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Welcome back john, at home and on the Forum again! Hope you are well cared for until you can be properly back on your feet.
Doubt that the Insurance will extend you that month though, They usually turn things like that to their advantage. No harm in looking up your policy, getting their number and asking though.
Just behave yourself for a bit, lay back and take it easy. Maybe ask for a Dietician appointment to give you advice about what to eat and advise whether your current diet is OK. Had one the other day, big help to know what I should be eating. Things must have changed, as there were some surprises, including crisps and chocolate (in moderation). I can have an occasional glass of white wine too.
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I'm out.All OK by me Lee: the only one that would bother me might be Germany, but I do not anticipate traveling there again and only phone friends there by landline anyway. Plenty of family & friends in Scotland, so that’s covered.
You have to protect the site, think we all understand that. Well done for covering that.
Didn’t see Yorkshire on the list though.??
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I'm out.Good info, will this work via Easeus master Partition Manager to copy a Win7 from spinner (1tb) to an SSD?
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I'm out.Y……. clicking “Add to Dictionary” but can’t remember how I did that.
when the word is underlined in red, right click and the option to “add to dictionary” is there.
Yes I knew that JCD: I meant that I did not recall how I originally set it up.
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I'm out.Yes Lee I found that to be true for most sites, apps and programmes. I have the red lines on my offerings here, I just bash away and type it all, then go back and correct spelling and/or grammar to my preferences, clicking “Add to Dictionary” but can’t remember how I did that.
I don’t particularly care about Yank spelling and grammar: English is a beautiful, living language and the mongrels across the pond are to be pitied for their efforts to ruin it.
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I'm out.I have finally finished preparing the 320GB ex-EePC drive and learned a bit more in doing it. It had 2 separate main drives and attached to each was a Hidden drive, one of which contained the original Asus Recovery, although what the other contained is still a complete mystery, as I could not remove it. I had to resort to buying Easeus Master Partition Manager in order to merge the main drives “H” and “I” and this removed the first Hidden Drive by incorporating that into the Merge, within the new, larger “H” drive partition. It also recreated the MBR. However, the second Hidden drive could not be removed, but is listed as ‘inactive’ so I simply wiped it and left it alone: it is very small so I cannot see it causing problems.
Quite pleased with Easus MPM, apart from the fact that a “Pending” operation does not seem to end! Eventually I just Exited and checked the drive on Windows Explorer: it had created the new larger drive OK. Checked the drive with Checkdisc, it’s fine. Now to install it in my desktop, but not before I finish completing an older desktop that I intend to sell cheaply on local FB. This is a project I began some time ago, I am aware that older PC’s do not fetch a good price so will price it at around £50 and take whatever, just to remove it for space.
I have to keep my remaining brain cells alive during the chemo by doing stuff, but have to report that I am feeling quite well atm. Even my normally gammy left leg is behaving, which means I can take more exercise and hopefully help the treatment programme by keeping my engine going.
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I'm out.Jeremy Corbyn is coming out with some ideas which look wonderful on paper and sound wonderful from the Rostrum at LB Conference. Then one asks the crucial question: Post-Brexit, which to me will be at least 10 years of hardship, cuts and expanding National Debt, how will we pay for it?
An element of “Soak the Rich” appears to be present. Which will present the Best Brains with a dilemma: stay or leave?
It also appears that he wants to officially go for a new Referendum, if elected.
I believe a change is necessary to remove this bunch of capitalist-directed, divided, incompetent, clueless bunch of wazzaks. Where to find the proponents who can give us that change? We tried ‘moderate’ New Labour, which took us into Wars we did not want and debt we are still paying for. We tried the Con/Lib Dem coalition, which we discovered to be actually one Big Con. Atm, we have a Con/DUM coalition (of sorts) which is just a fix to hold the Tories in power whilst they give the DUM whatever they want.
Too many potential voters cannot be ar**d to listen and look at the issues, then turn out to vote. That apathy allows in the MP who looks on Westminster as a path to power and a soft job for a few years, then a directorship or Lobbying job. Those are mostly (but not all) Tories and are as interested in their constituents as was Winston Churchill during the General strikes of 1921 and ’26.
So we get the government that the Apathetic masses deserve.
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I'm out.Wow that is a lot of crosses to bear daily, Dave. Stairs are what forced us into a bungalow from a 3-bed house. I can manage going up with stops, but going down is a problem as the left knee joint separates and when it comes back together on the next step down, I really know about it! Today I had a Louth hospital Dietician appointment at 12:30, then my Cycle 5 Grimsby Chemo session at 2:30. The Louth appointment would have been all good but for the fact that the lift was cream-crackered and the room was 3 floors up.
