iL Dottore Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 2 hours ago, Hroth said: @iL Dottore Tramadol? The Devils drug, as far as I'm concerned. I did my back in once and was prescribed the big T, nausea and incomprehension for several days until I stopped taking the stuff. No wonder your Vogon poetry was so spaced out... Tramadol really doesn't do too much for me, unfortunately. Still it's much better than ibuprofen (which they love to prescribe around here). I'm getting Tramadol in combination with paracetamol (Zaldiar) and whilst it doesn't help against acute pain (such as when I move in a way that it places some stress on my Erector spinae and latissimus dorsi muscle groups), it keeps me comfortable at other times. I tend to be a bit unusual when it comes to many drugs - some of the very very common adverse events that show up regularly in most patients (such as gastric discomfort, or worse with NSAID and aspirin use) never effect me. Another factor, I think, is that I am not an "addictive personality": someone who once starts taking alcohol/tobacco/narcotics/psychoactives can't give them up. Post knee surgery, once I was quite comfortable, I just stopped taking the narcotic analgesic off my own bat without any problems. p.s. I don't need mind altering substances to write Vogon Poetry, it comes natural.... 13 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post New Haven Neil Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 24 A'noon. Lunch at Cregneish (note Manx spelling!) was OK, nothing special but no UPF. Ah Tramadol - I have hear some people react badly to it, but I was on a lot for quite some time after my foot mashing accident and subsequent two lots of surgery, it was a very painful injury and the surgery was no better. I was on 'Vitamin T' for quite some time, but it worked well for me and I had no issues tapering it off and stopping it entirely - another thing people report issues with, being an addictive opioid. I'm now taking 10mg Amitriptyline at night for my hip issues, working well but does make mornings rather slow if I take it late. Apparently in this low dose it works well for pain in some people, but not all. In much bigger doses (200mg) apparently it is actually an anti-depressant of rather old school. It certainly has helped me get something approaching a reasonable night, for the first time in many years, the hip issues/surgery goes back 13 years. Bodies, pah who'd have them. I need a new 3D printed skeleton. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24 Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. I've cut back on Nurofen although I didn't have any problems that others have reported. The net result is that the arthritis is less troublesome than when I was taking it. I'll have to visit Tess Coes now as the usual consumables, bread, milk and eggs are running low. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post southern42 Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 24 Well, I did get a move on and down into the garden I went. After a quick look round, this is what got done: Grass and weeds pulled out from the raised bed along the fence until I came to some supersized stones which I will need some help moving before I can clear the other 8ft or so. It is all growing round things put temporarily down to stop the "weeds" growing. Had the weather not been so wet this year, the "weeding" would have been done by now and before a lot of the grass and weeds had taken such a hold. Still I have made a start. Also done: ✔️Base of a thinnish branch of next door's shrub (forsythia) growing through ours (hawthorn) cut and pulled down, chopped up and binned (in waste bin on wheels). ✔️Deadwood (due to last year's winter drought) on the Eucalyptus, cut down, chop up and binned. ✔️Hawthorn trimmed of deadwood and low growing branches, stacked on ground for removal later (thorns and all that!). Lunch, then a fairly short TOTF🎶 - I was all in after 20 minutes! Airways and coughing a lot less bothersome now, and good to have enough energy to get out in the garden a bit, at last, but still not fully up to par. I am writing this propped up by pillows on the bed listening to some music on the new headphones. Magic! Not for much longer though....I fancy a mugadecaf! 19 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24 (edited) Performed some eyelid inspection while the towels were abluting, now they're hung out to dry. Time to think about the evening meal! Fridge is now back on line, and the little one turned off. Huge block of ice is still noticable, though half of what it was. I did say I procrastinated about defrosting... 🙃 10:30pm Iceblock all gone now! Edited July 24 by Hroth Update, Update 2 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 ... This afternoon stocking the caravan and finding out what I’ve missed. Plenty, as it turns out. