2 hours ago, Xela said:

Not quite the Carling that @Davkaus offered, but quality wise, similar

Not a fan i'm afraid. 

I used to buy a couple of bottles for the train home when I'd done a late shift at work, it was 6.5%. I don't like grapefruit at all but did like that. I found in a can the grapefruit taste was stronger than in a bottle, so preferred a bottle. The new version is 5.1%, it misses the extra strength. They are doing or have done a 7.2% version, not tried that though if it's available. 

Had quite a lot of red wine over the last few days. A decent St Emilion and Amarone della Valpolicella. Really enjoyed this one from Aldi though and only about £7. Several bottles sunk. 

Beer wise, I've had quite a few different Verdant brewery IPA's, all very nice. 

Got one of these in the fridge too which I'm looking forward to trying. 

Never been a big Whisky drinker but suddenly got 3 bottles in the cupboard too. A mate bought me a bottle of Powers for my birthday, I got a Laphroaig for Christmas and was given a Highland Park Viking honour. All 3 have been opened. 

11 hours ago, stuart_75 said:

 

I've been suffering with this condition for about 4 years....2 years in my left foot ( eventually fixed with shockwave treatment) then for the last 2 years its been in my right foot and proving to be extremely stubborn this time. I'd be interested to know exactly what brand of insole you've been using.

I've had it for nearly 3 years now in my right foot. Well, started to get it diagnosed pre Covid but moved house and changed doctors and not tried again yet. As a postie it's pretty relentless on my feet, can manage it OK most shifts. I can barely walk on it first thing out of bed then afternoon and evening it varies in severity. 

I think I actually have had it for years but only flared up after big shifts at work (not a postie but on my feet still) and went away the next day. Where as now 2 weeks rest doesn't even help. 

Had the HonestBrew beer advent calendar this year, for a few different beers for Christmas, although have drank a couple on the day. Stuck a few bottles in the fridge today as they don't fit on my shelf. First one out and its only a bloody cider! 

Quite enjoyed it though, after the surprise. 

Also had the Brewdog Parma Violet one. It's never in stock when I got to Tesco but got one today. Enjoyed that one too. 

On 10/12/2021 at 11:06, lapal_fan said:

My eldest (6) has been complaining about "a bad leg" this week.  He's mentioned it a lot and we've missed football which was unlike him.

He mentioned it again yesterday, but when I got him to lie down and lift both legs, he could do it quite easily.  We thought it might be a muscle thing, but he woke up this morning at 2.45 and came into our room crying with pain.

Took him to A&E and it turns out he has a virus called Transient synovitis, which attacks the hip joints of prepubescent children!

I've been really wary of him about it, thinking he's pulling our leg about it, not quite believing how bad it was for him and now I feel so terrible about it, but he's not really been able to describe the pain - sometimes he can walk, sometimes he says he can't without pain, I got him to do the muscle stress tests etc and he passed them all, so I thought maybe a tiny fracture of his hip or something, hence A&E.

Won't be doubting him again

Kids are so hard to diagnose, our eldest periodically complained of tummy aches. Couldn't work it out, we considered anxiety, making it up to get out of something or attention seeking and obviously looked at what she was eating too. Went to GP and they went through the same things but did do a blood test. Turns out she is a Coeliac and her levels were off the scale. 

The youngest is always saying something on her hurts. I do think it's just a faze and nothing serious but still a pain trying to work out if it needs a bit more than "it'll be fine" or a little bit of compassion. 

19 hours ago, foreveryoung said:

Yeah, it's worrying how much you don't hear about.

The little boy who died in Droitwich earlier in the year hit me quite hard. Not sure what's happened with the investigation but it's certainly not gone to court yet. I'd been on the housing development where he lived a few times and had seen him on his own outside his house and there was something that made me feel sorry for him. No more than that and could quite easily have been nothing so I couldn't have done much but still made me feel shit. 

Notoriously a bad time to start any sort of diet but I'll be going through this thread again in January. Recently found out I have mild-moderate arthritis in my knee added to an increasing list of ailments in my legs and feet, so need too make some changes. Diet is the 'easiest' to get cracking on straight away. My job (postie), the best way to increase exercise out of work, especially if i change jobs, will take a bit longer to get in place, I imagine. 

On 18/11/2021 at 18:51, Davkaus said:

I've got a lot of time for Black Iris, it's a local brewery for me and they do some really solid pales, but I've never seen anything from them as interesting as that gose. I'll be interested to hear how it goes down, @AlwaysAVFC

Really enjoyed it. Any sour type beers usually my first sip, I'm thinking will this go down well. Enjoyed it straight away though. It is 10% but pretty balanced. 

Other beers I've enjoyed this weekend was Vocation Triple vision, triple IPA. Another 10%er

And a last minute new beer I spotted on my way, in Morrisons a Northern monk, Vanilla, cinnamon, chocolate porter 

57 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

I've got a lot of time for Black Iris, it's a local brewery for me and they do some really solid pales, but I've never seen anything from them as interesting as that gose. I'll be interested to hear how it goes down, @AlwaysAVFC

I think it might be a very new one, after I picked it the lady said it was really good and the brewery sold out of them quickly. 

59 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said:

Bathams is great, although by modern super-hoppy standards perhaps a bit plain if that's your thing. The bottled stuff isn't as good as the cask stuff either (but then no bottled beers are). I still really like it though, one of the very best of its style. It's just really well balanced and very drinkable.

