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Must be a day for GP sessions, I had my appointment with my GP today, made last Monday to go through recent blood tests, a problem I raised with physio regarding my right foot. No concerns with the tests, couple of abnormal returns but only minor increases, which will be monitored, suggested a few dietary changes I might wish to consider to deal with the blood sugar issue. The foot issue is Morton’s Neuroma, which is uncomfortable but can be dealt with if it gets worse, he will refer me back to the practice physio to deal with for now. oh an BP was the best it’s been for a few years.

I find it odd that an iconic British cruise line chooses to price drinks etc in Dollars rather than sterling. Do they charge your credit card in dollars when settling on board account at end of cruises, thus rendering customers liable to currency exchange charges.

They got 12 votes from us, glad she won, “from a complete novice to an accomplished dancer” as my wife said earlier this evening, which is what it should be.

I suspect you maybe right, they are probably working to a script on the screen and medical decisions are made by the system and agents can’t override, so it’s a case of “Computer says No”

Perhaps P&O don’t have access to a dictionary, perhaps 🧑‍🎄 will get them one for Christmas . 😂😂

I think I know which station you are referring to, but I wouldn’t call it reputable given who owns it.

If they do then I would expect to see anti-trust cases filed against Apple.

The new iPhone 15 and the iPad from 2022 now have usb-C ports following EU pressure, to standardise in USB-C ports. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66708571

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Just return from a long weekend in South Wales weather was awful, we stopped at the services at Bridgend on the way down, sat in the car whilst the area was pummelled with extremely strong Will and horizontal rain/sleet which last about 10 mins, when over walked into services saws a number of destroyed umbrellas in bins. No much better Saturday or Sunday, with strong winds and rain, our hotel room overlooked a golf course on Sunday morning in a howling gale and pouring rain there were players out on the course at 9am, the sheep in the area were sheltering under shrubs. Went a concert on Sunday evening with friends who got tickets, we left at interval, as was truly awful, never done that before and we were not the only ones, we counted at least 30 others leaving at same time. A certain German composer will be turning in his grave after this.

Out of 6 delivery days in the last week we had post on 5 of them, I am wondering therefore is this a local issue of understaffing in RM rather than a National one?

We don’t like JamShed wines we find them too sweet, much prefer a Rioja or a Malbec in red wines.

Perhaps RM delivery person is ex-Yodel!

Same happened last Christmas, although in the past couple of days we have had 2 Christmas Cards, other post including 2 magazines I subscribe to and a couple of parcels, so not sure whether it’s happening at my local sorting office or not. Not had chance to speak to postie yet as we get our post around 8.45am, and we are usually eating breakfast then.

I remove the leaves from the lawn with my leaf blower, I blow them onto the borders to provide a mulch and they rot down over winter or used by insects etc for shelter. Those on the drive get sucked up and put into bag into which I punch holes and after I after about 18 months behind te garage I have leaf mould which I mix with multi purpose compost for the patio pots or mix in with the top layer on existing pots. The only leaves that go in the bin are those from roses, to try and prevent spreading of rose rust & black spot, or tough leaves that won’t rot easily like holly.In the winter our green bins are still collect except over the Christmas/New Year period.

We had an unscheduled overnight in Venice back in 2017, we were late getting into Venice due to thick fog and then the next port Ravenna was cancelled for similar reasons, we arrived at 2pm and left a 3pm following day, wonderful having a wander around Venice in the evening, much quieter. That would me my definition of overnight, not leaving just after midnight, which I would consider being a late night departure.

Have you ever thought about getting her a personal alarm which is linked to a mini ting centre. We had one for my mom, it was a lifesaver on at least one occasion when she fell in the night and badly gashed her leg, the paramedic said had she not got it she may not have survived until the morning. My 87 year old neighbour has one again has been a lifesaver. we are currently trying to get my recently widowed mother in law to have one as she lives 40 or more miles away from family members, so we couldn’t get there in a emergency is less than an hour. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/care-services-equipment-and-care-homes/personal-alarms-security-systems-and-keysafes/

Tips should not be used to supplement salary, crew should be paid a wage that doesn’t rely on tips to supplement their earnings.

I would have gone with the Christmas Jumper option, as I no longer have a dinner suit and black tie, I donated mine to the Red Cross Charity Shop after I could no longer get into it. I own 1 suit which is around 10 years old and has not been worn very much, just about fits me.

Spotted this on a well known online shopping website, l deal for the Black Tie/Christmas Jumper night. 😂

We never add anything if tipping is included on a cruise. As for elsewhere I may tip in a restaurant if the service has been very good and there is not an inclusive service charge.

Currently 4C but feels like 1C very dull and wet, most of snow has gone. No volunteer session today as there is a big pool of water outside the entrance which is making access difficult, so a decision has been made to close the site today due to water and general condition of the ground. Hopefully estates team will be out to resolve the reoccurring pool issue. Now waiting for a delayed Amazon delivery, should have come yesterday but understandably it was rescheduled for today.

Currently 0C here, we have had around 5cm of snow overnight, usual moans on community page about roads not being gritted, when they were, but many don’t seem to understand how the gritting process works, especially when temperature was -6C when it was snowing.

Christmas Decorations up in the lounge, one set of lights put up outside, the shortest set, it’s too Dan cold to do the rest, it says it’s 0C, but feels like -6 C I definitely with that 💯. The rest can wait until later in the week as we have a Yellow Warning for snow overnight, so one last trip outside to get snow shovel on empty indoor recycling bin into wheels bin.

Same here, I went in yesterday and quickly turned round and left as clearly they didn’t have what I was looking for as furniture area was just 2 small aisles, Sipo nipped next door to Argos and got a similar item at a better price.