Game 1 - Guess the date of the next major RNS:-4 Nov 2022 06:16
Good morning all,
SaxonAxe recently requested today's date, so I could not let a long-termer down, good luck matey :-)
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SaxonAxe - 04/11/22
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Thanks for the kind words from Newbie642 (Pete) & RailwayPete regarding my upcoming operation this Monday, it is what it is, something that has to be done to stop this (Whatever it is) from eating its way through my lower jaw bone!
It has caused me no pain, and only showed up on a routine dental X-ray, after much debate and CT scans by Dental surgeons they are in agreement it has to go, and the only way they can get to it is via the removal of teeth and drilling down into the lower jaw bone and then with the use of an endoscope try and scrape away the affected area, that by now is nearly an inch long...yuck!
Went for our monthly Old Retires Curry Night yesterday and at another table was a group of five chaps, some of who looked very familiar, after some time and listening to their voices worked out that they were old-school mates from over 50 years ago,
I went and introduced myself, they were pleased to see me and related the tails of all those that had sadly passed away,
one chap Louis recalled the time I electrified the door handle to our classroom to stop Mr Birch, our history teacher, from entering....
The door was glass top and bottom and all us pupils were sitting looking like angels and making NO sound at all so the teacher knew something was up, he could see the wire attached to the inside door handle and could see the induction coil buzzing away on the floor, he tried the door handle but was unable to keep a grip to turn the brass bulb.
Being a good sport and because we were all sitting quietly he said I will return,
He came back wearing wellington boots and a pair of rubber gloves and of course, gained entry, no harm would have been caused as he was as fit as a fiddle, and the current was very low, he used to challenge boys to punch him in the stomach as he was so strong and fit, a real good sport who used to tell great stories to entertain the boys if good in class, he lived well into his 90s and was very well-liked.
( And NO, I did not get into trouble, as I say, he was a good sport :-)
But the story is a legend, I used to get called forward by the headmaster after morning assembly, and the rest of the school would whisper, swish, swish, thinking I was for the cane!
They were wrong,
The headmaster knowing of my practical electro-mechanical skills needed the kitchen potato peeler looking at one time, another time he wanted an intercom set up between his office and the deputy, I even used to service the gym master's old Ford Prefect, which would, of course, would entail a test drive around the school playing field, waving to those made to run so many lengths of the football pitch :-)
I fixed the 16mm sound projector's valve amplifier, and was always called on to do the music for the school open days!
The good old days :-)
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