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User
Posted 29 Jan 2015 at 22:01

OOPS! Sorry.


 


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dave

Edited by member 29 Jan 2015 at 22:01  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 30 Jan 2015 at 00:20

Let's hope the sneaky policeman is not a member of our forum - he will be looking out for you now!!!

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
User
Posted 30 Jan 2015 at 20:02

Regarding sneaky policemen, a couple of incidents:

Luton Airport approach roads with roadworks currently with a 30mph limit. As I drove up the road from the airport I could see a roadworks sign on a trestle stand. The sign was in 2 pieces, upper and lower with a gap between, BUT the middle bit was filled in with yellow. On getting to the sign there was a chubby cop, he was huge. Pointing a speed gun through the gap between the top sign and the bottom sign at approaching traffic.

On another day I saw a lamp post with a fluorescent bulge near the base. This turned out to be another chubby copper with a speed gun.

God bless donuts and fat cops.

Dave

User
Posted 31 Jan 2015 at 09:45

Oh dear me. Things have really deteriorated since I left the service 10 years ago. I was a cop and in the Traffic Div for some years of my service. We wouldn't have even considered hiding behind a sign to catch speeders. It was deemed unprofessional and, frankly, there were plenty to choose from anyway without going to those lengths. I am very sad to see what is happening to our police service today. In the name of 'austerity' it is being dumbed down, reduced in number and the standard of recruit these days leaves much to be desired too. Sorry for the rant...but it does make me angry.


 


I hope you all have a great day in Newark on the 7th. and those of you driving to the event get there and back in one piece and with intact driving licenses. We'll see as many of you as possible in July.


 


Steve & Leonie

Edited by member 31 Jan 2015 at 09:47  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 04 Feb 2015 at 01:41
Hi,

Looking forward to Saturday. The only thing that really concerns me is the weather. I'm driving there so it could play an important part in me being able to attend if there's heavy snow.

Fingers crossed, it will be ok.

Looking forward to meeting you all.
User
Posted 04 Feb 2015 at 15:49
Final post on this thread for me before this Saturday.
Weather forecast is good, fair weather no snow and temps around 6-7c according to BBC.
See you all at The Moorings Newark after Noon on Saturday Feb 7th
Final roll call is as follows
Edamo - Me
SiNess- Si, Ness and the twins
YorkHull - Paul
ColwickChris - Chris and Dawn
TeddyEdward- Andy plus wife(sorry Andy not sure of your wife's name)
Exbus - Chris and Shirley
CountryBoy55 - Dave
NikonStee- Steve
possibly trevorboothe- Julie and maybe even Trevor (Yay!!)
So 14 maybe 16
Chris have sent you a message re the train station
xx
Mandy Mo
User
Posted 04 Feb 2015 at 23:15

See you all on Saturday. Try your hardest, puppies permitting, Julie and Trevor.

Chris.

User
Posted 07 Feb 2015 at 11:43

Have a great time today everyone xxxx I am sad not to be there with you but we have arranged a big charity ball tonight so I will be busy sorting out raffle tickets and seating plans :-)

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
User
Posted 07 Feb 2015 at 22:33

Hi,


Arrived home after a really nice day meeting everyone at the Newark Event.  I really enjoyed seeing everyone face to face at last.


Thanks for the comment that I didn't look as young as I do in my avatar picture (don't worry, I don't actually mind it being said.  It confirms what I was thinking).  That picture was actually taken at my son's wedding only last March and confirms what effect stress can have on a person when diagnosed with cancer and then having a heart attack in a period of less than six months.  It has aged me. 


After meeting everyone, I feel privileged to think I have such a supportive group of friends.


If anyone would like to send me a private message with their contact details, I can send a few pictures.


All the Best,


Steve

Edited by member 08 Feb 2015 at 00:17  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 08 Feb 2015 at 09:02

Sounds like you all had fun. Glad it went well

We can't control the winds - but we can adjust our sails
User
Posted 08 Feb 2015 at 11:02

Looking at the pics on FB you all certainly look like you had the best time, and my what a handsome bunch you all are.


Proud to know you GUYS. X


BFN


Julie X

NEVER LAUGH AT A LIVE DRAGON
User
Posted 08 Feb 2015 at 11:51

Hi really nice to meet you all yesterday,and a special thanks to Mandy for getting us together, look forward to next time take care all Andy

User
Posted 08 Feb 2015 at 13:53
Mo

Thanks for a lovely day, it was great to meet you all in the flesh, hope to see you all again soon.

Thanks Chris and Dawn
User
Posted 08 Feb 2015 at 18:26
I think that a good time was had by all, we decided that the Ram pub was a NO and ended up back at the Moorings having seen Chris and Shirley safely on their way.I confess I had a bit of a thick head this morning but walked it off on a 2 hour trek around the historic buildings in Newark.
Lovely to see everyone,I was seriously spoiled with a great Sunday roast cooked by Si. His Yorkshire pudding is better than my Nan's were and that is saying something.
A bientot
Xx
Mo
User
Posted 09 Feb 2015 at 09:21

A lovely day and really nice to meet up with others off the forum.  A good time and some humour despite the circumstances of our coming together. Big thank you to Mo for arranging it all and for getting everyone and everything together so well.


The Ram looked nice but a "kids bar" really. SO Noisy!! LOL. The Moorings Evening session in the evening was good, nice comfy sofas and chairs, apart from Si, who was perched up on high on a stool.


Just wanted to add some comments and my thoughts of the weekend.


Considering what us men have in common, various bits in generally the same area, we all seem to have different responses to treatments and the disease.  What a pizza, how can anyone formulate a plan to effectively deal with something so random and unpredictable?


