Where's Nick The Crisp...

[Exupnut]

He's gone quiet.... Did he get banned?

[red98]

Yeh.i noticed that.not logged on for a few days, used to visit most days.....hope the silly old foccers ok.

[ChristoT]

Probably gone camping, or got lost in Wales!!

[noggythenog]

 
Yous must be mind readers
 
I already sent him a pm earlier to ask if he is still on the road.
 
Saturday will be sunny and not even a peep outta him about Wales.

[red98]

Has he been to court yet......parhaps they have locked him up 

[slimwilly]

Funny that, i have already texted him,,=====no reply.


When he told me about him and them sheep,well i thought he was joking =

[Punkstig]

I was gonna ask the same about you Exup

[ogri48]

Hope he's ok. Never met him but he's deffo a good geezer...

[Hedgetrimmer]

    What??!!! I haven't gone anywhere! 
 
Very busy lately, no time, sorry. Computer problems too. Gots to go!

[midden]

Hope he's ok. Never met him but he's deffo a good geezer...

I've never met Fred West 

[Hedgetrimmer]

So, I've now got my own personalised thread! Jeez, can't a guy get any peace around here?! 

Funny how everything happens at once, innit? (and not funny ha-ha unfortunately).

At work we've been slaving away this last coupla weeks getting kit ready for the BMF - I wasn't asked to attend, nor do I want to, so that's good. But been knackered at the end of every day, due to shifting heavy boxes full of jackets, lids, locks etc - this is really no good for my dodgy arm, but what can ya do - at least it's paid work 

My Dad had a fall the other day, and hurt his leg and maybe cracked/bruised ribs, so been waiting on him hand and foot whilst at home, and this morning he wakes up feeling unwell. So he's been carted off to hospital by ambulance (again - this is getting all too common, and I wonder if he'll be around much longer, sad to say).

Worried about going off to Europe for 3 weeks if he's in this condition - what should I do? My brother is around some of the time, but can't always be here to look after him, and I wonder if I should just shelve all my commitments from now on and concentrate on taking care of him? Still gotta work though. Dilemmas, dilemmas....

Was going to make a concerted effort to find work elsewhere, and then find myself a flat (Gloucester was in my sights, nice and central for a fairly large area, so more chance of work, and rent prices affordable) but now think I'll have to scrap that idea too. It's too far for me to commute in the car - 35 miles each way, don't want to put that on the bike cos it's not what I bought it for, but only have use of my Dad's car, which is a feckin' 1.8 jobby, so that'll be real expensive - plus I don't think I'd have the energy to do it. Can't afford another, cheaper bike what with the Euro trip coming up, which is likely to take me into the red anyway, plus still only half way through paying the loan for the one I've got now.

So all that is one reason I've not been available much lately. A lot on my mind, and deffo haven't been in banter mode. Sorry if anyone was worried, but makes me feel better knowing there are people out there that give a damn - thankyou 

Oh Christ, and yeah, still got this summons hanging over me, not heard anything yet.

[red98]

See  we care really   .........got to put your dad first nick, look after the old fellow......you could always do your euro trip another time when your dads better

[Hedgetrimmer]

See that's what I'm thinking Paul, but he won't be getting better. He has a Myeloma (a type of blood cancer, that also affects the bones), it's not curable, leastways, not in his case it seems. He's been on and off of chemotherapy, but doesn't really seem strong enough to take that. He's 79, and has never done much in the way of exercise or healthy eating, but is at that point where he might as well enjoy whatever he wants to eat - he has basically given up (who can blame him - he basically spends all day every day just sat in his chair, but he's quite with it, so a pretty miserable existence).

[noggythenog]

Hey Nick.....it's only a forum though aint it but hey foc all that shit you is ex millitary so all the fazer shite aside you just put the nick crisp version of the batman sign up in the sky (shine a torch through an old fazer fairing or sumingk improvised).....& help is at hand....we is a good bunch.....hardly your first port of call in a crisis i grant you that fair play but as a last resort maybe before talking to a Bandit rider perhaps.

[VNA - BMW Wank]

Good to hear you are OK.
Hope your old boy gets better.

Mines got Alzheimers, thinks I'm his brother and refuses point blank, despite being 85 and very frail, to use a stick.
I took him over to the Scottish Museum of Flight last year.  It's a big site, an airfield and you work round the various hangers of which one contains Concorde.  I knew it would be a tough but enjoyable day for him.  So I parked up the car and got his stick out of the boot.  I offered it to him and explained why he might find it handy that day.  To my surprise he took it, fiddled with it then pointed it straight at me and asked "where's your stick?"  I replied that I didn't need one.  He says "How come you don't need one, yer even older than me!"

[red98]

lost my dad to cancer, must be 25 years ago now...very hard to watch someone you love and who picks you up when your down ,suffer in that way.......you got to be there for him mate.easy for me to say, very hard to do........my thoughts with you and you dad........yes, this is  only a forum, but sometimes a good place to let off steam.....

[Hedgetrimmer]

Thanks again for all concerns expressed fellas. It's appreciated.

VNA, that's really worrying when they don't know what the foc is going on around them, isn't it? Luckily for me, my Dad is with it most of the time - but if he catches any colds/infections etc, it really knocks him off kilter and he loses the plot completely - trouble is, the myeloma reduces his resistance to those things, so he's pretty vulnerable. And because of the chemotherapy, any time his temperature goes above 37.5 C, we're supposed to call the triage unit as  a matter of emergency. He didn't tell me til we'd already called the ambulance this morning that he has been off of the chemo for a bout a week though    So consequently, when the ambulance arrived and I explained his temperature, and that it had actually come down a bit since calling, they said, 37.5? That's normal! But then did some checks and found his oxygen levels low; bit more serious, so they decided he should be taken in. They'll keep him in for a few days, he'll be better, come home, and then it'll all repeat in a week or two. But I'm noticing how much weaker he is getting, especially over the last 2, 3 months.

