What have you done today

[Fat Rat]

 

[Graham62]

Good luck with your recovery and keep us updated with how it goes. 😊

[MilozFolly]

Ouch - sounds horrid.  Hope you're back up an running (sorry) quickly.

[nigel s]

Maybe if anyone clocks  the scar and asks,

Use that 1000 yard stare over their shoulder and say  "sorry, can't talk about that one" ... then walk away muttering about Tibetan Monks.

Or ,

It's alright ,the ostrich wasn't hurt.

Or ,

 " ask Joe "  with a pointed look at Joe ( insert name of bloke standing next to you)......" he still owes me" .

Or ,

You came across a suicide pact  involving super glue / cheese wire / tall buildings....mostly worked out OK in the end.

That last one will need some work.


Ho Hum

[Barbel Mick]

Today is Remembrance Sunday so I attended the local Remembrance Day Parade. A great turn out as usual & lovely to see lots of younger ones out  showing respect to the fallen.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

[2112]

Today I caught this little 'intruder' on one of my Blink cameras -

[2112]

Today saw the last grass cut of the year 

[nigel s]

You say that..I am still seeing midges

[mr_diver]

Not so much today, but over the last few weeks.

Serviced my car - Oil, oil & air filter.
I think the Renault mechanic was taking the pi$$ when he fitted the oil filter- OK they did advise me that he the front disk and drop links would fail the MOT, and I said I'll sort the issues ad bring it back for MOT - which was a lie as it went to my local MOT station after I'd   done the work.
I just needed the stamp in the book for the PCP (which we have since paid off) - I say this as the oil filter would not come of with both hands around it - my chain type grips didn't have enough space to work so I had to get the self adjusting tool from Halfords - £15 - and had to take the scooter as I'd drained the oil and used an engine flush.
I had to use the 3ft breaker bar and and quite a bit of force to remove the bloody filter. In fact I split the filter in places - I'm surprised the prick at Renault didn't use lock tight on it! 

Then I've had a tow bar fitted to my Sandero and bought myself an Erde trailer - 2nd hand, but in OK nick, but the tyres were perished. Cheaper to buy a new pair of complete wheels than to change the tyres on the slightly rusty rims. 
I've also changed the wheel bearings while I was there - quite a battle as one had rusted to the spindle.

I've also been busy fixing my in-laws car- they came round for food last week and conveniently broke down outside when they went to leave.
The aux belt had come off - no water pump, power steering,  air on or alternator - messing around with the lights on for 10 mins before they came back in had also drained the battery to the point of a no start. 
Next day in the light of day could see there were no issues with the belt, or the rollers, or tensioner. 
Quite a bit had to come off to allow access, but I got a spanner on the tensioner and got the belt back on, charged the battery in the house on my big charger and she started fine later on. No issues since with the belt - strange how it just came off 

Four days later I get a call from them saying there is a warning light on the dash- and they’ve been driving it like that for 2 days, but the MOT is booked for the following day
Turns out it was just the reversing bulb has blown... on closer inspection I can se why - there is a small pool of water in the rear light cluster, just over the level of the reversing bulb... inside is all rusted - bit of ACF50 and a new bulb and all is well again. 

[Fat Rat]

Following my knee replacement, I am on a cocktail of pain meds, however, I am finding the self administered, herbal pain management solution, quite effective.

[Rusty Nuts]

I never had you pegged as a stoner, but doctor’s orders...

[Fat Rat]

Definitely not a Stoner. There have been a couple of times throughout my life where this stuff is useful. This is definitely one of them.

Edibles are soooo convenient

[Brockett]

A work colleague had a knee replacement. I visited him in hospital. When you hear the words Knee replacement it doesn't always sink in exactly what that means and how it is done. He was only too eager to show us that he had staples down his leg from mid thigh to below the knee.  Made me feel quite feint. Six months later he had his prostate removed but I didn't visit.

[Rusty Nuts]

I've watched a knee replacement on tv. Real operating theatre, not dramatised. The very industrial drilling, hammering and chiselling made me feel queasy. Not surprising there's a lot of pain and discomfort,  if you'd had similar in a bike smash it'd be classed as major trauma. Good luck with the recovery,  Andy.

[2112]

My Mrs has a titanium knee joint which (apparently) could be changed like a track rod end if required. Nice to know, but I'd probably let a surgeon do it...

[Rixington43]

It was the swelling and fluid retention that my Dad suffered with more than anything. Hopefully you've already been told this by the NHS but try and sit/sleep with your foot above your arse so fluid can drain from below the knee. My Dad was great the day or two after his op but swelling in his calf got so bad they rushed him in thinking it was DVT, turned out he'd been over using a cold compression cuff whilst sat normally and it had hindered fluid drainage.
Best of luck with it, he's already far better than before the op and he's 79.

[Joe Rocket]

Plenty of time to rewatch meatball surgery series M*A*S*H again. Hope the recovery is speedy.

[Fat Rat]

The very industrial drilling, hammering and chiselling made me feel queasy.

What I wasn't prepared for, was being awake and witnessing that! It was very surreal.

[Rusty Nuts]

I'd have wanted good headphones and a blindfold.

[tonkie]

First ride since my knee replacement back in July 😁


First ride for 4 months by tonkie93, on Flickr