So all i need to buy now is sprouts , everything is done and dusted bought over the last few months a bit week by week , meanwhile my annual xmas morbidness has set in , so this is the last post before the great event , i know you all enjoy the annual turkey fest so i will let you all enjoy .
Mr BH did comment that if we won the lottery would i feel any better about the season , probably not , it just isnt there for me , its a void emotion .
As a child there was nothing to look forward to just endless drunken antics from my mother , having to pretend that you were having a great time , stick a smile on for the relatives as you were wheeled out in your ghastly party frock .
When the kids were small i made the effort and stuck that smile on again , watched all that fun , they never did without , we wernt well off but the excitement was there for them.
So having stuck that smile on all my life ive reached that stage where i dont even try anymore i just hibernate till its over with , cook a big dinner and watch them all enjoy it .
The highlight of xmas thus far is winning a couple of little prizes , a bottle of prosecco that i dont drink , four pairs of socks ever useful and 10 dvds of classic movies when i have no way of playing them ...lol...the kids inform me they have a DVD player in a box somewhere so thats me sorted .
So Merry Xmas may you all have the Xmas you all hope for and desire see you after Boxing Day
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Sunday, 15 December 2019
Moving On
Some people wonder what makes a lifetime Labour supporter , your either born to it or hard times take you there . My dad back in the 30s had his dad do a runner with my grans younger sister , left my gran with 7 kids and nothing back in the days before the welfare state , my gran was humiliated and shunned by people all her life due to this as if it was her fault . she struggled on but the thing that broke her was the death of her daughter to Diphtheria, the doctor refused to come out because they were poor and she died in my grans arms. He dad never forgot this and we all had it drilled into us every election , now im sure you think this is just another of my socialist rants but oddly not .
Its a vaccinate your kids soddin rant , there have been cases of Diptheria this year in this country !!
If the NHS crumbles and goes private can you imagine them stopping vaccinating kids unless you can pay ?
Trump is currently refusing to vaccinate kids from flu that is killing them in the border internment camps , kids have died and hes withholding vaccines to score political points. Crappy world that we live in isnt it?
Its a vaccinate your kids soddin rant , there have been cases of Diptheria this year in this country !!
If the NHS crumbles and goes private can you imagine them stopping vaccinating kids unless you can pay ?
Trump is currently refusing to vaccinate kids from flu that is killing them in the border internment camps , kids have died and hes withholding vaccines to score political points. Crappy world that we live in isnt it?
Friday, 13 December 2019
Well Thats Different
If anyone had told me that i would have woken up to miners voting Tory i would have thought i was in an alternate reality . So thats it we now have Minny Trump at the helm , we will shortly be the 53rd state . Not sure where this country is going but hey thats what what was voted for .
Prepared to give the bloke a chance , but bear in mind , delivering Brexit for the salivating masses may not be the easy ride he thinks .
Thankyou to Jeremy for giving those of us at the bottom of the heap hope for a little while , may your allotment be filled with adoring youngsters prepared to learn that there is an alternative , sorry if that came out a bit creepy and Gary Glitterish.
So where do we go from here ?
We need to educate our young to have compassion and to think for themselves , to be able to say that things are wrong and immoral , to stand out from the crowd and not become a part of the mob . They are our hope for the future , the present is looking very grim .
Prepared to give the bloke a chance , but bear in mind , delivering Brexit for the salivating masses may not be the easy ride he thinks .
Thankyou to Jeremy for giving those of us at the bottom of the heap hope for a little while , may your allotment be filled with adoring youngsters prepared to learn that there is an alternative , sorry if that came out a bit creepy and Gary Glitterish.
So where do we go from here ?
We need to educate our young to have compassion and to think for themselves , to be able to say that things are wrong and immoral , to stand out from the crowd and not become a part of the mob . They are our hope for the future , the present is looking very grim .
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Election Time
Well the will to blog is dwindling with xmas on the horizon , nothing new there im afraid . its just an even more depressing xmas spirit than usual .
The election process has degenerated into he said, she said . But i will say this we have spent an awful lot of time using the NHS in the last few years with my other half and his strange medical emergencies. The huge furor over the child on the floor in A&E is a bit of a strange one , weve seen plenty of kids curled up on coats on the floor of A&E and in the chairs , weve visited when theres been so many puking kids in A&E its standing room only and pensioners were still waiting for transport at 3am when the clinic they visited finished at 2pm . When the ambulances are queing down the road to drop people off . The staff deserve medals on a daily basis , but people get seen they get treated and nobody is asked whether they can afford it . The NHS has been betrayed by every party for years it cant be run on the cheap . But we can be sure that Boris plans to sell it off to someone , to many people are living to long because of the NHS and him and his band of elitist twerps dont have to use it so they dont care if it founders .
Every service and facility we have had to use has been 10 times worse for being given over to private companies , from the risk averse surgeons who will only help those who are the perfect patients who will give them the wonderful figures that show to prove how much money they are saving . But if you offer to pay suddenly all the reasons they cant help you vanish. Centralisation of services where you travel miles to see someone for 5 minutes. GPs who dont have the time to treat anyone , its endless .
Needing the NHS comes to all of us eventually think long and hard where you put that cross
The election process has degenerated into he said, she said . But i will say this we have spent an awful lot of time using the NHS in the last few years with my other half and his strange medical emergencies. The huge furor over the child on the floor in A&E is a bit of a strange one , weve seen plenty of kids curled up on coats on the floor of A&E and in the chairs , weve visited when theres been so many puking kids in A&E its standing room only and pensioners were still waiting for transport at 3am when the clinic they visited finished at 2pm . When the ambulances are queing down the road to drop people off . The staff deserve medals on a daily basis , but people get seen they get treated and nobody is asked whether they can afford it . The NHS has been betrayed by every party for years it cant be run on the cheap . But we can be sure that Boris plans to sell it off to someone , to many people are living to long because of the NHS and him and his band of elitist twerps dont have to use it so they dont care if it founders .
