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July 9, 2018 at 4:30 pm #481
AA alone is probably not going to be enough. I know alcoholics who have been to rehab (in both residential units and “day” units) and they have attended AA once they have made a start on therapy at these units. Some GPs are better than others at discussing the options for therapy (I know one GP who suggested the patient Google it). You may well need medication to help you; just talking is often not enough. Very best of luck.
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January 12, 2018 at 3:43 pm #441
Hmmm….Our GP surgery seems to be quite well managed, appointments can be made for an emergency at short notice, some surgeries start early, others go on late, the close private hospital is used for X rays and some operations are carried out at private hospitals paid for by the NHS.
It is such a political hot potato that any sensible discussion about long term solutions seems impossible.
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January 12, 2018 at 3:26 pm #424
You have misquoted him. John Major’s quote was not about the current government, it was about a theoretical future government after Brexit.
If you insist on getting political, do you want to make any comment on the fact that the Labour run Welsh and SNP run Scots NHS are in a worse state than the English? -
December 30, 2017 at 2:45 pm #411
We waited 2 days for a yodel delivery from Argos.
Day 1…. Can’t find address
Day 2…. ( Christmas eve) Text to say package delivered through letterbox Parcel was expected to be a LARGE cardboard box. Needless to say we looked everywhere no sign of a delivery.Day 3 ( Boxing Day) rang Argos, they said package was recorded as returned to depot. Agreed we could go to nearest store & pick up ( which we did)
Day 4…. Text to say we were 26th in line for delivery. It never came!
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December 30, 2017 at 2:30 pm #394
I would be wary, my son’s owns the freehold for the flats that he lives in.
The top floor flat has damp on the chimney. The pointing has been done, the guttering checked, my husband has been up with the builder and seen everything has been done well. Several builders and roofers have looked at it and everything suggested has been done. However top floor flat is still getting a bit of damp, porous bricks have been mentioned as a cause.
However my son in the ground floor flat has to use a dehumidifier to prevent mould caused by condensation (have had damp expert in) and the upstairs owner users a dehumidifier and no mention of damp now. -
December 7, 2017 at 10:25 am #363
My sister has two big rabbits. Her OH built a huge hutch for them – it’s enormous and has two levels with ramps up/ down, tyres containing hay and grass / soil for them to dig. It’s weather proofed (removable so can come off in good weather), has a large hutch inside and outdoor space. It is situated on concrete because otherwise they dig.
They also have a lot of outdoor access to her garden and go in the house sometimes too.
I was surprised at just how much space they actually need. When I say “huge”, it’s as big as the area a dog would get in kennels.
For your question – buns don’t have to be on grass, my pair are kept on concrete.
However, there’s much, much more to keeping rabbits. Space is a priority – a pair of rabbits should have at MINIMUM a 6x2x2ft hutch, permanently attached to a run of at least 8x6x2ft. Much of what you see in pet shops simply isn’t adequate, unless multiple units are linked together.
There’s a UK based forum called Rabbits United, full of friendly, welcoming, and incredibly knowledgeable people and articles, with all the info you’ll need.
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November 30, 2017 at 10:59 am #329
I don’t think it is MacDonald’s, or other fast food outlets as such, because at least, if the customer is interested, they can tell you their ingredients exactly. In fact MacD’s can be a godsend to food allergy sufferers because they will happily tailor their menu to fit. I blame the supermarkets because they put all sorts of unnecessary additional ingredients even in their food to cook ‘from scratch’. Trying to buy a plain raw chicken to cook at home can be a challenge! And the tiny print is not designed to help the discerning customer. I have recently become aware of how often maize/corn is a hidden ingredient in many foods, which you would not expect to contain it, such as fruit-juice from concentrate. Received wisdom is that those who are trying to stretch a budget can safely buy such juice because it just has the water taken out, in the country of origin, then added back in when it arrives where it is to be sold. My research shows that corn/corn derived products are also added. Those who try to eat less sugar by buying e.g. jam made with fruit juice rather than sugar will find themselves eating far more corn, which may be GM, than they intended. then there are all the ‘low-fat’ products where the fat has been replaced by sugar in one form or another – again often either lactose or corn derived oligo-fructose/HFCS.
