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Well I'll be blowed!!

Just a quick update.....

I don't want to tempt fate, but the last two days have been really good. After three episodes of my stomach going apeshit in eight days which meant me not eating or drinking anything for up to 24 hours each time, until I'd got rid of the horrible glutinous froth 'shite', we decided drastic action was needed, So I've started a mostly liquid diet of soup with plenty of homemade croutons and the one shot food supplements followed by yoghurt of course. It is early days but I feel much better for it.

I can certainly tell I'm no longer having chemotherapy, I can't explain it really, it's just a deep feeling of 'normality' returning.

Happy days :D:D.
 
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tommo47 said:
Just a quick update.....

I don't want to tempt fate, but the last two days have been really good. After three episodes of my stomach going apeshit in eight days which meant me not eating or drinking anything for up to 24 hours each time, until I'd got rid of the horrible glutinous froth 'shite', we decided drastic action was needed, So I've started a mostly liquid diet of soup with plenty of homemade croutons and the one shot food supplements followed by yoghurt of course. It is early days but I feel much better for it.

I can certainly tell I'm no longer having chemotherapy, I can't explain it really, it's just a deep feeling of 'normality' returning.

Happy days :D:D.
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i'm with you on the stomach problems, i go through the same crap :mad:
 
My tulips still haven't arrived! I'm guessing they're waiting to ship them until the right time to plant...whenever that may be in SoCal... :thinking:

How's the tummy today, @tommo47?

Have you pulled any weeds lately? :)
 
Hi @MoodyBlues, I'm relieved to say that everything is good today. It's the fourth day of the soup diet and I'm really enjoying it.

I haven't been in the garden for a couple of weeks now. I wasn't up to it when my stomach was playing up, and the last few days we've had a fair bit of rain. Next week doesn't look much better either :(.

How are you? I hope you've been getting some decent sleep these last few nights :).
 
Yes, thanks, I've slept well the last few nights. I'll send you a pic of my new sleep aid I got yesterday. :D

The rain will help make pulling weeds easier, so that should be good for when you're a bit stronger. I'd love to see recent photos of the beautiful wisteria and other plants!
 
Hey, @tommo47, I posted a pic of my new sleeping aid in the 'post your last purchase' thread. Just flung the curtain wide open! :D

My diet will be history if I keep repeating what I did last night--ate multiple...multiple sweets...

Are you feeling stronger now that you've been off chemo for a bit? I know you're getting good nutrition, and that's so important, so keep that up as possible.

Let me know when you're back to gardening!
 
Best update so far, my motorcycle dealer delivered my Triumph Bonneville 'rig' this afternoon.

:D:D:D:D:D

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Absolutely gorgeous.

But so was my Ducati 998 (September 2004 to March 2020). Sixteen years of exhilarating motorcycling and I thoroughly enjoyed every single one of the 21000+ miles. A cracking machine!!!!

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Ouch!!!

I feel for you :thinking::).

It's a hard decision to make, but there comes a time when you have little choice.

There was no way I could continue to ride the Ducati, apart from which there was no way I could persuade my wife to ride pillion on it.

The combination will let us spend as much time as possible together, I will even look forward to going shopping together. Mind you I will probably stay in the parking area and get the polishing kit out!!!!!

:thinking::D
 
A little bit of history which explains my love affair with motorcycles and in particular Triumph motorcycles.

This is the original 1959 Bonneville T120 650cc :-

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This is the 1966 Triumph T90 350cc, which started my love affair, fondly referred to as the 'Baby Bonnie' :-

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This is the 1970 Bonneville T120 650cc, which I had on order, with sidecar, with Bran Bardsley, a Triumph dealer in Caernarfon, North Wales, but subsequently cancelled. Bran was an IOM TT sidecar racer for many years from the 60's on. :-

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This is the 2018 T100 Bonneville 900cc :-

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Finally, my dream realised with the 2018 Bonneville T100 900cc and Watsonian Flight sidecar :-

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Great photos, @tommo47, thanks for sharing!

You're going to have to keep us updated on your riding adventures.