Every service and facility we have had to use has been 10 times worse for being given over to private companies , from the risk averse surgeons who will only help those who are the perfect patients who will give them the wonderful figures that show to prove how much money they are saving . But if you offer to pay suddenly all the reasons they cant help you vanish. Centralisation of services where you travel miles to see someone for 5 minutes. GPs who dont have the time to treat anyone , its endless .
Needing the NHS comes to all of us eventually think long and hard where you put that cross
Friday, 6 December 2019
Election Special ?
So last night we had the jolly Mr Farage meeting Andrew Neil on the box , what a cockwomble the man who has single handedly screwed up the UK voting system and with great glee thinks its wonderful. I think if nothing else i grasped that he is another Tory Light for those who cant quite stomach Boris and his Mafia . So on the morning of the 13th im sure we be looking at another hung parliament without any clear majority as Boris joins the Lib Dems led by Veruca Salt in raising the flag on another Tory Reich .
However i think the young vote will make a big difference if they can get out of bed and shake off their apathy and not think that Jolly Boris is a bit of a lad .
One thought, Boris as leader isnt appetising to the female vote , a serial womaniser , who left his wife to face cancer alone , has a weakness for vacuous blondes and a trail of offspring here there and everywhere just doesnt do it for most .
Imput from my mother the other day
Corbyn is a bloody communist .
So it doesnt bother you that the Torys are witholding the report on their Russian funding ?
She hung up lol
I still think theres plenty of room for things to swing in either direction in this election , somebody did post that the only interview that Boris will give is with Mr Tumble, nobody can pin this obnoxious git down , waving your arms and waffling and never answering a question will only go so far . It just takes someone to back him into a corner over some triviality and the real Boris may well shine through, not that anyone will report it except on Channel 4
However i think the young vote will make a big difference if they can get out of bed and shake off their apathy and not think that Jolly Boris is a bit of a lad .
One thought, Boris as leader isnt appetising to the female vote , a serial womaniser , who left his wife to face cancer alone , has a weakness for vacuous blondes and a trail of offspring here there and everywhere just doesnt do it for most .
Imput from my mother the other day
Corbyn is a bloody communist .
So it doesnt bother you that the Torys are witholding the report on their Russian funding ?
She hung up lol
I still think theres plenty of room for things to swing in either direction in this election , somebody did post that the only interview that Boris will give is with Mr Tumble, nobody can pin this obnoxious git down , waving your arms and waffling and never answering a question will only go so far . It just takes someone to back him into a corner over some triviality and the real Boris may well shine through, not that anyone will report it except on Channel 4
Saturday, 30 November 2019
Hello and Welcome
Sadly no election Special this week due to lack of interest , nothing happening other than them all pointing fingers to one another etc etc , not a leaflet or a candidate have we seen . I did get my hopes up the other day when two nice well dressed ladies came to the door , but it was only the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Ive had some kind well meaning troll add me to a porn webcam site in the USA , does show how a lot of folks in the USA spent Thanksgiving , so to all those baffled Americans now visiting, guess what the only look at my pussy you will get here is the cat . Thankyou for upping my viewing figures into their thousands...lol ...if you too have had a big jump in viewers just check the referring websites in overview.
Then theres the small flooding problem we have a mile up the road . By Thursday afternoon we realised there was going to be a breach somewhere , there were Environment agency helicopters hovering over the main river all afternoon and the water had risen several feet to the very tops of the banks , depending on the tides the big sluices drain into the sea . It was a game of wait and see , fortunately they managed to do this just fine , but this meant they had to hold the water in the land drains and overnight the nearest one to us breached , nothing anyone can do about this , its just the nature of living in a swamp , its flooded the farm and one other house , it wont harm the farmland its covered in manure crops waiting to be ploughed in during the spring , sometimes we are very glad we are 12 feet above sea level and live on the clay riverbank above the drained land . The huge flocks of swans and geese are loving it
Ive had some kind well meaning troll add me to a porn webcam site in the USA , does show how a lot of folks in the USA spent Thanksgiving , so to all those baffled Americans now visiting, guess what the only look at my pussy you will get here is the cat . Thankyou for upping my viewing figures into their thousands...lol ...if you too have had a big jump in viewers just check the referring websites in overview.
Then theres the small flooding problem we have a mile up the road . By Thursday afternoon we realised there was going to be a breach somewhere , there were Environment agency helicopters hovering over the main river all afternoon and the water had risen several feet to the very tops of the banks , depending on the tides the big sluices drain into the sea . It was a game of wait and see , fortunately they managed to do this just fine , but this meant they had to hold the water in the land drains and overnight the nearest one to us breached , nothing anyone can do about this , its just the nature of living in a swamp , its flooded the farm and one other house , it wont harm the farmland its covered in manure crops waiting to be ploughed in during the spring , sometimes we are very glad we are 12 feet above sea level and live on the clay riverbank above the drained land . The huge flocks of swans and geese are loving it
Sunday, 24 November 2019
Sunday Service
A day when i feel half way human , so the troops are playing fix the vehicles and im cooking endless sausage sandwiches plus a big batch of jacket potatoes to use them up , i will stuff them and plop them in the freezer and we can have a couple for tea . These are the boring days when im on call all day so cant get on with much , but its nice to see a bit of company , now that daughter and grandson are gone i rarely talk to anyone from one day to the next , son tends to grunt in passing and MR Bah Humbug is just endlessly jabbering on about his radios he does not require any imput at all from me he is a world expert...lol
Theres few Jumble Sales its now gone over to Xmas Fayres and Gift Fayres not of any interest im afraid , we are down to just buying daft bits for one another . The family members who could afford Xmas cast us off many years ago.
Its funny how the social side of things die a death if you become disabled or poor . So please bear this in mind when people turn down Xmas invitations , its not that people dont want to join in, its often silly physical problems that mean an invitation gets turned down , not having a downstairs toilet with decent access means we dont go to a lot of places . Or no suitable seating . Silly one is not having non alcoholic drinks at parties , its not that people are being killjoys in refusing alcohol , medication or illness or even the fact that drunk them is a really bad idea.
