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Post by Philip Ayres on May 2, 2011 7:36:35 GMT
Except when you've had 3 bank holidays already in 2 weeks this one doesn't seem so special.
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Post by Hero on May 2, 2011 7:37:27 GMT
The bank holiday bonanza is never ending.  Going to see Thor today. ===KEN May The Fourth Be With You... |
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Post by The Doctor on May 2, 2011 19:11:36 GMT
Today was Day 1 of Month 7 at current workplace. This was significent personally, as I pointed out in the office to folk, as I guess this means I passed my 6-month probation period then or I would have been told not to turn up for work today!
I celebrated my seeming stealth victory of apparently gaining permanent employment for the first time since 2007 by, er, just doing stuff.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on May 2, 2011 19:23:15 GMT
Another public holiday for me to look forward to on the 23rd and 24th as well.....
I have spent most of today either going into and out of town for things for the garden or out in the garden beavering away. The end result is... no, not a dam, an array of new tubs out in the garden. Two contain developing carrot plants (chance of survival to actually produce edible carrots? Slender), whilst the other two contain runner bean plants lashed to bamboo poles to encourage them to grow in the correct direction (chances of surviving to produce edible beams, probably marginal). There are also another six or so bean plants and some,purely decorative, Busy Lizzies to be planted once I get some more compost (I've gone through 60litres of compost this afternoon and exceeded my limit for carting stuff about).
A very productive day all told, and it was nice to be able to sit in my chair and look at the new pots sitting their in my garden. And try to work out where on earth I am going to accommodate the other beans and the Busy Lizzies once I get them planted up...
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 2, 2011 20:25:44 GMT
Our front garden is now covered with gravel. Won't have to how that again!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 3, 2011 13:58:44 GMT
Colonoscopy scheduled for Monday. That was quick but it's short notice and eeeek, they're going to stick tubes in me. Again.
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Post by blueshift on May 3, 2011 14:09:23 GMT
Colonoscopy scheduled for Monday. That was quick but it's short notice and eeeek, they're going to stick tubes in me. Again. Eek. Are they going to knock you out for that one? |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 3, 2011 18:55:40 GMT
Gah, not nice, Big Phil. Hope it'll give 'em usefull info at the very least.
Hi Sportsfans!!!
Garden still distracting me from getting the house decorated before Wriggler arrives! Oh well! Planted a Honeysuckle yesterday! YEAH! It's gunna hopefully grow around my erection! Make it look pretty!
Taught Piglet her first bit of Karate this evening. It's very funny watching a 4 and a half year old combine karate, tap dancing, and some sort of what I can only imagine is a dance based on monkeys. Crazy monkeys. Crazy monkeys on drugs.
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Post by The Doctor on May 3, 2011 18:57:41 GMT
I will now watch an episode of CAPTAIN POWER AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE very day while eating dinner. I don't know why.
Oh and on the way into work, a dead bird fell out of the sky and smacked into the pavement just in front of me. Unusual.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on May 3, 2011 19:58:01 GMT
I now have another eight bean plants in my back garden I don't care what they've been, what are they now? No, BEAN plants... oh never mind. Between carrying the compost back from town, a quick dinner, squaring away my monthly grocery delivery and then getting the plants potted up and tied to the canes it seems to have occupied most of my evening. Nice to sit down with a nice cup of coffee finally. One more days work planting out still to be done - need to get more compost and plant out the Buzy Lizzies so as to encourage some colour in the back garden (other than green, not that there is anything wrong with green).
Mind you, I need to do some thinking about where they should actually go because the garden seems to be filling up quite fast.
Phil - congrats on a fairly permanent solution to the lawn problem! Mowing is not an activity I am particularly fond of either, which I why I have never missed having a lawn here.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 3, 2011 23:35:45 GMT
Philmas day started with me on my knees in the bedroom having tripped over my own pyjamas. D'OH!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 4, 2011 10:09:39 GMT
Congratulations, Ralph, on your six-month victory, happy birthday Phil, and karma to Karl for your valiant punning efforts during the course of this thread.
I called in sick today, for the first time in three and a half years. Yesterday morning I was emptying myself from the top end, due to gluttony and possibly consuming something dodgy over the Bank Holiday (though it could have just been too much rich pudding). Anyway, I should have taken yesterday off, but I had two important meetings, so I dragged myself in (least fun walk ever), threw up again in government toilets, somehow managed to get through the day and got a taxi home. Feeling quite a bit better today, but staying home just to make sure.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2011 18:56:35 GMT
May you feel better soon.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 4, 2011 19:03:48 GMT
May you feel better soon. Thanks, Ralph. My stomach has settled down today and my appetite returned, but annoyingly I've now got an ulcer on the side of my tongue that hurts when anything touches it and makes eating painful. Tch! Martin |
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Post by Bogatan on May 4, 2011 20:42:49 GMT
Had to call in injured today. No idea what I did but my thigh has been playing up a little since Sunday. Last night it just seized. Tried walking to the bus stop at 5 am and knew I wasn't going to make the post bus walk to work so came home. Been to AandE told not to worry but have super strength Ibuprofen to reduce the swelling which appears to be the problem.