Many more families in Western non-English-speaking countries cook from scratch than is the case here. Even ready-made mayo contains maize, as well as sugar, neither of which you would put in if you were cooking from scratch. Those who live in English speaking countries, need to overhaul their diet, on the whole, so that they understand exactly what they are eating. -
November 23, 2017 at 1:51 pm #301
What do you eat for breakfast? If i start on sugar I just eat it all day riding the sugar highs and crashes. If I can start well (today porridge with water, chia and raisins) then it’s better, the longer I can put off that first sugar kick the better the day.
Otherwise I wouldn’t worry too much. I think after the clocks change your body can go into hibernation mode for a while.
Sort the sugar and the rest will follow.
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November 23, 2017 at 1:24 pm #279
No, seriously folks, banks do just create money. The current multiplier is about 25 to 1.
This means that if you put one hundred pounds into a bank account, that bank lends £2,500 to someone else. £2,400 is majic-ked up out of thin air.
This is called fractional reserve banking.
At the start of the crash this multiplier was much, much higher.
It depends on the fact that not everyone will rock up at the bank and take back their £100 at the same time. If they did, it’s called a run on the bank, and the bank should go under. Except that banks have now been allowed to grow so big they they couldn’t be allowed to fail, and the 2008 crisis was born.
There is far, far, far, far more ‘money’ in the world than the entire value of all the world’s assets added together. Money is smoke and mirrors, it survives only on confidence.
Frightening, isn’t it?
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October 6, 2017 at 2:08 pm #236
Two things spring to mind;
1, it really isn’t up to the receptionist to triage appointments. I would speak tot he practice manager about this.
2. a colleague had similar symptoms which got worse over time, until she collapsed at work, was taken straight to A&E where labyrnthitis was diagnosed. I also used to work with someone with Meuniere’s disease, which apparently came on quite quickly.I would certainly want to see a doctor about this.
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October 6, 2017 at 2:07 pm #234
Thanks for the replies and advice, I’m feeling a bit more positive about it now, just got to get on with it I suppose! It seems like all these young people just get in a car without a care in the world and find it all so easy, and then there’s me getting myself all wound up about it for no reason. I’m generally pretty confident about learning new things so why I’m so worried about driving I have no idea!
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October 6, 2017 at 2:00 pm #222
Thank you everyone x
There are all sorts of potential factors, and I really do try to appreciate the small things whenever I can. Quite often, if a negative thought comes along, wintry to think of something positive to counteract it or at least change my focus!
I’m not on the pill, but I do have a mirena coil which could be having an effect..
Some of it could be that I’m not convinced I’m where I should be – I had hoped to be starting my MSc this year, but due to personal circumstances had to put off my application until next year.
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October 6, 2017 at 1:52 pm #213
My latest dream was that I was on holiday in Cyprus – I knew it was Cyprus because that’s my most recent holiday, but actually the hotel and surroundings were Copenhagen, where I went years ago with my ex-husband! It was the evening before we were due to fly home, when we were looking out of the window and we saw a plane – painted up to look like a killer whale – coming into land at the airport which was just over the road behind a row of town houses. The plane was coming in quite normally then suddenly it went straight down, crashed and exploded.
We then saw a stream of breakdown vehicles taking away burnt out cars, buses and trucks down the main road in front of us.
Then I remembered we had to pack to go home, so we started packing – but there were big bookshelves full of books and CDs that we had brought on holiday with us, and we only had 2 suitcases and 3 cardboard boxes to fit everything in
Finally I realised that we couldn’t find our boarding passes and I couldn’t remember what time our flight home was……
If anyone could explain that, I would be genuinely interested
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October 6, 2017 at 1:38 pm #188
He comes to visit us quite often, and has a great time up here visiting all his friends and family. He is a real social butterfly, always has been, but also likes all the finer things he gets in Wiltshire, his friends down there are much posher and they go out to four star restaurants and so on. His original Essex friends (and family) would rather have pie and chips at the local.
