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Well done that man :tu: Sounds like a 'fix' to me. :)

Wish I could do car repairs.



Happy anniversary Dilli! :tu:

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Two casts tomorrow - wonder what colour combinations this time :)

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Pink with orange spots sounds very fashionable dilli.:)

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Would they be able to use some nice Red Christmas Ribbons alternating with some lovely gold tinsel? I am sure Natalie will have some left over from her Christmas preparations that you could take in . :)

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l have had my Chest X Ray results back today and despite the concerns at the first Chest X Ray everything is normal and the shadow has been put down to the effects of previous operations in which there were quite large open wounds after the big operations and thus over the years this has formed into a small benign lump.:D

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Excellent :)

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My happy thought is Dillis avatar! ;)

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Good news indeed!

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He is indeed a very naughty man.:naughty::nono:

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Very good news, an early Christmas present. :)

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Thanks kindly jo and Osem.

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Well I didn't need two casts but I have Charcot foot in both feet again. Oh well :(

They told me off for still doing too much but what else is new ;)

Also just had a visit from the local lions club with a present odd and unexpected but nice.

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Mine is being cleared for work again. Working 7 to 10 tonight to help as 16 people have called in sick since Sunday. Warehouse is rammed solid with stock apparently that needs working.

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That is really great news Den.:hugs:

My happy thought, sis-in-law arriving tonight for 3 week stay (that's the happy part) :), hey ho that's my diet up the creek (that's the moans and pet hates part)!:mad:

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Diets are for breaking don't you know... ;)

Hope you all have a great time!

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Mrs Osem and 1st Dan Osem Jnr are off to a very posh Christmas bash in London on Friday which leaves myself and Osem Jnr#2 all alone to eat what we like, drink what we like and do what we like without any guilt whatsoever... :D

:beer: :drunk:

... can't find an emoticon for milk shake and Jaffa cakes :)

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Just have a lovely time with your sister-in -law Tinky and like many of us the diet can wait until January because l know l will have to go on a little one then.:D

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l hope you will both eat and be merry Osem on Friday.:)

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Good news :tu:

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There's one for to much milk shake and jaffa cakes :sick:

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That we shall Den! I'll rustle up Junior#2 a very special meal. :)

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Finish work tomorrow for TWELVE WHOLE DAYS!

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Congratulations to Lew..:cleader:

Finish at 12.30 today and I don't return to work until the 6th Jan. Longest single amount of time I have had off in over 3 years.
Don't know write what I'm gonna be doing but I'm sure my wife will find me a job or 2 to keep me occupied :D

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Just enjoy yourself Alf and eat and be merry and l am sure the wife will tell you when she needs a job done.:xmas::Yes::Sprint:

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Well 'surprise, surprise!', in the immortal words of Cilla - I'm off to a funeral later and have just discovered to my extreme relief and pleasure that the smart black suit I bought for a wedding 5 years ago* still fits and feels comfortable!!!! I was really dreading the prospect that I've 'expanded' more than I thought... :)


* I exist in casual clothes and hardly ever wear suits so this was a very pleasant surprise indeed for more than one reason.

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So I ask peter what he did in science today - 'we watched futurama'

Wish I went to his science classes. :)

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I've put aside my diet until the new year... I'm going to enjoy stuffing my face with all sorts of lovely food and drink.

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Got my new MacBook Pro being delivered Monday :D

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Vey nice indeed MG.

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A battery operated xmas light decoration decided to leak battery acid (overnight) onto our 20+ year old solid tudor oak coffee table and made a right mess of it. The table itself at the time was about £300+ and we have a matching corner TV unit which was really expensive, both can not be replaced now.

The happy part is that we googled a french polisher in the local area (on a Sunday), and as luck has it he lives about 5 doors away from us which is really bizarre. So he came round, said he'll do it a couple of days after xmas, strip / sand the top down and redo it all for £45. So 20+ years of wear and tear (and 1 small burn) and the large acid burn will hopefully be sorted.

Well chuffed. But mainly a major panic situation is over.

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l hope you have a lovely Christmas heero and here's a pint on me.:beer::)

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so really it needed doing anyway so the leak is actually a good thing lol lol the glass is always full lol

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lost 4lb this week ended over a stone and half under my end of year goal. Even ate a curry couple of cookies a brownie or 2 and loads of salmon ( 4 quid a kilo at Asda)

lost 93lb in in 21 weeks

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Had my nephew stay over last night, sister and niece were watch JLS, and mu BIL was watching the darts with his friends.

I picked him up in the morning went up the town and bought Minecraft to play on the 360, what he didn't know was I bought two, one for me to play on Saturday night, the other is his Christmas day to play on the xbox he doesn't know he getting :D

He also said something that made me go all warm inside, he said that he was shy around his other uncle (my brother in-laws brother in-law).

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I had a similar thing, last year I was rabbit sitting as I put the key in the lock and turned it, it broke, I could still use it by putting the other part and turn but for safety I needed a locksmith.

I found a neighbour who was a locksmith, I was in when he can and he was able to remove the broken bit, should have cost over £40, but only cosr £20.

