Sorry to hear that Jim, keep fighting. I’m just off for my regular quarterly blood test. I think the little lad that Ang. knows has touched us all. 
It’s at times like this we feel impotent…we’ve just got to go with the flow.
A wee while since I’ve been on here and catching up with a bit o’ back reading, so to all of you guys and your spouses, my best wishes for ongoing improvement for those who may be ailing with continued good health for those who are not. Myself, well kinda thought I was indestructible, but umpteen HHS visits this last 18 months are telling me something else. Equal to my lifelong passion for machines with steering wheels has been music collected over the years and more so now with digital download a boon. Have a wee look and listen to this, gets the old nostalgia going, the singer is Merle Haggard.
youtube.com/watch?v=8SRp9eLTehE
Cheers
Oily
oiltreader:
A wee while since I’ve been on here and catching up with a bit o’ back reading, so to all of you guys and your spouses, my best wishes for ongoing improvement for those who may be ailing with continued good health for those who are not. Myself, well kinda thought I was indestructible, but umpteen HHS visits this last 18 months are telling me something else. Equal to my lifelong passion for machines with steering wheels has been music collected over the years and more so now with digital download a boon. Have a wee look and listen to this, gets the old nostalgia going, the singer is Merle Haggard.
youtube.com/watch?v=8SRp9eLTehE
Cheers
Oily
Hi Oily, A very nice piece to listen to, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
oiltreader:
A wee while since I’ve been on here and catching up with a bit o’ back reading, so to all of you guys and your spouses, my best wishes for ongoing improvement for those who may be ailing with continued good health for those who are not. Myself, well kinda thought I was indestructible, but umpteen HHS visits this last 18 months are telling me something else. Equal to my lifelong passion for machines with steering wheels has been music collected over the years and more so now with digital download a boon. Have a wee look and listen to this, gets the old nostalgia going, the singer is Merle Haggard.
youtube.com/watch?v=8SRp9eLTehE
Cheers
OilyHi Oily, A very nice piece to listen to, Regards Larry.
Cracking song from Merle Haggard Oily, very apt for these threads.
Cheers Dave.
Hello Oily. Cracking song. I believe we are fellow Northeners - no not England “Northeners”. I was brought up in Portgordon, near Speybay and my dad drove for Gordon and Mcphail in Elgin in the 50’s then Buckie Fish Company. Good to see you on this thread. Jim.
oiltreader:
A wee while since I’ve been on here and catching up with a bit o’ back reading, so to all of you guys and your spouses, my best wishes for ongoing improvement for those who may be ailing with continued good health for those who are not. Myself, well kinda thought I was indestructible, but umpteen HHS visits this last 18 months are telling me something else. Equal to my lifelong passion for machines with steering wheels has been music collected over the years and more so now with digital download a boon. Have a wee look and listen to this, gets the old nostalgia going, the singer is Merle Haggard.
youtube.com/watch?v=8SRp9eLTehE
Cheers
Oily
Bloody brilliant. Thank you.
jmc jnr:
Hello Oily. Cracking song. I believe we are fellow Northeners - no not England “Northeners”. I was brought up in Portgordon, near Speybay and my dad drove for Gordon and Mcphail in Elgin in the 50’s then Buckie Fish Company. Good to see you on this thread. Jim.
Hi Jim, aye a teuchter I am, secondary school and apprenticeship in Huntly.
Cheers
Oily
Need to get this thread in the frame again 
In the States a woman late for work, giving it welly on a flyover bridge when a cop steps out hand up pull over signal, walks up to the woman, radar gun in hand, “what’s your hurry madam”…“well officer I’m late for work”… " what work do you do madam"…“I’m a ■■■■■■ stretcher” she replied,…“a whaaaat? a ■■■■■■ stretcher 
, and just what does a ■■■■■■ stretcher do”?..“Well officer, I start by inserting one finger, then two, then three working my way up until I get my whole hand in, working from side with my other hand until it’s six foot wide” …“Jeez woman what do you do with a 6ft ■■■■■■■■?” she replied “You give him a radar gun and park him on a highway bridge”.
Oily
Friend I knew got ten years for parking on a yellow line. Well the traffic warden head was still in the hat. That what I was told?
Hiya,
I never once referred to traffic cops as “illegitimate” but after I’d had the warning
and the ticket I did used to ask them to give their Mam and Dad my sincerest
regards should they decide to get married, one copper actually thanked me.
thanks harry, long retired.
According to todays news, the Home Office is about to decimate the police force. Bet they still have speed cameras doing their dirty work though. Oh and don’t leave your shed unlocked, nobody will catch the tea leaf if you do. Jim.
jmc jnr:
According to todays news, the Home Office is about to decimate the police force. Bet they still have speed cameras doing their dirty work though. Oh and don’t leave your shed unlocked, nobody will catch the tea leaf if you do. Jim.
