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#91

Metaphysical / Re: Instagram

Last post by SeVeNeVeS - August 21, 2024, 09:50:46 AM

I got nieces in NY CA and my brother lives around the corner from you so it's not a country thing.

#92

Metaphysical / Re: Instagram

Last post by J. Wilhelm - August 20, 2024, 09:23:34 PM

Are you sure it's a legit version?

I've asked my family and no one has issues with it.

Maybe uninstall it then install a version from google apps...... dunno to honest.

As legit as the Google Play Store can give me...  The only thing I can think of is that somehow EU regulations do affect operations in the UK.  You have to remember that I live in the Americas.

#93

Metaphysical / Re: Instagram

Last post by SeVeNeVeS - August 20, 2024, 04:57:56 PM

Are you sure it's a legit version?

I've asked my family and no one has issues with it.

Maybe uninstall it then install a version from google apps...... dunno to honest.

#94

Anatomical / How Do You Style Dr. Martens

Last post by dfiona470 - August 20, 2024, 03:01:40 PM

Hey everyone!! I'm curious—how do you style Dr. Martens for your steampunk outfits? Do you have any favorite ways to wear them or tips for customizing them? What accessories do you think work well with Dr. Martens. Would love to hear your ideas

#95

Metaphysical / Re: Instagram

Last post by J. Wilhelm - August 19, 2024, 06:25:11 PM

I've not noticed any spamming on Whatsapp.

Never had a problem with WhatsApp.

Because my family is scattered around the world I find it handy, never ever had any Spam or bogus calls.

Will do a search on safety concerns tho'

Edit.... I'm done with farcebook, will only activate it when I got something on sale, purely for messenger....... It does my head in.

Then I wonder what I'm doing wrong, because I've only used it a couple of times since April, but I have about 9 phone numbers with texts and messages trying to sell me something from Indonesia,China and other exotic locations. They tend to be manufacturers selling wholesale.  I've blocked and reported all.

#96

Tactile / Re: That 'big project' I've be...

Last post by James Harrison - August 19, 2024, 06:09:45 PM

In place, with the tiles fixed in;



It's not fixed in place yet and to be honest I'm probably going to leave it so it can be moved (in case I ever need to get to the shower shut-off valves or anything else behind the bath).

Tomorrow night's little task should see this bit finished, because all I really need to do is grout up the tiles. 

Then I can clean up and stain the last bit or trim, and then it's just the door and the threshold to sort out and the room is (practically) done. 

#97

Metaphysical / Re: Instagram

Last post by Artorius Kane - August 19, 2024, 06:47:16 AM

I've not noticed any spamming on Whatsapp.

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#98

Off Topic / Re: GAAAAAHHHHHH Mk.VI: The Re...

Last post by Cora Courcelle - August 17, 2024, 03:05:08 PM

had a DaTscan early today, have to wait til next week to hear back if it confirms the diagnosis.
keep going over it in my head, fearing things I did either voided the scan or make it more possible that it's confirmed.
couldn't sleep. scan is of a sleep deprived brain.
the position I was strapping into for 45 mins left the back of my head feeling like my skull feeling like a helmet with two golfballs inbetween helmet and head... left me shaking in pain for the last 10 mins, did the shaking mess up the imaging?
I went there fasting, but was told i didn't need to be, and i could eat anything while i waited 3 hours, I had a ham and swiss croissant and boston creme donut with chocolate glaze... now i wonder if chocolate, sweets, or cheeses... common triggers of migraines, which are brain related functional disorders, might muddy the scans.

I hate this whole situation, but more than that I hate how my brain is handling it.

brain scan 'normal' no signs of Parkinson's or parkinsonism conditions found.

It should be good news, but

But it is good news. It has eliminated a terrible, debilitating disease from your potential diagnosis.

#99

Tactile / Re: That 'big project' I've be...

Last post by James Harrison - August 17, 2024, 10:48:30 AM

So; next issue. 

It's down to carrying on with restaining the wood trim, or building the coaming around the radiator pipes. 
I decided to do the radiator pipes.

A few weeks ago I measured up what I needed to build and bought some carcassing timber from a builder's merchant.  Unfortunately it was too large to be worked by the tools at my disposal, so I had to reconsider my plans. 

I had a few spare floorboards and an offcut of plywood from when I made that template for cutting the marble, and a few random lengths of small section timber that have been reclaimed from here, there and everywhere as I break things down and rebuild. 





So what I came up with was this, a couple of floorboards slotted together for the front and sides, mitred together, and a bit of 1" square timber section in the corners as reinforcement.  For the top, I used the 3mm ply offcut, with suitable cut outs so that the radiator pipes can poke out the top. 

Obviously there's still a lot of work to do on this but at least now I know where I'm going with it and I hope the worst of it is over because, so far as I can see, all that is left now to do is to restain it and put a suitable finish on the ply (I'm thinking of using up some of my leftover wall tiles to do that).

#100

Off Topic / Re: GAAAAAHHHHHH Mk.VI: The Re...

Last post by rovingjack - August 17, 2024, 02:06:44 AM

had a DaTscan early today, have to wait til next week to hear back if it confirms the diagnosis.
keep going over it in my head, fearing things I did either voided the scan or make it more possible that it's confirmed.
couldn't sleep. scan is of a sleep deprived brain.
the position I was strapping into for 45 mins left the back of my head feeling like my skull feeling like a helmet with two golfballs inbetween helmet and head... left me shaking in pain for the last 10 mins, did the shaking mess up the imaging?
I went there fasting, but was told i didn't need to be, and i could eat anything while i waited 3 hours, I had a ham and swiss croissant and boston creme donut with chocolate glaze... now i wonder if chocolate, sweets, or cheeses... common triggers of migraines, which are brain related functional disorders, might muddy the scans.

I hate this whole situation, but more than that I hate how my brain is handling it.

sparing the story of fighting to get confirmation it was even done and days having to call and argue with people to get files sent where they needed to be. and the terrible way they delivered the news...

brain scan 'normal' no signs of Parkinson's or parkinsonism conditions found.

It should be good news, but 2 months after being diagnosed with parkinson's my flairs/episodes of shakiness are way more obvious when they happen, I'd pretty much recovered from symptoms milder than this before spring (makes me suspect adrenal-cortisol effects, and maybe some somatiform aspects). And I'm less trusting of anything any doctor says after the misdiagnosis that stopped all attempts to test for other influencing factors.

I'm mostly just burnt out, with a dollop of rage. Imagine being told on your birthday you've got stage 4 pancreatic cancer ('use Google for any questions, okay bye') and sitting with that for 2 months waiting for the second opinion of how bad and treatment options. while your symptoms get worse, doctors stopped looking at things to help you because it's all the cancer, arguing for week about tests and files (that honestly would have been faster and better handled if I went to the offices demanded my records in person and drove them to the nessecary place myself). And then after all that you get woken up by a phone call that you should get a different specialist since 'their best doctors' aren't sure what's wrong (when pushed they confirm that means - because tests reveal no signs of cancer).

  you! I wanna break  ... maybe certain peoples femurs.