Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: JB on September 29, 2017, 02:27:02 pm
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The cardiac consultant came to see me this morning, we has a short...around 5 minutes...discussion about recent events and my present condition.
He is referring me to Blackpool Cardiac Centre. I am to be transferred over the weekend, at least that's the plan.
I will see what happens and report on progress.
JB.
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hi john
you will be fine this is the 21st century
they are on top of their job
they do these operation day in day out
let us all know when you've had your op.
best wishes
deepstar
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again, good luck JB................... I hope that any repair work that you have done works well and permanent, and returns you to an active life..
Jim.
just watch out for them mixing some car body filler..........it'll be a botched job, lol.
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Hi jb had open heart surgery Friday morning back home on Tuesday afternoon in march doing well hope you do the same regards Bill..
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Welcome back to the land of the living JB! O0
Many Happy returns!
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hi john
you will be fine this is the 21st century
they are on top of their job
they do these operation day in day outy77888
let us all know when you've had your op.
best wishes
deepstar
Hi Bill.
thanks for the pm's etc..
no problem with pens :-))
Jag does 18mpg ..bit more on a run...i dont do many miles a year so not a consideration..
keep well ..look after yourself..
More info about my treatment when i know anything, not worried at all Second major op this year it will be...probably replace a faulty valve (not smoking related, I have discovered) and fix a blocked artery.
JB.
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Glad things went well JB. Seeing what the ambulance service has turned into over recent years, I reckon you would be better catching a bus to Blackpool - you're more likely to get one.
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Get well soon JB, I look forward to see you back whittling boats again soon :-))
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Glad things went well JB. Seeing what the ambulance service has turned into over recent years, I reckon you would be better catching a bus to Blackpool - you're more likely to get one.
don't knock the ambulance service around WYRE and Blackpool, or the treatment at Blackpool Victoria. it is second to none....superb. I know a few people locally and they couldn't have asked for better.
We even have the Air Ambulance landing pad at BVH.
Jim.
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don't knock the ambulance service around WYRE and Blackpool, or the treatment at Blackpool Victoria. it is second to none....superb. I know a few people locally and they couldn't have asked for better.
We even have the Air Ambulance landing pad at BVH.
Jim.
Not knocking the emergency services at all - you obviously don't now that I worked in a hospital pharmacy for donkey years Jim, so I'm in a position to know. But like all public services, for that past God knows how many years, they have been starved of cash and resources by successive governments. Just check out the current BBC fly on the wall series called Ambulance around the west midlands to see how bad it is.
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All I can say is that the ambulance I had the other day belonged to somebody called St John...?
JB.
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Just as well it wasn't St Peter then....
All the best,
Colin
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St John's as an association is a charity, however many of their ambulances (and volunteer staff - but are trained offduty nurses and paramedics) do in fact contract to the NHS. They provide private services that the government are willing to pay for via 'contracting out' A London company cover most of Lincolnshire and are due to start in East Yorkshire very shortly. They mostly do a fantastic job of backing up for the NHS services. Although the London company is in hot water at the moment for abandoning patients or not even bothering to collect them from home, even when it is life saving cancer treatments.
One does have to ask though, (not for st johns as I said are volunteers) why does the government think that a private company providing a means of transport and either one or two staff members depending on patient illness, is any cheaper than a means of transport with one or two staff provided by the NHS? Its nothing to do with saving money as they pay out for whichever service it is. It is in fact just privatisation of the nhs by the back door.
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In Australia, ambulance services are provided by State sponsored privately owned, run and administered bodies or groups uniformly termed as St John....[no plural]....in NSW, our citizens are covered by Government decree that a trip to hospital by ambulance is without cost......even for those without any form of health insurance
However similar to the old adage.........'no such thing as a free lunch'.....in South Australia......a 1 kilometre passage or carriage by ambulance to hospital results in a fee of $5.40 per km.....well that's OK O0 , but the flag fall of $934.00 hurts <*<
Derek
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All ambulance carriage is free in the UK Derek. Its split into two, emergency and non emergency units. Its the non emergency side we discuss here. Here you can get either a nhs ambulance or a unit provided by a private contractor to the nhs. it depends on resources available to the dispatcher at the time.
As I said they both do an admirable job, although the private companies tend to 'let the side down' much more than the nhs staff do. For instance nhs often go without meal breaks in a 12 hour shift, depending on where they are. The private companies just stop, if that means missing a pickup it doesn't matter to them, the company still gets paid whether they ship a patient between hospital and home or not.
Its also broken down further, blue light (self explanatory) urgent 30 minutes, urgent 1 hour - handled by paramedic/technician manned units. Then what is called sitter 1 and sitter 2 units, that is basically a mini bus style ambulance crewed by either 1 person if the patients are self mobile or 2 staff if the patients need aid ie on a trolley. These latter units tend to 'bulk up' in other words, transport up to 6 patients at a time. So you could board an ambulance at 7 in the morning but by the time they have driven around picking up others, you might have covered 60 miles or more and arrive at the hospital 4 or 5 hours later.
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Just as well it wasn't St Peter then....
Thought Model Boaters would
favour Charon's water taxi as a
means of transport.
Ned :((
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You mean 'Don't Pay the Faireyman' then? ok2
Colin
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You mean 'Don't Pay the Faireyman' then? ok2
Colin
They'll probably take a contactless payment off your plastic .
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They'll probably take a contactless payment off your plastic .
But can you collect nectar points?
