Training, getting bored and hospitals

4 November 2013

And so another week begins; I wonder what it will bring our way? Well, we know we will be busy tomorrow at least.  Jan is off to the hospital for an appointment and will take Sam we here to get her plaster cast changed after she managed to break both bone in her leg last week.  Liddle ol me will be stopping in again cos the suppliers of Jan's scooter are turning up sometime in the morning to service the scooter. No idea of the time though, a case of sitting and waiting.

Kile went home OK yesterday.  He started to get a tad bored again here while he was here.  We hadn't planned a ride out but that is something he can't have every time he comes to us. There's no other kids of his age around here either so he can't go out to play. At nine years old it won't be long before he says he wants to stay at home and play with his mates rather than come here for the weekend with two oldies. Such is life ... ... ...

Nothing was done on NANO yesterday as well as my blog. I'm not too worried about right now seeing as we've only just started and I was slightly ahead when I stopped on Saturday. There is an issue with it that I'm trying to get into while I write it. For years now I have been inserting two spaces at the start of new sentence. But it seems that publishers require just one space.  The other thing I'm trying to get into the habit of doing is to now use " " for dialogue but to use ' . When I did word processing at college in the 90's I was taught to type the way I have been doing.  Getting out of that habit to meet someone else's requirements is becoming a bit of a pain the bum!

Bonfire Night is officially tomorrow night. However, I'm pleased to report that over the last weekend there hasn't been any hassle from kids throwing fireworks in the streets. I'm hoping there isn't any tomorrow now. I saw a survey on-line the other day (sorry, can't remember where now), asking if fireworks should be banned from sale to the general public. That is something I have been in favour of for years now. In that survey you get to see the results up to that time after you vote and was surprised that over 40% of voters, some 37,000 people in total were also voting for a public ban. Sadly the Muppets in Muppet Central won't take any notice of it, as usual!

The Hussy is in the News again. They have a ward called the EMU, or Emergency Medical Unit, I've had a stay in there myself a few years ago. EMU is close to the A&E department, and for some time now there has been more building work going on around there. Today's story is that the current 18 bed unit is being increased to a 41 bed unit ready for winter. It's also getting a new name, well, nearly a name. The Emergency is being replace by Acute. I'm sure the 77,000+ Dorktowners will sleep better at night knowing about that!

And so it's now photo time ... 

A car ad!

And for today's funny could be an 'ouch' ...

The female dentist prepares the needle to give the bloke with the toothache an anaesthetic injection. “No way! No needles, I hate needles!” the guy said. So the dentist starts to hook up her nitrous oxide gas and the man objects again. “I can't do the gas thing either. The thought of having the gas mask on my face makes me faint!”
She then asks the guy if he has any objection to taking a pill.
“No objection,” the patient says. “'I'm fine with pills.” When she returns she says, “Here's a Viagra and a glass of water.”
The guy says, “Wow! I didn't know Viagra worked as a pain killer!”
“It doesn't” she said, "But it’ll give you something to hold on to while I pull your tooth out..........