NeilM

Good luck mate

I'd be more concerned about posting your lasses weight on Internet. ..

Cheers rennie old lad

Joined rennie.

Team name neilm

I'm proper rubbish Fozzie.

If I do an hour riding without stopping it's a miracle. .lol

May well have a tootle over to the dark side come the summer Fozzie.

Will need to check my passport

Mine do.

I think most "bike jeans" are quite wide at the bottom for the exact purpose.

Stick a pic up of what you're after mate

Yeah I know. .

Doesn't help I had a bloody hard paper round. ..

Cheers.

Only a few years on you Stu

Just an update and to say Cheers.

Coming round now.

Dr has made me stay on the sick (should be on nights) but feeling much better.

Got to say that was one of the scariest weeks or so of my life. I genuinely thought this is it....lol

Week off shift next week then a week away. I'll be bored daft at home. Hoping I feel well enough to get the old bike out (after kids have cleaned it to earn their pocket money)

Usually show the blowing up vid as a prelim prior to the start of the course.

Gets people's attention.

Wait till you have 4 layers of clobber underneath cos it's freezing. Then you'll feel like a running back

Nowt up with that kidder

Not arsed watching the video but it looks like some lovely HV switch gear in the background.

Ooohh I do love switching.

Close your eyes kiss your ass good bye...lol.

Has anyone seen the video of the HV blast in the switchroom where fatalities occur?

Awful video and one which really brings it home to you.

Jaysus Fozzie.

9.5 stone. 6ft 2.

Similar height. Last time I saw 10 stone I was 11 year old. ..lol

I trained really out of habit. Played rugby so it was just something you did.

You are right tho. The mental benefits from regular training are fantastic.

R lass swims a lot. 3x weekly. Mile plus each time. She swims because like a lot of others she doesn't like the gym.

I was always the other way because I get bored swimming.

Forgetting leg day....lol

I miss the gym. Haven't been training for over 12 month now but you see the wonders of the world in a gym.

For me the best gyms to train in were the old meat head gyms. No posing and no real competitive ness only encouragement.

Worst by far are the DW etc. Full of posing and nastiness.

Believe it or not.

When not on drugs I am quite normal

Well as normal as anyone could be living in this madhouse. ...lol

Tell you medication sends me daft....lol

Bloody good job I don't do social media!

I have an XL alpinestar gunner textile jacket.

Fits fine.

You are 6ft 2 15 and half stone yea?

Get pics up. We need cheering up

Lol.

Cape Verde Mr brightside?

Where abouts?

We are stopping at the oasis atlantico salinas or something like that.

Never been before so looking forward to it. If I don't make it. Kids and r lass will enjoy it....lol

I'm a nightmare on the sick tho...lol

Not in my nature at all.

Fortunately or unfortunately all im good for at the moment is sleeping

Update.

First of all thank you all for the concern shown, it was truly heartening and to be honest really moved me.

Secondly I apologise for the in hindsight somewhat needy correspondence (the meds do some very strange things) as it was very much out of character.

Right.

Just got back from the hospital.

I have as they term an extremely bad chest infection.I have had all the ECG and x rays etc.

Me being a thick engineer was under the impression a chest infection was just a bit of flu etc and did not fully understand that they can be quite severe.

The struggling to breathe etc is down to the fact there is an excessive amount of mucus struggling to get out and with this severity is relatively normal.

So all in all happy days ish.

Been told it could be a long time clearing but is not life threatening.

Was supposed to be on nights weds and Thursday but this is impossible which believe it or not I am pissed off about as I do like my job.

One happier side note.

We are due to go on holiday 2 week today to cape verde and was concerned about the impact flying would have. Been told provided I feel fit enough to go then air travel should not make the infection deteriate further.

Anyway thanks again all.

Neil.

Cheers.

Will keep you all informed.

I know what you're saying about a and e Tango but the breathing has been the same now for 36 hours so is not deteriating.

Plus I bloody hate going casualty. Always feel like you're wasting their time.

It once took me best part of 24 hours to rock up to casualty with the most blatent broken wrist ever (when it swelled to the size of my thigh) . And yes I got a right rollicking. ...lol

To be honest. I'm more stressed cos I can't seem to do the usual stuff.

Right laid here in the attic room (she chucked us out of bedroom days ago)

Can't even do crossword. Now im no genius but the mirrors xword takes no longer than 30 mins max. Still on fridays....lol

Then I've googled pneumonia. So I'm now convinced I've got it

And now I'm babbling. ...lol