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If you like that model and can find it for sale, there's no reason not to go for one. It's just that—as with everything!—there's a lot of variability between makes and models, and I'd say it's best to avoid any that you haven't already given a thorough trial on bad paving. My late aunt and mum...

Very well thought-out and worded message, @Trish. Hopefully it will persuade the candidate to think about what they're trying to achieve, whether it might help to know at least little bit about the conditions they're investigating, and whether questions like these can be even be answered...

I know, and yet it's considered perfectly normal in autism. It's not fixable, any more than any other developmental difference, and it contributes nothing to symptoms other than the inability to identify and describe feelings verbally. But guess what—verbal skills are pretty low down on the...

I hired a Pride GoGo Sport on a year-long loan from our local council, and it was very capable. We went across all kinds of terrain, including deep mud and adverse cambers over rough grass. Given that it's only actually designed for shopping, it was pretty impressive. When you get it out of a...

Isn't it—that's why it reminded me of the 'they're at it again' cartoon. Also, some research is trite shite.

When I saw the title, it reminded me of a joke I sent to a Jewish mate at Chanukah...

This will be my 46th year of mild to moderate ME, with a slow initial onset. I was definitely exposed to EBV the year I got ME, but I never developed symptoms. Two other people I was close to (though not related to) also developed ME, all within a few years of each other. I was undiagnosed...

Bloody hell! They're £13 on Amazon for a pair of Activa thigh-highs, which is the brand you get on prescription if you wear Class 1 or 2 stockings.

Isn't that what causes syphilis? I wouldn't imagine it's very common at all these days, unless they're on about a different type of infection.

I asked a friend about this today—she used to work in the garment industry, so whilst she's not an expert, she does know a bit about fabric. She wrote this for me, saying that there are several things that influence how cotton handles:- The fibre used Egyptian Nile cotton has one of the...

Have you ever tried jersey bedding, @Hummingbird? I haven't, I just saw it on sale when I recently replaced my duvet and decided to buy some pillowslips as well. I think it's made from fabric similar to t-shirting. I'd certainly second the comment about cotton sateen. I use Next's sateen sheets...

:rofl: These idiots have never met an ME patient, have they? I mean, not even looked on Twitter. If I had to document all the micro-breaks I took in 14 hours awake, it would take days. I've taken three writing this sentence.

Funny that they don't assess the risks and burdens associated with their 'therapies', isn't it? I do hope everyone writes that in red ink all over the bloody questionnaires. In addition, obviously, to enquiring whether all these so-called studies are actually the insurance company equivalent...

My friend's daughter told her that she'd been so worried about getting infected at work in London that she'd done three LFTs the day before visiting someone vulnerable last week. Morning and afternoon both negative, evening one was positive. She doesn't know whether this is meaningful, but she...

Yes, me too. Though in their case, their primary course of immunisation was described as consisting of three doses rather than two, so the fourth jab is their booster. At least one of them has been told to expect their appointment fairly soon.

The whole thing looks complicated to me, too. The immune system clears the virus quite quickly in most healthy younger people, so the theory seems to rely on fragments of a particular protein being able to hang around for an extended period to set off, and then sustain, this kind of havoc...

Nor the phenomenon where some people appear to recover well from acute Covid, but then develop hard-hitting chronic symptoms weeks or even months later. I've seen numerous reports of that over the last year or so.

Charity-speak for a specific type of income. It's the result of work by a specialist fundraising team, and usually comes from sources other than a charity's traditional income streams ("We're skint this year, who haven't we asked yet?"). Examples might be grants from private trusts and...

Noooo! What a pain in the bum. I had to wait six months and a week, but since they reduced it to three months, quite a few of my younger friends have managed to get topped up just in time for Christmas. Shame your husband couldn't get done, but hopefully you'll both manage to dodge the lurgy anyway.

Health minister doesn't necessarily mean the secretary of state for health. It could just as well have been a brief conversation with some junior minister over coffee at some event or other. Had it been the secretary of state, they'd probably have mentioned it. The unnecessarily tautological...