The Hornet's Nest

Morning all back in a departure lounge once again , (have a feeling will be in them a lot in the next couple of weeks)

 

Morning all, like Norway I am in a departure lounge of sorts well my front room Anyway that's me off to hit the road, next stop Dover then Paris Hopefully will be on here over the next few weeks! If not see you when I see you!

 

morning all..way too early for me but i couldn't sleep . Good luck to the travellers, safe and happy travels to you both!

 

Morning all

Last day of work for 20 days... god that is a good feeling

Hope you all ahve a good few weeks, and have a great time at the meet-up. Am gutted I am missing it - Have a beer and sing a song for me

 

Morning Kev, you'll be missed, for sure. Next time! No work for 20 days sounds like heaven! Oh...it is! ..enjoy!

 

Morning All,

The days are definitely starting to change now as we move towards the end of September. When I first went out today there was a mist hanging in the valley that eventually goes down to the river. We have had a bumper crop of pears this year and the grapes are now black and need picking before the Hornets get at them. I was reminded of the Keats poem Autumn that starts off:

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;

Still though there will be heat in the sun this afternoon and after my reflective start I need to apply some varnish to a window before the rays get round that side of the house.

 

Could this be a solution when certain teams take unruly fans to away games and create trouble?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14998237.stm

The next home game would certainly have a different feel to it.

 

Góðan daginn til allra. Cappuccino, coffee, tea and donuts are on the bar.

A chocolate monster for BBW
Black coffee half hot half cold and no sugar for Charlie

Caramel latte for Hornette
Coffee and cake for Minx
Coffees for COYH, Frenchie, Kev, rob and theoEspresso for SuffolkHorn
Frothy cappuccinos for al HH Leon and W_Y
Milky coffee for Yorkie
Strong black coffees for Bragi Norway and zen
Strong coffee for Sandy
Teas for BHD jsybaz Lloydinio and Millens And a redwine for NZ as he is so ahead of us in time


We have a pleasant morning. A clear sky and cold.

 

I seem to remember seeing coverage of a women's hockey international from Wembley. A sound something like what you'd hear stood a few yards just behind a 747 revving up for take off.
Or a Beatles live show circa 1964.

 

Frenchie, I love your updates about the French countryside and weather. If Mrs GG and self can't get there ourselves at the moment at least I can picture it via your pen pictures.

I saw the neurologist recently. She told us that the weakness in my legs is due to something in my spinal chord which is a result of the body's response to the lymphoma last year. Yesterday I received the letter with the diagnosis in full: 'paraneoplastic myelopathy'. We looked it up. 'Paraneoplastic' means a manifestation resulting from cancer, and myelopathy means 'damage to the spine' i.e. wot she said.

 

Have a safe trip Kev have a great time mate!

 

ahh Crap GG! Are you doing some sort of Physio work to try and get some range of movement back! Hope you can make it to the Vic in the very near future,

 

One of the guys who come with me to the game has a turkish mother and they go to Fenerbahce games, they said its one big fight and sometimes a football match breaks out. Especially when Galatasaray are around!!

 

That does not sound nice GG. But at least now they know what it is they stand a better chance of fighting it. I hope its nothing too serious major and that with some hard work and lots of help from those around you, you can start on the road to a full recovery.

 

Yeah, thanks fellers. In fact I've just got back from the gym- just doing some light upper body work to avoid getting too weedy, and learning how to look after myself avoiding falls etc. Having more trouble getting NHS physio but the occupational therapy people are very helpful with aids round the house etc.
As my mate put it to me last night, my body has gone on fighting after the war is won- the problem is that produced antibodies in order to attack the proteins in the cancer, but they are now duffing up the proteins in my spinal chord. Or something.
No knowing as yet whether it'll get better on its own, or get worse. They're doing a study on this at Harvard and having trouble getting into double figures with cases for data. So I'm pretty special!

 

gawd, i can't see that catching on! lol

 

thanks for the caramel latte Ak ..delish

 

what's the prognosis on that then? Sounds like, as Norway says, it's something fixable...let's hope so ..would love to see you at the Vic soon!

 

That goes without saying

 

Hey we all knew that anyway mate ! So this study at Havard is going to get you an all expenses paid trip to the states yes!? I mean as you are invaluable to medical science and all!