Quote from: dextrous63 on Yesterday at 04:34:51 PMHad my phone consultation with the surgeon yesterday.  He's booked me in for a barium meal and will then most likely stick a balloon down to perform a dilitation.  Hopefully all sorted by summer!!

Ah, memories!  I have assisted in dozens of barium meals (and enemas!), though not many dilatations.

Honestly, nothing to worry about and completely painless, although not sure about the dilatations!  (Sorry!)

Quote from: Alex on Today at 02:46:37 PMMy first thought was that this will be another black person.  We haven't been given any details yet, but he actually looked white, with a possibility of being middle eastern !

Years ago most people hadn't heard of machetes, but whatever his colour there must be a way to stop swords and machetes being imported into UK.

That will never happen.  Such weapons are already here in large numbers, I am sure, and will continue to find their way here in the future.

The only way to cut crime of this sort is to impose far more severe punishments.

Some criticise Saudi Arabia for their punishments, for example: right hand removed publicly for theft; head removed publicly for murder, both done routinely every Friday in 'Chop Chop Square' in Riyadh.
Such crimes are almost unknown there for obvious reasons.

We can't do that here simply because of bleating do-gooders, who nevertheless whinge about crime being so commonplace!

Betty flashed her new teeth at the social club
She'd already shown them off in the local pub

My first thought was that this will be another black person.  We haven't been given any details yet, but he actually looked white, with a possibility of being middle eastern !

Years ago most people hadn't heard of machetes, but whatever his colour there must be a way to stop swords and machetes being imported into UK.

The sun is out here today, but it's still chilly, I'm glad the fleece is still over the chair.

Painted an outside wall.. just starting to rain.. Oh dear.. !!

Quote from: muddy on Today at 12:22:55 PMWhy do the voices in their heads always tell them to kill someone vulnerable and defenceless ?

Because they are not stupid enough to attack someone who might give them a going over.. 

Quote from: dextrous63 on Today at 12:28:59 PMCan't remember whether it was on here or PF recently that I posted that the first responsibility of any government is to endure the safety of its citizens.  The loss of control of immigration and there whereabouts is one clear example of how our politicians has failed.

Another is the increasing failure of law and order, and the related disregard that larger numbers have for our police and the justice system.

We can all cite examples of this, and indeed we do so.

What needs to be done is for someone to stop this pussyfooting around and therefore to get a proper grip on matters.  If this means that some human rights have to be rescinded, then so be it.  If it means that some lawyers have to retrain to take up conveyancibg instead, then so be it.

I completely agree with all of those suggestions:
mass uncontrolled illegal immigration; failure of law and order because of lack of realistic punishments; lack of police capable of doing the job (i.e. not wimpy university graduates in philosophy, etc.), and instant judicial processes willing to impose stronger punishments which would deter crime.

In my humble opinion, only one political party in power could, and would, achieve these things.
No need for me to say who!

Quote from: klondike on Today at 11:44:42 AMYep. I had it a couple of years back annoying cough and snotty. No temperature. Feels like a cold. Crappy first night. Not so bad last night. I dug out my old timeline - I know when I was infected then (granddaughter) and the time to symptoms suggest it could well have been the doctors rather than Lidl or any other excursions.

During the pandemic most of those really ill with covid were both old and with pre-extisting conditions. I wrote an app that grabbed the stats and produced spreadsheets.

Yes!  All those snotty people sitting in the waiting room!

Albert's marrow was the best in show
How it grew so big, he really didn't know
He'd hugged it and stroked it and fed it well
Lots of TLC really made it swell
For his prize he won a big pink bow


Betty flashed her new teeth at the social club