Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 29)

[cmvtec]

I'm on a very lucrative 1800-0000 shift.

Hourly + 88%. For sitting at a desk whilst three people put some things together.

[Bobberoo99]

LOTS of physio for you going forward I guess? Does it interfere with your work at all? Never broken anything major just fingers a thumb and a couple of knuckles, oh and I had two cracked ribs once!!!

[cmvtec]

ali_kat said:

Hello pop pickers, it's been a while but I've had nothing trivial to tell you

Good to see you've all been keeping (relatively) sane

Today however....


I was actually able to drive my car for the first time in 3 months

(I fell on snow covered ice at the end of Feb & smashed my right wrist completely to smithereens - sounded like biting into a Crunchie! - had to be operated on to be put back together & I'll never regain full movement )

But I can finally drive again

Edited by ali_kat on Friday 25th May 19:15

Ouch

[Pericoloso]

I haven't got any "normal " food in the house ,that being bread or milk ,so no brekkie tomorrow for me.

I had a road trip banana left over for today's breakfast.

Somebody pop out n get something for me please.

I also have a tomato left over but that doesn't really make for a fulfilling breakfast.....

[NoVetec]

Pericoloso said:

I haven't got any "normal " food in the house ,that being bread or milk ,so no brekkie tomorrow for me.

I had a road trip banana left over for today's breakfast.

Somebody pop out n get something for me please.

I also have a tomato left over but that doesn't really make for a fulfilling breakfast.....

Circumstances that were made for a double sausage egg McMuffin.

[Pericoloso]

NoVetec said:

Circumstances that were made for a double sausage egg McMuffin.

Nearest is too far away,coming from the bloke who drove 600+ miles yesterday.....


I might get off my lazy arse and walk to the 24h Asda......and find empty shelves.

[Pericoloso]

I do have a pasta mountain though.

I had to buy food at supermarket whilst in Italy,found that pasta is decent price less than here,so on second and last shop bought 10 x1kg bags,cleared one whole product from the shelf,7€ for 10kg is excellent value,filled the car up ,no room on passenger side.

Bloke in Luxembourg,hitch hiking asked for a lift to Brussels,I might have been able to take him as far as manure,sorry Namur but for the lack of space.

Pasta sauce not cheaper in Italy,didn't stop me from buying 6 jars of various flavours that are different to stuff I get here.
Food is generally more expensive there.

[Bobberoo99]

A friend went to Rome over Easter paid €16 for a beer and a cup of coffee!!!

[Pericoloso]

Petrol is expensive too,I paid €1.25 in Austria.

Lucky to find under €1.60 in Italy.

[DickyC]

cmvtec said:

I'm on a very lucrative 18000000 shift.

Hourly + 88%. For sitting at a desk whilst three people put some things together.

Is the 18,000,000 before or after the 88% uplift?

[ali_kat]

Bobberoo99 said:

LOTS of physio for you going forward I guess? Does it interfere with your work at all? Never broken anything major just fingers a thumb and a couple of knuckles, oh and I had two cracked ribs once!!!

Lots & lots of 'hand Therapy' (which just sounds SO wrong

I can't hold a pen properly, so can't write very well but other than that & a confidence crisis...

I've only broken a toe & my jaw before

This was _much_ more painful & still hurts

[cmvtec]

DickyC said:

cmvtec said:

I'm on a very lucrative 18000000 shift.

Hourly + 88%. For sitting at a desk whilst three people put some things together.

Is the 18,000,000 before or after the 88% uplift?

18,000,000 hours before I hit the higher rate

[Bobberoo99]

ali_kat said:

Bobberoo99 said:

LOTS of physio for you going forward I guess? Does it interfere with your work at all? Never broken anything major just fingers a thumb and a couple of knuckles, oh and I had two cracked ribs once!!!

Lots & lots of 'hand Therapy' (which just sounds SO wrong

I can't hold a pen properly, so can't write very well but other than that & a confidence crisis...

I've only broken a toe & my jaw before

This was _much_ more painful & still hurts

how the he'll did you break your jaw?!?
Remembered I also broke my big toe and little toe on my right do it on different occasions!!!
Why the confidence crisis?

[ali_kat]

Came off a motorbike & landed on it. Snapped the bit under the ball that goes in the socket.

Can't yawn properly as a result of that one

A fall like that is traumatic, I was standing still having just cleaned the ice & snow off the car & my feet just went from under me. My hands were in my pockets so when I landed it smashed my wrist. I was on the ground for several minutes, screaming! but ignored by those that drove past. To realise you're that fragile & can't be repaired

[anonymous-user]

I’ve survived at least two of my three near death experiences.

[DickyC]

I've had the 'walking through the black and white tunnel that probably goes on and on forever' experience. And reached the doors at the end. And stepped through. It was a long time ago but I remember it very vividly.

[Bobberoo99]

The sad truth is we are all vulnerable In one way or another, I never used to doubt myself and frequently did what I now realise we're downright stupid things, at the time I never, and I mean never, stopped to consider the consequences of my actions, however as I've gotten older (not wiser) I've realised that I'm not indestructible and it hurts when it goes wrong, ali_kat you will bounce back from this, you will learn to adapt, I'm working with a chap at the moment who was blown up in 2006 and has damaged retinas, he's an engineer with very limited vision as a result, he's adapted.
Dicky, we really need to get together for a beer, when I read that I knew there was a story behind it!!!

[Pericoloso]

I'm trying to start my road trip thread and the laptop is playing up.....can't even post properly.

It might have just fixed itself.

I'll report back.

[Bomma220]

We've been out for a curry and I've just stubbed my toe on a leg of the coffee table.

bd

[Dibble]

I’ve been given my personal issue Allen key and the winding starts in seven days from today. A quarter turn in each screw, four times a day, giving one full rotation per screw, which equates to 1mm per day. The top screw will get longer, the bottom screw shorter.

I’m back at home, and we’ve upped from “fairly ouchy” to “less than zero fun”. I’m hoping it settles down over the next couple of days. Right leg is also (temporarily) shorter than left leg, to reduce the strain on my soft tissue, where the cement was removed.

Allen key in position, for your continued delectation. Just to confuse matters, the “bottom screw” is at the top of the picture (or it was, before any iPad/Thumbsnap related fkery) an£ is near m6 right knee, not my bottom. The blue thing is the “safety catch”, which releases the screw, so it can be turned.