Things That Gladden The Heart

GreiginFife said:
He’s thrown an unexpected spanner in the works in the shape of a white 2021 Fiesta ST-Line 1.0 Ecoboost as he likes the idea of a 3 door over a 5 door.
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Avoid the EcoBoom like the plague! Lovely looking mirrors but as AW mentions about the wet belt, they have a tendency to shear and absolutely destroy the engine and not very high mileage.
 
Lucifer MorningStar said:
Lot better bet then with those. 2 members of my wife’s family had the wet belt and both had engines go just after 50k miles and they both had full ford service history at the correct intervals.
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They still use a wet belt on the oil pump but that’s a relatively easy job every 30k or so. But, yeah the wet belt timing was a great idea executed with complete incompetence.
 
Weatherman on News just now:
"Great news! We have no weather warnings for the first time in weeks!"
It'll still be cold and wet but much better cold and wet 🙄
Three weeks until Canaries 20+°
 
anotherdouble said:
I remember when I was young, you found the car you wanted and then sought out the cheapest insurance. Now you have to find what car the cheapest insurance covers.
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When I was young it was find a car that I could afford, my parents could not afford to give me any towards it. A lot of overtime and it cost all of the extra I had earned.

My regret later on was that I wished I had spent that money on lessons as it was several years later that I actually passed a driving test.
 
Today’s been a great day, full of emotions but one that I can only describe as being immensely proud of Mrs M and her courage.

2 years ago we began IVF due to her not being able to conceive naturally, we had success but unfortunately a few weeks in we lost my dad to cancer and then 3 days later unfortunately suffered a miscarriage! So had possibly the worst week I can ever imagine having.

It’s been a long road and Mrs M has been through a lot, physically, mentally and emotionally. But today we visited the IVF clinic in London, had scans, tests and meetings with the Dr’s and she has decided now the time is right that shes ready to go for it again. So money paid out, appointments are booked and away we go.

For all she has been through, put up with and what an amazing step mum she’s been to my brood for the past 10years, I have everything crossed for her because she will be an amazing mum ❤️
 
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Lucifer MorningStar said:
Today’s been a great day, full of emotions but one that I can only describe as being immensely proud of Mrs M and her courage.

2 years ago we began IVF due to her not being able to conceive naturally, we had success but unfortunately a few weeks in we lost my dad to cancer and then 3 days later unfortunately suffered a miscarriage! So had possibly the worst week I can ever imagine having.

It’s been a long road and Mrs M has been through a lot, physically, mentally and emotionally. But today we visited the IVF clinic in London, had scans, tests and meetings with the Dr’s and she has decided now the time is right that shes ready to go for it again. So money paid out, appointments are booked and away we go.

For all has been through, put up with and what an amazing step mum she’s been to my brood for the past 10years, I have everything crossed for her because she will be an amazing mum ❤️
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Best of luck to you both with the renewed journey.
 
Couple of days ago my mrs got me to phone GP at 8:30am as had intermittent chest pains and a feeling of chest heaviness - and with a family history of heart issues she felt it important that I did. As the pain wasn’t severe I didn’t need to go straight to A&E but got a Midday GP appointment. Quick check and he set up a referral to A&E and off I went with my mrs…arriving at the hospital at 1pm. Straight into triage and into assessment. Left at about 4pm ECG and bloods good, with a referral within two week target to the Rapid Access Chest Pain clinic for further checks to try identify source of my concerns.

All in all my experience of the NHS from initial call to GP through GP appt and hospital assessment was that when the NHS has to do something with an urgency it works superbly. The staff throughout were all magnificent. Protect the NHS and those from home and away who deliver it for us. Don’t let anyone tell you that there is another better way. We must treasure it and those who work in it else we shall lose it.
 
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Couple of days ago my mrs got me to phone GP at 8:30am as had intermittent chest pains and a feeling of chest heaviness - and with a family history of heart issues she felt it important that I did. As the pain wasn’t severe I didn’t need to go straight to A&E but got a Midday GP appointment. Quick check and he set up a referral to A&E and off I went with my mrs…arriving at the hospital at 1pm. Straight into triage and into assessment. Left at about 4pm ECG and bloods good, with a referral within two week target to the Rapid Access Chest Pain clinic for further checks to try identify source of my concerns.

All in all my experience of the NHS from initial call to GP through GP appt and hospital assessment was that when the NHS has to do something with an urgency it works superbly. The staff throughout were all magnificent. Protect the NHS and those from home and away who deliver it for us. Don’t let anyone tell you that there is another better way. We must treasure it and those who work in it else we shall lose it.
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I've made several posts lauding that sentiment from experiences in the past two years. And that was after my wife spending her life as a nurse almost in despair when she left, but never at the staff.
So 👍👍👍
 
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