Melrick
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This day 6 years ago, I landed in New York, my first time in the US. Hard to believe it was that long ago. That trip was when I saw snow for the first time. That was very exciting. Although I soon realised what a pain in the arse it is.
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I’m used to sweating, not freezing, so doing both within seconds of each other just confuses my poor mind. lol
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If you decide to visit again, come in August so you can laugh at all of us when we complain about it being 95°F, and we’re melting.
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Deal!
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No prostate cancer for me! So that’s pretty good news to get just before Christmas.
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Fantastic good news!
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that is fantastic news!
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Great news! Glad to read it.
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Got to be honest, sitting down is pretty rough when you’ve had a prostate biopsy. Even sitting on a pillow doesn’t help much!
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You need a doughnut shaped pillow. Trust me on this one. Or trust the daft bugger.
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One of those donut shaped cushions would probably help, but I don’t have one, so bugger it, I’ll put up with it.
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At least this part is over with.
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Well I’m off on my holiday, leaving very early tomorrow and getting back on the 15th. Try not to burn the place down while I’m away.
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It was good, but I’m also happy to be back home and back to normal.
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When I was young, I didn’t appreciate just how much of adult life would be taken up with trying to answer the eternal question of “Is this shirt still damp or just cold?”. I can’t pretend to not be disappointed.
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That mean the dryer element went out again?
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The thing is, a lot of clothes shouldn’t be put in the dryer, because they’ll shrink if you do. It’s funny how many people say they put clothes in the dryer all the time, as if it’s no issue, but then you ask them if clothes shrink and they say they do, a lot. Well that would be why.
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Top temperature today was 42.3c (108.1f), but the top ‘feels like’ temperature was 50.3c (122.5f). Woo!
I’m ready for autumn now, thank you.
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I’ll try turning it off and on again, see if that helps.
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My physics professor used to say, when something wasn’t working, that we should hit it. Fifty percent of the time, that would fix whatever was broken, and the other fifty percent of the time? Well, it was broken anyway and giving it a good thumping would make you feel better.
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Aw, the good old “percussive persuasion” @BronxWench?
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And now I’ve had my colonoscopy without anesthetic. The procedure itself wasn’t a problem at all; the hours of horrific diarrhoea before it, on the other hand, now that was nasty.
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Dear gods, man! You’d best keep us posted as to the results, although I imagine it’s going to make one hell of a photo album.
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I’ve had a few of those but never under anaesthesia. They usually give me a mild sedative that helps me relax, but I’m usually chatting away with the doctor and nurse, and watching the monitor while they do it. But I absolutely agree with you on the preparations. To describe it in a very vivid phrase, it’s like shitting the fires of Hell…
I’ll admit, the last two times I’ve gone in, my gastro told me not to prep, and I felt SO sorry for him. But he’s the expert, so he should know why he didn’t want the prep done… 
But please, keep us updated on the capsule’s journey, that will be a hoot to read, I’m sure
Also, on a more serious note, I hope you get the all clear and that everything will be alright
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I’ll be sure to keep you all updated. lol
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I had a mini break alone last week. I had dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant. Everyone around me was eating fancy meals with glasses of wine and champagne that they were clinking together. I had pizza, mousse for dessert and a mug of hot chocolate. I’m a takeaway and fast food joint kind of guy. These are not my people.
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If you wind up back this way, we’ll go to JG Melon’s again, for a good burger and perfect Key Lime pie
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Years ago, while visiting a friend & his GF, we went into a steak place, pretty fancy, one look at the menu prices ($50 to start), it was like “nope”. Went back to go with a frozen pizza (cooked, of course), way better decision.
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JG Melon’s burger was genuinely the best burger I’ve ever had, and that key lime pie was sublime! btw, we wouldn’t call anything like that a pie here, we’d call it a tart. A pie is only something with a filling inside a pastry thing, like a meat pie.
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I had a gastroscopy done yesterday, without any sedation, since I needed to drive myself home afterwards and carry on looking after mum. That was… unpleasant.
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Hopefully I’m never cursed by one of these procedures, but now I know to opt for the sedation.
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With rare exceptions, when sedation is offered, it’s like Yogi Berra’s fork in the road. You take it.
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Drugs are your friend, at least in these situations! lol
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Sitting at my desk last night and some movement on the floor to my right caught my attention. It was a giant spider, lumbering across the floor. It turned out to be an Australian tarantula, our biggest spider. The other night it was a foot long lizard. What the hell is it about my room?
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Both the lizard and millipede fought hard for their lives, but they didn’t reckon with someone as stubborn as me. And millipedes that large do not go down easy, let me tell you! If it could have given me the finger, it would have.
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I say Disney Princesses are allowed to kick ass, whether it be tarantulas, lizards, or millipedes, so Melrick keeps his tiara.
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Perfect. I concur with the above speaker
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I’ve finally been able to actually catch up with processing people wanting to join the forum! Yay!
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On this day 3 years ago, I was climbing up the Statue of Liberty. Good times.
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I live closer to it, yet I’ve never climbed up it, nor been in NY. (One flight I was on did overfly it, a bit over a decade ago now.)
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I loved my visit there. I initially found the city to be intimidating as hell, but you helped settle me down, and then I felt I fitted in much better.
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Mum got her first covid vaccine shot today.
I mean, things aren’t exactly troublesome down here, but it’s still definitely nice to have.
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Yes, the government up here has also decided to not use the AstraZeneca vaccine for the under 50 crowd, because of those blood clot cases. But as far as I know they’re pretty much on schedule with the vaccine plans, so my parents (mum has underlying conditions, and dad’s turning 69 this year) should be up this month, and then hopefully I’ll be getting mine near the end of the month, start of May. And we’ve got decent control of the pandemic up here as well, although we had a fourth wave pick up just around Christmas, which is thankfully back under control.
