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Post by murphthesurf on Jan 5, 2019 17:32:39 GMT
Evening, Cap'n! And how are we feeling ce soir? (**Quickly takes pulse then straightens top sheet a tad and brushes a few stray ginger biscuit crumbs off**)I know you'll have a posh little Nuffers TV in your cabin-on-dry-land, so I thought you might like to know that Channel 5 have what looks to be a promising prog on at 9pm to-nite: 'Cutty Sark: 150 Years of War and Speed.' Enjoy!
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jan 5, 2019 18:07:55 GMT
Evening, Cap'n! And how are we feeling ce soir? (**Quickly takes pulse then straightens top sheet a tad and brushes a few stray ginger biscuit crumbs off**)I know you'll have a posh little Nuffers TV in your cabin-on-dry-land, so I thought you might like to know that Channel 5 have what looks to be a promising prog on at 9pm to-nite: 'Cutty Sark: 150 Years of War and Speed.' Enjoy! No shortage of channels to browse from murph not that I fully tried them all out (so tired) but tonight's recommendation could be worth a watch. Unless there's a Horizon special on Rowetts sacking. 😉😙
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Post by murphthesurf on Jan 5, 2019 18:20:25 GMT
Evening, Cap'n! And how are we feeling ce soir? (**Quickly takes pulse then straightens top sheet a tad and brushes a few stray ginger biscuit crumbs off**)I know you'll have a posh little Nuffers TV in your cabin-on-dry-land, so I thought you might like to know that Channel 5 have what looks to be a promising prog on at 9pm to-nite: 'Cutty Sark: 150 Years of War and Speed.' Enjoy! No shortage of channels to browse from murph not that I fully tried them all out (so tired) but tonight's recommendation could be worth a watch. Unless there's a Horizon special on Rowetts sacking. 😉😙 Yaaaaaay! Now you're talkin', dude! Live in 'ope!
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Post by murphthesurf on Jan 5, 2019 18:23:55 GMT
Evening, Cap'n! No shortage of channels to browse from murph not that I fully tried them all out (so tired) but tonight's recommendation could be worth a watch. Unless there's a Horizon special on Rowetts sacking. 😉😙 Ohhhhhhhh....... poppet. xxxx And how is the cold? No worse, I hope???
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jan 5, 2019 18:33:57 GMT
Got the Echinacea murph and everything seems to be drying up for the moment. Fingers still crossed that I've got off lightly compared to some of the unfortunates on here.
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Post by murphthesurf on Jan 5, 2019 18:51:44 GMT
Chuff, I'm not mucking about now - please get yourself some ECHINACEA tablets...... Thought Echinacea was a type of soil Murphs. It's not one I've ever heard of, Admiral......... (I bet you're kidding! ) Echinacea's a pretty garden flower, with a black centre and mid-pink inverted petals, from which magical little pills are somehow made. I've got them growing in the glorious Château Murph Long Bottom Border, but don't know how to make the pills. There's also a dazzling array of poppies in there, but I don't know how to make 'the other stuff' either - a pity, really, as the income it would generate would certainly help with maintaining the machine-gun turrets in the battlements - yes, I know, but we've got to keep the poxy tourists under control somehow, especially the deeply unpleasant little b*st*rds (**she spits**) who voted 'Remain' and like to come round here every two minutes bloody flaunting it. Anyway……I think you must be thinking of ericaceous soil??? Ie. For plants who don’t like growing in lime, and prefer acid soils. Classic examples are azaleas and rhododendrons - if you fail to test your soil type and stick them in lime-rich soils they won't do well at all - in fact they'll turn yellow and kark it pretty damn sharpish. (**Musical jingle-type little tune + voiceover**)
"Tune in at the same time next week for more MMGT - Murph's Marvellous Gardening Tips. - You know it makes sense."
