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You know what they say: 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food.

Just relax.

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Thanks heero, I'm trying to stay relaxed honest. Thank goodness I'm allowed boiled sweets and lucozade so it could have been a lot worse.

I sending hubby and the boy's out for their dinner tonight to which young Drew will be delighted at as Drew never passes an opportunity to go to Frankie & Bennys.

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Will be thinking of you. Let us know how you get on but I'm sure you'll be fine :)

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Thanks dilli I will, did the badge come today? I hope so.

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Not had the post yet so we will see ;)

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I will remain then keeping my fingers crossed for you.

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Since I requested that I no longer receive un-addressed mail (leaflets and the like) the amount of post I receive is bordering on the non-existent.

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Same here since paying everything by DD.

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Try not to worry too much Weenie and just take each hour of the day as it comes.as there is nothing you can do about the effects of the Moviprep once taken then just being quite near the toilet and although tomorrow won't be totally comfortable its not as bad as l thought it was going to be..

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Yep best way to be. I'll be trying to convince myself the very same this time next week for another MRI with Barium, dye and buscopan. Already losing sleep over it. Just can't wait to get it done and over with as the fear is always worse than what you expect.

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Good luck weenie, hope it comes back all clear. Peanut, ditto to you. Had a barium swallow test myself this year and I never want to have to do another one I can tell you.

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This time tomorrow you will be on your towards a lovely meal to make up for the Moviprep and Colonoscopy. So just remember to hold your nose when you down the moviprep ( kills the taste) and try to relax as much as possible whilst the colonoscopy is underway and you will be fine....honest indian. <<hugs>>

Good luck with the MRI peanut. Not much fun to be gained in all this is there? <<hugs>>

I am waiting to hear if I need yet another. I am so tired of all the messing about at the moment, didn't know that there were so many ways I could be looked at, MRI scanning, CT scanning, Ultrasound ........

If it wasn't for my family and friends I think I would have just thrown in the towel months ago. :(

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Good luck and best wishes for next week peanut.

Thanks jo and I hope they stop messing you around.

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Yay :)

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:) Brilliant

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They sure cut that one close. Glad you got it in time for your next jaunt.

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Here's a moan I've been wanting to get off my chest for a while: People who want me to fix their computers

Now, I live in a small North Wales village, the kind of place that everyone knows everyone, so everyone knows my day-to-day work is IT. The nearest IT shop/branch of PC world is a good 45 mins away by car. This means I get a fair few people asking me to fix their PCs, Laptops, tablets and the odd broadband connection

For the most part, those asking are courteous and willing to pay, and are happy for me to take my time and sort out their issue. The ones I'm loosing patience with are...

The door knockers: These are people who expect me to drop everything and go and fix their machine right now. They usually call at dinner time (having spotted my car outside) and seem quite perturbed that a load of malware popups on their machine will have to play second fiddle to my dinner.

"Have you switched it off and on again": So many people call me out to fix problems such as lack of internet that they could easily sort themselves with a quick power cycle.

Battery powered idiots: These are the ones that bring me a laptop to repair, but neglect to bring the power cable for for it, expecting me to either fix it on the (ancient and overcharged) battery or that I must have the charger for every laptop ever made to hand immediately.

Guess the password: Having dropped off their laptop (with the power cable!) the owner then launches off without giving me the password, or scrawling it so illegibly on a post-it note that it can't be read. I've given up trying to phone them and have simply resorted to resetting the password

"Its a virus isn't it": It seems the cause of every technical problem from popups to a duff monitor (Seriously) is "a virus". Remind me to tell my car mechanic that the squeaking brake noise is down to the head gasket...

Payment: Most people realise I'm giving up my free time to sort out their shizzle, and are happy to stump up payment (be it money, favours in return or similar). Others seem totally shocked at the idea...

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Picture the scene. It's a cold, grey morning in the Southside of Glasgow. One handsome, young chap is cycling along on his way to work. Unlike the Daily Mail stereotype of cyclists he is wearing multiple bits of Hi-Viz clothing, has a bike in full working order with lights etc all on and hasn't jumped every red light he has come to on his journey.

