5 hours ago, FrancisFogarty said:

Whitby a bit scary?

Only Goth weekend surely. And the steampunk crowd can be a bit rowdy, and one steampunk lady’s dress took up half the pub.

Joking apart, you know when it’s time to go. If you wait for the right time it’ll never happen. Enjoy everything while you can, you Mrs. Dimron and the currently unspecified dog.

Thanks for that... the displacement from what I know is the scary bit but I've been dropping into the local pub as our caravan is nearby.

Spent a couple of hours at the hospital having the criach with a mate dying from cancer today and I'm off to recover his various personal odds and sods from his flat tomorrow... as you say if we don't do it now we ever will

@athywhite1958 - sorry to hear things have got worse for you pal. Good on you for opening up but can't imagine how tough it must be.

I know I'll be speaking for others on here when I say you'd never be fucking burden to anyone on an away day.

Pitch side view and skipping all the cues. I'll happily come along with you another time.

Always harder for folk who are fiercely independent to let got an take the support. Can understand why you'd be reluctant. But it's there in heaps if you need it.

On 24/06/2026 at 16:43, Dimron said:

Reading this has finally convinced me to listen to her indoors and finally retire at 70, that and visiting yet another pal with terminal cancer lying in bed in a grey room in a hospital.

Someone offered to buy Dimron Towers last week and we've had an offer accepted for a modest house near Whitby, so I intend to get a new(ish) dog and enjoy my remaining mobility before Mother Nature takes it off me.

Still a bit scary though

What you gonna do about your flying?

Do you have to knock that on the head?

5 hours ago, Dimron said:

Thanks for that... the displacement from what I know is the scary bit but I've been dropping into the local pub as our caravan is nearby.

Spent a couple of hours at the hospital having the criach with a mate dying from cancer today and I'm off to recover his various personal odds and sods from his flat tomorrow... as you say if we don't do it now we ever will

Truth is if you are not laughing , you are not living.

Sorry for your mate struggling with cancer , its everywhere with people our age.

Enjoy your walks every day out of that garden gate and breathe in the life and enthusiasm of Whitby

So many of our big seaside towns are dying

On 26/06/2026 at 22:30, MancWanderer said:

What you gonna do about your flying?

Do you have to knock that on the head?

At a crossroads I suppose.

I let my motorbike go last summer on permanent loan and I don't think I'll be asking for it back.

Not flown as pilot in command since last summer when my eyes started gving me gip, missing my usual birthday trip to Glenforsa again this year.

Might hang my headset up but then again... wifey tells me she wants me to carry on, it'll be another 2 months at least owing to my eyeballs

Can you retrain to fly hot air bloons?

Fewer gadgets for your eyes to have to focus on! 😀

7 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Can you retrain to fly hot air bloons?

Fewer gadgets for your eyes to have to focus on! 😀

Don't tempt me... but the gas might be an issue with the eco-warriors on here 😉

On 27/06/2026 at 01:33, crawshawbooth said:

Truth is if you are not laughing , you are not living.

Sorry for your mate struggling with cancer , its everywhere with people our age.

Enjoy your walks every day out of that garden gate and breathe in the life and enthusiasm of Whitby

So many of our big seaside towns are dying

He only went in for a day-op 6 weeks ago... still I've got his porn-stash out of his flat before the family vultures descend.

It appears to be pot luck, cancer or Parkinson's...

Got the call from a doctor on Thursday to get my arse down to the hospital, he rallied but has definitely gone backwards.

Spent my 70th birthday in that grey room... in a way it was a good present... the universe has told me to retire, make the most of your health and mobility while you've got it and make the most of every single breathing day

Day 17 of visiting our lass in the hozzy 😥 still on observation ward , still no diagnosis. Stressed to fuck

2 hours ago, burnden said:

Day 17 of visiting our lass in the hozzy 😥 still on observation ward , still no diagnosis. Stressed to fuck

at least you can watch the World Cup in peace

seriously though

hope all ends up good

5 hours ago, burnden said:

Day 17 of visiting our lass in the hozzy 😥 still on observation ward , still no diagnosis. Stressed to fuck

How is she actually doing?

Getting any better, or essentially the same?

