I am with you there.My dad always swore that he felt he had almost permanent mild cold symptoms ever since getting the flu jab for the first time. He still went for it though.
I’m not an anti-vaxxer, but still don’t totally agree with getting jabs for everything going.
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welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
My dad refused to have flu jabs. His mantra was " nothing added and nothing taken away". 
12boy
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I've enclosed a pic of the cheap double wall stainless steel bottle I use. It's a bit too small for the bottle holders on my bike but an old sock makes it fit nicely. BTW, the other thing is an old steel cup given me by my deceased FIL which I use to remember him by, and a Stanley travel cup which just fits the plunger on a Bodum French press. Travels well and I haven't broken it yet, unlike the glass ones.
In one of your pics (which I look forward to, especially the dog) there is a woman perched on a rock in the middle of the stream. Is she washing her hair?Nice walk around the Merrivale Bronze Age settlement, stone circles and stone rows. All around 5000 years old - so eligible for this thread.
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Carried on to the 13th century Postbridge Clapper bridge. Famous for the ghost story - 'The Hairy Hands'.
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Settled in the pub now waiting for the pies to arrive.
Blimey Dirk......did the chip pan pack in when they were only half cooked ?
12boy
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I've had pneumonia shots, but it took 2 spaced months apart, as did my Shingle shots. The second one made me feel so sick I thought I had Covid for a while and my arm also hurt for a couple of days. Not as bad as Shingles, though. Not being very bright, when I first had Shingles, I read that capsaicin, the active ingredient in chile peppers was good for Shingle pain so I applied some when the lesions were red and oozy. Should have read it is good for the ghost pain people suffer from after the lesion have gone. Rubbing it into fresh ones wasn't the best of ideas. And yes, you can get Shingles more than once, hence the shots of Shingrex.
Mo1959
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Another wander done. Turned out milder than I was expecting. I see someone has been pumpkin carving!
My dad always swore that he felt he had almost permanent mild cold symptoms ever since getting the flu jab for the first time. He still went for it though.
I’m not an anti-vaxxer, but still don’t totally agree with getting jabs for everything going.
I'm due my first ever flu jab on Halloween 😯
I've not bothered before but the specialist advised that I have one due to my compromised immune system.
They're administering the jabs at the local War Memorial Hall, I'm first on the list so hopefully won't have to hang around.
Less impressive was the text message offering me a shingles jab which is a definite no no due to the vaccine being "live". I'm assuming it was an automated message to every eligible patient registered with the Practice, and they'd have checked their records before proceeding.🤔
pawl
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Back in the 80s we got our first automatic washing machine. The first time it was used all 4 of us got the dining room chairs out and sat watching it do its magic
And you have been going round together ever since
pawl
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oldwheels
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- Isle of Mull
It was a young girl messing about with her black labrador dog.
Think she must have been from Lancashire.......they're a bit odd up there.
oldwheels
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Not quite one off. Lasts I think for 7or 8 years. When I got my first one the doc said “ It should see you out”. Thanks a bundle Jennifer was my reply ( I knew her socially ) but I outlasted it and got a repeat.
The chips were made from the local variety 'Lamerton Pale' spuds - valued for their inability to brown even when provoked by a Northerner trying to over cook them.
oldwheels
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I had a shingles jab a few years ago but I think it was only offered within a certain age group.
