" Somebody " said, this is what happens when a Yorkshireman loses a penny down in the footwell! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
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" Somebody " said, this is what happens when a Yorkshireman loses a penny down in the footwell! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
So sorry to hear about Kay’s accident Pilgrim———poor old Micks going through the wringer yet again.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
She always said she’d know when it was time to hang up her gloves ! Don’t need reminding of the horrendous cost of hospital fees after a powerboat accident. Been there
Incredible to think Keikhaefer paid all the medical and insurance for all his drivers all the time
they are not current F1 boats so no floatation bag and I dont think they use full time air either and old fashion lid that just falls off under any force.
it may well of been done like that years ago but why risk that now?
Pilgrim———-it’s a case of damned if you do, damned if you don’t!Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
I have not kept up with F1 racing since I walked away from it 25 years ago———I do not know the current rules and regs. Maybe they run “vintage F1 or something like that.
Several years ago Mark informed me that a current F1 ———rigged and ready to take the motor was in the region of $100~000 US ( one hundred thousand dollars).
Jesus wept———unless you got Sony or ICI sponsor ship there’s no way your racing F1 any more, so maybe some bright spark thought of a way to keep the old rigs running?
Im afraid boat racers were always totally fearless and illogical, with the occasional screw loose.
im sure you must have heard the old adage “ TIS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST——-THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL”———————-same thing with boat racing.
Day started off well——— Quick trip to Bognor Regis Hospital——no problem!
Then over to Chichester Hospital———today’s the day I find out just what the hells wrong with me and what the conclusions are.——-wrong——— They gave me my driving license back.
Im more confused than I’ve ever been. Only good news I can tell you is, I feel a lot better.
So, on the whole it’s not been a bad day.
Intend tohave seven hours in the shop tomorrow——— tell you if I make it.
Already had four hours in the shop !
Got a little problem here Pilgrim———-would appear Kay Marshall threw her boat out of the park and has left Mick a bit of an expensive dilemma————-how to get her from a hospital in Thailand——-back home to Australia ! Now I’ve had this dilemma before and have learned one thing from the experience.
There is no cheap way out of this————- it’s going to cost an arm and a leg with a mortgage thrown in to boot, just to get her home. That does not take into account the doctors, surgeons and ambulance fees!
How about I make one of my better “concepts” and stick it up for auction ( the get Kay Home trophy )
This-is where you come in Pilgrim————— do I make a tunnel boat or an offshore ?
I can tell you that more people want an offshore concept than a circuit.
You might have to call in Little Kevin West to help you on this———- he’s a lousy hairdresser, but he’s got a lovely wife in ROZ.
Keep me in the loop as they say these days——— we just used to day “Catch you later”.
50 50 re offshore versus tunnel boat interest in OZ I would guess ( ski racing bigger than both)Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
How would you feel if you loaned someone a boat and the steering failed and hurt the driver....
Ok, I got a “Lucas” offshore mounted on glass———ready to ship. A fairly respectable, not yet finished pickle———another two days and it’ll be done . Your choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Trying to get Roy Cooper to do the same thing here
Sorry Pilgrim———- if someone borrowed a boat of mine, then it’s their job to make sure it’s fit to race. You do pre flight check——-its done throughout the world in every motorised sport. Final check should be done by crew chief———then the pilot.
Kay is “ONE OF US”——-
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There ya go Pilgrim————see what you can do with’em ? Where do want em sent?
still got a fair bit to do on the pickle———- but, I’m getting there!
Well Pilgrim, I have to tell you———-you are noticeable by your absence. By that, I gather you got nowhere in getting hold of Kevin West, or anyone else who’s willing to take on the task of auctioning off one or two concepts to get Kay Marshall Home.
Not to worry, I got one or two cogs turning———- let’s see what happens in this neck of the woods once folk get their rear in gear!
Never did get back in the shop yesterday afternoon———— spirit was willing, but the body wasn’t.
Same thing today——— after three hours in the morning——- had nothing left for the afternoon.
Managed to get the tunnel mounted and half finish the motor. Will complete the job in the morning!
