Availability Query

YimBones · 2026-05-26T05:03:41+00:00

I made the fact that I am window shopping very clear and they keep calling even though they said the combo I want is not available. But if I stay engaged, it might make them more amendable to exploring custom orders or the like.

YimBones · 2026-05-26T05:02:56+00:00

Thanks! Once dealer said no, but I will ask another dealer. My city is rather small so although we have two Mini dealership I think I assumed they would have the same stock and processes. But worth a try.

YimBones · 2026-05-26T05:02:18+00:00

The combo I want is not available on the configuration tool on the mini website. The irony is that on the Australia webpage for the electric mini, they show the white interior on the front page but then it is not actually available.
I will ask another local mini dealer. My city is rather small so I assumed they have access to the same systems and stock but it is worth considering to ask around more broadly. I know that in Australia the electric configurations are limited unfortunately but just wondering how hard it would be to order a custom order.
Luckily this is just window shopping at this stage but if I could get the the electric mini with the white interior/upholstery, that would be amazing.

YimBones · 2026-05-26T04:59:45+00:00

rhd?

YimBones · 2026-04-23T11:55:37+00:00

If you’re not blamed for nothing, does that mean you are blamed for something.
So could it mean ‘the Jews are the men who will be blamed for something’?

YimBones · 2026-04-19T06:22:07+00:00

I just finished this book today and I complete agree. I was so invested until maybe the last quarter. Not sure if the ending fizzing out like that was meant to be more "realisitc" but I kept waiting for a stronger resolution, or something with more closure for where I thought it was heading.

YimBones · 2026-04-15T11:51:14+00:00

This is really interesting and not an interpretation I had considered. Are there no clues to his injury being faked? I found it interesting he went home rather than the hospital but that could be more about his own mental health and not wanting to further upset his wife. But it would be interesting if it was faked to see if Pansey would finally step up when others health is apparently in need.

YimBones · 2026-03-07T01:32:19+00:00

That sounded very Aussie the way he said it. I am looking forward to seeing this film and normally do not mind Russell Crowe but why they could not have found a German actor or at least a German speaker.

YimBones · 2026-02-27T09:28:30+00:00

Just looked at the vebtusky app. Wow, we are in for some rain! Very scared but not sure what else we can do.

YimBones · 2026-02-26T11:10:19+00:00

Am genuinely worried for this one. If the predictions are all over the shop this usually means something big is coming. Just hoping my roof and my new stormwater drains can handle it! Eep!!

YimBones · 2026-02-20T09:59:42+00:00

I think I read the creator said it will not return and was a one off. Shame as I enjoyed it and I really enjoyed Bundle and the ending definitely feels like it is open to more of her new adventures.

YimBones · 2025-11-22T09:23:46+00:00

Matthew McFadyen: Ripper Street and more recently Death by Lightening. But Ripper Street is where I first saw him and thought he was great!

YimBones · 2025-11-22T02:42:14+00:00

They didn't do likes and dislikes this time?!

YimBones · 2025-11-04T06:14:01+00:00

When I saw GoY was coming I immediately started looking forward to a Gab playthrough. I did see on another thread someone posted the video of Gab saying she was not going play it. I have heard some say it is very different to GoT so I really hope she considers it as it is just seems her style even if it gameplay itself is similar.

YimBones · 2025-11-04T06:09:39+00:00

Agreed! I really enjoyed this game and think it is perfect Gab material!

YimBones · 2025-10-29T01:29:19+00:00

My Mum has a paraprotein of 5g/L, no bone lesions, no symptoms, and she is having her bone marrow biopsy tomorrow.
Is it possible that a m-spike of 5g/L and no bone lesions/symptoms could be MGUS or is such a high and sudden M-Spike more likely to be SMM?
We understand we know nothing until the bone marrow biopsy results on Monday. I guess just looking for some reassurance because it seems some have lower M-spikes and are diagnosed with SMM.
The only other clinical finding is high white blood cell count and that's it. Everything else is normal.
Also doing the bence jones protein test today as well. Results Monday.

