The Travel Thread

[mightyrooster]

Its funny the other day before i had my ultra sound i had a podiatrist appointment as i had troublesome corns affecting the way i walked, i'm sure these were at least half the problem i was having leg wise as it was uncomfortable being on it all day at work. The podiatrist said i had very good feet and the blood flow looks excellent to them so i know i don't have problems there ( apart from corns ) . Still have not heard back from doctor yet in regards to the ultra sound report. Didn't have any pain with my leg last night so slept like a log, went for a fairly long walk along some rocky and uneven paths today at La Peouse and leg held up fine, will see if i have any pain tonight in bed and also after being on it all day at work tomorrow.

I hope you get those results soon. I know I would be anxious waiting for results. I had to have a few corns removed from my other foot (not sore one). I wasn’t expecting it to hurt as much as it did but one of them was quite deep and hard apparently. Ouch!

[rented tracksuit]

That’s not good about your leg and I can understand why you would be concerned especially with a long haul flight. I hope the results come back all good. For the past 2 months I’ve had my foot strapped, been doing stretches, exercises, icing it and wearing orthotic insoles, but I’ve still got terrible pain in the heel when I get up in the morning and after lots of standing or walking. Not great when there’s a lot of walking involved in the UK. It just came on out of nowhere and apparently can hit you when you get older lol so great. You will have the same problem with all the walking if your leg starts swelling. With your flights, it’s hard when you’ve spent that much money on the airfares not wanting to pay cancellation or amendment fees. It’s hard to know what to do but 7 weeks is a long time. Not sure I could go that long but then if you don’t think you’ll get back it makes the decision even harder.

Get yourself checked for heel spurs MR.

Who’s your podiatrist?

All this talk of foot problems hits very close to home for me right now. I’ve only just started walking again after 2 months off my feet for similar problems. I don’t know if I will ever be able to walk properly again either.

2023 was an arse of a year!

[mightyrooster]

Get yourself checked for heel spurs MR.

Who’s your podiatrist?

All this talk of foot problems hits very close to home for me right now. I’ve only just started walking again after 2 months off my feet for similar problems. I don’t know if I will ever be able to walk properly again either.

2023 was an arse of a year!

Gee Renty you too. Hope everything’s okay now? Hope everything’s ok with your wife’s treatment too. I found a podiatrist in Tuggeranong. There were others who had special interests in plantar fasciitis but I couldn’t get in to see them until late January and in the first week of December I was getting desperate so just chose someone I could get a quick appointment with. She did press hard around my heel and no pain so she’s certain it’s PF and not heel spurs as with PF the inflammation is actually in the arch of the foot but the pain is transferred and felt in the heel when you walk or stand.

[rented tracksuit]

Gee Renty you too. Hope everything’s okay now? Hope everything’s ok with your wife’s treatment too. I found a podiatrist in Tuggeranong. There were others who had special interests in plantar fasciitis but I couldn’t get in to see them until late January and in the first week of December I was getting desperate so just chose someone I could get a quick appointment with. She did press hard around my heel and no pain so she’s certain it’s PF and not heel spurs as with PF the inflammation is actually in the arch of the foot but the pain is transferred and felt in the heel when you walk or stand.

If it needs more than treatment, go through an orthopaedic surgeon and NOT a podiatric surgeon.

Don’t just trust your GP’s referral either and do some research yourself on who you might want to be referred to.

Good luck. Hope you feel better soon. Foot issues can be sooo debilitating.

[horrie hastings]

What is it with all the foot and leg injuries and ailments of late,? it is it a post hangover from covid. ?

