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GonePirateSenior Contributor
i encourage you all to join me for some casual drinking, social lubrication and light laughter right here in the beer garden.
Oh and before anyone gets up in arms about alcohol and its dangers the main beer on tap is VB or virtual beer
beer is the third most commonly consumed drink in the world behind water and tea
why not share the worlds joy with friends
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TABSenior Contributor
oh dear @Decadian 
.. watching tv just now, they suggested the Scott Cam the carpenter guy from Bourkes Backyard, reno shows, the Block etc would make a good Prime Minister ...
..because at least he knows how to put a Cabinet together .......
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DecadianSenior Contributor
I love that @TAB
I am ROTFL
Dec
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TABSenior Contributor
Well it's not my material @Decadian ..but I'll take the credit .. 
lol
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DecadianSenior Contributor
Waal @TAB
I don't care where a good joke comes from Tab - I will enjoy it and give you the credit every day and twice on Sunday
Dec
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TABSenior Contributor
Haha @Decadian re twice on Sunday and well done re your new thread. I'm trying to exercise, well as insurance against pain/weakness and distract myself re my aches and pains. local Doctors not much use atm, they dont seem too interested and I have no relationship or history with them. I will have to go for a long drive at some stage to see previous doctors, but mild exercise seems to be doing something for the time being 
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DecadianSenior Contributor
Thanks @TAB
It can be hard to get a doctor to get interested in chronic pain - we need a specialist and they vary - that is why I am sticking with one who thinks I am not in as much pain as I say - but my GP sees me twice a week and he knows
I believe in walking - I like to take a walk after sunset during Daylight Saving - I actually walk a lot
But other exercises can be tricky - the end plates - the surfaces of the vertebrae - in my lumbar spine are corroded - and I have spinal cord stenosis - very awkward
But I can walk a long way as long as things are not too bad
And @BlueBay - you are right - it does limit what I can do - I would not qualify for a driver's licence - I wouldn't like the responsibility of it - I get sudden spasms in my spine that cause jerks in my arms and legs - not to good to have happening while driving - but I miss driving
Dec
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TABSenior Contributor
yes walking is good and not trying to harp on it re me but some of the things you mention sound familiar from report after I had a scan a few years back. Mostly its fine, but then either shows signs of getting bad which can be stressful or gets really bad. Have been scared of not being able to walk at work a few years ago, somehow it gets better and I keep going. Not working much at the moment anyway re that lol @Decadian I best get my day started. About all I have achieved so far today is cancelling an appointment lol
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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