Rusty Nails
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He's always been 70.
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He's always been 70.
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briantrumpet
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Hang on, are there some forum rules I've not come across?
Pross
Veteran
No idea where to put this so I’ll stick it here. With a major election in these parts on Thursday it occurred to me that I have only seen one placard (for Reform). You can usually count on loads of Tory ones in the farm fields around here and a mix, but mainly Labour, in the urban areas. There are houses that have always, in my 25 years or so living here, had something showing in the weeks before an election but nothing this time.
Pblakeney
Squire
Hmmm. Similar. And no knocks on the door either. They have decided on leaflets through the door and no interaction.
Beebo
Legendary Member
I watched two guys delivering leaflets for Reform in my road.
They didn’t look like they were up for a discussion and doubt they could have articulated very much.
I did have a nice chat with a Tory candidate. He was a nice guy who seemed to have the best interests of the area at heart. I expressed how the Tories had let us down nationally, he was very keen to focus solely on local issues, as that is all he can influence.
These are local elections, we shouldn’t be voting for local politicians based on Immigration, Gaza and Iran. Yet somehow Reform have come up with a well publicised policy about the location of refugee detention centres which they will have no control over at local level.
BoldonLad
Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
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In 38 years of living here, we have always had leaflets around election time, but, not one “door knocking”, until this year, we have had one, it was Reform.
First Aspect
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Pblakeney
Squire
A simple rule. Towels are removed from any lounger unused for 30 minutes.
Hotel staff wouldn't enforce it though so here we are.
Beebo
Legendary Member
You can imagine the agro that the young Greek pool boy would get from drunk rude holiday makers for removing their towels.
It’s just not worth the hassle.
Pblakeney
Squire
Exactly. So things won't change. Mob mentality rules.
matticus
Legendary Member
Great stuff. I've always liked the Germans
The man, who has not been identified, was on holiday in Greece with his family in 2024, and said he spent 20 minutes a day trying to find a sun lounger, despite waking up at 06:00.
He then sued his tour operator for allowing the reservation system, arguing the sunbeds were reserved so often, they were unusable.
Judges at a district court in Hanover ruled in his favour, and said the family of four were entitled to a larger refund on their package holiday as it had been "defective".
The man had initially paid €7,186 (£6,211) to take his wife and their two children on the package holiday to Kos, an island in Greece.
In his arguments to court, he said that his tour operator had failed to enforce the resort's ban on towel reserving, and did not confront guests who were engaging in the practice.
He added that even when his family rose at 06:00, loungers were unavailable, and his children were forced to lie on the floor.
Though the tour operator had initially paid out a refund of €350 (£302), judges in Hanover ruled the family was entitled to a refund of €986.70 (£852.89).
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briantrumpet
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Haha. BHF video of heart rehab exercises I won't be doing. I guess this is not aimed at previously fit people who want to get back to cycling, swimming and weights, but I suspect also that the exercises don't get much of an uptake by men: they seem to be more of the 'green goddess' type of thing (sorry, showing my age) that women do at the gym. I'm sure they are good for heart rehab, but please can we cut the crap and actually have some focused cardio exercises. (FWIW, I'm already doing pedalling from the confort of my arm chair, so as not to put any strain on the sternum, plus a couple of daily walks.)
I've got my next session with the Royal Brompton rehab physiotherapist on Monday, so will be asking specifically about the pedalling, walking, and swimming options.
Anyway, off you go, chaps.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09-J4TUKoBM
I've got my next session with the Royal Brompton rehab physiotherapist on Monday, so will be asking specifically about the pedalling, walking, and swimming options.
Anyway, off you go, chaps.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09-J4TUKoBM
First Aspect
Legendary Member
I did stay in a hotel in Mauritius where they removed towels placed before breakfast. It was rather entertaining each morning watching pasty hungover newly weds wandering around looking baffled as to where their towels were and why someone was on their sunbed.
First Aspect
Legendary Member
When I did rehab I was quite direct with my physio. This transformed said rehab from mild calf stretches and mobility exercises to full on agony inducing sessions that I needed about an hour to recover from. But it means I can still walk more or less without a limp.
As you are above the threshold of that sort of heart rehab to begin with, there is almost certainly some merit in such a discussion, on the grounds that if that is your rehab, you will still be going in the wrong direction.