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hiya all, just an update. got another phone call from my doctor this morning.
i am booked into hospital next week and my leg is going to be coming off so now
i am starting to get nervous. in one way i am glad that after this all the pain and troubles should be over and in another even though i try and keep upbeat i can't help but
feel sorry for myself lol. expected stay in hospital is 2 to 3 weeks and after that home with nurse care everyday for another 4 to 6 weeks and trips back to hospital every 3rd day. then once i have healed sufficiently i can start getting my self ready for a prosthetic leg. i intend on taking my laptop in with me and i may be able to connect it up while there to keep you all up to date on what is happening. with all the support i have got so far i can't help but feel like this is nothing more than a speed bump on the road of life. thanks one and all for everything and all your kind thoughts and prayers.
when i have finished with all of this i intend on changing my nickname to hopalong .
so keep an eye out
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Best wishes and thoughts to you, Nimbin.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
you must be a little glad a decision's been made so you can plan your future.....limbo's never fun......
it's weighing you down....get rid of it....get on with it.....new adventures in store for you......as I said about challenges previously, you might find yourself doing much more than you do now.....

I like the nick 'hopalong'.......grew up with Hopalong Cassidy.......my Mum was out at the airport to pick somebody up when Hopalong flew into Australia in the fifties......she was holding onto my brother, who was only a toddler, on the tarmac. Hopalong (who must have thought they were fans) came bounding across and plucked my brother out of my Mum's arms and gave him a big kiss and handed him back.....
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
  my thoughts and prayers are with you nimbin!
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm with you...I think we are all with you
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

when i have finished with all of this i intend on changing my nickname to hopalong

'Leftie' sounds so much more....rugged/macho....

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Peter
Miss Rigby! Stella, my love! Would you please send in the next auditioner, please. Mr. Spiggott, I believe it is. (enter Dudley, hopping on one leg)
Peter
Mr. Spiggott, I believe?
Dudley
Yes, Spiggott by name, Spiggott by nature. (keeps hopping)
Peter
Yes...if you'd like to remain motionless for a moment, Mr. Spiggott. Please be stood. Now, Mr. Spiggott you are, I believe, auditioning for the part of Tarzan?
Dudley
Right.
Peter
Now, Mr. Spiggott, I couldn't help noticing almost at once that you are a one-legged person.
Dudley
You noticed that?
Peter
I noticed that, Mr. Spiggott. When you have been in the business as long as I have you come to notice these things almost instinctively. Now, Mr. Spiggott, you, a one-legged man, are applying for the role of Tarzan - a role which, traditionally, involves the use of a two-legged actor.
Dudley
Correct.
Peter
And yet you, a unidexter, are applying for the role.
Dudley
Right.
Peter
A role for which two legs would seem to be the minimum requirement.
Dudley
Very true.
Peter
Well, Mr. Spiggott, need I point out to you where your deficiency lies as regards landing the role?
Dudley
Yes, I think you ought to.
Peter
Need I say without overmuch emphasis that it is in the leg division that you are deficient.
Dudley
The leg division?
Peter
Yes, the leg division, Mr. Spiggott. You are deficient in it to the tune of one. Your right leg I like. I like your right leg. A lovely leg for the role. That's what I said when I saw you come in. I said "A lovely leg for the role." I've got nothing against your right leg. The trouble is - neither have you. You fall down on your left.
Dudley
You mean it's inadequate?
Peter
Yes, it's inadequate, Mr. Spiggott. And, to my mind, the British public is not ready for the sight of a one-legged apeman swinging through the jungly tendrils.
Dudley
I see.
Peter
However, don't despair. After all, you score over a man with no legs at all. Should a legless man come in here demanding the role, I should have no hesitation in saying "Get out. Run away."
Dudley
So there's still a chance?
Peter
There is still a very good chance. If we get no two-legged actors in here within the next two months, there is still a very good chance that you'll land this vital role. Failing two-legged actors, you, a unidexter, are just the sort of person we shall be attempting to contact telephonically.
Dudley
Well...thank you very much.
Peter
So my advice is, to hop on a bus, go home, and sit by your telephone in the hope that we will be getting in touch with you. (shows Dudley out) I'm sorry I can't be more definite, but as you realise, it's really a two-legged man we're after. Good morning Mr. Spiggott.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
hopalong

grew up with Hopalong Cassidy

Me too, along with Lone Ranger, Lash LaRue, Tom Mix...black&white, direct from Melody Ranch. Spade Cooley doing the intermissions...   

Hitchiking from Kabul to Istanbul, got a ride w/a one-legged guy from Selma. Friend of ML King. Driving a Morris Minor ambulance van painted robin's-egg blue with "I have a dream" on the sides. Had the clutch and brake pedals all moved up on the steering column. Drove like a bat outta hell! Windscreen kept falling into our laps. Got stopped in the middle of Northern Iran by the fuzz and he had to go #2 so just dropped 'em right there, standing tall, leaning on a crutch, talking to the kopz, let go, and pulled 'em up again like nothing happened. Worked real good without a leg in the way! I guess the Koran frowns on such behavior, as the politzei just hustled into their jeep and drove off as fast as they could.