All ye oul wans and oul fellas out there! Wakey wakey, rise and shine!

Rubecula wrote: »

T'Other Side Bridge?

is that like the opposite of the wrong side of the tracks?

That sounds a good idea OG.

Council are going to replace it after the bridge construction.

The bridge is well under construction. The span is almost complete and after that they just have to lay the surface and the tracks. It runs from Mal;borough Street on the northside (just by the Abbey Theater) to Hawkins Street on the southside. It's for the LUAS and buses.
http://www.dublincity.ie/ROADSANDTRAFFIC/MAJORTRANSPORTPROJECTS/Pages/MarlboroughStreetPublic.aspx

Public transport across north to south has always been terrible. If I didn't know better I'd think that the good folk of Grafton Street and it's environs didn't want us northsiders to call by.

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Lookin' good "Lemonade Man"

Typecast or wha?

Popping in to say hi! How are ye all? My recent 'oul wan' experiences have revealed a few things! I opted out of modding some while ago because I was not feeling the best, due to a lot of personal stuff, but it continued on and I didn't seem to be getting the better of it despite efforts to pull out of it.

So now I have a reason, I am suffering from sleep apnoea. In spades! I have had a preliminary test and am waiting for an appointment at the sleep clinic. For anyone who does not know, it means that you don't get into really deep sleep, the kind that revives you for the new day. As soon as you start to slip into deep sleep you stop breathing and then gasp for air - I am going 30 to 50 seconds of not breathing - which does not wake you completely, but brings you out of the deep sleep. So I end up frazzled and exhausted, and at times quite irrational and depressed. Even knowing about it is a great help, at least I know I am not going crazy!

Even going privately it will be another 6 weeks or so to get an appointment, but as far as I understand, once it has been checked out and appropriate action taken the results are miraculous! I really do hope! Its a physiological rather than a medical thing, so its not a case of 'more tablets'!

If this is of any help or interest to anyone, its worth spreading the word. Take care all of ye, hope I will be bouncing back in to say hello more often, soon.

Hya stranger!

I gots the apnoea too. Years ago I was given those nose clip things but I'd wrestle it off during the night so they failed totally. Same with using anyform of mask, I'd just swipe it off during my nightly tussle with the quilt. I'm lucky enough to be able to get by on what sleep I do catch but I've been told to expect that to change in the future.
Cross that bridge when I come to it.

Delighted to hear that you finally have something to pin your irritability on rather then blame us in here.
/Ducks, runs, giggles

Poor Looksee! I hope you get that sorted soon. Mind yourself, we miss you

looksee wrote: »

once it has been checked out and appropriate action taken the results are miraculous! I really do hope! Its a physiological rather than a medical thing, so its not a case of 'more tablets'

Best wishes to you, Looksee, and, if of any comfort, one of my buddies came through this last year and is now disgracefully healthy again, visiting boards.ie regularly, getting offended on our behalf (AH).

Judging by recent posts here, the vast (why is the majority always "vast"?) majority of us have ailments, the vast majority of which have serious, primary symptoms AND psychological / physiological side effects. For instance, my own recent difficulties have made me much more emotional than the cold, cruel b@$t@rd I was for the vast majority of my life.

Has anyone else here noticed a "neck-up" side effect from a "neck-down" complaint?

Could it be due to the realisation that immortality isn't real and that medical science, marvellous as it is, will eventually fail? That we may not get that telegram from our Head of State after all?

I is like soooooo looking forward to grammar and spell-checkin' my telegram an' stuff from like President Jedward no whut awm sayin'? "I'm like what's a telegram, dude?"

With that prospect in mind, maybe I'll forego medical assistance next time!

In keeping with my theory that, to get through a rough patch, you need a target beyond that rough patch, e.g. jobs in the shed, I've found the ideal vestment. The URL below probably won't work and, since the "how to" is indecipherable, (written by nerds, in Nerdish, for nerds, fluent in Nerdish) I've added the main features here:

•10 yes, 10 x pockets, including back
•Thigh & mobile phone holster pockets
•Reinforced knees
•Straight leg design
•7 x belt loops
•Zip fly
•Triple stitched for longer life
•Stain resistant
•Teflon coated

Alternatively, there is an advanced version with "pockets" over your kneecaps, into which you can fit kneepads. Brilliant!
Ten pockets - pills; keys; Swiss army knife; coins for the car park; zapper for the alarm; gobstoppers; the fuse to remind you to buy more fuses; the mystery "treasure" you found on the beach that might come in handy someday; a Bonio for the mad setter who comes into the shed every morning, leaving loads of room for manly (hands in pockets) standing around;
Stain resistant, well, we'll see about that;
Teflon coated, so, after having performed miracles in the shed, you don't get an earful for sitting on the precious sofa, etc.

I'm delaying my order because I don't know what size I'll be after the treatment but it looks like the days of hearing Gok Wan-type advice about my shedwear are about to end for ever.

[/URL]http://www.screwfix.com/p/blackrock-grampian-grey-trousers-32-w-31-l/45816#[/URL]

I can just imagine how long I would spend looking on the bench for tools that were in my tool belt!

Agree about the project, I now have the timbers for my viking tent done (though they need oiling) and I have the fabric for the cover cut out and one seam sewn. Yesterday. A 6 meter seam in canvas. Too knackered today, hopefully I will do another seam tomorrow!

No, machined. Its a bit of a struggle though as I am using tent thread and jeans needle in an ordinary machine and its difficult to keep the tension right. It is incredibly slow, three lines of stitching for each seam, could be a long job!