Noggy, you're just plain off your rocker mate! Think I must be getting old too, cos I don't understand half of what you younger folks say 

[VNA - BMW Wank]

You just have to do what you can do Nick, and make sure you are getting all the help you can.

My Mum's my Dad's carer but she's 78!  She won't take any help.  Been everywhere trying to get help for her, and there's plenty of help out there, but she won't accept any help at all.  "Ah didnae want strangers in the hoose" she'll say.

My Dad still wants to be the big boss, and my Mum I'll still let him.  It's bonkers.  I mean it took weeks of negotiation to get his lawnmower off him so I could fix it and cut the bleedin grass.  Sometimes I have to be forceful and say - look it needs sorted and I'm sorting it but he can get that angry and upset that I worry he'll have a heart attack.  Basically I'm just going with the flow, doing what needs done now and again and waiting for the wheels to fall off, which sadly today or some time in the near future they will.

Meanwhile I'm gonna keep drinking, smoking, riding bikes and walking hills all year round.  Something I'll get me before I get old (um that should be extra old, I'm already old )

[Hedgetrimmer]

My Dad's accepted that side of things pretty much now - well, he has to, cos he can't do anything much. But it's sad to watch. First, he had to pass his dog on to someone else (family and nearby, so at least he gets to see it now and again), then we had to tell him we didn't have the time (or energy) to keep his garden looking nice cos we both work jobs that take it out of us, though we do at least keep it a bit tidy. And lots of stuff like that. So he watches telly and reads, and that's his lot, pretty much.

Trouble for me is, after all the shit I've been through in my life, I'm not exactly the world's fittest guy myself, and have to deal with all my own problems at the same time. So I keep thinking I have to try to find ways to do all the things I want to do, cos I never think I'll be around much longer myself!

What a foccin life! 

[bri h]

Tough times nick. I've been through it with my dad and I'm lucky to have a big family around.  Hope he enjoys what time he has left.

[esetest]

Sorry  to hear about your Dad , my thoughts are with you , I hope things work out for you .  I know how your feeling my Mums in a bad way at the moment .

[Dave48]

I have never met you Nick but always enjoy reading your posts & your pics are top class!
Sadly we all get older and something has to give. My Dad was 79 when he died and I knew when he decided to stop fighting his illness-that was 19 years ago and I miss his wise words.
My Mum is nearly 87 & moved in to my sisters house in Cornwall 2 years ago as she had become physically frail. Consequently my other sister & I regularly make  600 mile round trips to give 1st sister breaks.Not so bad this time of year but not so good in the winter months.
Lost my partner to the dreaded "C" 6 years ago-It was an indescribable experience-she was only 55 and my brother in law succumbed to prostate cancer 2 years ago-age 64.
Wheres this leading?-lifes tough sometimes as you know but for me now I try to live every day to the full-Im 66 and not in the best of health-but the things I see & feel when riding my beloved Rhondda Red-well briefly I become 16 all over again! Nil carborundum desperandum mate, & when you feel crap talk to us-no one escapes times of difficulty in this life. Best wishes to you & your Dad.

[Skippernick]

Noggy, you're just plain off your rocker mate! Think I must be getting old too, cos I don't understand half of what you younger folks say 

I'm glad I was not the only one.
All the best.
Nick

[HarryHornby]

Hey Nick,  I lost my parents within 10 months of eachother in 2011 and 2012, seems strange writing those years, in writing it seems a long time ago, in my heart it was only yesterday!  It's not easy seeing people who are your heros deteriorate.  Hang in there matey, take strength from those around you, battle on and come on here when you need some abuse to keep you grounded 


Maybe give the Europe trip a miss, your Dad needs you more right now and when the worst does happen you'll have a bike trip to plan and something to look forward to.....trust me, you'll need it!  Also, by postponing, you can stick a few quid a month into a little money box and then come the trip you can have the trip you really want rather than one on a budget and one that puts you in the red.


Looking forward to seeing you again on a LOFO ride soon (if I can get a pass from the wife LOL).


oh, PS, dump the yellow bike and get a red one.....the extra speed will make everything ok all the while you're on the bike! 

[ogri48]

Thoughts are with you old son.
Lost my dad fifteen years back at 56. Tough old bastard, but Heart got him in the end. We had a terrible relationship all through my youth, he had made his mistakes, mostly drinking and fighting, and had been locked up a few times ( in truth me and me sisters loved it when he was "working away" as mum called it) and we finally made up a few years before he went. I was devastated, it was like I finally had a dad, then I lost him again. In truth and retrospect, most of the shit between us was my fault, he saw the bikes and bike gangs as me going down a road he was trying to keep me. Off so I didn't make his mistakes. I still miss him, just about every day, but I look back upon some of the things he did, and it makes me smile. He was a rogue..that pisspot helmet of his I wear on the triumph? He always reckoned he was wearing that the night I was concieved, behind the back of the gaiety dance club in Ramsey. Couldn't be bothered to take it off..paint a lovely picture of my mum dunnit lol. Dunno if it's true or was him winding me up, but Wearing that old lid means I get to take him with me on every ride, means more to me than all my bikes put together...all the best to you and your dad nick. Whatever happens, and  trust me on this, he will always be with you in one way or another..