What have you done today thread?

[ogri]

Condolences on your buddy and best wishes for your dad.

[Taipan]

This morning and last night i have mainly been mourning the death of an old school mate who died suddenly this morning in hospital.

He had a massive stroke caused by a bleed on the brain. He was 41! Totally out of the blue, he used to run a local pub (Old Bank in Keynsham) and myself and a mate were there sunday eve for an open mic night when suddenly 2 fire engines, police and 2 ambulances turn up (he lived above the pub).

We thought he had a heart attack at first. He was a big guy, 6' 7" 19st+ and lived his life pretty hard.

GWS Sherwell, rest in power buddy...

Also to add to my fantastic start to feb, i was told sunday that my old man has been diagnosed with cancer, great!

It's not always a death sentence Mate. Fingers crossed they can get him sorted okay.

[Mussels]

Wondered wtf is going on with the disappearance of Nicola Bulley? Apparantly its a tidal river but very slow moving? A forensic expert, Peter Faulding, says she isn't in the river as she would have been found by now. Plus they would have found clothing fibres and slipmarks etc but none have been found. Then there's the phone on the bench and not near the river, yet she was on a works call? All very strange?

I thought it was strange that the police were very definite that people should not speculate on what happened...then they promptly speculated that she'd fallen in the river.

They just had the chap on the radio talking about how he's scanning the river bed. Reckons he can see everything down to twig sized bits and bobs. V clever tech.

That was probably Peter Faulding as its his company carrying the sonar search out. He doesn't think she's in there, but I guess that remains to be seen. They can cover most points around the field by cctv, so she never left the way she came in. The only way they can't track her is if she went down the path alongside the river, which would suggest an abduction? There has been no arguments with family or friends. No enemies that anyone knows of. Nothing to suggest she has run away and no banking irregularities( if she was saving to sneak off) or clothing missing etc. Very strange!

I think she's changed her name to Nicola Perrin.

[Greenman]

This morning and last night i have mainly been mourning the death of an old school mate who died suddenly this morning in hospital.

He had a massive stroke caused by a bleed on the brain. He was 41! Totally out of the blue, he used to run a local pub (Old Bank in Keynsham) and myself and a mate were there sunday eve for an open mic night when suddenly 2 fire engines, police and 2 ambulances turn up (he lived above the pub).

We thought he had a heart attack at first. He was a big guy, 6' 7" 19st+ and lived his life pretty hard.

GWS Sherwell, rest in power buddy...

Also to add to my fantastic start to feb, i was told sunday that my old man has been diagnosed with cancer, great!

It's not always a death sentence Mate. Fingers crossed they can get him sorted okay.

It's skin cancer, he is going for further test tomorrow to see if it can be treated, fingers crossed. He's 85!

[Horse]

It's skin cancer, he is going for further test tomorrow to see if it can be treated, fingers crossed. He's 85!

My mum is waiting for results on whether hers is benign.

She's 95!

[Taipan]

There has been no arguments with family or friends. No enemies that anyone knows of. Nothing to suggest she has run away and no banking irregularities( if she was saving to sneak off) or clothing missing etc. Very strange!

We're very close by and the village is buzzing with gossip, I have no idea if it's entirely made up or truth but they're talking about affairs, bankruptcy, big family fall out, etc. Might just be village gossip though.

Interesting. Quite a bit of fuss made by her friends about nasty and spiteful comments on social media! Not many women walk out on their kids though...

[Skub]

It's skin cancer, he is going for further test tomorrow to see if it can be treated, fingers crossed. He's 85!

It's probably the most common variety,'Squamous cell carcinoma'. My Dad spent a lifetime gardening with no head covering and he had it all over his head. It won't kill your Dad,but depending where it is,cutting it out can be very invasive. He had a plastic surgeon remove most of his scalp and skin graft the area. I'll spare anyone the pics,but the end result was very good. My Dad died at 94,of plain old age.

[Taipan]

Interesting. Quite a bit of fuss made by her friends about nasty and spiteful comments on social media! Not many women walk out on their kids though...

