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[StFly]

Not sure if anyone has seen but l watched a snippet on YouTube that China has allegedly commissioned their first Thorium reactor. If it's true then the energy debate is over IMO. In the interim, solar, batteries and a plugin hybrid is the way to go if you can afford it.
There's a multitude of options to fix the issue if we had an intelligent government, but those days are long gone unfortunately.

I don't think they've actually started yet, I know they planned to but I thought they were still in the "this is a bit corrosive and I have NFI what I'm doing to combat this" phase. Then again it's the Gobi desert and China so who knows?

 

[PoppedCorn]

Visited Jack Sinclair gringo2011 castle today, not a bad location - no hot tub to be seen though
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ive been watching the Hell on Earth boys on the tube and they do most of this stuff in wales, love the old stuff

Castle of Mey

The Castle and Gardens of Mey will be open every Wednesday and Thursday 11am to 3pm for the first 3 weeks of April. We will also be open for Easter from 30th March to 1st April, 11am to 3pm. Learn more about our seasonal opening times online for more information.

www.castleofmey.org.uk

just up the road, 40 mins, not sure they are open yet

pretty much right on the tip up there mate, looks nice

 

[sammm]

For me it's just an inconvenience, i can still go to work and i was able to go back a bit earlier with a hope i can take some time off later.

They considered surgery for me and decided they didn't need to. They seem to be really quick to use plates and the like in footballers, and maybe that gets them back that bit quicker, but it also seems to me that you hear a lot about complications in foot injuries ,( i think Van Es had issues with a plate in his foot ), so i'm happy that mine seems to be a conservative approach. My friend's wife was like a game of snakes and ladders, thinking everything is going well then back to the beginning.

I broke my 5th metertarsel 6 years ago. I had a plate in my foot. It took 4 years for me to stop saying I want the plate out.

 

[sammm]

Just note that once it comes out from the boot, give it time to recover and for the muscles to heal. Easy thumb rule, x weeks from injury to getting out of the boot and the same x weeks for the muscles to get back enough strength to do what it was doing before.

And if your in a moon boot, yo once that comes off you will need to strengthen your toes for walking.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I broke my 5th metertarsel 6 years ago. I had a plate in my foot. It took 4 years for me to stop saying I want the plate out.

Did they take it out?

 

[Joffaboy]

I broke my 5th metertarsel 6 years ago. I had a plate in my foot. It took 4 years for me to stop saying I want the plate out.

Did the same in Scotland in 2018, walked 10 k on it the next day and limped around on it for a week until I got home.
Thought it was a sprain. Got it x rayed 6 weeks after getting home because it was still sore. Broken in 3 places. No brains no feeling.

On SM-S908E using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Mines near the base of the second metamarcel.
I think i probably did some ligament damage round my toes at the same time, because most of the pain was up around the ball of my foot and near the toes.
Spent the first couple of days hobbling round pretty much using the outside of my foot.

 

[Leigh58]

Mines near the base of the second metamarcel.
I think i probably did some ligament damage round my toes at the same time, because most of the pain was up around the ball of my foot and near the toes.
Spent the first couple of days hobbling round pretty much using the outside of my foot.

Sorry to hear SS.
I have fractured my fifth metatarsal four times now, twice on both feet over a five year period.
It has been incredibly frustrating being in and out of a moon boot over the years, and enduring surgery on one occasion in late 2022.
Since my fourth fracture in June 2023 I have been extra careful in my recovery. I was told by an orthopaedic surgeon that I would never run again.
As the months wore on those words inspired me like no other words before, and I was quietly determined to prove her to be wrong.
Equipped with my phone and paired Samsung Galaxy watch, I am now walking or jogging an average of 22 kms per day, which is about 27,500 steps daily or about 10 million steps in a year.
Although I am 65 years old now, I feel as fit as a fiddle.

My mental health is far better as well and I am also escaping from my wife (26 years of marriage), for about four hours every day.
Ha ha!

Most of the steps are undertaken in various parks, at a gym, beach or wherever. I am fortunate enough to be accompanied by other family members or buddies on occasions, which helps no end.

