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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

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  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    My advice: Don't try to prolong life, concentrate on going FIRST and going FAST.

    I've already missed my opportunity to go first, insofar as first is relevant if the other person's moved out anyway. And yes, absolutely I would like to go fast - but dementia is never fast. That's why I want to avoid it - not to prolong life but to prolong quality of life for as much as possible of whatever life span I end up with.
    zagubov wrote: »
    I don't know the details, but wish I did. I've heard that high -dose Vitamin A seems to promote cancers in smokers, but know nothing about vit B. It would be helpful if the doctors were specific and named the vitamins.

    Isn't Alzheimers one of the diseases whose sufferers are at less risk of cancer anyway? :cool:

    I don't know any details either. At the moment I'm not thinking about it too much, and hoping that by the time I'm old enough for these kinds of strategies to be relevant, they'll have more data to go on. I'm not a smoker, and never have been, BTW.
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • zagubov
    zagubov Posts: 17,938 Forumite
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    edited 23 September 2011 at 11:21PM
    LydiaJ wrote: »
    I've already missed my opportunity to go first, insofar as first is relevant if the other person's moved out anyway. And yes, absolutely I would like to go fast - but dementia is never fast. That's why I want to avoid it - not to prolong life but to prolong quality of life for as much as possible of whatever life span I end up with.



    I don't know any details either. At the moment I'm not thinking about it too much, and hoping that by the time I'm old enough for these kinds of strategies to be relevant, they'll have more data to go on. I'm not a smoker, and never have been, BTW.

    I'm not thinking of living longer so much- people with Parkinson's live longer than healthy people but I doubt they get more out of the extra quantity of life given that the quality takes such a hit.

    But if we're living longer with chronic diseases, delaying those diseases sounds like a good deal to me. Especially as dementia is so destructive.
    There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker
  • sss555s
    sss555s Posts: 3,175 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    The US were cheerfully bragging 1-2 days ago that the satellite won't hit them.... had to backtrack tonight as it's changed direction and IS heading for them.

    Lesson #1

    What goes round comes round :beer:
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,133 Forumite
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    I'm convinced there was a movie (or tv show) with the Tasmin Archer song as sound track where there was a plot device of a satellite falling to earth and mass exoduses from different regions as they came under threat - it wan't the main story but was in the background - google is not helping me - can any nice peeps help out?
    I think....
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    sss555s wrote: »
    LydiaJ How is your solar performing?

    I'm pleased with it, thanks.

    Obviously September isn't the ideal month for it, but here's some data so far:

    Peak power: 3.924 kW
    Best day so far: 17.434 kWh (pays £7.82)
    Total yield over 17 days since commissioning: 196.1 kWh (pays £87.95)
    Mean daily yield so far: 11.54 kWh (pays £5.17)

    I can't estimate the probable effect on my electricity bills yet, because the new meter (that doesn't go backwards) was only fitted this morning.
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    edited 23 September 2011 at 11:38PM
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    a fridge full of champagne

    All has been revealed. :)

    Friend's surprise birthday party this weekend, and Mrs HM rightly assumed I'd forget to put it in the fridge, so did it before she left.
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • sss555s
    sss555s Posts: 3,175 Forumite
    edited 23 September 2011 at 11:37PM
    michaels wrote: »
    I'm convinced there was a movie (or tv show) with the Tasmin Archer song as sound track where there was a plot device of a satellite falling to earth and mass exoduses from different regions as they came under threat - it wan't the main story but was in the background - google is not helping me - can any nice peeps help out?

    This one...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuhDDx49TTw
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    I'm pleased with it, thanks.

    Obviously September isn't the ideal month for it, but here's some data so far:

    Peak power: 3.924 kW
    Best day so far: 17.434 kWh (pays £7.82)
    Total yield over 17 days since commissioning: 196.1 kWh (pays £87.95)
    Mean daily yield so far: 11.54 kWh (pays £5.17)

    I can't estimate the probable effect on my electricity bills yet, because the new meter (that doesn't go backwards) was only fitted this morning.
    They're predicting a heatwave next week. Should put a few bob in your pocket.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    sss555s wrote: »
    Lesson #1

    What goes round comes round :beer:

    In this case, what goes around comes down?
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    All has been revealed. :)
    You went to bed early, naked ... then thought "she won't miss just ONE bottle" ... so rushed downstairs, light on, waved at the neighbour passing, grabbed the bottle, light out, upstairs and ... DOH .... naked.... neighbour.... oops!
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