Could have done without the problem, and just hoping it settles down quickly.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2011 21:00:50 GMT
May you feel better soon. Thanks, Ralph. My stomach has settled down today and my appetite returned, but annoyingly I've now got an ulcer on the side of my tongue that hurts when anything touches it and makes eating painful. Tch! Martin Break out the bonjela. I used to get ulcers in my mouth all the time, turns out was a sign I was anaemic. |
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Post by Hero on May 5, 2011 6:21:33 GMT
Blaise is going through that stuff too for her teeth.
Had to take her to the docs for three jabs yesterday and she really hated it.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 5, 2011 6:50:27 GMT
Had to call in injured today. No idea what I did but my thigh has been playing up a little since Sunday. Last night it just seized. Tried walking to the bus stop at 5 am and knew I wasn't going to make the post bus walk to work so came home. Been to AandE told not to worry but have super strength Ibuprofen to reduce the swelling which appears to be the problem. Could have done without the problem, and just hoping it settles down quickly. You have my sympathies, fellow casualty of week 18.  Martin |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 5, 2011 19:42:29 GMT
Today I learnt that there's Bonjela, and there's Bonjela Complete which forms a solid adhesive bubble over the ulcer. I opted for Iglu gel, the cheaper brand equivalent of Bonjela Complete, and spent the afternoon with my tongue numb and partially glued to the side of my mouth. But it made the pain go away! Now let's see how I get on eating my dinner... Martin |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 5, 2011 19:59:20 GMT
Blaise is going through that stuff too for her teeth. Had to take her to the docs for three jabs yesterday and she really hated it. ===KEN Oh, Gods, the jabs, flipping nightmere! |
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Post by Bogatan on May 5, 2011 21:07:31 GMT
Had to call in injured today. No idea what I did but my thigh has been playing up a little since Sunday. Last night it just seized. Tried walking to the bus stop at 5 am and knew I wasn't going to make the post bus walk to work so came home. Been to AandE told not to worry but have super strength Ibuprofen to reduce the swelling which appears to be the problem. Could have done without the problem, and just hoping it settles down quickly. You have my sympathies, fellow casualty of week 18. Martin Hope your feeling better soon too. Been better today, may be just better or the pills are doing there thing either way I slept and can walk. Oh happy days. Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on May 5, 2011 21:46:23 GMT
I have been weirdly lethargic and sleepy since Sunday afternoon and, very unusually for me, have been crashing out early each night and have even almost fallen asleep at work a few times. Yet I feel otherwise fine. How very odd! Very weird, can't explain it at all!
It pales in comparison to Bogatan and Martin's injuries this week, however, and will hopefully pass soon.
In other news, having lost and then found my postal vote for today's election it was too late to post it. Thus, I had to hand it it at the polling station, rather negating the point of a postal vote...
Interestingly, I had originally opted for the postal option as I can't be arsed being harangued by candidates at polling stations on the way in, which had immensely irratated me on previous occassions. But as none of them could be arsed turning up, this turned out not to be a problem!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 5, 2011 21:51:28 GMT
I got asked for my number on the way in. Unfortunately I'd got up a good bit of momentum, had to look to one side to see what this woman wanted, lost my balance and keeled over. That rather put her off.....
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 6, 2011 19:58:49 GMT
Sorry to hear of the woes of Martin, Andy and Phil. Seems like a week to forget.
Review time at work, always dreadful, too busy but done now. Had my Friday off as I work Saturday this week. Went out for a run today, ostensibly between 15 and 17km. I ended up doing around 19k due to getting lost on a bloody cycle path and missing my turn off. argh! It appears that since I hit 34 my sense of direction has completely abandoned me!
Felt very ill after it, had what can only be described as bowelapocalypse. Pain and discomfort, I ended up lying down for a couple of hours.
Right as rain now, bit annoyed at it, as I would have liked to have got a few things done today after my run, but still happy that my training for next half marathon has had a nice boost, and I shall kick on from here. Quiet evening in, ahead of work tomorrow methinks.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on May 6, 2011 22:09:02 GMT
In a move that surprises me, I have 5 days off in a row at work coming up soon. 3 days off from June 1st plus the weekend yields this unexpected boon. Huzzah.
Still feeling very lethargic, but almost certainly just a strange temp thing so it worries me not.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 6, 2011 22:23:39 GMT
Might be nothing, I found occasionally when I have begun training for running at times I've had spells like that where it's a struggle to do things.
Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 7, 2011 7:21:11 GMT
Felt very ill after it, had what can only be described as bowelapocalypse. Pain and discomfort, I ended up lying down for a couple of hours. Argh, welcome to the laid low club. Martin |
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Post by Hero on May 7, 2011 7:40:03 GMT
Something RULES today, but I can't remember what.
Can someone help remind me?
===KEN
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 7, 2011 7:48:54 GMT
Something RULES today, but I can't remember what. Can someone help remind me? Proper rain at last - the garden's been gasping for it. Martin |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 7, 2011 13:51:28 GMT
We had the rain last night, but quite muggy as a result today.
Andy
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