The best bit about Xmas for me was the crackers had pin badges in them instead of the usual tat and the animals had party hats on. I've stuck them in my walking hat but since I'm house-bound they're not getting much of an airing. The robin will have to come off now I suppose but the other two can stay for a while.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
There are many things in this 'round robin letter' which don't make sense. The most glaring is the refusal to pay the other parties costs. That would not the be the choice of the parties, it would be determined by a judge. A case like this would also certainly have been picked up the local media and then the bigger boys.
It's really horrifying @pansyface. Are you sure it's genuine? If so, has she tried the local MP? Not that I have much faith in them either, but sometimes it seems to work. Nine years though - I don't know if anything positive would come of it. If it had been one year, it could possibly have been handled better, or more quickly. I had a minor [by comparison] hassle with a utility company when I moved here from the house I temporarily rented. It quickly escalated, but I stood my ground as I had everything in writing. They started that nonsense about taking me to court and I called their bluff. In the end they realised that they owed me money, and not the other way round. They're unbelievable the way they treat folk. I really hope this person can get some kind of resolution. I'd have been suicidal after that length of time.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A minor gripe, but all the Christmas crackers we had this year were rubbish! I’ve never seen the point of them myself, but OH, rather out of character for him, feels deprived if we don’t get any. Thankfully, I got them when they were being discounted, but even so. The box I bought for £6, originally £25!!!, were particularly poor ( although the jokes were actually funny) Very impressed with the animal pins in your crackers, Wild Edges. I think I’ll buy a selection of pins next time we visit the local RSPB shop for bird food, and save them to pop in next years crackers.
I've mentioned before how poor our GPs surgery is but it's hit a new low for me. Following an 'annual health review' I was prescribed new pills for high blood pressure. I had a reaction to them which was on the list if 1 in 10 chance. I contacted the surgery and was told a pharmacist would call me. They did, but the conversation was not what I expected. They asked where I was prescribed these tablets and when I told them another pharmacist at the surgery, I was then asked what the dose was, followed by one about any blood tests and follow up calls from the pharmacist. It turns out that nothing had been added to my medical records when these tablets were prescribed. Also there should have been a follow up call from the pharmacist after 2 weeks and I should have had blood tests after 2 weeks. Nothing was said by the original pharmacist about a follow up call, and I was told to make an appointment for blood tests once I'd been taking the tablets for 6 weeks.
I'm just going down the same route. I started to get badly blood shot eyes repeatedly. I managed to see a doc (not my own as he retired a few years back and I hadn't as yet met his replacement). He thought it may be high blood pressure. I had various blood tests (I normally have a check up once a year since my stroke, but none since Covid) to make sure my usual tablets weren't causing an issue. Another doc then called me about the results and said I should have my regular stroke bloods done as well and asked if I minded going on HBP tablets - and and was then prescribed new tablets. The pharmacist called before I'd really started taking them to ask if I'd had side effects - and at that point none (but my ankles/feet did swell over Christmas). So far, I've had no follow up call to the stroke bloods - although I can access the results via an NHS app.
I've gone downhill again today so rang the doctor's for an appointment. They told me to ring back on Monday after 10am. They didn't even ask what the problem was.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Try ringing the NHS111 service @wild edges … my understanding is that if they say you need to see a GP asap you can tell your surgery and that should bump you up the timescale. 🤞
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What hasn't improved is social care so there is less support for people to live independently at home and, thabks to inadequate funding for places and staff in care homes, fewer places and falling standards in care homes and assisted places. That leads to bed blocking in hospitals because people who could be released form medical care have to stay a sthere is inadequate social care.
There needs to be a game change in attitudes to social care with better funding, better training, better facilities, better pay and a career structure to attract more workers. There also need to be better health education so people an manage their own health better and avoid problems related to things like malnutrition leading to obesity, diabetes, poor immune systems etc.
I can't see any signs of the Labour party being any more ready to bite those 2 bullets than are the Conservatives as they will, initially, be expensive thos they would lead to much better life outcomes for many.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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If so, has she tried the local MP? Not that I have much faith in them either, but sometimes it seems to work. Nine years though - I don't know if anything positive would come of it. If it had been one year, it could possibly have been handled better, or more quickly.
I had a minor [by comparison] hassle with a utility company when I moved here from the house I temporarily rented. It quickly escalated, but I stood my ground as I had everything in writing. They started that nonsense about taking me to court and I called their bluff. In the end they realised that they owed me money, and not the other way round.
They're unbelievable the way they treat folk. I really hope this person can get some kind of resolution. I'd have been suicidal after that length of time.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Very impressed with the animal pins in your crackers, Wild Edges. I think I’ll buy a selection of pins next time we visit the local RSPB shop for bird food, and save them to pop in next years crackers.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What hasn't improved is social care so there is less support for people to live independently at home and, thabks to inadequate funding for places and staff in care homes, fewer places and falling standards in care homes and assisted places. That leads to bed blocking in hospitals because people who could be released form medical care have to stay a sthere is inadequate social care.
There needs to be a game change in attitudes to social care with better funding, better training, better facilities, better pay and a career structure to attract more workers. There also need to be better health education so people an manage their own health better and avoid problems related to things like malnutrition leading to obesity, diabetes, poor immune systems etc.
I can't see any signs of the Labour party being any more ready to bite those 2 bullets than are the Conservatives as they will, initially, be expensive thos they would lead to much better life outcomes for many.