JB.
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You mean 'Don't Pay the Faireyman' then? ok2
How much does DM charge?
Ned
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All ambulance carriage is free in the UK Derek. Its split into two, emergency and non emergency units. Its the non emergency side we discuss here. Here you can get either a nhs ambulance or a unit provided by a private contractor to the nhs. it depends on resources available to the dispatcher at the time.
As I said they both do an admirable job, although the private companies tend to 'let the side down' much more than the nhs staff do. For instance nhs often go without meal breaks in a 12 hour shift, depending on where they are. The private companies just stop, if that means missing a pickup it doesn't matter to them, the company still gets paid whether they ship a patient between hospital and home or not.
Its also broken down further, blue light (self explanatory) urgent 30 minutes, urgent 1 hour - handled by paramedic/technician manned units. Then what is called sitter 1 and sitter 2 units, that is basically a mini bus style ambulance crewed by either 1 person if the patients are self mobile or 2 staff if the patients need aid ie on a trolley. These latter units tend to 'bulk up' in other words, transport up to 6 patients at a time. So you could board an ambulance at 7 in the morning but by the time they have driven around picking up others, you might have covered 60 miles or more and arrive at the hospital 4 or 5 hours later.
Yes, Brian is spot on again, I can add a little extra to the end...My wife (ex cancer patient..survived when they didn't think she would get past 2 years..15 years on now :-)) ) is entilted to hospital transport (what a weary pair we make eh?) had an appointment at ENT a few weeks ago, very often I take her to this one but... {:-{ so a car, a voulenteer (sp?) driver in his own car, collected her in good time and left her, she was supposed to be picked up and returned home after... the 'arranged' transport didn't turn up, so she was stranded :o I got a phone call from her at six pm...distressed and very tired...she can't do long periods out of the house without suffering due to the effects of radiotherapy, it is usually worse than the surgery to remove the cancer, she still bears the scars from that surgery and it's visible with normal clothes on :-X sorry to be descriptive but folk need to know all this, my stepfather eventually brought her home.
So it doesn't always go to plan.
I'm at home for a short while, It seems some members think I have had my heart op, no not yet, it's our weddding anniversary tomorrow, 36 this time, I managed to order a big bunch of flowers and a hand written card, I did it online on my phone in the hospital, just in case !!!..delivered this morning, so I had my tea made for me! saved... :-)
latest is I'm on the list, need to wait a bit as It's not a small op, more later when I'm fixed..I hope 8)
JB>
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I did hope to tag this photo to the end of my long post above but too late
My T shirt for the big day :-))
Link is for my 65th that's in March...Ouch...a big one...wrong way round too, pic shud be first %)
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=jaguar+print+t-shirts+65+years+old&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&tbm=isch&imgil=g74pv2J8aGahGM%253A%253BHZb92kEdDvmuqM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ebay.co.uk%25252Fitm%25252F65-Year-Old-65th-Birthday-Gift-Funny-Jaguar-XJ6-T-Shirt-Colour-Choice-to-5XL-%25252F141389594675&source=iu&pf=m&fir=g74pv2J8aGahGM%253A%252CHZb92kEdDvmuqM%252C_&usg=__XPiDNeS069BobUlPhPEyVg_3Njo%3D&biw=1093&bih=484&ved=0ahUKEwiFxf2IuNLWAhVBJ8AKHRIKCuMQyjcIrQE&ei=6HPSWYWxIsHOgAaSlKiYDg#imgrc=g74pv2J8aGahGM (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=jaguar+print+t-shirts+65+years+old&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&tbm=isch&imgil=g74pv2J8aGahGM%253A%253BHZb92kEdDvmuqM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ebay.co.uk%25252Fitm%25252F65-Year-Old-65th-Birthday-Gift-Funny-Jaguar-XJ6-T-Shirt-Colour-Choice-to-5XL-%25252F141389594675&source=iu&pf=m&fir=g74pv2J8aGahGM%253A%252CHZb92kEdDvmuqM%252C_&usg=__XPiDNeS069BobUlPhPEyVg_3Njo%3D&biw=1093&bih=484&ved=0ahUKEwiFxf2IuNLWAhVBJ8AKHRIKCuMQyjcIrQE&ei=6HPSWYWxIsHOgAaSlKiYDg#imgrc=g74pv2J8aGahGM):
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Hi JB,
As a fellow cardiac patient I wish you all the best for your procedure.
Myself I just had a second Cardioversion in two years, This is where they shock your heart to stop it then shock it again to restart it in the hope it will learn its lesson and settle down to a proper pulse rate.
Regards,
Gerald.
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Hi JB,
As a fellow cardiac patient I wish you all the best for your procedure.
Myself I just had a second Cardioversion in two years, This is where they shock your heart to stop it then shock it again to restart it in the hope it will learn its lesson and settle down to a proper pulse rate.
Regards,
Gerald.
Thanks for the post Gerald, that's reassuring and I hope you continue to be well :-))
My spellings going to pot! or is it...I'm not sure now {:-{
2 nurses from Blackpool Cardiac Centre been this afternoon at short notice, checked me over, ECG, blood pressure, taken some blood..again...one, a matron, has re-referred me to a cardaic consultant at Blackpool, Preston not done things right so all that's scrapped !!!
My blood pressure is low when I stand up...80/40 :o not good, news to me no mention of it at Preston <*<
My heart is not pumping enough blood.
