It's funny how cruel parents used to be. As Tudiefair says - rubbing soap in your eyes. Also pulling a jumper over your head with the neck only the width of your wrist, and off again. I suspect that's how Van Gogh really lost his ear. And my dad's favourite using the manual hair clippers on my neck. I'd run a mile if I could rather than have him do my hair. There was also the slightly less painful gadget that came out which was a double sided comb that you put a Gillette razor blade into to thin your hair. I'm sure there were others I've managed to forget, but people may well mention now. I'll be having nightmares tonight.

Beth You should have spoken to a Dr for advice. Well, I'm not a doctor but as soon as I started reading I thought carpal tunnel. Admittedly I have a lot of experience. Having it done does generally work but the procedure itself can obviously cause scar tissue, which can then cause carpal tunnel problems as the scar tissue itself can then press on the nerves. I'd recommend having it done, once, as it will generally be okay, and a massive relief. As for having it done a 2nd time, it's debatable, but I still think if the surgeon recommended it I'd have it done a 2nd time, but the more surgery you have the more scar tissue is formed. Good luck, I'm sure it will be so much better afterwards.

Good idea Beth.

Oh yes. As soon as I am on a waiting list for something I ring to ask if there is a cancellation list. My greatest success was a couple of years ago, I think - had an appointment on 16th December with the senior physio who said he would send me for an MRI but it could be about 5 weeks, because of Christmas in the way. I left it one day for his referral to go through, rang the MRI dept to ask if they had a cancellation list, and was told no, but they had a cancellation at 9am the next day. Three days from appointment to MRI!

It does pay to build a relationship with secretaries and waiting list coordinators. I've done this in the past, phoning on a regular basis to check for cancelled appointments, and it does pay dividends.

WOW - and I thought I had troubles. I hope you get everything fixed soon Beth

Goodness Beth, that all sounds very difficult and stressful for you, hope you'll get it sorted out soon.

Well done, Beth. Sounds to me that the splint they gave you has caused nerve damage. I used to have an ergonomic keyboard, with a wrist rest, which plugged into my laptop at work - it helps. You could also try voice software instead of typing everything. Hope it is all sorted before your holiday.

@Barrie - That's why most of them have 2 big bumps on their head! Question is ... did they bounce?

And yet it’s only human babies that cry when they’re born. Mind you, nobody smacks a calf on the bum as soon as it’s born.

I feel sorry for the calves at birth. Get out junior & drop 2 metres to the ground.

Very funny Kenny.

😂 😂 😂

No, Kenny, they're centipedes you're thinking of. They can grow quite big, although I might think twice about picking one up and putting it in the bushes if it's that big!

:-) :-)

He was nearly chosen for James Bond at one stage.

Rosy, Dead Calm spooked me too.

A very good actor ( handsome too)

I always think of him as Reilly. Great series, and the scene of him standing in the snow under tree, knowing he would be shot - such a sad scene. Plus I loved the music!

Dead calm was a great film, made me jump out of my skin!!

Very sad, he was so talented.

I'll second that, very sad news. He will be very much missed.

Absinthe. And it's true, it does. Mine is 89.9% abv you don't need to drink much before you're eyes start stinging and you're ears start bleeding. Hence, "take 2 bottles in the shower".

Creme de menthe?

That two-tone green/blue gunge really stings your eyes.

:-)

😆

I feel your pain 😀

Malc_H. Although born in Wales the guy's name was Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, his parents came over from Rwanda 5 years before he was born. Some people are born with certain tendencies. It's the old nature vs nurture argument. I have just read the notes from the sentencing judge and find he inflicted 122 stab wounds on a 6 year old. I personally don't think the Wales argument is relevant in his case, as born there or not something else is clearly involved. Many talk about people like this being 'mad', 'insane' etc I can never agree. I think they are sane despite what they do, although many are easily able to persuade other that they're not, more so because it's easier to believe someone had to be mad to do that. He did also have an al-Quaeda training manual in his house and was producing Ricin although it needed further purification before he could use it. This has all come from the court documents not tittle tattle on the net. Fortunately he got 52 years, with numerous other concurrent sentences, and only that because he was 17 rather than 18.

The guy who murdered his family had scarpered off to a African country before their bodies were found. So mentioning that he was black wouldn't have been much help in finding him!

It was the same with the Southport girls murders. Blamed on migrants, so huge riots all over the country at migrant hotels, costing us millions, when the perpetrator was actually someone born in Wales.

