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Posted 16 Apr 2025 at 11:12

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We had a nice pond in our last place, but have never put one in since we moved, on account of the grandchildren running around the garden. Maybe when they're older I will indulge myself again.

Hi Ian.

I had to build a timber frame with a door and roof, which is all netted, to keep herons from my pond. It's fairly kid proof. However, I was once feeding the fish with my grandson, who was only two years old at the time, when he fell head first into the pond. We took him for swimming lessons shortly after that. 😄

Toddlers and deep water are a nightmare. 😱

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Posted 17 Apr 2025 at 13:50

Hi phil

sorry I taken so long to reply. That’s grt your grandchild is due in October. I so hope yous can fly by then. 🤞. Hope you are feeling ok. How is Mrs Phil. I never get to hear how partners are doing. You never gonny bielieve this one. I was in bed & I had GMB on,next min they were saying happy anniversary to King Charles & Camilla. I kind off sat up n thought no way it can’t be. Yep was our 43rd wedding anniversary. We always know because it is one week after my bday. Well got on iPad printed out any card for hubby 🙈. He say what’s this. Then he say Suzz I’m so sorry ,knew it was coming up cos o your bday. I said don’t worry G I got to b honest forgot myself. We both laughed & had a wee cuddle. Iputit downtown waiting on results from biopsy. Still no here, but just show you, even though trying not to think o them. This is what it does to you. 43 yrs & first time ever. 🤣😂. Tell everyone I said hello please & hopethey all keeping well.
im not on as much. Can’t seem to get on. I’m missing you alll.

Suzz

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Posted 18 Apr 2025 at 08:38

Hi Suzz. Your anniversary story reminded me of this cartoon. 😁

https://www.greatcleanjokes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/boyfriend1.jpg

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Posted 21 Apr 2025 at 14:00

Happy Easter everyone,

Apologies for not dropping in for a while, and I've been missing all the gossip as I don't seem to get any prompts anymore for postings. I used to get an email telling me every time someone posted something. My fault, I guess, it will be a techno thing 🤔.

I've been spending time up the allotment where I have found that I have a special talent for growing weeds. I've also found that I like digging, guess that one of my ancestors must have been a Navvy, it is strangely really therapeutic and takes my mind off my "Prostap hell". I just go up there, put on the music box and then dig away 😄. Mind you, I must think about getting around to trying to grow something other than weeds though, stuff I've tried planting so far has just ended up being bird feed for the wood pigeons. C'est la vie!

That talk of the biopsy Suzz brought back nightmare memories! I remember that the thought of what was going to happen was a lot worse than the actual appointment itself. In the end it turned out to be akin to going to the dentist except that the focus was not on my teeth, instead it turned out to be just a case of sitting uncomfortably, half naked, holding my tackle out the way whilst making polite small talk to a small group of nice women playing the golden shot! I don't remember much about the waiting for results bit, but I think that I was resigned to an inevitability of the outcome being a next step for some kind of treatment. All the best with it for your OH Suzz, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

So lets see, it's bank Holiday Monday. I don't have an Easter Egg and I'm at a loose end until the footy starts. But, I do need to cut the grass, it's got that long that it is hiding the dog poo, however it is currently raining - well at least that's what I am telling myself. When I look out the window it does look wet, well dampish, the rain is playing hide and seek with me. The question is, Is it damp enough to excuse me from having to cut the grass? Can I sneak into the kitchen to get a cup of tea without the wife looking at me with that 'shouldn't you be cutting the grass expression'? I do want a cup of tea, so I'll need to be ready with my 'leave me a lone, it's raining and I'm going to watch the footy expression'.

And there we are, footy is on in a bit. My nerves are 'a jangling proper' as we are right at the business end of the season. All the best, for your respective teams as we count down 😨.