Last time he was staying here we had yet another conversation about moving back up here but he does insist he is happy there. -
October 6, 2017 at 1:32 pm #178
Thanks guys – our accountant is free-lance and has a handful of customers and is based miles away. He may know the best places to look but unlikely he’ll know anyone, he is well aware we need help. In fact he was also looking for help and mentioned it’s hard!
Brucea, the s/w does all the hard work on the currency, I’m not accounts trained and I find it a doddle! You just set up each customer in the currency you are going to trade in, and everything you do on that account defaults to the that currency. We used to have to manually recalculate every transaction previously, now that WAS a nightmare!!
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October 6, 2017 at 1:29 pm #174
Yes on a day I knew I wouldn’t be allowed a day off. Other guy had to pull up his socks and get some actual work done, I didn’t feel very guilty as I was usually the one propping him up!
Needed for an interview, which went very well and handed my notice in 2 days later.
We are allowed time off for dentists…I don’t always specify which dentist I have an appointment with. However only ever finish an hour earlier and some people seem to have ALOT of dentist/doctor appointments.
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October 6, 2017 at 1:17 pm #156
Can’t abide it. I have taken someone’s keys off them before now at the pub as they were going to drive home and I knew how much they had drunk.
I would have no hesitation reporting someone. An old friend of mine nearly killed himself drink driving, he got the book thrown at him understandably.
I had to cycle to work as I was too pie-eyed the following morning to drive. Vile 3 1/2 mile trek up hills.
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October 6, 2017 at 12:57 pm #125
I got signed off, not for stress per se but for “grief response” after I lost a friend and my last surviving grandparent within a week of each other. I carried on until after about 4-5 months I just broke down. I would get up because I had to go to work but when I got home I would go to get changed then end up sitting on the bed staring at the floor for ages. At the weekend if my flatmate went home to see her folks I would literally lie in bed staring at the ceiling then think “suppose I better get up” then just migrate from bed to sofa where I would stare at the TV all day then by night time migrate back to the bed. If my flatmate wasn’t there to feed me I would survive on coffee and biscuits. Add in I was randomly teary a lot of the time and m friend suggested I go to the doctor. Our practice if you wanted a same day appointment you had to be vetted by the doctor over the phone first. I’m pretty sure all the doctor heard was “blurghyhjskjakfiuejdlkjluiuj” as I burst into tears as soon as she asked what was wrong!
Anyway…I got signed off for 2 weeks and they offered me counselling (which took forever to sort). I’m not going to lie, it still wasn’t easy returning after 2 weeks – I seem to recall crying as my computer wouldn’t work properly, I then cried again reliving the moment when I told my flatmate about it – however, it was a lot better having had time to clear my head.
I hope you get everything sorted. It’s horrible having to deal with it while still trying to ‘adult’. I would hope that the doctor would try signing you off for a bit first and maybe offering soe meds at the same time (which I guess you wouldn’t have to accept).
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July 9, 2018 at 4:37 pm #491
I’ve moved from Chelsea out to Kew as it was proving way too much living in such a high-paced area but at the detriment of going from a 20 minute commute to now an hour. It’s great being near the large parks and I love spending a Sunday with a picnic on Kew Green or Richmond Green watching the cricket but I just can’t handle the craziness of the commute. I actually spend any spare 5 mins at work planning holidays or weekend getaways – I’ve never been away so much! I work in the St Paul’s area
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July 9, 2018 at 4:37 pm #490
growing up in North Devon certainly didn’t set me up for city life! That’s the major issue with moving outside of London. I’m lucky where I am that there are multiple ways into work if one of the lines is down. I can easily get the Central, Piccadilly, District or South Eastern trains so moving out I would be limited to one line and if anything went wrong… I’d be stuck!
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