Taking the blame ...

3 February

The workmen arrived as promised and on time, at 1pm. Now all we have is an almost empty room with a sink unit and taps. Even the tiled floor has gone. Today we expect to see the plumber, again at 1pm. Well, after they left I sat thinking about it. The letter we had explaining it all said that we would not see workers all day every day. That seems more than a bit draft to me. If the first lot arrived at say, 8am, the plumber at 11am, the sparky at say, 2pm, it all would go a lot smoother and quicker. I think so anyway.

Last night I settled down at around 12.15. I don’t know if it’s my mind playing silly bs or what, but straight away my back began hurting. The last few times we have been out, I’ve had a feeling of dampness at the bottom of my right buttock and round between my legs. Jan has checked in as I walk in front of her and there is no dampness, but it’s damned uncomfortable. I got that same sensation last night in bed for the first time. Overall it makes me more concerned as to what this ‘fatty lump’ is and what it’s doing to me. I can now say I’m starting to get slightly worried.

The Hussy was on Midlands Today again last night, along with two others asking for fewer people to arrive at A&E, that only really sick and injured people should go there. It seems the three hospitals are struggling to manage with the added numbers attending. This was predicted of course and if it was just the odd one or two, there really wouldn’t be any need for concern. However, it’s not just the odd one or two is it? It’s happening all over the country. That seems to show a serious problem within the system and we hear the same reason from the hospitals, not enough staff, difficulty in recruiting more, various training bodies claiming the figures in training are being cut/falling, and of course, lack of funds.

Sometime ago I wrote about the fine system that the hospitals had to deal with. In that one hospital is ‘fined’ for some failing, yet the money isn’t repaid, no, it’s taken from one sector and given to another sector. This system is absurd waste of time, effort and even more money in administering it. It’s no wonder the whole system is in a mess with this happening. What it doesn’t taken into account is that some people have conditions that can’t be treated by just one visit to A&E. So when they turn up again for the same problem within a set time scale, the fine kicks in. How stupid is that? Can you think of anything more stupid that taking funds from a struggling service and giving them to another part of the service? Come on, where’s the common sense.

It doesn’t matter who was in power when the decline set in, the man at the top is the one who faces the blame, just as he gets all the glory when things go well. And that of course goes for everything the government does. Daft Dave is that man right now. He showed his daftness yesterday when he announced draft agreement on an EU agreement he is talking credit for (see above). I’m sure that he isn’t all that happy about it seeing as it doesn’t give anywhere near to the promises he made for last year’s election. But of course he has to put on a positive show, without it he’s out, and he knows that!

No matter what he manages to claw from the other member states, it will never be enough to satisfy the large number of people who want out of the EU, me included. And the sooner the better for me. There are cries that the EU would collapse if the UK withdrew for it, that the Euro would be a failure, and so on … But you know what? I don’t believe a word of it. What is really at stake is the £100k+ salaries and the vast gravy train that is all part of it. What we here are the voices of fear and concern from vested interests. We saw and heard all this over the hunting ban years ago; when it came in, the promised loss of jobs didn’t happen; the mass slaughter of hounds didn’t happen; the loss of the countryside way of life didn’t happen, and so on. Of course voices will be raised that you can’t compare the two, but why not? The pros would use it if it fitted their arguments.

No, sorry, I don’t but into the EU at all, even if I did vote ‘yes’ to join in the first place. Tubby Ted was in charge then and it’s been suggested that he not only knew that eventually there would be closure ties and eventually a united, federal Europe. It has also been suggested that he lied about it at the time, and continued through the rest of his life. But you see, what choice did he have? No choice at all.

And so for a photo …

The only safe way for viewing a snake, behind glass!

Today’s funny …

What did the buffalo say when he dropped his boy off at school?
"Bye, son!"