luckily for me my job pays for a yearly MOT at a local private clinic – and before anyone asks it’s totally confidential – blood and piss works, all the usual checks and questions and cause Im over 50 I also get to be fisted and have my prostrate tickled – which is a nice bonus

A few years ago when a pal from Manchester came up to stay with me he was somewhat annoyed to be describe as from down south. I live in Edinburgh”

you are all shandy drinking southerners to me

waves from Norway

51 with a 5 yr old son keeping me young and knackered

still feeling great albeit with a number of old injuries giving near constant background grief

I put keeping feeling young down to beer and punk rock

yawnnnnnnn have I missed something?

oh Christ that is dire

Sounds like a John Cooper Clarke song

can get tested at your Doctors if you go in complaining of tiredness and muscle aches and then mention the lack of sunlight etc

and as already said – Vit D3

Shaun of the Dead

nuke from space

try bike24

it wasnt meant to be flippant

I know some people who turned to self medicating because of lack of success in the traditional NHS route

ketamine is pretty easy to get down your local nightclub

maybe this thread could be linked to the one about saving the planet and trying to cut down on using resources and stuff

you know like energy and water and chemicals

prolly about 3 or 4 times a week max

it’s too much really and not necessary unless doing sport

A treat for me is to have it alone – i.e. without a 5 yr old causing mayhem in the area

One thing that helps here in Norway is the main garage brand (ex Statoil and now called Circle K) have a deal where you buy a coffee mug with a lid and you get free coffee from any of their petrol stations for one year. But a new mug each Jan.

although to be fair, and I applaud everyone’s efforts, individual contributions like these have a very small impact. And if anyone flies abroad on vacation then that totally trashes any “saving” you may have made on anything else. Real impact must be forced by government on business and consumers

but I still try cause it makes me feel better about myself

Already try and buy local food only but could go hunting and fishing a bit more

Only eat meat once a week as is

but everyone is right about the plastic horror

do as much “upcycling” as possible

I guess the Intel chip news could have an impact?

is that possible?

Ive moved around the world too much and met too many people.

The mates I had when I grew up still live in the UK and I’m in Norway so we don’t see each other much.And over the last 10 years the spark of friendship has faded

Congrats

Another old Pappa here. Was 46 when my son was born – 5 years ago. The Norwegian wifey is 10 years younger then me so Ive got a ready made nurse for when I’m totally worn out – about 5 years I guess

non story really

I have Netflix for the kiddie

Its full of kiddie stuff really worth the cost. Me and the missus have never actually watched anything for ourselves. But we will sometime. But just for the kiddie its worth the cost

well seeing as kids at Nursery sleep outside in these temps here in Norway I dont see your problem unless there’s a blizzard and wind chill issues

we are all different in our own special way

oh sh1t poor you

I managed 12 months and it was horrifying

I’m still out to the original question

glass of water and a ginger biscuit

Santa is a bit puritan in Norway

with decent wood flooring it doesnt feel cold at all. You could even put some hot water heating under it if you really wanted.

that reminds me – the missus wants a nice fire tonight.

But this is Norway and almost everyone has a wood burner

Q8 is awful. Nothing to do except go to the mall and eat or leave to Dubai for the weekend

and those salaries are really really really low for over there

steak, chips and bearnaise sause
starting with a Scarecrow beer and moving onto a Rioja
Tracy Thorn Xmas cd from a few years ago

100 quid for a check up and clean by an hygenist

Every Dentist I’ve known has been a total caner to deal with the tedium/ stress of the job

are you a survivalist prepper?

there are loads of sites like this – most in the USA

and it’s shortened to EDC

for example[/url]

When my kid was 2.5 – Brio stuff

pocket billiards

and

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

First book of his that Ive read and it’s very good. Great world building and one of the best ever “aliens”

Permanent Waves is still one of my favourite all time best albums – probably cause it was the first Rush album I bought when it was first released.