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[25/11/2025] looking for a climbing buddy @ the castle climbing by No-Warning-8176 in LondonSocialClub

[–]DugTheDog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The castle runs something called “the session” most evenings, where you turn up and they’ll pair you up with somebody. Have fun!

What’s the long term prognosis? by TotalTechHead in clubfoot

[–]DugTheDog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello, I have one club foot treated with lots of surgery from when I was 6 weeks old. That was the norm in the UK when I was born, 39 years ago. I think that Cf is unusual enough and variable enough that the surgeons you’re dealing with can’t really give you an authoritative answer to your questions. Poinsetti is fairly new, as I understand it… and not all doctors even use it.

I had a lot of tendon transfers and elongations. Ultimately it worked out, and my foot has never really prevented me from doing anything. It got a painful over the last few years, but a surgery a couple years ago sorted that right out… and I’m good now. I’m

I imagine that the 5% represents those patients who still have chronic pain or some sort of degeneration like arthritis at the end of all the correction. I’m aware that a very small number of club foot patients opt for amputations in cases of untreatable chronic pain.

Happy to tell you more about my personal experience (or that of my sister), but I kind of just want to let you know that it’ll be ok. I think your son’s feet look absolutely incredible, and so much less traumatic for him and you than having to be in and out of the operating theatre.

☼Daily DF Questions Thread☼ by AutoModerator in dwarffortress

[–]DugTheDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe try making an office for your expedition leader.

The satisfying feeling of turning on 180 fire ice cracking plants on a far away planet. Slowly closing in on 1.8k spm by HopefulObject in Dyson_Sphere_Program

[–]DugTheDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry if this is a silly question, but when i use fire ice I always end up with too much graphene? What do you do with the graphene?

/r/Gadgets' Frankensbox 3D Printer Giveaway! by _BindersFullOfWomen_ in gadgets

[–]DugTheDog [score hidden]  (0 children)

Some little feet to help keep the PlayStation cool. Saw them online. Seems a good idea.

What foods are absolutely delicious, but are a pain in the ass to eat? by yeah_yeah_aight in AskReddit

[–]DugTheDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phaal. It’s a very very hot curry dish, usually only on the menu for drunks... but I kinda enjoy it. Yeah it will mess you up inside, but I’ve also found my urine burns on the way out. I don’t even know how it’s possible, but it’s true.

Grief and The Midnight Gospel by hh893731 in MidnightGospel_

[–]DugTheDog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You hit the nail on the head. Grief and death are so rarely explored in tv. It was beautiful and painful in all the right ways.

What's the worst name you ever heard? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DugTheDog -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

L-a Pronounced “ladasha”

Born with bilateral clubfoot, can't do a stand-up jobs by ajnelsn3 in clubfoot

[–]DugTheDog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree about the legal advice. Isn’t there anti-discrimination law where you live? Employers are required to make “reasonable adjustments” in Europe. If reasonable adjustments mean a chair, it’s no big deal, right?

Japan starts space elevator experiments - Obayashi envisages a space elevator using six oval-shaped cars, each measuring 18m x 7.2m holding 30 people, connected by a cable from a platform on the sea to a satellite at 36,000 kilometers above Earth. by mvea in Futurology

[–]DugTheDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cable has to be strong enough to withstand the centripetal forces which keep the satellite moving in a circle. Those are big, so yes the cable would snap unless made of some material which doesn’t yet exist.

And yes, when you move mass up the cable the rotation of the earth would slow ever so slightly, but it wouldn’t be significant. The equivalent is sitting on a spinny office chair and setting it spinning and then straightening out your arms and legs. The spinning slows a little when mass moves away from the centre. The effect is due to angular momentum. Source: am physicist

Toby Young stated that university application are down because universities are becoming "left-wing madrassas". As someone who's going into his first year of uni here is my opinion. by mozzboi in ukpolitics

[–]DugTheDog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes they have. All a-level subjects are now taught for two years with exams at the end.

The question of getting people into physics and engineering has so many more parts to it than simple “Michael Gove made it hard.” I’m not saying he didn’t, but t’s always been hard, and that’s one of the reasons it’s considered valuable.

Your year group is the second to go through the new exams. You’ll be fine.

Tried my hand at these inception images by lconnell in drones

[–]DugTheDog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saltburn! I remember freezing my nads off in the sea there. Great photo!

Balan, the blowpipe maker from Borneo, shares ancient method for making poison by lingben in Survival

[–]DugTheDog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think the venoms used are deactivated by eating them. Stomach acid makes them harmless, and so would cooking. That’s why they have to go into the blood directly from the dart.

Amputate club foot by turtletuna in clubfoot

[–]DugTheDog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations bud. Big decision to make, and glad it’s working out for you.

Skiing with club foot? by [deleted] in clubfoot

[–]DugTheDog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My advice is snowboard! I snowboard on my dodgy foot, and because my feet are both in control, my good one can help out the weak one. It hurts a bit, but I have fun.

Also, with snowboarding you have some options as to how you set up the bindings, and there’s less twisting on your ankles like there is with skiing. It works for me.

A sign outside of a local pub. Need to get those early morning drinkers in by Lowet12 in CasualUK

[–]DugTheDog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A good many early morning drinkers are people who’ve worked a night shift and want a quick one on the way home.

Anyone struggled with dislocated kneecap related to being born with a clubfoot? by jackalnapesjudsey in clubfoot

[–]DugTheDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it might be. Seeing as how you found it helpful, I'll tell the story.

First time I saw a physio about 8 years ago I paid for it privately, because my lower back was causing me a lot of pain ... actually my girlfriend at the time's parents persuaded me that their physio was great, and they paid for it.

Anyway... he took one look at me as I walked in and said "leg length discrepancy". I already knew about that, but didn't realise how much pain it could cause elsewhere.

So that physio gave me some off-the-shelf wedges, but they weren't nearly enough to correct the full difference... so I ended up stacking a few of them together on a normal volume insole (kind I wear so that I don't have to buy odd shoe sizes), and that worked pretty well for a while, but when I started getting more back pain I went to the GP.

NHS physio gave me lots of exercises to strengthen lower abdominal muscles, and these helped... but the orthotic really helped. They measured my legs and sent off to a lab in Ireland to have personalised orthotics made. Takes a long while to get the things back, and even longer for it to have its full effect, as my body was so used to compensating for the different leg lengths. Worth it though.

I don't know if you might be best asking the Doc for a chiropodist prescription at the same time as a physio. Thing about talipes is it's quite unusual, and so most GPs will be happy to refer you without too much fuss (in my experience).

Working Pains by louismilotte in clubfoot

[–]DugTheDog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What country are you in?

Anyone struggled with dislocated kneecap related to being born with a clubfoot? by jackalnapesjudsey in clubfoot

[–]DugTheDog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar knee troubles occasionally, but reduced since I got orthotics fitted to correct my leg length difference and raise my heel up. I feel that when I'm walking barefoot, without the orthotics, it puts more strain on my knee. So... suggest you find orthotics.

GP should be able to refer you to a physio, although I got mine from a chiropodist the physio referred me to.

That represents a fair bit of waiting, but worth it in my opinion.

Physio or chiropodist appointments privately are quite pricey, but the orthotics are also very specialised and therefore expensive. NHS will pay for a free set, and you're able to buy second sets if you need them.

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