HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK !

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK !

Best wishes to you and I hope you have a great day.

Try not to overdo it old chap....those bath chairs can get a bit unwieldy
after a few......

All the best.

Happy Birthday Mark!

@Stan - bath chairs? :-)

Stan Giko wrote:

Well, those are news to me...kind of like rickshaws for Brits lol.

I hope Mark went for a good walk in the hills, somewhere adventurous, maybe got lost for a bit, then found himself in a pub for a good dinner and drinks

Happy birthday, Mark!

Many thanks to all. The bath chairs brought a grin - but unfortunately they are all too close to the mark. I had a fall whilst on holiday in Dorset and cracked my hip. They succesfully pinned it on Friday and I returned home Tuesday just in time for my birthday. Still a few weeks rehab and crutches I fear. Though Stan if your volunteering to pull my bath chair that would be great help!

Hey Mark
Major ouuch.  I just hate those gravity attacks.
I Hope your birthday brings you some serious fun.
Quick healing & best wishes.

Ow !  that must have been a wry grin Mark .
I hope you have a speedy recovery...`course i`d pull your bath chair.
to a cheery refain...they don`t write `em like this anymore......

Belated birthday sympathies, Mark! My best wishes to you also for rapid healing.

Stan, my brother, I fear I've gained weight since we last met!

I know the feeling well i`m afraid Mark.
Not to worry.....we all get to lose it in the end  Ha ha ..... ahem.
Just not too soon eh ?
Stay upright my brother.  :-)

To mash Dillon Thomas' Fern Hill:

Now, as I was young and easy under the apple boughs
....
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.


Himself reading the whole eulogy to lost innocence at:
https://youtu.be/8XG1B_7r4y8

Hi Mark,
Just got round to Dillon Thomas` Fern Hill eology to lost youth/ Arcadia.
I thought it might be like his `Do not go gentle into that good night` which always makes me groan.
This was such a pleasant surprise...what wonderful use of imagery !  the man`s a master of his craft, that`s for sure.  I liked how all the verses were `land` related until the very last word...seemingly out of context..." the sea".
Pity that he seems to interpret things as a lament or loss though. never noticed what was permanent and under his nose......

Stan Giko wrote:

This was such a pleasant surprise...what wonderful use of imagery !  the man`s a master of his craft, that`s for sure.  I liked how all the verses were `land` related until the very last word...seemingly out of context..." the sea".

Lovely poem...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/wales-dylan-thomas/10760157/fern-hill-dylan-thomas-poem.html