Pigeon_Droppings2
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My Sherman is still sitting in its box in my loft...bought months and months ago...no time off yet 
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hobby_machinist
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My telwin mask is the same, just has different design. It serves me for around 2-3 years with no problems
Feet 'n Inches
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My neighbour gave me this bevel he'd picked up from a car boot sale. Handmade by the looks of it with body and blade around 6".
Cato
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Looks like an apprentice piece.
As an apprentice you thought that sort of cutting and filing stuff was boring and pointless, just made up by the 'old blokes' because they were miserable gits. A few years/decades down the line you realise it was pretty much the best way possible to develop basic hand skills and get your eye in on standards.
Feet 'n Inches
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One of the tasks I had was to take a 2" block of mild steel, cut one face with a hacksaw as square as possible to the other faces and file two adjacent faces both square to each other and flat across the faces. You were allowed a maximum of two blocks - one for practice, the second was your test piece. Took several days but the test piece was approved.
slim_boy_fat
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] I received news I didn't want to hear, when attending a hospital clinic. Apparently the daily chemo capsule I've been taking for three years [along with associated and assorted other drugs] is no longer working at keeping my cancer at bay, and the Consultant is changing the regime/drug(s) to another one.So, as of next week I'll be visiting hospital 40 miles away every week to have this drug administered by injection under the skin, following an infusion [luckily lasting c 10 minutes iirc] of another one. As far as I [or they?] can tell, it'll be weekly for 10-12 weeks[?], then fortnightly for a similar period then every month from then on. That'll be my Tuesdays mapped out for a while then....
The Consultant is going to try to get these eventually done at our local [very small] hospital, subject [I think] to a suitably trained Member of staff being available. This would be much more convenient and cut out loads of travelling. He also wants a video consultation [the facility is available there, I believe] the day before I undergo treatment #5 at Raigmore hospital in Inverness, presumably to check there have been no cumulative bad side effects.
I did a quick mental calculation of the cost(s) associated with the chemo capsule treatment over these past three years and the figure comes to....
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Nick DV
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Sorry to hear that SBF, but good luck with the new treatment. Crazy costs but so what, it's worth every penny - even at ten times the amount! Cannot put a cost on someone's life in my book 
slim_boy_fat
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Sorry to hear that SBF, but good luck with the new treatment. Crazy costs but so what, it's worth every penny - even at ten times the amount! Cannot put a cost on someone's life in my book
Thanks. Bearing in mind I had a stem-cell transplant 7.5 years ago, I must qualify for the title 'The Million Dollar Man' by now.
Nick DV
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Well at that rate you'll be the 'Six Million Dollar Man' in 45 years, meaning you'll be able to run very fast and leap over houses!
slim_boy_fat
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Again, thanks. There are always side-effects, it's just the severity which varies - some patients are more fortunate in this than others and luckily mine haven't been at the 'worst' end of the spectrum so far....
Shox Dr
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Todaywell, yesterday actually [but I'm usually late to any party
I did a quick mental calculation of the cost(s) associated with the chemo capsule treatment over these past three years and the figure comes to....
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Sorry to hear that,
but good they picked up on it I bet the cost of the tablets fades in comparison to the Consultants fees.And at least you know where some of the money has gone in the Scottish NHS the Scottish gov has squandered
slim_boy_fat
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And at least you know where some of the money has gone in the Scottish NHS the Scottish gov has squandered
Let's not go there, lest....
Arc Tourist
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Todaywell, yesterday actually [but I'm usually late to any party
So, as of next week I'll be visiting hospital 40 miles away every week to have this drug administered by injection under the skin, following an infusion [luckily lasting c 10 minutes iirc] of another one. As far as I [or they?] can tell, it'll be weekly for 10-12 weeks[?], then fortnightly for a similar period then every month from then on. That'll be my Tuesdays mapped out for a while then....
The Consultant is going to try to get these eventually done at our local [very small] hospital, subject [I think] to a suitably trained Member of staff being available. This would be much more convenient and cut out loads of travelling. He also wants a video consultation [the facility is available there, I believe] the day before I undergo treatment #5 at Raigmore hospital in Inverness, presumably to check there have been no cumulative bad side effects.
I did a quick mental calculation of the cost(s) associated with the chemo capsule treatment over these past three years and the figure comes to....
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Sounds like your consultant and the NHS is taking good care of you.
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slim_boy_fat
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Sounds like your consultant and the NHS is taking good care of you.
Indeed they are, I've had the best possible attention and treatment over the years and can't complain about the NHS up here. I am aware that others have not been so lucky - quite the opposite in fact.
Scruffywelder
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Not sure if acquiring one of these is a bright idea or not
mpats
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At least they have an alternate treatment, that's good news. Decent bit of journeying though which isn't exactly ideal. Hopefully they get someone trained locally relatively soon for you.Todaywell, yesterday actually [but I'm usually late to any party
So, as of next week I'll be visiting hospital 40 miles away every week to have this drug administered by injection under the skin, following an infusion [luckily lasting c 10 minutes iirc] of another one. As far as I [or they?] can tell, it'll be weekly for 10-12 weeks[?], then fortnightly for a similar period then every month from then on. That'll be my Tuesdays mapped out for a while then....
The Consultant is going to try to get these eventually done at our local [very small] hospital, subject [I think] to a suitably trained Member of staff being available. This would be much more convenient and cut out loads of travelling. He also wants a video consultation [the facility is available there, I believe] the day before I undergo treatment #5 at Raigmore hospital in Inverness, presumably to check there have been no cumulative bad side effects.
I did a quick mental calculation of the cost(s) associated with the chemo capsule treatment over these past three years and the figure comes to....
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Collected this for @Milkybars tonight.
And because I did a good deed I thought I deserved a treat.
The seller also had this
A true us of a vw rabbit badge.
Couldn't help myself
And because I did a good deed I thought I deserved a treat.
The seller also had this
A true us of a vw rabbit badge.
Couldn't help myself
