Jamie, have you considered your mattress is shot? I've had a few garbage mattresses and I've ended up waking with aching knees and hips, normally the same side hurts so it's definitely the mattress for me.

Just now, Ianb said:

Jamie, have you considered your mattress is shot? I've had a few garbage mattresses and I've ended up waking with aching knees and hips, normally the same side hurts so it's definitely the mattress for me.

Most likely, given that it is older than me! 

They're only supposed to last 8-10 years... 

Though I guess it depends how much...erm....'action' they see as well.  Either way, sounds like you need a new one!

4 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

They're only supposed to last 8-10 years... 

Though I guess it depends how much...erm....'action' they see as well.  Either way, sounds like you need a new one!

I'm not sure...  I feel fine this morning (well, as well as you can feel after 4 glasses of red the previous night).

My mother bought it in foresight when I was born in 1995 so it is 21 years old this year.  Still feels fine though, no dips or bumps etc... 

13 minutes ago, jmurray01 said:

I'm not sure...  I feel fine this morning (well, as well as you can feel after 4 glasses of red the previous night).

My mother bought it in foresight when I was born in 1995 so it is 21 years old this year.  Still feels fine though, no dips or bumps etc... 

Mine did that but with a bear

Also can be down to the firmness or softness as well...

I haven't slept on a conventional mattress for close to 30 years, and consequently have never had any of the common back problems which I used to get, since.

I ditched the traditional bed and it's mattress and imported a futon from Japan

I don't like our "tenant" (the ghost) playing tricks on me.  To add to the list of things that have mysteriously disappeared, my can of Right Guard has now vanished. 

I don't like having a friend from the past (who I've lost contact with) getting in contact with me and breaking the news that another buddy has died of a heart attack :O

I don't remember exact age, but it was about 28-29.. No age :(

Don't like my sister in laws boyfriend.  Wet lettuce springs to mind

23 hours ago, Ianb said:

I don't like having a friend from the past (who I've lost contact with) getting in contact with me and breaking the news that another buddy has died of a heart attack :O

I don't remember exact age, but it was about 28-29.. No age :(

Life is cruel sometimes.  Someone in my local area died a few weeks ago at the age of 18.  He had epilepsy and went to the doctors surgery as he was feeling unwell (but still working etc...) and just dropped dead in the waiting room.

Just shows that even if you are in your 20s or 30s and live a healthy lifestyle, you cannot take living each day for granted. 

I think that it is worse on the family and friends left behind if someone dies suddenly, with no real reason.  At least if you smoke like a chimney and drink like a fish then die of a related illness it can be said that "he wouldn't have died had he been more healthy". 

What can you say when someone dies young and healthy?  "He wouldn't have died if he hadn't been so healthy"? 

I'm in no way promoting an unhealthy lifestyle, but it isn't the most important thing out there.  Living a life that you enjoy and bringing joy to others (if possible) is the best way to live day to day. 

I don't like the bright sunshine and double figure temperature fooling me into thinking it was mild this afternoon...  Damn you wind...

@Jamie, you're right about taking each day. I don't think my friend was a particularly sporty person, but I don't think they were a couch potato... I believe he was engaged and had recently graduated either 1st class honours in business management too...things sounded like they were going well for him. Sad times

Sick and tired of this cold weather.

Its almost spring, yet there is hardly any sign of it. Newspapers today predicted a much colder than average spring - I really hope that is not the case :(

1 hour ago, Incontro said:

Sick and tired of this cold weather.

Its almost spring, yet there is hardly any sign of it. Newspapers today predicted a much colder than average spring - I really hope that is not the case :(

I'll have to admit, as much as I enjoy the picture quality/opportunities I am missing it being warm

I don't like torrential rain on the drive home from work.  Even though I wasn't driving, it was rather sketchy at times in terms of visibility.  Fortunately the 405s tyres seem to have good grip in the wet.  I imagine there will be a fair few Corsas in ditches come tomorrow morning though, which will be interesting to see...

