Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[Lancs Lad]

dunno WTF this bug is but it has floored me - completely wiped out - can barely walk and just feel 'disconnected' ....
haven't been to bed in a week ...
upright in the chair or drown ...
banging head all week and absolutely zero sense of smell with not a lot of taste either .. or appetite ...
beginning to wonder if this is some sort of covid variant ...
terrible chesty cough and just can't clear it ...
no better today than when it hit and can usually shake a proper cold in two days
anyone had anything similar??

Tested? Heard someone else saying they lost smell the other week and was rough but he had tested and it wasn't COVID ...or the original it's probably morfed into something else now...

 

[V8Druid]

Tested? Heard someone else saying they lost smell the other week and was rough but he had tested and it wasn't COVID ...or the original it's probably morfed into something else now...

not got any left .... didn't work last August and I KNOW that was covid .... don't think they're much use on any of the variants TBH ... I am feeling proper rough and not improving

 

[V8Druid]

dunno WTF this bug is but it has floored me - completely wiped out - can barely walk and just feel 'disconnected' ....
haven't been to bed in a week ...
upright in the chair or drown ...
banging head all week and absolutely zero sense of smell with not a lot of taste either .. or appetite ...
beginning to wonder if this is some sort of covid variant ...
terrible chesty cough and just can't clear it ...
no better today than when it hit and can usually shake a proper cold in two days
anyone had anything similar??

....... feeling proper rough and not improving

so ... day 24 today ... and starting to feel a bit more me ... snots're gone, cough has all but abated, 'cept for the occasional 'catch' ... still wrecked and done sod all for over three weeks (apart from struggle through kiddy days and the odd foray to town, as necessary) ... grass is looking desperate ... have had a terribly sore/ulcerated tongue with several pronounced lumps come up in it the last couple of days ... Anbesol keeps on top of it, all be it in excessive use, according to the 'directions for use' .... they ain't having to deal with it
Pam is 10 days behind me ... caught it on my day 10 and has also been proper rough -- oddly she had the tongue issue within a few days of going down with it and is over that phase ... just still barking like a dog and wiped out.
Josh went down with it a few days after me and has also been rough .. he's half my age ....
whatever this is, it is not good ... hope it's the only dose of plague we get this year

I am looking forward to actually doing something, other than just getting through the days, waiting to improve

 

[Lancs Lad]

so ... day 24 today ... and starting to feel a bit more me ... snots're gone, cough has all but abated, 'cept for the occasional 'catch' ... still wrecked and done sod all for over three weeks (apart from struggle through kiddy days and the odd foray to town, as necessary) ... grass is looking desperate ... have had a terribly sore/ulcerated tongue with several pronounced lumps come up in it the last couple of days ... Anbesol keeps on top of it, all be it in excessive use, according to the 'directions for use' .... they ain't having to deal with it
Pam is 10 days behind me ... caught it on my day 10 and has also been proper rough -- oddly she had the tongue issue within a few days of going down with it and is over that phase ... just still barking like a dog and wiped out.
Josh went down with it a few days after me and has also been rough .. he's half my age ....
whatever this is, it is not good ... hope it's the only dose of plague we get this year

I am looking forward to actually doing something, other than just getting through the days, waiting to improve

Damn that's crap. What's tongue thing all about ? Docs say anything?

 

[V8Druid]

Damn that's crap. What's tongue thing all about ? Docs say anything?

not seen one ....
am certain this is some form of covid variant and they can't do sod all for that ....
have had two doses of it and there are so many common symptoms ...
just riding it out, waiting for it to **** off
have to say, aside from the new tongue issue, I am starting to feel like I'm 'over the hump' ....

back on the tools next week 'praps ..... as said ... the bloody grass sneering at me

 

[Vinpetrol]

not seen one ....
am certain this is some form of covid variant and they can't do sod all for that ....
have had two doses of it and there are so many common symptoms ...
just riding it out, waiting for it to **** off
have to say, aside from the new tongue issue, I am starting to feel like I'm 'over the hump' ....

back on the tools next week 'praps ..... as said ... the bloody grass sneering at me

Nice to hear you’re thinking you’re getting through the other side of it buddy ! Sounds like a right dose

 

[Gecko]

Apparently the anti-virals make a big difference to the severity, but you need to get on them as early as possible.
I was a week in before I tested, so I didn't bother (my symptoms were mild, so I didn't take it seriously. Only tested when I needed to be able to say "I haven't got it" - that didn't work well )

 

[sfrs4]

I have so far managed to dodge the Covid thing... but, just back from ten days in Portugal, half way through came down with a cold and a headache for three four days, some other guests at the hotel had just got over a "really bad cold" I am still coughing up green snot 10 days later. Don't think it was covid no loss of taste or smell, but I think I got off lightly because of the heat in Portugal it didn't get chance to take hold properly.

 

[Quattromike]

My Oldman was back from a Norway cruise about two weeks ago and he was floored for over a week when he got back with cold/flu like symptoms and sore head

 

[V8Druid]

...........have to say, aside from the new tongue issue, I am starting to feel like I'm 'over the hump' ....
back on the tools next week 'praps ..... as said ... the bloody grass is sneering at me

couldn't stand it any longer ....

absolutely bollo-ed now .... but it's all looking a lot better
now if I can just teach Harper to do this with a real one ...............

my problems'd be solved .. sort of ... she ain't tall enough to handle a barrow yet though

 

[V8Druid]

another session yesterday ...

amazed how much I got off it ...... then ran the Dane around the rest of it today
Plum crop has burgered one of the limbs on the best tree ..

