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Sorry to hear about this les, i will be 100% honest on this, as if i can help someone from my own past encounters i will do,, I will say this just as it is,, i got diagnosed with depression in mid 90s after a marriage break up, my GP put me on some meds and tbh i was asleep on my feet for a few days after taking about 3 of the tablets prescribed hence i did,nt take any more of em as they didnt help one bit, i got my self back to some sort of normality after several months of doing things i liked doing, this bit was not easy at all as it seemed like it was a massive effort to get a bit of fishing gear together and clear off for a few days,, Then after about 9 mths i started going in to Preston on a saturday night with a group of lads i worked with and boy was i enjoying myself, at this time i was enjoying life but i knew there was something going on in side me that i never talked about with any one, at this time a divorce had been settled and i had got my house back for very little so happy days, At this time (late 90s) i was in a small pheasant shoot that involved a lot of walking (photo below, after lunch we walked the entire length of the fell) and the following couple of days i was totaly fooked and very low,i then went to My GP with this issue several times over a 18mth period and drew a blank till i so a young stand in GP who took me round to a nurses room for bloods to be taken, 2 days later got a call from GPs surgery to come in, i went and so the main man practice manager who i had al ready seen 5 or 6 times, turns out that my thyroxine level was near on zero hence to problem, He put me on meds for this and i was then in every 2 mths for moor bloods to be taken, i did feel much better after this but i still felt there was still something else ? Fast forward to approx 2005 and when i went to work i was ready for home by dinner as it just felt like the battery had run out, Then after several more GP appointments and getting no where again it was another young stand in GP that picked up on something and i was sent to a ME specialist, on my first appointment i was diagnosed with a 86% case of ME, life at this time was very difficult and even some general day to day chores felt like i was climbing Everest, My ME lady gave me a book and it was just like reading about myself but in this book was a section on diet and basically cut crap food out and eat good decent food, i will admit i did used to eat a few ready meals, takeaways and convenience foods, today i hardly eat any crap food and as for takeaways may be one a month if that,, i would ask for a blood test for thyroxine levels if i was you as this may fast forward things for you unlike myself where it was dragged out for ages, The meds they put me on many years ago work well for me and if i do run out and miss a few days things seem to go backwards pretty fast, i know weather dont help issues like this as it just seems to be crap day in day out, chin up lad keep smiling and i hope things work out for you,,

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This was a very special bit of a treat, I only bought a couple of bottles a long time ago but it looks like its not available anymore. Very strong but a unique ale. Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter | Virgin Wines WWW.VIRGINWINES.CO.UK Black in colour with a brown head - this turbo charged porter is rich and malty with intense roasted flavours. The Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter has intense chocolate aromas which...

I do like roast pheasant, never tried roast reindeer tbh. Ill give it a go though when I buy a bigger house.

Samaritans are worth a phone call if you need to vent. 116 123

"A mate of mine at work went to his local group and said it really helped him to get out of a hole." "Problem is men dont talk, then its too late ..its never easy recovering a body and explaining to family" The hardest task I can ever do in life is to open that door handle and say 'hello, I'd appreciate some help'. My own stubbornness may (-will) one day be my undoing.

Anybody got any decent alder near South Wales? I am not super fussy: most alder logs are good as long as they are the first and second lengths. I could use a lorry load or a mixture with other hardwoods such as ash sycamore, cherry or most things really.

Something I've battled with all my life unfortunately. I hadn't had a drink for a month up until Tuesday this week I just had to do something to try and lift my frame of mind yet you feel worse after it.

+1 for binning the alcohol. There's plenty of decent alcohol free options now, which are worth a go

I like to think Big J would chime in around now to remind us it only rains Dom Pérignon in Sweden but alas, it seems he's gone. Was it the darkies or motorists he didn't like on here?

And I do like this Brian James tipper. Well designed.

I still think you can’t beat a GH1054 for moving a 2.7t digger around. On my second now and would have another currently. But Ifor’s flatbed/beavertail range is stuck in the dark ages. Not changed since the 90s! My new Nugent is far better built- well worth the £800 ish extra.

that has given me an idea for an app vicarious suffering on demand VSOD feeling unhappy with your lot - watch footage of someone being blown up by a land mine, or dying of syphilis, being beaten by a Sudanese militia, starving for months on end etc. All the worst suffering in the world at your fingertips. Sunshine on a rainy day

Two good points. I don't care about the lead. I'm indestructible. Never memorably found any steel shot in a bird. Would care if I did though. My teeth aren't indestructible.

seeing as it's raining,,

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I bought a Brian James 3.5 tonne ‘Diggerplant’ trailer to add to a fleet of 2.7 tonne IW GH94 plant trailers (only because I’d fallen out with Ifor Williams over a warranty issue and thought I’d spend the extra money on a ‘premium’ rival instead). It was the single worst trailer I’ve ever bought - had to be welded up multiple times after snapping across the tub and only ever carried a 1.8 tonne tracked chipper. From new the brake cables were suspended below with long, hanging cable ties (even though there were cutouts in the chassis to route them through). The ramp supports never touched the ground and couldn’t be adjusted (hence the broken tub I guess?). It went in to the dealers for its first ‘free’ service at 500/1000 miles (I don’t remember which, but thought it a nice touch at the time - it was less than a month old when I took it in) and they presented me with a £500 bill upon collection for a brake light lense and new jockey wheel (the ridiculous original jockey wheel folded up in a lovely fashion but shat itself in the first week when used with a loaded trailer - I asked for it to be replaced with something ‘normal’ but didn’t anticipate having to remortgage my house for the pleasure). Total crap, I wouldn’t entertain anything made by those shysters. Have since bought 5 more Ifors (3 GH plant trailers) as well as a Bateson tiltbed and they are all head and shoulders above the BJ.

If found the group better than the nhs , nhs was good at one point , but now they've gone woke -you open up and the councillors go running -they cant cope with death, flipping pathetic. And last time I spoke to them they said they couldn't help due to funding - after that they said 'is tye anything else I can do to help'? I said what would u do if I said id self harm or worse , the reply was silent... I just said pathetic hunts and hung up . Alot of the guys are on a broad spectrum , I thought id dispise it due to not liking to integrate, I carry people and I see alot of people as weak, not wanting to help themselves. Yet people failure freshold is many levels , mines high . Problem is men dont talk, then its too late ..its never easy recovering a body and explaining to family

Twenty years ago (jesus christ...) three of us went out in Ipswich. I went home with a girl to help her put up some shelves. My mates went to a nightclub. Six the next morning I skulk back to my mate's house to pick up my work stuff. Rather than finding them peacefully abed, I find chaos. My mate's mum is shouting at my other mate through the bathroom door. Apparently they'd both been doing this for a while. I effected entry and discovered said mate had been sitting on the loo until he passed out and blocked the door with his head. The mess was horrific. I can recall it now with all of my senses. I wish I couldn't. Being christmas, I wrapped him in swaddling clothes (all the towels), bundled him into the bath and declared my involvement over. His mum and dad had to come and collect him and his car that afternoon, where he still wasn't capable of much. He swore blind his drink was spiked.

I had assumed it would be easier to pull the whole shrub then cut and feed a chipper. So cut and chip then go over the ground to pull roots is better?