The Dietician appointment was not what I was expecting: I anticipated being told lots of stuff I should not eat, but after reviewing my diet and taking my weight and height, the very pleasant and obviously experienced lady said I was doing fine. BMI is well within limits, weight has stabilised around 71 KG and even the occasional bag of crisps is fine. As I am not allowed the Activia yoghurt I like (being probiotic, interferes with Chemo) I was given the welcome news that I can have ice cream instead. What a nice lady!
The Chemo was as it usually is except that the later appointment introduced me to a new collection of fellow patients, made new friends but did not miss the Moaner from the earlier sessions. Apparently I am making good progress.
I find that driving, which I have always enjoyed, is more comfortable for me than sitting at home. Consequently I get the iX20 out at any opportunity and combine it with a walk somewhere different. It’s having to enter and leave the car which is not a comfy process!
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I'm out.A sorry tale of woe Ed, thanks for the link. It seems that Dragon Peter Jones is buying the website and trademark (from same link)
I used the Grimsby store quite a lot in the early days, initially for high-value purchases but that became lower-value purchases over the years, as Maplin prices failed to compete with strictly online outlets. In the end I was buying small stuff such as cable ties, cables, fan splitters etc. Then I found various online sites which sold those at a lower cost. I felt sorry for the staff, who were always knowledgeable, in contrast to their neighbours across the way at Currys PC World. Last time I was at Maplin was during the Closing Down sale, when I bought the Corsair 750M PSU now in this desktop, to replace a blown generic unit, at what I saw as a very good markdown.
Compare them with stores we all use now such as E buyer. Mostly online, but it is not a long journey for me over the Humber bridge to their store and they used to allow collection from their Howden land site/warehouse. Which was huge when I last visited some years ago, probably humungously vast now. They have expanded year on year, now developing other services such as Domestic Appliance repair & Sales.
IMO, Maplin could never compete with that, thanks to successive buyouts by profit-motivated organisations with no comprehension of what the company did, how it worked and how it should be run in order to create good trading methods over a period of restructure and forward planning. A collection of corporate vultures, the destroyers of so many businesses in this country, with the loss of so may livelihoods.
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I'm out.Dave I had no idea of the disabilities, pain and struggle you face every day. To keep walking whilst every step is giving you hell, is something I have also learned to do, although I cannot imagine what using that leg must be like. I wish you the continued determination to keep battling on. That keeps the heart and lungs going, which is why I force myself out 3 times daily to lurch around the 3 blocks in ever-decreasing circles, lol.
A local villager asked me a few years ago, why I did not use a mobility scooter like his. My answer was that, although he is 16 years my junior and did not have my chequered medical history, I would probably outlive him, which sadly happened: he died of a heart attack, getting off his scooter to buy his usual crisps, pies, ice cream and junk food. He had been quite capable of walking until he put on so much weight that his legs could no longer support him.
I damaged my left knee by playing football on a rough pitch in Füssen, Bavaria against a Bündeswehr Alpine team. I was “treated” in a Bavarian hospital by nuns – ice packs, ice baths, repugnant poultices, until I begged my C.O. use his connections and Casevac me back to base on the undercarriage of a Sioux AAC helicopter, to BMH Rinteln. I was never the same player after that, but the knee appeared to recover and I could still run, and given a choice between running and football, I would have taken running any day. I loved it, it gave me a sort of freedom in my head, hard to explain. I won quite a few races, but that was not was it was all about for me. Out in Civvy Street, the knee became worse, until a Mansfield hospital had a look and recommended an Arthroscopy. A mix-up in that resulted in them removing most of the remaining cartilage, because “We thought you were in for a new knee, but you are too young.” My reply to that you may imagine: I have walked on that knee in pain for many years, so I understand what bone-on-bone feels like.
What a Battered Bunch we Forumites are!
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I'm out.Reviving the Revival!
Dave: thank you for the link to the 2.5″ enclosure, for those who don’t want to scroll back, it’s this:
Great piece of kit, not often that comes as smart in use and smart to look at, case has a nice “touchy feel”:
Top cover is on right, slides over when the Hdd is pushed in, firmly, fits flush to the end of travel and it’s well made. Using it tomorrow with my USB/SATA 3.5″ enclosure, whilst SWMBO is (hopefully) at hairdressers.
