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So, my mum is having surgery to remove cataracts in a few weeks (her eyesight is extremely bad at the moment), and I think she's quite scared and upset about it. She's had a really rough year - got sick and had to go to hospital for a week and hasn't been the same since, her best friend of thirty years may be dying, her daughter is quite unwell, her mother's health is degenerating, amongst other things. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this type of surgery and has anything I can use to reassure her? Was your procedure less horrible than you thought it would be? Did you feel better afterwards?

Thankyou very much to anyone who answers.

... Just curious.

The girls in the movie were Penny Lane, Sapphire, Polexia Aphrodisia and Estrella Starr (and Beth).

Cheers.

Hello all,

Does anyone know of any good value places to have breakfast that are near or in Jungceylon shopping centre in Patong, Phuket?

Cheers! =)

My dad just bought The Personal Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus six-disc set. We found a short excerpt from the Dead Parrot sketch on the Graham Chapman DVD, but it didn't have the whole thing.

Does anyone know anything about this? Like why they didn't include it all, or whereabouts we can find the full sketch?

Thank you very much.

Hello all,

I'm trying to remember the name of an animated dog, a character from a tv show or movie that was around in the 90's. I'm pretty sure he was brown in colour, had long floppy ears, and when he spoke he sounded as though he had a heavy cold. I think he was quite downtrodden in character, a little like a dog-version of Eeyore.

This came up in a discussion with some friends, and while we all vaguely remember him, we can't think of the name, or where he was from. It's going to drive me mad now, until I find out.

Thanks.

This will most likely be long, so I'm sorry. I don't like to b**** about people, but I'd like to know if I'm justified in being annoyed.

I have a friend who I like because she is loyal and a nice person at heart. I am one of the few good friends she has, and she constantly tells me she likes me best.

She is probably one of my inner circle of friends, however I try to keep a bit of a distance because she has a tendency to treat me badly (not necessarily on purpose) and people, even my family, have told me that she will, to put it dramatically, bleed me dry.

She borrows money and is genuinely grateful but doesn't return it. She uses me as her therapist. I don't mind this, but sometimes she expects too much. Her family is not as well off as mine, and she constantly expects lifts to places, invites herself over, borrows money from my parents, etc etc. She flits from job to job, always finding something which makes her quit, and because her family life is quite disruptive and mine is very good, expects to be allowed to use us as she pleases.

She knows that I have been suffering from mental health problems for a couple of years, but doesn't know the details (she's not very good at keeping secrets, and I'm a private person, generally). I've let her know before that sometimes I can't be around people because of my moods, and it's hard for me not to treat them badly, which I don't want to do, but she constantly tries to invade my space. It's gotten to the point where I've started to dislike her. She's very clingy, and if you try to point out that she's overstepped the mark or something somewhere (tactfully of course) becomes depressed and very insecure and throws the blame back on to you.

I'm at my wit's end. Am I justified in being annoyed, or am I being petty? I know that this isn't the biggest problem in the world, I'd just like some thoughts.

Thankyou for reading.

I'll add my own later. I'm interested in what everyone has to say.

Thankyou, if you decide to answer. =)

Someone I know has a tendency to binge on unhealthy foods, but rather than throwing it all up afterwards, which I know is bulimia, she simply spits each mouthful out? She'll work her way through large amounts of food like this... Other than this, she eats reasonably normally.

Anyone heard of this, seen this, before? Thoughts?

Hello all,

Usually I drink whiskey, and when I have vodka I either share what my friends have, or buy Smirnoff, which is within my price range (living week to week at the moment, I'm a student)...

However, I'd like to try something else. Can anyone point me in the direction of a relatively cheap, yet reasonable-tasting vodka? Something available in Australia?

Cheers in advance to answerers =)

Just a quick question...

How much do you pay for a bottle of Smirnoff Vodka at your local bottle-o?

Cheers to all who respond, x