I would just like to say

No cloud so its going to be hot today. Am staying inside where its cool. Only just gorrup.

Norf Korea is at war wiv south Korea. They have bin sending over ballons carrying bags of poop and rubbish to the south. All in retaliation over the south sending them leaflets telling them the truth. Tis like naybors lobbing poop over the fence.

Hippo said:

Norf Korea is at war wiv south Korea. They have bin sending over ballons carrying bags of poop and rubbish to the south. All in retaliation over the south sending them leaflets telling them the truth. Tis like naybors lobbing poop over the fence.

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Sad isn't it.

... the ride was completed.
An annoying set of creaks & squeaks all the 10 miles.
I checked my knees, but it wasn't them.
I don't like unexplained noises as they usually mean a failure of some sort somewhere is imminent.
I am inspecting the trike frame for cracks at any weld-seams and I shall line the seat-frame cup with some rubber as that used to squeak. Only 28 days till I go to Holland. Eek!

derwendolly said:

Sad isn't it.

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Very sad. And on Thursday we will remember what happens when stupid, small-minded isolationists start spitting at each other. And it only takes a small spit.

We got drizzle rain ?? After the scorcher yesterday im disappointed.

deciding what to have for brunch...

DanClarke said:

... the ride was completed.
An annoying set of creaks & squeaks all the 10 miles.
I checked my knees, but it wasn't them.
I don't like unexplained noises as they usually mean a failure of some sort somewhere is imminent.
I am inspecting the trike frame for cracks at any weld-seams and I shall line the seat-frame cup with some rubber as that used to squeak. Only 28 days till I go to Holland. Eek!

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If you used any Land Rover nuts n bolts on it, that'll be the problem

Stone56 said:

Have been food for ticks 6 times this year each time after removal it has left a swollen red area did you get the head out I now rub tiger balm on my legs thay don't like that but no good if thay drop on you from a tree

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I got the head out, I think, or at least most of it. We don't often get bitten by one in fact I think this is only the second time ever but our dogs were really suffering this year until we got the atrociously dear but effective anti flea and tick pills that cover them for 3 months.
The problem was that I had felt an irritation inside my jeans just near my left hip all evening but just assumed it was a twig or something. So when getting ready for bed I reached down, and took hold of what I though it probably was, only then did I realise what it actually was when a/it wouldn't let go easily, and b/ I bothered to look at it. I/we then had a really good look to see if I had managed to pull it all out. Next time I'll treat it as seriously as we do when removing them from dogs.
6 times is terrible. Is Lymes disease prevalent in your neck of the woods? It isn't supposed to be round here, but we do have deer.
Still don't know how it managed to get inside shirt, jeans and pants. And a hip is such a weird place for one to bite. It is said that I could have had it on me for a while just not felt it until it got bigger. It wasn't very big as it was, nowhere near as big as we have seen them, although I appreciate there are about 4 or 6 different species. Apparently I should have put it in a jar to show someone instead of killing it and flushing it.
As far as I can remember I was wearing working trousers and either working boots or wellies. But no, I wasn't under trees much at all.
The area was swollen and red. The swelling went down really quickly, I put antibiotic gel on it straigth away, and did so every so often for the next few days. But it was only when I started to feel really rough that I looked at the site to see that the red patch hadn't diminished in suface area at all. It had just go flatter. When you get bitten how long does it take for the red area to disappear?

Thanks very much for your advice and interest. You can imagine I am grateful for your help.

We get the same problem where we live in the Uk on the edge of the New Forest bizarrely.

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What a scorcher of a day............busy busy....

Firstly went down the yard cleared a space for 40t of ballast, 20t for my garage floor as it was going cheap so might as well take it.
So looks like the floor will be getting done soon, ive got 42 bags of cement here need another 30 & the rebar is coming next
week. (need to pay for that ) there is some in the yard but its all rusty so I dont want it.

My mate wants the other 20T.

Came back for my trailer & went to pick up some scaffold, so put that up oooft it was so hot.
It was on top a container so was faffing about getting it down.

Then I had to move all my wood to the other side of the garage & take down the quick stage scaffold at the front
as I need to make room for the ballast & room for the tractor to get in. (to mix the cement) Which was blocked in.

Put all the interior stuff out the boat upstairs in the garage.

Had dinner.......salad wiv tuna n all sorts of coloured things keesh ect ect

Back down the yard & loaded my trailer with a set of metal stairs with a platform at the top & hand rails (used the jcb duck) trailer was a wee bit small lol Im going to weld them onto the scaffold so its easier that a ladder. I will be using them inside
to get upstairs when the roof is done. I might need to bring the machine up as they're heavier than I thought so it got dragged
out the trailer & left where it landed.

Now = rum n coke im pooped.

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Who has been a busy boy then! Enjoy!

DanClarke said:

.... just for clarity. The orrible BIL had his benefits removed ages ago under Ian Drunken Smiths term as whatever it was.
He lost all his benefits (dole, Motability etc.) because they video'd him walking on a stick 300+ yds from the Motability car to the office where the assessment was carried out. Plonker was so arrogant after being on the cadge for 40 years he didn't bother with a wheelchair or cancel the meeting because he couldn't park outside their door. They set him up and he literally walked into their trap.

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Karma, Karma, Karma Kaarma Ka me leon.............

Love it.
Arrogant person!

kevstar said:

What a scorcher of a day............busy busy....

