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Old 10th August 2014, 08:32 PM
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Hellooooo Gents

I'm back, ish, I'll be back for good over the next week

Apologies for my absence to those who were concerned, but a lot happened and I went through a looooooot of s**t

Main one was the back injury and to understand how bad it was let me tell you that an average trip to toilet was taking me between 20 to even 40min on certain occasions

I was also dealing with serious family matters back home, mainly my mum, and on top of it my relationship

To add more drama to last few weeks, just before having my 6 weeks holiday I've been given a electrical testing certificate which basically scraped my idea of 6weeks holiday as I was forced by this piece of paper to rewire the whole school within 5-6weeks (power and lighting, 8 weeks job)

In the mean time I lost my phone. My Mrs said its a sign and I should just take it easy because my back went again (stress this time) and just forget about the phone for few weeks and you know what, it was the best advice I could get. No phone calls, no access to private and work emails, amazing

I struggled for first few days, but then it was just a great ''experience''

Because of that I'd like to apologise to everyone who sent me a PM and got no reply (I've just noticed how many PMs I've got), I'll be replying to this messages in next few minutes (all the PMs notifications are delivered via my work email)


Other than that did anyone bought/upgraded their car in recent weeks??
Any interesting news or mods??

I will be going through all the threads one by one in next few days

Worst two things of all: car wasn't driven for weeks and wasn't cleaned for even more weeks
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Old 10th August 2014, 09:00 PM
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Hi Marcin, good to know youre ok and getting there with things - we missed you and of course your understated use of Icons on the forum, but it helped bandwidth for a week or two!!

Seriously though dont mess with your health, take it easy and I hope that things improve for you - we could have washed your car for you at the Audis In The Park meet today due to rain and rising water levels!!

See you soon Cheers Neil
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Old 10th August 2014, 09:09 PM
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Hi Marcin, good to know youre ok and getting there with things - we missed you and of course your understated use of Icons on the forum, but it helped bandwidth for a week or two!!

Seriously though dont mess with your health, take it easy and I hope that things improve for you - we could have washed your car for you at the Audis In The Park meet today due to rain and rising water levels!!

See you soon Cheers Neil
ha ha ha sorry, but icons sometimes can describe the emotions better than words, such us , especially when communicating via ''electronic devices'' not face to face.

AITP noooooooooooo, don't tell me it was this weekend???
If so this is the only way how I feel right now

Such a shame, I was really really looking forward to this event, but looks like time was going faster than I thought.

Are there any news about the SE meet Neil??
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Old 11th August 2014, 08:16 AM
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Welcome back M-A8.

You're back and feeling better. That's what counts.
The car can be sorted out later.
It is just a machine, despite how we feel and treat it at times.

How was AITP6, apart from being wet?
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Old 11th August 2014, 08:26 AM
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an average trip to toilet was taking me between 20 to even 40min on certain occasions
Marcin

I find prune juice and plenty of fruit helps with that!

Good to have you back!
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Old 11th August 2014, 02:13 PM
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nice 2 have you back Bro, its been very quiet without you
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Old 12th August 2014, 06:57 AM
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Morning

Cheers guys

Jim, this was the average time of me getting to the actual toilet from my bed not the time spent on the toilet , later on I got creative and my Mrs was parking her beach blanket by the bed, I was ''jumping off'' the bed straight on it and then she dragged my across the corridor and ''dropping off'' by the toilet door

Good to be back
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Old 12th August 2014, 07:54 AM
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Good to have you back Marcin, hope you're back to your best very soon
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Old 12th August 2014, 08:06 AM
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Cheers Ron

I am back to my best, it's the catching up game which is killing me. So much stupid office work it's shocking, but hey, when I win the lottery I wont have to worry about this silly things

Actually I'm more stressed about rewiring my headlights and my brake calipers and detailing, as I may not have enough time to do it this or next month

BTW, car is looking stunning
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Old 12th August 2014, 08:19 AM
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BTW, car is looking stunning
Funny you should say that, it's not at the moment, it "died" a few weeks ago

Should be resurrected within a week or so, I'll update when it is
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