Well, that's it. Duncopperin.

[threebikesmcginty]

Are you available Reg?

He's always first with an opinion...

 

[hopless500]

Hops, on the other hand...!

 

[Pale Rider]

For reasons of my own making with which I won't bore you, I had to wait a while for my replacement hip.

In the end I was in constant, intense pain and couldn't walk across a room - it was a glimpse of a lifestyle I didn't fancy.

Surgeons - like pilots - are cautious by nature, and I am aware that if an infection gets into a hip replacement wound it can take months and even years to sort.

As my surgeon plainly put it to me: "If that happens, you and I will get know each other very well, and you wouldn't like that, would you?"

Hard to see much positive in @Cubist's health situation, but I have known some coppers who don't take well to retirement, it's such a full-on job, they are lost and almost cannot cope without it, and end up hanging around the nick like a spare part.

At least Cubist has something to focus on, a target - get the hip sorted.

 

[classic33]

For reasons of my own making with which I won't bore you, I had to wait a while for my replacement hip.

In the end I was in constant, intense pain and couldn't walk across a room - it was a glimpse of a lifestyle I didn't fancy.

Surgeons - like pilots - are cautious by nature, and I am aware that if an infection gets into a hip replacement wound it can take months and even years to sort.

As my surgeon plainly put it to me: "If that happens, you and I will get know each other very well, and you wouldn't like that, would you?"

Hard to see much positive in @Cubist's health situation, but I have known some coppers who don't take well to retirement, it's such a full-on job, they are lost and almost cannot cope without it, and end up hanging around the nick like a spare part.

At least Cubist has something to focus on, a target - get the hip sorted.

Road in is at a standstill most of the time. Due to weight of traffic. He'd walk in quicker.