Not much to say really but did 2 amazing things today that have left me with a good feeling. 1st was to give blood again , and 2nd was to get myself on the bone marrow donors register. Something i've been meaning to do for a while and have finally done.

Good for you!

And judging from that picture of your wife on your avatar I can think of a third reason too! Range Rover-less at the moment - Pining!

Not my wife, just a good avatar to make other readers day.

im loving the avatar .... "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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im loving the avatar ....

My avatars caused a bit of upset to some folk .........

Reason for not putting any on just now ..... Moved from a Windows PC and bought an iMAC ... F****D if i know how to work the friggin thing yet ......

Thanks for donating bone marrow

I have a type of cancer called Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and one of the treatments that will prolong my life at some stage is a bone marrow transfer.

Seriously, well done


Andy Brown

Good move Mick! Mac is definitely the way forward, it won’t be long before you’re inspiring us with your thought provoking avatars again

+1 Mick, best move I made 12 months ago.
One thing I find a little dsconcerting with MAC's though is the thrash bin - I'll click secure empty and see say 6 items in it and then when the progress bar starts it says deleting 8305 items Doesn't seem to effect the performance though!

I bought an iMac 27" 17 months ago and was a little sceptical at first, but it was so easy to synch with my Windows laptop and recover everything on that that I wanted to, whereas transferring windows to windows was a nightnare for the non computer savvy types. When my Sony Laptop gave up the ghost in February I had no hesitation replacing it with a MacBook Air with the solid state memory. It is a bit heavier than my sub-notebook Sony and has a bigger screen but it's brilliant.
Can also recommend signing up for mobile me and the iDisk as I can share my files now between iMac, Macbook, ipad and iphone and my old Sony when it wants to play. 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

OP says how great giving blood is and being a bone marrow doner........thread gets degraded to how great a bloody mac is..is this how we see things nowadays?..

loads of respect to ROB

sorry tim/algt2/mick but i had to say.  ... - .- -.




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Agree Stan. I give blood regularly but not on the BM donor list. I do also give the blood platelets every so often which takes longer and is mildly unpleasant for a couple of hours after but I figure it's way less unpleasant than what the poor sod on the receiving end of what I donate is going through.

Big respect to all who do give though. Just wish more was done to encourage a larger number of people to do it.

Mind you, an amusing little tale from my past. I lived in Leicester and worked in London. Train journey each day. So I am registered in Leicestershire to give blood. Do this regular as clockwork. Anyhow, one time I can't make it so I donated in London during lunchbreak where I ended up on their register as well. This was before they were all hooked up to the national register. So now I'm giving blood in 2 places on the same schedule, or twice as often as they recommend if you prefer. Until they found out that is Did that for almost 3 years but got a serious telling off by one of the nurses when they discovered it. Not really planned, just happened that way.

Double post. Damn.

Sorry for taking the topic off topic Rob,

I used to be a blood donor but as a regular visitor to Malarial areas in my travels the Scottish Blood Transfusion Service will no longer accept me without a 6 months gap between going into a Malarial area and donating, unless they have a dire shortage of my blood group which is rH O neg which they can give to anybody. So if you travel overseas a lot to places with mosquitoes then you should check that it is safe to give blood - much of north Africa, Middle East, East Africa, Southern Europe, East Coast and Gulf coast of the USA have malarial mossies so you have to be a bit careful, but I'm sure that the centres check where you have travelled to before they take your donation. 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

i didnt know you could donate bone marrow ....it sounds painfull so well done for that mate "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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im loving the avatar ....

Me too, would like to see more of her