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The SCREAM thread

debrasue said:
Different sort of scream this afternoon.....
OK, so I probably shouldn't have been trying to move the (5-seater) sofa by myself, but I certainly wasn't expecting the loud 'pop' from the region of my left shoulder and the lightning-bolt of excruciating pain down my arm when I gave a good heave. Oh, yes - there was screaming! :arghh:
Three codeines and copious quantities of Voltarol gel later, after an hour scrunched up in the chair with a hot water bottle pressed against my arm, I managed to get the dinner ready as long as I keep my upper arm clamped to my body and only move it from the elbow.
T'internet tells me that it's probably a ruptured biceps tendon, often suffered by athletes and body-builders (sardonic hollow laughter).
I don't know what's the matter with me lately - I seem to be really accident-prone. :(
Can I get an "Awwwwwww...." ?
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Awwwww and lots of hugs
And maybe get yourself checked out with your doc or a&e ...
 
Had a plumber booked in this morning (usually a v. reliable company) to do a job for me. He was due at 8.00, and when there was no sign of him by 10.00 I rang the office. "Oh yes, Mr hay-char, I meant to ring you; unfortunately he's ill today so we're going to have to re-schedule the job".

I have no problem with this; we're all ill from time to time, but it's a reasonable sized company and I can't help feeling they had the resources to give me a call first thing (they must have known he wouldn't be in) rather than leaving me twiddling my fingers for a couple of hours and ultimately having to call them. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...................:mad::mad:



.... and breathe .... and relax ..... :)
 
Recently, the cable company didn't show up all day, didn't call once, aren't scheduled till next month, workers on strike, but...

already charging us new rate without new features like three times higher speed internet
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When something major like that happens, I invoice the company concerned a day's work at my normal consultancy rate (££££massive :)), for the waste of my time. They never pay it of course, though I live in hope, but it sometimes concentrates their tiny little minds on the customer ;).
 
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH blood*y bells. Not real bells, just a recording of a cacophony of clashes of sound......church bells, when I was a kid were tuneful at LEAST.....
Can't hear my neighbours son practising his electric guitar properly (I'm outside with the dogs still)
 
Sable_Jan said:
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH blood*y bells. Not real bells, just a recording of a cacophony of clashes of sound......church bells, when I was a kid were tuneful at LEAST.....
Can't hear my neighbours son practising his electric guitar properly (I'm outside with the dogs still)
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I used to ring church bells years ago - great fun (apart from the bit where you have to creep around churchyards in the dark trying to find the way into the bell tower!) I love the sound of them played well, and fortunately we have a great team of ringers at our local church, but I agree it sets the teeth on edge when they are played badly.
 
debrasue said:
I used to ring church bells years ago - great fun (apart from the bit where you have to creep around churchyards in the dark trying to find the way into the bell tower!) I love the sound of them played well, and fortunately we have a great team of ringers at our local church, but I agree it sets the teeth on edge when they are played badly.
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It's possibly it's "technically" played well but not musically. I did used to like them. I think it grates more that I know it's a recording too.
Ooh, like the sound of finding the tower doorway in the dark
 
Can I just have a SCREAM about the weather ? It's the first of May and it's cold and dismal. Rant over, I rarely rant on this thread. :eek:
 
debrasue said:
Different sort of scream this afternoon.....
OK, so I probably shouldn't have been trying to move the (5-seater) sofa by myself, but I certainly wasn't expecting the loud 'pop' from the region of my left shoulder and the lightning-bolt of excruciating pain down my arm when I gave a good heave. Oh, yes - there was screaming! :arghh:
Three codeines and copious quantities of Voltarol gel later, after an hour scrunched up in the chair with a hot water bottle pressed against my arm, I managed to get the dinner ready as long as I keep my upper arm clamped to my body and only move it from the elbow.
T'internet tells me that it's probably a ruptured biceps tendon, often suffered by athletes and body-builders (sardonic hollow laughter).
I don't know what's the matter with me lately - I seem to be really accident-prone. :(
Can I get an "Awwwwwww...." ?
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Suppose I'd better join the "awwww" crowd. Ouch, get well soon ! :)
 
Since I am in ranting mood now due to the weather I want to scream about diabetes being treated with insulin. I'm fed up pricking fingers 4-6 times daily (compulsory), injecting loads of blooming insulin twice a day and all the organizing that goes with the whole condition. :mad:;)
 
eddie1968 said:
You have the added bonus of all those cuddly warm canines to heat you up Jan lol.
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Yeah, but only one indoors though and he likes sitting on his sofa looking out the window ..
Just noticed Bella is lying outside in the rain again but at least the linseed is helping waterproof her coat at last...heating thinks it's warm enough inside is not cold enuf to come on and I'm in partial agreement with it.
My soup will warm the cockles...cauli, broccoli & stem, cooked in last notes cabbage cooking water and will have feta mashed in. Smells cooked
 
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