The matron has adjusted my meds to help, I really need to take it slow until they can sort it out :-X
Ease down John...not easy... I know I push myself a bit too far.
A fresh batch of meds just delivered.
JB.
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Interesting , recognise some of those packets, stuff given me for hiatus hernia. That Lansoprazole either gives you constipation or the squitters . I alternate between.
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Thanks for the post Gerald, that's reassuring and I hope you continue to be well :-))
My spellings going to pot! or is it...I'm not sure now {:-{
2 nurses from Blackpool Cardiac Centre been this afternoon at short notice, checked me over, ECG, blood pressure, taken some blood..again...one, a matron, has re-referred me to a cardaic consultant at Blackpool, Preston not done things right so all that's scrapped !!!
My blood pressure is low when I stand up...80/40 :o not good, news to me no mention of it at Preston <*<
My heart is not pumping enough blood.
The matron has adjusted my meds to help, I really need to take it slow until they can sort it out :-X
Ease down John...not easy... I know I push myself a bit too far.
A fresh batch of meds just delivered.
JB.
That blood pressure is not good, fortunately for me mine stays around 120/80 range most of the time
My problem is/was my heart rate I could be sitting reading Model Boat Magazine (not exactly racy stuff) and my pulse would be 235ppm, If I stood up too fast the room went round and I went down.
Gerald.
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HI Gerald, no it's far too low...I'm ok if I lie down but I can't stand for any length of time, my normal BP is around 120/60 which is fine...I've just got up from being in bed for a while, I'll have to work out a plan for resting during the day.
The nurses who came today were obviously experts at heart problems and I'm confident they will keep an eye on me, the matron has changed my meds slightly and I'll be going to the best hospital for treatment soon.
I'll just have to hold fire with what I was hoping to do, it's not 'me' to laze about a lot...I need to be active in mind as well as body, it's OK I will have to put up with being a 'bed potato' for a while %)
No problem I've got my radio/CD upstairs...a Roberts 'Boombox' I think it's called! i like the Smooth Radio station...I'm a Hendrix aficanado really but I will leave those CD's in their cases for now.
don't want to disturb 'Mr roberts'...with anything too heavy {-)
Thanks for the post it's appreciated, off to read my copy of Model Boats November Issue, (I have a subscription so it's here earlier than in the shops) :-))
JB. Trying to cut down on smileys as well !
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Interesting , recognise some of those packets, stuff given me for hiatus hernia. That Lansoprazole either gives you constipation or the squitters . I alternate between.
Hi Baldrick, i'm not suffering that problem fortunately...we are all different..
A list of my meds.
Lansoprazole
Clopidogrel
Pregabalin
Fursoemide
Bisoprolol
Eleprenone
Thiamine
Phenergran
Asprin
Glycceryl Trinitrate
Also have...
Hypromellose
Oliatum
Medihoney
Enough to be going on with i think <:(
I can manage OK, have to...got a ship to build (Deans Cossack when i order one) :-))
JB.
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Hi JB.
Good Grief man. I am only on two medications and I keep forgetting whether I have taken them or not. Just want to express our best wishes and we are always anxious to hear of your progress . Keep your posts coming, we are thinking about you.
regards
Balders
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Goodness gracious JB, I only have 7 types of tablets, a total of 13 per day. Just the quantity you have sounds serious.
We will all be thinking of you. Get well soon. I am sure having something to look forward to building will be a very positive therapy. Light exercise only: Cutting thin styrene; charging batteries etc. When you feel up to it after they have fixed you up, using light weight lifting straps to lower it into the water. It is only 4.4kg.
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Thank you for your post's guys, you sound more worried than I am, I've already been through so many problems, back surgery last march was very easy...I have 7 pieces of Titanium in my spine...cost a small fortune the surgeon told me, 4 bolts - 2 - rods a cage at the front and a piece of bone in the rotten disc, that bone graft should grow with the joints above and below...one piece after around 12 months...5 months in now, it all feels good, fingers crossed.
I called the heart nurse earlier today, had a few concerns, rang me back...gave advice and to call if I need any further advice/help.
She said I would receive an appointment with the consultant in a day or two, they are rushing me through I think, Blackpool Cardiac is only 10 miles away, I can manage until they send for me, wife is not overly worried...she's after my pension I reckon %% no only joking... she says calm and collected and did so when calling the ambulance...more than once! says I'm tough as old boots (clogs) and I'm as hard as nails...it could be true {-)
More meds arrived this afternoon...one is a double dose of what I have now 2.5mg increased to 5mg, the other is a new one, not completly sure what it is but helps to stop the heart failure problem, I think?! sent another oral spray too so I'll keep one upstairs and the other on my desk in front of this laptop...it still needs chucking in the bin, my son is going to sort that HP desktop I bought a while back...Windows 10....arrrrrgh...oh my gawd >>:-(
Should be a photo here...I love taking photo's got a thousand or 5 on various PC's and in storage...don't know what I have really. :}
Grateful thanks for your interest, I ain't going anywhere except here on the forum a few local lakes etc...etc....
JB.
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All good this morning...so far...think I'll need to get another laptop...not an expensive one, I need to be mobile after surgery, these are my updated meds.
JB.
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This is the contraption I use to transfer my photo's, yes it's a bit cumbersome but there are not enough USB sockets on a laptop...I know I could probably do it by a straight transfer from the camera but I'm set in my ways, I'm old school in the way that I work O0
JB.
