Good, Bad .......Ugly


 People are just as good and just as bad as they always been
That’s what I think, for what it’s worth
Do they complain more? 
No, I don’t think they do, they just complain differently.
The subject matters of the complaints change with priority changes 
Social media amplifies our perceptions of the complaints 
We see more
We think there is more 
We therefore feel we need to comment more.
It’s a cycle and one that is not always constructive.

This need to comment is a double edged sword.
I love comments on Going Gently but I don’t need criticism 
When I say I don’t need it...I mean it literally....I just don’t need it.
I know myself warts and all. 
I don’t need someone to tell me an alternative view.
I know the alternative view
But some  do love to be experts on absolutely everything
Even me

Today, no matter who you are, you have a bigger voice than people once had. 
You can say your piece to an audience of potential millions
How fantastic is that

A bit jumbled but it’s 6.18 am, so I’m allowed 
My last night Shift is almost over . Back on day shifts on Wednesday 

My thoughts are with Weaver of Grass
I hope someone can tell us how she is doing today
Hey ho





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Carmen

 Dressing up

in pink sequins

With Bizet's

Carmen's suite

to brighten 

my mood

on this 

Rainy day



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Negative

Shirley and I were randomly chosen to  participate in our national "Covid-19 infection survey" run by The University of Oxford in partnership with The Office for National Statistics.

The Sunday before last, a  phlebotomist arrived at our house in a shiny 4x4 vehicle and we had swabs and bloods taken on our doorstep.

On Thursday we received our swab results and yesterday our blood results arrived. We were  "negative" on both counts. No current COVID infections and also no anti-bodies indicating past infection.

Now that is a little strange. As you may remember, Shirley is a part-time practice nurse working at a health centre. She undertook identical tests at her workplace a couple of months ago and her blood sample indicated that she did have anti-bodies. 

Was the initial test faulty? Have the anti-bodies left her blood system? Perhaps it simply tells us that testing is not 100% accurate.

There will be other tests for us in the future - more swabs and more blood letting.

Why, you might ask, have I agreed to participate in this survey? Perhaps it's from a sense of civic responsibility as our nation wrestles with the invisible monster in our midst? Not at all. My reason is purely mercenary.

The initial tests provided me with a £50 e-voucher that I spent yesterday at Cole Brothers (John Lewis) in the centre of our Tier 3 Yorkshire city. Future tests will earn me £25 a time. We should make £300 each over the next year. Who said there wasn't money to be made from pandemics? Incidentally, we are also contributing to a laudable scientific study.

With my £50 I bought a pack of new "Canon" printer cartridges. Why the hell do printer cartridges cost so damned much? Maybe that is a subject for another blogpost. To our esteemed leaders I might well say - forget COVID-19, just reduce the cost of printer cartridges!  I am sure that I would once again receive a negative result.



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