Firstly went down the yard cleared a space for 40t of ballast, 20t for my garage floor as it was going cheap so might as well take it.
So looks like the floor will be getting done soon, ive got 42 bags of cement here need another 30 & the rebar is coming next
week. (need to pay for that ) there is some in the yard but its all rusty so I dont want it.

My mate wants the other 20T.

Came back for my trailer & went to pick up some scaffold, so put that up oooft it was so hot.
It was on top a container so was faffing about getting it down.

Then I had to move all my wood to the other side of the garage & take down the quick stage scaffold at the front
as I need to make room for the ballast & room for the tractor to get in. (to mix the cement) Which was blocked in.

Put all the interior stuff out the boat upstairs in the garage.

Had dinner.......salad wiv tuna n all sorts of coloured things keesh ect ect

Back down the yard & loaded my trailer with a set of metal stairs with a platform at the top & hand rails (used the jcb duck) trailer was a wee bit small lol Im going to weld them onto the scaffold so its easier that a ladder. I will be using them inside
to get upstairs when the roof is done. I might need to bring the machine up as they're heavier than I thought so it got dragged
out the trailer & left where it landed.

Now = rum n coke im pooped.

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Made me feel tired just reading all that., and I feel desperately tired anyway.

kevstar said:

Something I need to do, but the misses better get a chemical mask as im not taking it off to do it.

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I changed the one in our kitchen when I redid it for a tall slimmer steely looking one! Reworking the plumbing to hide it in the wall was a pain, but had to do it otherwise the Merkin fridge wouldn't come out far enough from its hole!!!

kevstar said:

Covid is still a thing.

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Tis true but I think Covid always hits in the ENT and chest area and I don't have any of that.

kevstar said:

Yup got some.

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Copper coloured! Looking forward to seeing that!!!

Was barely up 5 hours yessdi, ate precisely 2 croissants all day. Went to bed, achey and feeling cold so slept in 2 T shirts with the leccy blanky on. Got up at 12 today had another 2 croissants am sitting here sweating in 2 T shirts and a fleece. It isn't hot only 18 degs in the house.
Cannot BA to do anything at all.
Might rouse myself enough to find a thermometer. This isn't like me at all. Fed up of it.
W much the same though she ate some fruit last night and came to bed a bit later.

Sun shining if I bother to look.
Have a nice day folks!

Stanleysteamer said:

Was barely up 5 hours yessdi, ate precisely 2 croissants all day. Went to bed, achey and feeling cold so slept in 2 T shirts with the leccy blanky on. Got up at 12 today had another 2 croissants am sitting here sweating in 2 T shirts and a fleece. It isn't hot only 18 degs in the house.
Cannot BA to do anything at all.
Might rouse myself enough to find a thermometer. This isn't like me at all. Fed up of it.
W much the same though she ate some fruit last night and came to bed a bit later.

Sun shining if I bother to look.
Have a nice day folks!

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Can't help thinking you need a second opinion on this one, Stan, just in case. Take care!

Stanleysteamer said:

Was barely up 5 hours yessdi, ate precisely 2 croissants all day. Went to bed, achey and feeling cold so slept in 2 T shirts with the leccy blanky on. Got up at 12 today had another 2 croissants am sitting here sweating in 2 T shirts and a fleece. It isn't hot only 18 degs in the house.
Cannot BA to do anything at all.
Might rouse myself enough to find a thermometer. This isn't like me at all. Fed up of it.
W much the same though she ate some fruit last night and came to bed a bit later.

Sun shining if I bother to look.
Have a nice day folks!

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Had the same bug for a couple of weeks from the middle of May after a flight back from the Canaries. Lasted for about 2 weeks before easing off. Lots of chesty koffin, phlegm, needed lots of sleep, cold-like symptoms. 'Er indoors did a covid test on me (she has stuff like that), all clear. Seemed to ease off after a week, but back the next day with a vengeance.

DevonGuy said:

Can't help thinking you need a second opinion on this one, Stan, just in case. Take care!

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Don't worry I'll be seeing a Quack or an A & E as soon as poss, tomoz.

Wimblowdriver said:

Had the same bug for a couple of weeks from the middle of May after a flight back from the Canaries. Lasted for about 2 weeks before easing off. Lots of chesty koffin, phlegm, needed lots of sleep, cold-like symptoms. 'Er indoors did a covid test on me (she has stuff like that), all clear. Seemed to ease off after a week, but back the next day with a vengeance.

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Funnily, after someone on 'ere mentioned Covid, and after the thermometer said my temp was normal, I went and had a look at 3 boxes of Covid testing kits that we have. All were out of date but some not so much as others. The first one from the oldest batch simply didn't work at all, not enough liquid in the little phials, one from latest batch did work and implied I was negative for Covid.
Then just now I poured myself a glass of the wine left over from our lovely dinner by the Canal du Midi on Friday, it had been sat in the bottle ever since so should have been OK, I cannot seem to smell it or taste it. Yet I have no cold symptoms at all. My sense of smell is normally pretty good but not so today.

Wifey's thing seems a bit more like your do. Less me, as I said no ENT things at all, not even a bunged up nose to explain the lack of smell. Covid tests are not 100% reliable even when in date.
Hmm. We'll see!
Anyway we are going to have a light salad, some cold meat and scrambled eggs so that is an improvement.
Enjoy the evening folks!