Be Excellent To Each Other

Ooh! Cheers Dave!

But, have you ever even had a cast removed?

Also, HALO NIGHT!

More times than I remember. I have shit bones, and have been known to break both my arms by simply braking too suddenly on a bicycle. I have learned to be careful.

Nik - Sorry to hear about your Mum.

Mimi - Glad to hear your Nan is out of hospital, sorry about the carer situation though, keep us updated on getting it sorted out.

Mimi, that's awful, but I don't think it's atypical unfortunatly, Pauline used to to do part time care work like that, and the amount of time the people she was caring for would wish that all their carers were like Pauline (who actually did her job properly, and treated them as a person, rather than just sitting down to watch the soaps, or using their phone to call their friends, or serving up burnt toast, or whatever). Also, it sounds like Brent's medical support services (or whatever you want to call them) are just as bad, if not much worse, as they were 12 years ago when Owen was born and we had to use their midwives and then Health Visitors. They were a major reason why we decided to leave London and head to the sticks...

Malc

They're not the same colour. They can't be. What wizadry is this?

Also: Sorry to hear about all of that Mimi - that's terrible. I hope it gets sorted out. Your poor nan! xx

They are the same, just like the stripes on a zebra crossing

The stripes on a zebra crossing aren't the same colour you loon. One sort's white and the other's tarmac coloured.

Also, the red pill and the blue pill.

And Dimrill's pubes

Oh my god they're the same colour. I've just checked with the ink dropper function in Paint.

The universe is broken. Clearly Scientology holds the only possible answers to this.

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY DIMRILL.

Sorry to hear that Mimi.

I used to work for social services as an admin so would handle these calls from time to time. Call social services and ask to speak to your mother's social worker. If there's not one, there should be a duty officer available (the actual organisation depends on your council).

After your conversation, put everything that was discussed into a letter and send it to the office you spoke to. Having things on paper makes it easier for everyone later on. This is especially important if you wish to make a complaint. You might want to speak to your local councillor or the local MP too (we always found that letters from such people would get priority)

Finally, have you considered asking for a carer's assessment? There might be services available for you in your role as a carer for your nan, and it's important that you are supported as well as she is.

Thankyou Kern and everyone else.

I called the office at 9 this morning and after a brief description of what happened requested that nan is not seen by this carer again. They have assured me that the carer will be called into the office and that regardless of what happens in their talk and investigation if needed that Nan will not be seen by that particular carer any more. Also, that said that all morning breakfast calls are done some time between 7-10:30, so that she was coming over at 12:00 was wrong anyway (which I'd guessed from the fact that she refused to log in.) I said that I would follow u with a formal letter of complaint, but wanted to call today to ensure that alternative care was sorted out for the mornings of next weekend.

I then phoned social services to let them know what happened so that there is a record with them also. Nan's social worker is going to make a follow-up call later to make sure that they have appointed a new weekend morning carer and to discuss what happened.

@Kern: Nan was actually assessed when she was released from hospital, but fell onto her knee about an hour after the assessment took place, taking her from relatively limited mobility (could get around but only short distances) to not much mobility at all. She has been seen by a doctor and a physiotherapist is due to visit tomorrow to asses the strength of her knee(s) and when I spoke to the Social Worker she said that she'd pop around to discuss the assessment to see if any extra fittings or visits could be made to help as I am only here temporarily whilst she recovers from hospital stay, etc, time dependant on recovery.

There is a relief carer coming for three hours on Wednesday so I can get a bit of time for some fresh air, etc, and I actually have someone popping over for an hour today so I can dash to the shop for some food (I went to the cupboard and the cupboard was bare). So far my meals have consisted of:

Saturday lunch: air
Saturday dinner: small bag of Doritos and some white chocolate buttons from the fridge (so rendering the taste like little wax discs)
Sunday lunch: air and water
Sunday Dinner: 1 squashed Cornetto.

Nan does have food, but it is ALL Marks and Spencers fish meals.

SCORE!

Just found this in the top room:


12 packets of choccy biscuits. Should do for lunch. Shall still buy actual food, but yay! Who wants a biscuit?

Meems, what is the name of the private company that this carer works for? My girlfriend works in HR for a pretty major Out-Of-Hours healthcare provider (I daren't say which right now. If you thought I was evil incarnate when I used to work for Lexmark, you'll be audibly boo-ing and hiss-ing in your seats when you find out where the missus works.)

Anyway, if it's the same company I might have to make a mention about this to her.

