Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[Ithoriel]

I lost 10 pounds in the first month after retirement and an additional 10 pounds during the next eleven months.

Recommendations:

* Have a daily exercise routine; it doesn't need to be fantastic, mine is 10 minutes on a static bike plus some pilates routines involving light weights, I found the routines via the internet.  Doing it every day slowly improves your physique.
* Minimise red meat and have lots of chicken and fish; a work colleague once lost half a stone simply by avoiding red meat.
* Have a firm routine for meals, and alcohol, and find alternative stress release.  A good find has been the small wine bottles, 15% more expensive but it allows controlled drinking and avoids having to deal with a 70/75cl bottle.
* Get a daily dose of fresh air and exercise, my choice is gardening.

I have an exercise routine .... I get out of bed, get washed and dressed and run or ride around Tamriel for four or five hours :-)

My sleep routine is much the same - I go to bed sometime between midnight and 8am, I sleep for 8 hours (give or take 20 minutes either side) and despite the inevitable 30 - 300 seconds of double vision I get when I wake from sleep of any duration I feel better than I did immediately before going to bed.

I'm a vegetarian ... and lots of things are vegetarian despite containing much sugar and fat. I like my carrots in a cake, preferably one I made myself and coated thickly in cream cheese frosting!

My routine for eating is, if I'm hungry I eat. That usually means two meals a day and a sweet snack. My weekly alcohol intake has almost doubled from 1.5 units per week to 2.5.

I live in a city, there is no "fresh" air, only varying levels of pollution.

As to gardening, the idea that some humans think they have a better idea of what should grow outside their house than nature does is a bewilderment to me but in the interest of neighbourly relations I pay money into a monthly fund to have two of these people turn up and undo all the good work nature has done since their last visit in the area around our houses.

To be more serious, I have no problem losing weight. The problem is I do it by thinking,"What can I eat, when can I eat it?" The moment I'm not on a diet the answer becomes,"Whatever you like, right now!"

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Back to the news, the BBC have an interactie before and after slider!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53670839

[Steve J]

Wow, that really brings home the level of devastation that blast caused!

[Techno]

Awwwwwwww.....NO !

A feral cat has 'just' turned up.....Must have been round for a good 'few days', because of the racket the magpies have ben making early in the morning for the past couple of weeks.

95%+ chance that it's  female.....'Cos of its colouring (Trust me....I know this sort of thing)..No doubt that it will produce a whole litter of kittens....And Von will want to feed the whole lot of them.)

I want my life back.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Keep your mice down though....what language is it meowing, it could be a refugee from Beruit

[FierceKitty]

You lucky man!

[Techno]

Mice, I can cope with, Matey.

It's the wretched rats in the barns that make me want to.....No.....Never mind.

If the 'new' feline starts knocking out some of those vermin...I'll even put down some 'nice/posh' cat food.
But there is NO WAY I'll ever let that one closer to the house than 'she' is already.

You lucky man!

Not sure about that, Alexander.

Cheers - Phil 

[FierceKitty]

Having on the premises cats good luck brings, look you.

[Orcs]

Happy to bring my air rifle up, if I am your way. 

[Raider4]

Happy to bring my air rifle up, if I am your way. 

Take off and nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure.

[mmcv]

Speaking of rats... Teenagers back making a nuisance. Throwing stones, knocking on doors, shouting abuse at us and other neighbors and who knows what else.

Made a report to the police thinking nothing would come of it but right enough the police turned up a little later and questioned us on it and had a drive around. They'd already moved on but police told us to call them anytime they were being troublesome again and they'd be out, plus they'd do a few drive arounds in the evenings going forward.

Hopefully that'll be someway to sorting it. Not sure the police will catch them but if they turn up a few times it may deter them.

Can't wait until we can move house away from people. Or at least away from convenient pathways that kids can use as escape routes when they misbehave! It was bad enough when it was wee kids who you could usually shout at and scare but these ones are a bit older so won't be so easily scared off.

[Steve J]

Sorry to hear about your rats MMCV . We had another party going on last night, but at least they had finished by 10.30pm, which was a blessed relief. We were half expecting another party going on at the 'teens' house but a no show from them thank God! We did have a baby screaming its head off on and off all night though...

[Techno]

Speaking of rats... Teenagers back making a nuisance. Throwing stones, knocking on doors, shouting abuse at us and other neighbors and who knows what else.

I mean...Why ?.....I can never get my head around the fact that some teenagers want to do this sort of thing.
Sympathies, Matthew.

Sorry to hear about your rats MMCV . We had another party going on last night, but at least they had finished by 10.30pm, which was a blessed relief.

At least that's a step in the right direction, Steve.

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

We did have a baby screaming its head off on and off all night though...

Friday morning I had similar, trying to sort a Universal Credit problem with a baby scearming down the phone. It dont half echo in your head phones.   

[fsn]

Local pub hosted a party last night. Trying to sleep with a 90s disco going on, then after midnight the inevitable screeching across the carpark.

Bring back lockdown!


Worse still, I have the "5-6-7-8" by Steps in my head.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Grumpy old git 

[Techno]

Grumpy old git 

Good for you, Nobby !

I'm NEVER grumpy......(but that's only when I'm asleep.)

Cheers - Phil.

[Techno]

A tiny bit of normality in these very strange times.....

Actually got to see Von's Mum at the 'home', yesterday.....Must have been six and a half months since I saw her.....About six months from when Von last saw her.

Nice to see she was looking pretty good.....And she hadn't forgotten who we were. ....Only confusion was why we weren't allowed to get any closer, but she seemed to take in there was a 'horrid bug' 'doing the rounds !

That care home has done all the residents proud !!

Cheers - Phil

[Raider4]

Grand. Glad it went well for you.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Good stuff Phil