My bicycle has had it. Need to bring it away Monday, for the last time, it can't be saved.

Breathtaking photos by Timothy O'Sullivan:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American...

The Idaho water falls was one I used to have on my desktop.

http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-optical-illusions/

Stuff to do with your old CDs:

nice

Accidental ice sculptures in Chicago!
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2734/Foto/photoalbum/detail/3...

Pretty spectacular pictures. Good photos come from paying attention and being ready that's for sure.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2734/Foto/photoalbum/detail/3...
What do you see in this picture?

Freaky.

Mobile phones throughout the ages!
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2734/Foto/photoalbum/detail/3...

Throughout the ages!! How old am I?

Not sure about you, but I'm 30. :bald:

HB BP!
I felt very healthy when I was 30, if a bit lost as to what I wanted to do.
Ideas started coming to me though, born out of what I was already doing.
And the more I did with those things the more windows/doors opened for me...
So these, if applicable are Birthday wishes sent to you

[Edited on 4-4-13 by punknaynowned]

What I meant was, if those are mobile phones throughout "the ages", then I was born before "the ages" and how old does that make me?

This smilie :bald: doesn't apply to me. Although my hair receded somewhat, it's still growing in the middle. In fact, since my big operation, it's even thickened up a little.

Thanks Punky, very lovely! I baked a Nostradamus cake and didn't get hurt!

:bald:Poly, I got that, don't worry. I was just hinting towards my birthday.
And now that he's read that, my father wants that big operation too.

DED, you really do not want that operation.

The point is, in my case, that I had an ongoing illness and the medication I had to take was affecting my skin and my hair. Eventually I got really sick and no kind of medication would work well enough to turn it around, so the operation became necessary. It effected a complete cure and negates the need for the medication which I now haven't been taking for almost three years. I hated all of the stuff I had to take, but one in particular was really bad.

The operation in itself does nothing for your hair directly. It's a seriously traumatic procedure and there is no point having it if you don't really need it. It has other advantages for me but I won't go into that. Suffice it to say, my life has improved vastly since I had it done.

This may sound like an overreaction to your comment, but it's not intended that way. I have taken no offence. I feel like I'm amongst friends here and I didn't mind explaining what it meant for me.

You do realize I was only kidding, right?

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

You do realize I was only kidding, right?

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

This may sound like an overreaction to your comment, but it's not intended that way. I have taken no offence. I feel like I'm amongst friends here and I didn't mind explaining what it meant for me.

Of course I knew you were kidding, I thought I made that clear. I just felt like telling you my story. Would you rather I hadn't?

No, I was just worried I'd hit you where it hurts. (hug)

It would be very difficult to tell you some of my own pretty twisted jokes about my operation, that I made at the time and found quite hilarious, without going into too much detail. You'll have to try harder than that to hit me where it hurts - not that I'd want you to try, of course. Anyway, my operation is what is - it worked and I'm happy - there are jokes about other things that would bother me more. You probably know what I mean being another sensitive human being.