110/70 here at the moment. That's within the normal range, mind you that may change when I take my meds in a minute.
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110/70 here at the moment. That's within the normal range, mind you that may change when I take my meds in a minute.
Last time I checked mine was 145/80, and that's with 10mg Amlodipine each day. Could do for it to be a bit lower. Resting heart rate less than 60. Don't know what that's supposed to be, but might explain why I always nod off if sat doing nowt for a few minutes (my CD player does the same if it detects no signal).
To go from BP being high enough to need meds, to 83/49 seems a bit extreme. Get yourself checked Geoff (even if it is going back to 'normal'), it's not done that for no reason.
40 mins after taking its already started to fall. 159/81Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
110/70 is ok, but you wouldnt need to take tabs at that level..assuming the machine is accurate; thats why it needs checking and you too, to see what it is afa the nurses think with their machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
hopefully that 83/49 was an error as thats dangerously low
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Originally Posted by struth
down to 155/82 now after 1 hr. not bad. itll go a bit lower still i think tho
I was told the self test machines, the cuff (EDIT, mine is a wrist type) type in particular, are generally thought to read low.
I was told to add 10 to the high reading and 5 to the low reading.
Why? The machine I use is the same make and model as used in my local surgery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebottle
Same here. Well, same make anyway. Omron.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I may have misled, mine is a wrist one not cuff, a Sanitas. At the surgery it's a more professional one.
My BP is 90 over 60, resting pulse 60. I'm barely alive.:lol: When I raise my arms my veins disappear, then lower them they all swell. I also got anemia.
Sounding pretty normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
I would say it is borderline hypotension.
No need to go to the vet anymore you can get diagnoses on here. Although they're conflicting...
A bit highish at 141/93 now.
I agree with Barry, that dose sound pretty low. And might explain the arm veins thing - when raising your arms maybe heart rate and BP not enough welly to send blood upwards, and when lowering your arms gravity is helping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
Is it 'simple' anaemia you have? I think that could be helped with a diet rich in iron (liver, spinach, other leafy veg, even iron supplements) but don't overdo it or your turds will look (and feel) like rocks. Obvs I'm not a proper doctor but I do know my shit :)
a more normal reading first thingQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
No, my iron levels are ok, I think I got kidney disease, but the NHS don't recognise kidney disease until its advanced, God bless the NHS!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Bugger. Sorry to hear that Mike.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
I'd love to go out to repair the roof for one of the NHS bosses - I would say "Sorry I can't fix your roof until the leaks have ruined all your carpets and furniture. Call me back when the black mould starts to be a problem".
Exactly, I've often overheard people from other European countries talk about how bad the NHS is, sometimes you literally have to be dying before they start to investigate, that's why we have lowest cancer survival rates in Europe, that's why we have fewer and fewer NHS dentists, it literally sucks (no teeth).Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
not enough dentists, doctors etc and not enough facilities either. govt couldnt orginize anything bar lining their own pockets
Dog was bitten yesterday by some little terrier type dog, £1000 for 2 stitches, I kid you not, Really hoping the insurance will pay.
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Still, at least it comes with a free game of cup and ball.
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Poor dear - no way of going for the terrier owner for damages?
Vets are a money spinning cartel these days, their greed will put them out of business. I won't be having more pets after mutt goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
An advert that really annoys me right now is for Petplan, featuring "Supervet" Noel Fitzpatrick, where he starts with "As a pet owner I know you you want the best treatment for your pet". He does weird stuff like titanium joints, probably at prices that approach new car territory.
As a pet owner, I know that if my cat was hit by a car, and I told Petplan I wanted Fitzpatrick to fit a new bionic leg they would just say "Oh you're only covered for amputation or euthanasia", and if it's anything like the insurance we had for our old bullmastiff, we'd have to foot the bill then claim off the insurance and hope for the best.
Vets and pet insurance, bunch of bandits working together to exploit pet owners :steam:
ive no pets now, and the financial viability of having one is part of that decision; the other being my lack of fitness to look after it properly.
What's that thing he wears on his head, is it a furry hat?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
never heard or seen him til now. looks like a permed wig:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Yeh, its kinda similar to the car accident damage scam, I reversed into a car last year, causing minor damage including smashed rear light, it was really minimal, insurance paid out £5000, with things like a 'new boot', honest to God, fucking bullshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Talking of car insurance, I have just renewed mine.
The original quote was a 33.5% increase over last year's insurance premium. Not surpringly I called them to say that whilst I understood repair costs have increased, both for parts and labour, most other insurance companies have increased their quotes by around 25%.