Cheers

Spongebob

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Posted 22 Apr 2025 at 23:24

Hi adrian

that was good thread. 🤣🤣

thanks for answering me. I think Iv become invisable. You seem to be only person who answer me. Have I done anything to offend anyone? If so I’m extremely sorry. Iv checked & checked. Maybey cos this seem to be mostly me. Oche a don’t know 😔anyway. Thanks to everyone who helped me. Still no had hubby results. I want to take him on wee holiday but scared incase I miss letter. 4 wks on thur. I myt as well wait now.
please all take care & keep each other laffing n joking.
lots o luv

suzz x

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Posted 23 Apr 2025 at 02:17

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Hi adrian

that was good thread. 🤣🤣

thanks for answering me. I think Iv become invisable...

suzz x

Love you Suzz. I often pop in here for a quiet drink, but I keep myself to myself. If I want a bit of a rowdy night I pop down the road to the TikTok Arms, it's mad in there, pretty much a fight every night.

Dave

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Posted 23 Apr 2025 at 09:29

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Spongebob, it's great to see you again, mate.👍

Your comparison of dental visits and a biopsies is apt. They both find and fill cavities. However, at a biopsy, you've less control. You're not able to grab the consultant's testicles, like you can the dentist's, and say "We're not going to hurt each other, are we?" 😁

As for your horticultural endeavours. Although, you're never going to feed the nation, mate, but at least you're enjoying your allotment. As you've probably gathered, I find gardening very therapeutic.

Suzz, lots of folk have replied to you, love. You must have have missed them. You've certainly done nothing to offend anyone. X

Dave, it's great that you pop in. You should join in more often. You've got a great sense of humour, mate. You've often made me laugh.

Recently I had a month's break from my real Club. When I made my return entrance, I was greeted with jeers of "****ing hell! Lord Lucan's back!"

"I could certainly murder a pint." I retorted. 🙂

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Posted 23 Apr 2025 at 12:01

Hi All.

Just thought id pop by to see how you all are. The spring weather is certainly getting you allotment guys out and busy. Good luck with the growing, even the weeds. We talked about setting some area aside in our last house for some vegetables but it never happened and our new house doesn’t have the same size garden so not going to happen here. Our garden now is very simple and ‘minimalist ’ and so there’s no where to put a veggie patch.

See my consultant tomorrow so as well as the usual questions I’ll be asking why my heart/lung referral hasn’t come through. Definitely breathing a bit better now but its not perfect and so id like to know what the situation is and if I can do anything about it. I’m obviously hoping my PSA has stayed down but who knows when im only on the Degarelix and 1mg Dexamethazone. Backs been giving me a bit of jip last few days so well see what the bone scan shows as I didn’t have it done till a day after my last appointment. If it shows more spread in my spine i may have to consider the Radium 223 … I know it’s coming at some time but trying to delay as much as possible..

I think I mentioned on here that we’d cancelled our trip with our oldest to Portugal. Well gutted but I can’t fly … So we booked an exclusive Villa at Center Parcs starting the day the oldest gets back from Portugal, They fly back Monday and instead of flying onto Jersey they are hiring a car and joining us for 5 days. Youngest is also joining us for 1 day and night and the Mother in Law is coming too. Should be fun although can’t see myself doing all the slides etc ….. But we got a sauna room, hot tub and a games room.

So hope you’re all good and keeping busy.

Cheers

Phil

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Posted 24 Apr 2025 at 10:05

Hi Phil,

Good luck with your consultation today. I'll be thinking of you, mate.

I hope that you have a wonderful time with your family at Center Parcs.

As for veggie growing, although I enjoy gardening, I've never really got into growing fruit and veg. I tried it years ago and like Spongebob, just ended up feeding the wildlife, especially Cabbage White caterpillars.

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Posted 24 Apr 2025 at 14:56

Hi guys, I’ve just updated my treatment thread with my latest news from today’s consultation. Won’t bore you with it on here.

Looking forward to C/Parcs especially just chilling in the villa with a nice glass of wine. Weather supposed to be nice.

