biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Today is my half birthday. I've reached 62½, ⅝ of the way to a century, or if you prefer half way between 50 and 75. Pretty significant, don't you think?
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
A mundane, moist tracycle day.
Bike to train, train 3 stops, bike to hospital, audiologist, bike to station, expresso and undeserved rocky road, train 3 stops, cycle home.
Didn't rain, quite.
But the wind blew, how the wind blew.
Bike to train, train 3 stops, bike to hospital, audiologist, bike to station, expresso and undeserved rocky road, train 3 stops, cycle home.
Didn't rain, quite.
But the wind blew, how the wind blew.
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Never stopped raining all day and windy as well.
Pootled about inside but this affects me badly and I need to get out for my own sanity. Not even been as far as the bins.
Did some cooking for the freezer but nothing else useful.
Edit to add the MV Isle of Mull has broken down in the Pentland Firth but made it into harbour under escort. Nobody knows yet how serious this is but not good news and we still have the small ferry on reduced service due to staff illness. Troubles never seem to cease.
Why was it in the Pentland Firth if it’s a Mull ferry? Doesn’t sound right.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Congratulations
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
It was away for annual refit in Aberdeen and was due to take up service here tomorrow for a few days before going somewhere else to allow other vessels overhaul.
Never a dull moment when discussing ferries.
We had a less frequent but more reliable service when I came here to work in 1972 to run a business heavily reliant on ferry transport.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Okay I know we are not supposed to discuss politics, but can I ask a question please?
Hypothetically someone decides that Ward E at a particular hospital needs a minimum of ten nurses to be able to offer "an acceptable level of service" during a strike. (puts on tin hat) What happens if close scrutiny/and investigation shows that there might be less staff than that on a "non-strike"day?
Hypothetically someone decides that Ward E at a particular hospital needs a minimum of ten nurses to be able to offer "an acceptable level of service" during a strike. (puts on tin hat) What happens if close scrutiny/and investigation shows that there might be less staff than that on a "non-strike"day?
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Couldn't tell; the announcement was broken by sneezing.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
The policy says that wouldn't ever happen so any evidence to the contrary can safely be ignored.
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
biking after work
this morning, Wifey just kept asking "why"
this morning, Wifey just kept asking "why"
Nothing we don't have legal staffing levels except ICU which is derogated area anyway. Oddly on the last strike wards had never seen as many staff. The clinical high up's stopped beating up staff over beds numbers and got to work doing hands on care. Dr's mucked in too in support of the nurses so it takes a strike to get to wards staff.
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Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Productive afternoon. Dropped the parental's prescription off at the quack, did all the prep for tonight's supper so just need to throw everything together and put the rice cooker on, and then got the new-to-me scanner (Canon Lide 220) working with my Sony Vaio. Still need to tweak the settings as it (currently) doesn't like black & white newspaper quality images.
Enjoyed a nice
and a Nurenberger Lebkuchen bought in Aldi. I think that next Christmas, if I decide to buy Lebkuchen, I shall buy them from Aldi. They are SO much nicer than the ones from Tesco. The ones from Tesco had very little flavour other than an overwhelming sweetness.
Both girls are curled up next to each other on the desk that's in the space under the stairs.
Enjoyed a nice
and a Nurenberger Lebkuchen bought in Aldi. I think that next Christmas, if I decide to buy Lebkuchen, I shall buy them from Aldi. They are SO much nicer than the ones from Tesco. The ones from Tesco had very little flavour other than an overwhelming sweetness.Both girls are curled up next to each other on the desk that's in the space under the stairs.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
I was visiting my Mother once in hospital and ended up in a lift where Consultant was working alongside a Porter. I asked the Consultant if his pay rate for that day was the same as the porter's usual rate. I can still remember the embarassed silence.
As I understand it the reasons for the strikes are low staff numbers as well as pay rates. People leave nursing to take less stressful jobs, but earning just as much.
