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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Have you been tattoed for accuracy?
My radiotherapy was in 2020 during the Lockdown. It made things easier as there was very little traffic, and I could park directly outside the Oncology Unit.
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Have you been tattoed for accuracy?
My radiotherapy was in 2020 during the Lockdown. It made things easier as there was very little traffic, and I could park directly outside the Oncology Unit.
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
Opened a new whisky tonight. It’s anonymous. All it says on the label is 1994. It’s from the Wine society. Private cask bottling but they are unable to say where it came from, beyond a generic “Speyside”.
It’s very nice
It’s very nice
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Oh, yes, I got the tattoos tattooed last week. They got lined up with the the big twisty machine today.
Parking at Guys itself is practically impossible. My 4 hours parking at the nearby NCP cost me £35 and it's just inside the congestion charge zone which is £18. But it was unavoidable today.
I checked cab fares and got quoted £33 one way. It's under 4 miles door to door so that rip-off is for emergencies only.
The bus, of course, is free but managing the (in reality short) walk from the bus stop to the Cancer Centre was beyond me today. I'm going to see how I get on with the turbo trainer so I know how pedalling affects me because sitting is bearable. It's a simple, flat route. Also free!
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Spent a little over 3 hours this afternoon shuttling all 8 bikes into the bike shed, giving the frames and wheels a quick wipe down and then cleaning & lubing the chains. Hopefully that will be it for another few weeks and I treated myself to the penultimate white chocolate Magnum style ice cream from the freezer.
A water meter reading has been sent in to Anglian Water and that is all I've done since finishing with the bikes and I don't plan on doing anything else for the rest of the evening either.
A water meter reading has been sent in to Anglian Water and that is all I've done since finishing with the bikes and I don't plan on doing anything else for the rest of the evening either.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
I forgot that I did have to take a short break from bike things to relieve the postie of a large parcel containing a Pinter - a brew your own beer thingie which I've treated myself to try. Tomorrow morning will be spent getting the first load going and it should be ready in a couple of weeks.
Meanwhile I'm going to have to make do with a hot chocolate this evening.
Meanwhile I'm going to have to make do with a hot chocolate this evening.
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Hercules 2 and I took the train and then we propelled ourselves to the keep fit session.
He has to stay outside.
Peripheral good news a keep fit chum has managed to machine me a beautiful front wheel spindle. That replaces the original that the numpty at the bike shop chewed up with an Allen key.
It was so sunny I went and bought myself lunch at a nearby German supermarket. Adjourned with Hercules to the seafront, found a quiet corner.
Whilst H rested in the sun I ate my lunch. Then I decided I had no reason to rush home. So, had a little snooze.
Then a gentle cycle into the sun and home. A 40k day altogether
Over dinner the management enquired about my day and where I'd got the sun burn!
Just looked in the mirror.
Yes, I've gone a generous lobster colour. Not good, my UV tolerance is very low and I've been very naughty.
He has to stay outside.
Peripheral good news a keep fit chum has managed to machine me a beautiful front wheel spindle. That replaces the original that the numpty at the bike shop chewed up with an Allen key.
It was so sunny I went and bought myself lunch at a nearby German supermarket. Adjourned with Hercules to the seafront, found a quiet corner.
Whilst H rested in the sun I ate my lunch. Then I decided I had no reason to rush home. So, had a little snooze.
Then a gentle cycle into the sun and home. A 40k day altogether
Over dinner the management enquired about my day and where I'd got the sun burn!
Just looked in the mirror.
Yes, I've gone a generous lobster colour. Not good, my UV tolerance is very low and I've been very naughty.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Ooh, let us know how the Pinter goes. And more precisely, does it need cellar-like temperatures? This is a very warm flat and there are no really cool places.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
From the instructions online, it should brew at 'room temperature' (18°-22°C they say) and then go into the fridge to condition before being ready to drink. I'm going to have to take one of the shelves out of the fridge!
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
A bright and quite clement day here chez Casa Reynard, but thanks to the trees, I'm sheltered from the brisk easterly.
