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  • thesmudger 08:27 on March 4, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    training Session – maybe? 

    Not sure how I feel this morning.Have just finished breakfast, having one last coffee. And then it’s on the road to sit in on the latest update course. Please note the term “sit in”. Because I’m still on light duties I’m not entitled to be ON the course. I know this sounds a bit wingy and I do appreciate the invite. But it does make me feel detached, cut off from the work world I’m used to.Never mind, time to get a move on. Let’s go scrape the ice of the windscreen, and then “wagons roll”

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  • thesmudger 20:00 on February 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Flipping Computer 

    Aaarrrgggghhh. If this Laptop gets any slower. it’s going out the nearest window – be it closed or not!!!!!

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  • thesmudger 08:29 on February 23, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: annoyed, fedup, pained, tired   

    Do you sometimes feel your getting no where 

    I’m guessing it’s just one of those mornings, but it feels like I’m getting no. Am doing all the stretches and exercises the Doctor and the Physio asked for. And I really thought things were getting better.

    But not this morning

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  • thesmudger 23:12 on January 30, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    In the last few days ….. 

    It has been a couple of days since I saw the consultant at Lincoln Hospital, regards the painful back. With a several days concideration, it is obvious that the situation is as normal. With some points good and others bad.

    Firstly the bad. I now have treatment regime and a lot of stretches and exercises to do. Although , in the end, exercise was going to be a potential goal. In the consultants opinion I had actually (probibly ) had one, or more, spinal discs either deform or bulge, hence causing severe pain. And it’s a contender for the recent “Kidney Infections” culprit. That said I am now suffering from the cure, not the original condition. The discs appear to have restored themselves to something like normal, but the scaring and damage caused in that process is the reason for the present malaise.

    The good points?

    The good points are that there is a solution. And a realatively straightforward one at that. There is quite a few weeks work to do. With the said exercises, a little “proper” training and a careful eye in the future it looks like we will be able to manage this problem fairly easierly.

    That said, everything had to be reassessed in 7 weeks time ( and if they can find the original missing x-ray) so things may yet again change .

    But for now, I’m fairly happy. Sore, but happy.

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  • thesmudger 22:51 on January 30, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    The last few days ….. 

    It has been a couple of days since I saw the consultant at Lincoln Hospital, regards the painful back. With a several days concideration, it is obvious that the situation is as normal. With some points good and others bad.

    Firstly the bad. I now have treatment regime and a lot of stretches and exercises to do. Although , in the end, exercise was going to be a potential goal. In the consultants opinion I had actually (probibly ) had one, or more, spinal discs either deform or bulge, hence causing severe pain. And it’s a contender for the recent “Kidney Infections” culprit. That said I am now suffering from the cure, not the original condition. The discs appear to have restored themselves to something like normal, but the scaring and damage caused in that process is the reason for the present malaise.

    The good points?

    The good points are that there is a solution. And a realatively straightforward one at that. There is quite a few weeks work to do. With the said exercises, a little “proper” training and a careful eye in the future it looks like we will be able to manage this problem fairly easierly.

    That said, everything had to be reassessed in 7 weeks time ( and if they can find the original missing x-ray) so things may yet again change .

    But for now, I’m fairly happy. Sore, but happy.

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  • thesmudger 18:46 on January 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    A good day all round 

    Have had a really “useful” day today. Have been mentoring a nice lad on his first real broadband fault – thanks Pete! This has been the first day, since I came back that I could see that I had really made a difference to someone – and I’m smiling. Even Liam has got his car back, not longer smelling of petrol. A good day all round .

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  • thesmudger 20:26 on January 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    I know Tilly hasn’t been well , but I feel really “ODD” at the moment. But if I’m not careful, I’ll sound like a hypochondriac.

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  • thesmudger 09:42 on January 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Still waking up – have now got my stepper device. I like it and I shall try it again shortly

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  • thesmudger 16:57 on January 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Not more snow 

    It’s been a relatively busy day for me. Driving round in the snow wasn’t actually to bad. Sun was out. The Sky was blue and the air ( realatively )warm. It was beautiful – a good day to be alive.

    But not now. The snow is back with a vengance and Cathy needs a lift home. Never mind here we go

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  • thesmudger 09:47 on January 7, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Alaskan, Canadians, Scandinavians, Weather, Winter   

    Bad Weather, what bad weather …. 

    I’m sorry if this sounds a bit churlish, but what sort of weather do some people expect in the depths of winter.

    Firstly, let me say this – the weather is bad, very bad. Certainly the worst weather that I can remember for a very long time (but not the worst weather that I can EVER remember – but then I am really really old. According to my daughter least ways). But, as I’m typing this the BBC news is on (and I’m not picking on the BBC for any other reason than they are now in ear shot ) but the whole of the media is equally as bad.

    It’s all gloom, doom and Siberian based depression.

    Once again Britain comes to a grinding halt because we have had a little bit of bad weather.

    We just seem to to fall into a panic because of what, to be honest, should be normal Mid Winter weather. Something we should take into account as somewhat normal, something we should be able to deal with.

    What do the Scandinavians’ do? The Canadians? The Alaskan’s?

    They, of course, have proper levels of snow and Ice. And, from what I can work out they get on and deal with the weather. Fair enough, there’s not a lot you can do if you house is stuck in the middle of a blizzard, apart from close the door and get the monopoly board out. But other than that they get on with their everyday lives. They know their strategies. They make their arrangements and they deal with it.

    That said, I must admit, I’m cold and I too have had enough of it – just like everyone else I suspect.

    Carol Kirkwood, the poor BBC News weather presenter, is once again stood in the Blue Peter Garden, wearing the thickest coat you can imagine. Hood pulled as tight as she can to cut out the cold. You can imagine the Cameraman (who is similarly cocooned against the cold) saying “I’m sorry Carol love, but you’ll have to drop the hood. we’re on in 5”. She has delivered yet another doom laden weather forecast for another 5 to 10 c   ms of snow today.cloud_rain

    I just feel sorry for all the gritter drivers. They get to go out in all that cold weather, in the middle of the night. Working hard to try and help the average driver – just to hear the comment from some of “The Bloody Council – they haven’t gritted the road again”

    Lets just get on with it. There is a light at the end of the tunnel – even the weather people say this present freeze should be over within the next ten days or so.

    So dig in.

    I, for one, will be looking for an extra shirt and a thicker pair of socks. Spring is NOT that far away.

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