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My brother has just sorted out the drain in the disabled shower as it was running away very slowly as he used bicarb and white vinegar followed by warm water and a plunger and now it is running away beautifully.:)

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Your new kitchen looks lovely weenie. I bet you will love using it.

I must remember to try that next time my shower is on go slow. :tu: to your brother.

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that looks pretty sweet :)

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So you should be. Just got to keep those pesky finger marks off the fridge now. Don't forget the baby oil. When you've finished cleaning the stainless steel, hubby can rub you down with the rest... :naughty: ;)

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:tu: Hate to think what a plumber might have charged.

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My car had a fault, it felt like I was pressing the brake peddle even with cruise control, and kicking out black smoke and crap mileage, turns out a split in the turbo pipe so £135 rather than the EGR issue I thought.

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Looks awesome, is the word 'Bon' meant to be at a different angle to the other 1 though?

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Probably £200 l reckon but thankfully we have a family who are very helpful to us quite a lot especially when it comes to those difficult jobs which l would love to do but sadly l can't.

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Sometimes even in these days of computer controlled engines it can be a simple fix. :tu:

Just had a couple of big LED matrix signs dropped off by an engineer from a company I'm doing some power supply work for. These are the signs you see on buss' showing the destinations and other info. Going to light up the study when I get them fired up. Pass this test and one more step to project completion.:)

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Thanks gentlemen & ladies on the comments on my kitchen.

@ den glad your brother sorted out the drain in the shower.

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West Brom. Bloody love them tonight!

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:blush: Oops LOL :)

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The trouble is that the horse has already bolted Mark.;)

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A hospital day without needles today - always a bonus :) (Just don't mention tomorrow's little jaunt out ;) )

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l hope today is not too unpleasant for you then dilli.:)

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i have a bit of a crush on this doctor so today will be fun :)

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Yes seeing a pretty nurse there does make the visit more agreeable.:)

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I got a note pushed through our letterbox last evening from a neighbour.

"COUD YOU HELP ME CHANGE THE WAZ IN MY HOUSE?"

"WAZ" ???

He just called in and asked if I could help him tomorrow.

He needs to change some "wires" between the house and the shed as he has been told they are the wrong size.

DOH!

That made me smile. :-)

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His spelling takes the waz that's for sure :D

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So - on the one hand it looks like my heart isn't strong enough for a double transplant - but on the other hand it looks like I /may/ be able to do dialysis at home after all. So all in all a positive day I think (if you ignore the biggest needles I've ever seen being shown to me today) :)

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l am glad this is one of your better days dilli as you have certainly had your share of bad days before.:)

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More importantly the dietician told me I was allowed two lots of marmite a week :) yay

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There's always a silver lining somewhere isn't there... ;)

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Wow that is something to celebrate.:)

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Down in West Cornwall to see my mother for a couple of weeks and look after her, cook, fix things, do the garden...

Cornish mist today but the pub beckons.:)

Downside is that I'm stuck on a slow 2G link.

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l hope your Mum is fine Heero and is there not a notice on the pub to say you are barred now due to your previous misdemeanours.;)

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I take it you have, by now, had at least one of your portions of the Dark Nectar, Did the dietician say which size bottle could be used as a portion? :D

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I was thinking half a tub on Monday and the other half on Saturday :)

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Moi?:angel:

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Will Look again Weenie. Sometimes I have my vouchers for ages before I see anything ;)

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I admire your restraint. :tu: :D :D :D

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Just cooked my very first meal in my new living space. Fresh salmon fillet, home made chips (cooked healthily in my new actifry) and cherry tomatoes on the side. My microwave has a convection oven/Grill built into it. I just selected fish on the automatic menu, then the weight and it works out the cooking time automatically. A little salt and pepper on the top of the fish with a little knob of butter and it came out beautifully :)

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When are we all invited.;)

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Back home afer a week in London and I'm now Casper certified. Even though the trainer said he'd never seen anyone get so angry in an exam in all his life !!!

Couple of weeks at home now and then off to San Francisco for a fortnight

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Like your way of thinking dilli :)

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:)

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Well Done

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Enjoy San Francisco, ;)

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My eldest son is back home today. :cleader:

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That will lovely for you weenie.:)

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Excellent :)

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Yes really looking forward to him coming home already preparing his favourite meal Rogan josh plus he has not seen the kitchen finished yet. The only down side is telling him that his Granny is not too well at the moment, he did ask but did not see the point in telling him this news while he was on holiday with his GF. I wanted him to fully enjoy his break worry free.

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Natalie tells me that my new machine will be called "Veronica" - well that's ok then :)

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Quite right Weenie to let him enjoy his holiday, Hope his Gran gets better

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That's a bit like the machine l had at home when l had my LVAD in me and l am sure it will look after you well dilli.:)

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Just seen a very impressive Red Kite swooping above our house. As it soared higher, a nearby crow flew up to harass it and for a few minutes the two birds engaged in a bit of a dog fight. Fascinating stuff and truly beautiful falcon.