Had the Bathams this evening and enjoyed it and I can imagine it would be much better from as cask in a pub. It didn't pour very well even for a typical bottled beer and didn't have much of a head. However I still enjoyed it. 

I still enjoy more traditional ales, I enjoy drinking lager a lot less nowadays though. 

Was passing the Jinney Ring near Bromsgrove and there's a craft beer place there so rude not to drop in. 

I've never actually had Bathams, I know it has a high standing for those in black country and those that drink it regularly, so about time I tried it. 

Pump up the Jam for similar reasons, its been mentioned here a few times but never got round to buying some. 

Tony Rebel - Shimmy Shimmy NEIPA

Black Iris - Metamorphosis Strawberry and Basil Gose

Staggeringly Good - Spared no expense DIPA

Going away for the weekend to a log cabin so planning on taking them with a few Vocation ones from Tesco

18 minutes ago, mottaloo said:

This is the one I mean :

 

but don't know how to save it or remove it from the tweet.

I recently found out about an app called Video downloader for Twitter (TwDown) on android but think it could be available on apple too. Which you can copy the clip from a tweet and store in phone. 

Anything to go on here would require some converting or using a host site I guess, but it's useful way of stealing things of twitter. 

Spoke to my GP earlier about The X-ray & scan I had a few weeks ago. I was hoping it was going to be something that could be a more straight forward fix, but I have some arthritis. So it's more about trying to manage it, until it gets to the stage where I might need a knee replacement. 

Did an NHS self referral for physio, but don't imagine that's happening anytime soon, so need to check how much it's going to cost to do it privately. 

5 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

Yeah I did this before a while ago because we were constantly getting "you were out" cards from Royal Mail when we were in.

Caught him red handed and his excuse was "I came earlier with the parcels and you weren't in, I'm just coming round a second time with the slips for everyone that wasn't in"

Total bullshit

Not Royal Mail but have had it happen a couple of times to me where I've been in and waiting for something with no chance I wouldn't hear the bell or a knock and a card had been left. 

That said I've also had people come out when they've seen the card, and not been happy and said why didn't I knock, when I always do at least twice. Once it happened, just after having been shouted at for knocking too hard, when both would have been roughly the same. 

I could only imagine doing so something like that though if I didn't have a pen/ran out earlier or no cards, but I'd still have the parcel so while I was there I'd try again anyway. 

6 hours ago, Genie said:

We had a parcel delivered from Amazon on Saturday whilst we were out, the driver had gone round the side of the house, reached over the gate to unlock it, then opened a garden storage box and placed it in there. Then relocked the gate on his way out. I wasn’t happy about that. 

As a Postie, I will try a gate if there is no one in and see if there is somewhere in the back to leave a parcel, if its open. If its bolted, but I can unlock it I wouldn't do it as I do feel that's a bit intruding. 

Not really sure how it's worked out or whether it's been posted before. I'm certain there will be a few debatable ones too. 

Popular/best selling artists by English County origin. 

Have had ACL reconstruction on one knee, and just waiting for results on a scan on the other as having issues with that. So not directly related, I'd just say make the effort with whatever rehab you have. 

18 minutes ago, Seat68 said:

Vague on details but I was at a Reading festival one year where there was barrier problems whilst System of a Down were on. There were problems with the barrier all weekend but I think it collapsed whilst they were playing. 

 

Edit. Internet said it was Leeds festival, not one to argue with the internet but thought it was Reading as I favoured that festival at that period. 

Things have changed a bit over time. I  remember Dave Grohl being very wary of what was going on in the crowd at Reading in 2000 but this was on part because of Roskilde earlier that year. 

Reading didn't have a barrier other than the front, then added one further back and may now have a split in the middle too? I can't remember and not been for several years. For some events this is now also used to rip off fans and charge more. 

I think they are very hot on crowd control and security, risk assessments and such like in the UK but I imagine there is still some risk. 

6 hours ago, AVFCDAN said:

Whereabouts was that? i know tilt have some cracking porters and stouts and they are around that price point.

I bought a can of it from Tesco and a month or 2 ago, it was about a fiver I think. 

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17 minutes ago, Xela said:

Some interesting ones there. Quite fancy trying the Tony's Hopolonely, but they don't have it at the Morrisons I use. They have a marshmallow and chocolate stout called 'Layer Cake', which I haven't picked up yet, but will do so soon. 

It was only by chance I went in, as was visiting my Nan who needed some fags so went to the Maypole Sainsburys as its not far. They had a craft beer festival on so they were reduced too. 

I have had Layer Cake, thought it was OK. 

Had a rare visit to Sainsburys earlier and they had a few that I haven't tried. 

I liked all 3. Need to have the Urban fog again as managed to pierce it when I got home, so had to drink it prematurely and not chilled. It still went down well and had an interesting taste. 

I wasn't too hopeful with the White chocolate and raspberry milkshake IPA but actually really enjoyed it. 

No luck here either, but only tried again for some popular athletics sessions. 

We used to go to snobs on a Wednesday but lived in Worcester at the time with money tight we avoided a taxi back. If we didn't find somewhere to go after. It was the 630am train usually getting away without paying and plenty of time killing beforehand, which normally just meant chilling and having a joint or 2. 

A Saturday night was usually a birthday or something so it was better planned and got a taxi. Apart from the raves at the Q club when it was the first bus back.

We'd been going out on Thursday nights in Worcester, pretty much from GCSE exam leave onwards so we're desperate for something different and better music. 

Not sure if Worcester is an better now as the Uni has expanded. I don't know what clubs they have there now.