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You've been back, what, 2 years, and your Health goes to ****...
Have you been sampling the local takeaway too often :emoticon-0102-bigsm

All joking apart, pleased to hear that you are making a good recovery
Look after yourself

Hope I've got the right poster :emoticon-0107-sweat
It's 3 years mate :emoticon-0100-smile

I blame the cheap prices
 
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Hands up all those who have spent the past 2 days in James Cook Cardiac unit after a heart attack and stent being fitted.

Thank you to the brilliant NHS staff.

A period of reflection and changes for Chunk coming
Bloody hell mate, hope you're well on the way to making a full recovery. That must have been bloody frightening.

Thoughts with you Chunk.
 
Hands up all those who have spent the past 2 days in James Cook Cardiac unit after a heart attack and stent being fitted.

Thank you to the brilliant NHS staff.

A period of reflection and changes for Chunk coming
Sorry to hear that but glad you're through the worst. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
 
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They put the stent in through your wrist? That stung a fair bit

no idea where it went in, scared to ask as sometimes they have to in through the groin, i was in there for two weeks although i thought i was well enough to come home after a couple of days (must have been the meds) so the doctor had to remind me that i was very lucky...all i know is i collapsed and woke up in hospital and still cannot really imagine just how bad i was although i guess dying 3 or 4 times should tell me.

you take care marra, you may also develop a change in outlook in many things.
 
Just been down a canny rabbit hole, there. According to Wikipedia, Lily the Pink by The Scaffold had backing vocals done at Abbey Road Studios by names including Graham Nash (of The Hollies), Elton John (then Reg Dwight), and Tim Rice; while Jack Bruce (of Cream) played the bass guitar.

This took me to Tim Rice's page and looking to see how he came to supporting the Lads. "Despite having no familial or personal ties to the club, Rice has been a fan of Sunderland AFC since his early childhood." Which took me to this:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sunderland-relegation-fight---celebrity-9169247

May 2015, Tim Rice discussing attending the upcoming game with Southampton:

For legendary lyricist Sir Tim Rice it was a case of any win will do when he turned up for his favourite team Sunderland’s home game with Southampton today.

With a laugh he predicted a ‘9-0’ victory for the Black Cats to properly avenge their 8-0 thumping earlier this season by the south coast side.

However Sir Tim added: “A win will do. We need it and I’m hoping we get it."....

Sir Tim, now 70, revealed how as an eight-year-old living in Hertfordshire he made the unlikely choice of Sunderland as his favourite team.

“All my class mates were choosing Luton, Arsenal, Tottenham - even Wolves who were first division champions back then - but I wanted to have my own team.

“I saw the name Sunderland and thought it sounded exotic. Like it had tropical beaches."

The reality was different of course but it did nothing to dampen his enthusiasm for the team he has watched at two FA Cup finals - in 1973 and 1992.

He’s still a regular at games and does a lot of work with the club’s charity arm, the Foundation of Light.


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Just been down a canny rabbit hole, there. According to Wikipedia, Lily the Pink by The Scaffold had backing vocals done at Abbey Road Studios by names including Graham Nash (of The Hollies), Elton John (then Reg Dwight), and Tim Rice; while Jack Bruce (of Cream) played the bass guitar.

This took me to Tim Rice's page and looking to see how he came to supporting the Lads. "Despite having no familial or personal ties to the club, Rice has been a fan of Sunderland AFC since his early childhood." Which took me to this:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sunderland-relegation-fight---celebrity-9169247

May 2015, Tim Rice discussing attending the upcoming game with Southampton:

For legendary lyricist Sir Tim Rice it was a case of any win will do when he turned up for his favourite team Sunderland’s home game with Southampton today.

With a laugh he predicted a ‘9-0’ victory for the Black Cats to properly avenge their 8-0 thumping earlier this season by the south coast side.

However Sir Tim added: “A win will do. We need it and I’m hoping we get it."....



Sir Tim, now 70, revealed how as an eight-year-old living in Hertfordshire he made the unlikely choice of Sunderland as his favourite team.

“All my class mates were choosing Luton, Arsenal, Tottenham - even Wolves who were first division champions back then - but I wanted to have my own team.

“I saw the name Sunderland and thought it sounded exotic. Like it had tropical beaches."

The reality was different of course but it did nothing to dampen his enthusiasm for the team he has watched at two FA Cup finals - in 1973 and 1992.

He’s still a regular at games and does a lot of work with the club’s charity arm, the Foundation of Light.

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He has always had these emotional ties with SAFC.....he also said yonks ago, that he and another past News celebrity Journalist, Lads supporter - Kate Adie, had been to the SOL together.

Top top bloke...