Early Risers.

[leopardml2341]

6 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

...... and can still tell me off when required.

Now come on, do you really expect that will ever change?

[simontaylor484]

2 hours ago, BoD said:

I found it very telling that the correct answer to a few questions was ‘perhaps’.

Exactly very wishy washy 

[Barry O]

1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said:

I am a statin refuser though, after a friend got muscle damage in his legs after taking them post MI, taken him a long time to get back on his feet.

me too.. and that is supported by the Cardiology people at the University and one or two GPs I know.... a good way of spending money on something which is not the universal panacea it is made out to be..

 

Today I have a phone call and a text to invite me to have an eye pressures review at the local eye clinic.. jeez.. I visited them earlier this week and these people are trying to organise vaccination appointments..  as it happens it was Dr eediot who had badgered the system trying to set a date for 3 months time... gives him time to work out what to do about what is happening.. I have told him I won't use eye drops with Beta Blockers in.. the instructions state DO NOT  USE them if you have diabetes.. "don't worry about that".. so why bother having the instructions???

 

Apologies, rant over. 

 

@railsquid nice to see the squidlet taking part! . He is growing fast!

 

@BoD hope things keep going in a positive direction

 

@AndyB just hope things get better.. seems like a redistibution of test kit would not go amiss.

 

The number of people having the first jab has now appeared on the ONS web data.. but it only has a headline for totals for the UK and then split into England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.. I would like to see a split by region or by Health Care Trust as it could be an eye opener.

 

Off to have telecoms with Dr Eldest Herbert so TTFN

 

Baz

 

 

 

 

 

 

[simontaylor484]

22 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

The Good Lady had her first Covid Jab this morning, and I can report that so far NO extra arms have grown, she has NOT gone boss eyed, and can still tell me off when required.

And you have the added bonus you can ask Bill Gates where she is at any time 

Edited January 13, 2021 by simontaylor484
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[Tony_S]

We did go for a walk. We did slightly leave our postcode but the road was still visible. It was drizzly so not many people about. It was easy to cross the road too as there wasn’t much traffic. The bus going by was also empty apart from the driver.

Statins fortunately seem to work for me. The hospital changed the version when heart problems were diagnosed. I get enough blood tests which would indicate problems with statins and don’t have any of the bad side effects. 
Tony

[The Lurker]

27 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

Exactly very wishy washy 

they had a chief covid copper from London on the BBC London news last night answering questions and he explained things very clearly - what was in the law/regulations - which is what will get policed - and the interpretations, which have no legal force but which are intended as good practice. As a result of seeing that I passed the test with flying colours!

 

What I found more annoying was the Ski Sunday section where the answered viewer queries, one of which was "where can i go ski-ing?" Rather than trot through quarantine here and isolation there and Scandanavia's open, they should have answered along the lines of "it doesn't matter what the rules are, don't go. Why are you even thinking about it? Give it a break for one year and we will be all right." Most of Europe's spread was initially driven by ski mingling IIRC - the genetic tests showed that Covid had come to this country in well over 1000 different strains / instances and that most infections had come from Italy and Spain, not China

[The Lurker]

and good to see the Railsquid dropping by. Crikey, the squidlet has grown!

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Went to Tess Coes lunchtime for the usual bread and milk and fresh fruit and veg. As I was about to leave the phone rang and it was the same scammer, this time supposedly from a local exchange. It looks as though they've got into someones address book.

3 hours ago, Tony_S said:

Did you see the news item about the people who had driven a considerable distance from Leicester(I think) to McDonalds “for exercise”. In addition to Covid rule breaking they also had the car impounded as it didn’t have a windscreen or wipers.

edit

found it

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/fines-given-derbyshire-mcdonalds-after-4879399

 

And the one further down the page about the Audi pulled at a filling station. Passenger fined for breaching covid restrictions and car seized and will be crushed most likely (no licence or insurance).

1 hour ago, laurenceb said:

Interesting article about eating fat & carbs, echo's comments from Neil & Flavio

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/03/the-case-for-keto-review-why-a-full-fat-diet-should-be-on-the-menu?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

And I've not had a full English breakfast for years because its 'unhealthy' 

[Tony_S]

The BBC Covid quiz I did had 7 questions and I got one wrong as I chose the “stay local” answer instead of “as far as you like in England. “

Aditi found a longer quiz and got a few wrong as there were questions about fines. She said she had no need to know as she wasn’t going to do anything to get fined.  

[Coombe Barton]

Bit of Senior and Junior Wild Swan reading came today, thanks to Titfield in Aquae Sulis.

Some inspiration has had me picking them up a few times, which bodes well for the mojo.

 

 

[polybear]

5 hours ago, southern42 said:

*C* cake nearly gone - 3 days worth left, I reckon.  It's very rich, sweet, sticky, gooey even, very moist and extremely tasty - cake-theft security is at its highest.  Of course, certain cake-lovers may be entertained on the showing of their ERs cake pass with authorised avatar...but maybe not...we love it too much.