looks like it's not been 'properly attached for some time, but the weight of the fruit has seen it off this year
had a couple of hours with Lil' Jake this afters .... re-arranging Rory's spoils .. pallet'd collapsed ... pick 'em off .. new bearers and pallet and stick 'em back .... that magnet is a hell of a lump

dragged this out from behind 'em whilst they were out the way

Lil' fella handled it well ... easier than the bloody magnet and the bucket's 250kgs from memory ... stuck it somewhere more accessible
anyone remember these? ... ten perfectly serviceable sheets

and what last August's heatwave did to 'em while I was laid low with 'the coof' for most of it

been pondering WTF to do with them .... no chance of the local tip taking 'em .... so I introduced 'em to Mr Haner this afters ..... too unpredictable doing for 'em by hand .. tried it - didn't like the risk level

Mr Haner takes no prisoners

and just come in after introducing the bits to @Stock 's weapon of choice

took a surprising amount of getting going
now for a shower as I bloody stink ..... wouldn't recommend despatching 'em in the daylight .... just the little bits to collect up in the morning ..... 'fore it lashes down again

 

[V8Druid]

forgot to say ... had a trip out to Raglan Thursday ... and picked up a replacement hose for one that wasn't too good, but got used to size the job up .....

gave it an extra inch and lost the fitting stack that got used to get it where I wanted it

and on on Friday ......

also fettled the pin keep I was missing for the Haner ...

could do with some tweaking as the weld is some what in the way ... couldn't be ar*ed Friday .. do an hour and I still gotta sit down for 15 ... PITFA ... put a couple of washers under it for now, to space it up .... going to take a while to get my body back to where it was just got no sustained energy

 

[V8Druid]

mate just sent me an email saying " didn't know you were into old bikes "

 

[V8Druid]

mate just sent me an email saying " didn't know you were into old bikes "

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he's even wearing my boots, jeans and gloves....... ain't got a pudding basin any more though ... chucked out two old Everoak's GRPs, years ago
have to admit it does look a lot like me ..... 15 years ago

 

[V8Druid]

been trying to get around to/get a hold of Vicki's car for several weeks ... not been up to it for the last month, but contrary to the forecast, it's been a nice day here and she was at home, so got her to bring it up for me to to sort the back brakes out.
have had the new discs and pads here for months .. couldn't believe what was on there actually passed MOT in Feb. ... efficient and functional - he couldn't fail it on the rust apparently much to my consternation
Glad I bought this kit ..

only a cheapy, but wound the handbrake back into the calliper a treat ... made for a much easier job ... undoing the pissy shallow SHCS holding the carrier on was a different story utter bar stewards ... but got there

I assume the 3M paper is some sort of anti-squeal... no paperwork in the Mintex box?

promised some pix of the discs weeks ago, when they came off .... never seen a set wear like this before ? .... sliders were totally free and smooth

new ones looked a lot better

paint didn't last long after a run up/down the drive ...... not seen a set of discs painted out the box before .. and Mintex discs at that
they're off on holiday to Devon next week and didn't want 'em trolling off with out getting these done first

the 'bonfire' in the burning bin the other night, with the poly sheet bits, seems to have had a bit of an effect on the greenery around it ... think it more likely to have been the smoke than the heat ... heat doesn't normally affect the scenery ..

ooops

 

[V8Druid]

forgot to mention last night ......
was half way through the brake job ...
Pam and Vicki'd been stood around watching/chatting and there is this almighty screaming from down by the house ....
jumped up and legged it down there expecting to find Clara'd been stung by a wasp/or worse - a Hornet ...
few about ATM ...
nope ...
she's clutching her belly and wailing like a banshee .....
been coming down the drive on her little scooter - goes like a loon ...
and instead of avoiding a stick she'd left lying on the floor, decided to go over it ...
big mistake ...
front wheels stopped and she went over the handle bars and down the tarmac, for her first proper taste of 'gravel rash' ...
got a few nasty scrapes ...
one of the worst being the skin the handle bars took off her belly ...
bet she's got some bruises today

 

[6feetdown]

forgot to mention last night ......
was half way through the brake job ...
Pam and Vicki'd been stood around watching/chatting and there is this almighty screaming from down by the house ....
jumped up and legged it down there expecting to find Clara'd been stung by a wasp/or worse - a Hornet ...
few about ATM ...
nope ...
she's clutching her belly and wailing like a banshee .....
been coming down the drive on her little scooter - goes like a loon ...
and instead of avoiding a stick she'd left lying on the floor, decided to go over it ...
big mistake ...
front wheels stopped and she went over the handle bars and down the tarmac, for her first proper taste of 'gravel rash' ...
got a few nasty scrapes ...
one of the worst being the skin the handle bars took off her belly ...
bet she's got some bruises today

Had 1 hell of a hornet yesterday by us thankfully it did 1

 

[V8Druid]

Had 1 hell of a hornet yesterday by us thankfully it did 1

we've quite a few about this year, but there's one monster in particular has taken a liking to flying in and around my 'tool box' ..... I make a quick exit when he arrives ... haven't had a clear enough swipe at him yet and I am NOT risking not getting the bugger first time

 

[Canal Navvy]

we've quite a few about this year, but there's one monster in particular has taken a liking to flying in and around my 'tool box' ..... I make a quick exit when he arrives ... haven't had a clear enough swipe at him yet and I am NOT risking not getting the bugger first time

Hope it's not one of those Asian buggers ...... perhaps you ought to capture it for a closer look

 

[V8Druid]

Hope it's not one of those Asian buggers ...... perhaps you ought to capture it for a closer look

had one fly into the house the other night as I opened the door ... and took a lot of interest in me ... got one of those little tennis racquet shaped zappers (the ones that hurt if you touch 'em ) grabbed that and he went down like a sack o' tish ... better result than yer average fly ... stopped him dead ... the flies go down but spin round in circles on the floor
don't think I'd take my chances on it being as effective on the big bugger though