Adrian know what you mean about the wildlife. We had a couple of those raised trugs in our previous garden. It was like a constant battle or more like a siege. Didn’t bother to bring them with us…… We belong to the RHS and get the magazine monthly. It seems loads of growers are putting land aside for wildlife. Problem is the wildlife doesn’t know to stay there 🤷🏼…

im just chilling in the conservatory with a cup of tea and a biscuit.

The nurse at the hospital today measured my height and weight and we agreed on 6’3” and 12 stone . I am actually 5’7” and 13 stone … but we laughed about it.

Take care buddies,

Phil

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Posted 24 Apr 2025 at 18:03

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The nurse at the hospital today measured my height and weight and we agreed on 6’3” and 12 stone . I am actually 5’7” and 13 stone … but we laughed about it.

She's obviously an over measurer and should be working in an ED clinic.🙂

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Posted 25 Apr 2025 at 12:16

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The nurse at the hospital today measured my height and weight and we agreed on 6’3” and 12 stone . I am actually 5’7” and 13 stone … but we laughed about it.

She's obviously an over measurer and should be working in an ED clinic.🙂

🤣

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Posted 26 Apr 2025 at 00:38

Just having my 9th beuteille de Saltairr Citra beer. God we are lucky to be alive 😬

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Posted 26 Apr 2025 at 00:45

Come on City!!!!!!!!!!!! Please, please, please, please, please - just this time 😬. My nerves can’t stand it (nerves- I’ve found someat that the Prostap dunt touch 😀). Have a good weekend alllll.

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Posted 26 Apr 2025 at 00:57

If we don’t win at Donny tomorrow lunchtime, then I’m going to take my brand new petrol strimmer up the allotment and I’ll give it some proper welly to blast those dandelions out of sight!! Mind you I’ll do that anyway if we win 😬. When it comes to football, life isn’t fair, unfortunately I know what will happen - forever doomed to the fourth division😱

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Posted 26 Apr 2025 at 01:29

And it’s got to be said, having spent my day after walking the dogs, fitting a new bathroom light, and two new toilet seats (different fitting - but they would be wouldn’t they 🤔 - the wife bought em.) Yes, I’m looking forward to kicking some ass with my brand new petrol strimmer - take cover you dandelions, I’m on my way!

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Posted 26 Apr 2025 at 08:35

Hi Spongebob,

I'm usually awake in the early hours and would loved to have joined you for beer. However, last night, I slept through. Sod's law ain't it.

I hope City win and you give them dandelions what for. I don't think I'd trust myself with a petrol strimmer. I've sustained enough leg injuries with my feeble electric model. One day, I'll learn not to strim, in outdoor Crocs, no socks and shorts. I end up looking like I've self harmed and cut my ankles.

I can fully empathise with the toilet seat fitting problem. If you ever see a man wandering around the bathroom section of BandQ, with a template of a toilet seat drawn on a wall paper off cut; it's likely to be me. Be honest mate, were you fixing one of the toilet lids because you stood on it whilst fixing the bath room light. I've done that before. 😆

I make Frank Spencer look like a DIY expert.

My stepson's over from Liverpool for the weekend. He's staying with his sister who lives nearby. Yesterday, the wife was inconsolable that her little boy (who's 35 years old, 6ft 4", and over twenty stones) has abandoned her and opted to bed down there instead of at ours. I'm less perturbed as he eats and drinks me out of house and home. Anyway, we've been invited over today for a hot finger buffet. What the hell is one of them? Does it mean fish fingers or do they not have enough cutlery?

I'm looking forward to it.

