Mortgage Renewal has finally completed, no need to worry about that for another five years.

Just the question of paying it, that I've got to worry about now lol!

DaveMehmet said:

This: Chris Kaba shooting: Firearms officer not guilty of murder - BBC News

The guy was driving a car that had been used in a shooting the night before. He was boxed in by armed police but tried to ram his way out, putting those officers' lives in danger. yet someone for the family is bleating that he was a victim of "police violence"...

I was pleased to read that King Charles had cut off Andrew's one million pounds a year allowance.   

I put this picture out on a family Whatsapp group and asked for captions.  My D-I-L suggested that, 'This is a Nonce ance'.  She's a clever gal.

Algarveaddick said:

Having been told that the gas inspection men would call between 14.00 and 18.00, finding myself first on the list. This is the first time it has happened in sixty years.  

Bit of peppermint tea should sort you out

IdleHans said:

Sarah Smith on the BBC news using the phrase 'tiny Dicksville Notch'
I don't really know where to begin with that

(Edit: it's actually Dixville, but no material difference)

I heard there was a massive swing to the right 🤓

IdleHans said:

Took Mrs Idle's knackered 17 year old ford focus for its MoT today expecting it to be condemned.
It did indeed fail the test, but all it needed was a yellow indicator bulb, done on the spot.

One more year of shabby, clunky motoring awaits...

One more year???  My Focus is 20 and still going strong 

IdleHans said:

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

IdleHans said:

Took Mrs Idle's knackered 17 year old ford focus for its MoT today expecting it to be condemned.
It did indeed fail the test, but all it needed was a yellow indicator bulb, done on the spot.

One more year of shabby, clunky motoring awaits...

One more year???  My Focus is 20 and still going strong 

I'm not sure Mrs Idle wants to be driving it for more than another year, and expect her to demand something a bit nicer once we move house.

I hate driving it anyway - there are all kinds of clunks from underneath and the steering 'grabs' in a way that means youre wrestling with it round corners.

Surprised it passed the MOT if the steering is that bad.

Wheresmeticket said:

CharltonKerry said:

After 2 years of severe foot pain, finally finding the right person to take my plight seriously and agree that an operation was required. Just awaiting a date for the operation and hopefully being able to walk more than 2,500 steps a day, being pain free and getting fit to be able to go for longer more interesting walks.

My achilles tendonitis after getting worse and worse over the last 3 years (I was really getting depressed about how it was affecting my mobility) just decided to start getting better - almost back to 100% now.

Sorry, was just scrolling back through the last few pages and come across this.  I suffered with achilles tendonitis so badly they was going to strip the outer layer of the achilles off when I saw the surgeon.  Well that was the plan if the high volume cortisone injection didn't work.  Well it never worked so I was waiting for the op when my wife suggested I tried wearing some bamboo socks for diabetics (I'm not diabetic) without the elastic in the top of my sock.  Anyway, just doing that, switching to diabetic socks, cleared all my tendonitis up in the space of a week, after suffering for the best part of 3 years, beng off work sick for a couple of months at a time, then being put on reduced duties by the GP as he said I was at high risk of rupturing my achilles.  Bonkers that such a small change made such a big difference. 

JohnBoyUK said:

Wheresmeticket said:

CharltonKerry said:

After 2 years of severe foot pain, finally finding the right person to take my plight seriously and agree that an operation was required. Just awaiting a date for the operation and hopefully being able to walk more than 2,500 steps a day, being pain free and getting fit to be able to go for longer more interesting walks.

My achilles tendonitis after getting worse and worse over the last 3 years (I was really getting depressed about how it was affecting my mobility) just decided to start getting better - almost back to 100% now.

Sorry, was just scrolling back through the last few pages and come across this.  I suffered with achilles tendonitis so badly they was going to strip the outer layer of the achilles off when I saw the surgeon.  Well that was the plan if the high volume cortisone injection didn't work.  Well it never worked so I was waiting for the op when my wife suggested I tried wearing some bamboo socks for diabetics (I'm not diabetic) without the elastic in the top of my sock.  Anyway, just doing that, switching to diabetic socks, cleared all my tendonitis up in the space of a week, after suffering for the best part of 3 years, beng off work sick for a couple of months at a time, then being put on reduced duties by the GP as he said I was at high risk of rupturing my achilles.  Bonkers that such a small change made such a big difference. 

I switched to diabetic socks a couple of months ago following two 3 month limps which got so bad at one point I purchased a walking stick. 

I'm not sure what the condition was that caused it.  It wasn't overly painful, but the action of 'stepping' from my left foot just stopped working.  I noticed a prominent ridge around my ankle (caused by socks) which I guessed may have cut blood flow so I changed to the diabetic socks.  I can't 'hand on heart' say that was the fix, but definitely worth a try ... I'm OK at the moment - but still have my fingers firmly crossed. 

I'm diabetic and never heard of them either.

Just googled diabetic socks and found this, might give them a go myself.

https://gentlegrip.co.uk/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAire5BhCNARIsAM53K1jRGm13Y8wq20WyLp4dUc0B8xcEb2iLjnHICxWZTYRpJqh9uXdJWrIaAmpJEALw_wcB

Went to the cinema for the first time this year yesterday, forgot about what a nice experience it is and how good a bag of sweet popcorn mixed with a bag of Milky Way Magic Stars chocolates is 

The gritter names in Scotland:

https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker

That’s great 

Am in Tenerife and my mates wanted to go for a walk after breakfast. I couldn’t be arsed and plotted up by the pool. In the words of Micky Flanagan, I’ve had 3 hours of doing ‘proper fuck all’. Haven’t even bothered going in the pool, it’s been heaven.