Update.

Tom is still in hospital but is unable to post on blonde as the Hospital WiFi blocks "gambling sites".

After he was transferred to Coventry on Friday night/Saturday morning, they got him sorted out quite quickly. As I understand it, they found he had some heart issues so they ballooned & stented him up & now he's in fine fettle, slept like a log last night & feels great this morning.

He just has to have an echothingy now, then, fingers crossed he should be able to go home. He's hoping that'll be today, but medication availability on a Sunday may prevent that.

Once he's back home, I'm sure he'll update you properly.

Insane levels of winningness.

How many SCOOP titles this time, & in total?

And he seems to do it in any & all variants.

dont know tom but i have loved reading his diary for many years , light years ahead of all of the others

wishing you as comfortable a recovery as is possible

Huh?

Harsh. Very harsh.

😀

Did you see Ronnies 153?

Morning David.

I doubt he saw it (though I did tell him about it) as he's been unwell all week.

We played golf on Monday, he was 100% fine & normal, but later that evening he was admitted to hospital with severe pains in his chest & upper arms.

This persisted until midweek, he had a couple of really bad nights, then he got chronic fatigue, such that he could barely walk along the corridor to the toilets.

By Thursday he started to recover. I gather it was either a suspected heart attack, or the real thing, I'm unclear which.

When first admitted, he had been referred to the Cardiology Ward & Consultant, but some misunderstanding arose & nothing happened, he just laid in bed in the general ward. So on Thursday he kicked up a fuss & things started to move.

On Friday he was told he'd need to be transferred to Coventry Hospital for an angiogram, & due to Ambulance (non?) availability it might be done at 4am on Saturday.

This morning he told me he was transferred at around 2am, so now he's there & awaiting his angiogram.

Yesterday, the Consultant Bloke cheerfully told him "you'll be able to play golf again in 12 weeks" which I suppose comes under the heading of mixed news...

Throughout, he's been alert & his usual grumpy self, so I don't think he's too bad. Here's this morning's update from the Coventry hospital.....


I've only had drinks and breakfast in Cov but it's definitely a step down. Tea, coffee and hot chocolate all indistinguishable from each other, all like rusty water.

Toast burned on one half and uncooked on the other. I don't mean each side, I mean each half of the same side.

Porridge was Ready  Brek, an egg cup full of which was mixed in front of me using lukewarm water from a jug. I asked for sugar for the porridge and he gave me one of those inch long paper tubes containing less than half a teaspoon, so I asked for more and, with a heavy sigh, he gave me one more.


So that's where we are.

In all seriousness, it was a terrible shock to his pals & of course to him. He's a tough old bird so it must have been bad, but he seems OK now, though still in hossie. More updates as & when I get them, though he may well Post on here himself, hopefully.

Get well soon Tom, we miss you. A bit.

Ahh yes, good spot, I'd clean forgotten about that.

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anyone have any news on taxi?

Nope.

I'm guessing he's moved on judging by his blonde profile



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[Headless body in topless bar]

If we are doing headlines, I always thought this one was pretty good. It was, of course, in a Murdoch paper;

Headless body in topless bar

[Madeline McCann.]

Madeline McCann.

If ever a story was overdone, it was that. To this day it still generates headlines, & the Police still waste endless amounts of money on investigating false trails.

As to who was responsible, that's a story in itself, and it's quite surprising the parents never faced any charges.

I guess we should add Lord Lucan, for the more senior blondes.

[I wonder if he could have got away with it for so long had the internet existed when he was active.]

Jimmy Saville, and I suppose  in the same genre, Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall, and Max Clifford.

The Savile saga produced more and more revelations as it progressed and I don’t think we will ever know the full truth about who knew what and when.
I wonder if he could have got away with it for so long had the internet existed when he was active.

No chance.

[John Stonehouse?]

Anyone remember John Stonehouse?

Was a Government Minister in the 70's who faked his death via drowning & ran away to Australia under a new name with his mistress.

It eventually came out on top, though when he was first arrested the Australian police thought he was Lord Lucan (another great news story) who had disappeared just 2 weeks earlier.

He was deported back to the UK, but astonishingly, he never initially resigned his seat in the House of Commons.

Eventually he was charged with a range of frauds, as well as spying for the Czech Republic as it then was, and at his Trial he conducted his own defence in comical fashion, & was sent to Prison for 7 years.

I sometimes think Stonehouse was the inspiration for the Reginald Perrin TV series with Leonard Rossiter.  

Jimmy Saville, and I suppose  in the same genre, Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall, and Max Clifford.

Well if the passing of Elvis gets in, then I'll have to add the murder of John Lennon. One of those "I remember where I was when I heard the news" things.



Also, Grenfell.

Ridic.

He's the Luke Littler of poker.

Also spotted on Twitter....




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