I had a brand new roster drawn up from work to keep me away from any major deliveries with to much lifting. Low and behold yesterday was my first Friday away from having to handle a major delivery at work, felt really refreshed after having the Friday off and going into just doing a normal Saturday of serving customers and getting some extra stock from out of the storeroom and some paper work , walked in this morning and there were still two pallets sitting there, they only received three pallets on the Friday at 8 am and that was an hour before the store opened. I rang up and blew up at the manager and the really lazy part timer staff who left most of the work, despite everything i had the two pallets broken up and put away by 12 pm and that was with opening the shop at 9 am and being by myself and serving customers in between, i hate using the word but lazy c*nts but FFS i did two days worth of work in one day when the roster was suppose to make work easier for me. To make matters worse, i have to do an order for the whole shop tomorrow and the lazy part timer who was on later today was telling me what to order and i turned around and snapped at him, i have been doing this job just on 28 years, i think i know what to order. We have two great casuals who know exactly what to do without even having to ask them but this part timer thinks standing behind the counter on his phone and then closing the shop 10 mins early and then leaving even before the shop is supposed to be closed is all part of the job .

[mightyrooster]

What is it with all the foot and leg injuries and ailments of late,? it is it a post hangover from covid. ?

I had a brand new roster drawn up from work to keep me away from any major deliveries with to much lifting. Low and behold yesterday was my first Friday away from having to handle a major delivery at work, felt really refreshed after having the Friday off and going into just doing a normal Saturday of serving customers and getting some extra stock from out of the storeroom and some paper work , walked in this morning and there were still two pallets sitting there, they only received three pallets on the Friday at 8 am and that was an hour before the store opened. I rang up and blew up at the manager and the really lazy part timer staff who left most of the work, despite everything i had the two pallets broken up and put away by 12 pm and that was with opening the shop at 9 am and being by myself and serving customers in between, i hate using the word but lazy c*nts but FFS i did two days worth of work in one day when the roster was suppose to make work easier for me. To make matters worse, i have to do an order for the whole shop tomorrow and the lazy part timer who was on later today was telling me what to order and i turned around and snapped at him, i have been doing this job just on 28 years, i think i know what to order. We have two great casuals who know exactly what to do without even having to ask them but this part timer thinks standing behind the counter on his phone and then closing the shop 10 mins early and then leaving even before the shop is supposed to be closed is all part of the job .

Not good Horrie and I don’t blame you for blowing up.

[horrie hastings]

Not good Horrie and I don’t blame you for blowing up.

Yes it was ordinary to say the least MR. I left a couple of small task for the lazy part timer to do after i left yesterday at 5 pm. , a trolley with five cases of beer to fill into the fridges and also about 8 cases of wine on the floor in front of the fixtures where they go, the whole lot would take probably only 10-15 minutes to do depending on customers but when i got in this morning everything was exactly how i left it when i left work .
Not sure what he got up to for 4 hours but he left the IPAD we use for UBER Eats and Door Dash unplugged so the battery was flat when i got in also.

[mightyrooster]

Yes it was ordinary to say the least MR. I left a couple of small task for the lazy part timer to do after i left yesterday at 5 pm. , a trolley with five cases of beer to fill into the fridges and also about 8 cases of wine on the floor in front of the fixtures where they go, the whole lot would take probably only 10-15 minutes to do depending on customers but when i got in this morning everything was exactly how i left it when i left work .
Not sure what he got up to for 4 hours but he left the IPAD we use for UBER Eats and Door Dash unplugged so the battery was flat when i got in also.

He was obviously flat out serving customers or he thought the cases on the floor were there for decoration only.

[mightyrooster]

Well I now know the long convoluted process of transferring from T2 to T5 at Heathrow airport and can’t wait to put my research into practice. Between getting to Sydney, the long haul flight to London via Singapore, a transfer between terminals at Heathrow and another flight into Scotland we’ll be exhausted before we start doing any sightseeing. The downside of living so far away from the UK I guess.

[Andrew Walker]

Well I now know the long convoluted process of transferring from T2 to T5 at Heathrow airport and can’t wait to put my research into practice. Between getting to Sydney, the long haul flight to London via Singapore, a transfer between terminals at Heathrow and another flight into Scotland we’ll be exhausted before we start doing any sightseeing. The downside of living so far away from the UK I guess.

