Not a pretty picture!

[mistletoe]

I was back at the hospital today for a check-up. They took my cast off, removed the stitches and put on a new pink cast.


Here is a picture of how things were before the upgrade.





And the bit round the back.




I will post the new cast when it is daylight to take the piccy.

Very cold out today and the forecast is for sub-zero temperatures at the weekend and snow on Monday. I'm glad to be in.

A few of the people that meant a lot to me have died recently. Add to that John Martyn (60) and the incomparable cricket scorekeeper Bill Frindell (69). He was part of the Test Match radio broadcast team for more than 40 years and was affectionately known as Bearders or the Bearded Wonder. He was one of a kind and probably irreplaceable. My, times are changing.

Was Bones not on this week? Bah.

Pause for stupidity. Joe Kinnear, manager of Newcastle Utd. pronounced Charles N'zogbia's name as 'Insomnia'. He was so upset he will never play for NUFC again. So there! That means they will be without Owen (ankle ligaments); Barton (broken metatarsal); Insomnia N'zogbia (sold to Wigan); Given (on his way to Man City); Viduka (injured); Martins (injured) + others, before the Derby game on Sunday. Hope I'm not counting my chickens.

e.t.a. The pictures didn't show up and so they're probably not behind a cut if they are up now. Sorry!