Photomags, NHS saga and a bit of down time

8 January

We were expecting one of the council repair team to arrive here this afternoon to fix our leaky toilet, which was fine with us. But we had a phone call just on 9am to ask if they could come straight away instead. It’s a good job we agreed seeing as the pan hadn’t been fitted properly in the first place. Right now we are minus one toilet pan seeing as the plumber has removed it and has now gone off to get the parts he needs to finish the job. Once he is done however, it seems that there’s still a lot more work to do seeing there are additional problems with extractor fan and the shower pump. The company who installed our new bathroom is well known with repair team for their shoddy work. Why the council puts up with it I don’t know.

Regular readers will know that I long photo mags, but there are times when I wonder who they write for. On Facebook this morning that’s this … http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2014/04/19/7-daily-exercises-that-will-make-you-a-better-photographer/  They claim seven exercises that make you a better photographer, oh really? And how many will have the time to actually ‘do’ those exercises I wonder? I certainly don’t. Digital Camera is a good magazine and one I’m tempted to take out a subscription on, but oh how I wish they would be a tad more realistic in their advice.

The on-going saga of the NHS is getting more than a little out of hand my friends. One of the major reasons that A&E is having such problems is the closure of the walk-in centre around the country. We have one here in Dorktown in the Camphill area and there’s a public consultation about closing it. I have to wonder why they are even thing of closing it considering the national problems.

Another reason for the struggling A&E is the failure of the NHS 111 advice centre. I gave up calling them after calling them twice and being told to go to either a GP or A&E. The idea when the 111 systems was set up was to reduce the pressure on A&E, and yet it is actually increasing it. So many ideas, so many failures. It bugs me when this happens in the public services. If these people worked in the private sector they wouldn’t be working there for very long!

It’s always good to get out and about and away from most of the pressures of day to day life. Here’s one of my favourite places I like to go to … 

The beach at Titchwell marsh. I took this on Saturday when I was down there with Kile. What attracted me was the clear six levels within the scene. You can also see Kile in there, or at least his back when he bent over looking at rock pools.

And for today’s funny …

The leader of the vegetarian society just couldn’t control himself anymore. He just needed to try some pork, just to see what it tasted like. So one summer day he told his members he was going on a vacation. He packed out of town, and headed to the nearest restaurant. After sitting down, he ordered a roasted pig, and impatiently waited for his delicacy. After just a few minutes, he heard someone call his name, and to his great chagrin he saw one of his fellow members walking towards him. Just at that same moment, the waiter walked over, with a huge platter, holding a full roasted pig with an apple in it’s mouth. “Isn’t that something,” says the leader after only a moments pause, “all I do is order an apple, and look what it comes with!”