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.

I think the Burnley situation is getting to you Stan , you really do need to come to terms with it.

Ditto for Dil as well 😂

:-)

Actress Dame June Whitfield dies aged 93 R.I.P

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World Bank president Jim Yong Kim abruptly resigns

surely he hasn't suddenly been served with some massive corruption charge?

Another meaningless statement https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46788530

No, it is not that little toad Bercow. It is Romeo, the world’s loneliest frog, who after 10 years alone in his aquarium tank, has finally found his Juliet. Or better, researchers have found her for him, lazy sod.
Expedition leader Teresa Camacho Badani of the Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny in Cochabamba City said, ‘Romeo is really calm and relaxed and doesn’t move a whole lot.’ Typical Burnley male then.
His mate, Juliet, is rather different, she told the BBC, saying, ‘She’s really energetic, she swims a lot and she eats a lot and sometimes she tries to escape. Typical expatriate female then. Probably talks and spends a lot too.

If you can swim why don't you join them?

I went to see an orthopedic surgeon yesterday about a knee problem. The upshot was that we decided to go for a partial knee replacement using a 3D printed implant. It is done by a US company called Conformis.
The procedure is interesting. The leg is first CT scanned from hip to ankle so that an accurate 3D view of the problem is available. The images are sent to Conformis where they are then manipulated to show what the bone structure should look like, undamaged. The gap gives an exact 3D picture of the implant required. A jig is then 3D printed in nylon which allows the surgeon to set the leg in the correct position to receive the implant. The implant mould is also 3D printed in wax for whatever final material is required, usually titanium. The turnaround is about 6 weeks. The 3D process can be used to print artificial cartilages for your exact requirement. A brave new world.
Before Fred steps in, no it hasn't advanced to brain implants but when it does, I will be the first to advise him. As for Stan, well even the best doctors have to throw up their hands occasionally.

Very interesting.

But after your implant, I would suggest that you keep the old knee and throw the rest of your body away!

There are usually waste bins near the theatres.

Ha ha. I think you mean keep the new knee Fred. Not worth doing otherwise.

Ouch! What's the rehab on that operation, iturama?

Whoops! there go's another one https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46900918

It,

Not in your case.

Its fairly straight forward Hilary. One or two nights in hospital. Normally you can stand on it, with a frame or crutch, after about 2 - 3 hrs. 3 weeks and it should be a distant memory.

Live in hope!

You'll be playing for Burnley before you know it It :-)

That doesn't sound too bad, Iturama. It's the rehab that puts me off (not that I need a new knee, but I did put off an ACL reconstruction at the 11th hour a few years back because of the long rehab).

skiing?