Zlatorog pivo is better than union, but both are good.

I’m sure I’ll get pulled apart by the angry people… but how about a private consultation? Doesn’t mean you have to have private treatment, but at least get a more varied opinion and an idea of what is going on. At the very least they should be able to provide your friend with the right questions to ask, the right treatment plans to request or advise that unfortunately this is just how it is.

greatest thing I’ve seen all day!

Reg Local on you tube. Book is worth it too. Real word fast driving.

If you were a world class, super driver like me… the real fun is in driving as fast as possible, whilst not breaking the speed limit, that way you enjoy the best of the car without getting into trouble (or killing people).

I had this argument with a friend who works in the industry (and briefly for NF) He pointed out that the kind of person who comes into a shop on the high street looking for out door gear is mostly looking for it for dog walking, an up coming holiday to somewhere hostile (scotland) or to look cool whilst feeling warm. Very few people think “I might climb everest next week, I”ll pop into millets and get some kit now”

Awful, hateful things, I’m driving one tonight with 300k on it and I’m surprised it still runs! anyway, can’t give much technical
Advise on the air system except that t fails regularly so if there is a spring alterntive this would be worth having.

Technical wise, contact your local ambulance service, they’ll have mechanics that know only too well every foible of the air system and may have useful advice!

To be fair I feel like this about cycling sometimes. I’ve lost the pleasure of “just going for a ride” I hate riding in traffic, I haven’t been off road in ages (injury stopped that), I commute daily by bike but it’s not an event so much as a £4 saving of not usIng the bus!

Then on a Sunday morning I’ll get up before sunrise, jump in the car and blast round the back roads of North Yorkshire having a great time, get home by 9 feeling exhilarated and ready to make the most of my day.

If you do something enoughbit becomes dull i suppose!

Wrap them in sealed plastic with some silica gel and bury them in the garden. Useful for the end of the world.

Similar position to yours, so I bought a 2003 Audi TT 3.2.

Not really very useful I suppose.

Interestingly I too work for a private health company who recently released advice as above. Not a policy though. Perhaps her manager has misunderstood general good advice with an order?

Voucher for loopmasters or similar, Maschine is effectively a controller and the computer adds the noises, a synth is a stand alone noise maker (ish, it’s slightly more complicated).

Native instruments donsome good sound packages as well

£25-£45 p/month generally, a&e services still via nhs, fracture follow up available privately with consultant orthopaedic specialist related to relative bone. May advise nhs for some aspects of care, but generally the main benefit of private healthcare for acute issues like this is quicker treatment, being able to choose appointments more flexibly and outcomes closer related to your goals. (Nhs did a fine job with my shoulder so I could move my arm, private didna fine job of fixing my shoulder so I could box again.)

You are not waiting a long time as all the doctors are working in private health, almost all drs in private health also work in the NHS.

First week on patient transport service, carrying a little old lady up some steps on the carry chair when my mate at the top of the chair got my attention and invited me to look down…

The patient had a necrotic leg (more like mummified, never seen one like it on a live person since) her toe had caught on my shirt and had fallen off and was now attached, by the curly nail to my shirt.

To this day, the only part of the human body I can’t tolerate is toe nails.

Ikea Beddinge works for me… used it as a full time bed for 6 months as well.

The art of manliness is quite good

The one time someone tried to force their way into my house I punched him in the face and slammed the door on his arm. I felt like a badass. Was then anxious four the next 6 months that he’d come back tooled up to deal with my bad assery with a suitable selection of guns/knives/siege weapons. He never did, but I still worry. Though I possibly broke his arm.

I wrote a risk assessment for the tiger that came to tea as an example for a colleague. She then shared it around various NHS trusts and I’m a little embarrassed when it comes up, it is a solid risk assessment though…

Former clinical advisor in 111/999 (paramedic) it’s a good life, starting wage is about £20k for call handlers, plenty of overtime, 12 hour shifts on my trust so 3/4 days a week working. It can be hard, frustrating, upsetting and stressful. It can also be funny, exciting and you’ll never be short of a “you won’t believe this…” story.

It’s hard on family’s. I was a paramedic when I met my wife, so she’s only known me work shifts. As time goes by it put a lot of strain on our marriage, it’s hard having kids, everything pretty much had to revolve around me. My rota, my sleep pattern etc.

It’s worth doing, you’ll either love it or hate it, and most say they hate it but never leave, but don’t go in blind, consider the wider impact on your family.

Your experience may vary, I loved being in the ambulance servide, it defined me and made me feel like i was doing good, but I’m glad I’m out now!

Parker flighter 45 GT, I use the ball point and pencil daily, the fountain pen is in my office at home but might be going into work soon.

Nice enough that they’re nice to write with, cheap enough (circa £20 each) that they get used daily.

A lot of nonsense and lies on this thread. I’ve worked in the private sector and the NHS, currently working in one of the hospitals on your list, and have worked at least one other. Ton, if you’d like some sensible advice feel free to email me.

Edit, on actually reading a bit more, there is some good advice too.. Nuffield or CAH for my vote.

100mm opening limit. HSE stuff.