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The photo in reply 30 JB, those meds supplied by a hospital pharmacy? or a hospital trained technician working at your local pharmacy?
Simple to tell, its the way the nhs trains its staff rather than the private sector - we cross out in biro what has been checked, the strengh, med type etc. You can tell who's done the check if its hospital issue as well. If the ink is purple its a technician, if its green its a pharmacist.
You can also tell if its a pre opened pack with tablets removed - look at the end with the expiry date and lot number, it will also have a pen mark on it. Why would they remove tablets? Well doctors used to write 1 month supply on prescriptions. Of course to cover 1 month depending on the month, you need to supply 31 tablets. However pack sizes from manufacturers come in 28's! So you need to open packs to give the missing 3 tablets!
Slowly doctors are being dragged into the 21st century and are beginning to understand the need to write 4 weeks or 28 days on prescriptions.
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Hi Brian, what's the weather like over there? Raining here...yes hospital pharmacy dispensed, can't remember when i was there but they kept me waiting quite a long time for the script to be filled.
Always wondered why they cut the pills up, I thought..huh...trying to save money again, I could save lots of cash for them ...private cleaning firms for a start, 2 ladies came round with long sticks with feather dusters on the end, oooh nurse my pills, quick ! 45 minutes later 2 women appeard with clipboards...wiping their fingers on things...I nearly said ( in a loudish voice...oooohhh!!! Look at the muck in 'ere..
Drag GP's into the 21st century...? I know at least one that needs kicking off the damn planet...an that's being polite...forum decorum and all that ok2 :}
JB.
PS...all done on my samsung mob..from my bed.
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Hi Brian, what's the weather like over there? Raining here...
Like a nice English autumn at the moment, weather has cooled drastically during the day maybe getting up to 24c maximum some days, but mostly cooler around 19/20c. Very chilly on a night time. Skys overcast and threatening ( I said like an english autumn :} ) but no rain. BUT if you check the spanish weather (maybe news headlines) along the coastline (Benidorm) is totally flooded and under a couple feet of water!
Here's a link to their facebook page, the video is from friday I think.....
https://www.facebook.com/NewsBenidorm/videos/1629591290404820/?hc_ref=ARRuIMnDmaCEWYV0vhESZFEtWBCywqw7IjYLiAoZgK9IykFG-5Whk-eQaDCRN36J9So
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Cloudy-chance of rain 40% 13c... here. Bit soggy in Barca! We dont get too much rain, tends to come in steady falls most of the time? Occasionally in short heavy bursts...the road junction 30 yards away does flood at times, not often, just realised I dont have any photo's...ha...must remember next time, cars come around the corner at around 30/40mph and make a decent wave...it's a 20mph limit through the village.!!!
How did I get onto rain...thought it was a heart thread? {-)
JB. Still ticking.
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Perhaps it's that song 'raining in my heart' {-)
ken
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Perhaps it's that song 'raining in my heart' {-)
ken
Ha ha ha..good one Ken
...quick on the draw too...!
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Just been skyping with my youngest son - I am not happy! He's a nurse and now after a couple years of accident & emergency and the immediate trauma ward he's had enough. So he's going to blow over a grand taking his category C and go and do ambulance technician/paramedic training.
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Surely it's up to him what he wants to do and good luck to him.
My Dad thought he had a right to determine my future but I rejected that.
My kids are adults and make their own choices and I will support them in that.
Colin
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I am not happy! He's a nurse and now after a couple years of accident & emergency and the immediate trauma ward he's had enough.
Leave him be Brian! my son is 34, runs his own business, 3 drivers on the books, he don't listen to me and does his own thing...usually works out good and he's doing OK. You can't run someone else's life..I know it's tough sometimes but they will only do what they want...I did at his age.
I don't blame him for getting out. I've been in A&E a few times recently..it's chaos all the time..like a football match...really! don't want to go again >:-o
A few photo's...probably against the hospital rules but as you should know by now...I really don't give a damn <*<
Can anyone recognize these photo's? answers later if no one does.
1. computer?
2.chair?
3.kitchen sink?
4.chimney?
Enjoy..!
JB.
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I hope that last one isn't a crematorium chimney....
Colin
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I hope that last one isn't a crematorium chimney....
Colin
Not exactly...it's where they burn rubbish after operations etc... O0
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Same thing.... %)
Colin
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I didn't like to say!
I saw all this being constructed ..i also delivered a few wage packets to the guys working on the site...saw James Hunt, the F1 drver opening the hospital.
Anyway...! I'm supposed to be concentrating on Deans Cossack...too easily distracted, decided on running gear..just got to get it past the wife..how much? It'll be the usual £300 she will say, yes dear...won't say just a 'bit' more..!
JB.
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Just been skyping with my youngest son - I am not happy! He's a nurse and now after a couple years of accident & emergency and the immediate trauma ward he's had enough. So he's going to blow over a grand taking his category C and go and do ambulance technician/paramedic training.
good on him for realising that the job isn't for him and wants to chose something different........my two daughters chose to, or have chosen their own path in life........one is in the merchant navy and the other wishes to become a police officer, and I would never attempt to talk them out of a chosen career as long as it's not bludging or becoming a career drug dealer or anything else unlawful.
Gone are the days when we try to steer our kids into a profession that we ourselves did or wanted to do.
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Well Brian, that's 3 of us that think your son should be left to do his own thing.