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

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Finished work early to take advantage of the sunny weather and build our new garden furniture. The heavens opened in spectacular fashion on the way back into the house after completing the job. Great timing!

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Well Done Peter, enjoy your furniture on a sunny day, I am just happy Andy Murray won today.

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It's nice to be back online :)

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Glad to have you back madgamer,

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Welcome back MG.

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Thanks. I should have had broadband at my new house on the day I moved in, but with the solicitors dragging their heels, we didn't complete until 3:00pm on the day so BT Couldn't get in to do the work that they needed to do. So I've been restricted to my phone until today :)

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Osem Jnr#2 has just completed his first ever work experience. With a little help from school staff he did a few hours in a local Sainsburys supermarket, helping to stack shelves, tidy up in the stockroom and crush old cardboard boxes. Apparently the tins on the shelves have never been stacked so straight. The only thing is that he doesn't like anyone to touch them once he's aligned them all so perfectly so I don't think he has a long term future in retail... :D

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You and your wife have a lot to be proud of Osem. Lovely to hear that Jnr#2 has had such a positive work experience. I am sure his attention to detail will stand him in good stead in the future. :)

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That's wonderful to hear Osem and you and your family should be very proud of him.

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Cheers Jo and Den. He's been really moody lately so we were quite nervous about the prospect but after a bit of an awkward start, he really enjoyed himself apparently. What we keep having to remind ourselves is that he's got tons of hormones coursing around his body right now and it's quite easy to forget that him being a teenager needs to be taken into account at such times... :)

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That's brilliant Osem that Osem Jnr#2 is doing so well. You and Mrs O must be so proud of both your boy's.

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Thanks Weenie - to be honest we don't see much of his older brother as he's soooooo in lurve.... :)

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My happy thought today is the staff at Monklands hospital who were very nice to my Mum and even allowed me to go in with her while she got her bone marrow biopsy done. My Mum said it was not as bad as she had expected it to be and the staff were so nice to her and me I cannot praise them enough they even gave me a cuppa and a biscuit along with my Mum afterwards. I was so impressed by the way they handled my Mothers fears I got them a wee box of chocolates just to say thanks although it really does not seem enough. I can honestly say they were brilliant with my Mum. I also thought my Mum was a complete star today and I'm so very proud of her :) to go back next Friday for the results.

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Glad to hear the biopsy is over and done with and that the staff made you both feel comfortable weenie. Fingers crossed that the results next week explain what is wrong with your Mum.

Oh and did you Mum like her pressie? :)

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Great stuff Weenie. Your mum's just as proud of you I am certain. :)

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@ Jo I just ordered the perfume last night from Superdrug so hoping I will get it for Friday and will take it over to her then as I always make her Caramel Shortbread every Friday.

@ Osem it's funny how my Mum keep saying that she doesn't know what she would do without me but really when she is saying it, I'm thinking exactly the same thing as I really don't know what I would do without her.

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Well, it is a day trip to Portsmouth for me in a couple of weeks, relative bought a voucher which gives 2 tickets for a year, but need to be validated by July. So going in a couple of weeks, and if my mum and stepdad agree, possibly taking my sister as well as a treat for finishing her GCSE exams. Oops, should say to the Dockyard in Portsmouth.

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You should enjoy going to the Dockyard as when l have been up in Gosport before my Dad took me there and it was very enjoyable Mark.

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Nice to be back in Worthing with the OH. :luv:

Cornwall was a good rest and I did get some things done for mum but an empty bed...

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l am glad you enjoyed yourself down at the ends of the earth and its lovely you helped your Mum as well in the process but yes its certainly nice when one get back to home comforts.

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Yep, not least of which is 50megs BB rather than 50k GPRS.

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Yes its never the fastest down in deepest Cornwall.

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Yes it's always nice to get back home heero.

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Gas (£78) and lecky (£116) just paid for the quarter ending mid May. Not too bad considering. Gas varies with the season as it's our prime heating in the house whereas lecky is mostly oven, kettle and tech toys.

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Hope you all are having a happy day. Here is something that will make you laugh, I posted a card to my son & daughter for their wedding anniversary. but just discovered that I still have their card in the house so I must have posted another card as I had a few birthday card in the house, O M G must be an age thing. Will have to phone them tonight. How silly is that,!!!!!!

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Don't worry nash as l am sure many of us do silly things sometimes.:)

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It is said that we learn from our mistakes, if so I must be a genius. :D

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Thanks Don't feel so bad now,

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Going over to Brighton later for a client meeting. It's a lovely sunny day so I'll walk from Brighton station to the clients (The Hyde business park). It's via the hilltop where Brighton Racecourse is. Stupendous views from up there. :)

Mind you the yomp up Elm Grove and Warren Road is not for the unfit. Likewise the 300 (I'm told) steps on the path up from the clients.

There is a handy pub called "The fox on the downs" on the way.:D

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Yes heero it certainly is a lovely sunny day today. The sunshine always makes me feel good.