Once it’s done, take your pick, then we’ll get the ball rolling.
Sorry but I dont know a Kevin West
Oz or the USA is the place to do this I would guess?
Sorry Pilgrim—— I just did something I almost never do——- “ASSUME”.
Kevin West has been around since roman times————especially F1 boats. Enthusiastic to the point of stupidity, but his hearts in the right place. I’ll get hold of him and send him the concept
i think Noel Scott has a trophy that could be Auctioned off in the USA!
Ill get my daughters to arrange another one for sale over here in England———— time to get the ball rolling and see if we can get Kay Marshall Home after her F1 accident in Thailand.
Second thoughts Pilgrim———-Fi boat racing in Singapore has always been well supported——— methinks you could raise a tidy sum if I sent you an F1 boat. Not telling you how to suck eggs, but you seem to be the dogs cajones on a puter——- maybe you could set up a web site or something like that?Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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Been like shelling peas today————-Only spent a couple of hours in the shop, but they were good hours. Everything’s polished up, ***** and span, so to speak.
Take your pick Pilgrim ——-you get to pick first!
Jackie, here is a link to a Go-Fund-Me page for her...
https://www.gofundme.com/kay-marshal...werboat-driver
Well Midlife that’s going to make things interesting————in truth Kay has been around a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by AZMIDLYF
Ive watched her race worldwide including Australia. She and husband Mick are a well respected pair in the powerboat world.
Seemed like she needed a chuck——— all I’ve done is offered a hand.
So if it’s ok, I’ll just go ahead and strew a few “concepts” around the globe and see which way the cookie crumbles.
My sainted mother used to tell me——- you can’t get blood out of a stone! ———but again, she told me I never took any notice of what she said anyway.
When I started FONDA ——— Parkinson came up with the idea. Of putting 5 percent of the total prize money into a drivers accident and injury fund. Problem was, we never had an accident in the first two years, the fund was hucking Fuge————upshot of this was———- drivers had a meeting and voted to cash it all in and share the cash out amongst themselves.. Stupid or what ?
To this day, I have never met a “SMART” powerboat driver——— if he was smart, he never would have stepped into a boat.
Not intended to dissuade you from doing what you are doing Jackie. I was only showing you that she is also getting some help in other ways too. :thumbsup: All the best...
BUT, the last 2 F1 races left a large bill the Gov had to fix as 2 crooks involved and then the Nations Cup event the promoter did a runner in the middle of it and left lots of bills ( she was involved in previous scam)Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
I am too scared to say F1 in Singapore. Singapore no longer UIM member
Self funded racing with no promoter is where I am trying to restart racing.
I can see lots of Racers in OZ are giving to the GO fund me including me.
ok Pilgrim———- I hear you. FONDA raced many years in Singapore with tremendous success———- never had a problem. Mind you, we never tried to shaft them either. Must have been after I walked away———- that was when Velden and SAN Germano and the UIM took over the series.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Sounds like you got an uphill struggle.
Dont need a promoter——— but you will need cash———lots of it———- racing boats is an expensive affair.
Never Thought for a moment you were my friend, I’m glad people are digging in and helping.Quote:
Originally Posted by AZMIDLYF
Well, we are up and running————Roy Cooper has offered to set up a website here in England.
Still waiting to hear From Kevin West in Oz———- he’s always been slow.Still, it is the middle of the night right now and Kev is usually in a coma until lunchtime!
Might have to get Mark to help in the USA——— hate to do that to him ——- he has more on his hands than anybody I know at the minute.
Looks like Singapore is a no go area————- Kay raced there many times, but if the government was screwed by F1, small wonder they don’t want to know.
If Duggan was still alive, I could have tried the Emirates————long time since I knew anybody out there though.
If anyone out there has any bright ideas, give me a call !
Had a terrible day———- we have two year old Lizzie staying with us for three days——— her mum is in the Philippines recruiting nurses for the NHS———— dad is away in Hull sorting windows out on a cross channel ferry!