Big day here, bathroom is being re-built...it's old style...turning it into a wet room...? my son is going to do some work at the house...sheesh! old laptop changed for the new HP desktop- new printer cos i broke my old one -new router...if it all goes to plan it'll be a miracle, plus...garden is under attack from the ...gardener...! if you don't see me around for a while you will know why!!!
My Jag is parked in the street...no comment.
photo's..could be the last one's.
Hey Neil...hiya! What's Bludging...? If you don't mind me asking, i've not heard that one before..(sheltered life) :}
JB.
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I've got no problem with him doing his own thing - I just don't want to see him jumping out of (his perceived) frying pan and into what I know will be the fire!
After 10 years or so he could be in charge of a ward or even higher up the ladder if he put his mind to it. As a paramedic the career advances once qualified are virtually nil. I know he wants to be at the sharp end of patient care hence him working a&e and trauma wards, but to my mind becoming a paramedic is not the way to go. But as a couple of you have jumped to conclusions here, I said I'm not happy - that doesn't mean I will interfere with his choice, except to point out what I have just said.
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I think it was a reasonable assumption from the way you phrased it Brian.
Colin
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Back to JB's quiz :}
1. ecg monitor, saline bag almost empty hung next to it. catheters in the box on the wall.
2. commode - we all know what thats for.
3. wash handbasin with elbow taps.
4 Incinerator chimney - here's a tale.
Waay back in my yoof (1978) when I started work at hull hospitals, I was a porter. all the hospitals had incinerators to dispose of well, burnable waste generated from day to day. Paper, kitchen waste, basically anything. There were different levels of porters from those who handle waste, laundry etc, up to the uniformed ones you normally see with patients. I was a uniformed porter (later became deputy head until they closed my hospital. I left, did summat else for a few years and returned to do my pharmacy technician training) One of the more unsavoury tasks was to be called to theatres to collect limbs that had been amputated. Sometimes these had to be kept for pathology so were delivered to the mortuary (fridges you see!) Otherwise they were incinerated. The incinerator having two ends, the main end where all the refuse went, and a smaller door at the back where the heat was super heated for disposal of human remains.
Anyway with the clean air act and many new regulations, hospitals closed their incinerators and yep you guessed had then to pay private companies to collect and dispose of 'household' waste. Limbs were then delivered direct to the mortuary for disposal - I have absolutely no idea what happened to them after that.
As an addendum, nothing caused more snickering than a porter with a yellow (plastic wrapping) shaped leg under his arm!
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Hey Neil...hiya! What's Bludging...? If you don't mind me asking, i've not heard that one before..(sheltered life) :}
JB.
hi jb........I learned a lot of things whilst in good ol' OZZ, and many terms and endearments to..........this was one of them.
bludge/bludging
blʌdʒ/
Australian/NZinformal
verb
gerund or present participle: bludging
shirk responsibility and live off the efforts of others.
"they were sick of bludging on the public"
seek to obtain (something) at the expense or through the generosity of others.
"the girls bludged smokes"
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I worked part of one day at a laundry that did hospital contracts'
The morning was doing sheets from one of the nursing homes, They came in large plasticized bags, some of them were more full of excrement then laundry and most had at least a quart of liquid in them.
I made it through to lunch time, went out side for some fresh air and to through up.
After lunch time we started on the Hospital bags. The first lot was sheets and they were much better than the morning lot, I was thinking I might make it through. Then just before break time we got the surgical bags, the first one had bloody sheets and scrubs in it, the second one had sheets and body parts in it, mostly fingers and toes. I did not stay for the third bag.
Gerald.
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JB.....Neil is absolutely correct in his description of bludging , however possibly a little too polite
If we said ....'he is a lazy bludging bas##ed....about the only place he would walk to was the Government Centrelink Office to submit his out of work papers for the 'Government Support Payment' would be perceived as a common statement
Australia currently has an average of ~~12% registered unemployment......some isolated areas or Towns appear to have up to 30% of under 25 year olds unemployed
Successive Governments have introduced not only training courses, but Programs termed as ''Work for the Dole"......where long term unemployed under 25's must attend scheduled Community work...such as weeding natural vegetation in Parks & Community areas
One side of this was to attempt to remove the stigma of ...they are only bludging bas##eds.....'
Derek
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Yep...it's a nightmare!!!
I'll read new posts in a bit...not to sure this Win 10 PC is working as It should...no surprise there, can't find stuff I need and it all strange ...to me anyway, diff keyboard and new router is not sorted out yet, old router keeps dropping out.
My son is on road, accident right in front of him at 11.40am...situation is live on A34 Whitchurch, Hampshire...if your going around there,...trailer with cow's aboard turned over, no one hurt, maybe a new thread? he has photo's and video.
JB.
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Back to JB's quiz :}
1. ecg monitor, saline bag almost empty hung next to it. catheters in the box on the wall.
2. commode - we all know what thats for.
3. wash handbasin with elbow taps.
4 Incinerator chimney - here's a tale.
Waay back in my yoof (1978) when I started work at hull hospitals, I was a porter. all the hospitals had incinerators to dispose of well, burnable waste generated from day to day. Paper, kitchen waste, basically anything. There were different levels of porters from those who handle waste, laundry etc, up to the uniformed ones you normally see with patients. I was a uniformed porter (later became deputy head until they closed my hospital. I left, did summat else for a few years and returned to do my pharmacy technician training) One of the more unsavoury tasks was to be called to theatres to collect limbs that had been amputated. Sometimes these had to be kept for pathology so were delivered to the mortuary (fridges you see!) Otherwise they were incinerated. The incinerator having two ends, the main end where all the refuse went, and a smaller door at the back where the heat was super heated for disposal of human remains.