He is making his way through a roundabout thinking "excellent, almost there. What a lovely morning for a bike ride" when an Audi driver clearly decides to punish him for daring to be on the road without paying road tax by pulling out in front of him leaving him just enough time to think.

"ooh bugger, this is going to hurt"

Before being transported from a nice comfy saddle to the cold wet ground via the Audis bonnet and windscreen. End result was the hero of the story gets an ambulance, traffic chaos at rush hour, articles of clothing being cut off and all I got out of it was some entonox and morphine plus a spinal board and umpteen x rays and CT scans. :mad:

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Some drivers need to wake up, put their brains in gear and use their eyes whilst driving a lethal weapon. I can't believe the bike escaped with only minimal damage but sorry to hear our hero wasn't quite so lucky.

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"That's going to cost the NHS a lot of money".

As said by my new doctor on actually seeing how many pills / things I need on my prescription.

Yes I know I get it all free but I tell you'd I'd rather not have any of it (and not need it) and pay for my prescriptions.

I did get it all but she didn't like it it seems :(

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Some doctors don't like prescribing the expensive stuff dilli. Give it a year or so and you will soon be getting letters saying they will be changing your medication to a cheaper one. Sucks.

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Seem to have caught a snotty cold with a sore throat. Not sure when. Probably a result of using public transport. First one for over three years.

OH keeps looking at me as if I've got ebola. :(

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Sadly we have both got it in our household as there is a lot of it around old bean.

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Sympathy. I guess he'll get it as well so we can suffer together. The only plus will be I get to recover first.

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I've been on the lemsip for a couple of days now so I can sympathize with you all;) get better soon.

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Hope you all are feeling better soon heero, den and dilli.

Don't know what I was worried about yesterday, today went well can not really remember the colonoscopy. Afterwards the nurse spoke to me about the results where they found some inflammation and the examiner has recommended an MRI scan as quote "the bowel prep was not as good as they would have liked it to be" don't know how as I took it as instructed over all I'm happy because at least some of my symptoms can be explained. Just to wait for the biopsy results for the tissue they removed.

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Glad not as bad as you thought, good luck for the MRI.

Waiting for a parcel from Yodel today. Dreading what state it will arrive in judging by horror stories I have read online.

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l am glad yesterday went pretty well Weenie and hopefully the MRI scan and biopsy will show up nothing untoward.

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They did not seem to worried when they explained that they would be recommending I get a MRI, I think it's because the the bowel prep was not as good as they would have liked it to be.
Fingers crossed, and no it was not as bad I thought. I told the doctor I felt uncomfortable then he gave me a top up of sedation then before I knew it I was in the recovery room :) TBH the moviprep was the worst.

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Good to hear you got the extra top up it makes the world of difference weenie. just wish they would find a way to make the Moviprep more palatable.

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To be honest with you jo, I found drinking the first batch not to bad but the second one was really difficult felt sick. Your tip of holding your nose worked so thanks for that. All I'm saying is what an experience after drinking the stuff you would think they could make it tablet form and to drink 3L of water afterwards. But no it is not to nice at all. The added top up was great all I remember is him saying it's okay your doing fine it's just some air your feeling then nothing. I know they say they don't put you to sleep but I'm pretty sure they knocked me out as I woke up in the recovery room.

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I know what you mean about the fluids you have to take weenie. I have tried making the dang stuff up with less water then drinking pure water straight afterwards but nothing helps. it is just something that has to be got through. :(

I have had quite a few colonoscopys and each time I seem to lose focus. I remember most of the procedure and can kind of remember being reassured that it is almost over but nothing specific. Being back on the recovery ward is always a good feeling and the cup of tea is a highlight of the whole experience. :)

Fingers crossed that this is the one and only time you have to face Moviprep. The MRI is a pleasant walk in the park compared to the dreaded Moviprep experience

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Really hate the drowsy, nauseous effect my painkillers are having on me.

I've got a renewed sympathy for the people with serious conditions on umpteen different combinations of drugs.

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:( .

BTW what happened to the car/driver that hit you?

