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  1. Quick lunch today and one I have not had in an age. Picked up four pots of Morecambe Bay Potted Shrimp at the Southport flower show at the weekend. On cold brown buttered toast with salt and pepper. Delicious! 🦐
  2. Blackberry Whisky. Last years batch. You know you want to.
  3. I can see why you gave it a miss. That is some expensive salt. No saving on the 20 litre at just shy of Β£440 and I wonder how far 5 litres would go. This thread gives me unfond memories, or should I say more like a nightmare. It was a good laugh though when I look back. Do you remember it? The bamboo has not returned (yet) but even the rosate 36 I used did not kill it. @Pushkin it a shame that you are so far from me as I would have given you some. Hope you get rid of the blighters. atb
  4. +1 for the Rosate 36 Bloomin eck it has gone up in price, think I bought 5 litres about 15 years ago for under 20 quid. Used it for years and it has killed off any bramble, mares tail and virtually any other vegetation in the garden. The only thing it would not kill was that bloody bamboo which would not die by any means. Ended up digging the beggar out.
  5. Some great shots Dave and the labs look very contented. For many years I fished a fair few lochs in the Galloway park as we had a static caravan in Gatehouse of fleet. Trudging through the heather bound hills and not forgetting the midges. Some lovely memories! Hope your legs hold up today! πŸ‘
  6. Dave Gilmour or Roger Waters, depends how many tipples I have had. Thom Yorke comes in a close third. Listz! If he was alive today I bet would be amazing and by historical accounts he was somewhat of a virtuosic pianistic rock star of his day when accompanied by operatic singers. I could see the ladies of the day swooning and chucking their petticoats on the stage.
  7. Hi John I just asked mrs 7days about the cost with something like this though I do appreciate it could greatly differ. Her previous job was a financial accountant actuary for Bibby Marine and although she left them in 2015, the costings for when one of their cargo ships went 'belly up' ran into millions upon millions. She used to sign off the payments for specialist salvage consultants they used when they had a wrecked ship or damaged cargo. I think in her thirteen years or so with them they had one or two which went down with cars and all cargo. One consultant they used would be jetted out of the uk and the bill for the consultant costs alone could run into tens if not hundreds of thousands just for them to assess the damage and what was salvageable. The numbers were simply eye watering. Insurance costs from her mind for a medium to large container ship could be into the low millions to tens of millions depending on the type and size of cargo. depending on the nautical geographical area and risks associated with that said, it was a good way back then and surely any costs now must be a great deal more. Just aside my brother in law is a chief officer on a oil and LNG supertanker that sails out of the Gulf states, he tells me that the ship fuel cost one way trip out and into Toykyo alone is about 1.5 million dollars for LNG and is a lot more for the 'black gold' (crude) as they call it. His company has a ship a day that arrives in Toykyo.
  8. A rather sweeping statement!
  9. Mining supply will diminish by half again in the next 8-9 months with the 4 year cycle halving coming up. Get buying while you can. Not financial advice of course. 😁
  10. While for some who bought at the top in 2021 they are currently still underwater, however the majority of holders are in profit. Bitcoin & Traditional Assets ROI (vs USD) Bitcoin Gold S&P 500 1 year: +30% +16% +15% 2 year: -0.19% +10% +6% 3 year: +226% +9% +40% 4 year: +189% +39% +52% 5 year: +311% +61% +63% 6 year: +995% +58% +85% 7 year: +4,447% +50% +110% 8 year: +10,826% +81% +116% 9 year: +4,774% +52% +130% 10 year: +35,001% +50% +169% 11 year: +349,681% +25% +236% 12 year: +218,636% +24% +239% 13 year: +54 million% +67% +311% 14 year: +4.0 billion% +108% +372% https://casebitcoin.com Data Source: Messari.io, bitcoincharts.com What is it: This shows bitcoin's ROI vs other potential inflation hedge assets. Why it matters: As with the historical bitcoin price table, we see bitcoin's extreme outperformance vs other assets here as well. Bitcoin's relatively small size, plus fundamental properties, yield extreme outperformance when even relatively small funds-flows find their way to BTC. Data Source: Messari.io, bitcoincharts.com
  11. Found this. May or may not shed some light on JD'S post. https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/pre-harvest-glyphosate-best-practice-in-cereals
  12. As others have suggested get yourself seen by the gp, most times these thing don't turn out to be anything of a significant concern but best to be checked for other causes that are rare but can give sciatic symptoms.
  13. Hi MM Sorry to hear you predicament. If you have been removed from your old dentists books and they not taking on any new NHS patients (which many do not appear to be) you may be very lucky and be able to register with a new dentist for an acute visit in the first instance and be seen as a NHS patient. You may or may not be charged. If you cannot get registered and seen promptly,most counties in England have a emergency dental service for times such as these. Ring NHS 111 and they can advise of the nearest emergency dental services to you. I would surmise a trip to the emergency dentist will end up in a cost to yourself. There are some exemptions from paying emergency dental services such as low income benefits, some students, maternity and some older adults on low income. Your gp won't touch it if it is dental as dental is a specialism and not trained or commissioned to assess or treat dental. Hope you get sorted.
