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Steedie said:
Got woken up last night by a crazy amount of banging next door, sounded like someone punching or kicking the wall followed by a lot of very loud shouting and what sounded like a female crying. The police have been called to their property once before for him getting violet/aggressive towards his girlfriend, it seemed to quieten down so tried to go back to sleep then the most blood curdling scream I've heard, as it sounded like someone ran up the stairs then more banging and it went very very quiet, eerily so. I didn't want to chance it, and his 4 year old son lives with him so I called the police and explained

They sent someone over quickly because of the history at that address, and previously when that's happened, we've seen the girl escorted out and told to go home, but this time, nothing.

There was no-one else there...the police left after about 30 minutes, no-one else came out so I can only think he was just having some sort of meltdown and losing his marbles, but I'll never forget that scream, that did not sound like a man, it was horrible, it definitely sounded like a terrified woman running away up the stairs from something so no idea what that was but I could hear the police searching the house, so not like she was hiding. Even my girlfriend panicked when we heard the scream and she's normally the one to say it's nothing.
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That is really worrying tbh :-/

And I wouldn't have that much faith in a cursory search by the police at that point.

If you start to notice a bad smell...
Steedie said:
Scary but I'm also a bit worried now that the police think I was exaggerating or worse, lying and wasting their time because their wasn't anyone there, and I was saying on the phone that I'm genuinely concerned for a female next door after the screams and banging.
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I wouldn't worry about that, I'd be very surprised if the police thought that. You did the right thing.
 

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Its not easy eating out as gf is vegan and GF. We even cook at home separately now as its just too difficult to eat together. Which is a bit sad tbh
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Ah yes this is difficult. My partner was vegan for 10 years and it was a real pain at the start. There were more options as the years went by and veganism got more popular but in the early days meeting friends/social occasions in restaurants were crap.

Gluten free just kills it. Even harder.
 

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LuckyBenski said:
Ah yes this is difficult. My partner was vegan for 10 years and it was a real pain at the start. There were more options as the years went by and veganism got more popular but in the early days meeting friends/social occasions in restaurants were crap.

Gluten free just kills it. Even harder.
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Just not worth the hassle really.
Basically means usually one thing on the menu she can have. Just easier not to. Bother. Hard at home too as basically means don't share meals. Double the cleaning up etc etc. Makes meals feel very "separate".
 

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LuckyBenski said:
Ah yes this is difficult. My partner was vegan for 10 years and it was a real pain at the start. There were more options as the years went by and veganism got more popular but in the early days meeting friends/social occasions in restaurants were crap.

Gluten free just kills it. Even harder.
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Mine is allergic to fish and seafood so we won’t go eat places that serves it. And it’s amazing how many things have fish in it like Caesar salad and Worcestershire sauce.
 

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Found some more treasure under the floor:

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~1937 King George

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An absolute nut case of a chain letter, ~1937

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Some New Pennies
 

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Well, it's 8am and the day has already been a bit up and down...

Woken up by sheep which got in the front garden and ate my wife's flowers. Had to shoo them out, when I was half-asleep. I was immediately blamed for leaving the gate open.

Had a very large amount of baklava and some fresh cherries for breakfast.
 

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potatolord said:
Well, it's 8am and the day has already been a bit up and down...

Woken up by sheep which got in the front garden and ate my wife's flowers. Had to shoo them out, when I was half-asleep. I was immediately blamed for leaving the gate open.

Had a very large amount of baklava and some fresh cherries for breakfast.
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Shocked by the sheep but jealous the breakfast.

I've got the day off work as I was moving heavy things all weekend. I went and dropped the van keys at the hire place at 7.45am then got back into bed.

Think I will go and find some breakfast and make a cuppa for my partner :)
 

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potatolord said:
Well, it's 8am and the day has already been a bit up and down...

Woken up by sheep which got in the front garden and ate my wife's flowers. Had to shoo them out, when I was half-asleep. I was immediately blamed for leaving the gate open.

Had a very large amount of baklava and some fresh cherries for breakfast.
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Well.......did you leave the gate open?
 

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Man, I'd forgotten chain letters. They used to be such a thing.

I remember a School Assembly where the head said we could send any chain letters to him and he'd destroy them if anyone was worried about the curses they threatened. The pastor at the Church I went to told us they were demonic and we were aiding Satan if we sent them on. He was an odd egg, 90% making jokes about looking for Motorcycling references in the Bible ("The sound of David's Triumph was heard throughout the land"), and 10% hell and brimfire.
 

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In a small town, hospital in Poland. Our 1 year old was projectile vomiting and appeared to be in pain, he got admitted in the early hours of Tuesday morning. He is doing better though and should be back at his grandparents home later today, where we are staying.

We came for a holiday and so that our little one could meet his relatives from his mother's side.

I have to say the experience I've had at the hospital is just diabolical, I've had my fair share of "bad" experiences with the NHS but I've now realised how much of a great service we've got.

I'm in a pediatric unit where doctors and other parents are allowed to smoke in toilets, this is despite it saying you are not allowed. What got me the most is how some of the staff speak to patients and parents, no compassion or empathy. I only speak and understand a little Polish but my partner is a native and it's her hometown and she was gobsmacked.

Maybe in bigger cities the experience will be different.

I have to add, they get tests done quickly with results back same day but this maybe because it is a child.

I can say that I've now experienced Poland, I've been visiting since 2007.

Oh and it literally pays to get the NHS GHIC and EHIC: https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/he...-a-free-uk-global-health-insurance-card-ghic/
 
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Oh that's pants :( Hope everything is ok with baby at least.

Funnily enough I have a friend visiting Poland right now to take his 2 kids to meet grandparents. Hope they don't get sick I guess!
 

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The weather is great here in Poland right now, I'm in the south east of Poland, in a place called Zamosc. It's been at least 20c or more past few days and sunny.

Waiting for blood and urine tests from this morning and unless anything new has cropped up, our little one should get discharged. I wanted to take him out last night but his mother insisted that we just spend another night and get the results from tests today.

Well hopefully your friend has no need to visit a hospital, where in Poland are they staying?
 
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