Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:27 pm
Had a colonoscopy this morning and the doc found something. He's not put it on the urgent list, but gonna arrange a small procedure to take care of it when the biopsy results come back.
He's not at all worried,, but I'm fucking glad it's been caught early.
Fingers crossed nothing serious.
My employer allows free BUPA screenings every other year, or every year for over 50's. Two of my colleagues have never been but have never been able to explain why they don't go. None of my business, of course, but I suspect it's because they'll get told things they don't want to hear about their lifestyle.
Me personally, I'd rather know sooner then later if there's anything wrong, as I can then try to get it sorted before it has me pushing up daisies.
Just been for results. He says it will be OK.
Gonna do the procedure in January/February. He says his favourite nurse is on maternity leave and wants her to be in on it as she's the best.
He said it would have been bad in 3 years, but got it in plenty of time
Felix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:38 pm
Just sent my application in for my free bus pass or National Entitlement Card as they call it now. I am going to use it, A lot
Felix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:38 pm
Just sent my application in for my free bus pass or National Entitlement Card as they call it now. I am going to use it, A lot
Sponger. It's people like you,etc...
Not that it will ever effect you pops but i will try and use rush hour busses as much as possible Dont know if they got away with it but i remember Edinburgh trying to ban OAP's from busses during rush hour times to help workers getting back and forth to work. This would have been early to mid 90's and a huge uproar at the time.
Felix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:38 pm
Just sent my application in for my free bus pass or National Entitlement Card as they call it now. I am going to use it, A lot
Sponger. It's people like you,etc...
Not that it will ever effect you pops but i will try and use rush hour busses as much as possible Dont know if they got away with it but i remember Edinburgh trying to ban OAP's from busses during rush hour times to help workers getting back and forth to work. This would have been early to mid 90's and a huge uproar at the time.
They did that in Newcastle. No concessions before 8.30 or 9.00. You'd always get them trying to blag their way on before they were allowed (and leaving people trying to get to work standing in the queue because the buses were often pretty full) The bus staff called them 'Twirlys' because the first thing they said on getting on was 'Am I too early?'
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
Got a surprise email from work to say thank you for 30 years of service and a not insignificant £350 voucher to spend at edenred. So a nice combo of Halfords (Wera MTB tool, maintenance and car cleaning bits splurge coming up), M&S, John Lewis and Body shop vouchers winging my way now.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:29 pm
Got a surprise email from work to say thank you for 30 years of service and a not insignificant £350 voucher to spend at edenred. So a nice combo of Halfords (Wera MTB tool, maintenance and car cleaning bits splurge coming up), M&S, John Lewis and Body shop vouchers winging my way now.
With you looking after us on the railway, 636Mick looking after us on the roads and The Priest looking after our souls I'd say RTTL is the 4th emergency service - we're a national asset.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:29 pm
Got a surprise email from work to say thank you for 30 years of service and a not insignificant £350 voucher to spend at edenred. So a nice combo of Halfords (Wera MTB tool, maintenance and car cleaning bits splurge coming up), M&S, John Lewis and Body shop vouchers winging my way now.
With you looking after us on the railway, 636Mick looking after us on the roads and The Priest looking after our souls I'd say RTTL is the 4th emergency service - we're a national asset.
Don't forget the pony patrolling in his Astra with gunny in the glovebox,keeping us all safe from the GooleyToons. I'd just like to thank him for his service.
MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:29 pm
Got a surprise email from work to say thank you for 30 years of service and a not insignificant £350 voucher to spend at edenred. So a nice combo of Halfords (Wera MTB tool, maintenance and car cleaning bits splurge coming up), M&S, John Lewis and Body shop vouchers winging my way now.
With you looking after us on the railway, 636Mick looking after us on the roads and The Priest looking after our souls I'd say RTTL is the 4th emergency service - we're a national asset.
Don't forget the pony patrolling in his Astra with gunny in the glovebox,keeping us all safe from the GooleyToons. I'd just like to thank him for his service.
MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:29 pm
Got a surprise email from work to say thank you for 30 years of service and a not insignificant £350 voucher to spend at edenred. So a nice combo of Halfords (Wera MTB tool, maintenance and car cleaning bits splurge coming up), M&S, John Lewis and Body shop vouchers winging my way now.
With you looking after us on the railway, 636Mick looking after us on the roads and The Priest looking after our souls I'd say RTTL is the 4th emergency service - we're a national asset.
Don't forget the pony patrolling in his Astra with gunny in the glovebox,keeping us all safe from the GooleyToons. I'd just like to thank him for his service.
I'll go out and rattle some pans on Thursday evening as thanks for his services to the community.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
With you looking after us on the railway, 636Mick looking after us on the roads and The Priest looking after our souls I'd say RTTL is the 4th emergency service - we're a national asset.
Don't forget the pony patrolling in his Astra with gunny in the glovebox,keeping us all safe from the GooleyToons. I'd just like to thank him for his service.
I keep the RTTL pool clean
And I, with my Life Saving medallions, will rescue them if swimmers get into difficulties.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
With you looking after us on the railway, 636Mick looking after us on the roads and The Priest looking after our souls I'd say RTTL is the 4th emergency service - we're a national asset.
Don't forget the pony patrolling in his Astra with gunny in the glovebox,keeping us all safe from the GooleyToons. I'd just like to thank him for his service.
Don't forget the pony patrolling in his Astra with gunny in the glovebox,keeping us all safe from the GooleyToons. I'd just like to thank him for his service.
I keep the RTTL pool clean
And I, with my Life Saving medallions, will rescue them if swimmers get into difficulties.
I keep the cats fed and sustain the small engine Velo's.....
Demannu wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:00 am
Don't know if its available to you smelly ingleesh, but Parkside now do a 20v coffee machine.
Seriously tempted for the moho!
The boss (FD) just plonked a bottle of JD and £25 of Amazon vouchers on my desk.
I found an issue in some T-SQL that the third party web integration company had written that was stopping some pricing syncing from our ERP, it took a whole five mins once they told me where the code was.
The sales director gave me a bottle of Dead Man's Finger a couple of months back for writing him an excel report.
I keep telling them that it's my job and they pay me pretty wellfor doing it, but a little extra appreciation is always nice.
KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:27 pm
The sales director gave me a bottle of Dead Man's Finger a couple of months back for writing him an excel report.
I keep telling them that it's my job and they pay me pretty wellfor doing it, but a little extra appreciation is always nice.
All the boss gives me here is the middle finger!
Bloody Septic waltz'd in this morning, told me I sounded like Dick Van Dyke and harassed me for wearing what he described as a 'too tight turtle neck sweater' - I refuse fashion advice from a Yank wearing trainers he picked up from a market stall
