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Post by jameso on Nov 17, 2009 11:36:19 GMT
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Phil, I don't know what happened on your son's birthday party, but whatever it was (I'm) sure he's not old enough for any kind of "I was so drunk last night I woke up with glass in my foot" shenanigans!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2009 14:49:35 GMT
James' post edited for clarity.
We think Jonathan did it by running out into nanny's back garden bare foot !
He drinks like a fish so Lord help us when he does get on the sherberts !
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 18, 2009 20:12:41 GMT
How's the little fella's foot, Phil? What meds have they given you? Meds to get glass out of a foot? Must be in deep, bless him.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 18, 2009 21:29:48 GMT
Penicilian and another similar drug to kill the infection. It's a big round pussy lump with a nasty black thing in the middle. He's as right as rain otherwise, we're really fed up.
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Post by dinogrrl on Nov 19, 2009 1:21:46 GMT
Well that sounds rather unpleasant. I guess they want to tackle the infection before digging around in it?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 19, 2009 7:34:39 GMT
I think the hope is the body will work it back out.
Hospital *AGAIN* today, hopefully home afterwards.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 19, 2009 7:50:01 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 19, 2009 9:47:55 GMT
Hope it goes well!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2009 14:59:25 GMT
All the best for the little one.
I speak to you from a crappy internet cafe, which I just found by chance while out exploring. It smells like old socks and appears to run on sub dial-up speeds (I won't be back here). And there's a big bloody timer you can't get rid of superimposed on the middle of the screen. Sigh. It'll be a while since I have broadband at home again, arrrrggghhhh.
I have also now moved to New Burns Towers in Edinburger. Flat turned out to be more decent than I had thought during the quick viewing. So far, a very quiet close. Mostly plain white walls throughout, feels a bit like old-school TARDIS. And there's an arch! And I found a heated toilet rail last night! Also, loads of amenities nearby. Great location. So long as the place doesn't erupt at weekends, I may have won a watch. Walking distance to work too! Fingers crossed, may be a decent place to rent for a year or so. Some decent old-man pubs nearby too. Couple of cinemas too! And bowling!
I found the office earlier. There appears to be a Sontaran spacecraft half buried outside! Confirmed today I start at 9am on Monday morning! Arrrrgghhh!
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2009 15:31:49 GMT
Nice to hear that you're getting everything in order now Ralph.
In other news, one of my friends on Facebook (an old classmate from school) has written on her status update that she is offended by a person in her area who is putting on a 24 hour 'show' where she is trying to induce an epileptic seizure to try and highlight epilepsy. This friend of mine is rightfully offended by this because she has an epileptic daughter. Although I don't suffer from epilepsy I am also offended by this stunt.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 19, 2009 15:51:04 GMT
That's crazy. Having seen plenty of fits in my time, I can't imagine anyone actually trying to induce one. They're horrible, and very dangerous. Status Epilepticus (non-stop fitting) is a killer. I also come across psuedo fitters at work, people who fake fits. That bugs me no end. I don't doubt many of these people have deep issues which make them act out like that, but, as I say, having seen and treated real fits, it gets me back up a bit.
Glad the new pad is working out, Doc'! Things in danger of turnin' round for ya!
Phil, hope the little man's foot sorts itself out soon, sounds very uncomfortable for the little chap.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2009 17:38:18 GMT
This epileptic 'show' is apparently happening somewhere in Yorkshire so no doubt you'll hear about it before I do Shockprowl.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 19, 2009 19:49:29 GMT
'Long as it's not when I'm working!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 19, 2009 20:16:23 GMT
Walking distance to work too! Oh, that makes such a difference to one's life, I find! Very well done there. There's no pleasing some people.  Martin |
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Post by legios on Nov 19, 2009 21:59:40 GMT
I hope that the little'uns foot heals swiftly and well Phil.
I see the .....interesting.... weather has struck Scotland today. My boss thought I was a bit mad going out on foot to visit one of our tenants who lives fifteen to twenty minutes walk away, on the grounds that I would get wet and I should take the car instead.
I couldn't really see the point. Given that it was so close there seemed to be no point to running the car engine and adding pollution to the air. Especially as I have a coat and waterproof shoes. In actual fact the rain wasn't the problem so much as the impressive crosswind, into which I had to tack at the Haymarket junction to make any headway.
