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Ian and Sarah managed to make it up to Sheffield yesterday. Their COVID isolation period was over. Neither of them had had any COVID symptoms but Sarah had tested positive twice. Like God, this damned virus moves in mysterious ways. Shirley  got a message from my younger brother Simon. He had just been watching the popular late afternoon quiz show - "Tipping Point" hosted by Ben Shephard. Apparently there had been a question about "Bosh!" With some difficulty I located the show via the ITV catch up service. It was in the second section that Ben Shephard asked smiley contestant Naureen this: "In 2019, vegan chefs  Henry Firth and Ian Theasby published a recipe book that had a three word title - "Bish! Bash!..." and?" Naureen said "Bosh!" which was of course correct. Then I turned to Ian and said, "That's bloody amazing! Forget everything else that "Bosh!" have achieved. Having a question asked about you on 'T...

  Yesterday I had to trouble shoot a medicine problem and organise some much needed emergency medication from a main pharmacy down the coast. It was a bank holiday so things were tight with departments closed and on minimal staffing  I am pretty efficient when supporting problems and always find talking to senior staff first is pragmatic and time saving.  I spoke to a friendly senior pharmacist with a delightful Lancashire accent and we bounced off each other like two ping pong balls . He sorted my problem out with much laughing and I suddenly found myself wanting to flirt with the person behind the voice  His name is Ian  I’m looking for an excuse to call again  I’m a daft old fool  Hey ho from Going Gently https://ift.tt/345Fclu

 Live it Love it And give thanks For all You have.                                                                                  from R's rue https://ift.tt/32q2Ys3

Well it’s a time for a change from Christmas Card Gate. The cottage looks like the Wreck Of The Hesperus and I’m getting things ship shape again, with cards being wrapped up and put away, clothes washed and floors scrubbed clean I’m also sorting out my Christmas gifts one of which is a lovely Lino cut of a wood, a gift from my twin sister.  I’ve taken down a framed award I received on behalf of a ward team I once ran and swapped it for the linocut.  I’m in the process of finding a place for the award and have been left musing about all of the teams I have been a part of over the years Each team I have worked with has possessed it’s own strengths and weaknesses. Of course this is governed in part by the type of leadership employed for and by each one and the mutual support systems set up between the individual members. The massive Intensive Care Team was perhaps the most structured, technically astute and cohesive team whereas the  psychiatric ward team, by n...