Good news thread..

[MrHew]

7 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Wow, now that is off the scale on the good news front. In fact, it's hard to think of any better news anyone can have. It's up to you now to enjoy life to the max. 🙂

Exactly. I'm still recovering from surgery but relishing life as much as I possibly can 

[Kizzie]

1 hour ago, MrHew said:

Great news from my consultant last week. Kidney they chopped out of me mid June was riddled with cancer but it's all gone, no need for chemo or radiotherapy and there's only a small risk of it coming back. Will be monitored for the next 5 years though, as is standard.

Very well done MrHew 👏 😃

[Neil]

great news MrHew, lost a mate of mine (one of my glasto crew)  to the big c yesterday. 😞

Edited August 13, 2022 by Neil

[clarkete]

2 hours ago, Neil said:

great news MrHew, lost a mate of mine (one of my glasto crew)  to the big c yesterday. 😞

Sorry for your loss @Neil

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

4 hours ago, Neil said:

great news MrHew, lost a mate of mine (one of my glasto crew)  to the big c yesterday. 😞

Yes, my condolences too. 

[guypjfreak]

11 hours ago, MrHew said:

Great news from my consultant last week. Kidney they chopped out of me mid June was riddled with cancer but it's all gone, no need for chemo or radiotherapy and there's only a small risk of it coming back. Will be monitored for the next 5 years though, as is standard.

Had my arse checked last week.. Had blood... and sent in sample.. Got a call this morning seems OK thankfully but still they're going to be double check in 2 weeks.. At least it'll put mind at ease.. 

Every man over 50 should do this.. Its not the sort of thing us men think about but if caught early... Well you know the rest... 

Really pleased for you mrhew old son 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Just back from four days camping in the Lake District, hot sunny but bearable! As soon as we got home the rain started. Lovely cooling big drops of rain. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Fed up with the rain now😉 , it’s chucking it down 

[Crazyfool01]

18 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Fed up with the rain now😉 , it’s chucking it down 

I’ll happily take some off you … desperate needs down south 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

19 hours ago, guypjfreak said:

Had my arse checked last week.. Had blood... and sent in sample.. Got a call this morning seems OK thankfully but still they're going to be double check in 2 weeks.. At least it'll put mind at ease.. 

Every man over 50 should do this.. Its not the sort of thing us men think about but if caught early... Well you know the rest... 

 

Yes, I had blood too, so went to the docs, then had an endoscopy and then later, surgery to take half my intestines taken out.* I wouldn't be here now if I'd ignored the signs (which I had actually done for some time before going to the doctors - Doh!). The surgery was meant to take less than an hour. Seven and a half hours later the surgeon finished (as they found more suspect matter than the endoscope had shown them). That man / the NHS saved my life. 

* - I had a letter to turn up early morning from the hospital on such and such a date (it was either the very end of May / very early June 2013). Let's say it was 8am. Anyway, by about 8.30am I though 'They'll never call me in first or even anywhere near first'. So, what did I do? I went to the toilets and had a massive line of mcat is what I did. Then I went back and sat down on the chair in the waiting room, and then (as in immediately) they called out my name for surgery. Doh II !

PS - I managed to get to get to Glastonbury later that month despite having recently had major surgery. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

16 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

I’ll happily take some off you … desperate needs down south 

Reckon it’s moving south. We actually had considered heading to Glastonbury for a camping break but the heat forecast of 30+ looked a bit too intense so opted for the Lake District. 

[Crazyfool01]

After 9 months my garden is starting to come close to where I’d like it … from just mud and a green shed 

[dotdash79]

Looking great that, hopefully many years of enjoyment from that. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

After 9 months my garden is starting to come close to where I’d like it … from just mud and a green shed 

The lighting - it had to be there! I think that I can speak for all in saying that it would have been hugely disappointing if the lighting hadn't been there. 🙂

[Crazyfool01]

6 hours ago, dotdash79 said:

Looking great that, hopefully many years of enjoyment from that. 

 

5 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

The lighting - it had to be there! I think that I can speak for all in saying that it would have been hugely disappointing if the lighting hadn't been there. 🙂

cheers .... ive not yet added a Glastonbury theme yet which was my original  intention ... once ive worked out how to do it ... unfortunately Garden is a bit small for replica pyramid 😞 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

 

 

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

15 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

After 9 months my garden is starting to come close to where I’d like it … from just mud and a green shed 

Fantastic, looks like a before and after photo from one of those garden transformations programmes on telly!

[Livvy13]

7 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

 

cheers .... ive not yet added a Glastonbury theme yet which was my original  intention ... once ive worked out how to do it ... unfortunately Garden is a bit small for replica pyramid 😞 

Couldn't you get a mural of one of your favourite pyramid sets painted in the pyramid at the top of the shed?

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, Livvy13 said:

Couldn't you get a mural of one of your favourite pyramid sets painted in the pyramid at the top of the shed?

That’s a decent suggestion… I did think about the whole shed as a mural of some description but think this might be a goer if I can find someone with those talents . 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Going to add some Glastonbury related images to our shed. Good colours in the Cuprinol garden paint range. Currently this is what we’ve got.

[Funkyfairy!]

12 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

 

cheers .... ive not yet added a Glastonbury theme yet which was my original  intention ... once ive worked out how to do it ... unfortunately Garden is a bit small for replica pyramid 😞 

Have you got room to add a bin as a table, and a mural on a bin with a wooden round top as a table top. Or mini bins as planters ? 

[Crazyfool01]

11 minutes ago, Funkyfairy! said:

Have you got room to add a bin as a table, and a mural on a bin with a wooden round top as a table top. Or mini bins as planters ? 

Good shouts in there 🙂 … will have a look

[MrHew]

20 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

After 9 months my garden is starting to come close to where I’d like it … from just mud and a green shed 

What power source is the lighting? Solar, mains, battery? We've yet to find any reliable solar options that last for more than a year.

[Neil]

7 minutes ago, MrHew said:

What power source is the lighting? Solar, mains, battery? We've yet to find any reliable solar options that last for more than a year.

if they are those led stripes they won't last either.

i've  had a few in my garden for a few years and have had to change them a few times.

[Crazyfool01]

8 minutes ago, MrHew said:

What power source is the lighting? Solar, mains, battery? We've yet to find any reliable solar options that last for more than a year.

Philips hue powered by mains … spotlights and the lightstrip … the shed and lights next to it are solar Asda ones