Felicitations

It seems that now that I have gone global – well at least to the continental united states I have to translate :-
M&S – cannot be translated - it is like having Whole Foods selling only their own brand of food, clothing, furniture, handkerchiefs and the retail price and kudos just being enough to make Saturday night special.
Cumbrian Way – the walk of the gods – well at least the gods of Wainwright
Rambling - official definition :- sprawling: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
· digressive: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
(“not sure about ‘amusingly’ but there could be a link with the whole women’s thing )

Anyway

“Turned out nice again” George Formby 1941

Just seen an advertisement for a Wii – want one

Anyway

Went to Nuffield today with my two Minders – Nigel and Dave, met early, coordinated our pre written questions, ready to rumble and waited. And waited – appointment time 11:30 seen at 13:15 – whilst waiting, discussed family and friends, more importantly England v Australia last Saturday – did not agree – did agree – planned the next time we could watch it and drink Boddingtons (that’s for you Sean).
Then called in..
In a nutshell – it is possible that the docs can remove the tumor without removing the leg – not certain - and it is a possibility that I will still be semi legless – but 1st time mentioned. As for the link between the tumor in my foot and my lymph nodes – well one step or at least one lymph node removed at a time – if more than ‘several’ need to be removed – at the moment – all of them are “not right” - therefore, there is a possibility that a systematic approach to healing i.e. radio or chemo will happen – which will obviously necessitate a new haircut (sorry Liza et al ) and lots of new hats.
I feel much more confident than I did last week. It hall hangs on the PET Scan tomorrow.
Which is another story.
Those of you who know me, and I was going to say well, then I thought that was silly, because the biggest problem I have tomorrow is not that I cannot eat or drink for 6 hours before the test @ 13.30 – it’s the fact that I cannot wear clothing that contains metal. No corduroys or chinos for me – just a pair of leggings I bought in TK Max – TJMax for the colonists. So here I go.
The bad news – I may be riddled – the good news – they can top slice and I amcured – for now – here goes ……

Love

A

Words and music by Eric Idle
Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...

always look on the bright side of life...

Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten

There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life...