Also bought another piece of kit from same seller, to insert into desktop. For the money, this is a comprehensive package:
Metal brackets and Screws in bag, mounted Hdd to Eeeeeek!PC. I save everything usable, rest of that POS is at WEE depot. If you look closely, there is even a small magnetised screwdriver in the box. One SATA cable is straight, t’other is right angled. These kits are so good, they must be German?
Quite chuffed, price and quality is great. Will use this Amazon seller again, UK site does not have many products but Canada and USA does:
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I'm out.Had the gastroscopy earlier today and it was horrible.
Yep, that is why I always ask for sedation for my biannual check. Claiming that the procedure causes involuntary larynx spasms helps to get you on the sedation track.
Exactly what I do Ed!
Nolan, thanks for reminding me of that great Python clip. Beeps? In my regular Wednesday Chemo ward visits, I
sitlounge attached to a machine that beeps, boops and blips in several Machine Languages. At the same time, there may be as many as 15 othervictimspatients whose machines also beep, boop and blip. When one machine stops, another two or more will take over. We make jokes between us about the music we could produce, if only the manufacturers would make them b-b-b in scales.Today I had a clinic visit, was weighed and have lost another 1.5 Kg. I thought as much, as my new 34″ waist trousers now need a belt. Wonder if the NHS will give me a clothing allowance???
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I'm out.Blimey John you don’t do anything by halves mate! Hope you get well soon, although I know it may be a long process, being bored is OK providing your body is getting the rest it needs. As with D-Dan, my heart is one of the few bits still doing alright, thanks to 3 daily
walkslurches around the 3 blocks here. I vary that by going clockwise one day, anti-clockwise the next, lol. SWMBO and I also get down to the beach and stagger through soft sand a bit, then off to our favourite cafe for a nice cream scone*. Yes, I know, cholesterol, but we are both OK there as we have regular checks and I take Pravastatin.*The walks are punishment, the scones are rewards.??
Keep in touch only when you can John, we are all rooting for you. Best of British, Bob.
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I'm out.” In fact it is a common occurrence for democracies to periodically have repeat chances to cast a vote. ”
Ed, I did not supply this quote, you gave it in your post 26242 above. I was actually quoting your own words. In addition, you gave General Elections as a voting example, when I was speaking about referenda. Therefore you did not answer my plea to tell me when there was a repeated referendum in the UK.
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I'm out.I feel for you and Tamara, Les.
During my last air travel experience in 2015, we experienced the highs and lows of two European airports. The high was Vienna, where staff were friendly, courteous and on seeing my limited walking ability, a lady airport worker put me in a wheelchair and wheeled me out, complete with cases, to the coach. Also at Vienna, I had a printed letter from my GP which listed my medication, some of which was carried in the correct bottles, and my Stoma pouch kit. This was quickly read, checked and passed on.
The Low, was Munich, a city I had known fairly well during my time in BAOR, travelled there quite often, loved the people and the place. Unfortunately that impression was ruined by a female Gauleiter of an airport security drone, who refused to read the letter, stripped out all my medical equipment and medication and left me to reassemble it all. I was determined to demonstrate complete British Bulldog Spirit at this and protested loudly in my fluent German at this treatment, until a supervisor heard and investigated. I explained (calmly) that his security officer had portrayed an example of the worst way to treat a disabled traveler and was a poor representative of his airport, his city and his country. I also told him that she had refused to read my letter regarding medical issues and equipment. He apologised, made her reassemble my bags under my supervision (“No it goes HERE like that!”) and was last seen as we departed, leading the Gauleiter away into an office.
The Outer and Inner airport for this trip, a Danube river cruise, was Heathrow. All I can say about that, was that I will use any other UK airport if I am to travel by air again.
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I'm out.Glad your wife has a positive result from chemo Richard and am hoping for the same myself, come the end of November.
One thing I neglected to mention in my Rose-tinged report on my location, is that hospital and large supermarket trips mean a round trip of at least 44 miles. The large supermarket is a massive Morrisons, which we might visit for a “Big Shop” every 3 or 4 weeks. There is nowhere else I can find my favourite ‘meal in a can’ soup: Crosse & Blackwell Beef & Vegetable, which is a great standby when we don’t fancy a large meal, or when SWMBO’s choice does not agree with mine. I usually buy 3 or 4 cans, which is a chore to carry and adds weight, but it really is a very palatable meal on its own and makes Heinz soup look anemic.
