Originally Posted by Tweedpipe

Val,
very sorry to hear of your predicament , and wish you a speedy recovery.
I trust this following story may put a smile on your face:-

Even if you aren't a skier, you'll be able to appreciate the humor of the slopes as written in this account by a New Orleans paper:
One of the women in a group of holiday skiers on a trip to Utah, complained to her husband that she was in dire need of a restroom. He told her not to worry, that he was sure there was relief waiting at the top of the lift in the form of a powder room for female skiiers in distress. He was wrong, of course, and the pain did not go away.
If you've ever had nature hit its panic button in you, then you know that a temperature of 12 below zero degrees doesn't help matters. So, with time running out, the woman weighed her options.
Her husband, picking up on the intensity of the pain, suggested that since she was wearing an all-white ski outfit, she should go off in the woods. No one would even notice, he assured her. The white will provide more than adequate camouflage. So she headed for the tree line, began disrobing and proceeded to do her thing.
If you've ever parked on the side of a slope, then you know there is a right way and a wrong way to set your skies so you don't move. Yup, you got it. She had them positioned the wrong way.
Steep slopes are not forgiving, even during embarrassing moments. Without warning, the woman found herself skiing backward, out-of-control, racing through the trees, somehow missing all of them, and into another slope. Her derriere and the reverse side were still bare, her pants down around her knees and she was picking up speed all the while.
She continued on backwards, totally out-of-control, creating an unusual vista for the other skiiers.
The Woman skied, if you define that verb loosely, back under the lift, and finally collided violently with a pylon. The bad news was that she broke her arm and was unable to pull up her ski pants. At long last her husband arrived, put an end to her nudie show, then went to the base of the mountain and summoned ski patrol, who transported her to a hospital.
In the emergency room she was regrouping when a man with an obviously broken leg was put in the bed next to hers. "So, how'd you break your leg?" she said, making small talk.
"It was the darnest thing you ever saw," he said. "I was riding up this ski lift, and suddenly I couldn't believe my eyes. There was this crazy woman skiing backward out of control down the mountain with her bare bottom hanging out of her clothes and her pants down around her knees."
"I leaned over to get a better look and I guess I didn't realize how far I'd moved. I fell out of the lift."
"So how'd you break your arm?"

Originally Posted by treskillard

Hi Val,
Just to let you know that you're not forgotten.
Hope that you are healing quickly.
I know that you and Novo have, how can I put it, got a thing going, but really, did he have to go to these lengths to keep you over there?
T

Originally Posted by themoose

why i am always the last to know these things

Originally Posted by dreamcatcher

Because its very delicate for a Mooses ears

Hi you two



Val hope you feeling better,and on the mend,our thoughts are with you,but I think there was an easier way to stay thereouch
Lots of warm wishes and I would send a hug but it might be painful

Originally Posted by themoose

hi dreamy.....where have you been?

How are things in the art world

Originally Posted by treskillard

Hi Val,
Just to let you know that you're not forgotten.
Hope that you are healing quickly.
I know that you and Novo have, how can I put it, got a thing going, but really, did he have to go to these lengths to keep you over there?
T

Originally Posted by treskillard;

Hi Val,
Just to let you know that you're not forgotten.
Hope that you are healing quickly.
I know that you and Novo have, how can I put it, got a thing going, but really, did he have to go to these lengths to keep you over there?
T

Originally Posted by val50;

thank you all for the kind thoughts. Trouble with old bones is they take longer to heal - saw the dr here on monday and have to have
arm x-rayed again next tuesday. hoping then i can get out of this heavy plaster cast and into fibreglass one. neck also better but can't see out of the back of my head again just yet
must have a meet up with Novo one of these days - but would prefer Normandy than here. Maybe a BE meet up in June?

Originally Posted by val50

Maybe a BE meet up in June?

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

I was beginning to like you, tres...

Originally Posted by treskillard;

Is that a general suggestion or one just for you and Novo?
The truth is sometimes painful -other times invented.

Originally Posted by onlyonebrenda

Hello Val
Have only just caught up with your news - wondered why you hadn't written. Much loving kindness to you. Get well soon. I'm having a healing/ wellbeing weekend from April 4 - 6th. There's lots of lovely goodies on offer like reflexology, spiritual healing, meditation, relaxation and a really lovely handsome and very professional masseur. So get back to France soon and maybe you can come and recharge your batteries. OHs welcome too.