Random Rants (for Rob the Robber but I have beef anyway)

This is probably the wrong thread for it now but a positive thing just happened - sis-in-law is expected to be discharged tomorrow.



In rantier news, I had to go into a big Asda today and it was absolute hell. And I couldn’t even get what I wanted as I need individual items for a single meal not multi-packs or catering sized vats. Ended up in the Co-op two villages over that I’d been aiming not to have to detour to.

She’s home!

Now just for a long process of rehab and recovery to begin. Mobility and speech are still fairly poor but both should come back soon on their own. For now though I think my brother is going to really have to step up. With an 11 month old and pair of springer spaniels, she’s very much not going to be able to lend a hand for quite awhile.

Honeymoon has been cancelled as well as the 250k ultra she was due to run this autumn. Was meant to be returning to work from maternity leave too but who knows when/if she’ll go back to that job now.

Still, its just under a week since she was hit so she’s doing amazing to be a) alive and b) home already.

Thanks man. Sorry to read you had to experience something similar. Its such a tough thing to feel angry about as there’s nothing we can do about it and it feels almost certain that whoever it was has got away with it now.

I can’t even say they’re sat at home knowing what they’ve done and having to live with it because they don’t. They’ve no idea whether she walked it off, had spinal surgery or if something worse happened because they fucked off and left her lying on the roadside. Bastards.

She absolute lives for her dogs so being propped up in bed, Netflix on and those two curled up by her feet seems to be really bringing her back up already.

Speaking to my brother tonight he’s said he thinks that she’s got a lot of trauma and hidden upset from the accident and mental impact of it all.

Considering he’s a soldier with tours of Afghanistan and Iraq under his belt if anyone I know is in a position to recognise that sort of thing its him.

I developed agoraphobia for 7-8 years in my late teens due to something similar-ish, so I +1 the therapy talk. Thankfully it seems your brother will keep a keen eye on her which is wonderful.

Llantwit Major is basically a retirement village near by, don't be surprised if the driver is old and blind. I use to ride to a nearby power station for work on a small motorbike and seen some terrible old people drivers.

Once they catch the driver they go in the same cell as the person behind Reach local news websites

simple

I’d be a little cross in your shoes with the wording of that appeal. I think the way they write in this very binary way about ‘life changing’ or not completely downplays the information you gave us in here. They should, with consent of the victim/family, write exactly what f*cking injuries were taken.

He gets 'em wetter than a nun at a Creed concert

Buy a bottle printer, like an Eco-tank or Smart Tank. You pay more for your printer, but the inks last 10x longer and are cheaper than cartridges to replace.

We have an Epson EcoTank, bought it in December 2021 and the ink has barely gone down, we probably print maybe 40 a4s a month. Before then I'd get palpitations every time someone mentioned they wanted to print something!

See. Fuck that. If they don’t want to come, don’t come. If they value you as a friend they’ll realise it’s about what you want, not them. Fuck the moaning ones off into the sun.

I don't use it enough to justify really.