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Post by murphthesurf on Jan 5, 2019 19:04:37 GMT
Got the Echinacea murph and everything seems to be drying up for the moment. Fingers still crossed that I've got off lightly compared to some of the unfortunates on here. "Keep taking the tablets" !!! Good on ya. Keep going with them. I'm SURE they'll reduce the symptoms/suffering considerably. (I've made you an iced lemon & coconut cake to make up for your missing out on the Plymouth trip's flapjacks, btw. - Parker will drop it round 2moro. xxx)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 19:27:10 GMT
Got the Echinacea murph and everything seems to be drying up for the moment. Fingers still crossed that I've got off lightly compared to some of the unfortunates on here. "Keep taking the tablets" !!! Good on ya. Keep going with them. I'm SURE they'll reduce the symptoms/suffering considerably. (I've made you an iced lemon & coconut cake to make up for your missing out on the Plymouth trip's flapjacks, btw. - Parker will drop it round 2moro. xxx) Murph, I see you haven't mentioned the Devon Cream Tea we had yesterday (oops that's blown it !) although I thought the "clotted cream" was more like flexible polyfilla to be honest - not a patch on the flapjacks you made murph . Good to see LL was looking better than we anticipated, but still not sure he knows we were actually there. The surgeon did keep asking us to move out of the way and stop talking though didn't he - first time I've actually been in an operating theatre when I was actually conscious and it will hopefully be the last . I told you we should have waited till LL was back in his private room after the op. Still we obviously looked "official" in our white coats, AND we now know what they do with the ball bearings don't we ?
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Post by thequietman on Jan 5, 2019 22:08:32 GMT
Thought Echinacea was a type of soil Murphs. It's not one I've ever heard of, Admiral......... (I bet you're kidding! ) Echinacea's a pretty garden flower, with a black centre and mid-pink inverted petals, from which magical little pills are somehow made. I've got them growing in the glorious Château Murph Long Bottom Border, but don't know how to make the pills. There's also a dazzling array of poppies in there, but I don't know how to make 'the other stuff' either - a pity, really, as the income it would generate would certainly help with maintaining the machine-gun turrets in the battlements - yes, I know, but we've got to keep the poxy tourists under control somehow, especially the deeply unpleasant little b*st*rds (**she spits**) who voted 'Remain' and like to come round here every two minutes bloody flaunting it. Anyway……I think you must be thinking of ericaceous soil??? Ie. For plants who don’t like growing in lime, and prefer acid soils. Classic examples are azaleas and rhododendrons - if you fail to test your soil type and stick them in lime-rich soils they won't do well at all - in fact they'll turn yellow and kark it pretty damn sharpish. (**Musical jingle-type little tune + voiceover**)
"Tune in at the same time next week for more MMGT - Murph's Marvellous Gardening Tips. - You know it makes sense." Knew I'd heard of them Eritrea plant thingies ... it's pieris isn't it? The name always makes me giggle like a naughty schoolboy. Don't they change colour depending on the pH of the soil, or something? Clever little buggers. Btw, think you need to have a word with Mellors, Murph. Those plants he's got in the greenhouse definitely aren't tomatoes. And it sure ain't tobacco he's smoking in that weird looking pipe.
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Post by murphthesurf on Jan 6, 2019 13:40:58 GMT
"Keep taking the tablets" !!! Good on ya. Keep going with them. I'm SURE they'll reduce the symptoms/suffering considerably. Murph, I see you haven't mentioned the Devon Cream Tea we had yesterday (oops that's blown it !) although I thought the "clotted cream" was more like flexible polyfilla to be honest - not a patch on the flapjacks you made murph . Good to see LL was looking better than we anticipated, but still not sure he knows we were actually there. The surgeon did keep asking us to move out of the way and stop talking though didn't he - first time I've actually been in an operating theatre when I was actually conscious and it will hopefully be the last . I told you we should have waited till LL was back in his private room after the op. Still we obviously looked "official" in our white coats, AND we now know what they do with the ball bearings don't we ? Oh, you didn't notice, Dees, but I can't abide thick cream so I gave the Devon clotted stuff a swerve and it sounds as though I made the right decision! The operating theatre was a real eye-opener - very posh, wasn't it? I've never seen one with a state-of-the-art 'cocktail loungette' built in at one side, and one practically sank up to one's knees in the shag-pile, although why they chose such a vivid red colour for it is beyond me. Yes we did look the part in our white coats - brilliant idea of yours to take them + the stethies with us, and I can't tell you how impressed I was when the surgeon turned to you & said something & you promptly handed him the Black & Decker and a length of kitchen roll. Of course, that was directly before we 'lost you for a short while' when the surgeon picked that first scalpel up - but please don't be concerned about it - people faint a lot, especially at autopsies, when they generally mumble "chunder" and then keel right over. Anyway, I was glad the cognac revived you so quickly, which just goes to show that they knew exactly what they were doing when they put the bar in, so I think we should give the Plymouth Nuffield a 5 on Trip Advisor for that alone, n'est-ce pas? True about the ball bearings. I'm having them made into a bracelet to match the necklace I had done after Chuff's op. To complete the set all I need now, from whoever goes in next, is a pair of earrings……..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2019 15:02:24 GMT
