thats    a  bit   sh*t    john



    paul

The first one lulls you into a false sense of security. I'll say no more.

Quote from: Yet_Another on July 09, 2025, 03:10:36 PMThe first one lulls you into a false sense of security. I'll say no more.

Not the first time I've had to go through this so I know what I have to 'look forward' to. Never had to split the doses either side of sleeping though as the procedure has previously been done in the morning so I've cleared out the day before. My appointment is late afternoon tomorrow so doses are split either side of the night. Really not looking forward to sleep time.

Quote from: paulbeckwith on July 09, 2025, 03:04:54 PMthats    a  bit   sh*t    john

Erm, a lot more than a bit 

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 08, 2025, 09:40:29 PM@zwilnik will tell you Citroen have done themselves no favours at all with their recalls. Seems they're happy to tell you not to drive their vehicles but any expenses e.g. hiring a car are refused to be met.

Yup bit of a lottery around the country and depending on what insurance company you're with. Some are saying you're insured to drive it, some are saying not (one or two are actually telling the same customer both in different calls). Some people are being told they can't get an appointment until January and others are just being ignored.

I'm still waiting to hear back from the local dealer but not holding out much hope for having the car to travel down for a family funeral at the weekend. So receipts will need to be kept for the inevitable small claims (or class action suit) when it does get sorted.

Quote from: Trainfish on July 09, 2025, 02:23:29 PMNot happy that as from now I can't eat or drink anything for the next 28 hours which is when I will hopefully be released from the clutches of the bum doctor. They say I can drink as much water as I like but not the 94% water which I usually drink. Oh and I have to have a sachet of Picolax this evening and another in the morning. I don't think I'll sleep well tonight 

Been there done that several times good luck

Quote from: JBQFC on July 09, 2025, 04:59:51 PMBeen there done that several times good luck

Me too. It's been 5 years since the last one and this is the first time with Picolax. Previously I've been given Klean Prep. Having just had the first dose I have to say the Picolax tastes a lot better. Shame it was only 150ml, I could have drunk a lot more than that. Probaby not a good idea to do that though 

Quote from: Trainfish on July 09, 2025, 02:23:29 PMNot happy that as from now I can't eat or drink anything for the next 28 hours which is when I will hopefully be released from the clutches of the bum doctor. They say I can drink as much water as I like but not the 94% water which I usually drink. Oh and I have to have a sachet of Picolax this evening and another in the morning. I don't think I'll sleep well tonight 

I can't read picolax without mentioning this thread: https://singletrackworld.com/2009/02/the-picolax-thread-returns/

This was taken from a big mountain biking forum, but the contributions from "blu-tone" (highlighted in a fetching beige) are absolutely marvellous.

I just read that whole thread and had to try not to laugh or I could be writing parts of that again myself. Blu-tone should be nominated for the Booker prize for literature.

there used to be brand here called "Fleet", I think it referred to how fast you had to move when you felt anything.
good luck for tomorrow/today.

Quote from: njee20 on July 09, 2025, 08:53:52 PM

Quote from: Trainfish on July 09, 2025, 02:23:29 PMNot happy that as from now I can't eat or drink anything for the next 28 hours which is when I will hopefully be released from the clutches of the bum doctor. They say I can drink as much water as I like but not the 94% water which I usually drink. Oh and I have to have a sachet of Picolax this evening and another in the morning. I don't think I'll sleep well tonight 

I can't read picolax without mentioning this thread: https://singletrackworld.com/2009/02/the-picolax-thread-returns/

This was taken from a big mountain biking forum, but the contributions from "blu-tone" (highlighted in a fetching beige) are absolutely marvellous.

I work with nurses and, yes, they would ALL have been on that call. Hilarious.

I believe Haribo sugar free Gummy Bears can have the same laxative effect. There are some ace descriptions of this on the web

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 10, 2025, 04:13:50 PMI believe Haribo sugar free Gummy Bears can have the same laxative effect. There are some ace descriptions of this on the web

Hi

Quite a lot of sugar free things have this effect if you eat too many. It's usually down to the artificial sweeteners such as sorbitol or mannitol.

Cheers

Paul

Well, I survived it and have been eating (and drinking) everything in sight since yesterday. Was a bit concerned when the health centre called me at about 2pm and started with the line, "I see you're booked in for a procedure with us later......." My immediate thought and judging by her tone of voice was that they would say it was too hot, or the camera was broken, left in someone's throat etc and that the appointment had been cancelled. But no, she asked if I could come in an hour early. I just wanted to get it over with so of course I agreed but warned her that I still had a fair bit of water in my system as I hadn't got to my cut off time yet. Not a problem she said. Well, it wasn't a problem to her but I'm not sure the consultant/surgeon/bum doctor was impressed with the tidal wave which followed later. I did have a little titter when that happened but the gas/air maybe helped that too as I almost overdosed on it. I was as high as a kite for an hour afterwards even though they say it only takes 15 minutes to wear off. They said I was allowed to drive but I told them I was happy enough being 40,000 feet up in the air instead.
Anyway all went reasonably well. They only found 1 polyp which is now winging its way to the lab and they found a couple of other bits in there which I can't pronounce or even remember what they were called. Hopefully I'll get the all clear soon and they have booked me in again for 5 years time which is a plus for me as they sounded confident that I would be able to attend that appointment 
As a final note, I know there are a lot of negative comments regarding the NHS but I can't fault any of them who I saw on Thursday. They asked if I had any questions and I got to ask the question as to how long that camera is. Only about 5 feet long apparently 
The other question I wanted to ask but didn't was, do they deliberately make sure they have 1 nurse with big boobies in the operating theatre holding my hand and telling me I was doing really well when all I could do was to keep staring at them 

Quote from: Trainfish on Yesterday at 01:07:49 PM...do they deliberately make sure they have 1 nurse with big boobies in the operating theatre holding my hand and telling me I was doing really well when all I could do was to keep staring at them 

I had a very pretty petite brunette Greek Doctor attend me when I slipped on the bathroom floor on holiday and suffered bad concussion. She managed to make sure I followed her finger to check that my vision and physical responses were fine. They certainly were!

Bob

Unhappy about wagons today.

Two of my Sonic Vanwides weathered by Rails had never run well. One had never run at all.
So I arranged for them to be sent back (after refusing to take a video of them not performing as expected). I called them the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, because only one was a good runner.

Well today they came back. The email I got said "I can see the issue you have been having with the not so free running wheels. I have replaced the faulty wagon (why not wagons???) and replaced it with an example that free wheels, the replacement wagon has also been weathered".

Well I was expecting the one they replaced to have been "Ugly", but oh no. This morning I received the parcel and "Ugly" was still "Ugly".

I phoned them back.
"Have you tried oiling the axles?"
No. It just doesn't run at all.
"The technician has told me they they ran round on their test track ok"
(thinks, well of course if you apply enough force, you can drag the wagon around...)
I'm not inventing this. I'm the NGS Helpline Coordinator and I'm a bit fed up
"Do you want a returns label?"
(breathes a sigh) Yes. I will put a post-it on the package indicating which wagon is at fault.
"Good idea" 

I'm really fed up with having to return items more than once. Does anyone want two free-running Vanwides?

Bob