Chocolate biscuits ARE actual food. Dairy, carbs and essential fats, not to mention that they've probably got some vitamins in them as well/ Also, they're got flour and cocoa beans in, so you've covered two of your five-a-day already!

Yes, I had that, too. So instead of the brilliant, witty English consultant surgeon, I had an incomprehensible, uncaring Indian guy. Win!

Except in Wrexham hospital, where I had my wrist sorted out. Every appointment there was with the surgeon, and a thoroughly excellent chap he was, too. He was so proud of his handiwork he asked if he could take some photos of the movement I'd gained back so he could boast to his students.

I reckon you'd be justified in skipping chains of complaint and going directly to the police with a pretty direct threat of violence like that, Mimi. Given the rest of the behaviour I'd be changing the code on the key store too.

Good! Hope you are feeling a bit better about it now.
Now, go and order yourself a pizza.

It's The Homcar Partnrship according to th front of th car foldr

Basd at Granvill Rd, NW2.

Lxmark? Boo hiss!

Ay, and corntto = dairy
chocolat buttons = dairy, vgtabl
Doritos = grains

I think it is prtty balancd dit!

OK, what's happnd to my lttr 3 backwards?

Nooooooooooo!

There's a chocolate button jammed under it.

There's no 'e' in dominos.com

It's a mister E

Malc

bit of biscuit was stuck under 'e' key.

Person taking over for an hour so I can get shopping is (was) due at 10:30, so will go to shops and buy food for a few days, not pizza P

Hahahahahahaha

My Tennessee friend arrived yesterday, so we popped into the local for a swift pint. Upon entering, he saw that the bar was covered in banners for the same JD promotion, under the slogan 'Tennessee comes to town'. Thankfully, he believed me when I said it wasn't a set-up...

I spilled a glass of water on my keyboard last weekend, and have now lost the use of my square bracket (and subsequently curly bracket) key, as well as the right cursor key and Enter.

I didn't think it'd be too much of a deal, but you try coding without the use of those

Heh. Did you win anything?

So, this weekend I put in a chimney liner, which included taking the chimney pot off and then putting it back again. Ache.

Cripes, we got a guy to do that for us. There's no damn way I'm messing about on top of my roof.

I don't have a chimney.

I was up on the roof the other month (a) putting a mesh cover onto an old, unused chimeny (we have 4, two of which are used) to stop the rooks nesting in it and (b) squirting wasp-killer powder up under the roof tiles at the top of the roof. Fucking terrifying. The whole time I was thinking about my previous trainee whose dad fell off a roof and paralysed himself a few months earlier.

If Chinny was still with us he'd post a picture of Emu at this point.

Working on roofs doesn't really bother me, even fairly high ones, but even so that video of the guy climbing the radio tower shit me up proper.

A reminder that the MAME shoot em up challenge starts today with Do Don Pachi

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6346

Everyones welcome to come along and have a go - dont worry too much about the high scores (there are some people on here who will score in the zillions) but give it a try

Isn't (b) part of the plot of The Shining?

Could I draw MrK's attention to the picture?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-11417204

Pffft.

What the fuck?

Still with us? Did I die?

I feel rather insulted you think I would post a mere picture. No, instead have the precise moments right before Rod Hull's death:

Are they all-terrain donkeys then?

http://www.koreus.com/video/speed-cooki ... e.me_ATlDf

LOL

Oops, no. It was the Abingdon 4x4 festival. I'll change it after I get back from swimming.

I've started a new role today since I got made redundant last week. It's a 6 month secondment in the same building for the same company.

The thing is.. I hate it! It's not what I want to do and it's taking my career on a tangent.

I've got 28 days to find a new job and if I can, I can still get my redundancy money.

Ah, damn, not the same company. That's a shame.

I hate the CSA how bloody useless are they!!

They have had my bank details since April, but have not yet taken a payment direct debit yet.. Every month they don't take it I have to make a credit card payment to them..

So again no payment taken last week, I ring up to chase them (not that I should have to chase to pay), and have been told that they will default me if I don't pay by card, even thought it is there fault....


I am not sure what is best to do, pay by card and wait till next month to see if they take the payment OR do nothing (which means the ex won't get the money) and make the CSA sort it out...!!!

So, it turns out you have to supply your own towels.

I didn't swim very far due to the limited time available, only about 1200 metres, and then had a sausage in a bun with onions and mustard.

Mixed changing rooms?

Didn't it get wet?