Yes, I think by saying up front that the relevant people are white, or English born, or whatever, it shuts down the stirrers who wind everyone up, then slope off into the background. It’s much easier to stir up a mob, whether justified or not, than it is for the police to calm them down. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if these rent-a-mob yobs who go from town to town looking for trouble are being financed somehow. Where did the Just Stop Oil mob, who seemed to have no jobs to worry about, get the money to buy and run their DIESEL Range Rover to get to the locations?

There are so many comments like this online, and if it doesn't mention white then everyone assumes they're not, which I think is pretty reasonable and probably accurate. So, saying they're white, if they are, is of little use in my opinion, given statistics. Mentioning they're white on three occasions may stop trouble starting, but not saying it on 14,000 occasions only helps those who want to cause trouble. The answer is, tell the truth, then deal with every trouble maker, not very very few. CCTV is there and it's clear to see who's involved. 99.9% of the time anyone in a riot is involved and should be arrested.

The thing is, this thing where they say if a suspect is white or not has been brought about recently by a certain man with the alias TR (real name SY-L). If you recall the Epping (I think it was there?) stabbing, he got his supporters whipped up in a frenzy to attack migrant hotels in the area (and make life pretty difficult for the other people who lived round there too), making out like the guy who did it was a migrant (which he wasn't). So the police started saying a suspect was white in order to stop that kind of dangerous rabble-rousing nonsense. I think they're wise to do that in the current, often quite violent, climate. There are too many people about, including politicians, out to cause trouble nowadays.

Hi all, thanks for your help. I'll contact EE and see if there are any restrictions set up on my account. Hopefully I'll speak to a 'lovely Sophie' too! 😅

I emailed Marie a couple of weeks ago about this problem of not being able to log in to PMP when away from home and using my mobile data. She had a word with Tech. and reported back that it was more than likely my provider, BT, blocking it., and advised going in to my settings to see if Parental Control had anything to do with it. Did this, with no luck, so phoned BT, explained the problem, but, unfortunately, someone was having a bad day or just didn't understand what I was trying to tell them. Phoned the next day...same issue :-( I decided to leave it until the next time we were away i.e. last week. Spoke to lovely Sophie at BT, she understood exactly what I was saying, pressed a few buttons her end and told me I had "Light Restrictions" applied, tweeked it for me and advised to switch my phone off for 20mins, switch it back on and....boom, was able to log in and catch up with the draws. Thanks Marie, for your input.

I noticed my phone was blocking PMP when in the hospital, though my ipad was fine on NHSWifi, and I got the message about it being blocked as a Gambling site. I tried reporting it as a Free site therefore not gambling but got some lame excuse back that it was beyond their control. At least I got a reply - maybe if others report it too it might get unblocked.

Are you talking broadband network or data network?

I have recently switched to EE broadband from Plusnet (as Plusnet no longer offer Home phone), with no problems. My phone data network is Lebara, and again, no problems.

Many EE customers have the same issue. We have had many emails enquiring about it. I'm afraid that all we can do is tell you that EE have a help page about Parental Controls (https://ee.co.uk/help/broadband/getting-started/using-parental-controls#article-heading-6) and another about 'Web Protect' (https://ee.co.uk/help/broadband/getting-started/web-protect)

One or perhaps both of those should help you to get back onto PMP on your phone.

Am with Vodafone and have no problem

You probably had some applied to your arms Beth when cleaning the stables. We once had a tiger urinate at the car from behind a fence in a safari park. Only just got the window up in time.

I often wonder if the fad among teenagers etc for 'hyaluronic acid' creams to help their skin are aware of where the 'uronic' comes from. I think my skin will just have to bear with me through life without having horse-wee or whatever applied to it.

"Friends, Brothers ,Countrymen , Lend me your ears..."

(you can tell he's Mrs Jones's boy, they're always borrowing something).

Probably not many people are aware Mark Antony had eczema. That's why he called for urea in his well known speech as it's supposed to be good for eczema and other skin conditions.😀

Caesar (Williams): "Friends, Romans..."

Mark Antony (James) (Whispers): "Countrymen."

Caesar: "I KNOW!"

Richard III - ‘Now is the winter of our discontent…’ Lovely old Larry Olivier creating an unforgettable image. OK, I will look at it, though it’s not an era I know much about. Henry V, Agincourt and Kenneth Brannagh… stop it, I’m dribbling…

Carry on Cleo 1964

"Infamy, infamy. They've all got it in for me"

(Kenneth Williams in Carry on something or other.)

Hi Beth, I haven't seen the Lucifer story but I think the Plantagenet age offers a bit of scope for tale weaving. Battles, adventures, tyrants, (depending on your point of view) intrigue, treachery, fame & infamy.

