Got my son and wifes brother visiting.
Great for her recovery having family around, not so great for me, running around after the wife, but also 2 grown men who have no idea where the kitchen sink or recycling bins are
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I get the recycling bins, but kitchen sink???
Kitchen sink â hang on Iâve heard about them somewhere
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Fucking bone idle.
Her brothers idea of helping, is to eat and stroke the dog occasionally.
Wife not able/under orders from me not to do housework stuff, if I didnât do it the place would look like a bomb site
Roll on new years day
This one time I had just left the house for work and forgot my gym kit so I went back home. My ex-mother-in-law (someone said I should call her mother out-law now) thought the coast was clear and, with the bathroom door slightly ajar, let out the longest and trumpetiest fart Iâve ever heard (apparently women hold it in for ages due to presence of others and let it out in secret.
She saw that I saw/heard and went âOh shit!â
Just found out one of my cousins in Canada has breast cancer (stage 4). Sheâs going through chemo and there are no outward signs of it affecting her yet. But I know what stage 4 is. One of my uncles died months after he was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer in 2016.
Looking at her Facebook posts I had no idea sheâs going through this. Sheâs smiling and doing outdoorsy stuff in Toronto.
Fuck
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Mrs is still in rehab. Sheâs making little progresses (is there a plural to that word?), both physically and cognitively/speech, which might seem minute from the outside if I tried to explain them, but I find amazing nevertheless. Really proud of her, how sheâs dealing with this. What that shit couldnât destroy was her character, the person/personality is completely there.
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Wishing Mrs CL a speedy recovery. The way you describe her, she will always be an inspiration to people recovering from severe medical conditions.
On 20th Jan, I was diagnosed with severe fatty liver. A few scars away from Fibrosis. All at the ripe age of 36 with a 2.5 year old daughter to look after. Reading the CT scan report shattered my world. But I decided I will not give up. I am not a heavy drinker so alcohol is last of my problems. Reviewed my eating habits with the dietician and realised that was the problem. No balanced diet.
Started working on it on the same day and todayâs test show I am making a fairly good progress. Liver Function Test results were not good but better than those on 20th.
Just wanted to put it here for our TAN family that work, friends, football, passion etc can all wait. Please prioritise your health for yourself and your family. Believe me, you donât want to be sitting with your family in front of your doctor explaining how fucked your body is.
Wishing you all great health.
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Thanks for the advice @auzziez. Wishing you a swift and full recovery. 
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Last week our drier stopped working. We think we blew a thermal fuse from stuffing it with a blanket that was too big for the drum, but it was old (very old) so ce la vie. I started looking for replacements and realized we had a problem because the vent went through the floor behind the unit not the wall, so we have to leave a lot of room for clearance with the back of the closet its stored in. The problem is modern driers all seem to be big, too big for the space. Certainly ones with a bigger drum than our now dead one had were too big. We could find suitable ones, but all were on back order or not available locally so had too long a turn around time to get it installed. So after about 3 days searching we found one we could get delivered in the next 2 days. It was less of a drier than I initially wanted, and yet somehow more expensive than the ones I was looking at, but seemed the only solution given we needed it ASAP.
It was delivered and installed and then the very first time we tried to open the door the handle snapped off in my hands. It was inoperable. We called to get them to deliver a replacement, but they couldnt process the request because it hadnt been logged in as delivered yet. They gave us a case number and said theyd call when it was updated in their system. Of course, they didnt call, so I followed up the next day. After about 3 hours I got to a point where they could give me an appointment for a replacement, but not until about 5 days from then. Keep in mind, we accepted the higher cost of this specific model from this specific company because the installation could be done quickly. I argued and argued and got no where so accepted it. An hour later the confirmation of the new appointment hadnt come through. So I called back to find the customer service agent hadnt actually booked the replacement appointment for me. Another 2 hours on the phone finally ended with me getting a replacement, a full week after the original installation date.
They just came and swapped out the door with a new one with a working handle. It took them 5 minutes. We are now left with a shitty drier we didnt want that was more expensive than the ones we wanted but didnt want to wait for. The response from the company is essentially - fuck you, pay me.
Commerce in America is awful. All the options in the world, as long as youâre ok with shit stuff from shit companies who dont give a shit. People say that when you deal with a big corporation for buying stuff you trade off lower price for lesser personal care over the services they provide, and Iâd accept that if there was a decision I was able to make. These days though there isnt. There are no small independents who care about their services you can actually buy from now, so itâs less a conscious trade off and more a case of an abusive relationship you cannot get out of.
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Whyâs US bread so fucking small?
Please send Hovis asap.
Thanks for the words of wisdom auzziez. I am eating much better these days, I just need to do exercise, which i keep putting off, due to the cold weather. Sometimes, my family do my head in. However, really bonded with my mumâs family in Toronto this time round.
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I am joining the picket line now at my school.
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Small? I thought everything is big in America, food, malls, homes, land, egoâŚ
There was a great turn out in the local townhall and there was a huge turn out in the march in Central London and it was well organised.
We got free food and drinks from the local communities coming out and supporting and talking to us.
It was a long day, it felt like many people were supporting us in this strike.
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to celebrate the missusâ birthday, weâre at this event tonight
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Iâd take a 2:0 right now, let alone a 20:00.
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Currently nervously waiting for Mrsâ health care to answer if she gets another extension for the rehab. I get it, itâs expensive, all the different therapists etc. But on the other hand, at this stage, when sheâs still making progress and might be for the next months, which are the most important ones, not extending would be not just questionable from a âmoralâ perspective, but also seems like saving money now just to end up having to spend much more later and over a longer time. Just doesnât make sense, but thatâs the way the system works. Sort of like thereâs too little money being spent on prevention of various illnesses, which ends up costing more.
Oh well, anywayâŚreally hope she gets it. Therapists (Physio, speech, cognitive) are really awesome there and so is the sheer frequency of therapies, all in one place working together etc.
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Fingers crossed mate, hope she keeps getting all that she needs and comes back with a bang 
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