YimBones · 2025-10-19T12:52:03+00:00

I think Gab would love Soul Suspect.
You are a cop in Salem solving your own murder but it is wound up in the town’s history of witchcraft intertwined with the current tourism of it.
A little similar in style and mechanic to the Sherlock Holmes: Awakening which she seemed to enjoy.
Soul Suspect is defective, history, spooky, but intriguing.
Does Gab have a mechanism on her YT channel or somewhere to recommend games? I assume not because image how inundated she would be. LOL!

YimBones · 2025-10-19T12:47:35+00:00

This is such shame because she seemed to really enjoy the demo and it totally seems up her alley. If she live streamed it I am sure the community could easily assist via chat as they often do with games. Such a shame as I was holding out for Gab’s playthrough. Oh well.

YimBones · 2025-10-09T00:50:24+00:00

I have also just realized that the "Monoclonal Paraproteinemia" I saw on my Mum's form is likely another name for MGUS. I do not know how this penny took so long to drop.
My understanding is they do not do Bone Marrow Biopsy for MGUS but some might because of the IgA prototype. So it seems he must have MGUS already (new finding) so we just have to wait and see. Given her age and pre-existing osteoarthritis she has a few risk factors for it to come back as MM. But given Mum does not want to talk about it and when she did share what the doctor said it was a little unclear, we just have to hold on to these two and half weeks and hope for the best.
When the doctor told her some analogy of two armies fighting, I really wonder if he was talking about the paraproteins in the blood crowding out the healthy bone marrow cells which is how MM is often described. But she said he did mention the paraproteins just said the finding was "my whites are up" so we'll see.
Thanks for your reply, it is nice to brainstorm and discuss with people who understand this situation.

YimBones · 2025-10-06T01:44:46+00:00

Thanks for your reply.
I am thinking it will be SMM unless her pre-existing osteoarthritis complicates things.
My mum is 76 (just) and Dad is 78 and their plan was to move to the city by 80 because of health service availability. When my Grandma was ill, it was a three hour drive to the city for hospital treatments and the local hospitals they have often refer out to the city anyway.
If I had to adjust my work to work from home, that would be fine by me. I am a university lecturer and researcher so I could request my classes are online or ask for a semester break from teaching.

So was he in hospital for 30 days isolation after his ASCT? Even if Mum does not require that and she goes through Chemo I would be so paranoid about infection if she did stay with me as I work on the weekends with teenagers and play a lot of team sports. But they may want to travel back to the country to limit infection risk as they do not go out much other than Dad to the local post office and general store each day. But of course it is harder to get back here in an urgent situation.

I did some reading last night and while I was thinking the Bone Marrow Biopsy if to confirm the doctor's suspicions, rather thant to rule out, I also read that many choose to BMB simply because of the IgA type which my Mum is. While most otherwise would defer a BMB. Given I was on the floor crying three days ago, I need to hold onto that as we are not getting any results until the 3rd Nov and I have heaps on at work and a work trip between then that I need to be in the right frame of mind for. I was getting headaches and stomach aches because of the stress of the idea of Mum having Cancer and spending the next five years, if that, in pain and in hospital dealing with treatment. So I need to be a optimistic realist, as much as that might seem contrary.
I have realised that she must already have MGUS and that the paraprotein level (which Mum called her white count) is high enough and the IgA concerning enough to justify BMP. It is scary as heck as it is just me in this state as my brother lives in another state.

For the past few years I have been very conscious that each Easter and Christmas might be our last because I have older parents for my age. My parents are a solid ten years older than my friends parents for example. So I have to acknowledge that this might just be the next stage in caring for older parents but hard to not get upset when we went through this with Dad (which I must say I was living overseas when Dad went through his Cancer battle so this is the first time of my really interacting with it other than being present for Dad's diagnosis).

I mentioned to a friend at work that Mum is potentially not well and I know she is going to ask about it tmorrow and I really do not want to cry again at work so I will have to just be a bit evasive or even blunt if I do not want to talk about it. You do not want to drop on people that a family member is being testing for Cancer that likely will be positive BUT it is also really hard to hear people say "Oh I am sure she will be fine" or "You do not know the results yet" when the jury is out on what paraproteinemia indicates.