On all games sites they mostly have one short video ad before each game loads, none during play, but some like Outspell/Scrabble annoyingly have one after every single move.

Sorry mils, I'm afraid that the games on our Games & Puzzles page are provided for free by the external game providers/companies because they are funded by ads. Without the ads, they would want to charge us for featuring them on our site and/or our members for playing them.

Sometimes you get an ad, there is no warning so you think you are playing and because of that the link opens TWICE! You go back and wait for the 'skip' to appear. Then directly you get back to the game it happens again without playing anything.... It does seem excessive.

Please remember that the ads enable this site to be free for us.

No ads = No site!

Yesterday definitely yes far too many

Today disagree slightly maybe bcos keep nodding off 🤷‍♀️ but I want to play my games so still annoyed either way

Apologies not necessary - they're not compulsory.

The only surveys created by us at PMP are the ones which reveal the winning postcode of the Survey Draw. Anything outside of this is a survey made by another company. You will notice the different URLs indicating an external survey.

Sometimes you'll be screened out of an external survey because you do not meet the demographic requirements. These could be anything such as age range, gender, location, employment status, where you shop etc. Or it could be that the bracket that you fit in to has had enough responses. The external surveys like to have an even amount of answers from each and each bracket type does not get completed at the same rate.

As the external surveys are advertised across many sites, there could be many people completing the surveys at once, potentially hundreds, and it is possible that your bracket could reach its quota at any point, while you are in the middle of the survey or even at the end.

Our FAQs explain that we can help those who reach 80% completion or more, if they email us the details:

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Please email us with the details of this external survey and we can help you.

There's no obligation to do them anyway, although you only have to let admin@pickmypostcode.com have the full details with a screenshot if possible. If you've completed over 80% they will credit the full amount you advise.

They're certainly not scammers, likely the demographic filled as you were completing it.

That must have been so hard on the poor guy.

Years ago I knew a nurse who told me that a student nurse had been reamed by the sister for laughing & joking about a man being admitted with priapism.

In that case…I understand play-doh can be cooked to harden it. Please let me know the results…

I knew I should have shown some indication on this one. Serious or not, I always appreciate a sarky comment as I do the same. (If you can't take it, don't give it). Anyway, no, it was a joke.

@Alley1940. What! 4 weeks to consultation from optician referral, 8 weeks to op. NHS at SpaMedica. One health do knees & hips, NHS. Wait time was only 8 days from GP referral to initial consultation & two weeks to the first knee. The procedure for the second knee was booked on discharge, six months in between the ops. A lot must depend on your GP & the availability of 'private' facilities which undertake NHS work. I'm surprised your optician didn't recommend a private clinic rather than submit you to such a long wait. My optician said the wait would be the same but it was the obligatory 16 week wait between the ops which she thought was unfair on patients who had no issues. Unlike me of course!

Two years is quite common. I had to wait two years and 3 months for my first cataract operation.

Nick - is this one of your serious posts, or are you being too subtle for my brain? I immediately thought 'firm it up' with some associated images (not pretty!) but then realised it could be genuine, in which case you wouldn't appreciate a sarky comment.

Omg ‘phew’

seriously help me! help you..

had me thinking there for a monumental moment and was to-ing and fro-ing for a while but then the ‘mind’ kicked in and now it’s on the ball

Perhaps the operation is to get it out.

After waiting for two years, even a date must be a relief but two years is a very long time. When will society devise a system where people get healthcare when they need it? If there has to be a waiting list for something surely medical treatment is not it.

I don't understand where the plasticine comes in.

:-)

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😂To all

@Redz. Very clever! 🤣🤣🤣

Yes - that worked for me too Rosy.

The caesars word took a while till I said it out loud 😀

That's a great play between words and Latin numerals! Thanks for sharing.

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IMAGINE THE SHOP ONLY HAD XXL AVAILABLE, HE’D HAVE TO TAKE A PAIR OF CAESARS TO THEM 😉

The salesman told him "We have them in all different styles and colours, what do you want?"

He replied,"Just give me a MIX"

:-) :-)

😂\not logical.

😹 Should I ask for an M (for Marquee🎪),?

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Sorry I got side tracked by mini drawers.

Nice to see you, to see you...

In my bedroom I have a mini set of drawers in which I keep my makeup - each drawer is a different colour, like a rainbow. Before my cataract operations, it just looked like a blur of colour. Now when I wake up each morning, and it is the first thing I see, each one is a distinct and bright, vivid colour. Every morning I look at it and think - WOW! It is a small and silly thing, I suppose, but it always makes me smile.

