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One thing you might want to watch out with antibiotics (Especially strong ones) is that they can cause stomach upsets.

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Glad your wee one is on the mend Osem. I can understand your sleepless night and the worry you experienced last night. Good luck for today.

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Indeed but eating something small before you take them helps plus its important to drink plenty of fluids as well while on a course of antibiotics.

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glad you got a good result :)

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very true I've been in over four weeks now and only ever had one complaint about a doctor (junior registrar) I didny say anything but Natalie complIned to my consultant about the way he spoke to us and we never saw him on the ward again.

Other than that one time everyone else has been brilliant, everyone from cleaning staff / tea makers all the way up. I could even crack a joke with my sugrgeon :)

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Yesterday I lost a £20.00 note and just now when I was doing the housework I pulled the bread bin back to clean the worktop and there it was :)

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Love it when that happens. Just thought I'd lost my phone at the hospital this morning but just found it down the side of my chair which is why I couldn't hear it ringing.

Thanks Weenie. :)

You and he both hopefully mate. :) Not to mention all the other forum members with issues to deal with.

Yes, we're on to that prospect - given his normal 'constitution' things could get very messy... :erm: :)

Well they managed to squeeze him in for a DVT Ultrasound and the report came back to say there was no evidence of anything. Due to him being anxious they were unable to scan a couple of minor blood vessels on his lower leg but they got all the main ones so fingers crossed it's just an infection.
He's certainly more his normal self and is in school, albeit hobbling, as I write.
Thanks for all the kinds words. :tu:

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So it looks like a tentative date for my return home after almost fice weeks is set for Wednesday :)

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Excellent news dilli. Now try not to flirt with the nurses too much otherwise the BP will be up and they will keep you in. Bet you are looking forward to sleeping in your own bed again.

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Thats would be wonderful dilli news.:tu:

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Brilliant news dilli :)

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Great news dilli. Is anyone taking bets on how long it will be before your four legged family forgive you for being AWOL? :D

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While I wouldn't post it I just saw a photo of my wound and it looks very good and healing up considering what I had done,

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The Body is a wondrous thing. I know intellectually how most of it works but when I see how things knit back together, how great gashes in skin heal then it still never fails to amaze me.

On a serious note, please reconsider and post a photo. You can always photoshop any manly bits and bobs that you don't want us to see.


< Jo steps away from this post before she succumbs and adds that extra o> :D :D :D

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Yes l certainly have seen a few wounds in my time and personally l dread the dentist more then seeing wounds so as jo says dilli please post a photo.

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Oh boy. If you do, please do it overnight so I miss it. Very squeamish (can't even watch surgical scenes on Holby my phobia of blood is that bad).

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Great news Dilli. Absence makes the heart grow fonder (and stronger). :tu:

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Anyone who wants to see the picture cam PM me and I'll email it to them. Honestly the worst part is seeing my MOOBS though ;)

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Doubt they are as bad as mine dilli to be honest.

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Going away for a two night break next week for our Anniversary to Lochgoilhead which is an area I love the views/scenery are amazing IMO.

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Sounds nice :) :tu:

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I like it dilli, nice and very peaceful. I like walking so it's right up my street :) no shops, nightlife etc just countryside and a lovely Loch. Oh and good pub grub.

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Enjoy but watch out for all those hungry wild haggis roamin' around up there. :D

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LOL

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l hope you both have a wonderful time weenie on your Anniversary.

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The ignore member function works a treat :D

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Now I wonder who that could be? :scratch::LOL:

Doesn't work if he's quoted though.

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Yay! I found a copy of what I wanted that was stalled in a torrent. It's in 5 parts (VOB files I think) and on a rate limited server ('cos I'm stingey) so it'll take a while to get all 4.7Gbytes but I can be patient.

I had it on VHS from the single time it was shown on UK TV many years ago but my VCR is on the blink.

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At last after two days of no broadband they have fitted a new SH2 after the last one broke down.

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Hope things come good for you Osem

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What's required in that case is to ignore those who keep quoting people on your ignore list. :D

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Thanks. :)

Well Osem Jnr#2 has finished his antibiotics today and is almost 100%, knee still a bit stiff but that's all really. He's been a mixture of loveable and loathable today but, fortunately for him, he's always just enough of the former to prevent the latter making us want to kick him out... :)

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Kitchen getting delivered on Saturday 04 Apr. Wonder how long it will take to fit as hubby is doing most of the work himself and the difficult jobs we will be leaving to the professionals - electricians, joiners for the worktops and Corgi registered installer for the gas hob. Can't wait :hyper:

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Good to hear he's on the mend and that the antibiotics didn't do him too much harm

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Will be lovely when it is finished, ;)

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Direct Line. Had home insurance renewal come through yesterday, over £9 a month. Found a quote for £7.90 a month online, got in touch with them through Twitter and they arranged a callback today and they dd. They have agreed to sort of match the quote by offering £8 a month. Just shows what good uses Twitter can have, it helps customers a lot. Shame the trolls have to ruin it.