Fingers crossed 🤞

9 hours ago, burnden said:

Day 17 of visiting our lass in the hozzy 😥 still on observation ward , still no diagnosis. Stressed to fuck

Stay strong mate, she needs your support

I'm wishing for the best @burnden

7 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

How is she actually doing?

Getting any better, or essentially the same?

Fingers crossed 🤞

Shes not changed much at all , daft thing is other than her usual aches and pains she says she doesn't feel much worse, she has had a mad amount of bloods taken , x rays, ct scans , 4 blood transfusions and an endoscopy but her blood count keeps dropping to what they say is severe levels, they seem to think she has an internal bleed but they can't find it . She is waiting for a colonoscopy next but they say that might not be this week. After that if they still find nowt they say an MRI .

Frustrating when it takes so long to do basic investigations.

Not going to go into any depth but we've had to go and pay privately to get our son examined/tested/scanned.

Waiting time for cardiology is ridiculous.

You have my sympathy over the situation: feel helpless, angry, worried shitless etc etc.

Takes its toll.

All the best to you all.

1 hour ago, burnden said:

Shes not changed much at all , daft thing is other than her usual aches and pains she says she doesn't feel much worse, she has had a mad amount of bloods taken , x rays, ct scans , 4 blood transfusions and an endoscopy but her blood count keeps dropping to what they say is severe levels, they seem to think she has an internal bleed but they can't find it . She is waiting for a colonoscopy next but they say that might not be this week. After that if they still find nowt they say an MRI .

Sorry to hear about your wife's health, hope she gets better soon.

If it helps you take your mind off things for half a day or so I would be only too delighted to write up one of my larger posts on the subject of football financials knowing how much you just love thumbing past them...

Joking aside, I do wish your wife a speedy recovery.

I will pass on the dissertation thanks @Sluffy make me laugh getting the offer though 👍

Just seen this @burnden hope all is progressing as well as they can.

Father in law passed away last night.

Not unexpected, but hurts all the same.

Sleep gone out of the window, and that black dog barked in the distance overnight.

Grieving and staying strong for the family are uneasy bedfellows.

At least the purple cauliflowers turned out nice again this year.

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Father in law passed away last night.

Not unexpected, but hurts all the same.

Sleep gone out of the window, and that black dog barked in the distance overnight.

Grieving and staying strong for the family are uneasy bedfellows.

At least the purple cauliflowers turned out nice again this year.

Sorry for your loss.

You can grieve and still be strong though mate. There is a real argument that showing your feelings and emotions at this time is a lot better than ‘holding it all in and keeping a stiff upper lip’. If you are trying to do that others might follow your lead and it just leads to a load of folk with pent up emotions. I am not saying go all scouse but equally do not be all German !!

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Father in law passed away last night.

Not unexpected, but hurts all the same.

Sleep gone out of the window, and that black dog barked in the distance overnight.

Grieving and staying strong for the family are uneasy bedfellows.

At least the purple cauliflowers turned out nice again this year.

Sorry for your loss mate, condolences to you and your family

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

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2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Father in law passed away last night.

Not unexpected, but hurts all the same.

Sleep gone out of the window, and that black dog barked in the distance overnight.

Grieving and staying strong for the family are uneasy bedfellows.

At least the purple cauliflowers turned out nice again this year.

I was going to like the post then thought that seemed wrong!

Condolences.

As Ani says. Grieving, talking and emotion are good in times like these.

Good you can share on here

12 minutes ago, Ani said:

Sorry for your loss.

You can grieve and still be strong though mate. There is a real argument that showing your feelings and emotions at this time is a lot better than ‘holding it all in and keeping a stiff upper lip’. If you are trying to do that others might follow your lead and it just leads to a load of folk with pent up emotions. I am not saying go all scouse but equally do not be all German !!

Thanks fellas.

I'm fortunate that I can release my emotions, but my lad is a worry.

At the moment, he seems remarkably fine. He has said his grandad "went" a long time ago, but he will still need to grieve.

Grief is the price to pay for love. *Jimmy Carr

Learn to live with it and remember there's no rule book.

Sorry for your loss pal, embrace that black dog and kick it down the fucking path.