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Hierarchy of Medicine

Have spent rather more of my time than I would wish, running to and fro, fulfilling doctor and hospital appointments, with nothing good to show for it all.

It has been educational, so I will now share the good things that come from frequent contact with the medical fraternity (and no! I don’t mean MRSA […]

Script for a Change

You can consider the words as a poem, if you wish. Or as something more. They were written some time ago as a script to aid self-improvement. You can change the one word that is highlighted ( for example, change it to ‘slimmer’ if you want to lose a few pounds ). Just put in […]

The Final Word

Aw! What the heck! Never reckoned on a knighthood anyway …

The Last Broken Bell to be Rung

“But pith and power, till my last hour, I’ll mak this declaration; We’re bought and sold for English gold- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!”          Robert Burns 1791

So! That is it for another generation, or so it would seem.

Scotland’s future has been democratically decided by a referendum with the largest […]

Supermarket Scam

There has been oodles of words, sage advice, and utter claptrap written about the multitude of scams to be found on the internet. The truly gullible get taken every day, by scams that are so obviously phoney that only the truly gullible (and greedy) would fall for them.

But today, I wish to talk about […]

Nova Scotia

Not the place in Canada, but the one that is north of Carlisle. Who knows, next week it might be a foreign land. No longer part of the United Kingdom. Being resident in England, I do not have a say in the referendum. I’ve been living in various parts of England for nearly half my […]

28 Days

Nothing whatsoever to do with the film. Just a minor change. Any posting made will be available for comment for the next 28 days. Then it will be closed. This change has reduced the spam deluge from hundreds per day to practically nothing. Not a total cure, but bearable. If you can’t decide on a […]