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Glad you got on ok :)

(I fell asleep in my MRI) so I'm sure you'll be ok with that too ;)

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:ghugs:

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Charged with a section 3 (careless driving)

By all accounts she was more shaken up than I was :erm:

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So far l have escaped any MRI scan's as they would need a ICD specialist to turn the device off during any scan and they are not prepared to do that at my local hospital as my heart treatment's all happen in London.

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Do you think she knew you were a copper? :)

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There are definite advantages to going to a bigger hospital.

I get most of my stuff done at addenbrookes now so it's good. My nearest hospital would be Bedford but I have had several bad things happen there.

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Random resets on some energy meter firmware: Client reports tens of minutes to hours apart. This sort of thing can be a devil to reproduce. I've got the in-circuit debug pod attached and some breakpoints set in the places the code might go down to get a reset, I'm also running the communications link (Modbus RS485) fairly hard just to try and provoke it a bit. More or less what the client had set up.

Now just have to wait for it to (hopefully) stop on one of the breakpoints. Then I get a snapshot of the internal RAM and registers. I think I know what the cause is but I need to prove it.

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Children annoying my dog (my children to be specific) :mad: all poor wee Keane wants to do is sleep on the couch next to his Mum.

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Is it too much to ask for post to be delivered early in the morning!

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Probably. I've had the postie round as late as 3pm. Usually more like 1ish.

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Sadly that does not happen much now.:(

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Where are they then ? Do they no longer come out early in the morning ?

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First job offer I'm likely to be getting in a year and I may have to turn it down :(. No way of getting there for a half 5 start in the morning so unless they are willing to let me start at half six/seven then I will have to reject it. And likely take a sanction from the Jobcentre for it as well. Got to talk to them when I sign today.

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They tend to deal with their most lucrative and business customers first nowadays thenry whilst most normal customers would be lucky if they get their post by 10 in the morning as we get ours generally around dinnertime now sadly.

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:banghead:

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Get our post around here between half 12 and 2. Although one day in August post came through the door at half past seven in the evening. Long after we had given up hope of getting the post that day.

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We usually get our post before 9am (usually 8-8:30). However when we have a relief postman its a fair bit later.

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Before 9am. The good days :(

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There used to be three deliveries each day at one time.

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To be fair now that post is rarely used one delivery a day should suffice.

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Indeed most days I get more bumf than real post.

Moan: I've (supposedly) got a VM HD box coming for self install today. Website order section says that I'll be given a Yodel :( tracking number when the order is due. No number yet. :mad: At least it's not like I have to take a day off work for them not to turn up as I work from home but it's still annoying.

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I've stopped getting bumf since I registered with the Royal Mail to stop it. The fun is that to do that you have to print out a PDF form, fill it in and then post it to them (no online or telephone option) and if you want it in Welsh you have to specifically email them.

Still, there's less crap coming through Rhyds towers letterbox so it looks like its doing its thing

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I did that ages ago and it stopped for years but it's started up again. Guess I have to renew it.

IIRC it says on the form somthing like: You won't get important government stuff. I changed that clause to government propoganda. :D

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IIRC you can't opt out of election material, and for some reason I still got the council's "newspaper" (now that is a waste of money and chip paper)

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l have just jumped out of my skin as we have just had a huge loud thunderstorm.:Yikes::eeek:

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Oil left on the driveway from Steven's car. :(

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Online MPS (Mail Preference Service)

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/

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Good Morning den, hope your having better weather today :)

It's a dull morning with slight drizzle here today in (South Lanarkshire) Scotland :(

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Being up most of the night with pains in my stomach that you wouldn't believe and pain killers seem useless.

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Well after yesterdays big storms its quiet thus this morning but sadly wet and windy weather is heading our way this afternoon.

Well obviously with no experience of diagnosing do you think its something to do with what you eat or going by your previous posts do you suffer from IBS?.

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Don't know den but I have been referred to a gastroenterologist but need to get the MRI scan done first. Don't think it's IBS though as I'm being sick quite a lot and have unexplained weight loss, just wish I could get back to work. To begin with my doctor was treating me for anxiety, never really believed that was the cause as the tummy cramps are unbelievable.

