Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

My mother had terrible arthritis for years. She had two replacement knee joints. Both were done in Canada and then both done again in the UK. Her hands were very bad as well. Beware of the arthritis drugs that they prescribe. They are very powerful. The side effects are bad. She died of heart failure due to the drugs.

My son is finishing his Halloween costume. He is going as Shaun in Shaun of the Dead. White shirt, blood, cricket bat covered in blood.

The house they used is near where I grew up and not far from here. I used to take the kids in the supermarket where Shaun goes from his house.

Gees Hays that's cheered me up :0) She is on all sorts of medication could give Boots a run for their money. She is only 54 had one replacement hip, her knees and back are the problem mainly.

CC
Check up on the drugs in the leaflets and on internet. There are drugs which are not so aggressive. Some doctors are lazy and keep prescribing the same drugs for years when better ones are available. There are very good arthritis web sites that discuss the drugs and side effects.

Chris - my call for golf in portugal would be in the lisbon area ..... personally i don't much care for the algarve, for all sorts of reasons, not least that it is so horribly overpriced

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legalising soft drugs (cannabis)
i would be interested to know what the findings across the board have been in NL where cannabis is sold legally

Cheers skinny.

sorry cynic :0)

I seem to remember that some elderly woman got fined a few years ago for growing cannabis in her bedroom wardrobe. She was putting it in her chocolate brownies and sharing it with her friends at her afternoon tea parties. :-)

What a nice man!



Looks like he gave her 2p

Photo op gone wrong!

Does he look shifty or what?

Chris if your wife's problem is her knee joints perhaps due to the wear on the cartilage try Liquid form of Glucosamine, Chondroitin and MSM. Holland and Barratt sell it and it's a reasonable price, I appreciate it may not suit everyone but my wife used to suffer with her knee joints and has taken this for years and has no pain whatsoever. She did try to go without it on a couple of occasions for a 3 or 4 week period but the pain returned. It will take about 3 weeks or so to get working, so if your wife does decide to try it, persevere. Good luck
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Haze,

I think you would probably be taking money out of the cup.

Max, I can visualise you acting as his bodyguard.

Roll on the G/e.


It will interesting to see how low both of you can stoop.

NOW GET BACK TO ROMANIA

Thanks George, she's been there done that and got the T-shirt, sadly didn't work for her. Cheers for the thought though much appreciated.

Funny how he can't even bring himself to look at her. He looks more concerned to make sure he is being photographed.

Talk about shifty

Cynic,

Here is a challenge for you.

If you haven't listen to tonight'd Any Questions/

It was (for me) one of the most interesting program for quiet a while.

The two ladies Ratna Lachman, Allison Pearson, were extremely well spoken, thoughtful and their contributions challenging, although from slightly differerent stances.

David Blunkett seems to have matured better than expected. a bit like old port.

The other is panel member Nadhim Zahawi MP, was I think out of touch and should return to his heated stable.


Max, give it a miss, you are unlikely to understand the arguments.

I must admit Fred, I do struggle with your brand of logic.


But keep it coming, you never know.

Ukip extends lead over Tories in Rochester, new poll finds

A new poll finds that Nigel Farage's party has a 15-point lead over the Conservatives ahead of the Rochester by-election on November 20





By Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent

6:30PM GMT 31 Oct 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage/11202499/Ukip-has-extended-its-lead-over-the-Tories-in-Rochester-new-poll-finds.html


Ukip has extended its lead over the Conservatives in Rochester ahead of a critical by-election, a new poll has found.


The Survation/ Unite poll found that Ukip has increased its lead by eight points to 48 per cent while the Conservatives hold just 33 per cent of the vote.


Conservative backbenchers are increasingly pessimistic of retaining the seat after Mark Reckless, the former Tory MP, triggered the by-election by defecting to Ukip.


Nigel Farage's party will gain its second MP if Mr Reckless wins the seat after Douglas Carswell won in Clacton.


UKIP Leader Nigel Farage MEP said: "This poll is further evidence that the voters of Rochester and Strood simply do not buy David Cameron's lines, nor trust his record on their most immediate concerns: local health, immigration, and job creation.


"While the Conservative Party were spending the first part of the by-election campaign on a PR-exercise for their candidate, and spending most of their election allowances on the derisory 'primary' – UKIP's candidate and our activists were out meeting voters, discussing their priorities, and proving that only we can bring about the change that Rochester, and indeed Britain, needs.

"I'd hate to be David Cameron this Halloween: there'll be no treats, and his tricks aren't working".

fred - AQ must assuredly have been past my bedtime though when i do listen to it, it's on my way back from golf on a sunday .... generally speaking, it is a very good programme