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jandyt: The "Real" cathedral in Milano
The "Real" cathedral in Milano
How long did this invasion take?
Ban boring signatures!
One more? Or will Keith be on my back for filling up the server?
Did ten days, then ran out of Sugar Puffs.
jandyt: One more? Or will Keith be on my back for filling up the server?
No one fills his space since you left!
jandyt: Did ten days, then ran out of Sugar Puffs.
Did you survive until you got home?
Nipped through Swissmanland on my way back
This is some random bird with the mighty Eiger in the background
Shoot! Can't rememember how to quote quotes
I kinda like the Swiss random birds.
--mika
jandyt: Nipped through Swissmanland on my way back This is some random bird with the mighty Eiger in the background
They're a mighty sturdy pair of legs!
Are you chuffing tabs again?
Back from the grocery store...what a zoo. Bah humbug!
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
Jeff: Back from the grocery store...what a zoo. Bah humbug!
Think yourself lucky! Apparently there were 6 hour queues to leave a southern England shopping centre yesterday! I'd rather spontaneously combust!!
Jeff:Back from the grocery store...what a zoo. Bah humbug!
I managed to do all (..most all) of the shopping on Monday and it was surprisingly calm them. Wouldn't have liked to be there today. There was no work today and the sun was shining so I took a walk to the seaside, probably the first time I've properly seen the sun for weeks. Quite refreshing. It's been a record warm December (sunday was +11C) so there's no snow, but still the length of the day is less than six hours at this latitude.
Fraid so. I had 6 days in hospital in Septemember with an appendicitis. They couldn't take it out coz I had a chest infection (too many figs)Hoping to give up figs on HNE
Back in 20 or 30mins. Have to collect a relative from the station.
Puncher: Jeff: Back from the grocery store...what a zoo. Bah humbug! Think yourself lucky! Apparently there were 6 hour queues to leave a southern England shopping centre yesterday! I'd rather spontaneously combust!!
Holy carp! Makes me realize just why I've not gone Christmas shopping in a traditional brick and mortar store for well over a decade and a half. I did take my wife to a high end yarn store last week and let her go wild in the hand dyed silk yarn section, that cost me but she's just little girl happy playing with her yarn, which makes it all worth it.
For me, I have a license to shop for myself, as the only things I really wanted (new trigger for my AR, laser sight for my carry pistol) are things she can't easily figure out what I want.
They're taking it out on Jan 28 hopefully
...height of the sun just a little past noon
jandyt: They're taking it out on Jan 28 hopefully
Hope it goes well! Must be uncomfortable in the interim I'd imagine.
I had a friend who's gall bladder went septic on him, he said he got into the emergency room quickly with almost no wait as they said his screams were upsetting the other patients in the waiting room. Hope yours is nowhere near as bad as that, but I've known a few appendix cases where the people were in real pain.
Hope you feel better soon! Heck of a way to spend the holidays.
Beautiful picture Mika, feel like I've seen it before somewhere ;-)
"You think we can slap some oak on this thing?"
Cheers Jeff, but I'm fine. They shrunk it back to its normal size with a six day drip, but it is likely to reoccur within 18 months, that's why they're taking it out. I'm in no pain at all at the mo.
jandyt: Beautiful picture Mika, feel like I've seen it before somewhere ;-)
It's a museum (closed for renovation) nearby. Going past it makes a nice 5 km / 1 hour walk through some semi-forests and the seaside that really clears your head, so I visit there quite often.
This is where I slept in my car that night. When I woke up, hundreds of tourists were all around my car. I just brushed my teeth, washed my face,ate my Sugar Puffs and boiled up the kettle for a coffee.No-one batted an eyelid!
leosgonewild:Where in Finland are you, Mika?
Espoo (in the same tiny suburb as our minister of foreign affairs... )
jandyt: Cheers Jeff, but I'm fine. They shrunk it back to its normal size with a six day drip, but it is likely to reoccur within 18 months, that's why they're taking it out. I'm in no pain at all at the mo.
Well, I'm glad to hear they got it under control so you're not in agony until the surgery. Probably an easier surgery if it's not infected and inflamed when they yank it.
Things like this are one of the reasons that I like living in the present. One friend was discussing how he'd like to live in the past, and asked me if I wanted to live in Ancient Rome since I am a big Roman history buff. No, I said, two words...medicine and dentistry. If I was living in Roman times I'd have been dead for 30 years or so, the only reason I'm alive is modern medicine.
Neat picture...and now for some late breaking sports scores...Lions 6, Christians 0...back to you Gaius Germanicus.
The fig out of your hand or the appendix?
Excactly Jeff! Imagine having Farmer Giles in those days!
Puncher: jandyt: T The fig out of your hand or the appendix?
jandyt: T
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LOL LMAO FOTFL RALF!
Jeff:If I was living in Roman times I'd have been dead for 30 years or so, the only reason I'm alive is modern medicine.
Don't even need to go that far... over here, the life expectancy has risen by more than 10 years since the start of the 1970s. The average length (I mean - ahem - tallness ) of men has gone up by 5 cm in that time. Around 1867, 8% percent of the population died of famine.
5cms! That's a lot! Could it not be down to climate change?
jandyt: 5cms! That's a lot! Could it not be down to climate change?
Could be...bull shyte tends to act as a fertilizer...
Or proper fertilization. I'll get me a short glass of Jaloviina.
Apparently playing the mandolin can bring-on all sorts of illness.
vikinger: Apparently playing the mandolin can bring-on all sorts of illness.
The stringed instrument or the kitchen appliance?
UKULELE!
jandyt: UKULELE!
Tiny bubbles....in my wine...make me happy...make me feel fine. - Don Ho Ho Ho
Jeff: vikinger: the mandolin all sorts of illness. kitchen appliance?
vikinger: the mandolin all sorts of illness.
the mandolin all sorts of illness.
kitchen appliance?
This reminds me of the time I got sacked from Tesco for putting my manhood in the bacon slicer!
Jeff: vikinger: Apparently playing the mandolin can bring-on all sorts of illness. The stringed instrument or the kitchen appliance?
Ha! Maybe the kitchen appliance!