oh & Dodge, yep it`s true, fish oil (krill oil is even better) is damn good for you

but you can reduce the "Thickness" of your blood all you like,,,, & yes you really doin`t want "Thick-gluggy" blood,,,that`s for sure

but it`s the "stickyness" that really counts (in my case anyways)

& you can`t have it too thin either,,, you will P!$$ blood & have aneurisms (bleed out in the brain) & you could also die from a nose-bleed in your sleep & stuff like that ok not funny

but still, my point here is--> it`s more than just one or 2 things

ha ha,,, i`ve just realised i`m about to term it like i do with engines

It all needs to be designed as a "Package"

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Matt just go down to the local health store get a packet of Vit C it costs about $10. Put about two heap teaspoons in a 2 litre container of water and bit of fruit juice and make sure you drink it in one day.
Unless you're a fruit bat, you cannot get enough Vit C from fruits and stuff.
Without getting on a soapbox about it....if you're been a smoker even if you were a fruit bat you still would have been starving your body of Vit C.
Gym junkies and runners...ever noticed how their skin look terrible, that because they require great quantities of Vit C but they don't supplement enough Vit C and the collagen breaks down, skin is made from collagen
and so is your heart and arteries.
Another thing is your blood leaks out of your arteries and things because they're in poor shape because the collagen is breaking down.

- errrm still dying from heart disease maybe but without the doc telling us so?

- errrrrm yes you can, cos what is it in them processed packs of vit c you buying then that is not from the pure source?

people don't eat enough fruit, raw and simple, peel, seeds and all - frig these trendy juice bars and pills and powders, eat the natural product

hope you get better soon Matt, you've done well to get this far, now look after yourself cos apart from your Mini, there's your family worrying about you too, take care and best wishes

Matty,

So sorry I haven't been over to see you... I've been crook as well, and I'm sure the last thing you need right now is some damn virus!

Got the week over Christmas-New Year off, I'll catchya then, so glad to read you're still with us even though your plaque is trying to take you out !

cheers,

Jacob

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'72 Clubman Van - 1022cc, 295 head, 731 cam - Daily Driver
'69 Morris 1100 S - Dinged by a bus, in shed under repair
'64 Morris 1100 - Early 1100, long term project

Pfffffffffft almost the same thing right? I don't see much difference, if you get engines you can work out bodies

So errr, since you're doing well now and you're not dying.... does this mean I'll see you in Byron in the next couple of weeks

But in all seriousness, glad you're still with us, you must have 9 lives or something

Take care of yourself... Oooo I just remembered something, I hear Alcohol is GREAT for thinning blood. My sister hates tatooing drunk people because they bleed more... so, I reckon if you crawl into a bottle of Jack, you should be sweet yeah?

Thats twice in the last 2 weeks that i've been told about Cayenne Pepper ,
a guy that i work with swears buy it, reckons its been a healing food that has been known about for centuries, And to boot Matt , he regularly travels from down here to
Byron to go surfing, loves the place .

Oh , and Wombat , the look of that meat is enough to give anybody a chest pain ,
the amount of fat in it , i have been tempted to try it ,but after seeing that i think i'll give it a miss .

time check, Ouch!!!--> can`t sleep, body clock is still all in a mess

Phatty--> A doctor takes his car to the mechanic to be repaired,,,the mechanic has a go at him about how he does the same thing with fixing the valves inside the engine as the doc does with the valves in the heart of the body,,, but un-happilly the mech says that you get paid way way more than me, for the same job

the docs reply was--> try doin it with the engine still running

& i don`t think i have anywhere near nine lives left now-days Phat, by my count maybe only a couple left.

but in saying that, i was just told by some elderly Egyptian or polish or Czech woman nurse (not sure what nationality but seemed more like she was a gypsy or something) that i`ve just """Pushed the Devil off the Shovel 3 times""" , so she reckons that means i will live a long healthy & happy life from now on... weired me out pretty big actually,,, it was like she was looking right through me as she told the story ... gave me goose bumps

Jacob, sounds funny but thanks for not coming around bro, you`re a good man & i really do hope you get better soon, & get your bum over here when you can, we have some auto-gearboxes to help Kev with

