I've had some terrifying ones but most of them are quite entertaining. Some of the better ones include: A paper towel dispenser that turned into a talking horses head. A Chinese dance troupe...
Scenario - Junior Doctor is fruitlessly stabbing my arm trying to find a vein and throwing the detrius (wipes, cotton wool etc) all over the bed. I casually remarked that when he was a teenager his...
I am still in the land of the living and came home today. I am sore, tired and in a very pleasant morphine haze. For those of you that don't know, here is a brief summary. I have been ill since 31st...
This morning I dragged myself from my sick bed to attend a public meeting on a subject I feel strongly about. I stood up in front of the assembled throng and launched into a carefully prepared speech....
A little bird (Irish and under 5ft tall) has been nagging me to put in an appearance and here I am. I'd like to report that I have been busy with Vogue cover shoots and international fashions shows...
I use a courier firm for delivering parcels and once I have paid I have to print off the bar coded address label. The black ink on my printer won't work (despite a new cartridge) so I hit on the idea...
A fairly well known local man died last Thursday. He wasn't the most popular man in town but the amount of vitriolic comments I have heard about him since he died has surprised me. Not one person has...
I was under the impression that from the date of a GP referral there is maximum waiting time of 18 weeks to be seen by a consultant and treatment beginning? I was referred in February and given an...
...when people moan about trivial problems in their life? I have spent the afternoon with a friend who broke his neck and is unlikely to recover. He is grateful to be alive and often says there are...
I have taken a 75mg dispersible aspirin daily for about a year with no problems. I ran out of them about 2 weeks ago and kept forgetting to buy more. The other morning I woke at 4.30 am with a...
I sold an item last Sunday and the buyer hasn't paid despite a polite reminder. She has 100% feedback so I wasn't too bothered...until I have just read her feedback. She has never paid for an item...
Back in the 1980's Margaret Thatcher imposed a media ban on the IRA and cut off their propaganda and publicity in the media. Surely it must be possible to do the same with those that incite hatred,...
I went to see my GP this morning for a steroid injection into my knee. It was a very big needle and oh boy did it hurt. It also set my teeth on edge as I felt the needle scrape on the underside of my...
If ever I send one of the Junior O's to the shop with a £20 note (or even a £10 note), I always write my initials on the corner of it. It has just paid dividends as youngest Junior O has been for...
My daughter is 18 shortly and has asked for money towards a trip abroad. As well as giving her money I would like to buy her something she can "keep" to remember her 18th but I have no idea what. She...
I have always had it in my mind that yogasun was in her 20's until I have just read she has been married for 43 years.
Have you had any misconceptions about other AB'ers?...
Another post on population growth got me thinking about this. The NHS is already stretched to capacity and infertility is not a life threatening illness. IMO no one has the "right" to have a child and...
In March I posted about my 93 year old aunt who has advanced cancer and was discharged from hospital with a care package in place, which seemed to have been working. I live over 100 miles away so my...
After my shower, I was sitting on the patio with a cuppa when I spotted another dandelion on the lawn. Making sure there were no implements around that could attack me I went to pull it out. All went...
