James' blog

  • The Pidgeon Has Landed

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    The message arrived as they always do, delivered by an unseen person through the normal channels.

    Successfully I fought off the rush of Teila the Terrier and secured the documents.  Ensuring nobody else was about I proceeded to extract the contents from the plain white envelope and to commit the instructions to memory.

    Date: 070911

    Time: TBA

    Where: SAL, Level 4

    If instructions are not followed your operation may be…

  • Kylie, Ketchup and......well normality really.

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    Now I know I promised I'd keep this up to date, in fact I believe I said originally that I'd post everyday but honestly, since my op was cancelled the other day naff all has happened.  Well that is basically a lie, but nearly everything I've done since Thursday has revolved around football (somebody give Little My a shake....she falls instantly asleep when I use that word) and this really isn't the forum for me to…

  • Polar bears and dogs.

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    Just a quick few lines while I have a spare couple of minutes.

    The reason for Fridays op being cancelled has come to light.  Apparently my consultant is a close personal friend of the family who's son was tragically killed by a polar bear in Norway and it was the funeral on Friday.  Fair enough says I.

    Now plenty of peeps around me got their knickers in a knot about the cancellation but as soon as I pointed out that…

  • Nothing to eat from Midnight

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    This is it then - the final blog before surgery.

    I've done as instructed, phoned in to check all is well and what time I'm on the slab and received my first shock, which isn't bad seeing as we're still a day away.  Apparently I'm first on the list which means I've to be at the hospital for 7.15am - now I think that's early, imagine what my daughter, who has volunteered to give me a lift, is going to think…

  • Stuff and a sprinkling of nonesense

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    So finally I have a few spare minutes, I log on to blog and having sat here for a while I realise I don't really have too much to say, so I'll just write stuff and see where it takes us.

    Saturday was a good day.  My lads were excellent and won the first ever FA Cup game that the club have had.  There was a big crowd, a great atmosphere and a decent amount of alcohol consumed afterwards.  I then had a couple of press…