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Mundane facts about your day: Part Deux.
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Gramaisc
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I have just achieved a major milestone.
I have coughed whilst standing up - for the first time since Sunday night.
The violence of the coughing and sneezing after I was boosted pulled a muscle (or even cracked a rib) and, since then, any activity of that sort has required being bent double, ideally with my left knee pulled hard against my shoulder, to avoid the sensation of being repeatedly bayonetted.
For this reason, amongst others, I have not left the premises, as coughs and sneezes, of which there have been many, resulted in me looking like I'm having a heart attack.
It's not quite 'comfortable' now, but it's a very significant improvement.
After days of threatening it, one ear has just blocked with wax, but I may be able to deal with that - certainly without provoking public alarm, anyway.
I have coughed whilst standing up - for the first time since Sunday night.
The violence of the coughing and sneezing after I was boosted pulled a muscle (or even cracked a rib) and, since then, any activity of that sort has required being bent double, ideally with my left knee pulled hard against my shoulder, to avoid the sensation of being repeatedly bayonetted.
For this reason, amongst others, I have not left the premises, as coughs and sneezes, of which there have been many, resulted in me looking like I'm having a heart attack.
It's not quite 'comfortable' now, but it's a very significant improvement.
After days of threatening it, one ear has just blocked with wax, but I may be able to deal with that - certainly without provoking public alarm, anyway.
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
I'd probably wet mesen if I did that, I have to cross my legs and pray when I cough or saneeze.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
staffordjas
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I ended up in A&E in Torquay hospital after coughing whilst on holiday in Paignton years ago. I was in so much pain I just couldn't move. GP who attended our apartment within the hour got me sent me straight there . After x-rays etc turned out to be several torn muscles in my chest. I remember posting on the forum whilst waiting in the carpark in agony for hubby to collect the prescribed painkilling meds from the hospital pharmacy after.
(Quite a slick operation with their GP & Torquay A&E I must add ... takes me an hour or more to get through to our surgery back home!)
Hope you are feeling better soon @Gramaisc
I don’t wanna go stand in a wet muddy field today 
Benedict
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So this isn't about pubs?
Today I noticed my lit up nodding reindeer outside has stopped nodding, I noticed that it stopped when its head and neck were in the lowest position. its nose was touching the ground before it had finished the downward stroke, so i made a hollow in the gravel and now it is nodding again.
Interesting !
Today I noticed my lit up nodding reindeer outside has stopped nodding, I noticed that it stopped when its head and neck were in the lowest position. its nose was touching the ground before it had finished the downward stroke, so i made a hollow in the gravel and now it is nodding again.
Interesting !
Gadget
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I'm afraid I have lied to the letting agent today. I was supposed to hand in the keys at midday today but even after working till after 1am last night. We've still not finished clearing the house, partially thanks to incompetent movers and the general lack of preparation for moving by the husband. Had the day off to recover a little today and back tomorrow to finish up. The skip is full we are hoping to get a quote from some waste disposal dudes (licensed I checked) or we are going to have to get another skip. Either way I'm hoping it gets sorted before we have to explain ourselves to the letting agents. We'll get the keys to them on Monday and technically we are paid up to the 23rd anyway.
Apart from the constant attacks I'm glad we moved. Moving all the stuff, we have found so much damp and mould that we hadn't realised we were living with. I'm so damn tired. New beginnings etc and all this will be worth it in the end.
Apart from the constant attacks I'm glad we moved. Moving all the stuff, we have found so much damp and mould that we hadn't realised we were living with. I'm so damn tired. New beginnings etc and all this will be worth it in the end.
SketchyMagpie
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Had a homeless person ring our doorbell last night, which was a first. She was asking if we could do anything to help as she said she was out on the streets without a sleeping bag or anything. I knew I had a sleeping bag upstairs from when I used to go to Download Festival every year so I gave her that, though I felt guilty because I know it's not particularly warm. Have thought about her a lot anyway, regardless of how she ended up there it's awful to see people forced into desperation that way.
littleme
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There's been a homeless female sleeping outside my work doors when I've opened up at 7am several times this week, I originally felt very sorry for her, so sad to see an older lady with all her belongings in a huge suitcase sleeping outside on the floor, but after the abuse that myself, shoppers and other staff members received on waking her up, I soon changed my mind.
If you shop at Sainsburys, please stop giving her money, all she does is buy alcohol.... Maybe get her some food or a hot drink instead.... But money, no.
littleme
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It's literally spent straight away back in the booze Isle. Sad thing is that she's an older lady, (50+), & at times, when not drunk seems a very nice person.
littleme
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I appreciate that, but a drunken haze, and a violent aggressive attitude, screaming obscenitys at innocent staff and customers is a completely differently thing.
joshua
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Very true, sadly
Bob
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Me too
SketchyMagpie
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Some prick nearly ran me down this morning.
I was crossing over down Kingsway, crossed the one road and got to the second when I saw a car in the distance... bit close but I had time to walk across so I did. I'm halfway there when suddenly the car is zooming towards me much sooner than anticipated and I realised the twat has accelerated.
I jumped back on my heels and I'm not exaggerating when I say I literally could not have been closer to the car when it sped past me, an inch forward and he'd have hit me at speeds that would have caused serious injury. And of course, I got treated to a massive horn blare as he sped off into the distance, too.
I used to get shit like this happening all the time when I used to have more of an overtly "alternative" appearance (dreadlocks etc), meaning I usually associate it with something to do with that, the only thing I can think of in this case - beyond him simply being a twat, of course - was that I was wearing a mask.
I was crossing over down Kingsway, crossed the one road and got to the second when I saw a car in the distance... bit close but I had time to walk across so I did. I'm halfway there when suddenly the car is zooming towards me much sooner than anticipated and I realised the twat has accelerated.
I jumped back on my heels and I'm not exaggerating when I say I literally could not have been closer to the car when it sped past me, an inch forward and he'd have hit me at speeds that would have caused serious injury. And of course, I got treated to a massive horn blare as he sped off into the distance, too.
I used to get shit like this happening all the time when I used to have more of an overtly "alternative" appearance (dreadlocks etc), meaning I usually associate it with something to do with that, the only thing I can think of in this case - beyond him simply being a twat, of course - was that I was wearing a mask.
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proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
What you wear, how you look is of absolutely no relevance. If you got this twat's number you should absolutely report him. In effect what he did was attempted murder, might even have been murder if you hadn't reacted as you did.
Scum like that have no business in our society, never mind behind the wheel of a dangerous weapon.
BobClay
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Out back, brick wall ......... well, I figure you know the rest.
(I used to say: 'Lowered slowly into a giant vat of boiling Brontosaurus shit,' but that was too much typing. errrrrr .. wait a minute
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