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[Stevie Dubyah]

 

 

 

 

Being told what you are good at...

  All the wrong things or not a long list?

 

A lack of foresight. Just because I am outstanding at what I do, doesn't mean I won't be similarly outstanding at something different. So I should, therefore, just stick to what I currently do.

 

  Stay in that rut!

 

sounds like a Tom Cruise film "Mangham54 was a Jet Pilot, pretty good Jet Pilot, until he has a crisis of confidence, can't Pilot Jets anymore, until he finds the love of a good woman who lets him Pilot Jets again."

 

 

Mangham is a teacher - one of the best. In the staff room he goes by the handle of "The Educator". He is inducted into top-teacher academy where he learns how to sew leather patches onto his tweed jackets and conducts low level fly pasts of the headmaster's office. He's a rebel. He doesn't play by school rules.

 

One day a stick of green chalk snaps, resulting in a piercing high pitched screech and one of those chalk board marks that just won't rub off without water. A near miss. His confidence is shattered. 

 

Broken, Chris sells his VX and ponces round in a VW Up! until a hot teaching assistant regales him with a whole new pack of chalk. Berlin strike up a power ballad and Mangham leaves to start a bar with a grizzled Australian.

 

 

Now that's a f&&&ing film plot that I'd pay to see.  

[Mangham54]

Would love a staff room. PS chalkboards 'are so last century' I just give my lot drywipe markers and leave them to plot out on the desk top... I sh*t you not.

Edited by Mangham54, 10 March 2016 - 01:05 PM.

[james.a]

 

 

 

 

 

Being told what you are good at...

  All the wrong things or not a long list?

 

A lack of foresight. Just because I am outstanding at what I do, doesn't mean I won't be similarly outstanding at something different. So I should, therefore, just stick to what I currently do.

 

  Stay in that rut!

 

sounds like a Tom Cruise film "Mangham54 was a Jet Pilot, pretty good Jet Pilot, until he has a crisis of confidence, can't Pilot Jets anymore, until he finds the love of a good woman who lets him Pilot Jets again."

 

 

Mangham is a teacher - one of the best. In the staff room he goes by the handle of "The Educator". He is inducted into top-teacher academy where he learns how to sew leather patches onto his tweed jackets and conducts low level fly pasts of the headmaster's office. He's a rebel. He doesn't play by school rules.

 

One day a stick of green chalk snaps, resulting in a piercing high pitched screech and one of those chalk board marks that just won't rub off without water. A near miss. His confidence is shattered. 

 

Broken, Chris sells his VX and ponces round in a VW Up! until a hot teaching assistant regales him with a whole new pack of chalk. Berlin strike up a power ballad and Mangham leaves to start a bar with a grizzled Australian.

 

 

Now that's a f&&&ing film plot that I'd pay to see.  

 

 

 

How do i start crowdfunding this?

[Mangham54]

Men with ponytails.

[Mangham54]

My persistence... really suffered with a sharp back pain yesterday, but have a nephews birthday party so decided to power through. 2.5hrs drive up the A1, walk around the toon and back to my MiLs. Night in an unusual bed. Today I can't walk/stand. But the weird bit. In the middle of the night I was up with Theo and was better, so had hoped it would have gone. I really annoy myself sometimes

[Mangham54]

And now I need a sh*t!

[Goosenka]

Shitting yourself on the A303 with a 2hr drive ahead

[fiveoclock]

"Back story". Its not the fcuking back story you cock, its just the story.

[fiveoclock]

And The Classic Car Show with Quentin Wilson and Jodi thingy. What a couple of posturing bellends

[ianrm]

Having a stinking cold on my weekend off.  

[KurtVerbose]

My farts.

 

I like sprouts but...

[Stevie Dubyah]

My persistence... really suffered with a sharp back pain yesterday, but have a nephews birthday party so decided to power through. 2.5hrs drive up the A1, walk around the toon and back to my MiLs. Night in an unusual bed. Today I can't walk/stand. But the weird bit. In the middle of the night I was up with Theo and was better, so had hoped it would have gone. I really annoy myself sometimes

 

Possibly a back spasm. High end painkillers to ease it then gentle exercise to unlock the muscle, once it's rested enough. See the doc.