From your description of the area, I would not like to live there. I was born and raised in a village, now almost the size of a small town. I spent almost 3 years as a child in the Potteries with the widowed aunt with my 5 cousins, as a result of the depredations of a mentally ill mother. The village of Wolstanton was akin to a large island village surrounded by the Potteries’ 5 towns and is still an island of calm in a manic sea of depressed urban sprawl. My surviving cousins and other relatives all live there still and I am in touch with them.
Returning to Blidworth after mother was ‘cured’ and medicated, I fell once again into rural life: catching game with dogs, never using snares, and eating it (never killed what would not be eaten). The village is surrounded by some forest and large farm combines still, it was an ancient Royal Hunt area and part of Sherwood Forest. It lives within a rough triangle of 3 major roads. Blidworth:
History and perhaps a little Myth:
Once ‘when I were a lad‘ the triangle of A roads was filled with the green of woods, ancient English trees, not the pine woods of today. My brother and I hunted ( and poached) there, my childhood was idyllic playing around those woods with friends, swinging across streams on old rope. we could spend whole days with a bottle of Dandelion & Burdock and a packet of sandwiches, coming home before dark to avoid the clip around the ear! I still have a love of woods, happy to report that my Lincolnshire village is surrounded by them.
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I'm out.Good to know I’m not alone Nolan!
Always been interested in flight, so I know what you mean there. My dad had his first flight in 1912 in the place he grew up; Wolstanton, Stoke. It has a huge green space, left in perpetuity to the people and not to be developed. That space is where an early aviation pioneer, Samuel Franklin Cody, chose to fly his string bag of an aircraft, offering free flights to local kids who would help him pack at the end of the day. Only dad and his brother dared to volunteer and the experience coloured his whole life. In 1953 we were on holiday in Blackpool and dad took me to the then Squires Gate Airport, for a flight in a De Havilland Dragon Rapide biplane, over the Irish Sea, around the Isle of Man twice and back to Blackpool. Dad was severely chastised by mum for that, because he had sneaked me away without telling her what we were going to do.
That experience hooked me as it had hooked dad in 1912, at the same age too! It led to joining the Army Air Corps and learning all about the Theory of Flight,* wing and rotor surfaces and why they are shaped just so.
*ToF is simple in its basics: Lift and Thrust have to overcome Mass (weight) and Drag. It’s a lot more complicated than that in reality, but that is the essence.
And it was my dad who said to me “Never grow up son, people expect too much of you!” ??
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I'm out.” In fact it is a common occurrence for democracies to periodically have repeat chances to cast a vote. ”
Please tell me when that last happened in the UK Ed.
” It is also common elsewhere to have repeated referenda over the same issues. ”
I am not at all surprised that other supposedly democratic nations have referenda after referenda. That happens when those in power refuse to accept the will of the people, and hammer them with repeats until they get the outcome they want. That is what happened during the Maastricht votes, when certain member states did not accept the decision of their own people. That was ammunition for the Leave group of course and an illustration of how the EU can shoot itself in the foot. Another reason why Hungary, Poland and others are becoming very displeased with Brussels.
My point is that the UK population which voted, made a democratic choice. Failure to accept that by some voluble sections of the British people is wrong. Without respect for a democratic majority decision, what do we have? Remember that I voted Remain, but my belief in democracy is more important than ignoring that democratic decision, to get a result that I dearly wish had come about.
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I'm out.Ed wrote:
” Imo the average town centre should become a social meeting point, dining/drinking venue, and entertainment/exercise centre combined with personal services (e.g. hairdressers etc). The only surviving shops will sell the sort of things that we need NOW but forgot to order on line e.g. glue, sticky tape, paint testers, food. booze etc. ”
Describes Louth town centre Ed!
Yesterday I went to a new barber shop in town and was given old-style barber shop cut by a young man from Manchester who had the good sense to relocate here. His shop is wonderful, set out as 1940’s/50’s with a framed VE Day newspaper on the wall, Elvis photos, an old steam radio playing softly jazz, early Rock’n’Roll. He uses hot towels and gives a neck shave with soothing cream and a cutthroat razor. Did my eyebrows, ‘tache and ears, all the stuff that departed my scalp and headed South. Just like I remember barbershops from my childhood, a Time Machine of a shop.
There are another 4 barber shops in and near town centre, I have used them all but really like this one. As I said previously, Louth is vibrant day and night. There is not much I cannot get in town, but the problem is Blue Badge parking, of which there is never enough. We need BB parking for the space, as SWMBO is now unable to get out of any car without using a folding step stool. That means having space at the side of the car. On market days I usually find one of my secret parking places, or I drive to Grimsby.
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