Mundane News

[Mike_P]

Foggy so must be Saturday and the use of the car again, justified by the purchase of two pillows and a new laundry basket from Asda as well as some frozen food from Waitrose. Nakd bars now down to £2.20 for 4 in Waitrose. 20p more than their last offer on them.

 

[biggs682]

Still raining
Breakfast has been consumed

 

[PeteXXX]

@Jenkins if you're heading to Silverstone this weekend, the A43 is closed both ways ftom J15a to the A5 at Towcester.

 

[oldwheels]

A sleán.

View attachment 712444

In Scottish gaelic it is a tairsgeir and the step bit is called the smeachan. I often helped at the peats but mostly just stacking and turning but not cutting as that was earlier in the year.

 

[Gravity Aided]

The Wars of the Roses & The Civil Wars are all part of the same 'disagreements', I believe.

I always think of the Civil War as having to do with Cromwell and the establishment of the "republic" and the War of the Roses over royal succession claims between the houses of Plantagenet York, and Lancaster, although those were referred to as the Civil Wars as well. The Civil War I was given to believe was far more about religious belief and practice, and got our butts thrown out of Ireland and sent to the new world, where we just kept on raising horses.

 

[Illaveago]

It was the initials of the company behind the brand, Moore Large. They sponsored a domestic pro team for the Kelloggs criteriums etc. Looking at pro cycling stats, it had some good riders…
View attachment 712436

I still think the name was a disaster!

 

[oldwheels]

Frustrating time trying to view my BT bill. It refuses to show me after a long fight getting into the site in the first place.

 

[biggs682]

Second cuppa went down well
Mixed fruit crumble nearly finished cooking and smells yummy

 

[DCLane]

Off to the theatre in Leeds to see The King & I. Or rather SWMBO is going and I'm driving/feeding her, with lunch out. It's wet.

 

[tom73]

A question for @tom73 and Mrs tom73.

Please note I do not want to get into politics on this. I was shocked (understatement) to hear that a Politician thought he should be the one to "tirage" Covid patients in 2020. (Yes I have been watching the televised Inquiry).

Was he deluded? Are Consultants and Doctors in a better position to make those decisions?

It's taken a few days to work though just what's come to light and to talk things though on the home front.
The simple reply is yes he is, @DCLane is right about very idea of an unqualified minister who basically is just a man of the street. Thinking it's even possible show's all you need to know. Think about this way clinicians have to do this every day, they are trained to do it. They don't like it but it's part of the job. Mrs 73 has been part of discussions many times and It's a horrible thing to do at the best of times.
All deaths even quiet natural ones leave you with a sense of guilt.
But covid ones as Mrs 73 puts it the guilt is different as they had nothing to help them. But it's made worse as many cases it was avoidable. One example Mrs 73 had 5 in a day all preventable if simple prevention had been in place.
Now ask yourself this ,why would anyone volunteer to put themselves in that position ? Frankly it's macabre.
The only way it could be done is using social worth and the dark side of history show's what happens.
It's tragic that HCP's in some counties got to a point of it being the only option left. So the idea of even thinking you'd workout how it's done and then make it happen is even more twisted.

 

[biggs682]

Just hoovered up all the dead wood lice behind the TV unit so that's my house work done.
Time for some fresh air

 

[biggs682]

Cost to Cook the crumble for 24 minutes in our smallest gas oven was 24p according to our smart meter

 

[mistyoptic]

Not going outside in that rain. An hour on the turbo in the garage. Watching Spooks s7 while I pedal

 

[tyred]

Arm perforations received and no ill-effects so far. They gave me the covid booster too.

 

[Speicher]

It's taken a few days to work though just what's come to light and to talk things though on the home front.
The simple reply is yes he is, @DCLane is right about very idea of an unqualified minister who basically is just a man of the street. Thinking it's even possible show's all you need to know. Think about this way clinicians have to do this every day, they are trained to do it. They don't like it but it's part of the job. Mrs 73 has been part of discussions many times and It's a horrible thing to do at the best of times.
All deaths even quiet natural ones leave you with a sense of guilt.
But covid ones as Mrs 73 puts it the guilt is different as they had nothing to help them. But it's made worse as many cases it was avoidable. One example Mrs 73 had 5 in a day all preventable if simple prevention had been in place.
Now ask yourself this ,why would anyone volunteer to put themselves in that position ? Facially it's macabre
The only way it could be done is using social worth and the dark side of history show's what happens.
It's tragic that HCP's in some counties got to a point of it being the only option left. So the idea of even thinking you'd workout how it's done and then make it happen is even more twisted.

Thank you both for that explanation. I thought he was deluded, and you have explained why.

I finished Chemo about five days before lock down, when the hospitals were starting to be over-loaded. It made me think that if someone had to "choose" between my survival (62 years old) and that of someone younger, fitter and with a young family, I can imagine what they would decide.

In reality it would never be that simple, there might be ten patients and only seven beds with all the clinical equipment.