I don't know how closely related Triumph motorcycles and cars are, but I've always had a thing for their cars. I have wonderful memories of my uncle taking my cousin and me on fast drives, on winding roads, in his red TR6. Watching him shift gears, listening to the engine purr, and having our hair blowing wildly in the wind...it put a bug in me. [He and my mom--brother and sister--both had lead feet. I inherited that trait. :o] Later, I fell in love with late 1950s Triumph TR3 convertibles, and had one briefly. If their motorcycles are as fun as their cars, you're in for some great times. :)
 
Yes, the original Triumph company built both the cars and the motorcycles :-

Courtesy of Google Search :-

"Triumph motorcycles and Triumph cars were made by the same company. In 1936 the motorcycle and car businesses were split, but not until 1951 was the motorcycle division sold to BSA. In 1973 BSA merged with Norton-Villiers and became Norton-Villiers-Triumph. In 1983 the company went into receivership and was bought by John Bloor who formed Triumph Motorcycles Ltd., continuing the marque of the company founded in 1902".

:)
 
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Norton's aren't bad Motorcycles either, although i've never got to strap my legs around one :thinking:
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Learning how to drive a motorcycle was one of the things I wanted to do, but just never did.

Before we got pregnant, we owned a motorcycle, although I no longer remember its make. I made my husband sell it when we found out we were expecting.

Before that, though, I had some great times on motorcycles. One of my best days ever was in Florida. We lived on its west coast. We had friends, a couple, who owned two bikes, one a Harley-Davidson and the other...a Honda(?). BIG ONES. One morning we drove cross-state to Cape Kennedy and visited the space center. It was an amazing day!
 
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Norton's aren't bad Motorcycles either, although i've never got to strap my legs around one :thinking:
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Yes, the Norton 'featherbed' frame was reckoned to be one of the best frames ever designed.

I never got my leg over a Norton either.

It takes me back to the early days with my Triumph T90. A biking mate of mine had a Norton Dominator 600cc machine and we were out for a spin together and were really pushing it. He ended up being quite surprised at how well my T90 handled although he did have a badly worn swinging arm on his Dominator.

A few weeks later he PX'd the Dominator for a Triumph Bonneville T120!!

:)
 
MoodyBlues said:
Learning how to drive a motorcycle was one of the things I wanted to do, but just never did.

Before we got pregnant, we owned a motorcycle, although I no longer remember its make. I made my husband sell it when we found out we were expecting.

Before that, though, I had some great times on motorcycles. One of my best days ever was in Florida. We lived on its west coast. We had friends, a couple, who owned two bikes, one a Harley-Davidson and the other...a Honda(?). BIG ONES. One morning we drove cross-state to Cape Kennedy and visited the space center. It was an amazing day!
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I would hazard a guess that the Honda was a Goldwing, their top of the range Cruiser.

Yet another 'coincidence' @MoodyBlues? The reason why I ended up taking my beloved T90 down to London with my dad, in his minivan, to sell it to a dealer, and cancelled my T120/sidecar order was because of the decision to bring forward the marriage from June/July to February 1970, having discovered the pregnancy just before Christmas.

Financially, something had to go, and I didn't really have much choice.

Thankfully, 10 years later, a total turn around and happy days were, and still are, back!!!!

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I would hazard a guess that the Honda was a Goldwing, their top of the range Cruiser.
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I wish I remembered. :thinking:

One thing I'm sure of: the motorcycles were 750cc and 1000cc, although I don't recall which was which. They were chopped, though not as extremely as Peter Fonda's in Easy Rider.

The one my husband drove...well, BOTH of them, were very powerful--and could go really fast. We had to watch it! :o [Looking back, I don't know how we made it cross-state, and back, without getting pulled over for speeding.]

Is there any birthday cake left? I hope not! :D
 
Motorcycles owned and ridden over the years :-

1964 Honda C100 50cc (new)
1965 BSA C11G 250cc (1953)
1965 Royal Enfield Bullet 350cc (1954)
1966 Triumph T90 350cc (new)
1972 Suzuki B120 (new)
1984 Honda CB400T (1978)
1984 Honda GL500 Silverwing (new)
1986 Honda XL250 (new)
1988 BMW RT100 (1982)
1989 BMW RS100 (1983)
1990 Kawasaki GPZ 900 (new)
1993 Moto Guzzi California 111 (1990)
2000 Ducati 750SS (new)
2004 Ducati 998 Matrix (new)
2020 Triumph T100 Bonneville (2018)
 
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