Anchored to base

[Christoph1945]

                                       Have spent most of the last fourteen weeks cooking three meals a day and chasing the Dyson round the house, looking for dust deposits. Just before Christmas, just as the wife was starting to recover from a viral lung infection, she had a bad fall ( the third in a month ) and that has set her back considerably. Looks like I am now going to have to relearn my old washing and ironing skills! 

                                       Picked up the paper this morning and I see that the long range weather man says that we have got three major storms heading our way in the next week or so. With those guys predicting 90 ml/h winds; I am probably safer staying away from the beach at Talacre anyway!

                                       Eddy The Eagle Edwards brought a smile to my face the other day, after he declared that he was to go ski jumping again. Following eye surgery, he no longer need those very thick glasses and said he was now a little concerned that he may be frightened of going down the ski run because he will be able to see where he is going. 

                                                               Happy New Year to all you guys and gals 

                                                                      and make sure you keep your hard hats on for the next week or so!

                                                                                            Chris   

[Dungbeetle]

Hope you get a better new year Chris, get in touch if you fancy a day out in Gods' country !

[legio11augustus]

sorry to hear of your wifes illness ,hope she has a speedy recovery

[Dryland]

Happy New Year to both you and your wife

[Christoph1945]

                                 Thanks for all the good wishes folks; I should be crossing the border into that green and pleasant land in early March. Or God's own country, as Chris as so rightly named it!

[celticspikey]

                                       Have spent most of the last fourteen weeks cooking three meals a day and chasing the Dyson round the house, looking for dust deposits. Just before Christmas, just as the wife was starting to recover from a viral lung infection, she had a bad fall ( the third in a month ) and that has set her back considerably. Looks like I am now going to have to relearn my old washing and ironing skills! 

                                       Picked up the paper this morning and I see that the long range weather man says that we have got three major storms heading our way in the next week or so. With those guys predicting 90 ml/h winds; I am probably safer staying away from the beach at Talacre anyway!

                                       Eddy The Eagle Edwards brought a smile to my face the other day, after he declared that he was to go ski jumping again. Following eye surgery, he no longer need those very thick glasses and said he was now a little concerned that he may be frightened of going down the ski run because he will be able to see where he is going. 

                                                               Happy New Year to all you guys and gals 

                                                                      and make sure you keep your hard hats on for the next week or so!

                                                                                            Chris   

Sorry to hear about your wife Chris, I do hope she recovers soon and you can get back to a bit of detecting mate,I'm sure there's light at the end of the tunnel , it won't be long and you could throw that piny away 

[Richie sixpence]

All the very best to you and your family Chris for the New Year and more to come, and that things get a lot easier very soon  .
I have pm'd you hope to hear from you soon my friend  .

Regards Richie sixpence 

[Christoph1945]

Ta Richie,
                  between juggling the pots and pans at the kitchen sink, whilst trying not to burn the dinners, I have been surfing the internet for detecting information and came across a snippet that you may find useful.

                  It has been said that the fitting of a ferrite rfi / emi filter ( Choke ) to your detector cable, just before it enters the control box, may inhibit interference from overhead power cables, electric fences, mobile phones, and other detectors working close to you. I imagine that this could, possibly, be correct and have purchased a filter from Maplins and will give it a try asap. A filter from Maplins will set you back about £3.00 but they can be bought cheaper on the internet.
It clips round the detector cable and locks into place.

                  If I can get out to my permission later this week, I will test the idea in a field with an electric fence in it and then place feedback on this thread. 

[Richie sixpence]

Cheers Chris I hope you have success with it and await the results 

[grego]

Hi Chris Ihope things get better for you and you Wife in the New Year.

[whosyouruncle]

Hi Chris.
Sorry to hear about your wife M8,hope she improves speedily.
 I had T.B.at a young age.
Keep up the caring,and the Best Wishes for the new year to you both.

[Christoph1945]

Ah ha!
            things are already picking up. Had the wife down to the doctors this morning and it was said that she may have cracked a rib or damaged her sternum in the heavy fall, but they no longer do anything for damaged ribcages. It should heal it's self with time! At least the long running chest infection has abated and her cough is gone. Had Margaret still been suffering from that  infernal cough when she fell and damaged her ribs; I can only imagine what pain she would have gone through.

           She must be on the mend; she wants me to take her and her cousin to the Manchester United game on New Year's Day. Me, I will sit in the car and read whilst they watch the game.

           Have a good New Year's Eve Keith and don't give your self a big hangover! I look forward to perhaps seeing you and Richie Sixpence on the beach in early March 2014.

                                                            Chris  

[Christoph1945]

Hi Chris.
Sorry to hear about your wife M8,hope she improves speedily.
 I had T.B.at a young age.
Keep up the caring,and the Best Wishes for the new year to you both.

TB! That sounds nasty. I hear tell that TB is on it's way back in the UK. When I was working in Eastern Europe, in 1984, there was a big panic on and we were all sent for x-rays and TB booster shots.

                                      Have a good New Year's Eve  "Uncle"  and happy hunting in 2014 

[whosyouruncle]

Christoph1945.
Some good news there M8.
T.B. on its own is easier to cure these days with antibiotics.
But my mother and myself had surgery for it,she had a lung out,i had half a lung out.
Wish you and the missus All the best.
And good results when you get back into detecting.

[dances with badgers]

there will still be gold there when you get out mate .
 hope your wifes better soon