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The guy in the bed next me gets so many visitors, it’s not funny.

Take that literally. I’m checking with lawyers whether I can publish this, but let’s just say that there’s a distinct lack of firewall between vocal chords and what goes for grey matter…

I make up with quality.

Ms jb, of course, who keeps me on the straight and narrow and plies me with goodies from Italian delicatessens and French patisseries.
Plus more affection than I deserve.

And then Grace Niklas from Ireland, with Mum, Dad and Grandad. (Links scattered through YMBFA and MDP but I can’t set them up from here.

Suffice to say that Stephan thought it important that I got to meet his daughter, which was a great honour for me and a big thrill for the folks on Ward 5B at the Vincenz Hospital