Saturday Soiree -- 27th December 2025

Oohh a mango @Shaz51 was it from the shops or did you get it from a tree near you? I love mangoes!!
which ones do you like?

Oh a walk sounds good! Where did you go? What did you see 😊

She is with my friends who have the awesome place(where I house sat), with the pool etc so she is very lucky. Hard without her though, thanks holidays are always a bit of fun combined with a bit of stress 😅 looking forward to the good coffee though!!

@Shaz51 Good seeing you around friend.

@Chasingsunsets @StuF @heartathome @MissGremlin

We planning to have lunch up Denmark way with our son partner and kids and most likely will end up going for a hike around the river together afterwards. For they have a beautiful walking trail going round, we love to hike together.

That is if this kidney stone i been trying to pass since yesterday morning does not flare up more than it has this morning. Luckily the pain is very moderate at the moment, and the stone has travelled a good distance since yesterday, but it has not come through yet. Still i'm not expecting any trouble unless a new one breaks loose. i have had that before four medium size stones over a few weeks. i was pretty sore, swollen and cut up inside after those weeks were up.

i've been having (smallish) stones regularly ever since i been using the active ingredient of Turmeric, curcumin for a few years. i did not know it would have this effect on me until to late, not many people do. (i use TMG now.) And also anti-acid tablets bring them on big time i reckon.

Luckily the stones seem to flush reasonable easily when only smallish, and have not awaited maximum size, and then totally floor me coming through. A night awake is the worst it has been, although this one has not even done that. It is more like a good size sore bruise on my back, then the flame flaring pain i know it can be.

(i've had big stones twice in my life time, experiencing levels of pain never felt before. Not even anywhere near! Unbelievable do kidney stones hurt badly when they become bigger. Spewing up guts big time then.)

It is getting an infection afterwards i have to most cautious about. Lemon juice mixed in water, as well as finely cut up garlic marinated in raw honey at regular intervals, is what i use to try and prevent that when i have stones. For i know from experience my kidneys are prone to get infected then.

Hoping all have a wonderful day.

Hehe you are welcome @Shaz51 😊 your questions always welcome my friend 😎

Hey @GezzaP, hope your snooze was a good one 😊

@DownMoreThanUp your lunch and hike sounds amazing! Is that today? I hope you can pass that kidney stone!! Sorry my support button not working today 😜

yes I enjoyed my power nap thanks @Chasingsunsets . Watching cricket.

Oh yeah @GezzaP is it 20/20? I don’t mind watching those matches can’t watch the tests though hehe too long for me lol

Glad the snooze was good! Enjoy the cricket!

Hi everyone @Chasingsunsets @DownMoreThanUp and others…

something I’ve experienced just about less than 30 mins ago have made me upset

a random white man decided to throw some insults at me while we were waiting to cross the pedestrian road and I tried ignoring him. He even looked at me as well as down on my shoes/pants a few times each time after he said something to me. The only things I was able to catch from what he said were “yin and yang” (racist because I’m Asian) and “talkin’ to ya”. I immediately crossed another pedestrian road nearby and thankfully he didn’t follow me to continue attacking me.

im not sure what the hell this man is on but he obviously didn’t look like he was on drugs. He just looked like another regular man who just decided to be a d*ckhead for no reason

@Shaz51 @Morning beautiful Shaz. Thank you for including me.

Im having a coffee and trying to find ways to lift myself. Company is good.

Ah sorry to hear that happened @Blackcloud, not good at all.
Glad you were able to walk away from him, I hope your day isn’t too affected by him,

What are you up today? How’s the bowling been going?

Hello @Cuddlebear so lovely to see you here, sorry I haven’t been able to chat much but thankyou for your lovely comment the other day. My support button isn’t working atm.

what type of coffee are you drinking today 😊

@Chasingsunsets well I’m just on the train about to head home. I initially was planning on staying out for a bit longer. but because of that experience, I couldn’t because obviously what he did wasn’t okay and it p!ssed me off, especially since I was alone too.