Sleep maxed out at just over six hours - quality decent, but short changed on duration. Plus I had a very weird dream about trying to escape an airport with a baby while people were hunting me, and hiding out in an attic in central Cambridge where the owner of said attic was feeding me crystallised pineapple. All very odd... Anyways, came downstairs, fed the cat, made myself a
and took it back upstairs to have my now habitual writing session.
At a more clement hour swapped night wear for day wear and cleared the chores. Then I moved three more bags of clothes downstairs, ready to be taken to the clothes bank in the village on Wednesday. That gave me more space to make more inroads in cupboard clearing. Finally managed to get to the bottom of the wardrobe and pulled out at least twenty pairs of shoes - none of which fit me. Into a black bag they went, and added to the stack for the clothes bank.
Lovely luncheon of two slices of toast, one with tuna & sweetcorn, one with avocado, plus a banana yoghurt and a pot of tea.
This afternoon's main task was doing more cupboard jiggery pokery. I liberated three more green storage trays from the utility room, and filled two of them with towels. Those have joined the stack in the wardrobe - most of these will go to the vet when they put out an appeal. As a result, I could put a whole load of my own clothes into the wardrobe. Slowly, surely, we're getting there.
A supper of curry-on-toast was nommed. My bread is in danger of developing language skills, so food-on-toast is the order of the day.
A quiet evening is planned.
Sleep maxed out at just over six hours - quality decent, but short changed on duration. Plus I had a very weird dream about trying to escape an airport with a baby while people were hunting me, and hiding out in an attic in central Cambridge where the owner of said attic was feeding me crystallised pineapple. All very odd... Anyways, came downstairs, fed the cat, made myself a
and took it back upstairs to have my now habitual writing session.At a more clement hour swapped night wear for day wear and cleared the chores. Then I moved three more bags of clothes downstairs, ready to be taken to the clothes bank in the village on Wednesday. That gave me more space to make more inroads in cupboard clearing. Finally managed to get to the bottom of the wardrobe and pulled out at least twenty pairs of shoes - none of which fit me. Into a black bag they went, and added to the stack for the clothes bank.
Lovely luncheon of two slices of toast, one with tuna & sweetcorn, one with avocado, plus a banana yoghurt and a pot of tea.
This afternoon's main task was doing more cupboard jiggery pokery. I liberated three more green storage trays from the utility room, and filled two of them with towels. Those have joined the stack in the wardrobe - most of these will go to the vet when they put out an appeal. As a result, I could put a whole load of my own clothes into the wardrobe. Slowly, surely, we're getting there.
A supper of curry-on-toast was nommed. My bread is in danger of developing language skills, so food-on-toast is the order of the day.
A quiet evening is planned.
A nice day here, sun and blues skies, but not particularly warm. 
Another day of work piling up that I haven't time to do! I'm not sure what the point of assigning more work to people than they can keep up with is, but it seems to be management's latest way to "increase" productivity.
I escaped afor a 20 mile ride after work. Nice sunset this evening.
Another day of work piling up that I haven't time to do! I'm not sure what the point of assigning more work to people than they can keep up with is, but it seems to be management's latest way to "increase" productivity.
I escaped afor a 20 mile ride after work. Nice sunset this evening.
classic33
Leg End Member
Maybe the result of a time and motion study, where they've worked out "the average time" required to complete one transaction, and then simply worked out how many could be done in a set time, using that "average".A nice day here, sun and blues skies, but not particularly warm.
Another day of work piling up that I haven't time to do! I'm not sure what the point of assigning more work to people than they can keep up with is, but it seems to be management's latest way to "increase" productivity.
I escaped afor a 20 mile ride after work. Nice sunset this evening.
Not allowing for possibly different systems to be used for different "transactions". I thought that thinking went out years ago.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
I wondered about Guys, then looked into Sir Thomas Guy and got my answer. Around here, all the hospitals are Carle or R.C. (Order of St. Francis), then your local hospital Saint, (OSF-Saint Joseph, OSF Heart of Mary, etc.)
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
After ground damage pattern surveys from Friday night, we had five tornadoes in my county, three of which were in town here, and one of which was about a mile from my house. F1 and F2 level. An F5 and I may not be here writing to you.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Yes, it's now joined up with St Thomas hospital, Westminster as the Guy's and St Thomas. Guy's cancer Centre seems to have a pretty good reputation. I didn't know about the original religious origin though.