2004 Renault Laguna estate. It was comfy, went well, big enough, even looked good IMO. However, you had to keep a hand on the dash to “earth it” else it would cut out, switches didnwhat ever they wanted, to do any work on it you had to take everything apart and the plastics were so brittle they’d brake for every job (new air filter meant new air box, new MAF and inlet hose!)

That was the first “trail” I rode after my shoulder op. It was nice, I liked it.

when you say camper… is it air cooled? fuel lines/ filter clogged or gunk in the carb will make it sluggish to start and it a mechanical fuel pump so it doesn’t take much to upset it

you’re all wrong. Flatwound 12’s. I’m going to go and flex in front of the mirror now and wear a baseball cap recreationally.

but seriously, they do sound nice!

Leeds has 2 hennconner lanes 6 miles apart, but I guess town street is probably the easiest one, there’s loads of them!

I was told no driving for 6-8 weeks, but was able to do short journeys within 5, because my wife is a terrible driver. Auto makes it easier, I found bringing my seat further forward helped a bit as well.

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though i suspect it would not be enough to subsidise a STW real ale/audi/ 2 new bikes a year lifestyle!

A bit left field, but maybe set her up right for future employment by looking into online jobs? Paid moderators, data entry, there’s websites full of “jobs”! Thatbate paid by the task, ideal for a few hours per week. My BiL got paid to type up 100 years of family letters and scan photos.

I had a fracture/ dislocation to mine. surgery will be 4-6 weeks recovery as a minimum, within three weeks you should feel well enough to start getting it out of the sling.

Getting back on the bike wise, I’ll be honest, I haven’t really ridden a mountain bike since the initial injury. Partly due to a change in circumstances (all my mtb friends are super rad DH manimals, I’m more of a singletrack hunting map reading all day adventure type!), partly due to the fear and also as my shoulder couldn’t take the knocks anymore.

I can ride a road bike, something to do with the rotation i suspect?

Anyway, the main thing is the physio, its a drag, and you get bored, but do it loads, once you’ve finished your NHS physio (Or private if you’re that way inclined) get a physio who knows about cycling as you’ll find that an arm injury will also impact your back, and conversely pelvis/ legs etc.

once I could get my arm out of the sling i spent 2-3 hours a day on the turbo, this is quite good for the shoulder as it meant I could lean into the bars but ease the pressure/ stop if I needed to. I’d recommend WW2 in colour on netflix or long documentaries for this!

Also nappy cream in your armpit and where your arm meets your chest if you’re going to be in a sling for a while!

What skills have you got, and how marketable are they?

Outside of my full time job, I do;

Consulting: working with international companies looking to move into UK markets, earns about £100 a month.

Event work: Registered Paramedic, standing around doing nothing at football/racing/rugby/ music events, £20p/h (limited to weekends due to main job)

Frontline work: Registered Paramedic, 10-12 hour shifts whenever I want, paid at £25p/h. Downside minimum 10 hour shift (usually 12), actually hard work.

in short, to bring in an extra £10k a year, you’re going to have to work very hard and save a lot too. fitting that round your life will be a challenge, and tiredness is a real issue, especially if hours are flexible and you’re chasing the cash.

Easiest gig is probably Uber, but costs could out weigh earnings unless you work a lot of unsocial hours.

Teaching would be my choice… music lessons, tutoring kids in maths/science/English whatever. Assuming you’ve got the skills and patience?

In the basest terms, it’s a business, a competitor makes money if them competing makes money. A good footballer might not seem to be worth 100k a week (and the rest!) but if they bring 120k a week into the club then it makes good business sense.

For the less popular/profitable sports would paying a professional salary bring more money into the business? Who would fund it?

droplink loose? Get underneath, tighten everything and spray everything rubber with silicone lube, if that fixes it, you’ve found the problem!

Cycling/ driving from Caen you can follow the route the allies took. It’s well sign posted and last time I was over there were war era signs and directions, buildings still bullet scarred and lots of small places where two or three soldiers died. My mum lives in land near domfront and if you have the time to look, every village and town has a story

A little bit further round, but Le chaos at longues sur mer, large gun implacements, guns still in place, weirdly beautiful at sunset. Also the look out point is the point where the nazis first spot the fleet from in the longest day film.

Yeah, not sure why auto correct went with cake for
Vale but given I grew up there, it’s probably due to having 3 three thumbs.

Cake of belvoir (pronounced beaver). It’s nice, it’s on the A52, proper rural but 20 mins from Nottingham. So good riding (for the midlands), nice walks/pubs, good restaurants and a sodding big castle.

I need some scaffold boards to fix the benches in the park… are you near leeds? I like the idea of putting it on eBay and sending him the link though.. focusses the mind!

BKD is a strong engine generally. Issues to look for are porous head (losing coolant) leak from egr cooler (losing coolant), egr clogged (remove and clean, replace or bypass), boost hoses popping off (self tapping screw will fix this) and turbo weakness (relative, should be good for 70k at least.) timing belt every 75k I think, budget about £450 for this job.

Pulls well with standard remap, not smokey, makes for a nice rapid car, my touran still returns 47mpg mixed motorway and inner city traffic.

Cooker.