I know that the days of meeting friends for a cake and a cuppa have pretty much gone , i just cant afford it and its horrible if your friend has to buy all the time even if they realise your situation .
We dont go out at all through the winter , its much more expensive to run the house in winter so spare cash is pretty much non existent. shopping once a fortnight nd the doctors are our only trips out . But this year we have heating just an hour a day but its heating and at least if you keep everywhere shut this house holds heat fairly well , with the addition of a hot water bottle we manage pretty well .
We have been in a far worse place in previous winters , so lifes not bad just boring...lol
Theres few Jumble Sales its now gone over to Xmas Fayres and Gift Fayres not of any interest im afraid , we are down to just buying daft bits for one another . The family members who could afford Xmas cast us off many years ago.
Its funny how the social side of things die a death if you become disabled or poor . So please bear this in mind when people turn down Xmas invitations , its not that people dont want to join in, its often silly physical problems that mean an invitation gets turned down , not having a downstairs toilet with decent access means we dont go to a lot of places . Or no suitable seating . Silly one is not having non alcoholic drinks at parties , its not that people are being killjoys in refusing alcohol , medication or illness or even the fact that drunk them is a really bad idea.
I know that the days of meeting friends for a cake and a cuppa have pretty much gone , i just cant afford it and its horrible if your friend has to buy all the time even if they realise your situation .
We dont go out at all through the winter , its much more expensive to run the house in winter so spare cash is pretty much non existent. shopping once a fortnight nd the doctors are our only trips out . But this year we have heating just an hour a day but its heating and at least if you keep everywhere shut this house holds heat fairly well , with the addition of a hot water bottle we manage pretty well .
We have been in a far worse place in previous winters , so lifes not bad just boring...lol
Friday, 22 November 2019
Election Special 4
La La La , well weve now reached the promise them the earth stage of the campaign , all parties are throwing the sweeties to the crowds in the hope of buying voters . Got to laugh at the amount of money being spent by the Tories 5m donated by someone , that someone must have that money spare , ideas on a postcard anyone?
Meanwhile the Labour party are making do with thousands of tiny donations and people power to get their campaigning across .
However theirs no evidence of anyone doing any campaigning in the blue realms of rural Lincolnshire , its such a safe seat that nobody is wasting their resources here .
On a slightly fun note , does anyone have Twitter ? if so do look up this hashtag #CurseDominicRaab some of the best one liners ive read in a while , really the man does invite it by declaring that Twitter and social media are irrelevant.
The Tory Broadcasting Corporation is laughable at the moment, then someone helpfully pointed out that most of the top dogs are Cameron appointees , theres not an impartial voice on any forum and im not one of them , but im enjoying the dark world of memes ...enjoy
https://www.facebook.com/jcdankmemestash/?__tn__=kCH-R&eid=ARBV3vrI_q2NCl6yFb7nJaCMjRgLfMxAWoWJyiIidTBpXARH-Bxj7FkSb6v7z5wWV6jxa3dyovIkL0A0&hc_ref=ARSIcBxo1lKIN5Ye8SIGdInfFe0o-petG5Of5DQYcJ2yEfC8tLDcdoeDCNSSqarMgac&fref=nf&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAfHU60tsoQowfIH05rlFXACuLz4y3SOoN32xG-5oGqohbue69GF-U2azmjtCriVGIPUwRpIB57pO3HJ8t83dUSMSVeph63loJsktL_DDamvx_SqPI5keF-nhnDfrh9hAPX0g_M2Q_EbMtYY_O_9PgP3mdIiqbtbeT9rxAcIaacIMy6afq-a3DMsqnG7F1UkwJ1-iMSi63BpvQOwxyQEjpmidcahPfS9EbwzJt8HjFp2Pwz-oABrilrOHgFlKUVL7oTfEiZepbBo1VMX7QATVsoFmHb1cY8gvhTl9RSgNo1023oGNWp_TJZsBT4i5oib1JV-8kYVUxYYOW17rSBgA_7QQ
Meanwhile the Labour party are making do with thousands of tiny donations and people power to get their campaigning across .
However theirs no evidence of anyone doing any campaigning in the blue realms of rural Lincolnshire , its such a safe seat that nobody is wasting their resources here .
On a slightly fun note , does anyone have Twitter ? if so do look up this hashtag #CurseDominicRaab some of the best one liners ive read in a while , really the man does invite it by declaring that Twitter and social media are irrelevant.
The Tory Broadcasting Corporation is laughable at the moment, then someone helpfully pointed out that most of the top dogs are Cameron appointees , theres not an impartial voice on any forum and im not one of them , but im enjoying the dark world of memes ...enjoy
https://www.facebook.com/jcdankmemestash/?__tn__=kCH-R&eid=ARBV3vrI_q2NCl6yFb7nJaCMjRgLfMxAWoWJyiIidTBpXARH-Bxj7FkSb6v7z5wWV6jxa3dyovIkL0A0&hc_ref=ARSIcBxo1lKIN5Ye8SIGdInfFe0o-petG5Of5DQYcJ2yEfC8tLDcdoeDCNSSqarMgac&fref=nf&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAfHU60tsoQowfIH05rlFXACuLz4y3SOoN32xG-5oGqohbue69GF-U2azmjtCriVGIPUwRpIB57pO3HJ8t83dUSMSVeph63loJsktL_DDamvx_SqPI5keF-nhnDfrh9hAPX0g_M2Q_EbMtYY_O_9PgP3mdIiqbtbeT9rxAcIaacIMy6afq-a3DMsqnG7F1UkwJ1-iMSi63BpvQOwxyQEjpmidcahPfS9EbwzJt8HjFp2Pwz-oABrilrOHgFlKUVL7oTfEiZepbBo1VMX7QATVsoFmHb1cY8gvhTl9RSgNo1023oGNWp_TJZsBT4i5oib1JV-8kYVUxYYOW17rSBgA_7QQ
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Gammon
Some things get my goat up , stereotyping is one of them . Calling blokes Gammons for their bigoted narrow minded views is one of them , tarring all blokes of a certain age with a skinhead and a copy of the Sun with the same label etc etc etc
BUT yesterday Mr Bah Humbug was doing his usual earwig other people on the radio , not paying a lot of attention as he snoozes on and off . I was engaged in a crochet project sat in the sunshine and got listening to a pair of muppets on his radio it was enlightening to say the least . They were discussing recent events in Boston
Theres been another stabbing in Boston .
