The Night Mail

[Compound2632]

6 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

I take it you are not a fan of those lovable mop-tops, the fab four, The Beatles.

 

Far from it. Yellow Submarine was the first piece of popular music of which I was really aware, though it was not until quite a few years later that I learned that it was by the Beatles. I wasn't two when it came out. 

[J. S. Bach]

16 hours ago, pH said:

I think the third volume may be:
‘Modernity Britain: 1957-1962’.

 

It was apparently later split into two books:

Modernity Britain: Book One: Opening the Box, 1957-1959 

Modernity Britain: Book Two: A Shake of the Dice, 1959-62 

 

 

AUSTERITY is in at least two books; in the one that I have, they is bound into one volume.

Edited April 8 by J. S. Bach
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[J. S. Bach]

10 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

I take it you are not a fan of those lovable mop-tops, the fab four, The Beatles.

No, I am not. To me, the "Fab Four" is The Ventures!

[J. S. Bach]

Due to some temporary bandwidth limitations, Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[jamie92208]

Has anyone else watched the  Changing of the Guard with the French Guarde Republican and the Grenadier Guards in London and Paris,  I was once told that the Guards bearskins were initially looted from the field at Waterloo after large numbers of the Imperial Guard no longer had a need for theirs,  I wonder if this was mentioned today in the spirit of the Entente Cordial. 

 

Jamie

Edited April 9 by jamie92208

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

Has anyone else watched the  Changing of the Guard with the French Guarde Republican and the Grenadier Guards in London and Paris,  I was once told that the Guards bearskins were initially looted from the field at Waterloo after large numbers of the Imperial Guard no longer had a need for theirs,  I wonder if this was mentioed today in the spirit of the Entente Cordial. 

 

Jamie

I did watch some video of both events. I still can’t get used to Prince Edward being the Duke of Edinburgh though. 

Edited April 8 by Tony_S

[Happy Hippo]

11 hours ago, Tony_S said:

I did watch some video of both events. I still can’t get used to Prince Edward being the Duke of Edinburgh though. 

Perhaps it would be easier if you thought of him as De Juke of Eatin' Burgers

[Tony_S]

37 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

Perhaps it would be easier if you thought of him as De Juke of Eatin' Burgers

That would probably help, though one of his siblings prefers pizza.

[Happy Hippo]

I thought that was De Juke o' Pork

[Winslow Boy]

Three guesses what- road works are back. Having lulled us into a false sense of security by removing them over Easter they are back with a vengeance.

 

I think somebody must have worked out that there's the possibility of breaking the record for how many lots of works they can do over twelve months.

[PhilJ W]

According to the Essex County Council Live Traffic Map there should be roadworks going on in my street but there's none as far as I can see. 

[Dave Hunt]

On 08/04/2024 at 09:18, Happy Hippo said:

 

 

Hoy! Ramrod.

 

Remember squeezing into these little beauties?

 

 

https://fb.watch/rjnSWUOzDi/

 

Certainly do HH but if we were caught hanging a bone dome on the pitot head, as someone has done with the Yellowjacks aircraft, we'd have been reamed a new orifice.

 

Dave

[Happy Hippo]

3 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

Certainly do HH but if we were caught hanging a bone dome on the pitot head, as someone has done with the Yellowjacks aircraft, we'd have been reamed a new orifice.

 

Dave

Yes, I can just imagine 'Chiefie'  gently reminding the delinquent, that HIS aeroplane, is not a young idiot's hatstand

[Dave Hunt]

So, there I was being a happy bunny after my operation when on Saturday I woke up with a pain on the inside of my right thigh. By Sunday night it was worse and felt to the touch as thought there was a very nobbly varicose vein underneath that was hard to the touch, which was painful, and the area was reddened. On Monday morning I called the hospital and one of the registrars told me to see my GP immediately. When I told the GP receptionist what had happened she got me an appointment within an hour, blood tests were taken and an examination made during which the term DVT was mentioned. The blood test results were in by 1800 and I was told to report to the duty GP doctors at Telfland hospital to have an ultrasound scan as a matter of some urgency. After trekking to the hospital being examined yet again, though, I was told that there was no-one on duty at night who could do it so I was given an anti-coagulant injection and told to go this morning to another hospital unit for a scan. Off I toddled (well, to be exact was driven by Jill then hobbled the rest of the way) and went back this morning to be told when I got to the hospital that I could expect to be there for several hours and for starters went through the sort of rigmarole with blood pressure, etc. that is usually the precursor to an admission. After a lengthy wait I was a bit surprised when they went through exactly the same examination and blood tests as had been done yesterday but who am I to argue? Eventually, though, I queried what was going on and when could I expect the ultrasound scan? only to be told that I was being assessed for eligibility to have one. This after three doctors had decided following examinations and blood tests yesterday that I definitely did need one. After yet another doctor saw me it was finally decided that yes, I did need an ultrasound scan but they were booked up until Thursday so I was given a prescription for some anticoagulants and told to report back on Thursday at 1145. To say that I'm a bit p1ssed off would be somewhat close to the truth.