When I first went to UK I left Sudney on a Thursday evening, after stop offs on Singapore and Amsterdam I got out through customs at Heathrow at about 3.30 UK time All up it was about 30 hours

I was full of excitement and energy and had a great night and weekend in London fitting in to the time change without a problem On the Monday I travelled on a train all the way to Penzance in Cornwall Newlyn to be precise to stay with a friend We had a lovely night that finished up around midnight and I was up again on the Tuesday bright and early walking around and exploring the streets of Penzance That afternoon everything caught up I fell asleep on the couch at 4pm and did not wake up until midday the following day.

The point is you may not be initially as exhausted as you think when you arrive

[horrie hastings]

Well I now know the long convoluted process of transferring from T2 to T5 at Heathrow airport and can’t wait to put my research into practice. Between getting to Sydney, the long haul flight to London via Singapore, a transfer between terminals at Heathrow and another flight into Scotland we’ll be exhausted before we start doing any sightseeing. The downside of living so far away from the UK I guess.

I think we are the same but will have to get T 3 at Heathrow to T5 to catch a coach to Brighton .
Andrew Walker mentioned you may not be as tired or jet lagged as you think but he did mention it was his first trip to the UK so would have been a lot younger then. My first trip went via Singapore , Frankfurt to London and took about 36 hrs mainly to a longer stop in Frankfurt but i felt ok after that but i was 30 back then with a lot more energy, even my last trip which was in 2011 was ok and it was only Bangkok London so a fair bit quicker but i know i will struggle more with this trip as i'm a lot older now, hopefully the overnight in Tokyo will break the trip up and i can get some sleep .

[mightyrooster]

When I first went to UK I left Sudney on a Thursday evening, after stop offs on Singapore and Amsterdam I got out through customs at Heathrow at about 3.30 UK time All up it was about 30 hours

I was full of excitement and energy and had a great night and weekend in London fitting in to the time change without a problem On the Monday I travelled on a train all the way to Penzance in Cornwall Newlyn to be precise to stay with a friend We had a lovely night that finished up around midnight and I was up again on the Tuesday bright and early walking around and exploring the streets of Penzance That afternoon everything caught up I fell asleep on the couch at 4pm and did not wake up until midday the following day.

The point is you may not be initially as exhausted as you think when you arrive

Yeah it could hit me at any time. Hopefully not on a day we have a big excursion planned.

[mightyrooster]

I think we are the same but will have to get T 3 at Heathrow to T5 to catch a coach to Brighton .
Andrew Walker mentioned you may not be as tired or jet lagged as you think but he did mention it was his first trip to the UK so would have been a lot younger then. My first trip went via Singapore , Frankfurt to London and took about 36 hrs mainly to a longer stop in Frankfurt but i felt ok after that but i was 30 back then with a lot more energy, even my last trip which was in 2011 was ok and it was only Bangkok London so a fair bit quicker but i know i will struggle more with this trip as i'm a lot older now, hopefully the overnight in Tokyo will break the trip up and i can get some sleep .

We probably should have booked a stay in Singapore for the night too and will probably regret that. But I guess for our first trip we’re just excited to get there.

[horrie hastings]

We probably should have booked a stay in Singapore for the night too and will probably regret that. But I guess for our first trip we’re just excited to get there.

Yes i know what you mean, you want to get there as quick as possible. This will be the first time i have stopped over night on a flight over there, usually it just been a few hours at Bangkok with Qantas or the first trip with Lufthansa was Singapore and Frankfurt.

[horrie hastings]

He was obviously flat out serving customers or he thought the cases on the floor were there for decoration only.

It just gets worse with him MR, i had to open the shop late this morning trying to fix up the mess and mistakes he made last night, i was totally disgusted and my usually cool and calm
demeanor went right out the window, i reported it to someone higher than our manager this time because had we been audited this morning we would have been in deep sh*t.