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Well Done Marc. We are off to Tenerife on Saturday, Looking forward to the sun.

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l hope you both have a lovely holiday nash.

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Thanks Den, Will do our best

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Home sweet home

450 mile round trip drive for a 2 hour meeting though :cry:

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You must have been absolutely worn out Peter after that marathon.

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Well done Peter

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Well done.

I've been able to avoid some of these long distance meetings using webex (other products are available) internet tele conferencing: Audio, video and being able to share your desktop with others.:)

Something to think about?

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This is usually how I work but this one was only possible face-to-face for confidentiality reasons ;)

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Replaced my old Linksys E4200 which was starting to have a little trouble maintaining a reliable wireless network. I replaced it with a Netgear Nighthawk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-R750...=netgear+r7500) which not only maintains a reliable wireless network within the house, but is able to maintain a fairly reliable signal up to the end of my road. As I discovered when I walked back from the chinese and my phone picked up my Wifi at the end of my road.

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Our council has finally managed to stop all travellers setting up camp in our town (after over 18 months, if they do they face Contempt of court.

They leave rubbish and Human waste. They have to leave by 9am Thursday morning.

http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/BREAKING...ail/story.html

This link shows them camping up in an industrial estate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-31709508

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what's to stop the government applying for an injunction nationwide and wipe out a way of life

Nothing at all, I hope they do it, they'd get my vote if they did it to

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Job interview tomorrow afternoon. Will rest my voice loads tomorrow morning in the hope that I can manage to speak fairly normally in the afternoon.

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Good luck tomorrow Mark.

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Good Luck Marc

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Sounds intriguing... :scratch: Come on spill the beans, we won't tell... :D

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Leather apron? Funny handshake? :D

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Good luck :)

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:) nothing exciting, just boring technical stuff

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Due to the network internet problems in the last few weeks Virgin have give us a credit of £50 to our account after l told them how unhappy we were with our broadband service in the last few weeks.

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Thanks everyone, hoping that my past experience, even thought it's not continual, will help me as from what my adviser told me about the role today, I know I could do it standing on my head.

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His meeting was in Southampton not at the House of Lords... :D

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Managed to get a torrent download for Sebastiane. An unusual film by Derek Jarman. Latin dialog with English subs. Music by Brian Eno. Bit naughty. :naughty::naughty: I did have a VHS of it but my VCR is borked.

I just saw this on the last IMDB page:

:LOL:

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So glad we managed to get away, feeling so much more relaxed just what the doctor ordered.

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Good for you Weenie. :tu:

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Well done Den

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That's brilliant den :)

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Well the broadband is still not perfect due to the network problems in our area and yesterday l just politely said l was unhappy currently.

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So pleased that The Fruit Machine has finally been relased on DVD. I've only got a poor VHS tape of it from the one time it was shown on UK TV. Much of the filming was done just next door in Brighton.

Has Robbie Coltrane in a dress. If you can imagine....:shocked:

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Our upstairs lighting circuit failed a while back, and I've been looking for an electrician to repair it. Every electrician who quoted (and several have) said the consumer unit and supply line would also need to be replaced. I expected this as we had an old style fuse box. Several of the electricians said that the supply line to circuit had failed, but due to the age of the circuit (over 30 years), they recommended ripping it out and replacing it. Quotes ranged from £900 to £4,500. The electrician that quoted £4,500 decided (against my wishes) that he was going to quote for replacement of *all* the electrical circuits in the house, including adding an extra lighting circuit to bung a light in the loft (which, to be fair, I did enquire about). Even counting that, my research suggested his quote was on the high side.

Found an electrician that was able to replace the consumer unit and the upstairs lighting circuit for £630, and he did it in 6 hours instead of the eight he told me. So, I am quite happy. I will be replacing the other circuits in the house, but that will be as and when I can afford to do so.

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The job centre actually remembered to send me a letter in the right format!

A very rare event I tell you :)

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One minor downside to all this work. Obviously the electricity was off for a whie yesterday, and I'd forgotton to set up IP reservations on my new router. This has meant everything has come back online with different IPs, which has messed up a few things..

