Random Irritations

Woke up yesterday with an absolutely stinking cold. It's just as bad today.

Mind you, if I'm going to get a heavy cold, then a week when the golf course is shut is the best time for it. Maybe I should have posted this in Things that Gladden the Heart ...
 
rudebhoy said:
Woke up yesterday with an absolutely stinking cold. It's just as bad today.

Mind you, if I'm going to get a heavy cold, then a week when the golf course is shut is the best time for it. Maybe I should have posted this in Things that Gladden the Heart ...
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I use the Lidl cold and flu relief day and night capsules. I find they really help.
 
irip said:
My daughter has ordered one that comes with all the bits and sounds very similar to yours.
I think it’s a Rolls Royce something but don’t quote me on that.
It’s not available till start of February though, I didn’t know they had a build time 😂
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Fixed for you.

My missus insisted on a Silver Cross pram when my daughter was born....a proper pram it was...solid coachwork...not one of these fabric affairs, full sprung suspension. My parents paid for it (think it was around £400 at the time...25 years ago).

Must admit though....with the suspension and everything it was perhaps as comfortable a pram to push as you could imagine.
 
rudebhoy said:
Woke up yesterday with an absolutely stinking cold. It's just as bad today.

Mind you, if I'm going to get a heavy cold, then a week when the golf course is shut is the best time for it. Maybe I should have posted this in Things that Gladden the Heart ...
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I had one last week.

I was on the good old Night Nurse syrup - it has been many years since I slept past 8am for several days in a row.
 
AussieKB said:
MRI showed a tear in my meniscus so next stop is to see a specialist, looks like keyhole surgery to come.....

No golf for me for a while. :cry:
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Tore mine badly in March 2024, didn't play golf 'til the September.
A whole summer missed and when I came back to golf I was 15yds shorter with every club!
Still haven't got my yardage back, don't think I ever will.
Physio was what got me through, along with a couple of cortizone injections.
I came within a hair of having a total knee replacement, but my knees were older than yours!
I genuinely wish you a speedy recovery ........................... but DON'T rush it.
 
Bunkermagnet said:
Why call a plumber out to replace a toilet seat?
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Bunkermagnet said:
Why call a plumber out to replace a toilet seat?
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Sorry, obviously didnt make it clear enough. It was the pair of hinges that hold the seat to the cistern.
When the wife told me i just had a quick look and thought how can i get the seat off to replace the hinges. Its a back to the wall square cistern.
On closer looking there's a grub screw on the back of the hinge that needed an alan key to undo. A bit fiddly but got there in the end.
The seat itself is perfectly fine.
 
Lucifer MorningStar said:
We work on the 5 present rule. Something they want, Something they need, Something to wear, something to read and something to do.

So example this year one daughter got Headphones, Trainers, Jeans & Jumper, 3 book box set and a Go Ape voucher to spend time with me doing something. Seems to work well they don’t ask for a lot and everyone is happy.
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That's a really good way of doing it. Don't have kids myself but seeing how much my niece & nephew get, they get way too much and not even appreciate it - just grab something off the pile, rip the paper off, put it down & just repeat for about 20 minutes
 
Patster1969 said:
That's a really good way of doing it. Don't have kids myself but seeing how much my niece & nephew get, they get way too much and not even appreciate it - just grab something off the pile, rip the paper off, put it down & just repeat for about 20 minutes
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I felt a bit sad on Christmas Day because of almost the reverse of that. Every time my near-3-year-old opened a present, she wanted to open and play with it, but she had so many to get through and open that we had to say no each time to get through them. And then of course, once they're all open the smaller ones do get forgotten as you say. Next year I'm putting my foot down with the wife and limiting the number of presents to a much smaller number. It was just daft. We're now two weeks later and there's a stack of presents she hasn't got to opening the boxes for still.
 
nickjdavis said:
Fixed for you.

My missus insisted on a Silver Cross pram when my daughter was born....a proper pram it was...solid coachwork...not one of these fabric affairs, full sprung suspension. My parents paid for it (think it was around £400 at the time...25 years ago).

Must admit though....with the suspension and everything it was perhaps as comfortable a pram to push as you could imagine.
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We bought one when our son was born - In 1983 !!
Superb bit of kit it was too
 
Orikoru said:
I felt a bit sad on Christmas Day because of almost the reverse of that. Every time my near-3-year-old opened a present, she wanted to open and play with it, but she had so many to get through and open that we had to say no each time to get through them. And then of course, once they're all open the smaller ones do get forgotten as you say. Next year I'm putting my foot down with the wife and limiting the number of presents to a much smaller number. It was just daft. We're now two weeks later and there's a stack of presents she hasn't got to opening the boxes for still.
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We've seen that with friends kids before. Too many presents justs becomes overwhelming for the kid and they end up ignoring most and just playing with a few. It's the parents that go mad for presents, quantity, not the kid. Your wife may not see it but I think you are dead right to try and keep the numbers down next year (and that is not someone going into grumpy mode 😄). I don't know what the optimum number is, good luck with that one
 
Lord Tyrion said:
We've seen that with friends kids before. Too many presents justs becomes overwhelming for the kid and they end up ignoring most and just playing with a few. It's the parents that go mad for presents, quantity, not the kid. Your wife may not see it but I think you are dead right to try and keep the numbers down next year (and that is not someone going into grumpy mode 😄). I don't know what the optimum number is, good luck with that one
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Obviously you've got to split between 'santa' and your own presents - I tried to explain that in my youth I got my stocking, plus one 'big' present from Santa, and the rest were from Mum & Dad. My missus I think did too many 'from Santa' and then thought we had to match that with 'Mum & Dad' presents so we didn't look tight in comparison to Santa, if you get what I mean. :LOL: Hopefully now she understands where I was coming from though. Since you've got toys from every family member coming in as well.
 
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Patster1969 said:
That's a really good way of doing it. Don't have kids myself but seeing how much my niece & nephew get, they get way too much and not even appreciate it - just grab something off the pile, rip the paper off, put it down & just repeat for about 20 minutes
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My daughter got two main presents, one from Santa and one from us

The rest were little bits and bobs mainly clothes stuff and teddy bears etc

It’s also good that it’s spread out over a number of days
 
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