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#1

Take the title as you will , but some of you may recall that I was a regular nuisance here in the dim and distant past . Well , it seems so .

Firstly , a Happy Anniversary of your departure from the Respected Group of UK Colonies .

You didn’t do too badly on your own I suppose .

Secondly and Very Importantly , I would crave your attention to a little tale that may warm the cockles of your heart .

My Son Martyn is in hospital with cancer and has already had ops to try to get rid of it .

In order to keep him in touch with the Real World , I have ensured that he gets a regular dose of model magazines . He is aged 45 and is now capable of reading , so much so that he found an advert for something he has coveted for a long time from The Train Department , a USA Trader in all things 7/8 scale .

Remember that name , The Train Department . Look it up , thetraindepartment.

The Gentleman who runs it is named Jay .

When I asked if Jay could supply these items to cheer up my horizontal Son , he moved heaven and earth to accede to my request for a speedy despatch of the items .

It may cause Jay minor embarrassment if I go into details , but suffice it to say that what he did was above and beyond what one expects from a dealer .

There is decency and thought for others in this world after all .

So I would like to publicly thank Jay and thoroughly recommend that you do business with him .

Thank you for your attention .

Mike (in sunny England)

#2

Well I just started dealing with Jay, And he seems to be a real stand up guy. Wishing your son a speedy recovery. Regards, Ron

#3

Mike, Nice to see you posting again…

Best wishes for your son and your family…

#4

Thank you, Mike, for passing on this good news to us all. I hear that not only is your son, on the mend, but you are doing better too.

Fred

#5

Martyn’s getting prayers from Toronto…

#6

Welcome back, Mike. Sending prayers from Deer Park, too.

Good on ye, Jay!

#7

John Le Forestier said:

Martyn’s getting prayers from Toronto…

Had to check out the Google Map location of yours. Great Street View shot with the mattresses by the driveway.

:stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

#8

…where visitors sleep after the third day. :frowning:

#9

Mike

Your boy is very close to my age…so as a fellow model railroader my thoughts are with you and your family

#10

Thanks for the kind thoughts chaps .

One of the major problems with cancer is that we don’t know enough about it because we don’t talk about it .

Other diseases , we make fun of and joke about , but The Big C is off limits for humour . Unless , that is , your environment is very mature . When Martyn went in to work at the local RAF base after his first op , his staff there had made him a present of a prosthetic testicle (actually a chocolate Easter Egg ) , housed in a plastic bag to wear round his waist .

That approach worked wonders for his morale , but can only be done in a close knit community such as the Armed Forces .

Talking about it had a couple of his blokes attending the doctor because of worrying lumps , fortunately not serious . It was only because Martyn’s wife has had cancer that he went to the medics , just in time apparently ; even so , the cancer had spread and is the very devil to kill off .

So may I suggest to you all , take a closer interest in any lumps or bumps which appear ,

most of the time it will be nothing , but the odd ones can be killers .

Take care , everyone , so that you can live to enjoy your trains