Murph, I see you haven't mentioned the Devon Cream Tea we had yesterday (oops that's blown it !) although I thought the "clotted cream" was more like flexible polyfilla to be honest - not a patch on the flapjacks you made murph . Good to see LL was looking better than we anticipated, but still not sure he knows we were actually there. The surgeon did keep asking us to move out of the way and stop talking though didn't he - first time I've actually been in an operating theatre when I was actually conscious and it will hopefully be the last . I told you we should have waited till LL was back in his private room after the op. Still we obviously looked "official" in our white coats, AND we now know what they do with the ball bearings don't we ? Oh, you didn't notice, Dees, but I can't abide thick cream so I gave the Devon clotted stuff a swerve and it sounds as though I made the right decision! The operating theatre was a real eye-opener - very posh, wasn't it? I've never seen one with a state-of-the-art 'cocktail loungette' built in at one side, and one practically sank up to one's knees in the shag-pile, although why they chose such a vivid red colour for it is beyond me. Yes we did look the part in our white coats - brilliant idea of yours to take them + the stethies with us, and I can't tell you how impressed I was when the surgeon turned to you & said something & you promptly handed him the Black & Decker and roll of 'Bounce'. Of course, that was directly before we 'lost you for a short while' when the surgeon picked that first scalpel up - but please don't be concerned about it - people faint a lot, especially at autopsies, when they generally mumble "chunder" and then keel right over. Anyway, I was glad the cognac revived you so quickly, which just goes to show that they knew exactly what they were doing when they put the bar in, so I think we should give the Plymouth Nuffield a 5 on Trip Advisor for that alone, n'est-ce pas? True about the ball bearings. I'm having them made into a bracelet to match the necklace I had done after Chuff's op. To complete the set all I need now, from whoever goes in next, is a pair of earrings…….. I must admit I did struggle somewhat when the surgeon started wielding the scalpal around and before I knew anymore it was twenty minutes later. Good job the shag-pile was so thick as it definitely cushioned my fall - it just left me with a bit of a hea.dache instead of a broken jaw when I collapsed. Good excuse for a large brandy though I did wonder where you'd got the necklace from - good job they match these latest ball bearings exactly. The NHS must buy a job lot of ball bearings and every hospital gets their share. At least they washed the blood and other bits off them for you. Very fetching if I may say so !
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jan 6, 2019 17:36:08 GMT
Murph, I see you haven't mentioned the Devon Cream Tea we had yesterday (oops that's blown it !) although I thought the "clotted cream" was more like flexible polyfilla to be honest - not a patch on the flapjacks you made murph . Good to see LL was looking better than we anticipated, but still not sure he knows we were actually there. The surgeon did keep asking us to move out of the way and stop talking though didn't he - first time I've actually been in an operating theatre when I was actually conscious and it will hopefully be the last . I told you we should have waited till LL was back in his private room after the op. Still we obviously looked "official" in our white coats, AND we now know what they do with the ball bearings don't we ? Oh, you didn't notice, Dees, but I can't abide thick cream so I gave the Devon clotted stuff a swerve and it sounds as though I made the right decision! The operating theatre was a real eye-opener - very posh, wasn't it? I've never seen one with a state-of-the-art 'cocktail loungette' built in at one side, and one practically sank up to one's knees in the shag-pile, although why they chose such a vivid red colour for it is beyond me. Yes we did look the part in our white coats - brilliant idea of yours to take them + the stethies with us, and I can't tell you how impressed I was when the surgeon turned to you & said something & you promptly handed him the Black & Decker and roll of 'Bounce'. Of course, that was directly before we 'lost you for a short while' when the surgeon picked that first scalpel up - but please don't be concerned about it - people faint a lot, especially at autopsies, when they generally mumble "chunder" and then keel right over. Anyway, I was glad the cognac revived you so quickly, which just goes to show that they knew exactly what they were doing when they put the bar in, so I think we should give the Plymouth Nuffield a 5 on Trip Advisor for that alone, n'est-ce pas? True about the ball bearings. I'm having them made into a bracelet to match the necklace I had done after Chuff's op. To complete the set all I need now, from whoever goes in next, is a pair of earrings…….. Did you ask LL about the staples murph, I've got a few spare just in case, tricky little blighters.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 9:55:33 GMT
Glad it's gone well, full English breakfast in the morning then onto the frame at least that's what they had me doing, as for the itchy bits I must have got lucky!!.😊 Yes mate I’ve got the zimmer all ready to go. How's the knee progressing Lawrie ? Are you up and running about yet ?
