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Am i the only one who puts weight on in Thailand? Never done reading about people losing weight in Thailand, but i put it on. I can't be bothered doing the gym, but no plenty scuba and walking. Maybe the King Power breakfast buffet scrum and eat has a lot to answer for ...

Good to see you outta hibernation anyway ...

Ready to mate?

When you read this bit and near fall of the chair, then read the rest and understand it properly

I was born and raised about 12 miles from Carrickfergus! Great Castle.

Certainly never boring with the Aussie George Michael in charge, anyway! Some difference from Conte or Jose!

Back home, own bed

Years and years, no need in London. Probably have to do a 'refresher' it's been that long, not that i intend to be driving any time soon.

Gonna give this a watch this weekend if there's no boxing on. https://grmdaily.com/the-kitchen-film-trailer-kano-daniel-kaluuya/

@Lemondropkid to the thread please!

One of our neighbours is Bangladeshi. Lovely lady, knows I love spice, always drops me in something nice. She dropped in some lamb chops in curry earlier, had them with chips done in the air frier. Proper nice. Had I got that in a restaurant, I'd make a note to go back.

Yes, but that's because you live in a year round hot climate.

Prevention is better than cure, i found. Would you not try Allopurinol? I only take one 100mg tablet a day (lowest dose) and the cherry extract. Sometimes I feel the uncomfortable tingling in my toe or joint by the ball of my foot, but instead of a full blown very painful attack, it goes away. Very happy I started the Allopurinol and cherry combination.

Got taken to a Michelin rated Spanish place earlier. It was tremendous, but thank f**k I wasn't picking up the Bill! The wife's employers having a late Christmas staff day out.

This was the other day, how good does the band and this still sound, great version.

Thinking is this the longest January ever ffs. Blue Monday the mora as well. Wouldn't have anything to do with me off to Lapland February, Thailand March ...

And i see they're teaching you to multitask, eat and piss at the same time. Gawd Bless the NHS, Guv!

Probably most you've ate in a month ffs

Caught loads of Perch as a kid in Northern Ireland, but never ate them, only ate the likes of trout or salmon, not what we'd call coarse fish. Bur when in Rome, and all that ...

Agreed! It had been getting to the stage a good fish supper would've killed him ffs, never mind anything else. Vegan fish of course

1) Because the other option was jail. They were told it was only them, no one else, couldn't be an IT mistake. Make it balance or get prosecuted. Many still got prosecuted, and were advised by their lawyer to plead guilty to avoid jail. 2) It was known and covered up about the IT system being faulty. More comes out about this every day. It's a shocking, horrendous thing that has happened, and to so many people, whole families stigmatised as thieves, mums or Dads going to jail when innocent, people taking their own lives over it. Families and lives ruined. It's gonna run and run this, and quite rightly. Those that did cover it up etc will hopefully end up getting jailed themselves. It's hard to get your head around what happened, it's so, so bad. Scary as well, as we move to more things being run by IT and AI, the reliance on it as near infallible. Not sure if you can watch these or not, horrendous yet compelling viewing - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001v640/newsnight-the-post-office-scandal https://www.itv.com/watch/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/10a0469/10a0469a0001

I certainly find it therapeutic. Like diving, calms me, you just concentrate on the present, the nature around you. Kinda like Mindfulness in a way i suppose.

Yea, out in the wilderness on a frozen lake, sitting on reindeer hides and a campfire (yes, that's how frozen it is? They use like a giant corkscrew to make a hole to fish through. Can eat what you catch or put back. ICE FISHING TRIP available December 1st – April 30th One of the best ways to explore Lapland's nature during winter! We are located in remote are with great fishing opportunities for grayling, perch, trout, pike and whitefish. The trip starts with a ride to a nearby wilderness lake. Our guides are highly passionate about ice fishing and they will share their best tips with you. If we get lucky our chef can prepare a dinner in our restaurant from the day's catch for you (ask separately). A campfire, hot drinks and snacks will be set up to keep us warm! Thermal clothing included

Only the smart chaps had him back in their FF team