Absent Friends & Missing Persons

[eighthobstruction]

....the very very best of luck to you Richard....

[gurnemanz]

Best wishes, Richard. I will miss your posts.

[Nick Armstrong]

I appreciate all of the expressions for good wishes. This Forum has become a bit of a a virtual corner pub where friends meet, share stories, occassionally fight over trivialities... ...
...They state there is a 65% chance that I will still be able to travel to the UK in early July. I plan to be a good boy and do exactly as told to maximize the chances.

Like ferney I fancy those chances

And I'll give you 100% that there's a glass or three with your name on it in one of the real corner pubs in the UK (I'll give you a story or two and a fight as well, if you insist! )

Suppressing for the moment my lawyer's inclination to enquire why on earth your GP was reluctant I too send further best wishes. In the words of the old saying:

Lie back and think of England!

[Barbirollians]

I appreciate all of the expressions for good wishes. This Forum has become a bit of a a virtual corner pub where friends meet, share stories, occassionally fight
over trivialities...
I just returned home from my angiogram. The news wasn't the greatest. Despite the fact that I exercise at least 1.5 hours/day, I have 4 blocked arteries, two of which are 99%. I am having open heart surgery in about 36 hours . On the plus side my heart is normal and will hopefully remain so.
RT, I downloaded the Navarro book. Bryn, trust me ,I have stopped treating myself; at least I recognized the symptoms and pushed my GP for a stress test that he was reluctant to order.
THey state there is a 65% chance that I will still be able to travel to the UK in early July. I plan to be a good boy and do exactly as told to maximize the chances.

Very sorry to hear about your arteries Richard but it sounds positive about your heart . Hope all goes well and you are soon on the mend .

[french frank]

I've been away from the Forum for a while, so have only just seen your posts about my father (Chris Newman), but I'd like to thank you all for your very kind words about him. He loved talking to you all on here, and it's nice to think that his contribution to the conversations is still remembered.

And - in case anyone had not noticed - he remains a technical member of the community, uniquely, under the title 'Late Member' so that all his posts remain findable and searchable :-). Best wishes Becca - ff

[french frank]

Richard,

65% means 'more likely than not', so start studying those Proms programmes!

[johncorrigan]

Awraverybest Richard...wishing you a speedy recovery!

[Tony Halstead]

Awraverybest Richard...wishing you a speedy recovery!

Heartily (no pun intended) 'seconded'... with very best wishes!
Tony

[BBMmk2]

Richard,

65% means 'more likely than not', so start studying those Proms programmes!

indeed, a meet up too! :)

[Serial_Apologist]

To anyone who has been directly in touch with salymap by email, I have today received an email headed in capitals "from Pam Snell", on clicking which linked me to some dodgy-looking website which I was dim-witted enough to bring to my screen, but not follow up from clicking anywhere on its actual homepage. So hopefully I have not incurred a computer virus. It nevertheless shows how careful one has to be - so, folks, be warned!

[Roehre]

To anyone who has been directly in touch with salymap by email, I have today received an email headed in capitals "from Pam Snell", on clicking which linked me to some dodgy-looking website which I was dim-witted enough to bring to my screen, but not follow up from clicking anywhere on its actual homepage. So hopefully I have not incurred a computer virus. It nevertheless shows how careful one has to be - so, folks, be warned!

But it does mean that her email address book most likely successfully has been attacked by a virus

[Petrushka]

To anyone who has been directly in touch with salymap by email, I have today received an email headed in capitals "from Pam Snell", on clicking which linked me to some dodgy-looking website which I was dim-witted enough to bring to my screen, but not follow up from clicking anywhere on its actual homepage. So hopefully I have not incurred a computer virus. It nevertheless shows how careful one has to be - so, folks, be warned!

There's a lot of this going on. I've recently had two such messages purporting to come from friends or family that were clearly bogus. One was allegedly from my sister on an e-mail address she cancelled several years ago. I think these things go out to everyone in your address book and woe betide anyone who clicks on the link!

[richardfinegold]

I'm alive. Details later

[Richard Tarleton]

'Phew! Congratulations Richard. We look forward to hearing about it!

[Petrushka]

I'm alive. Details later

Excellent news. Best wishes for a speedy recovery