I used to have an occasional nosebleed, maybe once a month or less. Usually when I was in bed.

I mentioned it, because I had one that morning, to the doctor at the ENT clinic I had gone to for a sinus issue.

He said he could take care of that and cauterized my nose.

I started having nosebleeds once or twice a day. When it was still happening two weeks later, I called the clinic who suggested I go to the ED. Not back to them (they are part of the hospital).

I went to my doctor instead, who had a look. They eventually stopped, but I still get the odd one.

My first job was at a sawmill. They had an area for air drying timber that was previously a dump for sawdust and bark, and it was capped with a metre of fill.

One of my tasks was to take the temperature of the ground around a crack in the fill that had been smoking for ten or so years.

There was no way to put out the fire, but the concern was if it broke through, all the semi-dried timber stacked on top would go up in flames. Plus, the site backed onto the forest, so a fire would be disastrous.

I made the mistake of painting a popcorn ceiling. I didn't want to remove it because I could see the formwork lines on a damaged part. I managed to fix that by scraping some off elsewhere, which I mixed with drywall mud and patched it.

It soaks up paint like a sponge. I was using a spray gun, but even then, I had to use a roller to force it into all the little craters.

It took 120L of paint to get decent coverage.

Would not recommend.

He spoke at our school, while he was a Minister. I was probably 11 or 12 and knew nothing about politics but afterwards thought why would anyone vote for this guy. They did though.

There's one outside my house that gets quite a bit of use. Suburban street.

Often it's people who pull up in cars. Maybe they have a limited plan, maybe calling their dealer or lover, idk.

Lately it's a guy who looks a bit down on his luck calling his mum. (He shouts at her, that's how I know.)

There are at least three others within a ten minute walk.

My mother was in so much pain from arthritis in her knee that she was admitted to hospital.

Doctor said there wasn't much they could do apart from managing the pain. My sister pressed back, saying there must be something he could do.

He said that cortisteroid injection in the knee was an option, but there could be long term complications.

Mum, "I'm 90, I don't have a long term!"

She got the injection and it worked.

She was also right, she only had another four years - but they were pain free years.

Newspapers and TV in Thailand often show pictures of road accident victims (usually motorbike) at the scene. Covered, but with visible blood.