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/covid-highest-in-more-than-a-year-and-finding-out-what-ive-missed/ 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24 2 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: ... This afternoon stocking the caravan and finding out what I’ve missed. Plenty, as it turns out. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/covid-highest-in-more-than-a-year-and-finding-out-what-ive-missed/ Nice stirring tune..... 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 HUMP day... Yesterday and today appear to be repeating the first day of the week. Pretty much NOTHING of note going on. So what to report I ask myself... Well, a couple of houses up for sale in the neighborhood it anyone is interested in moving to Minnesnowta :) This one is on for $625,000 --> 4801 Westbrook Lane The second one hasn't been listed yet, they were "staging" it yesterday. Last sold in 2019 for $564,000, owners now have two kids and looking for larger the 2,200 sq ft.!!! Sunny, a light breeze and generally pleasant at 15c first thing, forecast for 26c high later. Carry on. 15 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24 5 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: ... This afternoon stocking the caravan and finding out what I’ve missed. Plenty, as it turns out. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/covid-highest-in-more-than-a-year-and-finding-out-what-ive-missed/ A bit like a current TV advert for something soothing uses Enola Gay by OMD. Jamie 6 1 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24 The front garden has been tidied with the perennial geraniums cut back. Some of them already had new leaves developing beneath the old flower stems. Some more "almost" dead lavender has been further pruned, I think they will have to be taken out in the autumn and something new planted. I'm not sure whether to have lavender again or to try something else for a change. Some dead wood has been taken out of the roses and weeds dealt with. Since coffee time I've spent sometime reading a novel sitting in the garden which was nice. There were a number of swifts flying overhead along with the usual assorted seagulls (three species) and pigeons Then I went to see some friends nearby, we had a good chat and a cup of tea. The rest of the day will probably be more reading. David 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 12 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: Enola Gay by OMD. That is very quickly turn-offable. 4 2 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 (edited) 12 minutes ago, DaveF said: I'm not sure whether to have lavender again or to try something else for a change. You have just given me an idea for the setting for the rose bush - rose surrounded by lavenders, plenty of pongs and bee food Edited July 24 by Coombe Barton Removed autocorrect apostrophe 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coombe Barton Posted July 24 Popular Post Share Posted July 24 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: You have just given me an idea for the setting for the rose bush - rose surrounded by lavenders, plenty of pongs and bee food And I've just realised that I've landed myself a voluntary trip to the garden centre after hols. Sheesh! This retirement bug must be catching! Edited July 24 by Coombe Barton Removed autocorrect apostrophe 7 1 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted July 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24 10 minutes ago, Ian Abel said: Well, a couple of houses up for sale in the neighborhood it anyone is interested in moving to Minnesnowta :) This one is on for $625,000 --> 4801 Westbrook Lane It's always interesting to see what you get for your money when looking to move house. Just by way of comparison $625k equates to £480,000 ish so a quick search around this part of West Yorkshire yields these two in that sort of ball park. Haigh House Hill, Huddersfield Toothill Lane South, Brighouse Both close to the M62, but also both close to open countryside. 8 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24 No I didn't go measuring the bridge in a dinghy, but someone did as it's a listed monument, so I found the info on a historic bridge website. Having drawn up on plasticard the given dimensions, it's very apparent that all they've measured is the bridge section itself, not all the stone and brick work either side . Although the bridge has a listed date of 1385, you'll note the centre section is arched while the outer sections are pointed, it's thought they are of an earlier version of the bridge dating over a hundred years before. Tramadol Just looked it up, it appears not to be on my banned list of drugs, however opioids are known to rarely cause Hyperpyrexia events, so I feel I should steer clear of it. We've not been to a garden centre since I retired, we have enough trouble fighting the jungle we have. 14 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24 5 hours ago, TheQ said: Many items ordered from the bay of E, mostly unmentionable , surprisingly everything even the anti rat wire mesh is coming via Royal mail, they must have dropped their prices compared to herpes. Bear has noticed that - especially when sending things requiring insurance; RM coverage is often thrown in, but Herpes want more money for it - meaning the difference (if any) is minor. 