Needless to say my telecon querying their quote and asking if something could be done about it paid dividends: the revised quote was an acceptable 8.2% increase over that paid last year.
I'm sure others also 'shop around', but if you don't at least phone your present provider and see if they can improve on their quote (which IMO are set by some computer algorithm, expecting you to just "shrug your sholders" and pay up}.
motability are changing their insurers, presumably for a cheaper deal too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Well this kind of thing annoys me, just feels like they're trying it on. When my van insurance renewal came through earlier this year, there was a 40% increase. I'm not having that, I've barely increased my prices to customers, I have just absorbed much of my increased operating costs. So I am actually making less money per week than I was last year. While some companies are actually taking the piss, with their Covid/Brexit/War in Ukraine excuses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
So Mrs. P shopped around, and got my insurance for a few percent less than last year. Even if my old insurers had come back to me with a reduced quote, I would not stay with them on principle.
Earlier this year a customer who had previously got a quote for windows, thought that the price given to them (by a well known company who advertised a lot on TV) was rather high and wanted time to think about it, were told that the job could be done for a few hundred less if they signed up now. Annoyed, she showed them the door, and ultimately contacted me.
They should have given her their best price in the first place, then they would have got the job.
It's a bionic poodle's arse. Just warming it up prior to transplanting.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
The commission structures mean they have to try it on. We had the same selling phones and airtime contracts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
We would use the old 'Let me just talk to the manager and see what we can do' routine in the hope that they wouldn't think we were trying it on. Worked most of the time.
That wouldn't work in my job, I'd have to say "Let me go back to my van and talk to myself for a bit". No one's going to fall for that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
you could pretend to call your boss on your mobile.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
we used to do all sorts of dodges. The one thing you couldn't do was lie about the products. They had a team of about 20 people and all they did was monitor the calls. There was a list of 27 dos and don'ts which you had to sign to say you understood.
If you broke the rules it was written warning or the sack depending on the offence. But otherwise it was exactly like you see in 'Glengarry Glenross.'
All of my customers either know me from previous jobs or have been sent to me from said customers. So they all know I don't have a boss. But experience has taught me that some customers will always try to chip your price as haggling is in their nature. So I give a slightly inflated price then let them chip me to what I had intended to charge anyway. Looks a bit dodgy on the face of it, but in the end no one is over- or underpaying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I've never seen "Glengarry Glenross", but have heard it's pretty good. It'll come on telly at some point :)
just had my eyes tested...at home lol.... first ime for me, but it went well enough. cost me a fortune in specs tho even with the nhs help... oh well beans on beans soon lol
At least you'll be better able to spot the bargains. So savings to be made there :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
had the drops in eyes so cant see diddlysquatQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Had some dodgy-looking payments gone out of my bank account yesterday. Three payments of £99 "pending", to Barclaycard. So I contacted my bank to inform of this, and after going through all the automated nonsense they wanted details of my Barclaycard :doh: I don't have a Barclaycard, and have never in my life banked with Barclays. They said they would forward the information I'd given them to their fraud team.
Then five minutes later the fraud team called me, with a load more security questions :scratch: then suggested I phone Barclays. When I asked them for Barclays phone number or whether I could find them in the Yellow pages it went quiet at the other end, long enough for Anita to give me that stare that says "we're in the 21st century you moron", then the foreign sounding bloke on the other end said they would check with Barclays. I should bloody well think so.
So now I just wait and see.
sounds like someone trying it on. at least you flagged it quick so should be stopped or recompensed
New 8foot + Samsung TV. 98"
Only currently available in s Korea at £30k
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Available now in North Korea, probably. Price TBA.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ci...4HlBBxWA=s1200
retro is in so I wonder if there'd be a market for putting modern screens in vintage tellies?
Not looked but I bet someone is already doing it.
You might struggle to find a flat screen TV small enough to squeeze into the largest of vintage tellies. Laptop screen on one would make a pretty funky desktop computer though.
Size would not be a problem: the largest domestic CRT screen was about 23", however the aspect ratio was 4:3 (to match that of film), whereas for flat-screen TVs the aspect ratio is 16:9.
So you would have either a teeny-tiny 'letterbox' picture or have everything on the periphery chopped off. In a cabinet the depth of a fridge. I like having the telly wall-mounted, frees up floor space for other crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
No you could get up to 32'' CRT screens but the aspect ratio is a problem I hadn't thought of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
you got 16;;9 type crt's.. philips did a good one; forgot size tho. sony obviously did tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I had the Philips 16/9 it wasn't that big but it was heavy as it had Dolby surround built in, 5 channels of amplification.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Going back to the late 90s there.