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 14, 2019 13:09:31 GMT
Yes mate I’ve got the zimmer all ready to go. How's the knee progressing Lawrie ? Are you up and running about yet ? Yes mate the hip replacement is progressing well. Clamps come out on Friday and physio will start proper on 30th Jan. been walking with crutches around our street with no problems. Yep so far so good thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 13:16:57 GMT
How's the knee progressing Lawrie ? Are you up and running about yet ? Yes mate the hip replacement is progressing well. Clamps come out on Friday and physio will start proper on 30th Jan. been walking with crutches around our street with no problems. Yep so far so good thanks. Good stuff - has Nathan Jones been in touch with you yet ?
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jan 14, 2019 19:05:22 GMT
If you find yourself walking with a slight limp which I did I can recommend some very good heel inserts that work a treat.
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 6, 2019 12:50:44 GMT
How's the knee progressing Lawrie ? Are you up and running about yet ? Yes mate the hip replacement is progressing well. Clamps come out on Friday and physio will start proper on 30th Jan. been walking with crutches around our street with no problems. Yep so far so good thanks. You fit yet for helping the team out on Saturday afternoon, Lawrie? And how're you doing with the break, Chuff? (See - two birds + one stone. Skilful. I should be Chancellor of the Exchequer)
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Post by lawrieleslie on Mar 6, 2019 17:54:42 GMT
Yes mate the hip replacement is progressing well. Clamps come out on Friday and physio will start proper on 30th Jan. been walking with crutches around our street with no problems. Yep so far so good thanks. You fit yet for helping the team out on Saturday afternoon, Lawrie? And how're you doing with the break, Chuff? (See - two birds + one stone. Skilful. I should be Chancellor of the Exchequer) Had a set back Murphs. Hip is doing great but couple of weeks after discharge I was in again with intestinal bleeding which I thought was due to 7 months of neproxen. Anyway after scans and other tests turns out to be malignant duodenal polyp. Just waiting for date for surgery which hopefully be in couple of weeks time and Derriford is lead hospital in SW for this type of cancer. This getting old malarkey is not going as planned for sure. So no call up just yet.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2019 18:43:40 GMT
You fit yet for helping the team out on Saturday afternoon, Lawrie? And how're you doing with the break, Chuff? (See - two birds + one stone. Skilful. I should be Chancellor of the Exchequer) Had a set back Murphs. Hip is doing great but couple of weeks after discharge I was in again with intestinal bleeding which I thought was due to 7 months of neproxen. Anyway after scans and other tests turns out to be malignant duodenal polyp. Just waiting for date for surgery which hopefully be in couple of weeks time and Derriford is lead hospital in SW for this type of cancer. This getting old malarkey is not going as planned for sure. So no call up just yet. Lawrie, just seen your post. Really pleased to hear your hip is doing so well but sorry about your recent setback. No doubt it will only be temporary, and they'll have you in and whip out the offending bit in the next couple of weeks, and then you'll soon be back in the EEFC team ! You're right about the getting old bit not being as trouble free as you imagined, both me and the missus have also had several unplanned "excursions" to our local hospital recently. All the best mate, and wishing you a speedy recovery !