I would like to think that I gave a good account of myself when drinking with Si on Saturday afternoon, but I would be kidding no one else but myself.  You win again, 2 - 0 so far to you, looking forward to making it the best of 5.  I will be ready for you next year young man.


And I will have more games and my Apple ID password sorted so that the twins can play more effectively on my I - phone.  Or maybe I will have one go them I - phone pads or pills, or capsules or tablets?  Derr, whatever.


The food at the Moorings was excellent even though the lass taking the order had a face like a plank at the gag that was cracked?  For those that missed it, I said "I would like a Bacon and Cheese Burger please".  She replied "we don't have any bacon".  "No problem was my reply, hold the bacon".   Her reply was a quizzical look and a silent but mouthed "Uh". So I had to explain  to her what "Hold the bacon" meant.  And at that a voice from my right pipes up "And he don't want it on slate, he wants it on a plate".  Thank you Mo.  A request in poetry.  ;-)  I did forget to add that.  


The food was good, full marks to the chef.  Hot cheesy burger and a small galvanised pail of chips.  At least they weren't arranged like a Jenga Tower!


So good to meet and chat with among others Mr and Mrs Exbus, now their's is a story of survival, and buses, the two of them having been through the C wars several times over.  Buses?  They met on a bus.  Exbus does look a bit like a young Reg Varney.   Mrs Exbus does NOT look like Olive!


Chris and Dawn, lovely to meet and chat with you both.  Dawn - you are just so lovely, a real star. X  Chris you are a very fortunate man, okay, not so fortunate to get PCa but the journey you are going through will be so much more bearable  and manageable with Dawn at your side.  If you could bottle her attitude and sell it!!!!


Nice to meet up and see a face for TeddyEdward, although we did not get a chance to talk much as I was on the there table.  Hopefully that can be put right later on at the next gig?  


Paul, YorkHull, really good to chat with you, and others later on, especially at "Session - the 2nd" at the Moorings.  I learned from you and Si and I now can begin to understand.  Thank you.


NikonSteve, doesn't do casual snaps.  PMSL.  After we had had a couple of snaps taken, NS stepped in.  OMG!   We were given instructions on where to stand, how to pose, when to lick our lips, when and how to lick someone else lips with or worth out there consent, such an art form, how to pout for the group photograph, well it was nearly tomorrow!  Where did he get all those outfits for our costume changes from?  Nice to meet Steve and have a brief chat with him, consisting mostly of how much airbrushing my face and head would need to make me look moderately normal in any photo.  Such a bit sshh err.  


Is there any where to get a view of the snaps without having to go to "Faecalbook" AKA Facebook?  My X lives on there 24/7 and I loathe it with a hatred borne from exasperation and loathing and hatred, so tend not to frequent the vile site.


If I did not meet someone who was at Newark on Saturday, count yourself lucky.  I will getcha next time!!!!


atb


dave

Edited by member 09 Feb 2015 at 22:40  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 10 Feb 2015 at 23:28

Dave,


Thank you, I did feel a bit left out because I wasn't able to make it but with the pics on the dreaded FB (none that you posted) and your absolutely brilliant description on who was wearing what and who said what and of course how many Tizer's Si drunk. You seriously didn't think that you could out Tizer him did you.http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif I feel like I was there. Brilliant.


I did have a sneaky feeling that NS was going to be a bit bossy with the photo's (you know what these professional photographers are like) .http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif


The chips and burgers sound Yummy, didn't any one invite Jane Plant.


I wouldn't want you to think that I go on FB but is that you sitting down holding your phone ?


BFN


Julie X

NEVER LAUGH AT A LIVE DRAGON
User
Posted 11 Feb 2015 at 14:24

Dave, good post. Great to see so many of you, and yes, we all have our stories to tell, and, picking up on one of Lyn's comments on another thread, I didn't realise that there are 27 different PCa's, and there are thousands of ways we cope, each and every one of us are different, together with differing treatments, which is why these social gatherings bring so much pleasure as we compare notes. Long may they continue.


Bazza, you said about a meet - up nearer you, well why don't you organise one!



Cheers Chris.


PS. I'm guilty of FB, for the Ladies group.


 


PPS. just up-dated profile, PSA now 0.3 and Testosterone 2.7

Edited by member 11 Feb 2015 at 17:34  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 11 Feb 2015 at 14:43
Julie my SS
Jane Plant would have had a heart attack ..way too much beer, wine, carbs, protein and dairy .. I did have salad with my food and have been to the gym every day since including a full boxercise class and my normal workout today...honest.
As for FB I was a late starter and tend to be a bit of a voyeur rather than a prolific poster, probably the least likely place to find me at any one given time.
Steve sent a load of photos to me so I will forward some out to you. I pre warn you Dave has mentioned the air brushing to refine them ... in the words of the mighty Yin xxck that I need a 2" paintbrush maybe in a few more months of self denial and excrutiating flagellation by gym I might become a tiny bit more photogenic!
You have seen Paul's (photos) and I think Chris also took some at various points throughout the day.
Dave has done a great recall of the day so next time you better be there with us so you can do your take on a Newark get together.
xx
Mo
User
Posted 11 Feb 2015 at 20:36

I haven't seen any snaps yet. Although, I was accused of Ness growing a set of "Ears", can't think how that could have happened!!!! ;-)

No one saw me do it, so you can't prove it, as Bart Simpson would say.

dave

User
Posted 11 Feb 2015 at 20:54

Have had an offer of snaps! Have taken up that offer.

d

 
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