Dave Hunt

Must remember that next time I'm in hospital and take my old bone dome with me. Probably get me noticed if nothing else. Dave

The father of a boyhood friend of mine had a glass eye, or should I say a couple of glass eyes. One was normal, the other had a union flag instead of an iris and pupil, He could take the glass eyes out and put them back in very easily and his party trick in the pub was to pretend to be wiping his eye with his handkerchief but in fact be replacing the normal eye with the union flag one. Some of the double takes and dropped jaws around the bar were hilarious. Dave

My scratchbuilt S7 Princess of Wales class has full working inside motion but is driven by two motor bogies in the tender. Works fine. The late John Horton christened it The Fastest Tram in the West. Dave

Maybe they transfer you by bus? Just what you'd need when trying to get home... Dave

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

Ditto Hipposhire. Dave

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

I've had a couple of days absence due to a medical hiccup. All was well following my operation then on Saturday I felt a pain on the inside of my right thigh, which got worse over the weekend and felt as thought there was a very nobbly varicose vein underneath that was hard to the touch and the area was somewhat inflamed. On Monday morning I therefore called the hospital and one of the registrars told me to see my GP immediately. I did so and got an appointment within the hour at which blood tests were taken and the leg examined. The blood test results were in by 1800 and indicated that I could have a DVT so I was told to report to the duty GP doctors at Telford hospital to have an ultrasound scan as a matter of some urgency. After 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. When I got to the hospital I was told to 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 then went through exactly the same examination and blood tests as had been done yesterday so I queried what was going on and when could I expect the ultrasound scan? The reply was that I was being assessed for eligibility to have one so I pointed out that yesterday no fewer than three doctors had decided following examinations and blood tests that I definitely did need one so I was examined by yet another doctor and 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, sent home and told to report back on Thursday at 1145. You couldn't make it up. Dave

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

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

I've told Mike that if he doesn't have room for the wagons when moving that I will happily take them off his hands. So far he hasn't committed himself. Dave

You surprise me; I have always found their recipes work well as presented. Dave

Wrong forum Bear - should have gone to specsavers TNM. Dave

The only project managers I have ever been involved with have been on defence contracts and have been good blokes. The grit in the works has invariably been the MoD Procurement people. Dave

It must have been catching. In the same period I worked with a chap who used to buy cheap bangers at car auctions, at which his brother who was an AA patrolman would accompany him to give them the once over so that he didn't buy anything dangerous or liable to die in short order, then run them until they became uneconomical, scrap them and repeat the process. Generally they could find cars with valid MOTs at knock down prices and when the time came to dump them it was surprising how much he got for scrap. He used to keep a record of everything and he claimed that the sums came out quite favourably compared with buying more expensive cars and keeping them for longer. Dave

At the hospital I have just been in the patients’ food is prepared in the same kitchens that supply the staff and visitors’ canteens, albeit with a slightly more limited menu, and whilst not haute cuisine or in over-generous quantities is good quality. Dave

Jill is now watching Casualty so I’ve sloped off to bed for a bit of a read and some early shuteye. Night night Dave

Son and rugrats now departed and no damage to DH - apart from the eardrums of course. I must see if we can have them fitted with volume control. Dave

Aren't farmers the highest category of suicides? Dave

Acid rain, diesel particulates, dog piddle........ etc. Dave

The Dental Officers on RAF stations certainly got more dosh than I did. Dave

I have a railway modelling friend who retired from his dental practice a few years ago. Throughout his career he treated only NHS patients and says that a dentist who does as he did can make a very good living without resorting to private practice, although taking on some private patients is understandable. In his opinion, dentists who do only private work are simply greedy. Dave

I am proud of the fact that I can claim to be both a CCGOG and a randy Scouse Git. We are a small but select group. Dave

They're not due to arrive until 1300. I've got net to my chair a large bag full of choccy treats that I will throw at them as soon as they enter the room. Dave

My back still hurts like hell and it has been announced that No. 1 son and his two rugrats are visiting tomorrow. If you hear screaming from a northerly direction HH, you'll know what's causing it. Dave