SteveOB, you`re sooo right my friend, thanks man

Goodie,,, i`m onto the Cayenne pepper, chillies, capsicum etc & the relationship with vitC & a whole pile other wild natural plant extracts & herbs including the Alkaline health diet tips,,, & wow there`s soooo many amazingly wonderful things out there that i bet hardly anyone knows about... Now i wish i was an ancient Chinese herbalist,,, well maybe better re-phrase that into --> i wish i married the hot spunky rich daughter of an ancient Chinese herbalist (no offence to Marly meant of course )

edit--> forgot to tell you guys about the 4am after the last op crisis

so,,, after this last op, & after laying almost perfectly still for about 5 hours while the hole in my groin to the femoral artery where they put the stent through, trys to heal (good joke that one when they`re feeding you piles of aspirin) but anyways,,, they finally un-click this machine/frame thing that holds a balloon type thing that`s been slowly but surely releasing pressure from the wound over that 5 hour period, bit by bit, allowing time for it to clot & seal & heal,,, then they ever so carefully take the frame/machine/balloon thing off & warn me about it bleeding out,,, & sounds pretty obvious but you really don`t want an artery the size of a 5 cent piece in diam to P1$$ blood,,, it doesn`t take much more than a minute & you`d be quite dead with that much blood gushing out

so,,, they finally sort that & dress it nice & clear me to get up & walk around & go to the toilet etc , but be careful any cough or sneeze & i have to hold pressure on the wound for at least another day-ish

righty-o i`m all good... i do some business later in the night & i`m ok,,, i`ve got a mobile thingy for the bleep-bleep monitor machine hooked up for cardio pulses & crap, so i`m onto it all , quite used to it now days & doin ok, so i`m off to sleep

But,,, 4 in the morning & i`m woken by alarms beeping behind my head & i look down & one of the wire-clip things for the heart monitor has unplugged itself off my belly,,, happens heaps & heaps, i must have done it 2 or 3 times a day both times i`ve been in hospital with this stuff... so no dramas right?

But,,, as i`m trying to stick it back on hope-ing that the beeping hasn`t woken up too many other patients, i see my pajamas jumping up & down & all in a pretty dark red colour,,, well,,, guess what that was???

My wound has sprung a massive "pumping" leak & god knows how long ago it started to p1$$ but i freak out & "Mush" my fingers onto it to try to stop it,,, there`s blood literally everywhere!!!!,,, all over the bed sheets,,,, all over my PJs,,, all over everywhere... probably a bucket full by the looks (& no, obviously not a bucket full cause i reckon i`d be dead if it were that much but it certainly looked like it initially & yes i really did freak cause they warned me how dead i`d be if it p!$$ed freely)

so ,,, seems i`ve successfully plugged the leak with my fingers, but what now???,,, i`ve already stopped the damn bleeping noise fitting that clip thing back on so there`s no nurse coming to my aid,,, i look up & i can`t even see where she is,,, she`s not at her station, maybe in the P1$$er i think--> so i get up, have a bit of a walk around & she`s off at another nurses station up the corridor playing on what looked like an i-pad so i quietly walk up behind her, tap her on the shoulder & as she turns to see me, i casually point down at my groin,,, just like i always do whenever i meet good looking nurses

she freaks out worse than i do, runs to get another nurse, who , when she see`s it, freaks out even more & runs away to get another nurse & so on,,, i get told to go back to bed & they`ll sort it ... but by now all the lights are on, there`s bells & whistles goin off everywhere & i`d reckon every single patient in the whole cardiology ward is now wide awake

There`s about 5 nurses flustering around me, some are ripping the sheets off the bed, 3 are attending my wound,one has taken over the pressure placement in my groin, another is trying to tidy up all the blood that`s just covered me everywhere & i mean "Everywhere" so i`m getting my "you know what cleaned up really well too",,, & she was definately a pretty girl (got a wink & a smile from her)

They grab that machine/frame/balloon thing again & it really is a pain in the butt, so i say to them how`s about i just hold my finger on the hole till it stops & i`ll clean it again with an alcohol swipe thingy & stick a band-aid/dressing thing on it after that yeah?

& funny as,,,(the dumb-ar$e looks on their faces) they agreed

so almost dead again ,,, lucky i pulled a monitor clipy thing off in my sleep hey?

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

After a couple of angiograms Matt , i'll bet you look like you've been hit in the groin
by a Mack truck, ( plenty of big purple bruises ! ) .
Can't wate to hear the next part to this saga .

I think you could write a book Matt.....

Tell it like it is and it would be a best seller, hilarious.

Cheers,

Dicko.

Matt - looks like God is saving you for something special - ever thought of taking up TV Evangelism?

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!