My mother (Jane Taylor 1900-89) used to refer to something she really could have done without as “a pain in the neck.”
Over my lifetime we heard more about “ a pain in the a-“ (buttocks,not beast of burden) but that was the US form. I prefer arse , a Great British word, from the Old English, of German origin.
But both fade in the reality of a pain in the back.
On my proto-Olympic search for nomination as Twerp of the Year, I have put my back into spasm and getting right will take time. I can’t sit for long – leaving the loo is more of a relief than using it, food is strictly refuel – so sadly
no annalog this week
The only good osteopath I have ever known is coming on Wednesday unless she has an earlier cancellation and I hope to regroup for
the week commencing 26 August 2024, provided we are all still here
take care and wish me better
Annalog 