Everything in the gardens lovely————that is until Jilly falls and breaks her right leg ! Called the ambulance that just happened to have three paramedics on board, didn’t take them long to determine she was a hospital job. That was 3:30 pm.——- it’s now 18;00 hrs?
Lifes been a-box of chocolates for the last four hours——— Lizzie is wrapped up in bed and fast asleep.
Me myself finally sat down with a cold beer——- as I said, it’s been a hell of a day, considering I had been put out to pasture many years ago ! The OLD adage comes to mind———A MANS GOT TO DO WHAT A MANS GOT TO DO ———must be fifty years since I changed a nappy( diaper).
Jillys being kept in hospital overnight———— life’s never dull in our house.
Hope for a speedy recovery; for both of you. Sounds like the time has come to uncork that bottle, settle back and enjoy the moment. When Jill comes home you will be the lady of the house in addition to your normal chores. Chin up!
Damn good idea Johnno——- to be honest, I need a dram urgently, turned 9 pm and Liz decided it was time to shed her pyjamas and play with her dollies, why did she decide tonight was going to be the stay awake night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
News from the hospital isn't good——— After x rays they found she’s broken her right Femur, just below the hip joint. Don’t ask me what this means, operation or lengthy stay in hospital seems the obvious, but what the heck do I know?
Tomorrow looks like a good day to open the malt!
Peace reigns, Little Liz finally went to sleep, just hope it stays like that until morning! Truth is, I’m bushed, I need some serious slumberland time, so that’s me goe for today——- tune in tomorrow for a look at the everyday life of the wilson family.
Liz finally went to sleep at 10:45 pm———covered her up with the blanket and hoiked myself to bed.
Kepf the hearing aid in just in case she woke during the night———2am I took the damn thing out, it was whistling and squeezing like a banshee wailer. Luckily, Liz slept right through till 8:15am——-she only woke up when she heard me rattling the pots and pans for breakfast!
Jill was “Nil by mouth” until 5am this morning, when they informed her the operation would not be today. Will know more when I’ve seen her this afternoon.
Bloody good job I got my licence back this week or we would have been up sh-t creek ?
Lizzies mum and dad just collected her. All I have to do is clear up after the tornado !
Jackie - So sorry to hear the new about Jill. Hope the surgery goes well. Take good care of yourself as she is going to need you when she gets home. As Rotary John pointed out, you will have to assume the role of "lady of the house." Just be sure not to do too good of a job or it may become permanent.
just discarded my workshop clobber———-her majesty would not be too well pleased if I turned up to the hospital looking like I usually do on a weekday. Only last week she told me if I carried a tin cup in my hand,, and walked the streets of Chichester over the weekend with a placard round my neck saying “IMPOVERISHED BOAT RACER”, I would probably be able to take her up west for her dinner!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
just leaving now, looking like the dogs cajones?
All the best to you and your wife Jackie.
Many thanks Midlyfe —— Sunday morning and I’m just on my way to see her ! Last night , she needed a pee pee, nurse brings a bed pan———- thought to myself , Wrong !!!! Big mistake——— Jilly does not do “Bedpans”——— now if that had been me, instead of the nurse, I could now be wearing a bedpan as my Sunday hat.Quote:
Originally Posted by AZMIDLYF
Shes in bed with a busted femur——— but she still has to call the shots——— things have to be done Jilly’s way, so she calls for a cripple racer frame (with chrome wire spokes)——— hoikes herself onto the contraption and bowls herself to the douche room muttering———“it’s only pain”——— nurse looks at me and says. “I said you going to tell her or shall I?
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Nurse said “IMPOSSIBLE “. Sorry bout that.
How long before Jill can come home?
Just had a couple of hours with the boss——— things are looking too good!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
if she had her way she would be here now Bob ————-realistically, I would say Wednesday.
She’s already got the fidgets———issuing orders and instructions from her hospital bed————-bit like Al Capone running the mob from his cell, but I shall deny I ever said that.
apparently she’s raced the zimmer down the ward five times already————-going to be hard to keep out of the firing line once she’s back.