I don't like discovering my ramps are too narrow for the Mk2 Focus wheels, admittedly they were quite tight on the the much narrower Astra and the not narrow Mk1 Focus.  Underbody inspection has been postponed until I can knock up a couple of wider ramps or widen the existing ramps.

I also don't like getting impaled on Bunty's left paw claws when moving her swiftly from Brandy's unattended chicken, within the sight of Brandy who is not yet sating her chicken needs. I've acquired to punctures on my middle finger webbing, both oozing and surprisingly painful for such tiny wounds

On 27/02/2016 at 4:40 PM, Ianb said:

I don't like having a friend from the past (who I've lost contact with) getting in contact with me and breaking the news that another buddy has died of a heart attack :O

I don't remember exact age, but it was about 28-29.. No age :(

My first cousin once removed's husband had a sudden unexpected heart attack at the same sort of age (24-25), he was a fireman.  There is a heart condition, that has no symptoms, is impossible to diagnose, until you have a post mortem. That seems to be killer for unconventionally young heart attackees. Like haemophilia, it's carried on the maternal side and affects the males.

On 28/02/2016 at 5:59 PM, TomsFocus said:

I don't like the bright sunshine and double figure temperature fooling me into thinking it was mild this afternoon...  Damn you wind...

The deceptive wind has been with us down here, too

Things I don't like: AQUAPLANING.

On the A34 last week heading from Stone to Stafford, pitch black on what is a virtually unlit road, there must have been a blocked drain or something because doing 75 ish mph, out of nowhere comes this absolute mass of water spewing up all over the car. Literally couldn't see a thing out of ANY windows. Back end starts to kick out to the left, try to fight it but absolutely no chance. Hard braking changes nothing. The car felt like it was at at a 30 degree angle at least... This went on for what felt like an age (but was probably about 4 seconds) until I got to the end of the "puddle" (more like a swimming pool) and the tyres came back into contact with the road and I somehow managed to pull it straight again... Luckily it was about 1:00AM and no-one was about. Had there been a car next to me, I'd have surely hit it, as I had drifted from the left, into the right-hand lane. Had to pull over to compose myself...

I drove the same route the next day and the water had gone. However, the central reservation barrier (just to the right of where the water one was) was absolutely battered, and the grass all torn up and spewed all over the road... I swear to God I saw the wheel trim off a poverty-model Corsa lying there too

18 minutes ago, chappers96 said:

Things I don't like: AQUAPLANING.

On the A34 last week heading from Stone to Stafford, pitch black on what is a virtually unlit road, there must have been a blocked drain or something because doing 75 ish mph, out of nowhere comes this absolute mass of water spewing up all over the car. Literally couldn't see a thing out of ANY windows. Back end starts to kick out to the left, try to fight it but absolutely no chance. Hard braking changes nothing. The car felt like it was at at a 30 degree angle at least... This went on for what felt like an age (but was probably about 4 seconds) until I got to the end of the "puddle" (more like a swimming pool) and the tyres came back into contact with the road and I somehow managed to pull it straight again... Luckily it was about 1:00AM and no-one was about. Had there been a car next to me, I'd have surely hit it, as I had drifted from the left, into the right-hand lane. Had to pull over to compose myself...

I drove the same route the next day and the water had gone. However, the central reservation barrier (just to the right of where the water one was) was absolutely battered, and the grass all torn up and spewed all over the road... I swear to God I saw the wheel trim off a poverty-model Corsa lying there too

And change your underwear too I suspect? or at least try and dry the car seat...

19 minutes ago, chappers96 said:

Things I don't like: AQUAPLANING.

On the A34 last week heading from Stone to Stafford, pitch black on what is a virtually unlit road, there must have been a blocked drain or something because doing 75 ish mph, out of nowhere comes this absolute mass of water spewing up all over the car. Literally couldn't see a thing out of ANY windows. Back end starts to kick out to the left, try to fight it but absolutely no chance. Hard braking changes nothing. The car felt like it was at at a 30 degree angle at least... This went on for what felt like an age (but was probably about 4 seconds) until I got to the end of the "puddle" (more like a swimming pool) and the tyres came back into contact with the road and I somehow managed to pull it straight again... Luckily it was about 1:00AM and no-one was about. Had there been a car next to me, I'd have surely hit it, as I had drifted from the left, into the right-hand lane. Had to pull over to compose myself...

