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I checked my bank balance yesterday and I was surprised to see it still in four figures with less than a week to go when my council pension hits the account.

Could be worse, you could have three.

Posted on wrong thread.

That was an ad on Reddit five years ago.

That term comes from a 60's or 70's UK ad. I'm not sure what it was an ad for, milk perhaps? I've found it, for Unigate.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. I didn't note the times but bladder control made two calls last night but I got between seven and eight hours sleep last night and didn't wake up until almost eight and then dozed off for another hour. I was planning to do a bit in the garden today but the hay fever says otherwise but there's plenty to do indoors. Thats it for now, be back later.

Yes it does, but it's not as strong as it used to be. (That might be because my sense of smell is not what it used to be.)

Goodnight all.

That half hour eyelid inspection turned into an hour and a half, but I feel a lot better. Now to catch up on the RMweb threads that I follow and then Farcebook.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Shopping done and put away and now I feel knackered so some eyelid inspection is due.

Well Essex is one of the driest counties in the UK. Canewdon, just north of Southend is often in the record books as the driest place in the UK.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. I've done it again, got the NY Times Wordl game in four tries, thats eight in a row. I have to go out shopping this afternoon as the hospital appointment meant I missed the Friday afternoon gap between the kiddies leaving school and the rush to get stocked up for the weekend. Saturdays depends as to what footie is on the box.

I've got a year of the tablets to go, only if they don't work will they resort to surgery.

Just as well that the school terror didn't decide to open the windows. 😁

As teak is now a threatened species and felling is banned so those restoring Gresley teak coaches are finding it difficult to source replacement panels. Fortunately the wreck of a ship torpedoed in 1917 was found in the Irish Sea a few years ago carrying a deck cargo of teak. Unlike other timbers teak is almost impervious to teredo worm and they had only penetrated a few inches. Most of the recovered teak has been turned into veneers.

The book that came out at the same time as the film was more accurate and described the pilot as Palestinian.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. I was peeing razor blades yesterday afternoon and evening, normal after the procedure I had at the hospital. This morning everything was back to normal however. Arthur Itis woke me up at :05.30 this morning but I went back to sleep for another couple of hours. The tablets I have been given are called Dutasteride. A vast improvement on what was done 35 years ago when my dad had prostate trouble when they put a micro Dyno-rod up the drainpipe to clear the blockage. It's now clear that a few things were due to the enlarged prostate such as urgently wanting to pee after sitting on a low seat for any length of time.

Goodnight all.

Much of the value of a property in the UK is in the ground it stands on. The ground is still there even if the property burns to the ground.

In the North Africa campaign they used quarter sized aircraft and tank decoys.

I got these for £4.50. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204729461209

Same here, my house insurance became due in February. They more than doubled the premium and put the rebuilding costs as £600,000, on a house that had been only recently valued at £300,000! It seems that they took one look at the postcode* to calculate their figures. I did no more than shop around and got a deal for less than the previous years premium for exactly the same insurance. *Some houses in this area are worth a million apiece or more.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. They didn't find any cyst's this afternoon but I do have an enlarged prostate, fortunately no evidence of of cancer. I am now on a course of tablets and I have been told to come back for an ultrasound test in a years time. While I was waiting for the prescription I had sausage,chips and peas in the cafeteria, it cost all of £4. I was offered a picture of the inside of my bladder but I turned it down.