1 hour ago, 4630 said: It's always interesting to see what you get for your money when looking to move house. Just by way of comparison $625k equates to £480,000 ish so a quick search around this part of West Yorkshire yields these two in that sort of ball park. Haigh House Hill, Huddersfield Toothill Lane South, Brighouse Both close to the M62, but also both close to open countryside. That's pretty much/only just above the value of Bear Towers - a 3 bed 1920's ex-council terraced house with no Garage (have I mentioned that?) 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post polybear Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 24 (edited) Bear here... Warehouse Day. Tick. No donuts though 😢 It seems the sorters have a bit of an in-house competition.... Nice.... BG Edited July 24 by polybear 2 9 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24 I'm sure I'm not the only one horrified by the recent car/motorcycle crash on the A61 in which six people died (two of them children); well it seems that an arrest has been made: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c29d2lenkp1o 1 8 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted July 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24 On 23/07/2024 at 13:28, iL Dottore said: Thinking about all the gear that is now available to the hobbyist (or can be simply built by a skilled hobbyist) got me thinking about what would a modern state-of-the-art workshop for modelling the unspeakable (M**** R*******) contain? I would suggest 3-D printer (resin) 3-D printer (filament) Laser cutter/engraver Micro CNC milling machine (such as The Carvera from Makera [no, really, that’s the name) “Tabletop“ table saw* “Tabletop“ chop saw* “Tabletop“ mini disc sander* You'd need the 4th axis option for the Carvera but still no substitute for a proper lathe and a proper mill IMHO. I would also need the PCB fabrication option but that's a bit esoteric for most I would have thought. Whilst far from being a "3D Printers should be banned because it's not 'proper' modelling"* I think "hands on machines free form" still have a very big part to play and should not be cast aside. You've also missed out rolling, folding, guillotine and a proper drill press machines. * Complete and utter nonsense, it's just a different skill set and very useful indeed On 23/07/2024 at 13:28, iL Dottore said: Notable by their absence or photo-etching, resin casting and vacuum forming; the reason being, they all have been superseded by newer technologies (specifically the first three bullet points Nope, Horses for Courses and all that. All those mentioned still have a part to play - try 3d printing thin-walled, compound curved, optically clear windows or if we expand modelling to aircraft as well, cockpit canopies for flying model aircraft. While we're broadening out to aircraft (if only to keep the Awls at bay) here's one of friend Phil's latest commissions; a 1/6 scale Fokker 70. You may recall his recent 1/3 scale Spitfire. I don't think Phil has got a 3D printer or CNC machine. You should see the work that went into the masters and molds for this! 4 hours ago, polybear said: What p•sses me off is the Doc will take it right down to the wire before issuing a repeat - even for sweeties that Bear has been on for 30+ years and will be on forever Absolutely. The trouble is they are "Practice Centric" when they should be "Patient Centric"! 4 hours ago, TheQ said: Need to see if the dimensions for this bridge are online. I know the central arch is available but if someone's measured the rest it would be a great help. The other thing is I need a piccy of the other side.. me thinks I'll look for that first. I was going to say "Well, you've got a boat and a tape measure ....." but Jamie beat me to it! 2 hours ago, iL Dottore said: p.s. I don't need mind altering substances to write Vogon Poetry, it comes natural.... But still in need of practice by the look of your last offering 🤪 ION My exercise regime has been exceedingly poor of late so in an attempt to put that right I'm trying to get back to at least a good walk each day. As we were moderately ERs today I thought I'd do the easterly lap of the village (~2.5 miles) straight after breakfast and get it done with. A walk was therefore walked. On my return I investigated Shed #1 (formerly the Techno Shed now reduced in status to the wood and junk store aka The Tip). I was looking for a length of 2" x 3" and a similar length of 2" x 1" timber to make a new back gate mounting. The 3" x 2" bolts to the concrete gate post and the gate hinges are screwed onto it. The 2" x 1" is just for cosmetic purposes. I searched in vain so a trip to the local building supplies