Best wishes

 

[wannabewinner]

Sorry to hear SS.
I have fractured my fifth metatarsal four times now, twice on both feet over a five year period.
It has been incredibly frustrating being in and out of a moon boot over the years, and enduring surgery on one occasion in late 2022.
Since my fourth fracture in June 2023 I have been extra careful in my recovery. I was told by an orthopaedic surgeon that I would never run again.
As the months wore on those words inspired me like no other words before, and I was quietly determined to prove her to be wrong.
Equipped with my phone and paired Samsung Galaxy watch, I am now walking or jogging an average of 22 kms per day, which is about 27,500 steps daily or about 10 million steps in a year.
Although I am 65 years old now, I feel as fit as a fiddle.

My mental health is far better as well and I am also escaping from my wife (26 years of marriage), for about four hours every day.
Ha ha!

Most of the steps are undertaken in various parks, at a gym, beach or wherever. I am fortunate enough to be accompanied by other family members or buddies on occasions, which helps no end.

Best wishes

Broke my 5th metatarsal 3 times. Turned out the that the orthotics I was wearing was contributing to the injury/ re injury. Once I changed the orthotics, so much better.

 

[Veer Right]

I personally couldn't GAF about said health issues in the PRE SEASON TRAINING thread.

 

[tomjoad]

My feet are fine.

 

[dudeintheswamp]

My feet are fine.

What colour are you wearing today?

 

[tomjoad]

Salmon pink...to match my shirt

 

[Dard Ball Get]

My feet are fine.

Prove it


(DM me pics)

 

[CaptainRisky]

I personally couldn't GAF about said health issues in the PRE SEASON TRAINING thread.

Mods are doing a ripping job keeping things on track

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Salmon pink...to match my shirt

Oh man, you gotta be careful out there, you're not the only one who wants salmon.

 

[bergholt]

Not sure if anyone has seen but l watched a snippet on YouTube that China has allegedly commissioned their first Thorium reactor. If it's true then the energy debate is over IMO. In the interim, solar, batteries and a plugin hybrid is the way to go if you can afford it.
There's a multitude of options to fix the issue if we had an intelligent government, but those days are long gone unfortunately.

Yeah they announced it a few months back:

China to build first-ever thorium molten salt nuclear power station in Gobi Desert

China plans to build the world's first-ever nuclear power station using molten salt as the fuel carrier and coolant, and thorium as a fuel source — revealed in a since-deleted report posted on the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics website.

www.abc.net.au

Will take 5 years or so to build and commission so that means in Western countries it will take more like 10-15 years. Even if we started today we'd need something that gets to market much quicker to produce energy during that phase.

 

[sammm]

Did they take it out?

No, by the 5th year, it all stopped hurting. Now i have major lower back problems,

 

[SteeleSaints]

What colour are you wearing today?

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Psychadelic dude!

 

[The Jack]

My feet are fine.

I’m personally struggling with a mild case of tinea atm. Not at the socks getting stuck to my feet stage just yet. Thank God.

 

[sammm]

Mid to late December i asked my solicitor to draw up an agreement between two parties where i lent the other party (my partner's son and family) money to help buy their home as they did not have enough money for a deposit.
I said it should have no interest, schedule of payments etc and be friendly instead i got three weeks later a copy of a template that they usually draft with a with a formal agreement and only the names added.

i re wrote to the solicitors saying thats not what i wanted. they slightly changed it, and still left the interest in it.

this morning i went on Claude.ai and asked it to write an agreement for australian legal , that was friendly supportive, after 7 changes. and within 10 minutes i have an agreement. i need to make a few more changes, but its a game changer.

 

[dudeintheswamp]

I’m personally struggling with a mild case of tinea atm. Not at the socks getting stuck to my feet stage just yet. Thank God.
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Thanks for that.

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Bit of a shame AI wasn't as ubiquitous when Cho was coach.

 

[dudeintheswamp]

I’m personally struggling with a mild case of tinea atm. Not at the socks getting stuck to my feet stage just yet. Thank God.
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Dard Ball Get This the kinda thing that butters your crumpet?

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Yeah they announced it a few months back:

China to build first-ever thorium molten salt nuclear power station in Gobi Desert

China plans to build the world's first-ever nuclear power station using molten salt as the fuel carrier and coolant, and thorium as a fuel source — revealed in a since-deleted report posted on the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics website.

www.abc.net.au

Will take 5 years or so to build and commission so that means in Western countries it will take more like 10-15 years. Even if we started today we'd need something that gets to market much quicker to produce energy during that phase.

And the rest, its an experimental Pilot Plant.
So there will be further development before its commercialised.