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Hot water bottles as hot as you can take it is probably the best thing for stomach cramps / pain. Don't bother with painkillers they won't touch it.

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Due to kidney stones my bile duct is blocked and unable to digest anything with fat.
Single slice of toast with margarine spread thinly or milky drink sets me off with abdominal pains which are only calmed by Gaviscon Advance.
Unable to have MRI scan at the moment due to combination of ICD device and heart meds that prevent surgery as I bleed too much.

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I know that I don't have kidney stones as that was ruled out when I got abdominal ultrasound.
If you don't mind me asking what do you take/use for abdominal pains, as pain killers are not even touching the pain I'm experiencing. I am going to try peanuts advice and try Hot water bottle.

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There are some things you can try from over the counter, things like Buscopan which can help. Other than that an empty bowel normally mean a lot less pain, this goes for wind etc. So things like wind-eze is excellent also try to keep things moving by using mild laxatives if you need. A GP should be seen should you need to take regular laxatives. Also take a closer look at your diet and see what could be making things worse.

With pain meds, anything stronger than over the counter stuff (prescribed) if they contain opioids then they could make matters worse because they bind you up and cause constipation even after taking them for a couple of days. Other prescribed meds such as nortriptyline or amitriptyline etc could also help, but with any prescribed meds come with a price of the side effects.

Obviously until you know the cause, you don't want to make matters worse. But after 25+ years of stomach pain and cramps, a hot water bottle is by far the best relief without taking meds.

Geez that sounds like a nightmare situation. Not sure what to say really other than hang in there and hope you get sorted out as soon as possible.

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Raging Bull hope things get sorted soon for you as being/feeling ill ain't nice at all.

Getting prescribed Buscopan, imodium and fybogel. Plus I've to keep a food diary.

Peanut I don't know how you have coped with this for the last 25+ years, I've just been feeling ill for the last few months and it's really not too nice. I know all about your illness and I do not think I've got that, well hoping it's not that.

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Imodium / loperamide will bind you up more than anything, but will slow the bowels down, worth a try but I reckon that'll make things worse.

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Yes l would have to concur with peanut Weenie as the only thing l take for my bowels is Senna and that's because of all the heart medication's and other tablets l have to take.

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That's what my Doctor has given me, I have suspected that it's making things worse.

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l hope you get better soon RB as you seem to be well in the wars.:ghugs:

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I beginning to feel my Doctor is at a loss as to what is wrong as at the start he even said nervous disability. At least now the I'm at hospital now getting tests tbh I'm beginning to feel like a fraud who just wants a sick line to stay off my work,as nothing has been confirmed as to what is wrong.

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I just had my MRI (with barium, contrast and buscopan) yesterday as my bowel isn't working much at all now and no longer have any control over my bowels in general. Test such as that and colonoscopies (biopsies), barium x-rays is the only way to find out what is going on. A GP tend try everything first to rule out the common things but a lot of time could be saved if they just do the right tests first.

That said he could still be right about the nervous disability thing, IBS is also quite common also with people with IBD, often most problems / symptoms are caused by IBS which often goes wrongly diagnosed because of the IBD. I know getting a diagnosis can take time that's for sure.

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I know your right peanut, the doctor has to rule out the common things first.
Hope things pick up for you soon, and a BIG THANK YOU for your advice it's much appreciated.

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While I don't expect people to take my advice when asked, but the least they could do is listen!

Oh well at least I tried I guess,.

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Film company logo animations. I know they are only a few seconds long but some films have several and they can end up longer than the rest of the titles.

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Having a huge pile of ironing to do, my own fault as I have kept putting it off while continuing to wash and dry. Sunday night ironing yippee :rolleyes:

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Only fancy shirts need ironing. Everything else just goes on the drawers.

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I share your moan weenie. It's so easy to bung another load in the washer/dryer that I forget it all has to be ironed. :(

My pet hate to-day. .. People who try to surround themselves with an air of authority and insider knowledge when all they are is keyboard fantasists.