  14. I cannot see how it would directly migrate to the heart as it would have to enter the circulatory system which is already a closed system in mammals. The middle ear in humans and canines are not directly linked to the circulatory system. I suppose in a very rare but unlikely circumstance a foreign body could migrate through an artery wall, but arteries are made to be very, very strong and keep almost everything out as it is absolutely imperative that the blood is kept super clean, foreign body and pathogen free. The seed would first have to penetrate the ear drum via the outer canal, then into the middle ear, it would have many structures to pass through until it could access an artery or the outer muscle of the heart. I can understand from what you say Lloyd how some seeds and thorns can end up deep in the outer outer canal causing distress and infection which can also spread into the middle ear and beyond causing complications. Must be poor misery for animals when they get one. I am asked to remove foreign bodies on a fairly regular basis from childrens and adults ears and they come in all shapes and sizes. The foreign bodies range from plastic beads to lego, blue tac, sweets, pasta to ear buds that have come off headphones and hearing aids and also the occasional insect and seeds. The organic ones without doubt give rise to more inflamation and subsequent risk of infection. In work we see plenty of foreign bodies from metal, wood and glass injuries and would say to have seen a small amount over the years that have migrated from from the original site. Once removed a glass foreign body from the back of a hand which to all knowledge had entered the palm several years before from a glass injury and was about 5cm distal from the entry scar if I recall. It had virtually broke the skin on the dorsum aspect of the hand and was smooth in texture and had lost any sharpness that it once had. Fascinating! Had some one in who had said they rang spec savers as the spec saver hearing aid bud had come off in the ear, alleged was quoted Β£95 for urgent appointment to remove it. I soon had it out and on their way. I should start charging. LOL! As you say Lloyd seeds like many forieign bodies can migrate through tissue
  15. We have the Beufort scale for wind. I am proposing a new measurement model for this type of nonsense and It will be known as the Wokefort scale. Surley this example must be 11 on the scale. When registering with the midwife from now on, I can see it on the birthing plan for preference delivery options: For pregnant persons: Home Birth: Tick Yes or No Birth Type: Cesarean Cervix Bonus hole You could not make this up, the NHS will be lapping this up, probably coming to a birthing plan near you as we speak. We're all doomed!
  16. No problem. Happy to give some general advice. Fine hair growth is initially an encouraging sign with this condition. πŸ‘ Make sure you protecting the area from the sun with either headwear or a good high factor sunscreen. πŸ‘ If unfortunate regression of the fine hair happens and your gp goes with topical steroids, these may take up to three months or so to start re-growth. When prescribing steroids for this very condition it may take many weeks for the steroid to show any benefit. Before prescribing steroids for this condition I tell patients it may be unlikely to expect expect growth within very short weeks and there is a possibility for some that the treatment fails to produce any hair at all. Also this in the presence or absence of risk of developing side effects from the steroid. Not all go on to develop side effects but it is important to be made aware of them. As with all steroids they carry a risk of side and adverse effects and the higher the dose, the higher the increase of risking side effects and adverse reactions and your practitioner should discuss the benefits and risks with you. Developing Alopecia can be linked to other conditions such as autoimmune conditions, thyroid dysfunction, diabetes etc , however note that the risk of developing these is very low. The opportunity to discuss any concerns at a consulatation should be born in mind and your doctor may wish to investigate further with blood tests if other clinical signs and symptoms are present of the aformentioned conditions. atb 7diaw
  17. Alopecia like many skin conditions the aetiology is still poorly understood. It's thought to be caused by hairs not undertaking a maturing phase, another way to put it is the hairs go from being juveniles to older adults in a very short time and die off quickly, sometimes in such as short time such as, overnight or short weeks to months. Autoimmune factors are also thought to play a significant part of the causation with the condition, stressers may also a part. The condition affects about 1 in a 1000 and there is a increased risk of developing it if there is a family history. Remission occours for around 30-50% of affected people within a year, however, recurrence can still happen at any time thereafter. There are several treatments available, but note there are currently no cures for the condition and recurrence may occur. Ultimately the options for how the condition is managed will require several factors taking into account. The amount of hair loss, area of thje hair loss, is it a large area or is it a small inconspicuous area. If there are hairs which are new growth then may be a no treatement and a watchful wait over 3 months to see amount of the growth with advice that should the affected area increase then to return for review by gp/clinician. No hair growth. A potent or very potent topical corticosteroid preparation for 3 months then review. (This cannot be used around the eyesbrows or the chin and is prescrition only) There are some specialist treatments such as subcutaneous steroid injections to the site every few weeks, however they have shown to in general not to give subsatnsive sustained hair growth. Other topical treatments such as Minoxidil and Dithranol are genrally not indicated for Alopecia but are for such conditions as MPB Male pattern baldness, which yours does not appear to be and is more in keeping with Alopecia from the picture you have posted. Just giving you a heads up in case you have already googled them. They offer limitations in efficacy and have some undesirable side effects which may worsen the Alopecia. With that said they are still considered as a tertiary treament at times by specialists when other treatmens may have failed. An appointment with your gp would be the first call for the assessment. Re specialist medications these would generally be initiated under a specialist such as a dermatologist or a GP SI, a gp with a 'specialist interest' in that area so to speak. Some treatments may or may not be prescribed as part of NHS and may require a private prescription payment that would not be met by the nhs. Hope you get sorted.
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