Pulled Back!

Tiglet · Mar 11, 2019

When I was working one of the plants on site used to manufacture Bicarbonate of Soda and I believe some of the older workers would use BoS as a indigestion remedy just as Brian used it.

I’ve used BoS as a blasting medium with compressed air to clean the body of carburettors on a classic I was rebuilding. They came up like new but it does get bloody dusty though.

Big Sandy · Mar 12, 2019

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Got diagnosed with Gout
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Ooh. You have my most sincere sympathy. I also have gout (apparently it's hereditary) and have been taking allopurinol for about a 15 years. Fechin hurts, don't it? And fowk take the piss sommat chronic.

Doc said to me that I should look online for a list of foods with fewer purines to lower the risk of gout. I did find a list, pointed out to her that cake and biscuits were very low in purines..... She just said "No."

Callumity · Mar 12, 2019

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I was told no caviar or taramasalata and no lager! I thought, that's OK, I can live with that. LOL Know what you mean about people taking the piss though. They all think its some big joke about 'rich living' etc. when what it feels like is somebody's driven a 6 inch nail through the joint of your toe.

Had the odd attack over the years. Worst thing was I used to commute into London every day on a motorbike and changing gear when your left foot is howling is NO FUN!!!

Luckily though I haven't had an attack in 10 years now
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Left hand gear change? Your bike was too new!

Tricky-Dicky · Mar 13, 2019

Glad to say the back is on the mend...just being a bit careful with it, also just come back from seeing a very positive specialist about my knees and now on the list for a knee replacement on my left knee....hopefully i may get the right done in another year or so...be nice to be able to go for a proper walk.