May have to rig up a hammock in the workshop and discard the hearing aid !
Oh yes, she’s definitely on the mend————got my full list of instructions——— hairbrush, mirror, make up and razor, sargeant Jill is barking out the orders.
Better make the most of my last days of freedom——— got a feeling the days of me holding the TV control are nearly over.
Oh Craperootle , she’s back !
Need to clear the dishes———-vacuum the whole house——— empty the dishwasher———-take out the garbage———- fill the cats bowl———make the bed. Told the driver to go round the block a couple of times.
Just not cricket sending her home without warning.
Try and fill you in later in the week———- they just unloaded the Zimmer and the cripple crapper, excreta about To hit the whirlygig.
Right, I tell you now, in all honesty————when and if, your wife ever breaks a leg, for God’s sake, not under any circumstances, allow her to come home with a cripple cart or a Zimmer frame! Should have told the ambulance driver to drop her off at Lands End—- or the outer Hebrides.
Jilly has a pain threshold of, on a scale of 1—-10, 157. She dumps all the pain onto me.
48 hours on and I still haven’t had five minutes to myself————the dot-dot is out of bounds.
If she had a private nurse or a care taker they would have been out of here after two hours, wild horses and £500 an hour would not have kept them !
Tried to buy myself a couple of hours at the local clock shop——— he was sold out. Went on line but I couldn’t buy even ten minutes——-At any price ! Seems your allowance of 24 hours a day is all you get and should be enough——— trouble is, nobody told her majesty!
Was nowhere near this tired after the Paris Six Hours or the Parker Seven.
Am seriously looking to trade her in for a newer model.
She herself is sound asleep———- it won’t last———if you don’t hear from me ,not to worry, I’m otherwise engaged!
Glad to hear that you are OK. When you failed to post yesterday, I was afraid that perhaps you had gotten pinned under the cripple crapper....:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Her Royal Highness Decided that using the cripple crapper was beneath her, (so to speak)———— flat refused to discuss the activity———-it goes back to the hospital———- brand new and untouched by human hand !Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
comes a time in every mans life when there’s only one thing that will do the job. That time came yesterday around 7:00pm.
Most of you will have heard of “ROTORY JOHN” SHELDON—————(think he had something to do with a particular thorn in Mercury’s flank———-the Wankel)——-to cut to the chase, I made him a concept of a Johnson Rotory, he asked me how much I wanted for it? ——I told him he didn’t have enough money to buy it ! And so it went on ———- about a month ago, I received a very exotic parcel delivered by FedEx. Upon opening the said parcel, I was amazed and delighted to find a bottle of Delmore fifteen year old single malt whiskey.
I had decided to open it at Christmas——but yesterday, there were “Mitigating Circumstances”———-nothing else could have done the trick,
Johnno, I have to tell you, swear to God on a stack of bibles, and My sainted mothers life———the nectar I savoured out of the bottle with the silver stags head, was far and away, the best, and most exciting malt that ever crossed my lips———- and there’s been quite a few, including a tour of the Scottish highlands distilleries!
It was there when I needed it most———-thank you Johnno.
Never realised what a great troublefree and uncomplicated existence I had until somebody pissed all over it from a dizzy height in the summer of 2017.
I was as content as a chimp in a banana tree——— living in my own little cocoon, sheltered from the realities of life, trundling along in the Rolls Canardly in great comfort and style——-with a touch of “Panache” chucked in for good measure. Really thought I was strolling down the Ritz Road to retirement ————always had the shop if I got bored, nice garden with loungers and a Sunbrella——— Lexus to take me to wherever. Decent wine cellar and the greatest comfort of all—— her indoors——- her majesty——— the kitchen goddess———her who shall be obeyed at all times———- if I’m honest, she’s my greatest possession. Knock her out of the equation and the status quo gets completely out of kilter !
I figured the stress of taking care of an ailing wife and being housfrau all at the same time would cause the temptation to become irresistible. What the hell; Christmas is only a few days away anyway. Glad you enjoyed it. It appears to be a dark Scotch as opposed to a light like Ballantine.