The flooding on the railway line made for an interesting journey home though. All told it took about an hour and twenty minutes to do a twenty-five minute run. But, I had a Larry Niven short story collection with me so I just stretched out my legs under the table and read through a couple of the Bewoulf Shaefer stories whilst we slowly wended our way home.
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Post by karla on Nov 19, 2009 22:21:16 GMT
I've booked off my days for autoassembly 2010 I WILL be going this time!!
Hooray for the Doctor! Why do you want old man pubs?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 19, 2009 22:33:51 GMT
Old man pubs are better for sitting in and having banter with mates.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2009 23:43:45 GMT
I also prefer these 'old man pubs' but that is mainly because they're the only kind of pubs that exists in my village. Wetherspoon pubs are also quite good - the ban of music allows for a much better conversation over a pint.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 19, 2009 23:46:16 GMT
Wetherspoons tend to be the destination of choice for the scots contingent to congregate at for precisely that reason.
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Post by jameso on Nov 20, 2009 1:51:07 GMT
Yeah, and the cheap beer and cheap food!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 20, 2009 7:29:55 GMT
Old man pubs are the only pubs for me.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 20, 2009 9:59:57 GMT
Home at last !
Kingston's children's ward lanced J's foot yesterday, loads of gunk came out and it looks much better now.
If only he'd take his medication !
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Post by karla on Nov 20, 2009 12:36:28 GMT
well, there's your answer zudobug, she is an expressive artist. If she doesn't do it this time, she'll try again. Wetherspoons tend to be the destination of choice for the scots contingent to congregate at for precisely that reason. Andy I love wetherspoons didn't realise it could be considered an old man pub. Is there a difference between old men and grumpy old men? |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 20, 2009 12:42:03 GMT
Any place without blaring music/tv is what we would refer to as an old mans pub. A proper grumpy old man pub is what people refer to as "the local". You walk in and everybody looks at you as if to say "Who are you and what are you doing in our pub?".
Andy
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Post by andrewbcalculating on Nov 20, 2009 13:05:27 GMT
I've got a piece of advice for you Ralph for moving into your new residence, make sure the council give you the correct means to pay your Council Tax.
Yesterday we received a letter from our council claiming that we owe £118.53 in Council Tax even though we have 2 receipts and a bank statement that prove that we have paid it. Now we’ve obviously recently moved house and as a result we were sent a new Council Tax bill but not a new Council Tax payment card. So what happened was that we paid the first part of our new Council Tax bill using our old Council Tax payment card making it look as if we hadn’t paid our Council Tax when in fact we had all be it to the wrong account. I phoned our council and the money from our old account will be transferred to our new account but that there are only two post dates in a month to send us a new Council Tax payment card.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 20, 2009 18:48:03 GMT
Liz and I have just pulled a 1cm long Pyrocantha thorn from Jonathan's heel. We're keeping it as a souvenir !
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Post by legios on Nov 20, 2009 22:45:26 GMT
That is a heck of a length of thorn!
Good to hear that things are going in the right direction with Johnathan's foot though.
I had the remainder of the filings I was in need of today. I decided to have the local anaesthetic this time as one of them needed to be drilled a little deeper than the previous one. As a result I have only just had the bottom left hand side of my face returned to me. I had forgotten how thorough a local anaesthetic could be, which made for an interesting experience when I was trying to bite through the crust on my slices of chunks of baguette with no feeling whatsoever in two thirds of my eating gear... It has mostly worn off now, so it is nice to have the whole of my face present and correct again.
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Post by dinogrrl on Nov 21, 2009 1:13:01 GMT
Jonathan certainly seems to like stepping on sharp things! Good to hear they cleaned his foot out, should heal up quicker now.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 21, 2009 8:32:36 GMT
Good news on Jonathan's foot and Karl's teeth!
At 6pm last night I was gearing up for a lazy weekend at home in Cardiff. Two hours later I found myself in Bristol, where I am now. Dad pulled a muscle in his side or trapped a nerve between two bones or something (doctors aren't quite sure) and is in a lot of pain when he moves around, and isn't able to care as well as he normally does for my Mum, who has Parkinson's, so I've come to keep an eye on them for a few days, by which time the problem will hopefully have sorted itself out. Kind thoughts would be appreciated!
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