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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    Good morning NPs. Today I am 45. :)

    Happy birthday :bdaycake:
    Sorry you're not able to kick back and relax in the comfort of your own home this year.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Happy birthday Lydia. Sorry you are not at home with your family and hope you have as pleasant a day as is possible.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • bugslet
    bugslet Posts: 6,874 Forumite
    Happy Birthday Lydia - hope it's as good as it can be:D
  • Doozergirl
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    SingleSue wrote: »
    Unfortunately, no rest for the rest of the week, it's pretty full on for the next fortnight and now there is added stress on a week where there was no spare time at all in the first place.

    I'm afraid, Sue, that you must plan to let someone down or put them off. A broken Sue is not a useful or helpful one, therefore finding some downtime is essential to make you more productive.

    The net benefit of saying no and pacing yourself willbe greater than trying to do everything.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • bugslet
    bugslet Posts: 6,874 Forumite
    GDB2222 wrote: »

    Chest freezers. For some reason, I keep thinking of having a broken zip on your jacket in winter time. Silly of me.

    Ypu have changed my percepetion of chest freezers forever, GDB:rotfl:
    zagubov wrote: »
    And the strongest carcinogen they've ever discovered is in lettuce

    .

    Leave me something to eat Zag. I've never liked bacon anyway, in fact don't like meat generally.

    LJ and A N Other NP, have a good meet-up.

    Lydia, your coroner chap sounds as if he inspires confidence, that must be very reassuring.
  • GDB2222
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    Tahlullah wrote: »
    Luckily wasn't in at the time. Came home to find the slate tiles sticking up in the grass like blades. Glad no one was in the garden at the time, would have been nasty.

    The roofer who fixed it, 3 months later because of the number of homes affected, told the story of one house where the wind picked the roof up and turned it, before plopping it back down. The whole roof had to be removed and refitted. New build and evidently, the roof wasn't fastened to the house. Not sure if they are supposed to be or do you rely on weight and a chimney holding it in place? I should add that this new build didn't have a chimney.

    Anyway, the storms and floods last year did a lot of damage, but it is always really stormy in this bit of Wales. Great in summer, extreme in winter.


    We learned about this at school. Bernoulli's Law, which helps to keep aircraft in the air also leads to roofs coming off houses. The wind rushing over the top of the roof creates a low pressure area, whilst inside the house the air pressure is normal. Eventually, as the wind speed increases, the pressure difference is enough to lift the roof, and you get take-off.

    The new build may have been built in an area where nobody had built previously because the winds are particularly vicious in that spot - liable to rip the roof off!
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Spirit_2
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    happy birthday lydia
  • Spirit_2
    Spirit_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    I'm afraid, Sue, that you must plan to let someone down or put them off. A broken Sue is not a useful or helpful one, therefore finding some downtime is essential to make you more productive.

    The net benefit of saying no and pacing yourself willbe greater than trying to do everything.

    Wise advice
  • GDB2222
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    Spirit wrote: »
    happy birthday lydia


    :bdaycake:

    Many happy returns!
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    Spirit wrote: »
    happy birthday lydia

    Happy birthday indeed.:beer::beer: ( with a non alcoholic drink)
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