My bet is, that mummy's 'ickle boy, having spent a night trying to sleep on a couch in a shared room with two snoring and farting dogs, and being climbed all over at day break by a young neice and nephew; will be regretting his choice of accommodation. The chances are he'll be heading back to ours tonight. 😁

As it's almost impossible to get a taxi around here, and as everyone at the family gathering, including us, will all end up well oiled, we've decided to do the six mile round trip by train. The wife is much posher than me and will object to me travelling on public transport carrying a couple of crates of Stella. So I'll see how many cans I can fit in a rucksack. I shall also pack a stash of my own grub, in case the hot finger buffet turns out to be luke warm and thumbs down.😁

I hope everyone else also has a great weekend.👍

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Posted 26 Apr 2025 at 09:21

“So I'll see how many cans I can fit in a rucksack. I shall also pack a stash of my own grub, in case the hot finger buffet turns out to be a luke warm and thumbs down”

- These are very wise words, those of a man who has obviously been let down before 😬. Hope the hot fingers buffet includes a few tikkas and samosas and stuff.

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Posted 26 Apr 2025 at 20:00

I haven’t posted for a while. Thought I’d share a few more travellers tales, at the ripe age of 21 I went to work in Palestine in a school for blind girls, about five miles our of Jerusalem on the biblical road to Emmaeus in a village called Beit Hanina.

I was going to work in Isfahan in Iran but at the last minute it was too politically unsafe so Jerusalem it was.

Speaking no Arabic or Hebrew I landed on a hot evening, no local currency and the confidence of a twenty one year old on an adventure.
The school was staffed by mostly blind or Partially sighted teachers and me. Thankfully the head spoke English she was a lovely Armenian lady who said I’d be fine and as I was sighted I’d be a great help.
The girl pupils were lovely the older ones spoke good English!
My job was to teach English braille and mobility skills, the latter I was trained to do the former my English was mother tongue basic, my braille was mediocre on a good day.

I loved it, my enthusiasm and youth, bucket loads of naivety determination do well and to have an adventure was enough to keep me going.

So, I booked Arabic lessons in Bethlehem and got stuck in learning with Sit Gabriel my teacher, who was also a blind lady.

The bus into Bethlehem was great the drivers got to know me and would drop me off just outside the house, and refuse to take my fare money as I was teaching the blind children.
I would sit with the kids and lean Arabic and I began to realise how little I knew of the Arabic culture and ways.
The food was interesting and as I was a volunteer I had little money it eat the food or nothing, I learned to love it and enjoy cooking it to this day. The school cook was an an Armenian lady who taught me how to cook, she spoke no English but we managed to build up a wonderful rapport, and I was invited to her family and treated like a daughter, and I attended her daughters wedding, a wonderful occasion.

Well chaps if you’d like more let me know. I’ve been to a few other places as well.

Leila

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Posted 26 Apr 2025 at 21:12

Hi everyone

hope you are all doing ok.
adrian I’m sorry I’m no seeing anyone answer me except you and Phil. I got messages about both your families. Then the funny post about my anniversary. So dunno wot I doing wrong.
you all been in good fetal & are doing good with gardens

SpongeBob you make have a good giggle well most o you do to be honest

Phil sorry you can’t fly sounds as though yous will have great time at centre parks

Bet Mrs Phil so looking fwd to it. so you enjoy too Mrs Phil sorry to hear all the stuff you going through, but you are a trooper Phil I have grt respect for you & your fam you always cheery & always got good funny stories to tell you are an inspiration to everyone on here you & Mrs Phil 🥰

kev good luck on your new grandchilled is this your first

hope iv not missed anyone who speaks to me 🙈

well guys got appt through for results o biopsy (so sorry it brought bag those bad memories but as you said wasn’t as bad as you thought we are seeing a nurse which quite surprised me don’t know if that is good sign instead off consultant they are trying there best to get hubby cancellation as June is long time to wait she said. Sorry canny have a drink with use tonight as I got ALBIE over night.

hope you have nice time Adrian n Mrs Adrian brings her baby boy back with you boys are always our babies 😀no matter what age

ok guys I off to bed cos I prob be up 6-7am with Albie & that’s normally during night to me 😂😂

all have good weekend

I got my fingers crossed for hubbies results on 17.atleast we know one way or other…

take care everyone hope you all get this message

luv

suzz 🤝

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