Yes i heard it on the news , bet theyre foreigners once they give out the names , it always is . Funny isnt it , they only kill each other .
Nobody ever mentions the death rate in Boston on the news , bets its cos theyre glad to be rid of a few more of the buggers .
That new asian girl will soon have them all on a plane back to where they came from , the asians dont like sharing the country with other foreigners .
Then they can get all the idlers out of the council houses and make them work on the land
Now this whole rant went on for another 45 minutes till they went for a cuppa ,these are the nicer highlights , i know both of these pillocks, both are severely disabled , one is ex RAF the other a teacher .
The only element of truth in the whole rant is the fact that the vast majority of serious violent crime in Lincolnshire is mainly Eastern European based , usually when drinking or involving domestic violence.
So it would appear you dont have to be a semi literate Sun reader to be a Gammon....who knew
BUT yesterday Mr Bah Humbug was doing his usual earwig other people on the radio , not paying a lot of attention as he snoozes on and off . I was engaged in a crochet project sat in the sunshine and got listening to a pair of muppets on his radio it was enlightening to say the least . They were discussing recent events in Boston
Theres been another stabbing in Boston .
Yes i heard it on the news , bet theyre foreigners once they give out the names , it always is . Funny isnt it , they only kill each other .
Nobody ever mentions the death rate in Boston on the news , bets its cos theyre glad to be rid of a few more of the buggers .
That new asian girl will soon have them all on a plane back to where they came from , the asians dont like sharing the country with other foreigners .
Then they can get all the idlers out of the council houses and make them work on the land
Now this whole rant went on for another 45 minutes till they went for a cuppa ,these are the nicer highlights , i know both of these pillocks, both are severely disabled , one is ex RAF the other a teacher .
The only element of truth in the whole rant is the fact that the vast majority of serious violent crime in Lincolnshire is mainly Eastern European based , usually when drinking or involving domestic violence.
So it would appear you dont have to be a semi literate Sun reader to be a Gammon....who knew
Friday, 15 November 2019
Election Special 3
So are we all having a giggle watching the great and the good try to buy our votes ? Latest jolly weeze free broadband for everyone . This reminds me of the early days of cable broadband in the town where i lived , the local council decided to trial a scheme on a very deprived local estate where the residents got free computer access so many hours a week , this was back in the days of Windows 98 , nobody much had home computers back then . So it was a flagship project . Predictably it didnt go very well , you could get online to look at the jobcenter. and do any council business and that was about it . They also provided public benefit learning programmes.
Somehow you realise that these days it would be much the same . Or your local council would be spying on you, a sort of nanny cam in the corner . They look a bit chubby lets stop them ordering anything but health food online , oh and we will hook them up for NHS forced ramblers. Reducation on recycling , you know you put the wrong bit of cardboard in the purple bin and are sentenced to 30 days sorting the recycling at the local dump . NHS webcam would do away with the need for GP surgeries altogether
Meanwhile Boris is quietly buying the big boys with that favourite giveaway peerages , you know that freebie that guarantees a warm seat with a good wage for the rest of your days , that giant care home called The House of Lords.
I have to say that in this herd of nobodies wanting our votes theres not many stand outs , though the Asian girl standing against IDS is playing a blinder , i wish her luck , purely out of personal malice.
Somehow you realise that these days it would be much the same . Or your local council would be spying on you, a sort of nanny cam in the corner . They look a bit chubby lets stop them ordering anything but health food online , oh and we will hook them up for NHS forced ramblers. Reducation on recycling , you know you put the wrong bit of cardboard in the purple bin and are sentenced to 30 days sorting the recycling at the local dump . NHS webcam would do away with the need for GP surgeries altogether
Meanwhile Boris is quietly buying the big boys with that favourite giveaway peerages , you know that freebie that guarantees a warm seat with a good wage for the rest of your days , that giant care home called The House of Lords.
I have to say that in this herd of nobodies wanting our votes theres not many stand outs , though the Asian girl standing against IDS is playing a blinder , i wish her luck , purely out of personal malice.
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Oh The Excitement
So yesterday several days post flood we thought lets go to Lidl , he does the usual sit in the car and supervise and i hobble round , strangely the place was heaving , we'd just timed it wrong and it was 11.10 so after the silence everyone had gone in . plus there were hoards of pensioners trying to spend £40 to use there £5 off a £40 pound spend . I would struggle to spend £40 unless i bought loads of booze ...lol needs not wants shopping .
The worrying one is i buy the same stuff every month it usually costs £29 and it came to £31.60 so thats another little price rise this month , the food budget doesnt go up if your on a state income so all these little rises matter , your usually buying the cheapest own brands anyway so you cant just drop a brand in quality.
Theres an awful lot of flooding around here all the ground is waterlogged and we are due yet more rain , theres lots of breeches in the small rivers and land drains . the water was under the front door at the weekend but its a concrete floor and we just take up the carpet tiles till it goes back down . The passage at the side of the house was like a river . The roads are interesting in places and there are a lot of people cant read road closed flood signs to the locals endless amusement .
https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2019/11/met-office-issues-weather-warning-for-rain-in-and-around-lincoln/
The worrying one is i buy the same stuff every month it usually costs £29 and it came to £31.60 so thats another little price rise this month , the food budget doesnt go up if your on a state income so all these little rises matter , your usually buying the cheapest own brands anyway so you cant just drop a brand in quality.
