my notes (vol 4 ;) ) are for
allergic to penicillin and Blind.

But I ALWAYS tell the doctor I'm allergic before they give me pills as they ALL seem to miss that ;)

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We seem to have more in common dilli then you think as when my GP prescribed antibiotics on Monday to me the first thing he looked at was the old are you allergic to certain antibiotics and l confirmed that l was allergic to such and such and that way no mistakes are made as l don't want to go down that road again.

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indeed it's always better to be safe than sorry.

In other news..... I am now on the housing list to get a bigger place (for when I'm on dialysis etc) not as high a priority as I'd expected but at least I'm on the list ;)

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Because of your medical conditions you should hopefully get a place quicker then would normally be the case one would hope as some can wait up to 5 years given our severe housing stock shortage.

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I got 1 need for my medical conditions and got put into band 3

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Good luck to all of you who are going through tough times!

Our youngest is allergic to latex and we're constantly having to remind the various doctors and nurses we see as he can't do it for himself. We remain conscious that there are always plenty of people who're worse off than we are however.

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my doctor looked on my notes and said you are allergic to something I never knew about. I asked if he was sure and he said well it sin your notes

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how often do you see them?

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Just been and got my hair colour done and going out to my usual club tonight,

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Don't want to sound too confident, but it is now looking like 80% certain I will be given a permanent contract. Apparently good feedback from customers and supervisors, so now to carry on impressing them and hopefully grab that permanent spot.

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That would be wonderful news if that happened so fingers crossed for you.

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They are very common as they are virtually indestructible and will survive in almost any situation. A bit like me I hope. :D

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Best of luck with that. :tu:

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Sounds like a privilege you'd pay lots for over in the states! :D

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the alarm would go off if you died in your sleep lol

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Just had a lovely day in Torquay today watching the football with three of my brothers.

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Very nice :)

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Had my hours increaaed today from 20 a week to 30. Now doing same 5 days, but with hours of 10 to 4. Get a 20 minute break during the shift, so am thinking of doing 10 through to 1 and then take my break. Starting tomorrow. Also will be put into warehouse to help them get it into shape, they had a visit from the big bosses yesterday and I think they got a bollocking for the poor state of the warehouse.

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Congratulations Mark. Sounds as though your employers appreciate what you can do. :tu:

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Yep, and apparently it is now a straight fight between me and another girl on work placement as to who will get a permanent spot. I feel that we both are actually just as good, and as they have around 5 permanent slots to fill that could bode well for us. But we also have 6 seasonal staff and another 2 work placement people coming in who will be fighting it out for those slots as well.

So I need to get my head down, help them get the warehouse into shape and hopefully land a permanent spot. Wouldn't mind being in warehouse permanently.