 

Dave

 

PS - and my leg still hurts

[Oldddudders]

That sounds terrifying, and incompetent, in equal measure. I hope all resolves happily soonest. 

[Happy Hippo]

Not wanting to upstage Dave, I too have been in the wars.

 

Having been told on Friday that I could finally revert to my original eye drop prescription, yesterday morning I managed to poke my right eye with the end of a soft(ish) plastic hand saw cover.  It was folded in half and as I lifted it up, it sprang to attention, and made unexpected and uncomfortable contact.

 

Ironically, I'd just taken my safety vizor off, having just finished using a router on a lengthy cutting job.

 

That afternoon, my son Morgan, who was putting up the new garden shed, asked me if I could cut the corner off a bit of 2 x 1 timber at the end of the roof, which was  longer than advertised.  I picked up the handsaw(not the same one that was in the cover after the morning's incident), and removed the offending bit.

 

As I finished the wind gusted and blew a small wood chip into my eye, where it became temporarily lodged.

 

The eye was suitably irrigated and the detritis washed out, but it was now very painful.

 

This morning, I went to see our local optician*, who confirmed there was no bits in the eye, but told me the cornea was scratched, which was accounting for the discomfort.

 

I am currently on an antibiotic eye drop every two hours, which stings somewhat when it goes in.

 

 

*  If you have eye issues in Shropshire it is either straight to A&E or a visit to the optician first, who will refer you to the Ophthalmic urgent eye care clinic.  GPs do not get involved in ocular matters.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 9 by Happy Hippo

[Dave Hunt]

There used to be a brilliant walk-in eye clinic at Shrewsbury hospital where I went one evening after getting a small glass splinter in my eye. I was seen within minutes and discharged after about an hour with the splinter removed, the eye washed out and antibiotic drops both prescribed and dispensed. That was about 20 years ago. Today there is no such service. Progress??

 

Dave 

[Happy Hippo]

13 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

There used to be a brilliant walk-in eye clinic at Shrewsbury hospital where I went one evening after getting a small glass splinter in my eye. I was seen within minutes and discharged after about an hour with the splinter removed, the eye washed out and antibiotic drops both prescribed and dispensed. That was about 20 years ago. Today there is no such service. Progress??

 

Dave 

Yes the walk in clinic has long gone.  You only now get to urgent eye care via referral from a medical professional. Optician/GP (Ha Ha) or A&E.

 

I did have the direct line for the clinic after I'd had my retinal tear, and used it once.  What I was able to do after a consultation with the triage sister, was to book an appointment for later in the day, rather than turn up and spend x hours sitting on a hard uncomfortable chair in the waiting room.

 

You are welcome to call by on your way to, or from, PRH on Thursday.

 

I have a tin of bully beef and a can of beans I can feed you.

Edited April 9 by Happy Hippo

[polybear]

8 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

*  If you have eye issues in Shropshire it is either straight to A&E or a visit to the optician first, who will refer you to the Ophthalmic urgent eye care clinic.  GPs do not get involved in ocular matters.

 

Gotta problem with your lug 'oles in Bearsville that require syringing?  Well forget the Docs now - all they do is suggest you visit the local (private) clinic - and that'll cost you seventy quid..... 

Bear's Buddy (who has a history of iffy lug 'oles and hasn't worked for many years after being hit by a Tw@t riding a Beemer who jumped the lights in Paris) has been caught by this numerous times and as you can imagine isn't exactly flush with cash (he gave up claiming benefits years ago because of all the b.s. and red tape they were giving him).

[Dave Hunt]

Ditto Hipposhire.

 

Dave

[Dave Hunt]

Purely coincidentally, a friend who works at Telfland hospital as a senior clinical radiographer has just told us that she has handed in her notice as she is so fed up with the incompetence and mismanagement she has to put up with on a daily basis.

 

Dave

[New Haven Neil]

I once presented at A&E way back when in the North-east, with something in my eye that I couldn't shift - the young house officer (as they were then) did the usual spiel then asked what I thought it may be. I told him it was coal, and he got a bit stroppy, asking 'how on earth I thought I could be so specific' - so I told him I was driving a steam engine at the time it went in......LOL, shut the buqqer up for a while!

[Happy Hippo]

16 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

I once presented at A&E way back when in the North-east, with something in my eye that I couldn't shift - the young house officer (as they were then) did the usual spiel then asked what I thought it may be. I told him it was coal, and he got a bit stroppy, asking 'how on earth I thought I could be so specific' - so I told him I was driving a steam engine at the time it went in......LOL, shut the buqqer up for a while!

If your fireman mistook your face for the fire hole you should have taken him along to the ophthalmic clinic at the same time!

[New Haven Neil]

11 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

If your fireman mistook your face for the fire hole you should have taken him along to the ophthalmic clinic at the same time!

 

Ah, it wasn't big enough to have a fireman, that was my job too!  Bl**dy thing slipped bigtime and emptied the smokebox into my face.  

 

 

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.