Let’s hope you guys stay on track with keeping Covid under control (knock on wood) and that you’ll get the jab soon. And I can only imagine how much stress it lifts for you that your mum is getting her jabs, and therefore getting some level of protection
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The health district that we live in is called the Hunter New England health district, which is nearly 132,000 square kilometres in size, just to give you an idea, and we haven’t had a single case of Covid for 251 days, so we’ve been living life pretty normally for quite a while now. And here’s hoping that continues!
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Alrighty then… Iceland is 103.000 km2 total 
And we’re definitely not doing that well Population is somewhere around the 350 000 mark now, I think. But I hope you guys keep doing that well, and that we’ll catch up eventually
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Around this time last year, we were dealing with devastating fires and serious water restrictions. Now we’re having record rainfalls and devastating floods. At least you can’t say we don’t have variety in Australia!
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omg a plague of spiders and mice! remind me never to visit austraila! but be safe Melrick! guess i wont complain about the weather either
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lol I read about the spiders. I’m not bothered by spiders, so that doesn’t worry me. Well, as long as the deadly ones stay outside.
Today was a day of sunshine! Actually sunshine! Man that feels good. Some areas got 1 metre of rain in a 7 day period, which is about 3.3 feet.
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A lady by the username of Maidenhair, who used to be a regular on here years ago, has sadly passed away. She was a funny, selfless person who was always willing to help others. 56 is way too young. RIP Linda.
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So now my mum has lost the sight in her right eye. Just when things were looking up for her, Mother Nature takes another dump in her lap. One fucking thing after another.
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Thank you, I appreciate it.
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Prayers for you & mum, Mel. I’m very sorry to learn she has even more hurdles ahead.
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Thank you, Pitt. I don't think it pays to get old.
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A bird recently shat on my head. Apparently that’s lucky, although I can’t say it felt lucky at the time. Still, perhaps the lucky bit was that it was a seagull and not one of the 28lb pelicans we were surrounded by.
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Oh, the puns that can be had here… I think I’ll hold off….
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I sea, but eye’m not one to hold back from puns. I might even make it a gull to throw around as many puns as possible. XD
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Resisting…. trying to avoid temptation …. about how shitty the day’s going, or how the head is full of it… resisting.
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Second time now I’ve spent a whole day with sensitive nipples. Weird. Is it normal for a guy to have periodic sensitive nipples? Is it normal for women, come to think of it. Can’t say its very pleasant.
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Sometimes your nerve endings in any part of your body can become sensitive or inflamed. I get it in the skin of my arms and legs on occassion. It’s not like a rash, it doesn’t get discoloured and the texture doesn’t change, it’s just increasingly sensitive to touch and cold, and sometimes can get painful. When it comes to the nipples, specifically, it’s a naturally sensitive part of your body. More so for some people than others, regardless of gender. It cooould be sign of a hormonal shift, which could be caused by food your eating, or medical issues, medications.
Since this is the second time, I’d consider what has changed about your routine around the time that it started. You can also go to a naturopath and request a full hormone workup, which is pretty much just a spit test where they ship it off and give you a report of your hormone levels. At least in canada, GPs will only test your testosterone and estrogen, but you got more hormones than that, lol.
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Just so long as it’s not bad sunburn. Dear gods, that’s unpleasant as the hells…
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Nope definitely not a sunburn. I’m a guy, so my normal routine is to wait until things are actually hanging out or falling off before going to the doctor. But if it does it again then I might do something about it. Or possibly wait for it to do it another 15 or 20 times first. lol
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Lakeside picnic with mum on a sunny 25C winter’s day. Not a bad day.
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To my surprise, they fixed the outage much quicker than they predicted. Sometimes I think they deliberately give a long repair time just so you’re happy with them when it’s fixed quicker than that.
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Well, that wouldn’t surprise me, but we’re glad to have you back!
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Fingers crossed, mine should be restored this evening.
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Here’s hoping! It’s boring without the internet.
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No internet until possibly 27th.
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i told ya you need to pay your bill Melrick! butttt nooooooo! lol
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It's like being back in the 80's again. Well, apart from the mobile phone.
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Feel your pain, mine's out too, so I won't confirm checking in at work....
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A conspiracy theory says that Australia doesn’t actually exist. Well, that’s… concerning, since I actually live there.
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An island that’s also a nation and a continent does seem a little too fictitious. No, that can’t be right. Hugh Jackman is real, is he not? Now New Zealand on the other hand, I’ve never actually seen someone from there...
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@Praetor Hobbits are very good at making sure they’re not seen, that’s just in the nature of a hobbit.
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I’m just glad my girlfriend isn’t Australian. At least she isn’t imaginary.
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The duodenum is a C-shaped section of the small intestine that connects directly to the stomach. Medical text books generally state that digestive juices and enzymes from the liver, gallbladder and pancreas empty into the duodenum to aid digestion. Gallbladder?! That’s literally nothing more than a reservoir for the bile given to it by the liver! Stop giving the gallbladder credit for something it doesn’t deserve!
Okay, medical rant over.
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Mother’s Day was yesterday here, but a happy Mother’s Day to my lovely mum, and a happy Mother’s Day to all mum’s.
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So, my mum’s mini strokes can’t be made to go away permanently. Well that’s just fucking dandy. Anybody got a heart in good working order they don’t want anymore?
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And she’s probably not well enough for surgery, unless they could do a minimally invasive Maze procedure or something. Sorry it’s been so tough.
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Yeah surgery seems out of the question. Ah well, we just have to cross our fingers and hope things improve somehow. Just one of the joys of growing old I guess.