 

 

 

 

No Chrimbo cake for Bear this year...or should it be last year.....

 

1 hour ago, AndyB said:

Afternoon all.

Very depressing email from the nursing home. 

Half of the residents and the majority of staff now have the virus. 

Vaccinations were due tomorrow but these have now been cancelled as there are insufficient tests available. 

Meanwhile the local schools have plenty of tests but with lockdown no need for them. 

 

 

Is there any guidance on what happens if a known C-19 case receives the vaccine?  Is it wasted/ineffective/harmful?

 

1 hour ago, Chris116 said:

While security at the front door were doing a good job directing people sadly security on the car park door was too busy with her phone (appeared to be playing a game) to bother to stop people entering which meant that I met 8 people going the wrong way! Good idea spoilt by one member of staff not doing their job.

 

A quiet word in a Manager's shell-like wouldn't go amiss...

 

10 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

And I've not had a full English breakfast for years because its 'unhealthy' 

 

Bear proposes a "Class Action" against those purveyors of such scurrilous rumours.

I recall a BBC TV news report (or was it ITV?) by Trevor McDonut many moons ago; having been told for years that brown bread was better for you than white, it had then been discovered that brown bread had more chemicals and pesticides in it that white.   DDT anyone?

 

[simontaylor484]

I think the quiz is slightly flawed as there are so many exceptions also they have to leave some of the information as "perhaps" for legal reasons. Can you remember the bloke tried to sue the BBC over Top Gear saying to go faster when your caravan started snaking as a joke.

[simontaylor484]

Just been watching Battles for Europe on Yesterday. It was crossing the Rhine. Very interesting as usual most poignant was the Jewish GI's and concentration camp survivors celebrating Passover in Goebbels house in Munchengladbach. Hows that for saying F you to a monstrous regime 

 

[pH]

1 hour ago, laurenceb said:

Interesting article about eating fat & carbs, echo's comments from Neil & Flavio

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/03/the-case-for-keto-review-why-a-full-fat-diet-should-be-on-the-menu?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

Many years ago (over 50!) in a university biochemistry course, we were told that a guaranteed way to lose weight was (if it was possible) to eat nothing but pure fat. The body would need to expend considerable energy to break down the fat and convert it to compounds needed for processes usually supplied by dietary carbohydrate and protein. Plus, since  various things were not being supplied in the diet, the body would have to break down existing tissue to re-use required material already in the body. The big drawback would be what that kind of diet would do to your blood chemistry.

[TheQ]

39 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

 

And I've not had a full English breakfast for years because its 'unhealthy' 

It is bad for you..

 

 

Just leave out the fried bread and toast...... then it's good for you..

Edited January 13, 2021 by TheQ

[laurenceb]

40 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Went to Tess Coes lunchtime for the usual bread and milk and fresh fruit and veg. As I was about to leave the phone rang and it was the same scammer, this time supposedly from a local exchange. It looks as though they've got into someones address book.

And the one further down the page about the Audi pulled at a filling station. Passenger fined for breaching covid restrictions and car seized and will be crushed most likely (no licence or insurance).

And I've not had a full English breakfast for years because its 'unhealthy' 

Friend of mine has a sensable dn she told him that a full English is without toast is healthier than a bowl of cereal

Edited January 13, 2021 by laurenceb
ad the bit I forgot

[BokStein]

Some interesting posts!

 

24 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

No Chrimbo cake for Bear this year...or should it be last year.....

 

Perhaps it depends upon how many times in a Century do chrimbo day and New Year's Day fall in the same year!

 

6 minutes ago, TheQ said:

It is bad for you..

 

 

Just leave out the fried bread and toast...... then it's good for you..

 

Dry cooked (akin to fried) egg on grilled bacon - Perfect startup to the day.

[Sir TophamHatt]

Baby TH has worked out that he can make loud noises intentionally, which means if the vacuum cleaner is on, he has to be louder than the noise it makes!

This guy makes me laugh every day!

[The Stationmaster]

Evening all,

 

The day started with misty rain which duly hid the place then teh rain stopped and the mist cleared so I could see the palace.  Not that I want to see it but it does at least let me know how clear, or not, thegeneral visibility is.

 

The big blessing of Covid has been the massive reduction in what has the cheek to pass over our heads or withina mile or two of them, on turns  way onto LHR approach, being wakebned just after 06.00 by teh early arrivals from further parts of the globe is one alarm call i definitely do not miss.  While the evening rush hour of incoming flights when they pass us at 2 minute intervals with varying degrees of reduced thrust or presenting their back ends as they turn onto 09 heading is definitely something I am overjoyed to do without.  Even when we get our regular allocation of aircraft nuisance as it is passed around the Home Counties and different parts of London it is all massively reduced from what it was like a year ago.  And as they currently only use one runway at a time we will only get landing aircraft overhead every other week and provided the wind blows from the west we won't even get them that frequently.    Only thing is the few we now get are that bit more noticeable than when it was a steady cacophony.