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To be fair they do tend to show themselves up as the tools they usually are when they do it though :)

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Very true, this one irritates me beyond belief but in a strange way they never fail to amuse me how they fail to see what others see. :D

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How am I supposed to be able to tell what is wrong with a laptop when I cannot see it and the person is over 200 miles away? Simply saying something funny is on the screen doesn't help me, and then they get the hump because I cannot do it and say what good is having a computer literate person in the family when I can't fix their problem.

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It is very irritating when that happens. Or when people just turn up on the door having made the trip from that distance.

But what grates my carrot with regard this type of thing is that sometimes I get a 'friend of a friend' turn up at my door expecting a free pc / laptop repair.

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Impatient drivers, got tooted at this morning for having the cheek to wait behind a car which had stopped at the front of the school while dropping their children off at the school gates. IMO it was not safe to pull out and move off because of oncoming traffic. Think I annoyed the lady more as I ignored her and her slight road rage. Monday morning madness. I think she needs to take a chill pill as she was getting annoyed with the car in front of me as well who pressed his horn back at her. What's the point in getting in a fluster for the sake of a couple of minutes.

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Ahh the perils of being the Computer Literate person in the family. Thankfully, there are now enough computer literate people in my family that I don't get a lot of queries now. When they do it, my family do it a little differently though. With them, I get invited somewhere (which is often a massive pain in the backside as I can't drive, and most of my family live more than 90 miles away) and they'll throw the phrase "and while you're here" into the conversation.

Don't get me wrong: I enjoy seeing my family and don't regret having to get a train or coach to do it.

I also hate doing phone support. It can be difficult to get someone else to look for some obscure error message, whether they know what they are doing or not. And there's always a chance that they are doing things differently to how they told you. I'm sure anyone who has done phone tech support for any company will be able to identify with that.

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My moan? Work.

We are working under a new structure at work, and while my new responsibilities have meant that I no longer have to do a lot of the day to day stuff I did last year, they also mean that my workload has increased and as a result, no matter how hard I work, the number of urgent tasks waiting for me to start is not going down at the moment, because no matter how quickly I finish a task, another one is coming along before I finish it.

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And they insist on reading everything out what's on the screen to you. you can't shut them up and make them stop. you wait till they've read every single thing out, and tell them to select something that should be there as they've just read it out. and then they go "where's that?"

and then you have to start all over again. only this time you tell them to STFU and listen.

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Indeed. I have got to the point where if I get friends/family ask for help, I either ask for the device in question to look at or if that's not possible to use Teamviewer to actually SEE the problem for myself.

A vague "My laptop/tablet/cat isn't working" usually gets a funny look from me now.

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I had to cancel my lunch date today :(

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Miserable lowlife *******s who steal from the mail!!! :mad: Got a very belated birthday card today for Osem Jnr #2 only to find it'd been carefully sliced open along the bottom edge and the £20 note which was inside had been removed. Ironically it had been sent from NZ after the original (including another £20) never made it here so that's 2 thefts out 2 - a dismal 100% record but of course proving who was responsible is impossible... :mad:

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Still complain though, that is disgusting.

My moan today is a very bad case of acid reflux, have a feeling like someone is pressing down on my Adam's apple. Seeing my GP this afternoon, maybe a referral to hospital for another barium swallow test and possibly camera down throat.

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Always best never to send cash in the post.

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We have sent cash by post for many years as we put Birthday and Christmas cards in padded envelopes thus no one can see what it is and then we get a recorded delivery for them and so far in 20 years we have never had a problem SnoopZ.

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Utterly disgusting human beings IMHO. Cannot understand why people do that.

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Too true. I'd never do it but Jnr's uncle decided to do it twice in the space of a month and lost the money on both occasions. I really don't know why he didn't just send a cheque but hope he's learned the lesson...

Cards are routinely targeted by thieving ****. They often contain cash so for these people it's worth a punt and since cash/valuable items should never be sent in the normal mail there's no comeback via Royal Mail unless they're feeling generous.

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Royal Mail again. Staff incorrectly inputting tracking status points.

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Annoyed to find out our Sonos system won't play 24 bit flac files. :(

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Annoyed to find a game app I installed yesterday and played all day now won't work at all on my Nexus 7..I was enjoying it..

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If you're still looking for a job why not go and show them how it's done, they're taking on thousands at the moment