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Sensei Osem Jnr has literally just been awarded his 2nd Dan Black Belt!!! I can't tell you how hard he's worked and how dedicated he's been since he started training when he was 11 years old. When presenting him his certificate his Sensei (a former English champion) said he'd not only comfortably satisfied all the technical aspects required but has also become a first class instructor and fully deserved his award. To say we are proud of him would be an understatement! :D

Drinks and celebrations tonight methinks! :drunk: :drunk: :drunk:

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That's wonderful Osem and you have a son you should be very proud of.

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Apart from getting up at 6:30am to do the last food shop.

Tis done just sit back and drink, enjoy Christmas and cook some more cheese straws as the last batch are almost gone.

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Thanks Den, yes it's a terrific Christmas present too! :)

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That is very good indeed :)

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Free bottle of Dark Rum off Asda today. I ordered white they sent dark I called to complain got it free :)

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Well done Osem Jnr. Please give him a well earned pat on the back from me. :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Thanks. Will do in about 20 minutes Jo! :)

:ghugs:

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Posting this from my new laptop :D

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Well done Osem jnr that is some achievement! :nworthy: How many black belts can you get and is there anything higher left to aim for? :erm:

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My style of Kung FU has 5 degrees of black sash. You have to train a minimum of 6 years to attain the first. You can attain a black belt in the kick boxing in 2.

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Just been given gratis 2 Waitrose fresh Turkeys one organic worth £81 the other free range black worth over £60

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Blimey, very nice. How did you manage that?

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All you got to do now is invite us all round.:)

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Believe it or not they were given to a local charity in bulk by Waitrose and the local charity could not find enough people to give them to. A friend of mine was tasked to get rid of the surplus to friends and family. He turned up with a car full

each come with a recipe book and a meat thermometer also

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Thanks Tinky. :)

Put it this way. Yes plenty more Dan grades to aim for - it takes a lifetime really as the process of development never really stops. This belt took him 3 1/2 years and involved his own personal training of 4-6 hours per week plus teaching of at least that, officiating at competitions, gradings etc. as well as satisfying all the relevant technical performance elements. The next Dan grade will take him a minimum of 4-5 years to achieve and it gets harder as you progress.

What started as a way to help him with his fitness and self confidence really has turned into something far more than that. It's a massive part of his life now and I can't see him ever giving it up.

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Cheers matey! :)

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My niece is a fan of JLS, and Aston is following her on Twitter :D

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Justin Bieber uses Twitter to announce he is retiring from music

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...p-star-2958579

:cleader::cleader::cleader::cleader:

:xmas:

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Yes, a good publicity stunt indeed.

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yeah I see it as such

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The question is who is he in the great annals of music and suffice to say he will always be a nothing in my book.:):dig:

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Christmas starts as soon as you've cleared up from the big dinner. I can now relax and enjoy it all. Time for a drink then 40 winks.... :D

Though I ain't looking forward to the aftermath later on.....

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Down side discovered, shes received hundreds of messages as people think shes a celebrity.

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That's how celebrity works... :D

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Four Words.

Still Open All Ours

lets hope it comes back, and a great nod to the Guvnor.

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Getting more and more excited to see mini-Russ for the first time in 3 days - first scan is booked for monday.

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My sisters husband made this for me - nice :)

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Its very nice dilli but suffice to say with my clumsy hands making this would be impossible.:)

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Why do you think HE made it for me :tu: :) - I am pretty useless at anything practical.

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Just had the 1st scan and saw the baby :)

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Looking at dilli's current avatar I'm pleased he's maintaining his interests..:D

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That is a very special moment - Very glad for you both :) :tu:

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Too right :)

I remember watching her on This Morning (Natalie even told me she was going to be on)

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That's wonderful.

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Good luck Russ. I would like to settle down one day, have a kid and all that. It's funny, until I started that work placement and met the girl who I have fallen head over heels for, I had never thought about marriage or children. Now, it is my number one goal to do by the time I am 40. So gives me another 10 and a half years to achieve my goal.

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Thanks all - well it turns out it looks like he has my head :D

We also found out he's due a week earlier than expected :)

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After a night of enforced Prisoner cell block H with Natalie last night - I think my happy thought of the day is Doreen Anderson :)

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Two very happy thoughts.

Grandson's first Birthday today and had to laugh when he enjoyed playing with the wrapping paper and empty boxes more than the actual presents. His giggles light up my life.

Had my 4th treatment on new Years Eve and now have a month's break. Feel well enough to have my Christmas lunch tomorrow and am really looking forward to spending the day with all my family and pulling some overdue Crackers. :)

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Excellent :)

I'm not back to hospital 'till the 28th great isn't it :)

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It's blooming marvelous dilli. Just you behave and make sure that you get the full break away from appointments!!!!! No more skydiving or dangerous sports. :D

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It's funny you say that - I'm due to do a charity abseil from / off here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_of_Bedford

Just as soon as my legs are better :)

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Oh my goodness dilli!!!!!!. You are totally incorrigible. :D

As for myself I hope to do a tandem skydive at sometime in the future. Had one booked for last year but had to cancel it when life got in the way.

