What have you done today thread?
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First commute on the bike of the year, greasy roads and I suspect some dodgy tyre pressures did not make for a pleasant experience
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Joined the pool for a month like I've done every year for last 25.
Usually manage about 400m first visit.
Today did first 600m non stop then up to 1,000m total in 2 more bursts.
No achey bits at all
Usually manage about 400m first visit.
Today did first 600m non stop then up to 1,000m total in 2 more bursts.
No achey bits at all
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Walked round Henley on Thames which was quite nice. The ladies declared it was a posh area and quality bounty would be found in the charity shops! Us blokes went to the pub where we were relieved of far too much money for a few drinks. I’m now sitting under my awning refusing to go in but is pissing down and getting cold and damp, worse still my wine is getting cold!!
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It's 25c here and my beer is getting warmTaipan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:58 pm Walked round Henley on Thames which was quite nice. The ladies declared it was a posh area and quality bounty would be found in the charity shops! Us blokes went to the pub where we were relieved of far too much money for a few drinks. I’m now sitting under my awning refusing to go in but is pissing down and getting cold and damp, worse still my wine is getting cold!!
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X plonk!Yorick wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:02 pmIt's 25c here and my beer is getting warmTaipan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:58 pm Walked round Henley on Thames which was quite nice. The ladies declared it was a posh area and quality bounty would be found in the charity shops! Us blokes went to the pub where we were relieved of far too much money for a few drinks. I’m now sitting under my awning refusing to go in but is pissing down and getting cold and damp, worse still my wine is getting cold!!
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I could've cycled/driven over for a pintTaipan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:58 pm Walked round Henley on Thames which was quite nice. The ladies declared it was a posh area and quality bounty would be found in the charity shops! Us blokes went to the pub where we were relieved of far too much money for a few drinks. I’m now sitting under my awning refusing to go in but is pissing down and getting cold and damp, worse still my wine is getting cold!!
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Spent the morning ripping out the expensive rubber tiles from the on-suite , to fix the leak that there seemed to be leaving a damp patch in the front wall just beneath.
Then ripped out the plywood - then flatened the nails, and lifted the boards to have a good look. Unfortunately (fortunately), it was all bone dry, no leak whatsoever.
This afternoon was buying some ply, and fitting it to the really crap floorboard and trying to work out what flooring to apply.
Back to the drawing board on why there is damp on the wall!
Then ripped out the plywood - then flatened the nails, and lifted the boards to have a good look. Unfortunately (fortunately), it was all bone dry, no leak whatsoever.
This afternoon was buying some ply, and fitting it to the really crap floorboard and trying to work out what flooring to apply.
Back to the drawing board on why there is damp on the wall!
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You live here! You must be minted!weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:20 pmI could've cycled/driven over for a pintTaipan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:58 pm Walked round Henley on Thames which was quite nice. The ladies declared it was a posh area and quality bounty would be found in the charity shops! Us blokes went to the pub where we were relieved of far too much money for a few drinks. I’m now sitting under my awning refusing to go in but is pissing down and getting cold and damp, worse still my wine is getting cold!!
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Keep your subs coming Tarquin.Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:26 pmYou live here! You must be minted!weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:20 pmI could've cycled/driven over for a pintTaipan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:58 pm Walked round Henley on Thames which was quite nice. The ladies declared it was a posh area and quality bounty would be found in the charity shops! Us blokes went to the pub where we were relieved of far too much money for a few drinks. I’m now sitting under my awning refusing to go in but is pissing down and getting cold and damp, worse still my wine is getting cold!!
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Today I got new hearing aids. The old man bought a new pair last November, when he was taken into hospital the first thing they did was an MRI, a nurse took his hearing aids out and lost them. The HSE (Irish health service) agreed to pay for replacements but as he's now gone I got them instead. I paid an extra €1100 to upgrade but that got me a €4k pair.
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Plasma donation (instead of blood).
Bigger needle. System takes blood, separates plasma from everything else, then squirts the 'everything else back in.
They take up to 700cc of plasma. Each suck squeeze cycle extracts about 125cc of plasma.
Bigger needle. System takes blood, separates plasma from everything else, then squirts the 'everything else back in.
They take up to 700cc of plasma. Each suck squeeze cycle extracts about 125cc of plasma.
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How many donation credits do you get for that?
I've looked at doing it but they'd rather have my whole blood
I've looked at doing it but they'd rather have my whole blood
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No idea. And I still haven't heard what gifts there are for those credits. Or do you get priority if you need a transfusion 'refund'?Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:44 pm How many donation credits do you get for that?
I've looked at doing it but they'd rather have my whole blood
Hang on ...
Oooh!
Whole blood - 1 credit
Platelet (double donation) - 2 credits
Platelet (triple donation) - 3 credits
Plasma - 2 credits
Plasma donations allowed every 2 weeks
Blood.co.uk says:
Earliest donation date: Tuesday 16 April 2024
Donation type: Plasma
Donation credits: 61
75 - Emerald donor card, badge and certificate
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Yeah I looked cause I saw there was an award for 1000 credits. I wondered if Methuselah was still about and donating or what
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Came home with four 10ft 2x12's. Now constructing the worlds heaviest vehicle ramps. Could probably support a small warship.
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25 a year (we'll give you 1 session off)Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:00 pm Yeah I looked cause I saw there was an award for 1000 credits. I wondered if Methuselah was still about and donating or what
100 = 4 years
1000 = 40 years
Achievable. But I'll hope for 75 Doubt I'll get the ceremony invitation.
It is generally regarded that James Harrison from Australia is the most prolific blood donor in the world. James donated blood (mostly plasma) 1,173 times from 1954 until 2018.
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Are you part Yorkshire?Pirahna wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:28 pm Today I got new hearing aids. The old man bought a new pair last November, when he was taken into hospital the first thing they did was an MRI, a nurse took his hearing aids out and lost them. The HSE (Irish health service) agreed to pay for replacements but as he's now gone I got them instead. I paid an extra €1100 to upgrade but that got me a €4k pair.
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Cancelled my Unite the Union membership. Been a member since I was 16.
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Got my combined ZRX11/ZX11/F350 insurance renewal notice...
$758 for the year.
I know $278 of that is the F350, so that means the bike portion is $480... Last year, the bikes were $396.
Bugger.
$758 for the year.
I know $278 of that is the F350, so that means the bike portion is $480... Last year, the bikes were $396.
Bugger.
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Ventured into West Yorkshire (Huddersfield) to buy tribal size (170mm) guttering. They don't seem to have heard of it in Sarf Yorkshire. Perhaps it just rains more in WY. It made the journey home in the van mildly more entertaining as the 4 metre length wouldn't fit inside the van and had to be poked through the (open) passenger window. The guttering will be fixed to the garden wall and used to breed strawberries.
On the way back filled up at a Co-op petrol station that had the cheapest fuel I've seen for, well, ages. 141.9p per litre E10 and 148.9 per litre diesel.
Also bought two 30 litre bags of wood pellet cat litter from B&M, as the cat will be defecating either in the van or the house in France (in a litter tray, obvs) for the next month or so. Going into B&M is always a bit of an eye-opener.
On the way back filled up at a Co-op petrol station that had the cheapest fuel I've seen for, well, ages. 141.9p per litre E10 and 148.9 per litre diesel.
Also bought two 30 litre bags of wood pellet cat litter from B&M, as the cat will be defecating either in the van or the house in France (in a litter tray, obvs) for the next month or so. Going into B&M is always a bit of an eye-opener.
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