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Excellent thread. Congratulations on a fantastic build

Busman's holiday for you

I've been on 3. Two with Royal Caribbean which I would absolutely do again. They seem to manage the people better and it doesn't feel crowded or that you are forever queuing. Went on a cheap P&O cruise last year and I didn't enjoy it. Wife thinks it was because we were spoilt on the other ones. Just felt like they had crammed the ship to capacity, massive queues for drinks and food. A lot of the staff didn't seem to care. Unfortunately the Wife has booked another P&O one for just the two of us next year as it was so cheap. She reckons I'm just being miserable but I would rather have spent more money on a Royal Carribean one! @Bender You might like this Robotic Bar they had on the Anthem. Just use the screen to choose what drink you want and the robotic arms make it and hand it to you. No contact with people necessary

I would love to see it in real life. I have been on the Anthem & on the Independence. The Anthem in particular felt intimidatingly large to me when I was walking alongside it and this is 2 classes larger! Photo I took of the Anthem Of The Seas

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The clutch sensor/switch. Plenty of bikes won't start if they aren't in neutral or don't have the clutch lever pulled in. And I am assuming you have tried a new spark plug?

We allow dogs to come into the chippy. Providing its not really busy so shop full and the dog is behaved it does not cause an issue. Apart from getting snotty looks off a woman once when I told her she was welcome to bring her dog in but not to sit the little handbag thing on the counter. Tried telling me her dog was much cleaner than our counter I once worked in a Jewellers and it was an open shop with display cabinets on both sides and an open entrance with no doors. People used to walk in with their dogs all the time (and smoking which was a pain in the arse to deal with all day) and same thing there, if the dog was quiet and not jumping up at anyone there was no issue.

I saw a bag of frozen chicken strips in Asda (chicken pieces, not breaded etc) and the ingredients just said Chicken. Looked at the extra tasty ones next to it and the ingredients said Chicken, sugar, paprika, caramelised sugar......

My Wife is scared of strange dogs, she is fine when she has met them and spends time with them but always gets scared when we are going for a walk and dog walkers come towards us. I however am more on the lines of " Oh look at that German Shepherd, I'm going to see if the owner will let me say hello " Strangely enough she has never been bit by a dog or had a bad experience with one.

Bit of an interesting update. Had a GP appointment today to discuss my levels and she isn't overly concerned. Although my cholesterol levels are high my total level to HDL isn't that bad. If I was 10 years older or heavier she might of raised an eyebrow but has told me for now to just to cut back on the crap, eat a bit healthier, drink less, walk to work etc and to retest in 6 months Also told me it helps if I can get my partner to join in with me on the healthier eating and exercise. Assuming I'll be back to see her next week with some form of poisoning or blunt trauma related injury after I mention that to the Wife. I swear I was looking around for Jeremy Beadles ghost when she suggested I tell my Wife to go on a diet and exercise

Obviously they didn't eat all of that Just buy in multipacks so it's there for them next time.

Crisps I can live without. Chocolate bars, biscuits, doughnuts and cake related things however

We have had the grandkids this weekend and there is a ton of stuff left over. My Wife and youngest daughter are going to enjoy them

@onesea I have that book ( ultra processed) just haven't read it yet. Guess I've got a good reason to now!

I've switched to red top for cereal and tea Thankfully I like green tea so will be drinking more of that as an alternative as well. Cut right back on coffee too as I only normally drink pour over which has more cafestol than instant and can cause higher levels apparently. Usually have 4 cups a day too On the bright side now I'm not drinking as much I can justify buying more expensive beans to try! I'm going to be a right miserable f**ker for a while

@Fiddlesticks Walk of the earth are a fun band. Quite like some of there covers. My wife loves their version of Macey Grays I try.

@Vic101 Great song. I love this version. The crowd were pissed off, I think Stevie Wonder was supposed to be playing and he wouldn't go on for some reason or other so she got sent out and won them over with her Singing.

@Bender Thats my hopeful aim. Shed a stone off and see what a new test says. Not wanting to go on statins unless absolutely necessary. Doctor wasn't impressed when she saw last time I'd been in was 2015 and that I'd never had a blood test (or any other kind of test) show up on my history

I'd say you sound like the wife but I think she's thinking more about getting a life insurance payout and having no mortgage

Apparently losing 10 pounds can really reduce your levels. I have no idea of the inner workings of it all. What I eat hasn't exactly been good anyway so I guess I better start taking packed lunches to work from now on

As seen on nob of the day thread I've nominated myself for nob of the last few decades as my lifestyle has given me a pretty shit result for cholesterol on my blood test last week. 7.1 ( classed as very high) Still waiting for my followup appointment with GP. For now I'm cutting out crap ( ie the nice foods) and limiting alcohol to maybe 1 or 2 drinks a week. I quit smoking approx 14 years ago so at least I haven't got that to deal with. Funniest thing is I only went for bloods doing as I had noticed I had lost 3/4 kilo in last 7/8 months without changing or doing anything. Bet doctor was thinking "you need to lose a bit more fatty" I'm 5'10 and weigh 94kg so while not huge I could probably stand to lose some I suppose. Anyway I was just wondering if anyone on here had gone through similar and had any advice?

I've been told to cut down on alcohol as it will help lower levels. A quick Google says your liver converts alcohol into tri(something or other) and cholesterol which then goes into your bloodstream. So while whisky doesn't have any per se it's probably best I avoid for a while. Will stick to the odd beer once a week until levels are more normal. Think I'll start a thread to see if anyone else has had bad tests. What they did are doing etc. give me a bit of advice at least

Me once again. Though probably fairer to say " nob of the last 40 odd years " My lazy lifestyle has come to bite me on the arse. Raised Cholesterol level of 7.1 I'm not massively overweight either so a bit worrying. Time to stop eating what I want and live on Rabbit food till my levels become more normal. No more freebie food from work either! I had got a very nice bottle of Jura for Christmas too that I was looking forward to opening

@Fozzie Quite like Kia's. You get a lot for your money. My Wife had a Kia Rio as a lease car for 3 years and we seriously considered buying one before she decided to lease something else instead. Only fault I found with it was the clutch was a bit sharp so it took me a while to not be setting off from the lights doing a little wheel spin