Theres an awful lot of flooding around here all the ground is waterlogged and we are due yet more rain , theres lots of breeches in the small rivers and land drains . the water was under the front door at the weekend but its a concrete floor and we just take up the carpet tiles till it goes back down . The passage at the side of the house was like a river . The roads are interesting in places and there are a lot of people cant read road closed flood signs to the locals endless amusement .
https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2019/11/met-office-issues-weather-warning-for-rain-in-and-around-lincoln/
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Election Special 2
Well isnt this fun , never has a party tried so hard to lose an election. All that remains of the Tory Reich seems to be a bunch of clueless gobshites .
Rees Mogg came up with a blinder over Grenfell , though saying that the Minister for Victorian England just dug a hole and kept on digging totally oblivious to what he was doing . He is scarily intelligent but his social skills would get him statemented as having Aspergers in a State School . Rather reminds me of Gordon Browns infamous election losing incident , with that bloody racist woman or Ed Miliband with his tombstone of Labour promises.
So we now have 6 weeks of these comedy acts trying to win our votes , this isnt going to be an easy election . Like it or not this country has dug itself into one hell of a hole with Brexit .
The Conservatives have used this single issue to justify not taking any responsibility for the fact that there policies have killed people and continue to do so. There one concern is which supporter or donor can profit from their policies .
The Lib Dems have turned into a hiding place for those Conservatives who want to convince us that they give a stuff about the public along with Blairite Labour members , their leader is another delusional crazy person . Who come a hung parliament yet again, will suck up to Boris to give us yet more years of robber baron politics .
Labour , yes i will vote for them . not because i think theyre wonderful or because i think they have all the answers . They have some bloody good ideas that might work , some bat shit crazy policies that anyone can see wont work . Good old Jezza will probably die the day after the election worn out by all his campaigning but at least his legacy will be lots of statues of him looking frail and a bit bewildered which is a fitting Marxist legacy . Its Jezzas children the youngsters in the party who have realised that socialism isnt a swear word . That you can have a country that invests in itself and cares for its citizens .
Sadly I have the feeling we will wake up December 13th to yet more Conservative bullshit as we look at each other and wonder who the hell voted for this
Rees Mogg came up with a blinder over Grenfell , though saying that the Minister for Victorian England just dug a hole and kept on digging totally oblivious to what he was doing . He is scarily intelligent but his social skills would get him statemented as having Aspergers in a State School . Rather reminds me of Gordon Browns infamous election losing incident , with that bloody racist woman or Ed Miliband with his tombstone of Labour promises.
So we now have 6 weeks of these comedy acts trying to win our votes , this isnt going to be an easy election . Like it or not this country has dug itself into one hell of a hole with Brexit .
The Conservatives have used this single issue to justify not taking any responsibility for the fact that there policies have killed people and continue to do so. There one concern is which supporter or donor can profit from their policies .
The Lib Dems have turned into a hiding place for those Conservatives who want to convince us that they give a stuff about the public along with Blairite Labour members , their leader is another delusional crazy person . Who come a hung parliament yet again, will suck up to Boris to give us yet more years of robber baron politics .
Labour , yes i will vote for them . not because i think theyre wonderful or because i think they have all the answers . They have some bloody good ideas that might work , some bat shit crazy policies that anyone can see wont work . Good old Jezza will probably die the day after the election worn out by all his campaigning but at least his legacy will be lots of statues of him looking frail and a bit bewildered which is a fitting Marxist legacy . Its Jezzas children the youngsters in the party who have realised that socialism isnt a swear word . That you can have a country that invests in itself and cares for its citizens .
Sadly I have the feeling we will wake up December 13th to yet more Conservative bullshit as we look at each other and wonder who the hell voted for this
Saturday, 2 November 2019
More Snot
Im beginning to wonder how much snot one human being can produce , still wheezing like an old horse , finally got to see a doctor after 5 weeks . Who also said what i could have said five weeks ago , sciatic shingles which may be affecting my kidneys . So now im on the antivirals i needed 5 weeks ago . All im doing is sleep and feel sorry for myself , the house has degenerated into a shitpit , cant concentrate to do much of anything for long either . Hence not much of anything happening .
At least ive not missed any jumble sales theres a few towards the end of the month so im aiming to be mobile by then . Meanwhile i will watch lots of bad TV , wonder where the Tory Party have vanished to ? etc etc
At least ive not missed any jumble sales theres a few towards the end of the month so im aiming to be mobile by then . Meanwhile i will watch lots of bad TV , wonder where the Tory Party have vanished to ? etc etc
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Election Special 2019 1
So as the number one political biased blogger on the Old Biddy Network , let the show begin , I hope your aware i will be viewing The Daily Wail Online every day on your behalf , just to see what the enemy have cooked up . Im good this way , or that way .
So what do we have to look forward to , 6 weeks of lies ,scandal ,muck raking , TV schedules disrupted by truly dreadful party political broadcasts .
The only fun part of politics the last few weeks has been watching Michael Gove disintegrate , his missus being a journalist youd have thought shed have booked him into the Priory by now. Not sure if its the reality of Brexit striking him or the hours spent with Boris and his team of misfits pushing him over the edge
As a full time carer for someone who is disabled , the only issue at this election that concerns me is the NHS . That and the fact we dont want to be the 53rd state of the US. Weve had our Braveheart moment with the Brexit vote , didnt get us anywhere did it ? we dont now want to be Trumps business opportunity just because weve got in one hell of a spat with the EU , we may be a tiny country but were nationally a bit stubborn and we really will cut off our noses to spite our faces, which i think is what Boris is hoping .
They say this election will rest on Middlesbrough Man , which i thought is a pretty bleedin sexist statement , the problem we have is that the political parties really think this bloke exists, you know the fry up eating , greggs supporter with a white van and a heart of gold ...oops that actually describes my other half in most ways , though to be fair its only a small white van .
So lets sit back and enjoy , Saint Jeremy killing himself knocking on doors, Boris spaffing it up walls or anyware else he can get , Farage getting his serfs to dust off his camel coat so my mother can get all moist , Jo Swinson oh dear.....and the rest its going to be a giggle if nothing else
So what do we have to look forward to , 6 weeks of lies ,scandal ,muck raking , TV schedules disrupted by truly dreadful party political broadcasts .
