collected the daughters christmas tortoise.( why she cant have turkey like the rest of us i cant imagine)
took the old dog to the vets to have 5 stitches in his neck after he lost a fight with a barbed wire fence.
its been an expensive day, pet wise.
took the old dog to the vets to have 5 stitches in his neck after he lost a fight with a barbed wire fence.
its been an expensive day, pet wise.
Ouch! It's amazing how much vets' fees can be, isn't it? I've got to get my dog "done" soon and am dreading the cost of it.
When I want your opinion - I'll tell you what it is!
£90 for five big , black, cat gut stitches pete.........i i love the dog, so i paid without question.
i just hope the wife never runs into a barbed wire fence and needs 90 quid of needlework,,,,, it might be a different story.............................
£90 for five big , black, cat gut stitches pete.........i i love the dog, so i paid without question.
i just hope the wife never runs into a barbed wire fence and needs 90 quid of needlework,,,,, it might be a different story.............................
If my wife did that, I'd be tempted to sew it up myself!
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...... we both been married a while then??????
Don't bother with stitches - a staple gun is much easier I think. Wifelet has 29 staples across her stomach at the moment. No, it's not my handywork but it looks easy enough to have a crack at when the opportunity arises...
Superglue..........thats what ya want (no seriously, have a look at what it was originally developed for!)
And as for the "Today I", it was a case of "Today I ended up completely disappointed with life. Again"
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
Make sure you get the right superglue though. The stuff we non-medical types get really isn't up to the strength the doctors use.
Make sure you get the right superglue though. The stuff we non-medical types get really isn't up to the strength the doctors use.
Actually it's identical to super glue, no difference what so ever, got it on my hands in A&E whilst gluing some poor buggers eyebrow back together. After all like Kermit said, originally developed for gluing together wounds until soldiers could get back to an aid station in Vietnam (Well that's what I'm led to believe anyway.)
Don't bother with stitches - a staple gun is much easier I think. Wifelet has 29 staples across her stomach at the moment. No, it's not my handywork but it looks easy enough to have a crack at when the opportunity arises...
The staples are the same thing as well, a bit longer though so that they will penetrate through the skin and hold it together securely, both much better than stitches and quicker to put in.
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
Make sure you get the right superglue though. The stuff we non-medical types get really isn't up to the strength the doctors use.
Actually it's similar if not exactly identical, after getting it on my hands in A&E whilst gluing some poor buggers eyebrow back together. After all like Kermit said, originally developed for gluing together wounds until soldiers could me get back to an aid station in Vietnam (Well that's what I'm led to believe anyway.)
When I had my finger glued back together after I chiselled it when making the SMLE the medical stuff lasted about a week. When it fell off there was still some movement in the wound so I put some domestic stuff on. That lasted less than a day. I reckon there certainly is some difference.
But were you not mobilising and flexing the wound by that point? When you first did it you were keeping it clean and dry, possibly covered by a dressing then when you put the other stuff on bending it...plus if your superglue only lasted a day that must've been some gash superglue!
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
Today, I made over £400 on Ebay, selling my Flames of War stuff! 
Quite a tidy profit as well. I think I may go back to doing some part time miniature painting at this rate.
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skived during my last day at work till the 4th of jan
on the glue thing
ive superglued several blade wounds in my hands over the years , mostly stanley knife and very deep
heres my rules of thumb (somewhat bleeding thumb)
only use branded superglue IE LOCTITE
never use b+q own brand or cheap tecos or pound store shit superglue , its just not up to the job
dry the edges of the wound as best as you can with a cloth (not tissue)
squeeze glue in to the wound, then pinch it tight together (taking care not to get glue on the pinching fingers)
it reacts with blood, clotting it immeideately , so if you dont squeeze the edges together , you get a instant scab of bloody glue, but it will not stick to the edges of the wound well, and will fail soon after
ope this helps , JP
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
...went clay shooting. It was like a barrage going off at the range this morning, great fun.
my shoulder really hurts lol
sobered up. Kinda wishing that I stayed pissed 
Today, after realising we had no Heer NCOs, I promoted myself to Unterfeldwebel. And let me tell you... anyone who hand sews their own tresse fully deserves promotion!
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
yup it sucks. I hand sewed my SS tunic. Never do it again.
played on my new surprize present .................. an X-BOX 
ive never owned a console since the old atari 3000 pac man job,
wifey bought me one as a surprize,
as a STRICT PC GAMER (CONSOLES ARE SHIT) KIND OF GUY, i really was impressesed
we need a hd telly now though , (THOUGHT THE WHOLE POINT OF CONSOLES MEANS NO UPGRADEING 
) our old tube telly makes flashpoint unplayable, but the call of duty game still looks good,
and mr porta LOVES the kill everyone in the airport level
wifey is spoiling me rotten latley wonder whats she wants
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
Get Saboteur, it's the mutt's nuts. Any game that lets you dive off the top of the Eiffel tower in war torn Paris, has got to be worth a go!
sewed the correct colour litzen on to my DAK tunic. Thats the tunic done Once I have some low boots I can post up some pics.
