Bai, I lived all my GY life in GT. Don't know anything about sugar estate life.

Wishing you  a speedy recovery Gilbaka. It's good to see that you can still type and communicate. Some stroke victims are known to have made full recovery but not complete. Best wishes!

Memory reflect on those days.

What dis about signet chasin down hookers wit big nipples?

Gilbakka/Bookman...I am sorry to hear of your health challenges....I wish you a full and speedy recovery....I have two friends in NJ with similar health issues....they both were treated at the local Kessler Institute in West Orange, NJ....One has fully recovered except he is not permitted to drive....the other is still battling with the challenges of recovery.....do not lose hope ....

Chami, I have some free time now and decided to read GNI. 
I am very shocked to read this about Bookman.

I did not hear from him since 2011...

Bookman you know how to contact me...

Continue your therapy and all the best for you health...

How's the kindle going?

Indeed : "The Kite Runner" that I will always remember:Zendagi migzara (Life goes on).

Nice to see aunty Indra on board.

LOL! Chief.

Chief sahib, how are you?

IGH and Churchill, many thanks for your encouraging words. Both of you are two great souls I was privileged to meet in 1971 and 2010 respectively.

LOL! Bookman(you will always be that to me) 1971 - wow that's a very long time ago.
When I read your post this morning this poem can to mind:

Around the Corner ~ By Henson Towne

Around the corner I have a friend

In this great city that has no end.

Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,

And before I know it, a year is gone.

And I never see my old friend's face,

For life is a swift and terrible race.

He knows I like him just as well

As in the days when I rang his bell,

And he rang mine.

We were younger then,

And now we are busy, tired men.

Tired of playing a foolish game,

Tired of trying to make a name.

"Tomorrow" I say "I will call on Jim."

"Just to show that I'm thinking of him."

But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,

And distance between us grows and grows.

Around the corner!-yet miles away,

"Here's a telegram sir-"

"Jim died today."

And that's what we get and deserve in the end.

Around the corner, a vanished friend.

Have a PEACEFUL night, my friend.

You see what you did Churchill you put me in suspense  I now want to know what the real health issue was.

First couple lines, dead give away

"Dear GNI Friends:

Seven months ago I suffered a severe stroke, resulting in the immobility of my left arm and leg"

Too much salt fish cause that severe stroke.  Gilbakka you should have stick to eating Sushi like the Rev Al . 

Prashad, too much raw fish/sushi not good.

IGH, that's a great poem you've posted. Thanks!!

Cain, thanks for answering Prashad. Iknow you read carefully, with a fine-teeth comb.

As a connoisseur and distinguished member of the ESC(Elite Sushi Club) the Rev respectfully disagrees with you.

Rev

Bookman, take it easy my friend and remember what the little train said...Yes, I can, Yes, I can ...

Hang in there Bookman.  I myself have been experiencing blood pressure issues recently due to my love of junk food and pop.

Oi Wally, I hope that head you got in your pic isn't the real ting banna, hehe

LB was Lennox Bruce.

Gilbakka,

I encountered a few fellow in my time who suffered strokes. Some laid down and played but two guys decided to fight. The went to the gym and therapy religiously and endured to some semblance of their former self. All is not lost, there is hope. 

Cain, I just got dumped recently so maybe my ex thinks my head is like that. Too big for my own good. 

Thanks for asking, Chameli. Recovery is very slow.