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Week from Monday 14th October 2024 - On Tuesday, I had my phone-in CLINICAL REVIEW with the 'Boss'. We agreed that I've got the BALANCE right with the meds I've been taking (Blood pressure, TICK! Pain management, TICK! Bowel movements, TICK!). The latest blood tests were encouraging, showing no kidney problems and no sign of THE DISEASE coming back. Which just leaves the question of the WALKIES-preventative numb feet and breathlessness... Speaking of which... on Friday, I wore myself out by going for a couple of hours of bimbling and mooching around Southampton. I windowshopped the heck out of HMV and bought the new album by THE SMILE, their second one this year. It's a challenging listen, as is most RADIOHEADy stuff at first, but it's definitely one that deserves 'living with' for the next few days until it 'sinks in'. I also browsed a couple of charity shops, as yer do. I found another album for my NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN collection. Yes, Mr VO...

HOW TO PREVENT THE SINISTER 'X' UPDATES 1) Turn off automatic updates on your phone. Open up PlayStore > Click on your 'my account' avatar > Go to 'Settings', then 'Network Preferences', then 'Automatic Updates' > Select the 'Don't Automatically Update' option. 2) You will still receive a notification whenever updates are available, but you must manually install the ones you want. This is the set-up that I prefer anyway: it's much safer all round, from a security/privacy point of view. 3) Whenever the dreaded 'X' app appears asking to be updated, ignore it. A lot of folks will have the habit of clicking on "Install all updates" for an easy life! That is a habit you need to break if you want to prevent 'THAT THING' from happening! 4) The phone's operating system will still recognise 'Twitter' as the app you originally installed. 5) Don't forget to scan the apps r...

Week from Monday 30th September 2024 - The Elite Men's Road Race at the UCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS was a pretty exciting seven hours in the saddle, and a pleasant enough way to fill most of a Sunday. But we should have guessed by now that ANY race that's got TADEJ POGAČAR in it would be won by Tadej Pogačar! Our Squinchy was robbed of a Bronze Medal in the final sprint, chiz chiz. On Friday, I'm orf up the Horse Pickle for an armful of good ol' PAMIDRONATE and a lot of 'PATIENT WAITING'... Week from Monday 7th October 2024 - WON YLTNEREFFID SEVOM EMIT...and another thing, TIME seems to move differently now, especially in the mornings. Days are longer but weeks are shorter. Or is it the other way 'round? Today, I'm popping 'round to the pharmacy to partake of the autumnal COVID and FLU vaccination programme. Experience shows that I'll be ZONKED OUT for at least a day or two afterwards. Forty-eight hours later... and I've slept off the wors...