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I'd let them push me over the edge in my wheelchair if I could talk them into it :)

I'd like to do skydiving but I have a large irrational fear of flying :(

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I tried this first. Great fun.

http://www.exelement.co.uk/indoor-skydiving

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cool :)

my happy thought of the day - tomorrow i get to swap tv's round and use the 48inch on my pc :)

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Wuss, you're only flying one way!

Was it new or old prisoner?

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Old Prisoner (cell block h)

I've started from the beginning too now :)

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Funnily enough Doreen is the only character that's more attractive in the old series than the new, not many top dogs running around in it now.

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I woke early one morning,
the earth lay cool and still
when suddenly a tiny bird
perched on my window sill.

He sang a song so lovely
so carefree and so gay,
that slowly all my troubles
began to slip away.

He sang of far off places
of laughter and of fun,
It seemed his very trilling,
brought up the morning sun.

I stirred beneath the covers
crept slowly out of bed,
and gently lowered the window
and crushed his blooming head.

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Hom3er < https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2014/01/6.gif

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Tomorrow is Friday.

Meself and the cats are spending the entire weekend lolling about in our jammies, snuggled up by the roaring gas fire. There will be wine (gallons if it tastes nice), kitty treats (lots, the cats are greedy buggers, especially The Onion) and possibly peanuts. Monday is but a dark cloud in a galaxy far, far away.

**Sigh** bring it on.....

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That sounds wonderful TP. Throw in some chocolate it it would sound like heaven. :)

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not a onesie is it? lol

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This will cheer up the most cold hearted git :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThQKtgBloUw

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So, I took 9 antacid tablets between Monday and this morning and still felt like rubbish. Took one anti sickness pill before tea, and have felt the best I have ever felt since before my first vomiting blood incident in December. Hopefully a course of antacids, anti sickness pills and Gaviscon can help beat this acid reflux once and for all.

GP says not an ulcer, he felt my stomach and said if he had touched where an ulcer was I would have jumped off the couch and screamed in pain. So that is excellent news.

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Galaxy, lots and lots of Galaxy.

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I had really bad acid reflux due to stress and anxiety about my job, ended up on Proton pump inhibitors, they were brilliant.

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I have a hiatal hernia, and for years I thought it was an ulcer. Countless times of puking up coffee grounds coloured bile, constant heartburn, GERD, tightness in the chest etc but it took a endoscopy to be diagnosed with the hernia. Sounds like it could be a possibility. I now take double doses of Omeprezole and careful of what I eat seems to help a lot.

http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/hiatal-hernia

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Boots - to cut a long story short let me have a blood testing machine for free as my old one broke (I didn't get it from there in the first place or anything). All their idea.

Very nice.

(Best not mention the results when I Got it home OR the ketone levels') ;) :(

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l hope you will feel a bit better soon dilli and whats with this slight name change?.:)

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Just consolidating my forum stuff.

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Just took part in the West Glamorgan Cross Country League run for my club and smashed my XC pace, 5.5 miles in 42.43, with 7.46 minute miling - no idea how I managed it but really happy at that!

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And on the back of that I went out and cracked 8 miles this morning for the first time in my life - 8.6 miles in total. Bring on the Llanelli half marathon :)

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My mum only needs a partial knee replacement, but her left knee is also getting knackered. Thank God she doesn't need a whole new knee though. Hopefully getting it done beginning of March. Her employer, a school, has a private medical scheme as part of its perks. 18 week wait on NHS.

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Just cashed in the change jar, £186.09, quite pleased with that

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Always nice to find some unexpected money!

My happy thought is am due a 15% bonus in next months pay packet and my 3yr share save company scheme matures too meaning since the share price rocketed i get a nice 5 figure sum which i plan to put towards buying a bigger house in 2014.

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Nice.

For the first time in a month, been able to eat a meal without the need for an antacid or anti sickness pill. Forgot to take them today, and so far not suffering. Please God let it have shifted.

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My mum had an ulcer and when the Dr touched her stomach and she didn't leap in pain, she lost 3 stone though.

Take a note of what you eat, try and avoid spicy & fatty foods.

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Had the renewal letter for our RAC Breakdown Cover this morning. John has been a continuous member since 1965 and, as I want to feel covered for all eventualities, we have the top cover available for driving in the UK.

£225.00!!!!! checked on line and had a strop when I found that if we were allowed to renew on line I would have got a £71.00 discount but as John hadn't joined on line we were refused the option. Checked out the AA and the same cover as a new member with them was £149.00

Strop intensified and I phones up ready to do battle.

Got a lovely lady who listened to my complaint, put me on hold for a couple of minutes, then came back and ..... exactly the same cover for £111.00

£114.00 saved, I feel a shoe shopping expedition is in order. :D

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For future reference if you shop at Tesco you can get it on the cheap with clubcard vouchers, i do this every year so basically get it free. :)

http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/...x?N=4294967150

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Well done you! Welcome to the world of evil, fat cat, capitalist shareholders... ;)