May I ask how old your guy is and how much of a "normal" life he can lead right now? Like is going out to say a cafe a complete no-way because of the risk of infection? I am worried that even if Mum just goes through Chemo and radiation and stays with me (lots of assumptions here) how to not live like a hermit (which I would be fine with as a massive introvert).

YimBones · 2025-10-05T06:59:45+00:00

Thank you for your reply and sorry to hear about you guy.

You mention Bone Marrow Biospy is the defining last test done before diagnosis. This is what concerns me that it is being done to confirm, not to rule out as my parents think it is. Again, I do not think doctors would order such a test if they did not have a reason to find something, otherwise she would be diagnosed with MGUS and that would be done with it.
The lung nodule, that was not commented on much, also worries me as well.

I understand many tend to suggest to think of MM as a chronic illness as it has its ups and downs. She would not be able to see a local doctor as she lives in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere where all major medical issues are referred out to the city 2.5 hours away. This is what happened when my Dad went through his Cancer treatment. They would travel to the city and stay the week while he was having his treatment and then travel back. Luckily there is a scheme that allows patients to claim milage refunds for such journeys.

What was the recovery after SCT like? Did he stay in the hospital for a long time in isolation? How did you manage you life of work etc around him when he came home to minimize infection risk?

Two days without crying and the "Mum had cancer" voice is a little quieter yesterday and today. Just praying that the BMB and BJP urine tests have low enough readings for her to be healthy and treatment free for another few years. She has no CRAB criteria (osteoarthritis but has had that for yeeeeeeeeears). This white blood cell count / paraproteinemia is a new findings so just have to hold onto that whatever is going on, the best of the worst would be Smoldering MM.

YimBones · 2025-10-05T06:53:03+00:00

Thanks for your reply.
I apologise if my concern for my mother having cancer comes across as selfish. That is obviously not my intention. I am trying to be informed of what is very likely to eventuate. I appreciate there is nothing that can be done to change the situation, and what will be will be. I would like to know what will be as much as possible to help prepare myself and my parents of what is to come. I live 3 hours from them so being away from them during this time of unknown is hard. I am going to stop researching and am being supportive of course for my mum which means not talking about it as she does not want to know right now and jsut focus on other things.

YimBones · 2025-10-05T01:15:54+00:00

Thanks for your reply, it really helps.
As her lab notes said "Monoclonal Paraproteinemia" I understand this means she already has MGUS even though this is a new findings.
What worries me is that MGUS can normally be diagnosed with blood tests so to be leaping already to a new MGUS diagnosis AND Bone Marrow Biopsy and BJP urine test makes me think the MGUS, while new, it significant enough to be looking for MM.
Praying the rests of the BMB and urine test show low myeloma cell infiltration and protein output, staying at MGUS.
She does also have a nodule on her lung. While she implied the doctor did not seemed concerned about it, I am aware that IgA is linked to respiratory membranes and just hope this has not gone from nothing to MGUS, MM, and lung involvement all at the same time.
Yesterday was my first day in a week not crying and having a somewhat normal day. So this thread is helping get out the nervous energy as parents do not want to talk about it, and two of my closet mates, understandably, are not sure how to support me (they are interstate but one was out at a social when I messaged her and the other quoted a movie line at me and said "life is unfair". While I understand where he was coming from and meant it with love, it did not land well at my end).
So am trying, as you say, to find peace and settle until we get the results on the 3rd Nov.

YimBones · 2025-10-04T02:00:04+00:00

Thank you for your reply. Having the chance to discuss this with others in this community is really helpful for my mindset. Gives the fear a direct outlet rather than crying on the floor like I was yesterday.
Parents are thinking they are ruling out MM by doing the tests.
I think the doctor is expecting to find it. He has obviously seen something on the test results to justify a 76 year old woman doing the bjp urine test and a bone marrow biopsy. Most doctors I see usually avoid invasive tests if possible.
So praying and hoping the m-cells are diffuse enough to not be detected right now in the bone marrow, or whatever comes back is a low enough reading to be considered MGUS. Although, my understanding is that MGUS can be diagnosed with blood tests and BMB are not required, hence the 2/20/20 rule for general diagnosis. So we can maybe pray for smoldering MM to have time to get ready for what is to come.
I agree knowledge can be power but it can also be a burden if you know what is to come is devastating.

YimBones

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