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 6, 2019 18:59:46 GMT
You fit yet for helping the team out on Saturday afternoon, Lawrie? And how're you doing with the break, Chuff? (See - two birds + one stone. Skilful. I should be Chancellor of the Exchequer) Had a set back Murphs. Hip is doing great but couple of weeks after discharge I was in again with intestinal bleeding which I thought was due to 7 months of neproxen. Anyway after scans and other tests turns out to be malignant duodenal polyp. Just waiting for date for surgery which hopefully be in couple of weeks time and Derriford is lead hospital in SW for this type of cancer. This getting old malarkey is not going as planned for sure. So no call up just yet. Oh, hell, Lawrie, yes, now I remember - you posted a note on another thread that you were waiting, at that time, for the results of the tests done on the polyps. I can't put it better than Dees did. Love Murph xxx
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Post by lawrieleslie on Mar 9, 2019 10:01:59 GMT
Had a set back Murphs. Hip is doing great but couple of weeks after discharge I was in again with intestinal bleeding which I thought was due to 7 months of neproxen. Anyway after scans and other tests turns out to be malignant duodenal polyp. Just waiting for date for surgery which hopefully be in couple of weeks time and Derriford is lead hospital in SW for this type of cancer. This getting old malarkey is not going as planned for sure. So no call up just yet. Oh, hell, Lawrie, yes, now I remember - you posted a note on another thread that you were waiting, at that time, for the results of the tests done on the polyps. I can't put it better than Dees did. Love Murph xxx Big day yesterday. As well as my birthday got the best news possible that the scans and tests have shown that the cancer is only in the polyp. So all clear for surgical removal in couple of weeks. Not out of the woods by a long way but immediate uncertainty has been removed. It’s now over to the skill of the surgeons at Derriford Hospital.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 12:41:47 GMT
Oh, hell, Lawrie, yes, now I remember - you posted a note on another thread that you were waiting, at that time, for the results of the tests done on the polyps. I can't put it better than Dees did. Love Murph xxx Big day yesterday. As well as my birthday got the best news possible that the scans and tests have shown that the cancer is only in the polyp. So all clear for surgical removal in couple of weeks. Not out of the woods by a long way but immediate uncertainty has been removed. It’s now over to the skill of the surgeons at Derriford Hospital. Belated happy birthday to you Lawrie ! Great news for you as well. We just need three points at QPR now !
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Post by auntiegeorge on Mar 9, 2019 14:00:09 GMT
Great news les. It's about winning each battle as it comes along. Then the war will have been won.
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Post by Goonie on Mar 9, 2019 21:40:23 GMT
I've only heard their albums
Great name though 😁
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 29, 2019 13:37:05 GMT
Big day yesterday. As well as my birthday got the best news possible that the scans and tests have shown that the cancer is only in the polyp. So all clear for surgical removal in couple of weeks. Not out of the woods by a long way but immediate uncertainty has been removed. It’s now over to the skill of the surgeons at Derriford Hospital. Belated happy birthday to you Lawrie ! Great news for you as well. We just need three points at QPR now ! Hi Lawrie: Naturally I echo Dees's good wishes........ How's things? Was it about this last week or so you were in? xxx Murph
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Post by lawrieleslie on Mar 29, 2019 19:55:11 GMT
Belated happy birthday to you Lawrie ! Great news for you as well. We just need three points at QPR now ! Hi Lawrie: Naturally I echo Dees's good wishes........ How's things? Was it about this last week or so you were in? xxx Murph Still in after a week👀due to a leak on the resection of the duodenum. Tumour has gone just need few sundries sorting out.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 20:43:01 GMT
Hi Lawrie: Naturally I echo Dees's good wishes........ How's things? Was it about this last week or so you were in? xxx Murph Still in after a week👀due to a leak on the resection of the duodenum. Tumour has gone just need few sundries sorting out. Glad your tumour has gone Lawrie - good luck with the other bits and bobs now.
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 29, 2019 21:25:20 GMT
Still in after a week👀due to a leak on the resection of the duodenum. Tumour has gone just need few sundries sorting out. Glad your tumour has gone Lawrie - good luck with the other bits and bobs now. Same message here, Lawrie. Please let us know when you're discharged so 30,000 of us can come down there and set the bar up. Murph xxx
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 21:54:13 GMT
Glad your tumour has gone Lawrie - good luck with the other bits and bobs now. Same message here, Lawrie. Please let us know when you're discharged so 30,000 of us can come down there and set the bar up. Murph xxx Don't you mean drink the bar dry murph ?
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 30, 2019 10:29:51 GMT
Same message here, Lawrie. Please let us know when you're discharged so 30,000 of us can come down there and set the bar up. Murph xxx Don't you mean drink the bar dry murph ? But of course! Set the bar up then drink it dry! Cheers!
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