Anyway with the clean air act and many new regulations, hospitals closed their incinerators and yep you guessed had then to pay private companies to collect and dispose of 'household' waste. Limbs were then delivered direct to the mortuary for disposal - I have absolutely no idea what happened to them after that.
As an addendum, nothing caused more snickering than a porter with a yellow (plastic wrapping) shaped leg under his arm!
Correct again Brian...you have an unfair advantage!
I was plugged in to the monitor...tied to the trolley...dunno about the saline...prob pumped it into me, I was out cold at the time...another story.
Como...not mine!
Didn't need the sink.
nothing coming out of the chimney...although it does burn clean, it's next to the mortuary,you do see lots of van type vehicles with blacked out windows going back and forth...I know I've seen them...I often park there waiting for my wife when she has a ENT appoinment, not seen any staff carrying bright coloured packeges though {-)
JB.
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I worked part of one day at a laundry that did hospital contracts'
The morning was doing sheets from one of the nursing homes, They came in large plasticized bags, some of them were more full of excrement then laundry and most had at least a quart of liquid in them.
I made it through to lunch time, went out side for some fresh air and to through up.
After lunch time we started on the Hospital bags. The first lot was sheets and they were much better than the morning lot, I was thinking I might make it through. Then just before break time we got the surgical bags, the first one had bloody sheets and scrubs in it, the second one had sheets and body parts in it, mostly fingers and toes. I did not stay for the third bag.
Gerald.
Oh my word...it's an epidemic...blood and body parts all over the place.
good job I've had my tea...won't sleep tonight...is it Halloween yet? I can't remember what date it's on...
Thanks for the (gory) post Gerald %% :-))
JB.
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hi jb........I learned a lot of things whilst in good ol' OZZ, and many terms and endearments to..........this was one of them.
bludge/bludging
blʌdʒ/
Australian/NZinformal
verb
gerund or present participle: bludging
shirk responsibility and live off the efforts of others.
"they were sick of bludging on the public"
seek to obtain (something) at the expense or through the generosity of others.
"the girls bludged smokes"
Hi Neil, thanks for the explanation, thought it would be something along those lines...I remember you saying you had spent time in OZ but didn't connect the word with our friends there...should be a photo below..might jog a memory or ring a bell.
, We did meet some years ago, just the once...I'll remember when it was later...was after 2011...memory has deserted me at the moment :D
JB.
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JB.....Neil is absolutely correct in his description of bludging , however possibly a little too polite
If we said ....'he is a lazy bludging bas##ed....about the only place he would walk to was the Government Centrelink Office to submit his out of work papers for the 'Government Support Payment' would be perceived as a common statement
Australia currently has an average of ~~12% registered unemployment......some isolated areas or Towns appear to have up to 30% of under 25 year olds unemployed
Successive Governments have introduced not only training courses, but Programs termed as ''Work for the Dole"......where long term unemployed under 25's must attend scheduled Community work...such as weeding natural vegetation in Parks & Community areas
One side of this was to attempt to remove the stigma of ...they are only bludging bas##eds.....'
Derek
HI Derek, thanks for the unabridged version of Neil's explanation!
I knew there would be more to it...I used to walk back from work...not exactly sure how far but it took me about 30-40 minutes at least...have to check the distance and correct that if needs be, biked to work when I was 15-18...even in the snow (fell off in the ice more times than I care to remember) got soaked to the skin many a time, never did me any harm (bu**ed now tho!!!).
I'm sure it's no different here in the north, when my lad was in between jobs he had to attend certain 'classes'...so just like OZ really, I needed a gardner as I couldn't cut the grass or prune the shrubs at our place, had about 4 different men..not all at once...not that rich!..skint as it happens...not one came back a second time?...my son knew qa lad just starting up in gardening around the village, OK we need him for a full day to cut down the forest I had...got to be a nightmare...wife was tired of it all, she couldn't get out safely to feed the birds...she has several nest boxes and lots of feeders etc, Tom turned up and did a full day..£100...I had agreed that beforehand.
He was supposeed to come again a month later...didn't turn up, when asked by my son why not?...to wet...can't do it in the rain etc..OK next time he's asking me can he come over, nope I'm ok thanks... <*< a young lad..he'll learn!!!
My son knew another gardener/tree feller...bit older..a grafter, he's more expensive and hard to get hold of...all my garden..it's a corner plot...cut down..taken away...in 2 days...well pleased now :-))
My son is the same, runs his own business, employs 3 men, he hasn't had a day off in 3 weeeks, will work weekend and Sunday to keep his customers happy...he transports new car for main dealers...VW - audi - Mazda - lastest customer - BMW...others to..even a few Jaguars...an F-type not long ago.
He's doing OK without any help from me...I did lend him a few K to start him off that's all.
JB. (Windows 10!)
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I used to use the A34 regularly for work and it could be a snooty "xxxxx" for holdups. I used the Whitchurch turnoff numerous times as well to get to just east of Overton.
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I used to use the A34 regularly for work and it could be a snooty "xxxxx" for holdups. I used the Whitchurch turnoff numerous times as well to get to just east of Overton.
I'll need to be quick here..our power going off soon. leccy here running a new cable, . no news about hospital stuff yet, maybe today?