I agree with you Grumpy - the clearness and colours are fantastic after cataract operations. I can beat you though - after having to wear glasses all day every day for 57 years I don't need them now even for driving.

Glad to hear that you'll soon have your right eye done. I hope that once that eye has recovered that they can give you glasses to help with the focus.

Kat, I hope that your next op goes smoothly.

I can affirm the procedure is, or should be painless. I was worried about water (?) running into my ear as they flush out the lens. I'm a slow mender so still not 100% &my op was 4th Feb. They are still going to do the other eye on 30th July. I'm managing to read without glasses & I've worn them all the time since 1984 so, although the new lens is only correcting my distance vision I think it's been a great improvement. Good luck GG. I'm sure you'll be glad you did it!

I thought they gave you drops that paralysed the eye and kept it still and open. It probably wouldn’t work on the rest of your body though!

They have trouble giving me laser treatment I have to have GA because I can't keep still.

Great new Grumpy grandad. I hope the op on your right eye goes smoothly.

A Nick Name, trust you.

It's good to know it's painless as one day I might need it. Last appointment I got for a check up, the letter arrived at 7pm ish on the day I should have been there. Before I got round to contacting them I got another letter saying I'd been referred back to the opticians so would need to see them to be referred again. I wonder, do they take it out to operate on it as I'd like to watch and don't want to go cross-eyed trying to do so.😂

Good to hear Grumpy grandad.

I will have another look, as I noticed a slight limp this morning, but I still have a feeling it’s a ‘click’ in the neck that fixed it. My osteo used to treat dogs for free as well, as long as he already treated the owners, and he did our GSP Abbie, after she put her back out wrestling with husband and twisting over awkwardly. She adored the osteo, and he fixed her in three sessions.

Years ago we had a Bearded Collie. Very hairy feet. We were constantly on the lookout for grass seeds. We caught them every time but once. His leg was bothering him so we took him to the vet. He found a small hole deep between his pads. Followed it upwards and dug in to find the grass seed right at the top of his leg.

Maybe after the first attention he got he decided to fake injury to get more.

Glad to hear he seems to be OK now.

I hope that he continues to improve.

I'm glad he seems better Beth, hope whatever it was doesn't recur.

He’s been limping for over a month, but two visits to the vet couldn’t find a cause.

Could have been an insect bite or nettle sting, or bramble thorn or something stuck between the toes.

Had similar problem with my car once touring Scotland. A wee stone was squealing & grating in one of the brake drums, parked somewhere quiet & removed them one by one & spun each wheel by hand, found nothing but it vanished.

This is just a tongue-in-cheek post, no need to get so worked up Fidsta. Everyone knows that not all cyclists do these things, but that a percentage do. Many of them young people. They also know that there are many who took a cycling proficiency test, which has now developed into "Bikeability" and that they know how to cycle on the roads properly and safely.

I used to cycle (transport only, not sports cycling), but that was when traffic was civilised - when you could ride a bike without hands and not be a danger to others because the roads were quiet, when you could read a book at the same time (I only rode into a car once) and catch up on late homework, when you could ride across the open heath with a crosswind hurling you sideways and the cars gave you room… don’t think I would risk it now, although the exercise would be good for me.

@Fidsta - Road tax isn't a bad idea but insurance would be better

My brother , his wife & both of their sons & ladies are off to watch the tour de France. The males ride cycles for pleasure & exercise but get annoyed by cyclopaths as well.

Don't forget to dress like a ninja at night and wear a Deliveroo backpack.

The Tour de France shows off our beautiful countryside and brings much needed revenue into rural communities. My friends are keen cyclists and camped out for 2 days, to see one of the local legs, a few years ago. The bikes went past so fast they didn't even have time to blink! Fidsta, are you trying to say that only right-leaning people can ride bikes? I don't mind which way people lean as long as they are not trying to mow me down when I am out for a walk.

Fidsta. A cyclist I presume? I really don't see Chris' post or any reply tarring everyone with the same brush. I was once a cyclist and would like to be again, but the posts couldn't bother me as I'm responsible. There are rules throughout life, anyone who breaks them deserves to be lambasted, that doesn't mean it applies to the innocent. And so many cyclists certainly are not lambs.

I see nothing left leaning or political in these posts so I must disagree with you on that score, neither is tarring a whole group on a subject that is part of modern society.

Right, I've tried to ignore the obvious left-leaning political posts here but I can't let this one go without some ranting...