I drove the same route the next day and the water had gone. However, the central reservation barrier (just to the right of where the water one was) was absolutely battered, and the grass all torn up and spewed all over the road... I swear to God I saw the wheel trim off a poverty-model Corsa lying there too

Yes, my route home from work has limited drains, and only 50% actually DRAIN.  Hence last night was a bit worrying, however fortunately the surface water never got to the point where it caused any aquaplaning.  I wonder if one could sue the council should they crash as a result of poor road drainage? 

I don't like nosebleeds...especially when I'm mid evening wash.  Soap stinging eyes and blood going everywhere.  Looked like a murder scene in the bathroom last night.  Then trying to sit absolutely, perfectly still for a couple of hours lol.  Thousands of years of evolution and bodies are still so delicate.

2 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

I don't like nosebleeds...especially when I'm mid evening wash.  Soap stinging eyes and blood going everywhere.  Looked like a murder scene in the bathroom last night.  Then trying to sit absolutely, perfectly still for a couple of hours lol.  Thousands of years of evolution and bodies are still so delicate.

I get them from time to time - not pleasant!  One of my colleagues at my last job got them almost daily though, so it could be worse...

I don't like that's it's spectacularly cold outside, despite it appearing to be 20°C on the garage thermometer, the near gale force North Westerly wind, is making it feel like -20°C at the least.  Two fleeces seem quite insufficient, even the Thinsulate lined hat is failing to keep it at bay

However, is at least dry, which is more than can be said for the duration of Brandy's morning constitutional.  When we had driving rain plus the near gale  One very soggy doggy resulted!

2 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

I don't like nosebleeds...especially when I'm mid evening wash.  Soap stinging eyes and blood going everywhere.  Looked like a murder scene in the bathroom last night.  Then trying to sit absolutely, perfectly still for a couple of hours lol.  Thousands of years of evolution and bodies are still so delicate.

You seem rather plagued with spontaneous nosebleeds?  You've posted before, on this very thread, about your nosebleed incidents. 

I need some kind major nose trauma to induce one, like colliding with the end of a scaffold pole being carried round on a blind corner (1989 on a site in Tuscany, also had a tooth knocked out in the same incident), or smacking my head nose first, when cycling down a track and running straight into the back of an unseen parked car(1975 in driving rain)!

I get about one a week on average, thought it was a phase I'd grow out of, it's usually worse in summer with hayfever aggravating it, not sure why it seems so bad this winter...  I can't remember getting one in such a scenario before though, the water thinned it, I couldn't see through soaped eyes and it seemed to get everywhere (or maybe I have and blanked it from memory lol).

I did get a horrific one in school once, playing football on the astro-turf and took a ball to the face at close range...instant nasal explosion and blood everywhere.  I remember my mate asking if he could help... 'err, can you get me some tissue please'...   I'm surprised I didn't lose any teeth from that one!  Your incident sounds pretty painful, why is it always blind corners where you meet people/objects?  It's the same walking, or driving, or gaming...long straight runs of nothing, slow down for a corner and bam someone else is there as well!

I always carry 9 sheets of loo roll in a pocket (3 sheets long each) and a few rolls of cheap stuff in the car just in case...but I know a pocket of loo roll wouldn't go far if I was out walking somewhere.  It's just another constant worry really. 

I don't like nosebleeds...especially when I'm mid evening wash.  Soap stinging eyes and blood going everywhere.  Looked like a murder scene in the bathroom last night.  Then trying to sit absolutely, perfectly still for a couple of hours lol.  Thousands of years of evolution and bodies are still so delicate.

I get these occasionally in fact had one this morning about 8 am and managed to get a lovely red blob on my previously pristine white shirt. Had to spend all day with my cardy on to cover it up chuffing roasting all day

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