Dubai damaged my sinuses, I have no doubt about that, the fine dust & sand.
Now each Autumn as the weather changes my right sinus just flares up and the pain gets referred to my facial nerve just above/behind my temple.
The pain comes quickly and it is always in the evening.
Ice pack and any pain meds work but take a good 20 mins to act, so I feel your pain
Glastonbury this year caused a flare up. Too much dust! Hopefully next time it will be muddy 
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Sounds like me on Punk IPA.
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1 or 2 pints?
Pints?
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I think that should have been 1/2 pint, if that
An update.
Father in Law passed away in the morning of Tuesday. Ambulance Team issued Death Certificate, left him in bed. Coroner or whatever arrived about 13:00 to take him away. Wife & Mum went to Notary at 14:00. At 15:00 we were at the Funeral Home selecting a casket, flowers & notice.
Tomorrow we gather at Noon, Rosary at 14:00, service at 14:30 and wake after in a āniceā local venue.
Access to bank account sorted out today.
Incredible strength, stamina and speed.
Girls are broken, so many if onlys.
Iāve been kept out the way at home bingeing on GoT last 2 seasons thanks to finally finding a stream.
The Mourning Period is one year.
So Mrs P_F and family have all had to buy loads of black stuff to wear. Not what we needed running up to Christmas.
We had to talk about that today. We shouldnāt get a tree or do anything. Mrs P_F thinks that isnāt fair on me. Letās say situation is fluid.
Certainly would not expect to be anything happening on NYE.
This from a Polish Forum
On a plus side, finally changed the flat tyre today. Only broke 2 socket spanners & 3 tyre levers. Down side is technically canāt drive a dead personās car. FFS
The traditional period of mourning is one year. During that period mourners avoid revelry, partying, dancing and frivolous entertainment. Some have masses said in church, and this is esp. common on the first anniversary of the death, when the period of mourning ends. Some wear black ties or a black cloth strip in their lapels.
This sounds very similar to the Greek Orthodox rituals. Black for year - no if or buts. They have an issue attending functions during that year. Hope that is not a thing there
Yep. It is.
We lost 30% of our wedding guests due to a family bereavement in Lublin 2 weeks before our wedding.
But then equally, being human, Mrs P_F is in no fit state to go into a shop right now let alone think about partying.
Luckily (in some ways) she had been back here for 11 months and so had time with him - they had laughs and they fought like cats and dogs. But at least she had time with him, compared to the horror of when my Father passed while I was in Dubai many years ago.
Anyway back to politics
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Itās a tough one
I remember when the Ayatollahs mum went. That first year is tough - the next birthday, mother day etc
But what she said that is really tough is when you get good news and think āI just rung muā¦ohā
Hang in there mate - it is crap feeling helpless
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The Longest Day.
Family coming in from across Poland, lots of sitting and talking around me already. Only going to get worse.
Staying awake will be more difficult than staying strong.
And of course Iām bursting out of my only black suit & dark coat having gained a kilo or 5 this year.
The breakfast is nearly done, then comes trip to the funeral parlour to say goodbye. Rosaries back at the family home, the service then the wake.
Iām driving so no escape there.
So yesterday I was working with a really challenging child who needs lots of energy and distractions to keep them from kicking off.
We normally work in 1 hour periods as you tend to need a break from each other by then.
I had them for 2 hours during an Xmas play rehearsal session in which my child had no part. So they were easily distracted and I was racking my brains to think of things to keep them occupied.
This child loves cars so I had it in mind to use my computer to create an image of a Ferrari with their dadās number plate on it.
So I get them to download an image of a Ferrari La Ferrari and we use the DVLC website to take a screenshot of their dadās number plate and then I start to panic because Iām using my Chromebook instead of my Windows PC. So I donāt have an image editing app that allows me to paste the number plate into the image of the Ferrari.
Eventually, I remember that I have a graphics editor that might do the job so, in front of the child I load the editor.
This graphics editor is programmed to open the last edited image.
And what was the last image I edited with this package?
This precocious child asks in a loud voice āWank Squad? Whatās that?ā
I hurriedly close the image and tell them that it actually said āWalk Squadā but theyāre not buying it.
The child proceeds to make my life hell with my boss for the rest of the day.
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Out of interest, what is the wank squad and can I join it?
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It was an image I created to post on here.
Can you join?
The only condition of member ship (sic) is that you must be a complete and utter wanker.
Our records show that you joined some years ago.
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Itās post Brexit Britain - we are now Uzbekistan.
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You should have put this on the āmakes me laugh threadā because it has cheered me up no end.
As a minor point is it a good idea to be looking up parents number plates?
I got told to google a parent yesterday and had a short disagreement with manager about the ethics of that. Iāve done the research and I was in the right. Oh and itās the same person as my email etiquette.
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The child showed me how to do it via the DVLA website.
They really are car obsessed.
We spent a good 30 minutes looking up cars on eBay and then looking up their specifications on the DVLA website.
eBay now thinks Iām in the market for a new car.
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See what you did there. āThe childā. Always have an excuse ready.
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Shit adaptors. I bought a DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor so I could use an old monitor.
The package proudly proclaimed that it could solve all my cable needs comprehensively. My first thought was āthis fucker is not boiling a kettleā.
Turns out that despite the boast, the cable did not even do the thing it was supposed to do. Cunts.
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