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Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 17 Jul 2015, 02:24
by airboatr
Mike, Are they gonna make you take nitroglycerin?
If so, stay off the bumpy roads..
........
Good to know you're alright
Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 17 Jul 2015, 04:46
by Airspeed
robbie wrote:Coincidence or what Mike, I got a call yesterday to report on August 5th for nuclear tests on my ticker!!
appointment is at 07:45 but it's a 3 hour drive to the city for me, so it looks as if I'll have an early start!.
let us know what happens Mike, good luck
Robbie.
How about that, Robbie!
I join with others to wish you a good outcome.
Pete, ticking over slowly, like a Narfick tractor engine, what?
Alex, and all you others, fare thee well with your conditions, look after yourselves.
Joe, have you been reading spooky stories about things that go boom in the night?
btw, one of the blokes in the room was a 74 year old, who previously had 2 artificial knees and one hip replacement.
He was clearing leaves from his roof gutters, because he relied on tank water.
He finished the job, but slipped off the wet ladder.
Shattered both legs beneath the implants, and his thigh bone.
This was some time back, but they were looking into his bones because the latest rod in his thigh was hurting.
So, take note; none of us are as young as we think, enjoy yourselves, but take care out there!
Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 17 Jul 2015, 09:07
by paulsl
Kevin Farnell wrote:paulsl wrote:Kevin Farnell wrote:
What nothing, nothing at all
Kevin
Well the GP rang and said they'd found nothing and I was given the all clear. So I figure that they've got this picture of my head that shows nothing. It does explain a few personality traits that I'd worry about if I had any measurable ability to do so
"better to find out what's going on inside us than have the doctors explain what happened, to our families, 'the day after' ".
How so very true Mike. It's one of the consolations of all the poking, prodding cutting and vetting that I've gone through in the last couple of years. I know exactly where I stand physically. I talk to so many people who seem to think I'm weird having that. I have a lot of friends "of a certain age" and they look sideways at me when I suggest they should get checked out. Sadly for one or two, it's so hard that I won't be able to say "I told you so"
So come on fellas, follow Mike's lead and get checked out. It might save your life.
<-- "don't you dare lecture in the forum"
Delighted that you're OK, Paul.
Hopefully, Mike and Robbie will have the same outcome.
Although I realise that it is a very serious condition, my comment was meant to be light hearted and just in jest.
For my own part, I spent much of my early years in and out of hospital, having been born with a 'Hole in the Heart' along with other complications. Great credit to the staff at Birmingham Children's Hospital for my treatment and recovery.
I hope my comment didn't cause any offence - that as the last thing I intended.
Regards
Kevin
It never occurred to me to be offended Kevin, I took it as a jest. "Hole in the Heart with complications"... Tetralogy of Fallot perhap? Nyah nyah, me too
I wrote a
bit about my history and experiences in 2012 if anyone's interested. One day I'll work it into that book I'm going to write
And apologies to anyone if I ranted about getting checked out but you've got
3,300 men a year dying of prostate cancer and
13 a day die of heart attack, just in Australia. And so many of them are preventable with early detection.
I've got a cartoon above my desk that says "Which suits your busy lifestyle better? One hour of exercise every day or being dead 24 hours a day?"
So glad you're still with us Alex, can only imagine how horrible it must have been for you lying there.
Paul
Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 17 Jul 2015, 17:01
by robbie
Thanks for the good wished all,
I don't worry too much these days as I've already had 2 heart attacks, the next string of tests will just confirm whether or not I have to have a triple bypass!, what's really getting to me is the fact that our fishing season starts on Saturday 18th, we have only 3 weeks in which we can catch our cod for the freezer, and this year it's been a real struggle finding enough energy to get my boat ready to got back in the water, anyway she's ready to go now, it was so good to finally see her 8.5 tons slide down the slip, and yes it sucks getting old!!.
Robbie
Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 02:05
by Airspeed
Lock up your daughters!
If I was any fitter, I'd be dangerous!
All tests came out "perfect", as was today's BP check.
Seems I'm physically freaky as well as mentally.
Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 03:58
by airboatr
Airspeed wrote:Lock up your daughters!
.
If the wifey finds out , you'll be dead!
Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 04:53
by Airspeed
Not "the wifey", she's
SWMBO!!
Apart from that, she knows better than anyone what an empty declaration I made.
Your daughters are all very safe.
Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 05:45
by airboatr
I was just
... did I really have to say that
I used to fly with a CFII who was
supposed to have retired ... at least his wife thought so.
One trip out to KOBE for a samitch and a sodie pop he mentioned his wife not knowing he was out flying , and if she did it'd be
to which I quipped
You better hope we don't crash on the way back .. if she finds out
she'll murder ya!
Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 09:53
by Tomliner
Good news Mike. I'd say that you may be the male equivalent of Mary Poppins-------practically perfect!
EricT
Re: Nuclear testing
Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 10:00
by Filonian
Very pleased to hear your good news Mike
Graham