Hiya,
Some time ago I reported a shed break in so informed the police knowing I’d
need a scene of crime number should I have to claim on the insurance after I
checked what if anything had gone missing (nothing had) I must have caused
the “tea leaf” to do a runner when I put the garden spotlights on by mistake
when going into the conservatory, so a policeman eventually arrives and I
show him the the burglars point of entry via a hole in the fence of my next
door neighbour with a couple of footprints in a bit of newly turned over over
soil, Kids,!!! says plod the footprint is bigger than one of my size ten wellies
that are kept just inside the shed door so shaking my head in disbelief I point
too an eighteen inch length of hexagon bar lying by the open shed door. I say
to plod it looks like that’s what he’s used to break the locks with, so plod with
his bare hands picks the bar up hands it to me saying you’ll be able to make a
canny chisel or something out of that and the numb skull was expecting a cup
of tea for driving two hundred yards from his station in a nice warm Panda
car and doing nowt, he didn’t even get a thank you.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
jmc jnr:
According to todays news, the Home Office is about to decimate the police force. Bet they still have speed cameras doing their dirty work though. Oh and don’t leave your shed unlocked, nobody will catch the tea leaf if you do. Jim.Hiya,
Some time ago I reported a shed break in so informed the police knowing I’d
need a scene of crime number should I have to claim on the insurance after I
checked what if anything had gone missing (nothing had) I must have caused
the “tea leaf” to do a runner when I put the garden spotlights on by mistake
when going into the conservatory, so a policeman eventually arrives and I
show him the the burglars point of entry via a hole in the fence of my next
door neighbour with a couple of footprints in a bit of newly turned over over
soil, Kids,!!! says plod the footprint is bigger than one of my size ten wellies
that are kept just inside the shed door so shaking my head in disbelief I point
too an eighteen inch length of hexagon bar lying by the open shed door. I say
to plod it looks like that’s what he’s used to break the locks with, so plod with
his bare hands picks the bar up hands it to me saying you’ll be able to make a
canny chisel or something out of that and the numb skull was expecting a cup
of tea for driving two hundred yards from his station in a nice warm Panda
car and doing nowt, he didn’t even get a thank you.
thanks harry, long retired.
No visit from plod but crime no,.Police check on Gumtree,Insurance no problem.What do you do about sheds ? no damage as hinges unscrewed.Too secure and you get damage !
Tony
Mind Kev you need to go have eyes tested seen you yesterday I was standing by the road waving like an idiot & what he just drive straight past with out even an look 
Not a bit surprised to hear that ang , kev is getting on a bit you know , not as sharp as he was . putting my tin hat on now . dave
My latest saga if doing my foot wash enough & couple other personal problems just ready niece ( who is 22 ) has just found her partner dead although he was a lot older than her & he did have a lot of health problems he was nearly blind insulin dependant diabetic had an op on his foot which hadn’t healed properly so still needed dressing they do also have a 13 mth old daughter yep sad but she lost her mother when she was 13
When is this all going to end sorry feeling deflated
animal:
Mind Kev you need to go have eyes tested seen you yesterday I was standing by the road waving like an idiot & what he just drive straight past with out even an look
Proper driver Ang, concentrating on the road, not the crumpet 
It must have been you my Mrs saw waving. She waved back at you, were you on crutches? Regards Kev.
kevmac47:
animal:
Mind Kev you need to go have eyes tested seen you yesterday I was standing by the road waving like an idiot & what he just drive straight past with out even an lookProper driver Ang, concentrating on the road, not the crumpet
Yep that was me 
animal:
My latest saga if doing my foot wash enough & couple other personal problems just ready niece ( who is 22 ) has just found her partner dead although he was a lot older than her & he did have a lot of health problems he was nearly blind insulin dependant diabetic had an op on his foot which hadn’t healed properly so still needed dressing they do also have a 13 mth old daughter yep sad but she lost her mother when she was 13When is this all going to end sorry feeling deflated
It’s not going well for you at the moment my dear so stay strong, it WILL get better.
just to try to cheer you up a bit…you’re spinning this injury/walking sticks/physio thing out a bit aren’t you? it’s about time you got back to doing a bit of work. Us men are never without pain but we never complain, we suffer in silence Poor old Harry was stranded in the garden on his hands and knees last week waiting for the lovely Mrs Gill to rescue him
Oh, and you’re back…if IT’S giving you a bad back…you’re not doing IT right. 
Only joking my dear, stick with it and when you’re fit again things will look a bit brighter.
grumpy old man:
animal:
My latest saga if doing my foot wash enough & couple other personal problems just ready niece ( who is 22 ) has just found her partner dead although he was a lot older than her & he did have a lot of health problems he was nearly blind insulin dependant diabetic had an op on his foot which hadn’t healed properly so still needed dressing they do also have a 13 mth old daughter yep sad but she lost her mother when she was 13When is this all going to end sorry feeling deflated
It’s not going well for you at the moment my dear so stay strong, it WILL get better.
just to try to cheer you up a bit…you’re spinning this injury/walking sticks/physio thing out a bit aren’t you? it’s about time you got back to doing a bit of work.
Oh, and you’re back…if IT’S giving you a bad back…you’re not doing IT right.Only joking my dear, stick with it and when you’re fit again things will look a bit brighter.
Can alway rely on you lot to make me smile