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My missus has RA and was told that she’d be all but disabled within 8 years and the only thing they could suggest was drugs for the rest of her life. She didn’t give up and didn’t want to take steroids for the rest of her life so really did her research, did an MSc and requalified as a nutritional therapist specialising in chronic conditions. She’s even had a research paper published in an international journal. She’s made huge changes to diet and exercise avoiding inflammatory foods and those that cause her to have a reaction. It’s been 10 years and she’s fine, of course she has her days when she’s in pain but this largely as a result of something she’s eaten the day before. She astounds me with her determination and drive to find a solution. Meanwhile I’ve spent those 10 years reading about shit breakfasts on here.

I got smashed last night, so I needed a fry up for recovery before travelling back home. I went to a place called DDK on Warwick Way in SW1. It was pretty fucking good, in fact the only thing I would change would be to add another sausage and bacon. 2 eggs, beans, tomato, 2 hash browns, sausage, bacon, black pudding, white pudding, 1 toast & tea. £10.90 9/10 and would have been 10 had it had that extra bacon and sausage. It was the nicest breakfast I have had for some time.

Vegan.

Member of the public, commit crime, get caught, get prosecuted, suffer some kind of consequence. Member of cabinet, commit crime, get caught, resign from post, carry on as MP. Is it any wonder that people think there is no point in voting? The whole setup is fucked and corrupt as fuck. I don't know if I am thinking way too far outside the box here, but maybe a party that's run by someone who was the DPP could gain a hell of a lot of support from the public by campaigning on the idea that if MP's broke the law they would actually be dealt with the same way anyone else is? Or if that's a bit too far, that perhaps constantly breaking the rules of parliament would see them at the very least stopped from being an MP.

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Delighted for Vialli Had a terrible last few years battling pancreatic cancer. Got the all clear last year

What I've always loved about them sort of goals is watching the player start wheeling away before its in. Just one of them shots you know is in as it leaves your boot

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"Over to you random FFer, what did you make of the ref today?" "Thought he was a bad cunt. I've seen no evidence to suggest he doesn't bum koala bears" "Er, we'll see you after the break"

This made me laugh…..a lot.

That's good news, last week we were selling but not replacing him. Welcome to Liverpool Divock Origi.

More insane.

I popped onto GoT to read a bit of their Rafa thread this morning after waking up too early and thought it was weird everyone was calling him Rafael all over the place. turns out the site have set an autocorrect that means anyone who types Rafa automatically gets changed to Rafael because Rafa is what we call him. so the place is absolutely littered with the word Rafael, suggesting that absolutely everyone is calling him Rafa, but they can’t allow or handle that. theyre going to go fucking insane through this appointment.

A good win for decency in the face of some of the horrid, divisive shit on display from Galloway and that woman who's name I care not to remember. I don't mind who wins elections, although I'd always rather it wasn't the Tories politically, but what I'd always hope to see is at least some basic defency from all candidates. Politics has gone into the gutter and it needs to be dragged kicking and screaming out again, or else we'll end up in a very unpleasant place indeed.

Companies you make utterly innocuous small online purchases from clogging up your inbox with satisfaction surveys. ’How satisfied were you on a scale of 1-10 with the de-icer/athlete’s foot powder/inflatable flamingo/1989 Beano album you bought from us? Would you recommend us to your friends?’ Oh aye, the long winter nights fairly fly by when I get on the subject of who I buy my knob rot cream from, you needy, bothersome cunt.

In many ways, that was almost the complete set of a football performance possible. Tiki taka - check Switching play - check Long range efforts - check Quick Counter attacks - check High pressing - check Geggenpressing - check High line defending - check Park the bus - check Close the game out - check Win at all costs - check Shitehousery - check Magnifico

Fuck, their game against Spain on Tuesday will be like a fucking planking contest, won't it? By the way, is that bigotry or just banter @Poster?

Based on 5 seconds of football I just watched after turning off Coronation Street I’m all in on Doku.

Italy are a much better team. No superstars but what a collective. Great to watch.

You missed out 1878 in their Twitter handle

That's how you'd clap if you were at your kid's school play but had got there late because you'd had a skinfull after work and the Mrs was fuming with you.

If there are aliens among us infiltrating society he is absolutely one of them. He's the fucking Leclerc of the alien species.

What exactly is there to replace?

No, silly billy, Johnson caused him to resign by saying he had his full support and lavishing praise on him. It was just above stupid people like us' heads and far too brilliant to comprehend.

Roger Daltrey lives there?

Point of order. 65 year old Geena Davis, last week I had to post the link because I can't post a picture for some reason https://www.today.com/popculture/susan-sarandon-geena-davis-celebrate-30th-years-thelma-louise-t222911

Happy Birthday!

