Hey guys & girls, i'm not dead - yet

[Reid Malenfant]

Just popping in for a half hour or so having just had my dinner :) I'll be off again to get bored crapless by laying down again (reading books etc) very shortly but i thought i ought to say hello & let you (those that don't know what's going on) that i haven't all of a sudden kicked the bucket :cool:

Just been having a rather bad time in the spinal department, prolapsed disc/s etc & sciatica just to put the icing on the cake :rolleyes:

I hope you are all well, i'll hopefully be making more of an appearance towards the end of the week after hopefully completing nearly a months worth of shopping to restock the blasted freezer :eek:

Take it easy folks & all the best to you, i can't wait to get back to normality :mex:

[keiths]

Nice to see you dude.

[John]

Great to have you back Mark and wishing you a speedy recovery
I use a cranial Osteopath and works wonders or me but sure you got someone treating it lots of different approaches its about finding something that works for you

[The Grand Wazoo]

All the best Mark - take it easy mate.

[Marco]

Hey, Marky-boy, good to hear that you're still with us, mate! Get well soon! :cool:

Marco.

[hifi_dave]

Hi mark,
Get well soon.

[Welder]

Hey Mark. http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/6a35c242066ce84ff6a5259c9c49b02a0589f5aa8e3e356a16 163110ee4125732g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=cjlpns7rmct1d0z&thumb=5)

Y u no buy I thingy so you can lie down and participate? :lolsign:
Good to read you’re getting sorted mate. http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/881865f09eb214199cf819de58edbd1bc84989f0d98c01dc0c b231ab94fba87a2g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=7gg8h7qgo76zq25&thumb=5) http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/881865f09eb214199cf819de58edbd1bc84989f0d98c01dc0c b231ab94fba87a2g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=7gg8h7qgo76zq25&thumb=5) http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/881865f09eb214199cf819de58edbd1bc84989f0d98c01dc0c b231ab94fba87a2g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=7gg8h7qgo76zq25&thumb=5)

[Reid Malenfant]

Cheers guys :)

I'm going to have me a party :lolsign: Is that me ol mate John i see there :scratch: Nice to see you on here again fella, now i do have something to look forward to :eyebrows:

Thanks for the kind words, i'll be back (like Arnie) as soon as i am physically able to sit for a decent length of time. Must admit the :cool: is helping :lol: I might see if i can get through a CD or two, yes i've had withdrawl from music to - drives me crazy :mental:

No decent sounds for nearly a month :eek:

[Beechwoods]

Good to see you Mark. Enjoy the reading, but I hope you're on your feet good and proper again soon!

[Tim]

Glad to see you back Mark, I have missed your eclectic spins :)

:cool:

[Alex_UK]

drives me crazy :mental:

Sorry dude, you can't be driven crazy if you already are crazy! ;)

Get well soon buddy. :)

[DSJR]

So glad to see you back, if only fleetingly initially - my gawd your expertise has been missed around these parts ;)

Wifey has back issues and although not as severe as yours, I do understand how debilitating it can be, as we seem to use our back muscles in almost all movements I reckon..

I shall be needing your advice at some point soon ;)

Take care and don't over-do it with the shopping - enough to put your back right out again :eek:

[Mark Grant]

Nice to see you back :)

I know what's it like when your backs really bad so take it easy.

[Rare Bird]

H i Mark
You did get me worried to be honest, i though youd left but i remembered the back department, o lordy i know what your going thru.

[WOStantonCS100]

Yeeeouch! Back problems SUCK! Every now and again I have to lay flat on my back on the floor for an hour or so. Good to hear you're recovering.

[Rare Bird]

Hi Biff
I had a serious accident when i was younger, ive had back trouble ever since, when i put weight on it's murder i cant physically get out of bed some mornings,if i lay on my back all night in bed i'm pretty much done for in the morning... The lifting at work, even though it reletivly minor is still a total nightmare..watching how much i eat is one of the most important things, to keep the weight off..but many a time i've been just like Mark bed ridden.