emporium had to be made. Unexpectedly I managed to get two bits of timber which were spot on in terms of both dimension and quality if a little too long to fit in Monty. After scoffing lunch (A Mozzarella, tomato and Pesto Wrap if you're asking) the gate repair was undertaken. It was a bit of a struggle to get all of the very rusty screws and bolts out despite most of the wood being very rotten but I got there in the end and got it all back together and the new wood and the front of the gate Creocoated. By the time I was finished and stashed the heavy Workmate back in Shed #1 I was completely kerknackered so I'll be doing no more today other than sitting on my bottom. Right I hear a G&T calling. I'll go and peruse the copy of this that the Post Man delivered at lunchtime. The Tank Museum were flogging it for £4.99 so it would have been rude to miss it. It would have come in very useful when I built my 1/3 scale version a few years ago. As we were discussing modelling tools earlier. Here's the press tool I made to form the corrugations in the litho plate barrel. Bits of piano wire soldered to bits of sheet steel, seemed to work. And the spring cover - panel beaten Litho plate over a simple wood former. Not easy but the number one rule is anneal, anneal, anneal. And then when you've done that anneal it 🤣 Don't go chucking out those old tools and techniques for shiny new stuff; there is a place still for both. TTFN 8 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted July 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24 That's funny for a Wednesday evening ... 4 warbirds flying towards Duxford (2 Hurricanes and 2 P51s maybe?) flew over followed a couple of minutes after by the Bristol Blenheim and another single engined warbird. Looks like Sally B is going in the same general direction but a bit further south over Hatfield (Note, it did a sharpish turn to avoid Bear airspace!) Well, it's much better viewing than East Enders! 11 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Erichill16 Posted July 24 Popular Post Share Posted July 24 1 hour ago, polybear said: I'm sure I'm not the only one horrified by the recent car/motorcycle crash on the A61 in which six people died (two of them children); well it seems that an arrest has been made: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c29d2lenkp1o The family in the car were from the housing estate that my business serves and the church where a service is being held is where I heard my wedding banns read. Dreadful, dreadful episode and goodness knows how the surviving child is going to cope. 9 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erichill16 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 2 hours ago, polybear said: That's pretty much/only just above the value of Bear Towers - a 3 bed 1920's ex-council terraced house with no Garage (have I mentioned that?) And has Bear seen the ground floor layout of the Brighouse property? 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24 1 hour ago, PupCam said: You've also missed out rolling, folding, guillotine and a proper drill press machines. Plus an Airbrush Spray booth.... 1 hour ago, PupCam said: That's funny for a Wednesday evening ... 4 warbirds flying towards Duxford (2 Hurricanes and 2 P51s maybe?) flew over followed a couple of minutes after by the Bristol Blenheim and another single engined warbird. Looks like Sally B is going in the same general direction but a bit further south over Hatfield (Note, it did a sharpish turn to avoid Bear airspace!) Well, it's much better viewing than East Enders! There's a Duxford Flying Day on Friday - "The Americans" 33 minutes ago, Erichill16 said: And has Bear seen the ground floor layout of the Brighouse property? A very nice place - but far too close to the M62 for my liking - there's no way you don't get a lot of road noise when you're in the garden (or windows open). 5 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erichill16 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 2 minutes ago, polybear said: A very nice place - but far too close to the M62 for my liking - there's no way you don't get a lot of road noise when you're in the garden (or windows open). Yes but with a garage and all those other rooms(indoor sheds) you’d never be outside. 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post polybear Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 24 Bear here.... Having just surfaced from a Wallow I discovered the telly was showing Coronation Street (NO - I DON'T WATCH IT!!). There was a scene that went like this though: "We've created a special ten-course tasting menu for you". - followed by lot's of "what's this?" questions relating to the namby pamby names on the menu.... "Now look - STOP asking questions - it's ART......" "But I don't want Art - I want food......." "Can't I just have Steak n' Chips??" 🤣 BG 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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