This one just takes the biscuit for tarring a whole group for the transgressions of a few. Shame on you ALL for agreeing so quickly.

How about we do a post about ALL pensioners deliberately driving slowly during peak hours?

Perhaps chain ALL dogwalkers at home because they all leave their poo bags hanging in trees?

I'm surprised there wasn't a mention of "road tax" too!

It used to be nice and relaxing here.

All standard cycleopath behaviour. Don't forget to wear the safety helmet to cause injuries to pedestrians.

Agree with all the above.

Points 1,2 & 3 are sadly part of life these days.

great post!

Many a true word & no jesting involved!🤬

Kenny. That is definitely one of your better ones.

Very funny all.

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Be careful or that awful woman will pop out from behind the mirror and drone on about your gums.

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help me! Hilarious!

help me! I don't, those dates were just plucked out of the air as a joke, I had no idea of the significance but I now see what my sharp intellect has managed to do even without being aware of it.

ANN you can stop using my details right now 😮🤣🙄

He probably didn't.

I worked in an office & three of us (20 people) had the same birthday except for the year.

Suelero. Snap! I do the same as you. I don't change the details enough to mess with their demographics but I do change them enough that they couldn't find me.

ANN - AI says, "If you were born on April 8, 1960, your Western zodiac sign is Aries and your Chinese zodiac sign is the Metal Rat. As a natural pioneer, you are known for your bold leadership, while the Metal Rat influence gives you sharp intellect, immense charm, and deep financial intuition"

You're right. You shouldn't use those 😈

There's no way I'd use the 8th, or April, or 1960, as these days they only need your date of birth and they can find out so much about you.

I don’t use my actual date of birth in surveys. I only changed the month so easy to remember. I don’t use my own postcode either. I do on here but not on surveys. The one I use is just down the road so not too different.

You don't have to give your real date of birth!! Pick one that puts you in a similar age bracket (for their demographic statistics) - I don't think it matters if a company thinks I was born in July when in fact I was born in . . . . (no, I am not telling!).

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Only those who are registered with us and who keep their account active can win. Maybe not everyone in those apartments have heard of us. Or if more than one person does have an account, maybe the other accounts are dormant.

126 flats in my estate all with the same postcode, only 7 registered on PMP with it since I joined many years ago, I have no idea who the others are & we never won, I suspect some no longer live here as always renting or selling them..

ChocoWifey I didn't take this as a serious comment as it was replying to my comment, but just in case it was it's 03001234999

Online put in ‘Rspca report animal cruelty’ - I would follow the ‘none of these’ link and there’s a chatbot or phone line 0300 123 8960. I think it said 8am-6pm.

#ANN do you know the telephone number for RSPCA have looked on line and can’t find it. Would like to report a neighbours abuse of (possibly with very strong expletives) repeated incidences of Dog Stomping! Am only guessing here but can’t hear swearing over dogs howling!!

That reminded me of One Foot in the Grave's episode where Victor Meldrew goes outside at night to switch off his car alarm and returns to the bedroom to find he's actually plunged his bare foot directly into a rotting, dead hedgehog when his slipper came off outside.

Maybe I should start shutting the windows and locking the doors at night. Been here since 1979, and I frequently forget to lock the car (keys left in car door more than once!). I am a bit more careful since losing my husband but I am not shutting bedroom windows at night - anyone climbing in will tread on one of the three dogs in the bedroom - I can’t go out to the loo at night without treading on one, so hopefully he would too!

The news of foul play is a shock. If a 78 yo person of her stature can't be safe in her home then none of we old(er) ladies, or gentlemen or otherwise identifying are.

So sorry that such a vibrant & energetic woman should meet such an awful end. 😭

No, not rest in peace. Continue the battle, Anne - I bet God is stiffening his backbone, cleaning behind his ears and lining up the angels for inspection!

Beth, I 3rd. that. I always imagined that if you had her as a friend, then you would always have someone to turn to if need be. I read her book "The Clematis Tree" the last time we were away and it was very thought provoking. R I P Ann Widdecombe

Beth, totally agree.

I was quite fond? Maybe thats the wrong word - respectful of Anne Widdecombe. Cantankerous, belligerent, cheerfully bloody-minded … but principled, loyal, devout and true to herself. We need more like her.

@Anon - he's passed away aged 68, a year after announcing he had stage 4 prostate cancer. :-(

What about dermot ?

The news was so upsetting about Anne Widdecombe yesterday I had to switch off the TV. They were just reporting on vile trolls putting sick posts on social media when the news about Dermot broke as well.