pH Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: A friend of mine had occasional serious episodes of vertigo - very like the symptoms you describe. The only situation in which I get vertigo is lying flat on my back, under a sink, and looking up as I work on the plumbing. (Apart from the “whirling pits”, of course, and it’s a long time since those were provoked!) 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coombe Barton Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 ... Nelson was only 5' 4" tall. His statue in Trafalgar Square stands 17' 4". That's Horatio of about 3 to 1 ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2022/10/21/covid-and-flu-nhs-pressure/ 1 1 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Please! Please! Please! We desperately need a “GROAN” button! 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, pH said: Please! Please! Please! We desperately need a “GROAN” button! We can improvise: 5 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, pH said: Please! Please! Please! We desperately need a “GROAN” button! I thought you would be more Hardy but if you are suffering you could always dial 111. Edited October 21, 2022 by BoD 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Erichill16 Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, PupCam said: Eric - Recently I've had need of regular supplies of numerous products of your trade. I can't pronounce most of them let alone spell them and how they work and how they don't all get mixed up with each other heaven only knows! But I'm sure you would know, what they are all for and most importantly which can and which can't be used together and what to watch out for - it's all part of your particular area of expertise. All I know is they seem to be doing a reasonable job of keeping me vertical rather than the default horizontal position 😀 Anyway, many thanks for the compliment 👍 - I'm pleased to say a bit of engineering knowledge and a few skills rubbed off on me during my 45 years at the Great Empire! Alan Now I’ve got your attention I’ve always assumed Great Empire is General Electric, am I right on that one? I read all over RMWeb about people doing model projects that the skills they need have been provided for as part of their employment. A great deal of what I learned at University wasn’t relevant to my career and most of what I learned since is of no use in retirement. Anyway I made a good living out of my job so shouldn’t grumble and should learn the skills I feel I’m lacking. So little time and so much to learn and so much time wasted on here! 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post PupCam Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, BoD said: Evening all Balance continues to be er … unbalanced. I know I’m standing still and nothing else is moving but I feel like I’m swaying and everything else is moving. Unless I keep my head still or move very, very slowly. I phoned surgery first thing and they arranged a ‘call back’ appointment. They phoned back at about 9.15 and after a triage I was given an appointment to see a GP at 10.25. I can’t complain about the system here. The GP seems to have been a registrar GP and requested that she record the consultation for her exams. No problem for me, so after I signed a form I was given a very thorough going over consultation. She thought it unlikely to be vaccine related but more likely to be a viral infection of the balance bits of the ear. She thinks it will fade over the next few days. However, my blood pressure was somewhat higher than usual so i have a BP diary to keep and another appointment in a weeks time. She established that even though I couldn’t go for my daily walk I could still manage about the house so decided against medication which is usually just travel sickness pills anyway. Onwards and upwards, or in my case slowly and as level as possible. A family member suffers from Labyrinthitis which can on occasions be most debilitating. If I recall it's something to do with little crystals / lumps floating around in the fluid in the tubes in the ear triggering the little hairs that sense motion (They'll be the human equivalent of an IMU @polybear😂). I don't know if it is this in this case but the exercises for head movement mentioned previously are designed to park the crystals / lumps or whatever at the ends of the tubes out of the way of the active bits. In my family member's case it was more of a clinician, quite extreme, manipulation rather than DIY exercises but it did seem to work. Whatever it is, I hope it subsides/disappears quickly! https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/labyrinthitis/ Edited October 21, 2022 by PupCam 3 1 4 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, PupCam said: If I recall it's something to do with little crystals / lumps floating around in the fluid in the tubes in the ear triggering the little hairs that sense motion I don't know if it is this in this case but the exercises for head movement mentioned previously are designed to park the crystals / lumps or whatever at the ends of the tubes out of the way of the active bits. That's very like to the explanations my friend gave me. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 18 minutes ago, pH said: Please! Please! Please! We desperately need a “GROAN” button! I will tell her - she'll probably fling her awl at me. 1 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post PupCam Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Erichill16 said: Now I’ve got your attention I’ve always assumed Great Empire is General Electric, am I right on that one? I read all over RMWeb about people doing model projects that the skills they need have been provided for as part of their employment. A great deal of what I learned at University wasn’t relevant to my career and most of what I learned since is of no use in retirement. Anyway I made a good living out of my job so shouldn’t grumble and should learn the skills I feel I’m lacking. So little time and so much to learn and so much time wasted on here! No, not General Electric (but I can see where you are coming from 😀) but the conglomeration of all of Britain's once proud aviation industry into what was British Aerospace. Without going into too much detail, both the Bear and I started in Hatfield which started off life as the wonderful de Havilland. de Havilland had long since ceased to be by the time we turned up but I have to say I'm quite proud of my, admittedly rather tenuous, connection to that illustrious Company. Alan 13 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Erichill16 Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, PupCam said: A family member suffers from Labyrinthitis which can on occasions be most debilitating. If I recall it's something to do with little crystals / lumps floating around in the fluid in the tubes in the ear triggering the little hairs that sense motion (They'll be the human equivalent of an IMU @polybear😂). I don't know if it is this in this case but the exercises for head movement mentioned previously are designed to park the crystals / lumps or whatever at the ends of the tubes out of the way of the active bits. In my family member's case it was more of a clinician, quite extreme, manipulation rather than DIY exercises but it did seem to work. Whatever it is, I hope it subsides/disappears quickly! https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/labyrinthitis/ BBPV- benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_paroxysmal_positional_vertigo I have suffered with it and other ear/balance problems and in the end lost my driving license thought it and am now on a gluten free diet to hopefully prevent it returning. A long story for another time. 1 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: I will tell her - she'll probably fling her awl at me. Sent her the Groan button the reply It's going to get Depressed 😭 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 In aviation (and definitely not political) news (because we would never, ever do that) apparently the Boeing 757 nicknamed "Trump Force One" is airworthy again, and in West Palm Beach. CNN: Donald Trump’s Boeing 757 rehabbed and back in West Palm Beach 1 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Ozexpatriate said: In aviation (and definitely not political) news (because we would never, ever do that) apparently the Boeing 757 nicknamed "Trump Force One" is airworthy again, and in West Palm Beach. CNN: Donald Trump’s Boeing 757 rehabbed and back in West Palm Beach Hmmm. I wonder if that means Boris is going to get his bike out again too? 🤔 That might be leading to a road down which we are not allowed ..... 😂 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erichill16 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, PupCam said: No, not General Electric (but I can see where you are coming from 😀) but the conglomeration of all of Britain's once proud aviation industry into what was British Aerospace. Without going into too much detail, both the Bear and I started in Hatfield which started off life as the wonderful de Havilland. de Havilland had long since ceased to be by the time we turned up but I have to say I'm quite proud of my, admittedly rather tenuous, connection to that illustrious Company. Alan Ah!, now I understand. I have read quite a bit about the British aerospace industry in particular TSR2 in relation to the amalgamation of various separate companies. I have recently read ‘Project Cancelled’ (Derek Wood) and ‘Empire of the Clouds’ ( James Hamilton-Paterson). Both interesting if frustrating books. 8 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2022 Evening all from Estuary-Land. The nearest I've been to having vertigo was after a few pints of Green King Christmas Ale, the effect only lasted a couple of hours though. Arthur Itis woke up again this evening but a couple of pills stopped him and sent him back to sleep again. 9 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post monkeysarefun Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, simontaylor484 said: @woodenheadmost of the objections seem to be that they think the lithium batteries will explode I looked at getting a quote for solar panels one of the firms wasnt taking on new customers due to a shortage of components. The other one I found started from £6k without battery storage. It's a bit pricey for me It finally clicked here in the heads of even the "climate change is not a thing!" side of the ruling types that paying people to install renewable energy systems was a better use of money than just subsidising / capping / paying their power bills for them, which just gives the money to the power companies. Hence currently (nyuk nyuk!) low-income earners can install a 3KW solar system using entirely government money and the rest of us can claim a subsidy that works out to about $1000 per KW system, so a 6KWH installation the government will pay about $6000 towards it (estimates of a 6KW system range from $4900 to $7100 in NSW...) Now they just have to fix that bit in their heads which tells them that the windfarm at Lake George that they drive past on their way to Canberra is an eyesore and an abomination and a disgrace: Whereas all the open cut coal mines dotting the picturesque wine-making and race horse breeding areas of the Hunter Valley are Beautiful and Jobs! Jobs! Jobs and export dollars yay! Edited October 21, 2022 by monkeysarefun 1 1 2 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2022 28 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: I will tell her - she'll probably fling her awl at me. Please pass on our regards and best wishes. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 45 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said: Whereas all the open cut coal mines ... are Beautiful That's a tremendously beautiful coal mine, so beautiful, and we love coal mines, don't we folks, so many jobs! Those wind farms, whir, whir, whir, they cause cancer and all the dead birds, beautiful dead birds everywhere, so sad; and the toilets, why don't they flush anymore? You have to push the handle five, ten, twenty times ... OK I need to go sit on the naughty step now. Edited October 21, 2022 by Ozexpatriate 1 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2022 47 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: Sent her the Groan button the reply It's going to get Depressed 😭 You definitely need this and pleasecforwsrdcit to the LadybofvthecAwl with my regards. Jamie 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Erichill16 said: Ah!, now I understand. I have read quite a bit about the British aerospace industry in particular TSR2 in relation to the amalgamation of various separate companies. I have recently read ‘Project Cancelled’ (Derek Wood) and ‘Empire of the Clouds’ ( James Hamilton-Paterson). Both interesting if frustrating books. In many ways the British aircraft industry mimicked the railways and in the 20th century did what the British railway companies did in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hundreds of small companies gradually coalesced into fewer and fewer large companies. In the end there were basically just two left; Hawker Siddeley and the Britsh Aircraft Corporation. In the 60's the famous Handley Page tried to resist and go it alone but the Government effectively said it was only going to deal with two "big ones" and so, as many of Handley Pages contracts were military and their main customer had said "you'll not be getting any more contracts from us" they finally succumbed and disappeared off the face of the earth (1971 IIRC). Those two (plus a few stragglers) were then nationalised in 1977 to form British Aerospace and then privatised a few years later. After British Aerospace it just gets far too complicated to even imagine so we'll stop there! If Hawker Siddeley had painted all their aircraft Apple Green and BAC had painted all theirs Crimson Lake the comparison would have been even greater - but you can see the parallels! I wouldn't mind betting (and I'm not a betting man and also, as you are aware I know nothing on this topic!) there were probably hundreds of British pharmaceutical companies originally and over the years they gradually coalesced into fewer and fewer bigger companies ..... I'm not certain about the nationalisation and privatisation bits and what colours they chose to paint their drugs though 🤣 Alan Edited October 21, 2022 by PupCam 10 1 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PeterBB Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Erichill16 said: I read all over RMWeb about people doing model projects that the skills they need have been provided for as part of their employment. A great deal of what I learned at University wasn’t relevant to my career and most of what I learned since is of no use in retirement. living out of my job and should learn the skills I feel I’m lacking. So little time and so much to learn and so much time wasted on here! Ditto 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post TheQ Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 Evening Awl, Knockan crags, just beyond Ullapool, which is as far as I got, had a good night in a hotel there, the others iirc had surf and turf, I had haggi and turf.. Just to be confusing, I worked for a part of GEc that got taken over by BAe . I thought it extremely busy on the roads to the MRC tonight then I remembered it's half term, there was a full complement of cars at the cremated Swan for the second homers evening meals., Did a little road work before our quarterly meeting, full results of our last show, very satisfactory, the hall has been booked for next August bank holiday, to be paid for shortly which will fix the price. Our other show is go for the second may bank holiday..at a different hall. On of the guys there has a cheap source of finescale parts for parallel bits of metal, I ordered about 2500 soldered joints for the future project. Came home with some pictures in frames, of 12inches to the foots scale kettles.. two I like and will keep the others I gained brownie points from SWMBO by giving them to her to use the frames for her art.. Muggachoccy has been drunk Goodnight Awl. 20 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium zarniwhoop Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just got back on a PC after watching the final Mock The Week - I'll now offend the doctor by sobbing.😭 2 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium zarniwhoop Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2022 Something which will hopefully meet with the approval and amusement of most people here: https://www.joe.co.uk/news/climate-activists-volkswagen-dealership-364190 I dunno, things are so hard for protesters these days 😄 3 2 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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