What's made you grumpy today?

[Slim]

I could have sworn the wife was returning from her holiday tomorrow, but at 3:35pm I noticed a WhatsApp I'd received 30 minutes earlier stating "I'm at the baggage carousel".

HOLY FUCK! In other words I should have set off to pick her up about 40 minutes earlier. So I typed a swift apologetic response, leaped into the car and was at Birmingham Airport in record time. At least it wasn't raining. She was only irate for the first 15 minutes in the car.

If I'd had the phone on me when the message arrived I'd have got away with it. I dodged a bullet though .. when I woke up this morning I contemplated going to London for the day. If I'd seen that message come in while lounging in a coffee shop on the Strand .. it doesn't bear thinking about. Lucky I didn't go out on a bike as well.

[Fishy]

As much as I like Cyprus.. the main strip in Protaras is a living hell hole.. just a horrible noisy place.. Will be quite happy to head for home tomorrow evening

[Fishy]

Harry suggests people trying to sabotage reconciliation with King https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04q3pr12e5o

Harry mate.. no one gives a fuck.  You're not significant.... Neither is ur dad

[Fishy]

Larnaca airport.. hellhole.. flying is not an enjoyable experience at all

[David L]

England rugby hero, Lewis Moody, has been diagnosed with MND at the age of 47. I've just watched a heartbreaking interview with Lewis and his wife on BBC Breakfast. A very hard watch.
Rugby has to change. At present, it's just too dangerous. I can't imagine how it must feel to be a former player at the top level. If I had kids, as it stands, they would not be playing rugby.

[Nickslikk2112]

England rugby hero, Lewis Moody, has been diagnosed with MND at the age of 47. I've just watched a heartbreaking interview with Lewis and his wife on BBC Breakfast. A very hard watch.
Rugby has to change. At present, it's just too dangerous. I can't imagine how it must feel to be a former player at the top level. If I had kids, as it stands, they would not be playing rugby.

Well, my mum died of MND and she never played a game of Rugby in her life!

There certainly does seem to be a lot of MND in Rugby players, I'm wondering if it's the increased professionalism in the game leading to more bulked up muscled players rather then the old Fat coppers from the olden days.

[David L]

England rugby hero, Lewis Moody, has been diagnosed with MND at the age of 47. I've just watched a heartbreaking interview with Lewis and his wife on BBC Breakfast. A very hard watch.
Rugby has to change. At present, it's just too dangerous. I can't imagine how it must feel to be a former player at the top level. If I had kids, as it stands, they would not be playing rugby.

I think you're right. The level of fitness is so much greater that the impact speeds have increased causing more damage.
Well, my mum died of MND and she never played a game of Rugby in her life!

There certainly does seem to be a lot of MND in Rugby players, I'm wondering if it's the increased professionalism in the game leading to more bulked up muscled players rather then the old Fat coppers from the olden days.

[The Picnic Wasp]

After reading the above posts this might seem too trivial a thing to complain about. Like most people I've had various health issues over the years but nothing fortunately which involved chronic pain.

 It's 10 weeks since I did something nasty to my lower back and sciatica kicked in. It's ok when I'm moving about carefully and thankfully lying down eases it, but sitting any length of time means gnawing aching in my hip and sometimes overwhelming paresthesia. I looked that up because pins and needles just doesn't cover it as it feels as though it might build to a point where something might snap.

No painkillers possible because of the anticoagulant medication and the GP says just wait it out unless I involuntarily pee myself, in which case it's A&E and surgery. Asking around, it seems to be a common condition but it's absolutely dreadful.

I'll give it a while longer and then enquire about steroid injections which seem to help. Not a pleasant thought, but at least it might be an option. Moral of the story is forget DIY after your 50th birthday and certainly after your 60th. Just pay someone, it hurts less in the long run.

[Thenop]

After reading the above posts this might seem too trivial a thing to complain about. Like most people I've had various health issues over the years but nothing fortunately which involved chronic pain.

 It's 10 weeks since I did something nasty to my lower back and sciatica kicked in. It's ok when I'm moving about carefully and thankfully lying down eases it, but sitting any length of time means gnawing aching in my hip and sometimes overwhelming paresthesia. I looked that up because pins and needles just doesn't cover it as it feels as though it might build to a point where something might snap.

No painkillers possible because of the anticoagulant medication and the GP says just wait it out unless I involuntarily pee myself, in which case it's A&E and surgery. Asking around, it seems to be a common condition but it's absolutely dreadful.

I'll give it a while longer and then enquire about steroid injections which seem to help. Not a pleasant thought, but at least it might be an option. Moral of the story is forget DIY after your 50th birthday and certainly after your 60th. Just pay someone, it hurts less in the long run.

Not the same, but the nerve pain I have had in my left arm was also treated with electro signal therapy. Not nice, but in theory it interrupts the signal the nerve is sending. A good jolt can trigger a reset.

Other than that: I sympathise, fall is coming and the arthrosis in my lower back has come and said Hello again.

Hope it clears up soon for you!

[The Picnic Wasp]

Thanks, Nop. I honestly can't get my head around the fact that this ageing process isn't temporary, well, not in a good way. There always lurks this notion that things will go back to the way they were but that probably just means dust of the stars I suppose. I think I'll continue to try to enjoy my state of delusion.

[Thenop]

Delusional as we all are, in our own special ways, everything shall pass. And that is fine.
Stardust we are.

[David L]

Lenny Henry calls for the UK to pay reparations of £18 trillion to black British people.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh kaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[Matt2112]

I reckon the U.K. being one of the primary drivers of an end to the old slave trade is beyond any monetary value.

[Nickslikk2112]

Lenny Henry calls for the UK to pay reparations of £18 trillion to black British people.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh kaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

But it will improve trade with a few impoverished Hell Holes around the world according to Sir Len! We'll recoup all of that £18 trillion!!!

Bless him, he's done very well for a man with minimal talent.

[Thenop]

We have had similar claims made by former colonies descendants. In all fairness to them, the Dutch practically invented slavery, or at least opened 'the market'. It is appaling to read about what passed.
Not to mention we robbed the colonies 'in the East' blind. What we in Dutch history refer to as The Golden Age (the 17th century) is actually a century of thieving, murdering and pillaging and our country is built on the back of that.

I believe they are working on a museum raising awareness and viewing it from an historical perspective.