Thanks for the good feedback Billet, I will have to put you on my Xmas card list.
So now I expect you to win a championship with that pipe in a couple of weeks
The hardware in my ankle was a plate & 9 screws, the moral of that story is it's safer to ride at Barrabool than to spectate.
The removal surgery turned out to be no big deal, but I had planned it as last thing for the year so I could recuperate over xmas, it's been over a year now & it's still a bit swollen but apart from that all is fine.