If it was Renaldo or Fernandes at Anfield for the Mancs would you find it endearing ? Fucking good side but cheating bastards. Not needed and refs need to get on top of it.

Monumental shithousery from Italy from about 85 minutes onwards. You love to see it!* * £10 outright winners at 8/1

Spoke to my mum last night she ended the conversation with " anyway you go bed Kev and rest in peace"

Probably hard for Belgium to make the next step to actually winning something when half their squad play with or have played with Spurs at some point.

Chielini has always borne the look of a man who should be on a remote Sicilian farm feeding kidnapped policemen and judges to man-eating pigs.

The funniest thing was when they were trying to outdo each other with how long they’d been going the match. One said over 50 years and I’m sure another said over 60. Yet they weren’t going to go anymore. It’s fantastic stuff. One of my oldest school friends has stopped speaking to me over it. Pathetic, but will never not be funny

Mate, I couldn’t fall out with someone whose favourite film is Stand by Me. I’d just have your mushrooms and tomatoes, as well as mine!

Surprising Busquets didn’t go down clutching his face after that miss.

Bollocks!

Ha I guess that’s why this place is so addictive.

Hope so mate. Got a hundred quid on Italy to win the tournament!

Jammy goal, but it shows the eternal value of shots from outside the box.

The idea behind this, kind of, made sense, but the application and contextualisation of it is a parody of ill thought out nonsense. So, it's based around a funding formula per pupil, each recieves a set amount which is allocated as the school budget one part of Blair's genuine contributions to this country being a bit less shit for poor folk, Education Action Zones. These identified areas where deprivation were highest, staff retention lowest and results, with context, worse. You then pump money in to these schools and make sure they can afford to hire experienced/good teachers and have acceptable resources. London got a huge advantage as they have the salary weighting as it cost a fortune to live here, so spend per head would need to be higher or the schools are footing the bill, or they can not get staff to move here, then feed in to the the other costs associated with London life and you needed the weighting. This was hugely successful and London schools, in some of the poorest areas, are now some of the best in the country through targeted action and intervention. A solid plan which was working to bring standards up across the board and was successful in other parts of the country as well.. The only real issue is staffing as you need people to want to feel that moving to a shithole was worth it for them professionally/personally, which will naturally lead to some disparities. This obviously angried up the perpetually angry, so the tories scrapped it and brought in a 'leveled playing field' agenda which looks to give an equal amount to pupils, with a little contextual data. Think of the old colonialist using rulers to section up Africa and you're looking at the methodology of this. Under thought out nonsense, again, which will effect the most disadvantaged the most. The secondary problem with this is 'Pupils Premium' funding allowences. These are given to schools per pupil who is on free school meals. It's a fixed amount per pupil and the schools are free to decide how it's spent, though obviously they have to justify it, so the most disadvantaged have the oppertunity to bring opportunity to those taht would normally have been left behind. What the Tories failed to tell everybody when they were talking about pumping money in to recovery is that it wasn't new money, they had juat taken the ability to use this freely and told schools that it is to be used for this 'catch up' process thus reducing significantly spending on disadvantaged pupils. Tutoring can only come through an authorised body, which is charging a significant premium for being a middle man. Throw in the cuts that are happening over the next few years and you are looking at significant job losses, especially in support staff who work with the most at risk. Tory gonna Tory.

Our owners are not billionaires, they're multimillionaire investors. The difference is significant. We're worth into the billions on paper, due to stadium, training facilities and squad value. None of that can be spent, unless loans are taken out against the club. We spend the difference in turnover, same as most, and that's been hit by an 18 month pandemic that's kneecapped gate revenue. Maybe we're a bit on the prudent side, but I'd say we're doing alright.

Both my sister and I have it- she much more seriously than me, we're both on Methotrexate, but she has frequent steroid courses too (I've had a few, but only for a week at a time with about 12-18 month gaps in between). Have you got any links to what she's written, I'd be interested to read them? I find a low-carb diet much better than 'usual', but it can be difficult to stick to it. I've had to give up running due to wear and tear on my knee, but have found cycling and kettle bell exercises OK to do.

My man. Both stand up to multiple viewings. Dang.

No thought required - No Country for Old Men and Napoleon Dynamite.

That's possibly one of the most pitiful things I've ever read. These are actual fucking adults, presumably with jobs and families and shit.

Jayda mustered just 50 votes. I’m assuming that’s another deposit lost.

That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.

I thought Winslet gave it a good go in Mare of Easttown. In fact her accent in that was almost more realistic than her normal English voice.

That’s your biggest mistake - listening to a single word the cunt says on anything.