Congratulations!

Glad he's doing well. Have you managed to sort out getting home yet?

Thinking of you all.

oh yeah, I always get those two muddled up!

Isn't the waterhead either currently shut or about to shut for another refurb?

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so glad your Dad has sorted himself out sounds like he is being just the support you need.

We all know you can do this.

xxx

branston pickle is good on cheese on toast – and stirred into macaroni cheese.

cheese – some under some on top of the beans.

Sorry to hear that Binners. All the best.

It's one of GF's favourite films. I started watching it with him and fell asleep, I haven't yet been forgiven.

What a positive start to 2010! Fantastic news.

Sorry to hear that Bushwacked, but you never know, it could all work out for the best like it has for me.

All the best.

Have a great Christmas Mark and Meg. xx

I actually find high heels work quite well in snow and ice, kind of like crampons.

Yup pretty much always wear lycra. i ahve two pairs of baggies, and neither ar that comfortable.

Oh, and there are few better sights than a fit man in lycra.

Sorry I didn't let you know we weren't coming. got home to find no internet, and it's been down all weekend. Hope you had a good ride

samwidge shop.

we're still sorting out weekend plans but we're a maybe on this one. Will confirm yes / no tonight.

35 – work in direct mail industry.

skinny and pointy.

Good 🙂

Tom, have you got the message yet? don't do it 🙂

you get a new bike about every 5 minutes mick!!! Nice though 🙂 How was the wedding?

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What GrahamS and several others do. Works fine for us.

Muddy, I know exactly what you mean about being unmtivated. on my bad days, I have barely been able to get out of bed, to even contemplate going out on a bike was utterly ridiculous. When you cannot summon up whatever it is you need to put the kettle on or change the tv channel, of course you cannot go out on a bike!

But honestely, you can sort this out. Go and see the doctor and get referred to the mental health team. I know you said you'd had a bad experience before with the pills & the side effects, but that combined with the mental health team will help, I promise.

Feel free to email me, my email is in profile.

Goign back a couple of pages,

The bottom line is that he had no 'real' reason to do something so utterly selfish & stupid. – The problems he had were nothing in real terms.

The problem is that when you are depressed you don't see this. In many ways, during my recent bout, I was happier than I have ever been – nothing was wrong at all, decent job earning good money, nice house, 2 cats, very happy marriage etc. But depression doesn't work like that unfortunately. I'm very sorry for your loss and that of his family though.

plenty of reasons for later periods other than pregnancy. Suggest a test before you get all hot under the collar about it.

Olly, our Cosmo's had a bat before too, we were impressed. It got away too, so good result all round.

I can see how soul destroying it must be, but don't confuse loneliness with worthlessness. And ignore people spouting about dole scroungers, there are a lot of people on the dole just now through no fault of their own. You've paid your taxes for years to cover this eventuality, and you will find another job in the end.

water.

Sharrow Bay? Miller Howe?

2 x 24 solos.

I would love to do something really massive like the great divide, but that's a kind of pie in the sky dream really.

Kit talks the sense.

Mangoridebike, it's great that your wife is doing that. My view about medication is that it should be seen as a stepping stone to get you out of the deep pit and in a state that's receptive to other help.

Thanks everyone, once againg you are all lovely 🙂

Muddydwarf, please go and seek help. It's not a competition about who has things worse, it doesn't matter what the cause is, if you are not coping you need to work something out.

You've had a hell of a lot to deal with over the last year, of course it's affected you.

And acutally, when I finally realised that I needed to sort it out, there was not acutally anything going wrong in my life – happy marriage, good job, friends etc etc. On the surface, I had no problems at all. But I just wasn't functioning at all.

Please make an appointment with your doctor tomorrow. It doesn't have to be pills, all though they do provide a great starting point for you to sort other things out. They also referred me to the mental health team for a review and that's how I got the CBT course.

Please let us know how you get on.

Good advice MikeT-23, I learned a long time ago that binge drinking really is not worth it, I get such a down the next day or two. Now I just keep up a nice regular intake of G&T to maintain the right levels 😉

He knows it's for his own good in the long run Kimbers.

Thanks all. I was quite amused to read that low mood and irritability were two of the withdrawal effects – not very helpful! So far though, am feeling great 🙂

Yup, we always play too. I'm rubbish at the science questions, he's rubbish at the literature ones – combined, we do ok 🙂

Yay for bike riding! That's gotta help moral surely?

Now, I think it's time you start planning a big STW meet, or perhaps an STW tour of britain, so you can meet your public 😉

And thanks for the begrudging messages about how I look 'alright'…!

I'd say you look like a bit of "alright" 😉