Monday 3 August 2020

Nothing for a while

Unfortunately the cancer has taken a turn for the worst and gone to my brain how it found it god only knows!!! Had 3 brain seizures Woke in ICU to a very nice doctor asking did I know where I was! Last thing I remember was I sitting eating chicken and chips!! I seem to have cancer with a full blown phd in the Art of Chinese Warfare rather than the one that could do quite well in wood work!

Anyway, I had have whole brain radio therapy. They let me keep my mask which is individually made so I am painting up to 'surprise ' this year's Halloween door ringers! looking at it a reminded me of the British series in the mid 1960s The Avengers with John Steed and Emma Peel and the episode with the Cyborgs.  Apologies to those who haven't got a clue what I  am going on about.  I think men of  a certain age will remember Diana Rigg playing Emma Peel

A Cyborg

 The Cyborgs were Robots and used karate chops to breakdown doors and walls to get their victims and Emma and Steed had a to defeat them.  Come to think about it was thee ever more than one?




Need to spray the mask silver/steel yet.

The invisible man is the other alternative!

The result of all of this is the 2020 will be my last blogging year! pity because I came late to it and have enjoyed it.  I hope you have to.  Going to try to get a couple of games in so there might be something more yet, but nobody is holding hope for 2021.  Hope this post hasn't been depressing.  It is meant to show that even in adversity you can still have a bit of laugh
My brother made this up for m. Thanks Simon




14 comments:

  1. The Avengers, now there is a blast from the past. I also enjoy the bloggers world, your posts covering Warrior Miniatures Austrian army helped me jump and order two forces from John. They are very forgiving of my brush strokes. I hope for a while at least you are free of hospital stay overs and can enjoy the comforts brought by hobby and family.

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  2. Thanks Norm. Glad to know the Avengers means something to some else.

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  3. Glad to hear from you again , yes I remember the Avengers - and Diana Rigg who had a great impression on me as a youngster ! . Glad to hear your up and about and given your present troubles very chipper - keep it up ! All the best Tony

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  4. More of a Tara King man myself...

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  5. Diana Rigg aka Emma Peel - if only... I think she may be the reason OHMS is one of my favourite Bond films, that and Satchmo'.

    I am in awe of your humour in the face of adversity - and can only wish as hard as I can that the radiotherapy works for you. It would've been interesting to have met up but it look like that will just have to be one life's might've beens.

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    1. All was following a plan until the seizures. Yes the what might have been. Like the thought

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  6. Firstly I am glad you have the strength of character to appreciate humour. Secondly I remember watching those Cyborgs and being quite scared as a lad, but then again I felt the same way about Daleks! I hope you get some great games in. All the best, Matt

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  7. Glad to see you still have your sense of humour in adversity! I missed the 1960s Avengers and came to it with the New Avengers in the 70s. Not quite as stylish and sadly without Emma Peel.
    The cyborg mask reminds me of a 70s Dr Who (Jon Pertwee?) episode (The Autons?) where shop window mannequins awakened by their Alien plastic come alive and started shooting pedestrians in a real high street setting. Scared me as a child and made me wary of shop and Museum mannequins for a while. Best wishes.

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    1. The Cyborgs in 1966. So beat Dr WHO and the cybermauts

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  8. Glad to see you still have your sense of humour in adversity! I missed the 1960s Avengers and came to it with the New Avengers in the 70s. Not quite as stylish and sadly without Emma Peel.
    The cyborg mask reminds me of a 70s Dr Who (Jon Pertwee?) episode (The Autons?) where shop window mannequins awakened by their Alien plastic come alive and started shooting pedestrians in a real high street setting. Scared me as a child and made me wary of shop and Museum mannequins for a while. Best wishes.

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    1. Hi Mark Never got the Tara KIng character but when Jonna Lumley joined ...........

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  9. I think we should see more of you in the rakish hat...

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  10. I might do the big reveal so you can I what actually look like. But the the therapy has made my hair fall out and I now look a bit like the pink ball behind the blue in snooker table!!!

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