The only fun part of politics the last few weeks has been watching Michael Gove disintegrate , his missus being a journalist youd have thought shed have booked him into the Priory by now. Not sure if its the reality of Brexit striking him or the hours spent with Boris and his team of misfits pushing him over the edge
As a full time carer for someone who is disabled , the only issue at this election that concerns me is the NHS . That and the fact we dont want to be the 53rd state of the US. Weve had our Braveheart moment with the Brexit vote , didnt get us anywhere did it ? we dont now want to be Trumps business opportunity just because weve got in one hell of a spat with the EU , we may be a tiny country but were nationally a bit stubborn and we really will cut off our noses to spite our faces, which i think is what Boris is hoping .
They say this election will rest on Middlesbrough Man , which i thought is a pretty bleedin sexist statement , the problem we have is that the political parties really think this bloke exists, you know the fry up eating , greggs supporter with a white van and a heart of gold ...oops that actually describes my other half in most ways , though to be fair its only a small white van .
So lets sit back and enjoy , Saint Jeremy killing himself knocking on doors, Boris spaffing it up walls or anyware else he can get , Farage getting his serfs to dust off his camel coat so my mother can get all moist , Jo Swinson oh dear.....and the rest its going to be a giggle if nothing else
Sunday, 27 October 2019
Snotty Gripe
So absence due to house of plague, the munchkin has gone home but left a virus behind that has nailed the whole household , we are the house of snot , which is why im up at 4am having sneezed and turned into Quasimodo , in less than a week weve gone through the whole cold and flu mountain id built up for Brexit and once again ive got a rough batch of Shingles so i can barely move , cant book an appointment at the doctors because i have a 5 minute appointment for a medication review next month , you can only have one appointment on the books at a time . aaarrggghhh. oh that appointment was booked back in September.
Best conversation heard in the Doctors when picking up pills recently , gentleman of a certain age at the counter .
We can give you an appointment in five weeks what is the problem
I have a breast lump, a swollen testicle , changes in my bowel habits and ive had a cough for over a month or some such
You will need more than one appointment , you can only discuss one matter per appointment . Oh and your under 65 so must book appointments online .
That is why im here , there are no appointments online .
Oh we put some on every day , but they do go quickly .
The one that gets my goat is for once we have the full complement of doctors something unheard of for at least the last 3 years , but nobody can get to see them . im beginning to think they are imaginary . Then if you do get to see them its why have you left it so long.....aaaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh
The best one is if i go online Mr BH can always book an appointment , probably due to them nearly killing him and it all going legal on them , it might be in 5 weeks but it always shows as their being appointments . Look on mine online no appointments . I just needed some antivirals but its to late now .
So thats my online gripe for the week , snot doesnt bring out the best in me , im just a whiney snotty mess ...lol
Best conversation heard in the Doctors when picking up pills recently , gentleman of a certain age at the counter .
We can give you an appointment in five weeks what is the problem
I have a breast lump, a swollen testicle , changes in my bowel habits and ive had a cough for over a month or some such
You will need more than one appointment , you can only discuss one matter per appointment . Oh and your under 65 so must book appointments online .
That is why im here , there are no appointments online .
Oh we put some on every day , but they do go quickly .
The one that gets my goat is for once we have the full complement of doctors something unheard of for at least the last 3 years , but nobody can get to see them . im beginning to think they are imaginary . Then if you do get to see them its why have you left it so long.....aaaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh
The best one is if i go online Mr BH can always book an appointment , probably due to them nearly killing him and it all going legal on them , it might be in 5 weeks but it always shows as their being appointments . Look on mine online no appointments . I just needed some antivirals but its to late now .
So thats my online gripe for the week , snot doesnt bring out the best in me , im just a whiney snotty mess ...lol
Sunday, 20 October 2019
Political Old Biddy
Well this is a pretty kettle of fish , The House of Fools have got themselves in a right mess havent they . Total impasse anything put before them will be voted against it seems , but then whats put before them is crap whichever the voice . Not a single member wants Brexit regardless of party , it doesnt matter that their constituants voted for it in many cases . But their reasoning wears thin , there may be a few who want Brexit forgotton about on quite reasonable arguments , but i think it has more to do with the long term greedy aspirations of the many after all an EU job was a nice little earner once you lost your seat in the UK in the event of actual Brexit taking place a lot of them are looking at viewing the tumbleweeds blowing across there gardens of their constituency homes as they have to sign on for Universal Credit after the next General Election .
Lets take a look at the media , yesterday it was all over the news , a million attended the Peoples March , err ive attended a lot of huge concerts million my arse, 20000 plus would be my guess the rest made up by police and news crews from around the world . Most were there because lets be honest they didnt vote at all on the day because it never crossed there minds it might turn out to be leave , i sometimes think the most vocal remainers are the ones who were sat at home with a bottle of wine on the day , maybe a Jeremy Kyle style lie detector should be given to every protester entering Parliament Square ? not just for Brexit but for Extinction Rebellion .
Best media moment of the week ...Mr Broccoli being arrested by the Metropolitan Police this was pure comedy , a bloke handing out leaflets dressed as a giant broccoli gets arrested mob handed for being a member of the Extinction Rebellion ,along with umpteen doddering pensioners the disabled and a bunch of strange crustys climbing on the top of tube trains .
But the scary bit is that we are turning into China theyve sneaked in various laws making protest illegal , unless it suits the government for you to be seen like the march against Brexit . Why wernt they shoving all of them in a police van unless it looked good for all those worldwide news crews ? more spin doctoring from Cummings?
If you actually believe in democracy we should have already have left the EU , it doesnt matter what your personal views are , the majority on the day voted leave ......does it ever cross the minds of ones who want a second referendum that they could possibly not get the vote they rather spectacularly expect ? Theres an awful lot of quiet people in this country believe in democracy
Lets take a look at the media , yesterday it was all over the news , a million attended the Peoples March , err ive attended a lot of huge concerts million my arse, 20000 plus would be my guess the rest made up by police and news crews from around the world . Most were there because lets be honest they didnt vote at all on the day because it never crossed there minds it might turn out to be leave , i sometimes think the most vocal remainers are the ones who were sat at home with a bottle of wine on the day , maybe a Jeremy Kyle style lie detector should be given to every protester entering Parliament Square ? not just for Brexit but for Extinction Rebellion .