 

Talking of air travel now the lad has an assistant (in training, in Poland) there is apparently talk of expanding his geographical area of responsibility - by adding the Phillipines.  Quite why they have that in mind I don't really understand but one day it might just be a bit more attractive for a familiarisation visit than a the Madrid office which is right next to the airport although while the Paris branch is ideally situated either he can at least do that one by train.

 

Chicken un=pie for dinner to night plus asparagus - luvverly.

 

Enjoy the rest of the day/evening and stay safe. 

[polybear]

Not a fun couple of days for this Bear.....

Having noted before Chrimbo that Bear's weight had descended somewhat rapidly (13Kg in six months, maybe a bit less), Bear thought it best to ask the V-E-T.  Originally I'd put the first 10Kg loss down to gardening etc. post-retirement, but when it carried on going into winter and my last weigh-in dropped another 3Kg and hit 70Kg the little bells started ringing loudly.

Fortunately the Vet was right on the ball and after a few checks & tests in the surgery I was referred there and then.  Eleven days later & Chrimbo week I'm on the scanner, then a couple of days later the Vet called to say that there were "some concerns" with the scan & test results.  Very soggy chips....

Fast-forward to earlier this month and the consultant thought it'd be a wheeze to let me have something called "Moviprep".  Hmm....

So yesterday afternoon comes......

Now how can I put this daintily?    Ahhhh.......Bisto.....

Go for it guys, you'll love it......

The bit in the instructions about NO CAKE and NO BISCUITS (which came into play on Sunday) is just plain cruel though.  Talk about kick a Bear when he's down.

So this morning was an encounter with a Vet doing unspeakable things with a camera.  Not sure Mr. Nikon quite had that in mind.  Bear got to watch it all on telly too.  One thing I will say, that Moviprep stuff REALLY does a good job.  Nuff 'sed

So now I have to wait for the biopsy results, which by all accounts are taking weeks to do.  Bvgger. 

 

What I would say though is that:

(a) Moviprep is ok, but don't leave home...  The taste is bearable, though it did get worse with the second litre.  I was told (after the event )  that you can improve it by mixing it with orange squash etc. (but not red or purple ones, so Ribena's out...guess which one Bear drinks.....).  Drinking the Movi started at 3pm yesterday, and by 11pm it'd done it's job.  No fears for driving to the Hospital this morning, which was kinda handy.

(b) The procedure itself is ok too - some mild discomfort but this magic stuff called Entonox (self administered, as required) soon sorts that.  (Can I get it for DIY jobs I wonder?  Ebay....)  And watching it on telly is interesting too; no substitute for The Muppets or Fraggle Rock though, but made a change.

(c) The worst bit?  Winding yourself up about the whole process beforehand.  No need, really.....

 

And if any of the cockwombles need any convincing about what effect C-19 is having on the NHS?  Well, Bear was the very last patient to go thru' the Endoscopy Unit before it's closed down due to lack of staff; they've been cancelling/postponing appointments left, right and centre.  All patients will now have to go to The Lister....

As for the NHS, well the environment and treatment I received today was second to none (I even got a freebie ham sarnie and a couple of packets of bikkies with my Tea afterwards - boy, did they taste good...) - it reminded me of a private hospital (not that I've much experience of those).  And for that you're looking at the wrong side of two grand for what took place today.  That's a lot of choo-choo's.  Added to that the timescale from first seeing the Vet to where I am now is a couple of days over a month.  And that's in the middle of a pandemic, with Chrimbo in the middle.

First class, and some.  And most deserving of Bear's Golden LDC Award

 

 

Edited January 13, 2021 by polybear

[PhilJ W]

46 minutes ago, TheQ said:

It is bad for you..

 

 

Just leave out the fried bread and toast...... then it's good for you..

I don't have the baked beans either, sliced tomatoes (fresh) instead.

[polybear]

55 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

Just been watching Battles for Europe on Yesterday. It was crossing the Rhine. Very interesting as usual most poignant was the Jewish GI's and concentration camp survivors celebrating Passover in Goebbels house in Munchengladbach. Hows that for saying F you to a monstrous regime 

 

 

ISTR one of the women at work's mother was Goebbel's secretary.  It took quite a while for the firm to do her security clearance, unsurprisingly....

[simontaylor484]

I str she married a British Intelligence officer that interrogated her.

 

 

[Coombe Barton]

... and if you take the batteries out of the thermostat and put them in the TV remote because you can't decide whose turn it is to buy batteries, then your heating won't work ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/01/13/another-unwanted-high/

[New Haven Neil]

2 hours ago, laurenceb said:

Friend of mine has a sensable dn she told him that a full English is without toast is healthier than a bowl of cereal

 

Yup - a bowl of cereal has about 70 - 80g of carbs - almost my full days allowance.......