After usual delays and prevarications, I should be going into hospital tomorrow. With any luck, it'll only be for a few days. It's being done privately through my work PPP so with any luck, I'll be able to log on now and then. Anyway, I wanted publicly to thank Screach and Dr Bill for their very good advice and practical help during what has been an awful few weeks. Absolutely top people. Thanks also to everyone else who posts on here for keeping me smiling...

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

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Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Dougal! Hope it's nothing too serious.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Brain replacement? If successful, let me know and see if they can book me in too (but tell them I do not want yours!!)

Good luck Hinney. Keep in touch.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Good luck Doubgal, hope everything goes alright.

Will be thinking about you.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Look after yourself, we'll really miss your postings in the meantime. Let us know where you are staying and we'll ask Aaron to pay you a visit :-)

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Get well soon Doug.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Good luck Dougal.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Been to a lot of them lately dougal, not too much of a problem. Sit back relax and enjoy some time off work.

Hope everything is OK for you.

Payback time for gus and Mrs gus.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Dear Dougal,

All the very best, poppet.

Many good wishes and lots of love from the Constables Family.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

all the best chucklette

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

All the best Dougal, will be thinking of you.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Greetings from the Great White North Douggie, keep smiling ;-))

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

WIshing you a speedy recovery Dougal.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Speedy recovery flower - we'll miss you so don't stay way too long.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

All the very best Dougal. Fingers crossed for a quick recovery.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Brain transplants, hey hey. We'd have been doing them years ago, only the anaesthetists can't work out which body to wake up afterwards. Boom boom.

Isn't it an interesting sociological observation that every group has a supposedly intellectually challenged minority that they tell off-colour jokes about. No? OK, coat, hat, can't find the door...

All the best, Dougal.

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

Brain replacement - doesn't that infer one to start with. Good luck and get out quick

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2001

aye, take it easy doug - all the best...

-- Anonymous, March 06, 2001

Best wishes Dougal and a speedy recovery

-- Anonymous, March 06, 2001

Hope everything goes well Dougal!

-- Anonymous, March 06, 2001

Thank you for all the good wishes everyone: I'll come back firing on cylinders and wittering about pointless possession (unless I get an optimism gland implanted while I'm there..)

-- Anonymous, March 06, 2001

So how did the brain transplant go? Have you had your "Ciara Cookie" removed yet? I'm sure medical science will progress more now that they have you "under observation".

Good luck hinney.

-- Anonymous, March 08, 2001

good luck Dougal and hurry back.

-- Anonymous, March 08, 2001

Sorry for being so horrible to you whilst your brain was in need of transplanting. Hope it goes well.

Lurve from Rik

-- Anonymous, March 08, 2001

Rik - you can have Dougal's now. I hear it's going cheap. Well, what do they say about "bird brains". Hat, coat and long john's - I'm off to "The Land of the Frozen Chosen".

-- Anonymous, March 08, 2001

home is where dinner is

take it easy lynda and don't rush back

-- Anonymous, March 08, 2001