My son has just shown me the video of the cow trailer crash...it's good..if an accident can be good?..no!... need to rephrase that...
Exciting...nope...a warning to traiier owners? yep...seen it happen before...once they start swaying there's no stopping it going over...no injuries except 1 cow knocked out! ...recovered apparently.
More later on a new thread??? would that be acceptable on the forum..I'm not sure? got photo's and the vid..about a minute long...
JB.
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Remember Brian60's post 35, flooding in Barca?...my reply in 36 re our road flooding...can't really beleive it but right on cue! photo's taken today 11/11/17.
It's a wave!
Son's truck...right on cue...a coincidence.
Me resting...(chilling out)!
JB.
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Remember Brian60's post 35, flooding in Barca?...my reply in 36 re our road flooding...can't really beleive it but right on cue! photo's taken today 11/11/17.
JB.
Where do you keep your time machine? It's only October here
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Where do you keep your time machine? It's only October here
Is it? so it is...must be the roundabout i'm on {-)
Not really sure but it might be my heart trouble/brain/wife...! or this Win 10 PC...bill's trying to scramble my head with his ideas.
I've a funny feeling it could be these tablets i'm on O0
The bottom line could be a clue...TOOLS AND MACHINES...I don't drink alco... ???
Thanks for the reminder Dougal :-))
JB.
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Never mind the prescription medicines. The important advice is "Keep out of reach and sight of children". But they will always find you! Didn't Mr. Whitworth start a thread somewhere? Just right for nuts like us.
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Phenergan 25mg tablets, pale blue colour and used for the treatment of allergic conditions of the upper respiratory tract and skin including allergic rhinitis, urticaria. May also be used to aid sleep :-))
Hive of all knowledge me. especially as I have my access to the online BNF formulary (medicines handbook) available %%
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Never mind the prescription medicines. The important advice is "Keep out of reach and sight of children". But they will always find you! Didn't Mr. Whitworth start a thread somewhere? Just right for nuts like us.
Good morning LJ Crew :-))
No children here...well, that's not strictly true...son has a 10 year old daughter but she's only here occasionally and is very sensible and quite intellegent...prob gets that off me?
'Mr Whitworh' is from Pakistan I think, I thought our Mr W was selling sugar or something?
Oh...I have a few 'rules' one is safe to use cutting balsa and other stuff, got tenth's as well as mm's
Nice to speak to you :-)
JB. No photo's at the min...
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Phenergan 25mg tablets, pale blue colour and used for the treatment of allergic conditions of the upper respiratory tract and skin including allergic rhinitis, urticaria. May also be used to aid sleep :-))
Hive of all knowledge me. especially as I have my access to the online BNF formulary (medicines handbook) available %%
Correct...again! I'd show you a photo of my pill collection but I can't seen to transfer the SD card to this Win 10 PC >>:-(
brain is not interested this morning...switching between lying in bed on the old laptop and sitting at the desk on the PC...
No news from the hospital...waiting for the postman again...I'll be making a phone call or two later on...see if I can find out what the latest is on my refferal to the cardiac department...I'm prob in a queue...
So much to learn on Win 10...just scratching around looking for...everything %% It's flippin fast though!
JB.
PS. I can't get the new printer to work either.!!!
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I'm booked in for 2 appoinments at Blackpool Cardiac Centre next Wednesday 18th October...don't think they will operate just yet but very soon when they realise I'm not in good shape
Not nervous or worried at all, just want to get my heart fixed.
Wife is getting ready to list all my stuff on Ebay...bike, plastic kits...up to 8 now, Solebay...and my Jag.
If I come out the other side I'll be ordering Deans Cossack...a present to myself, I've made a list of what's needed to make a good start, Determined to have a mate for Solebay...
Only 6 days to wait. :-))
JB.
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Hi guys...Blackpool cardiac kept me in since the 18th October..! I've had lots of tests inc an Angiogram, camera down throat to look at the heart with echo..not sure how that works... blood taken nearly every day!
Everything is good so the surgery is tomorrow the 6th November...around 1pm..
Plan is for replacement Aortic valve and possible triple bypass...the surgeon will decide when he is in there...!!!
Expect to be back in the land of the living Tuesday morning...
Wife and son coming for a visit soon so I`ll be off now.
Catch you later... :-))
JB.
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Best of Luck with surgery JB.
They say that the best way to a mans heart is through his stomach, As you have found out, they usually go through your groin. Had the Echo down the throat one and have had problems with acid reflect ever since, hope you do better.
Regards,
Gerald.
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Keeping tuned in for your next post JB
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Best wishes for the op. Could happen to any of us.
Colin
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all the very best Jb...............hope everything goes well, and soon on the road to recovery. :-))
neil.
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Best of luck JB. Last time I went under the knife I watched it all. But I guess you may not be able to for this one. Ask for the video afterwards! Going to Yorkshire for three weeks tomorrow so I'll catch up when I get back. Cheers John.
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Thanks guys, using a borrowed Huawei tablet in hospital its a bit strange but managing up to a point I,m planning to visit as many clubs as I can and do the shows I,ve missed in 2017 ...lots to make up for next year, this tablet,s keyboard is awkward !!! My son has bought a Samsung tablet for me to use after the surgery...hope it,s better than this one.. see you all later :-)) . Jb.
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Very best wishes. We will all be thinking of you :-))
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I wish you a tidy operation and a speedy recovery JB.
