Unless you have a spot several kg of spare saltpetre to hand, doll, no. But thanks anyway.
If the rhizotomy will reduce the pain you contend with daily, dear, then hurrah for the Pain Prof.
Gxx
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Let me edit that fer yez::
āArthuritis of the neck that is made worse by a bad fall aināt fun but, like others on this site, I try not to moan.ā
Which is what you meant, I am certain.
Gxx
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Gus.
Soo xx
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Thank you dear Gus
I am not great with punctuation so
a blue pencil at my efforts is much appreciated
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As for the saltpetre I know a number of people who have it
You do remember my contacts from work
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Nah, red pen. Always. [grinnity]
Ohhhhhh, yes. [further grinnity]
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Proffers 
Soo has her own Bottle from The Cupboard
I do have an Kilo of Saltpetre, azzit happensā¦
Carinthia.xx
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koff, koff. Of course you do, Darling.
Gxx
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Morning all
Bacon butties ready
Fresh loaves coming out of the oven in 10 minutes
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Thank you wee birdie for sorting my error out
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Well, everyone would wish for a truly functional, free-access-for-all public health system, but thereās always going to be a compromise: private health insurance in Ireland is very highly regulated, with such things as ālifetime community ratingā; premiums canāt be linked to your condition, or increasing age (there is an age-based āloadingā, a fairly recent thing, which is based on your age when you first take out insurance). Many European health systems are insurance-based - with a universal mandate, with welfare covering insurance for those unable to afford it. Itās an ongoing discussion here, whether to go for an NHS-style āfree at the point of accessā system, or a universal insurance based system. Meanwhile there is reality: the public health system is strained, and with those who can afford it having private cover, this does help reduce the strain on the public system. Yes, thereās constant arguments about the right-ness or wrong-ness of consultants working in both sectors, and itās not going to be resolved as long as there are serried ranks of āmanagersā and ābean-countersā instructing the medical practitioners on who they can treat, and how. And because of itās regulation, insurance is reasonably affordable. I have heard of āplansā in the Great Yew Ess of Ay which feature massive ādeductiblesā (which you have to pay before your insurance even kicks in), and which still cost PER MONTH what ours costs PER YEAR. VHI (the original, state-owned health insurer) has overhead running costs of something like 5% - itās pretty darned good.
We could also wish for the great Carbon Fairy to wave her/his/its wand and suddenly make all cars run on āgreenā (not fossil derived) hydrogen, mass-conversion become viable for electricity generation, and cows to stop farting. Meanwhile, we cope, and do what we can.
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and if we happen to have a diesel car because that is what they wanted us all to get last time they were changing their minds about these things, we can look forward to a bill for ten thousand quid or so since we canāt exactly expect to trade it in for very much, now can we.
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I think that the belching is worse. Actually, a creamery in California has been feeding its cows with red seaweed and this appears to have reduced the fermentation which leads to methane production. I read the rest with interest.
Soo xx
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Youāre absolutely correct! But āfartā sounds ruder, and more expressive 
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I have just taken delivery of two reindeer
B knitted them for our Stanley range engineerās very prem identical twins
I always try to give a token gift for new babies and this one is just perfect as itās in the run up to Christmas - two reindeer in red dresses with their name knitted in white on the dress
The sweetest bits are the gorgeous knitted antlers - tiny wool antlers so they are safe for a child
I may be a bit mushy about these beautiful things all wrapped and ready to go
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The lady at my Church who supports an entire school with Maryās Meals has just knitted an Nativity/Crib set with Kings, Shepherds, JM&J and The Wee Donkey to raffle orff for next years efforts.
As ever, with knitting, I marvel at the amount of work done, especially to make small thingsā¦
Carinthia.xx
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HBCs now available. The loaf is hideously bulgy and misshapen (and wholemeal) so feel free to hack it back into shape.
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I have made a few toys but I am nowhere near Bās standard - she is an expert knitter who always has several projects on the go
I will ask the Bull to take a photo and show off Bās talent on the appropriate thread
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Ooo yes please Gus
I love wholemeal
I have a caldron full of beans chickpeas onion and martyrs and cauliflower sitting marinading in a tikka and yogurt marinade for dinner
As ever things like that grew and wholemeal bread will go very nicely with tikka veggies
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