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Just finished cleaning the oven.:) Fortunately with an almost black interior I don't have to do too much to that so it's mainly getting the chrome grills and rails shining and the door glass clean. The rails come out easily just being held with a single knurled nut each side.

Demon tip here: Use one of those scrapers with a Stanley blade in, normally used to get paint off windows but the perfect tool for lightening removal of baked-on grease. Keep the blade shallow to avoid scratching the glass.

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Been meaning to clean mine for weeks now, must do it later after tea.

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Thankfully my partner does all that.

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Currently I'm not even allowed to lift the kettle let alone do the cleaning.

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Yes l know what you mean by that as because of my device they tell me not to move anything heavy as it might move the device in a untoward way.

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Just been onto the AA's website to get my car insurance sorted out as they were the cheapest of all the offerings and I'm also a member:

£98.60 fully comp, protected bonus (20+ years). '94 Metro GTi 16v That's what I call a bargain and they've thrown in a £20 shopping voucher and a free rental car if mine's off the road. They must think I'm an old duffer type of driver rather than the boy racer.:D

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I'm back :D

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Welcome stranger. :)

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Well, some good news from my job interview.

I have a trial on Thursday afternoon, apparently everyone goes in at level 1, which is marketing but after 12 weeks and progressing to level 3, you can then choose where in the company you would want to go so if all goes well on Thursday in my trial, I'm aiming to be in the warehouse after 13 weeks.

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Excellent news Marc, all the best for Thursday :)

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Welcome back bodude. :)

Good luck on Thursday Mark. I hope everything goes well.

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Allowed sex yet? :D

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:tu:
Now get yer ass on BF4 & TS etc....:mad:

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Thats excellent news Mark.

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Yes boss :sniper:

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Happy days with me, been sitting at the pool in Tenerife which is all inclusive, Weather has been roasting. Hope it is not too cold in the UK

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You enjoy Nash just keep topping up on the sun tan lotion as the weather can be quite deceiving with the breeze in the Canary Islands, Tenerife is the only Canary Island I've not been too but heard it is lovely.

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Well, um...
I'm a grandmother, grandma, nanny, nana, nan now.
Tiddle - I'm the only person on the planet that didn't want to be one, I think.
However I had no choice in the matter :D

All involved are doing well and still breathing in and out so... it's a good thing :)

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It is a lovely Island Weenie, but the legs Don,t allow us to walk much now a days.

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Well l have reached the grand old age of 50 today and l never thought that was possible.:)

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Your still a spring chicken den :)

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Just a young thing Den Have a good day

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That's very kind of you Weenie.:)

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Just got the lecky bill in for the winter quarter: £130 not bad eh? We try not to use electric heating as it's so expensive. Gas was only £75.:)

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Welcome back :tu:

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Congrats :tu:

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Life begins then now apparently, hope you had a good one :)

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Not bad at all mine was £90 but I'm only ever really home to sleep

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On the plus side it's just one more reason to sit by the pool

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Welcome back dude. We missed you :)

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The LED "filament" bulb came in the post today. Just fitted it in my star lamp in the stairwell and it looks great. Almost indistinguishable from a conventional incandescent but takes only 4 watts and reputedly 30,000 hour life. All nice and sparkly. :)

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Lovely meal for Mother's Day, treated my mum and Nan to a Chinese meal (they both like Chinese food) and the plan was to pay for all 6 of us but my step dad got there and paid £50 of the bill before I could. Oh well, shame to let that spoil a good meal.

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l am glad your Mum and you all enjoyed your Mothers day meal Mark as its good that you were all there together.

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We had a lovely holiday with the weather excellent, good food and good drinks, Now back to normal with all the ironing done,

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Just finished making a batch of six fish* pies, #2 ceramic pie dishes. Potato and parsnip mash topping with nutmeg. One each for me and the OH tonight, the rest go in the freezer for 'ron. :)

*Smoked pollock, pollock, smoked herring, cod and salmon. Tastes yummy. :drool:

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Natalie keeps trying to get me to eat fish again. I must admit she's not having much luck so far.

Although I did have fish pie one night in hospital.

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l have to admit that l love fish but some don't like the texture of it as they see it as wet and slimy.

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It's not that with me - I just don't like it. Dunno why. I suppose I'll have to give in at some point ant try again.

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Well l suspect you have been told many times before that's its good for you but alas its very hard to get away from all those other nice foods.:drool::nono:

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Now I'm on a healthy diet because of my heart stuff and a low potassium diet because of my kidneys.