Purely anecdotal in the newspaper shop gossip - but 'appen searches of their financial affairs have revealed financial woes and a business going into liquidation on the day she went missing, apparently the bloke had an affair, things hadn't been going well for a while, etc.
There are even rumours of a stranger being in the village and an abandoned haunted house nearby suddenly having a strange occupant who is uncooperative with enquiries - village gossip is mental.

I'm not much into ghoul type watching so I haven't bothered to stalk them on the internet to find out, but it's possible that none of it is true, or all of it is true - and even if it is all true it might have nothing to do with her disappearance.

It's unusual though and it likely to be a complicated story.

Yup. Just read pretty much all of that on twitter and the £100k gofund me page, which was halved and then taken down! There is certainly more going on than we're led to believe about the idyllic family living in an idyll! Lets hope those kiddies still have a mother anyway...

[ZRX61]

Visited the dentist. Two fillings, completely painless & stress free.

Bought some Basmati rice to go with the CTM I cooked yesterday.

[asmethurst99]

Popped in Infinity in Holborn to try on some jackets - blast me bor Rukka don’t get any cheaper …

[Taipan]

Popped in Infinity in Holborn to try on some jackets - blast me bor Rukka don’t get any cheaper …

Didnt know they were still there!! Good to know they've survived. I used to buy a lot of gear from them years ago!

[ChrisW]

Servicing the motorcycle & in orderto replace the spark plugs I've so far removed this much stuff - not sure if more's going to have to come off yet...

[Skub]

Servicing the motorcycle & in orderto replace the spark plugs I've so far removed this much stuff - not sure if more's going to have to come off yet...

Remember the days when a spark plug change was a two minute job by the side of the road? Now there's so much gubbins you may as well do the valve clearance while you're in there.

[Scotsrich]

Nearly killed my cat

I’d put drain cleaner down the toilet sink as it had started to stink a bit. I poured some into the overflow as well, which leaked down into the sink…I just left it, intending to rinse it down after the rest had done its stuff.

Later I was downstairs and the cat ran past me and up the stairs. It dawned on me where he was going (for a drink) and I ran after him.

Too late, he was sitting in a puddle of Mr Muscle drain cleaner.

I whipped him out, took him downstairs and Mrs S and I put him in the sink and washed him down.

Have you ever tried giving a cat a bath?

Fortunately we got there in and got it off before he ingested any. That was yesterday and he seems fine.

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[Greenman]

Nearly killed my cat

I’d put drain cleaner down the toilet sink as it had started to stink a bit. I poured some into the overflow as well, which leaked down into the sink…I just left it, intending to rinse it down after the rest had done its stuff.

Later I was downstairs and the cat ran past me and up the stairs. It dawned on me where he was going (for a drink) and I ran after him.

Too late, he was sitting in a puddle of Mr Muscle drain cleaner.

I whipped him out, took him downstairs and Mrs S and I put him in the sink and washed him down.

Have you ever tried giving a cat a bath?

Fortunately we got there in and got it off before he ingested any. That was yesterday and he seems fine.

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Do you have any skin left on your arms and hands?

[ChrisW]

Remember the days when a spark plug change was a two minute job by the side of the road? Now there's so much gubbins you may as well do the valve clearance while you're in there.

I think I'm going to get a two stroke single.

Just finished, well, letting the oil drain whilst I have a cup of tea. On the bright side the only other thing that need to be removed to swap the plugs was most of the skin on the back of my hand.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Servicing the motorcycle & in orderto replace the spark plugs I've so far removed this much stuff - not sure if more's going to have to come off yet...

Remember the days when a spark plug change was a two minute job by the side of the road? Now there's so much gubbins you may as well do the valve clearance while you're in there.

I've got a bike where you need to access the plugs at the side of the road.

All things considered, I prefer modern stuff

[Skub]

I've got a bike where you need to access the plugs at the side of the road.

All things considered, I prefer modern stuff

Yeah,I get that. Sometimes though,I'd like a happy medium in the accessibility stakes!

[KungFooBob]

You need a nice Guzzi or an R series beemer.

[Ditchfinder]

Swapping plugs on my Guzzi compared to my Trident couldn't be more different.

Getting the centre plug out of that Triple with that huge spine frame right over the top of it....yeah thanks for that, oh and carbs off for an air filter change, sure that sounds like a great idea too