 

Not being able to get into position to take a crap is a nasty side effect.  

[Mangham54]

My persistence... really suffered with a sharp back pain yesterday, but have a nephews birthday party so decided to power through. 2.5hrs drive up the A1, walk around the toon and back to my MiLs. Night in an unusual bed. Today I can't walk/stand. But the weird bit. In the middle of the night I was up with Theo and was better, so had hoped it would have gone. I really annoy myself sometimes

  Possibly a back spasm. High end painkillers to ease it then gentle exercise to unlock the muscle, once it's rested enough. See the doc.   Not being able to get into position to take a crap is a nasty side effect.  

Had a trip to the local out of hours GP and their first question... "have you wet yourself or lost control of your bowels?" Thank god I hadn't, so just been prescribed some codeine and neproxin. So far it seems to have a little to no effect. Had to pushed into the hospital in a wheelchair by my brother-in-law, was like a scene out of Little Britain. Feel terrible for Mel, as Theo is full of cold and teething so is not sleeping well (was up from 1am until 6am this morning) and this second alien is already making her sick as a dog.

[Zoobeef]

My Audi has thrown a massive strop. Got back to find the passenger footwell full of water. Reconnected the battery and it ran ok but the central locking wouldn't work. Then I put the drivers window down to hear horrible noises then it stay down.

5 hour drive home with the bastard window down!

On checking the wire regulator for the window has screwed itself so I've ordered one. Although the motor now doesn't do anything but ill chase that once the regulators done.

 

Lifted the carpets to find a hollow in the floor with the central locking ecu in it and water completely covering it. Sucked the water out and dried the ecu and seems to work now. Found the 2 blocked drain holes under the battery in the engine bay. Not what I need on my first day home.

[Stevie Dubyah]

 

 

My persistence... really suffered with a sharp back pain yesterday, but have a nephews birthday party so decided to power through. 2.5hrs drive up the A1, walk around the toon and back to my MiLs. Night in an unusual bed. Today I can't walk/stand. But the weird bit. In the middle of the night I was up with Theo and was better, so had hoped it would have gone. I really annoy myself sometimes

  Possibly a back spasm. High end painkillers to ease it then gentle exercise to unlock the muscle, once it's rested enough. See the doc.   Not being able to get into position to take a crap is a nasty side effect.  

Had a trip to the local out of hours GP and their first question... "have you wet yourself or lost control of your bowels?" Thank god I hadn't, so just been prescribed some codeine and neproxin. So far it seems to have a little to no effect. Had to pushed into the hospital in a wheelchair by my brother-in-law, was like a scene out of Little Britain. Feel terrible for Mel, as Theo is full of cold and teething so is not sleeping well (was up from 1am until 6am this morning) and this second alien is already making her sick as a dog.

 

 

Horrendous, isn't it? The kicker is that codeine just makes you more blocked up.

 

When it gets to the "cannot walk" stage, then only diazepam works (and Tramadol, but that stuff just messes me up). Pester the GP as no amount of co-codamol or di-hydrocodeine makes any difference once it has properly spasmed.

 

Not been able to drive the VX since February. Now that is something that gets on my tits. 

 

 

[Stevie Dubyah]

 

 

 

My persistence... really suffered with a sharp back pain yesterday, but have a nephews birthday party so decided to power through. 2.5hrs drive up the A1, walk around the toon and back to my MiLs. Night in an unusual bed. Today I can't walk/stand. But the weird bit. In the middle of the night I was up with Theo and was better, so had hoped it would have gone. I really annoy myself sometimes

  Possibly a back spasm. High end painkillers to ease it then gentle exercise to unlock the muscle, once it's rested enough. See the doc.   Not being able to get into position to take a crap is a nasty side effect.  