Best media moment of the week ...Mr Broccoli being arrested by the Metropolitan Police this was pure comedy , a bloke handing out leaflets dressed as a giant broccoli gets arrested mob handed for being a member of the Extinction Rebellion ,along with umpteen doddering pensioners the disabled and a bunch of strange crustys climbing on the top of tube trains .
But the scary bit is that we are turning into China theyve sneaked in various laws making protest illegal , unless it suits the government for you to be seen like the march against Brexit . Why wernt they shoving all of them in a police van unless it looked good for all those worldwide news crews ? more spin doctoring from Cummings?
If you actually believe in democracy we should have already have left the EU , it doesnt matter what your personal views are , the majority on the day voted leave ......does it ever cross the minds of ones who want a second referendum that they could possibly not get the vote they rather spectacularly expect ? Theres an awful lot of quiet people in this country believe in democracy
Thursday, 17 October 2019
Webbed Feet
I think i will soon be quacking , the monsoon season continues on , the moat has risen so MrBH is moaning he cant leave the house , not that he was going anywhere without transport , in fact its season of struggling to get him to actually move , what makes it worse is he doesnt see any reason for me to go out , even if just for a walk , if i dont walk my back is agony , but now the munchkin isnt here i have no excuse to need to go out ...AAARRGGGHH
We were on the way to Morrisons when the car died , so i decided to do a Morrisons online shop , ive used the other supermarkets during last winter . The order arrived with no substitutions in itself a miracle with online shopping , theyve only just started delivering to our area it doesnt come from the 15 mile away local branch but all the way from Peterborough which seems a tad strange . the other strange thing is that there isnt a lot of choice, online its quite limited , what i could order was more than adequate , but as i use Morrisons as a once a month top up for stuff i cant get elsewhere i will continue to shop instore till the weather cabins us up for the winter this is of course unless were eating our cats due to Brexit . The other odd thing is that the fresh stuff had very short dates , not that i take any notice of sell by dates . But delivering stuff at 9pm with a 3 hour shelf life is odd.
So stuck at home ive been having fun doing carpet tile jigsaws yet more to do once ive finished painting , the things you do when your bored out of your mind .
Himself has been informed if he doesnt arrange for him and his minions to move his bleedin prized scooter out of the dining room and into the now empty brick shed that if a scrapman knocks i will get them to throw it in the back of their pickup !!! But it will get damp is the cry , so run the dehumidifier in there once a week how hard is it . The munchkins bedroom isnt used .....at which point i threatened to kill him .
We were on the way to Morrisons when the car died , so i decided to do a Morrisons online shop , ive used the other supermarkets during last winter . The order arrived with no substitutions in itself a miracle with online shopping , theyve only just started delivering to our area it doesnt come from the 15 mile away local branch but all the way from Peterborough which seems a tad strange . the other strange thing is that there isnt a lot of choice, online its quite limited , what i could order was more than adequate , but as i use Morrisons as a once a month top up for stuff i cant get elsewhere i will continue to shop instore till the weather cabins us up for the winter this is of course unless were eating our cats due to Brexit . The other odd thing is that the fresh stuff had very short dates , not that i take any notice of sell by dates . But delivering stuff at 9pm with a 3 hour shelf life is odd.
So stuck at home ive been having fun doing carpet tile jigsaws yet more to do once ive finished painting , the things you do when your bored out of your mind .
Himself has been informed if he doesnt arrange for him and his minions to move his bleedin prized scooter out of the dining room and into the now empty brick shed that if a scrapman knocks i will get them to throw it in the back of their pickup !!! But it will get damp is the cry , so run the dehumidifier in there once a week how hard is it . The munchkins bedroom isnt used .....at which point i threatened to kill him .
Saturday, 12 October 2019
Lessons in Life
Is being poor a lesson learned for life , does it make you a better person? Well long term poverty either breaks you or makes you stronger , i dont think theres any inbetween .
I sometimes think its sad that my minds constantly working usually in the early hours of the morning calculating the cost of the electric for the week . 30p for a shower 50p for a washer load at 40, economy wash takes it down to 30p , hoping himself has a good week and i dont have stuff to boil wash , putting the oven on to be avoided when its 3 days from payday , so glad i managed while out to scrounge up £20 worth of electric and got a case of milk this week You guessed it we let the van MOT run out because it doesnt get much use in the winter and the car decides to die in spectacular fashion , weve since found out this will cost about 2 months income to fix and its not something the troops can fix themselves ..ho hum
So we are totally without transport for about a week hopefully , the troops are all coming tomorrow to try to get the van sorted for a quick MOT . Its a good job i stockpile for just such occasions , so the big slowcooker is out and im making a huge vat of stew to feed the troops , i was planning to freezer cook this weekend but thats gone by the wayside for the time being.
At least im still managing to dry all the washing outside yesterday was lovely and windy so ive got all the towels sorted .
Todays chores , include getting the tomatoes cleared from the porch , tons of green ones to ripen inside , doing something with the kitchen a hand grenade might be the best idea , and continuing on with the endless decorating . Hounding himself about fixing the outside light he can instruct one of the troops how to do it , thats the theory for today the practice could be completely different as it often is .
I sometimes think its sad that my minds constantly working usually in the early hours of the morning calculating the cost of the electric for the week . 30p for a shower 50p for a washer load at 40, economy wash takes it down to 30p , hoping himself has a good week and i dont have stuff to boil wash , putting the oven on to be avoided when its 3 days from payday , so glad i managed while out to scrounge up £20 worth of electric and got a case of milk this week You guessed it we let the van MOT run out because it doesnt get much use in the winter and the car decides to die in spectacular fashion , weve since found out this will cost about 2 months income to fix and its not something the troops can fix themselves ..ho hum
So we are totally without transport for about a week hopefully , the troops are all coming tomorrow to try to get the van sorted for a quick MOT . Its a good job i stockpile for just such occasions , so the big slowcooker is out and im making a huge vat of stew to feed the troops , i was planning to freezer cook this weekend but thats gone by the wayside for the time being.
