Call NHS Direct to book GP appointments, patients to be told – Telegraph


This is total bollocks.

I can’t even get a non-emergency appointment to see a doctor when I’m stood in my doctors surgery. I’m told to call up on the day I would like to be seen !!!

If this is the sort of service I get now just how much better do you think it will be if I have to ring NHS Direct ?

Well I’ll tell you….. It will be 10,000 % worse.

This will be as good as all those other centralised call centre operations that we already have to deal with.

It stinks.

Call NHS Direct to book GP appointments, patients to be told – Telegraph.

Prisoners will get the vote, Kenneth Clarke says


Once again we prepare to kowtow to the faceless bureaucrats, of the EU & The European Court of Human Rights, who dictate to us how we should behave. Slowly but surely our national identity and our nations right to self-determination is being eroded.

The criminals that inhabit our prisons carried out crimes on British soil so it should be British courts and the British Government that decide their punishment.

Equally, it should be up to us the British people, through our duly elected representatives that decide if these criminals can have the vote.

My view is that they jettisoned their rights when they broke the law. By breaking the law they effectively stuck a finger up at normal decent law-abiding folk. So they don’t have the right to vote.

Given all the other problems that this country has, I do not believe that we should be wasting time  and funds debating this.

Its time for Ken Clarke to stand up and tell the EU to butt out

Prisoners will get the vote, Kenneth Clarke says – Telegraph.

Shock, Horror, Internet Not Private !!!


When will the message get through to all users of todays technology with particular emphasis on blogs and Twitter……

If you publish anything on the internet it is almost a given that it becomes public property.

If you don’t want anyone to know what you are thinking don’t put it into your blog. Don’t tweet it.  I think civil servant, Sarah Baskerville, has finally taken that message on board.

Twitter messages not private, rules press watchdog – Telegraph.

Outcasts


Did you watch Outcasts last night ?

I did. And I don’t know what to make of it. I’m not sure that it is of high enough calibre to replace Silent Witness on Monday and Tuesday nights.

Although the concept is interesting I wasn’t hooked by the first episode especially when Mitchell Hoban, the most interesting character,  gets the bullet, literally,  before the credits. But never mind I’m not going to write it off just yet. The second episode airs tonight so I’ll give a chance.

I’m thinking that this should have been shown on BBC 2 or even BBC3/ BBC4 initially to see what the reaction is.

From posts on other sites I have seen references to Outcasts being just Eastenders, which I detest, in space. An angst ridden drama in space is not what is required to hold my attention during prime viewing time. I want to be entertained, not depressed.

Taking a different tack, did anyone think the technology mix was a bit odd. Made it difficult to set the program in time.

On the one hand we had a super-duper brain scanner. On the other we had clunky radio handsets. Payload would have been an issue for a 5 year space journey so surely they would have gone for the lightest, most space-saving technologies available. Even my Blackberry is smaller than the units they were using.

Well, bring on Episode 2. Lets see if the Beeb can redeem themselves.

Have A Go Pensioner – Go Girl


Wow

That’s all I can say. Just saw this on the news this evening. This lady deserves a medal but in this addled country of ours she is more likely to be prosecuted for assault.

It’s a shame there aren’t more like her in this country.

Take a look at the following courtesy of ITV News ….

Hero granny stops thief

6.55PM   Mon Feb 7 2011

A fearless granny has been branded a hero after attacking a gang of jewel-thieves with her handbag.

The incident in Northampton was caught on camera by a passer-by.

One robber was floored by the efforts of the elderly lady and held down by members of the public until police arrived.

Three other men were arrested later.

Best Wishes To Renault’s Robert Kubica


Best wishes to Robert Kubica for a swift recovery following his crash on Sunday.

F1 in particular and motor Sport in general needs this mans talent. With the F1 season due to start in a few weeks an essential element of spice is going to be missing from the mix.

Renault’s Robert Kubica airlifted to hospital after being injured in rally crash – Telegraph.

Gary Moore – Legend


The world is a sadder place following the news that blues guitarist Gary Moore has passed away.

Gary was one of the worlds most revered guitarists who shared the stage with many heroes of the blues and rock genre including B.B. & Albert King, Colosseum, Greg Lake, Thin Lizzy and Skid Row. It is through his playing with Skid Row that I first encountered Gary and became an avid fan. I was introduced to the album, Skid, by some enlightened friends. Bob & Sue …. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Skid was the first album for Skid Row and was released back in 1970 when Gary would have been just 18. I remember being impressed with his speed and dexterity.

And now I’ve just realised that he and I shared the same year of birth and that he didn’t quite make it to his 59th birthday.

58 is no age at all. 

GRANDPARENT’S ANSWERING MACHINE


Good morning. . . .
At present we are not at home but, please leave your message after you hear the beep.
beeeeeeeeppppppp……..
  • If you are one of our children, dial 1 and then select the option from 1 to 5 in order of “arrival” so we know who it is.
  • If you need us to stay with the children, press 2
  • If you want to borrow the car, press 3
  • If you want us to wash your clothes and ironing, press 4
  • If you want the grandchildren to sleep here tonight, press 5
  • If you want us to pick up the kids at school, press 6
  • If you want us to prepare a meal for Sunday or to have it delivered to your home, press 7
  • If you want to come to eat here, press 8
  • If you need money, dial 9
  • If you are going to invite us to dinner, or, taking us to the theater start talking we are listening !!!!!!!!!!!”

Councillor is sacked for not attending meetings – Politics – The News


When Cllr Malcolm Hey walked out of a meeting to avoid having to listen to Muslim prayers there were calls for him to be sacked.

I voiced my opinion then that he should receive a bollocking for the disrespect he showed and that sacking was a typical knee-jerk reaction that seems to be popular in this country and a punishment that was disproportional to the crime.

Now it seems he has not been attending meetings but has still claimed the expenses. As a result he has been sacked.

Well it seems that he has gotten what he deserved.

Good Riddance I say.

Councillor is sacked for not attending meetings – Politics – The News.

Landlady given boost in battle with SKY TV over broadcasting live football – TV: A look back – The News


Good news and another step to breaking the virtual monopoly that Sky has over the satellite marketplace. As a result  of the control that they have they are able to keep their prices ridiculously high.

We were sold  EU membership on the basis that we would have equal rights with regard to the work place, travel and choice of goods and services.  Well we have seen anything but.

Great Britain is seen by all the major marketeers as “Treasure Island”  and Sky has been and continues to be one of the biggest pirates raiding the treasure chest that is the captive market place. Trapped as we are by the ludicrous and artificial borders which define who can transmit and who can receive.

If this helps to break their stranglehold then so much the better.

Landlady given boost in battle with SKY TV over broadcasting live football – TV: A look back – The News.