Good Morning Saturday, 6th December 2025

[Bruce]

Good morning all on, hopefully the last day of the heatwave. On the bright side it is the weekend.

Went to see the doctor this morning to get a biopsy done on my head. Actually was very simple, quick chat to the doctor then down to the clinic procedure rooms where a nurse set all the equipment up. She phoned the doctor when she was ready, he walked down, gave me local anaesthetic and chopped bits off me, added a stitch or two, chatted for a few minutes and buggered off. Nurse returned to patch me up and I was sent home.

Have to go back in 10 days to see the doctor for the results and get the stitches out. It was all very easy and painless. I seem to recall the last time I had a skin biopsy many years ago the doctor didn’t bother with the anaesthetic and just cut a tiny bit of me off which stung like buggery!

Anyway it was very hot walking there and equally hot walking back (39°), can’t wait for the southerly tonight.

Annoyingly I received an invitation to lunch just as I was getting ready to go to the doctor but had to refuse because of this procedure.

Enjoy your weekend.

Take care…

[swimfeeders]

Hi

Good Morning Bruce and all who follow.

I often think Bruce that you and I live in a parallel universe where your Health Service is infinitely better than that here in the UK.

We could learn a lot from Australia and others.

The UK is somewhat unique in our ability to mismanage large services, incompetence is rewarded by promotion.

What School you went to is far more important than your ability.

Biopsy waiting target times 28 days for urgent, 62 days for non urgent.

Some wait much longer.

I could go on, I very probably will, but start another thread about how bad in general healthcare is here in the UK.

Yet more rain due here today, even more tomorrow, so once again the town centre will be flooded.

I am going to be a busy Womble today, bothe my freshwater and marine tanks are not doing well.

The Water Company deny it, but there is a problem with the water supply.

Flushing the loo leaves black marks down the side of the bowl, not just on mine, but others as well.

The standard test kits show up nothing, so time to get my scientists head on and start testing for other things.

Have a great day all and stay safe.

[Ripple]

Hello good morning all

It’s one of those stormy weather hang onto your hat days.
Thought I might step into Christmas and put the tree up later today, that should cheer me up I’m fed up with all this rain.
Thought you might like to see a photo of the coastal defence happening where I live in Hampshire.
It’s massive and wonderful.

Off to make my porridge.

Enjoy xxx

The Developer - Places - Southsea coastal defence: Flood protection as destination.

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[macywack]

nice to see you Rips

[Bruce]

@swimfeeders

I often think Bruce that you and I live in a parallel universe where your Health Service is infinitely better than that here in the UK.

I wouldn’t say that Medicare is not without its problems.

At the moment I am surrounded by smoke not sure where it is from, I know a dozen houses have been lost on the central coast (couple of hundred kms north of me)

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[Chilliboot]

@Ripple

Thought you might like to see a photo of the coastal defence happening where I live in Hampshire.
It’s massive and wonderful.

And it comes with a rainbow too Ripple!
Now that’s what I call planning!

[Bruce]

That is interesting. as bits of people’s property are swallowed up by the sea here, they are fined for piling up rocks to protect their land

[Graham]

Morning all…

Another grey and damp day here on the south coast. Not sure what’s happening today. Mrs G wants to finish the pre-holiday house cleaning today and there’s a couple of Christmas markets she wants to get round. Tomorrow is the big day for decorations, which usually takes two days to put up, although where I am, we’ll be the last ones in our street.

Have a great Saturday all…

[mart]

Good morning - A sunny morning but I haven’t looked to see if that will change. I think it’s time to get the Christmas decorations and tree out of the loft and make a start on that.

I’m going to persuade our daughter to have a hack at my hair. That’s normally Mrs mart’s domain but she isn’t up to doing it at present.

@swimfeeders

I often think Bruce that you and I live in a parallel universe where your Health Service is infinitely better than that here in the UK.

I had some skin cancers removed from my body a couple of years back. They were the misshapen mole types rather than big lumps. One covered a fairly big area (11 stitches). Once diagnosed, they were all treated within a few weeks. Not too bad for time scale I’d say.

Have the best possible day.

[zuludog]

Good morning!
Mixture of cloud & blue sky, dry, a bit cool … so not too bad for December

I got up late but nothing much planned for today, just pottering about and making a start on Christmas cards
But now for another cup of coffee

[OldGreyFox]

Rest day today so just a ‘very’ early drive to Tesco for the weekend shopping. Not too cold this morning 7 Degrees C so shorts all day…Perhaps not when we go to a garden centre for Christmas dinner number 3…
Most of the family are rocking up for tea and world discussions…I’m hoping to find out who is on pole for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, during a lull in discussions.
Christmas might be a little late this year, I can’t be arsed to drag everything out of the loft and put up the tree to create a diversion for Rosie the cat from destroying the three piece suite.
Who me?..Bless!

They re-marked all the disabled bays in the Tesco car park…and I think they overdone it.
There aren’t that many disabled people in Doncaster, and if there are, they don’t shop here…

Perhaps they were being a bit too optimistic.
These were taken mid-morning the other day when it was quite busy with able bodied shoppers.

[Surfermom]

Good morning from Florida! Someone send a boat!

It’s day three of the rain; a tropical depression has decided to sit here for a few days of vacation.

@OGF, it’s very nice to meet Rosie. She is certainly looking like a loaf this morning!

I got tickled by your photos of the handicap bays. Here, the first five rows are similarly marked, the next two rows are for pregnant women, the ten are for store pickup deliveries, the following three are for veterans, and the next twelve are people who are wearing purple polka-dots with pink umbrellas. I don’t begrudge the people who need the closer spots - at all - I just find it humorous. I just back out of my driveway, park at the curb at the end of it and start walking…

@Ripple

Thought you might like to see a photo of the coastal defence happening where I live in Hampshire.
It’s massive and wonderful.

I guess we would! What an undertaking and a remarkable shot! Coincidentally, weasonal beach “renourishment” started here a month ago, and it’s ever controversial because of the cost and the impact it has on the shoreline wildlife. The tourist dollar trumps all.

The ship in the upper right corner is pumping sand through the pipes where it’s redistributed by the heavy machinery in the foreground.

@Bruce

I know a dozen houses have been lost on the central coast

Same down the coast from us. I suppose this is always happening somewhere on a state or island-continent- nation with so much shoreline.

I’d have more empathy for these owners except many of them have tried to sell their properties up to the moment they were condemned or collapsed, trying to pass off a very expensive problem.

I would

@Bruce

That is interesting. as bits of people’s property are swallowed up by the sea here, they are fined for piling up rocks to protect their land

This is the exact, very controversial, situation in Hawai’i. It’s illegal to pile up rocks or other shoreline barriers, but the people who own these properties are so wealthy that they don’t care about the $100K and growing fines. You can see that every one of these houses is illegally shoring up the shoreline. This is along one of the most famous surf beaches in the world, but the Hawaiians are very protective of the a’ina (land) and the natural processes, so they aren’t letting the wealthy buy there way out of the natural erosional processes. Many of these homeowners are likewise trying to sell their homes and land, presenting them as prime ocean-front property that can be cleared and rebuilt. It’s easy to empathize with both sides of the controversy.

My son and I have a date tonight; the first time since…forever …since just the two of us have gone out together. We had planned on hiking, but the weather is forcing us indoors. We are discussing possibilities of bookstores, the hardware store, and a cozy dinners as likely options,

Have a nice day!

[Ripple]

I didn’t take the pic , but it’s a goodie isn’t it.

[Chilliboot]

It certainly is Ripple, you don’t get many rainbows in pictures of construction sites!

[Chilliboot]

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[Chilliboot]

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