Jan in the Hussy, indipendant Jocks and the Hussy herself

12 February 2013

Jan is in the Hussy but not had her op yet.  It seems they didn't know what was going on really.  First she was told she was first one the list, then she wasn't, then they was and finally she wasn't.  The fist on the list is running very late and Jan has to wait.  They are hoping that they can do Jan's op by keyhole surgery and that would be less of a problem if they did.  She will be pleased when it's all over with.

It's all this sort of messing around that spoils the NHS.  It seems that half the time one hand doesn't know what t'ther hand is doing.  There always seems to be a lot of people standing around chatting instead of getting on and doing.  Add in the continued duplicating of paper work by person after another and it's not wonder there are problems!

A thought occurred to me as I sat watching the news yesterday.  There's yet another fuss about Scottish independence.  The devolution thing get's my goat as it is!  Scottish, Welch and Ulster have two government representatives; one to Westminster and one to their regional assembly.  We English don't with only one government for us.  But the thing is, Wales Scotland and Ulster send people to Westminster who have some say on what happens across the UK, including England.  But we English don't have any say on what the regional assemblies are saying or doing.  Now here's the thing - what happens if the Scots do go for independence next year?  What happens to their current crop of Muppet Persons in Westminster?  Are they still going to have a say even though before long their country will be independent?  Prime Muppet Daft David might get his wish to reduce the number of Muppets by default.  And to whose benefit will that be?  Certainly not the opposition!

Jan has just phone to say she is on her way for the op as soon as she had got her gown on.  That's good at least.  Now it's just a case of sitting and waiting.

Mary Ann Evans lived in a house on the edge of the Arbury estate where her dad was the estate agent, or manager I suppose.  The house is now The Griff House Hotel.  There are a lot of old outbuildings there and because of the Evans (or George Eliot aka The Hussy), connection there's been a large effort to save one of them from demolition.  For lack of anything better to use the News gave it the full front page and part of a second one inside.  I really don't see the point!  It is claimed that tourists from across the world come to the town to see where she lived and went to school.  But she actually lived here for a very short time before moving to Coventry and finally to London where she moved in and lived with a man, but didn't marry - hence the Hussy title I use.  Why should she not be so labelled?  All she actually did was to produce and number of very successful sleeping pills in book form.  Anyone else at that time living in the same manor would be castigated and shunned by the establishment - so why wasn't she?  And why is Dorktown so damned proud of her?  NOT IN MY NAME!!!   

Time to find a photo then ... 

a goldeneye.  Not on my year list though cos it is one the bird collection at Slimbridge. 

And now for a funny ...

Due to recent cut-backs in spending the BBC has been forced to think of new programme series that are based entirely on the quality of their titles.  On such has been proposed for a "grumpy old men's travel programme."
It will be called:  "Cross Incontinents."