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Been to the GP this morning, as I had stopped my insulin last year as it was making me ill. I was feeling great until the last month, when I got high readings. GP praised me for going back and admitting that I was struggling and gave me a different insulin to try instead. To tell you how bad I was getting, I was having a drink then 2 minutes later wanting another drink.

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Well that's all three appointments over with now for another 3 months and they are pretty happy that everything remains stable for now as l am.:)

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l hope you have a nice time down in Sunny Brighton heero as its a place l have fond memories of.

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l hope things work out for you Mark in regards to your insulin as its never nice when one is quite ill because of the effects of their medication.

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Enjoy the "The Fox on the Downs"

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:)

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Hope they get things sorted for you Mark in regards to your meds.

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Unfortunately I didn't have the time to drop in for a pint. Took some nice pictures on the mobile. Will post them tomorrow when I can re-size them on the desktop to stop breaking the forum pages. The 300 steps going up from the clients place were hard though. Wish I was a few years younger.

Beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky, with just enough breeze to stop it getting too hot.:)

Good meeting with the clients, a couple of the German engineers had flown in from Kassel to attend.

Plenty of work coming my way for the rest of the year.

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Well done! Just don't forget your mates when you're rich and infamous...

:tu:

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As for me, well I had a great chat with Osem Jnr. and told him how much I treasure him. I couldn't wish for a better son and just want him to know he can talk to me about anything - if he's stressed, hurt, fed up or whatever. I can't guarantee not to say 'I told you so' but I'll remind him gently and will always love and support him no matter what.

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Here's a couple of pictures of the 300 steps, first from the bottom and second from the top. It's much steeper in fact than the pictures show and I needed two long breathers on the way up.:D

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Views from the top are majestic as it's almost the highest part of the hill above the racecourse.

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Thanks for the pictures, they are lovely, Sorry you never got for your pint, But business will be good,

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Started my new insulin today, and not sure if just pyschological, but certainly didn't feel as thirsty as I had been. Only thing is, forgot my Metformin so need to take a double dose at lunch, or skip one today. I'm prescribed 2 twice a day, but taking 2 in the morning was making me ill so they said one in the morning, 1 at lunch and then 2 with the evening meal which is my main meal.

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Mark, why don't you set alarms on your phone, in case you forget sometimes...

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Yes, I will be setting alarms for tomorrow once I work out a routine.

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Got into a routine now, and already seeing rewards. On Thursday night, my sugar was 22.9, a reading last night shows it is now down to 17.3; which I know is still high but with a bit of tweaking to find the right amount of insulin for morning and evening, I'm hoping this means I can get my sugar levels down more.

On a side note, booked my train tickets to Portsmouth this evening. Going on the 30th, getting the 09:00 train from Waterloo which gets there at 10:33 and getting the 14:15 back which gets into London at 15:51. Hoping I can miss the bulk of the rush hour by doing that.

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Even trains at 9.00 Mark it can be pretty packed from Waterloo but you should be alright on the way back.

l am glad your sugar is improving gradually Mark and sooner rather then later l am sure you will get it to a level you are happy with.

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What made me laugh was when booking them, I was asked for seat preferences. When I specified them, the next page says that I cannot reserve seats. Well why bloody ask then?

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At least you'll be travelling on decent Southern region electric trains.

Most advance booked tickets require a reserved seat but not all legs of the journey can have one. Guess yours is one of those.

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Looking forward to it actually, now I need to get in touch with the Jobcentre and tell them that I won't be around that day. Although in the past, I've been told if it isn't a signing day then I don't need to declare it. Will mention it next week when I sign though.

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Going for lunch with my big sister and it's a freebie as it's her treat just love getting a free lunch :) on the downside we have a lot to discuss.

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Leave the discussions until after the lunch. ;)

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Just passed one more exam on the seemingly endless series of exams that is my Cisco course.

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Congratulations Stuart.

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Well done Stuart :)

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Well done Stuart.

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Well done. :tu:

It looks like it's going to be a nice day. I'm going to shut down the PC shortly and go for a walk up on the downs to Cissbury ring*. It's under 1/2 mile from our place until you're on open land. I need to get some air.

*https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8557.../data=!3m1!1e3 About 800' above sea level.

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Thanks guys..

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A couple of happy thoughts....

First one, my god-son got his results yesterday, and he got a First in Maths (Birmingham University) - he was bricking it, as his job offer was dependent on at least a 2.1.

Second happy thought - I finish a Fixed Term Contract (two and a half years) at the end of this month, and I will take a month or two off whilst I decide what to do next, so looking forward to a relaxing summer (I have been working 60 hour weeks for the last eighteen months, which is why I didn't take up their offer of another year's FTC).

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Well Done Stuart , good news from you too Hugh and he you have a nice lunch with your sister Weenie,

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Going to a concert tonight a tribute to Waylon Jennings , should be good also a guy performing his Willie Nelson and he is really good and a right hippy

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Congratulations on your son getting his qualification Hugh and l hope you enjoy a nice pleasant relaxing summer as well.

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You love your country music nash as l like quite a lot of the stuff myself although l don't like this modern newfangled stuff as much though.