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Don't worry, he'll most likely whip it out, put it in one of those ultrasound jewellery cleaners and do a re-install. It'll be like a new 'un when he's finished :}
Best of luck matey, we await the details in a couple of days time, knowing what anaesthetics are like it will take a few days before you are up to wanting to do anything.
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Any word on JB?
Gerald
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Any word on how J.B is yet I hope no news is good news. Does anybody live near the hospital & can maybe check how he is doing,he has a great sense of humor. Mick B.
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hi has anyone any news on jb ???
deepstar
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We were p.m.ing each other for sometime then it stopped just back on my feet myself and p.m.ed him the other day I'll phone him to see how he is
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Hope he's OK but then recovery from a major operation does take some time maybe he doesn't feel up to posting at the moment.
Joe
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Hello everyone
This is John's son. I am posting to let you all know that my dad has unfortunately passed away on the 16th November at 11pm due to various complications after surgery. The surgery itself was a success to a point but it caused other problems and im afraid he never really came round from the op. It has been an extremely difficult time for us all.
I am exceptionally sorry to bring this news to you, I know he massively enjoyed the banter on here and was looking forward to many things after recovery
Many thanks
Ian
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As I said earlier today to John's family I was saddened to hear he had passed away
J.B. R.I.P.
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Commiserations to all of Johns family. We will miss his posts on the forum, he brightened our lives and his passing leaves a hole in mine .
Deep sadness .
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My deepest condolences to you and the rest of John's family Ian. I considered him a friend on here and somebody who had the same outlook on life as myself.
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I didn't know the man unfortunately. But my thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time.
All the more reason for us youngsters to take up the reigns for the future of this hobby......
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I didn't know John but that doesn't matter he was one fo us, I'm saddened to hear of his passing' my thoughts are with his family.
Joe.
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So sad to hear the news about JB. Deepest condolences to his family. We have lost a good friend and expert modeller. :((
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I met John some few years ago when he bought a model from me that I was selling for another friend who had been admitted to a nursing home.
John was an astute friendly and inspirational man and I will always remember him for something he said........."if I can find a lake i'll sail it"
I hope sincerely John, that you've already found that big calm lake in the sky, and enjoy your eternal fun..........you deserve it.
RIP, and my prayers go to you and your family at this sad time of reflection.
neil.
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only met john once
he was a very nice chap
very easy to get on with
we send all is famiiley our regards at this very trying time
s m b c
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I only knew JB through his posts on here, and when we did not hear from him I feared the worst. He will be missed, and like all of us I send my condolences to his family.
Gerald.
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Our sincere condolences, to you Ian & the all family.
Martin & All of John's Mayhem model boat friends.
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Sincerest condolences to you and your family.
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So sorry to hear this news, our deepest condolences to you and your family.
You will be missed JB.
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Amen, I enjoyed his banter and builds. Our hobby has lost another pillar of knowledge and humour, but we gained from the same qualities.
Rest in Peace JB. I never met you but would have liked to.
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My sincere condolences to John's family at this sad time. He will be greatly missed on Mayhem.
Peter.
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My sincerest condolences to Johns family & friends everywhere. John you made us laugh many times & thought us a lot as well about boat modelling, but most of all you thought us to laugh at ourselves & our mistakes,sad to say we have no replacement for your advice & good humor.Sleep well my friend & I hope they give you a nice shiny Jaguar to terrorize all your friends where you have gone now. You will be missed for a very long time. Mick B.
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Very sad news. My condolences to his family. I only met John once, but we chatted a few times. He’ll be missed.
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Sad news. My condolences to the family.
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Very sad news indeed. My condolences to the family.
I conversed with John about our Jaguar cars and he was very friendly, not only to me but all the members. He will be remembered by the forum for a long time.
Sincere regards,
ken
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My condolences to all the family RIP John
Dave
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I'm sad to hear the news. I spent an interesting afternoon visiting with him a few years ago, such a very nice guy I thought. RIP JB
Dave
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Hi all
Thank you for all of your kind words, really means a lot. Not been on here for a little while so please accept my apologies for the late response but I really appreciate everything you have all said. It's very quiet without him and his crazy humour!
Anyway, I could do with a bit of guidance, I took my Dad to buy a ship back in August, it' called Solebay. It's a fully working ship. My dad told my mum to sell it if he did not make it through the op, is there a particular place on here I can put it up for sale or anyone know of anywhere else to advertise?
Cheers guys
Ian
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Further down the page Ian, there is a section for buying/selling items, you could place it in there. But considering the situation, I'm sure the admins would be happy for you to place it in here and they could move it into the right area for you.
On a sadder note, I hope you and your family are bearing up, I know it to be a great strain to get through these times, I can't say it gets easier as time passes, it really doesn't.
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Martin the site owner will
probably let you sell it on here
as your late Dad would be entitled.
You know what was paid for it and
If you could post a photo of it with
the asking price, I'm sure it will be
sorted for you.
Ned
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My condolences to all the family
It always hit hard when a family member or a contributor to a community as this forum checks out <:( It hits everybody that no one is immortal.
My younger brother (47 years) has just gone though a double bypass yesterday and the whole family is just sitting there waiting for the result (as for now it is good news but who knows.)
Just enjoy today as no one knows what tomorrow brings
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John was a very popular and valued member of this forum, and the wider model boat community. He will be greatly missed.
Many people have taken the opportunity to express their sadness and condolences to the family on here, and now is perhaps the time to draw this thread to a close.
Thank you,
Martin