Had a trip to the local out of hours GP and their first question... "have you wet yourself or lost control of your bowels?" Thank god I hadn't, so just been prescribed some codeine and neproxin. So far it seems to have a little to no effect. Had to pushed into the hospital in a wheelchair by my brother-in-law, was like a scene out of Little Britain. Feel terrible for Mel, as Theo is full of cold and teething so is not sleeping well (was up from 1am until 6am this morning) and this second alien is already making her sick as a dog.

 

 

Horrendous, isn't it? The kicker is that codeine just makes you more blocked up.

 

When it gets to the "cannot walk" stage, then only diazepam works (and Tramadol, but that stuff just messes me up). Pester the GP as no amount of co-codamol or di-hydrocodeine makes any difference once it has properly spasmed.

 

Not been able to drive the VX since February. Now that is something that gets on my tits. 

 

 

 

 

... and Naproxen is for girls...  

[Mangham54]

  ... and Naproxen is for girls...  

Please elaborate... as right now this current cocktail is doing fück all to help. Plus being 100miles from home means access to my doc is null and void.

[Mangham54]

My Audi has thrown a massive strop. Got back to find the passenger footwell full of water. Reconnected the battery and it ran ok but the central locking wouldn't work. Then I put the drivers window down to hear horrible noises then it stay down. 5 hour drive home with the bastard window down! On checking the wire regulator for the window has screwed itself so I've ordered one. Although the motor now doesn't do anything but ill chase that once the regulators done.   Lifted the carpets to find a hollow in the floor with the central locking ecu in it and water completely covering it. Sucked the water out and dried the ecu and seems to work now. Found the 2 blocked drain holes under the battery in the engine bay. Not what I need on my first day home.

Sounds like it has the same floor as the B5 / B5.5 Passat. Just hope that the comfort control ecu doesn't finally die, as they are flaming expense even 2ND hand from a scrappers.

[Stevie Dubyah]

 

  ... and Naproxen is for girls...  

Please elaborate... as right now this current cocktail is doing fück all to help. Plus being 100miles from home means access to my doc is null and void.

 

 

First, and for the avoidance of any doubt, I am not a doctor, just a sufferer of back spasms (slipped disk impinging on spinal cord), so please take any words from me on the subject with the utmost caution:

 

This is how it was explained to me: When you damage your back the muscles around it spasm (clench and contract involuntarily) to try and protect the area. This is extremely painful and prevents almost all mobility. I could not sit up or turn over in bed, let alone walk or pee. The doctors told me to rest, but as soon as possible to start gentle movement and stretching to encourage the muscles to relax out. The problem is that the pain is so extreme that you cannot move in the first place - catch 22.

 

Naproxen is just a fairly strong anti inflammatory. Codeine is a fairly strong pain killer. When the back actually spasms I get prescribed diazepam in fairly high doses which relaxes it out to the point I can start gingerly moving again which unlocks it. Obviously, diazepam is a class A party drug so doctors are understandably suspicious when prescribing it and try not to do so - you need to make the point that you are hurting and the codeine isn't cutting it.... I couldn't sit in the car last time I had a full on spasm and the wife had to get me to hospital in the boot of the Volvo. I refused to leave A&E without proper analgesic... Diazepam ftw.

 

I have often thought that an Alkyl Nitrate (poppers) would probably work, but that would lead to all kinds of unspeakable silent-accusations on the part of the pharmacist so I haven't gone there.

 

Good luck.

 

 

 

[Mangham54]

Cheers... I have managed to make it in and out of the car (the air is blue as I do)... so hoping that there is some progress and have just managed to shuffle about a bit this aft with a pair of walking sticks. Pain is still there, but as I was told I am trying to move about a bit to help avoid going stiff and upsetting other muscles. Gonna give the current cocktail another 24hrs and go from there. My birthday is Thurs and Mel's Fri, so hoping to be less crippled by then... only time will tell.

Edited by Mangham54, 21 March 2016 - 02:59 PM.