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Post by ARENA on May 8, 2024 5:39:55 GMT
Saw the Eurovision entry for the UK last night....NUL POINTS.....what a mess!
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Post by ARENA on May 8, 2024 8:35:31 GMT
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Post by hild1066 on May 8, 2024 9:05:04 GMT
Saw the Eurovision entry for the UK last night....NUL POINTS.....what a mess! It's quite a jolly happy song and I have no idea why they thought that kind of presentation would work. I didn't get the spinning through space idea, it was just a box with people dancing in it. I know that Eurovision have a large gay following and I have no problem with men dancing together, but why do they have to be so skimpily dressed and use such obviously sexualised dancing. I can't see how that will get them many votes at all. The same goes for all the other half naked people gyrating around. I would feel the same if it was a heterosexual group dancing like this. Men dance together all over the world and it was just too much. This is supposed to be a family show and I don't mind a bit of flesh but overall there was just too much on display. Mind you I did note that shoulder pads from the 80s were having a resurgence too. I don't think we saw the winner in this group. On to the next semi final.
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Post by ARENA on May 8, 2024 11:04:32 GMT
Saw the Eurovision entry for the UK last night....NUL POINTS.....what a mess! It's quite a jolly happy song and I have no idea why they thought that kind of presentation would work. I didn't get the spinning through space idea, it was just a box with people dancing in it. I know that Eurovision have a large gay following and I have no problem with men dancing together, but why do they have to be so skimpily dressed and use such obviously sexualised dancing. I can't see how that will get them many votes at all. The same goes for all the other half naked people gyrating around. I would feel the same if it was a heterosexual group dancing like this. Men dance together all over the world and it was just too much. This is supposed to be a family show and I don't mind a bit of flesh but overall there was just too much on display. Mind you I did note that shoulder pads from the 80s were having a resurgence too. I don't think we saw the winner in this group. On to the next semi final. Don't want to sound homophobic (I'm not) but the line-up of presenters are all gay men too.
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Post by marispiper on May 8, 2024 11:39:23 GMT
Saw the Eurovision entry for the UK last night....NUL POINTS.....what a mess! What d'you wanna do that for ? 🙄🤣
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Post by marispiper on May 8, 2024 11:46:02 GMT
You could intersperse the treatment with oat cream. This may settle the itching and nourish the skin between times. But keep on until it's finished and see how it is. After I had a series of falls resulting in bruising, the skin on my legs would start erupting whenever I hurt my legs at all. I had a huge haematoma to start with and had to have compression bandaging to persuade it to heal. I just have to anoint my legs with unguents whenever I have a shower and I just use herbal soaps, which seem kinder somehow. It's been a more productive day today for various reasons, and I have booked a couple of desperately overdue Doctor's and Hairdresser's appointments for the end of the month. Once our PCC and u3a AGMs are over I can just get on with a slightly slower schedule. I have had the second of two anonymous parcels today. The first a few weeks ago, contained a book I was hoping to read, and a windchime I felt equivocal about. Today's contained a box of 9 English lavender tealights and a fully sealed box of Ferrero Rocher Chocs, the ads for which are so toe curlingly embarrassing I can't bring myself to buy them, so a gift is a real treat because I love them. According to my cleaners, this is happening to a few other people, and if the chocs were properly sealed they should be safe to eat. I do have the discipline to have them once a day as an after dinner treat. I would have liked to know who sent them. If I was more sensitive I might find it mildly creepy. Thanks Rwth for the skincare tips. However, anonymous parcels? That's just weird - although they obviously know what you like... Secret admirer 🤔 I can't STAND Ferrero Rocher (though an ad would not persuade/stop me from making a purchase) People do give them as a present I find so they must be seen as a treat. If I get any, I will pass them on 😁👍
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Post by hild1066 on May 8, 2024 11:56:50 GMT
Crushed Fererro Rocher are good with crushed bourbon biscuits as a cheesecake base or crushed and sprinkled on ice cream with a drizzle of toffee sauce and rum.
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Post by rondetto on May 8, 2024 13:22:03 GMT
I don't know why but I always seem to get Toblerone at certain times of the year, I really don't like the stuff.
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Post by rwthless on May 8, 2024 14:37:50 GMT
I hate it too. If anyone gives me any I make a point of not thanking them.
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Post by rondetto on May 8, 2024 15:26:16 GMT
That's the thing though, I always smile and say "How lovely, thank you so much" Maybe that's why they keep buying it.
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Post by rwthless on May 8, 2024 17:26:27 GMT
Try "It's the thought that counts" My teeth wouldn't survive, so I'd put it unopened in a Food cupboard trolley at the earliest opportunity. Young children are better at coping with such things.
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Post by rondetto on May 9, 2024 3:33:44 GMT
Morning all: Another mild start to the day and once the mist lifts it looks like another scorcher.
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Post by hild1066 on May 9, 2024 7:48:32 GMT
A bit overcast here but not cold.
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Post by ARENA on May 9, 2024 9:33:47 GMT
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Post by scalliwaggle on May 9, 2024 22:42:30 GMT
I can't fault the NHS over serious health issues. I usually manage minor things myself, so I can't comment on how they deal with those things. I do feel too many people expect the NHS to deal with things like dandruff, or a broken nail. Those two cases are from personal knowledge. Hard to believe, I know. Early on Thursday morning, I am going to hospital for another attempt at an endoscopy. I really hope they will manage it, so we get whatever that's going on, sorted out one way or another. Then I can seriously decide if I am fit enough to get a little dog. I hope so. I hope it went well for you today. My own experience with a different procedure was a bit of a nightmare...
Last Autumn, after a couple of FIT tests revealed a potential problem, I attended Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital for a colonoscopy. The procedure was supposed to be undertaken under sedation but, on the day, while I was prepped and waiting for the colonoscopy, an administrator told me at the very last minute that, since I live alone and they had no beds for me, I could either cancel today and make a new appointment or have the colonoscopy without sedation. I chose to be brave and go ahead anyway. I suspect that the administrator went away very happy with the outcome, having freed up the bed that I now believe had been booked for me.
The procedure was no fun. Worst of all, it confirmed that I have bowel cancer. Good news was that it was caught early and would be operable with a highly favourable likely outcome. However, I also have COPD and a pacemaker for heart failure, so the bad news, after another visit to take a "bike test", was that the anaesthetist was unwilling to go ahead, meaning that surgery was off the cards. The surgeon delivered the bad news the same day and left me with no hope after explaining that my co-morbidities ruled out chemo-therapy as well . I was unceremoniously packed off home. Since then, I have had but a single contact from the colo-rectal squad, a telephone call in January from a support liaison officer to ask if there was anything I might need. As to how I've progressed since then, my COPD has worsened to the extent that I'm now housebound but the big C, so far, hasn't manifested its presence at all.
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