At least im still managing to dry all the washing outside yesterday was lovely and windy so ive got all the towels sorted .
Todays chores , include getting the tomatoes cleared from the porch , tons of green ones to ripen inside , doing something with the kitchen a hand grenade might be the best idea , and continuing on with the endless decorating . Hounding himself about fixing the outside light he can instruct one of the troops how to do it , thats the theory for today the practice could be completely different as it often is .
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Plod
Its that time of the year , intermittent monsoon season , loads to do outside but all himself wants to do is fish on the dry days , he informs me today is the last day , mainly because the van mot runs out this week and we are to skint to renew it this month ho hum nothing changes .
Meanwhile im shingle ridden yet again , i havent even wasted my time on the doctors , the heavy dose antivirals have always seemed to make me very poorly so ive given them a miss and tried a remedy recommended by a facebook shingles group as soon as it starts to emerge you rub cold sore cream into the rash, same active ingredient and its actually worked , swollen glands down in two days , rash drying up before it blistered . not something i would do if you had them on your face or your rash has a huge spread , that really is a doctor job . but for those of us who have recurring shingles on the body its a good cheap fix . Also useful if like us its 3 weeks to see the GP . I really need to see the Dermatologist about it , but the GP says no , its just one of those things as you get older . Shingles used to put my dad in the hospital every year he had the ocular variant and sunlight was his trigger so two air ambulances home from Spain before they realised . One of my aunts was the same . I have psoriasis and the peculiar arthritis it brings with it, my triggers seem to be any extra load on my immune system , stomach bug this time set me off , debating on the flu jab this year as that was the trigger for the hideous bout in December January bit of a Catch 22 on that one , so i may just delay my jab till nearer xmas then it wont matter if im dying in my bed ...lol
Political mystery tour continues on all fronts , ive reached the topping up each week stage of food buying with just a few treats on top , which is a good thing with the bedroom tax to pay on top of everything else .
Ive reached a sort of plan for the tiny bedroom that was the munchkins . I need to replace the abandoned high sleeper with a single bed . and then if i put a decent high seat chair in there and a TV. It can be the sick room for when i cant get himself up and down stairs , plus i can sleep in there if im not well and it gives me somewhere to pop him when i have the big bedroom to clean and sort during his bad periods , plus it takes the hurry out of getting everything dry quickly .
Meanwhile im shingle ridden yet again , i havent even wasted my time on the doctors , the heavy dose antivirals have always seemed to make me very poorly so ive given them a miss and tried a remedy recommended by a facebook shingles group as soon as it starts to emerge you rub cold sore cream into the rash, same active ingredient and its actually worked , swollen glands down in two days , rash drying up before it blistered . not something i would do if you had them on your face or your rash has a huge spread , that really is a doctor job . but for those of us who have recurring shingles on the body its a good cheap fix . Also useful if like us its 3 weeks to see the GP . I really need to see the Dermatologist about it , but the GP says no , its just one of those things as you get older . Shingles used to put my dad in the hospital every year he had the ocular variant and sunlight was his trigger so two air ambulances home from Spain before they realised . One of my aunts was the same . I have psoriasis and the peculiar arthritis it brings with it, my triggers seem to be any extra load on my immune system , stomach bug this time set me off , debating on the flu jab this year as that was the trigger for the hideous bout in December January bit of a Catch 22 on that one , so i may just delay my jab till nearer xmas then it wont matter if im dying in my bed ...lol
Political mystery tour continues on all fronts , ive reached the topping up each week stage of food buying with just a few treats on top , which is a good thing with the bedroom tax to pay on top of everything else .
Ive reached a sort of plan for the tiny bedroom that was the munchkins . I need to replace the abandoned high sleeper with a single bed . and then if i put a decent high seat chair in there and a TV. It can be the sick room for when i cant get himself up and down stairs , plus i can sleep in there if im not well and it gives me somewhere to pop him when i have the big bedroom to clean and sort during his bad periods , plus it takes the hurry out of getting everything dry quickly .
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Smug
The main event so far is all the flocks of geese going over , usually a sign that is going to be really cold really soon , we managed a few hours fishing yesterday , it was very quiet and swampy plus the RAF were up to something, so being just up the road from the base we had a great air display to watch , the wildlife is always a pleasure we were Kingfisher watching yesterday and i was mushroom spotting , we have found a patch of puffballs just emerging so if i get the chance i will pop down and get some , theres also tons of field mushrooms as well.
Decorating has nearly finished in daughters old room , we are undecided whether its going to be bathroom or the stairs next , no rush we have all winter . Nice quiet weekend just me and sarcastic son laying carpet tiles , Mr BH is off to some event with useful son , glad im not invited , i did point out that if he took me to the quilt show i would go to Truckfest with him , that knocked that one on the head ..lol
The reason im feeling smug is this is the first time we have ever had heating oil before December , not that it will be used till its much colder , its still at put a jumper on or grab a blanket on the sofa weather , i gather monsoon season is back tonight .
Sarcastic son emerged from the shed with a plastic bin full of his clothes that for the past two years hes been acusing me of losing in the wash !! to say they stank of mold was an understatement , he was going to bin them but i told him i was willing to try and save them , more for the fact that i quite liked some of the fabric . So it was boil wash with extra oxy , the stuff came out of them like tar , cleaned them but they still stank , so then it was half a bottle of sterilising fluid and a load of apple hair conditioner that nobody would use , the chemical reaction triggered a foam party , they still stank but with added apple . So then as a last ditch attempt we tried the great outdoors they have been on the line for a week in the monsoon and yesterday after the sunshine the smell has finally gone and he gave it all to me , including the Japanese Dragon shirts and loads of denim for a project i have in mind , he did take his goth tea shirts and a couple that shrank he asked if i could make cushions out of ...lol
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