[Techno Commander]

Take care and keep the medication topped up. :cool::cool:

:eyebrows:

[colinB]

Glad to hear youre still around. Need you back. Who else is going to answer my dumb questions.

[Reid Malenfant]

Awww shucks guys, very nice of you to lay it on thick like :lol:

No seriously i do appreciate all your kind words & hoping Humpty Dumpty gets put back together again :o

If there is one good thing to have come of this then i can say that i have had loads of time to consider exactly what i'm going to do in the way of my new front speakers :) I kind of decided that i'm seriously unlikely to ever make another pair & if i'm going to do it it'll have to be just about as soon as i can, just in case :eyebrows: That's just in case i can't in the future :eek:

Make hay while the sun shines i think sums things up...

Hopefully i'll be back on here most evenings from now on :cool: Things are still easing up so i'm going to try & go shopping tomorrow & see how i get on, fun - not! :lol:

Bests to all of you!

[MartinT]

Hi Mark

So good to see you back. Can't you organise a lash-up to dangle your lappy over your bed or something? You know we miss you and we can't be having all this "no access to AoS" bollo :)

[Reid Malenfant]

:lol: It might be possible, just means i'll need a rather long lead to connect from the microfilter on the phone line to go upstairs.... 40ft or so i reckon :rolleyes:

What's that cable called Martin? The one from the microfilter to router?

Alternatively i get 50ft+ of ethernet cable :eyebrows:

[Tim]

Alternatively i get 50ft+ of ethernet cable :eyebrows:
That would be very cheap from Ebuyer Mark

http://www.ebuyer.com/20826-belkin-cat5e-snagless-utp-patch-cable-black-15m-a3l791b15m-blks

[Reid Malenfant]

Wow, indeed, i'll seriously consider this as doable then :) Cheers for the link Tim :)

[MartinT]

Yep, Tim beat me to it but best to extend the ethernet cable. Don't you have a wireless router?

[Rare Bird]

one mistake i made was not implanting an eartnet around the place before i had it plastered.

[Spectral Morn]

Must apologise for missing this thread. Hope your back gets better soon Mark.


Regards D S D L

[Reid Malenfant]

Yep, Tim beat me to it but best to extend the ethernet cable. Don't you have a wireless router?
Martin, come on chap... You should know better than most on here that any wireless stuff can be hacked (code protected or not). I know a guy the deals with some of this as a business hacking into secure (yeah right) networks... He mentioned about 3 programs...

Airsnort was one i remember, can't remember the others :scratch:

No thanks, i'll stay wired ;) Cheers Neil & Andr'e :cool:

I like wires :lolsign:

[MartinT]

That's a bit paranoid, Mark. I use WPA2K encryption, which is pretty secure. More importantly, who would want to hack into my network? I have nothing of value to find.

In any case, I could see if anyone was in my network at a glance, so I'm quite happy with wireless and would not be without it for the convenience of having it all round the house and in the garden.

[WAD62]

Hi Mark, I missed this thread too...

Hope the disc's settling down and that the sciatica not too bad, I suffered the same about 6 years ago and know the pain...proper pain!!! :(

Here's to your gradual recovery :cool:

[goraman]

Biff, what happened?
I missed that part, glad to hear your still with us!
Hopefully the meds are good ones!

[kininigin]

I had a bad case of sciatica last year(and a little while this year) i have never felt pain like it,so totally sympathise.

I had an unfortunate trip to the south of france,in a transit van,which took about 20hrs(don't ask).Im not sure how it is for you,but for me being in a seated position,was the worst position to be in.I was supposed to take about 3-4 painkillers every 4-6hrs,i ended up taking about 20 in 12hrs,plus nurofen on top of that.I was still in pain though.

Get well soon and don't rush it (like i did trying to lift my speaker and stand together which weigh about 70kgs :doh:)