Hamish?

[RCallan]

You have to make it down here to EPCOT!

[BoldHighlander]

Hamish,

it's nice to see the "Kilted Legend" title back next to your picture.
A good omen

[Hamish]

Hamish,

it's nice to see the "Kilted Legend" title back next to your picture.
A good omen

Yes Terry, I have only just noticed that, but have no real idea as to how it got there - something to do with Steve or the Mods I imagine; I certainly had no hand in it. So, to whoever was responsible, my grateful thanks. I am honoured.

Take care,
Ham.

[Old Hippie]

So, to whoever was responsible, my grateful thanks. I am honoured.

Every rule, bylaw and Grand Idea is meant to be broken in a good cause, and this certainly is the goodest. You can tell I'm a word person, eh?

Even the most wordy of us have times when words fail, as now. Hamish, keep the faith, Brother. Read the stories of strength and goodness -- they help remind you that others have walked a similar path.

My own father was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1985 at age 70. Over the next 21 years I learnt a lot from him about the nature of hope, fear, courage, humour, candour, joy, and will. Even in 2000 at age 85 he could still spell me off one-and-one using an old-fashioned post auger to dig holes to plant trees in the shelter-belt at the farm in South Dakota. We dug 600 holes one weekend and still took time off for me to walk in a graduation ceremony and get my Master's degree.

I'm mindful of my own place in a risk population. I belong to a large extended group of men and women who maintain a level of vigilance. For those who've been there, the wry humour of "The Black Stallion Equestrian Club" helps keep us reminded that we can always laugh for, with -- and sometimes at -- each other.

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