Off Topic The Goodhand Arms

2 people shot at a primary school in the US.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39560646

 

Well, we know what the answer is....loads more guns.

 

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...nited-flight-for-refusing-to-give-up-his-seat

Unbelievable...flight in the US overbooked and passengers picked at random to be thrown off so staff could take their places as they were needed elsewhere. One man refused to give up his seat and was manhandled and dragged off the flight along the floor...this is a law abiding, paying customer remember. I can see a court case coming up.

 

Sad thing is, it's not unbelievable anymore imho.

 

And, surprise surprise in this era of Trump and hate, they chose an Asian man and his wife to be thrown off ....

 

Unbelievably there have been 800 people shot in Chicago this year (April). This is the country the UK bows down to as the leaders of the free world ???

 

I hope he sues them for millions. Seemingly, he's a doctor so will be able financially to take them to court. What ignorant racists.

 

There were 4 people asked to leave...not sure racism is involved. Just brutal stupidity.

 

The story about the literally bumped passenger rolls on. Apparently within the rules to forcibly remove passengers....though I am sure that is really intended for disruptive or dangerous people. The man apparently got back on board 10 mins later and stood there bleeding and crying out for them to kill him....which suggests either he was in shock (highly possible) or in a mental state (some borderline problem aggravated by a sense of injustice). Have to admit I could become intransigent if I felt wronged. I note his wife had already left the plane....perhaps she knew her husband might react strongly.

The head of United Airline has said his staff behaved properly....not sure if he includes security in that. If his staff didn't get where they wanted to go it would presumably disrupt other flights, but that would be United's problem....they should definitely have backed down.

 

A great big thanks to the NHS front line staff who have looked after my 94 year old Mum for the last 5 weeks since she fell and broke her pelvis. The nurses, doctors and everyone have been amazing.
BUT an enormous to the social services and the admin people who had her discharged yesterday afternoon without telling anyone and dropped her off at home with no food, heating, support, etc. and no paperwork to say what was going to happen going forward.
Honestly, it defies belief. Luckily for us, there's an on-site facility manager there until 5 and he called my brother. If she'd been dropped off an hour later, he would have gone home and the first we would have known would have been when one of us went to visit her in hospital that evening.
A carer finally turned up just after 8 (4 hours after she got home) and it seems that things are in place, but it needed a number of calls and a bit of shouting (I'm afraid the carer got some of it, poor lady ) to actually find out what was happening.
Unbelievable!

 

There have been instances of elderly people being sent home in the middle of the night....totally unacceptable. Hope your Mum is ok, Dave.

 

Unbelievable, but sadly all too common nowadays Dave. Hospitals cut the number of beds so there is ever-mounting pressure on the wards to discharge patients early, and that leads to ridiculous and near-criminal situations like that with your poor Mum. I really hope she is OK and not too upset after all that!

 

Thanks Fran. Luckily the family are relatively close and my sister in law is a retired nurse, so she sorted her out.
The whole thing is made worse by the leaflet they sent with her that says "a full assessment will be carried out on your home and, unless it is agreed that everything is in place for you comfort and suitability, you will not be discharged" - This was given to her after she was discharged ......

 

Thanks Chilco. She was very worried that there was no one waiting to meet her, but things are getting sorted out now, so that's good. And I can't fault the help she had in the General and Princess Anne hospitals.
I understand the pressure on beds, but a bit of organisation isn't hard, surely?
Hasn't done my blood pressure any good!

 

I am stunned that no one, at the hospital, thought to contact her next of kin.
Totally wrong to send her home in this way, and IMO, and not wishing to knock the NHS, the decision to discharge her was presumably made by a doctor, who should have had the nous to ensure that a network of care and support was in place, following her release from his care.
I would say unbelievable, but the unfair pressures being placed on the caring profession makes it all too believable.
I hope your mum is okay.

 

The problem is they are stretched this way and that way through lack of funding. They work daily with lowering morale and any part of them is closest the public get to being able to express an opinion. What is often usual is that the good and the excellent gets a polite thank you, or nothing at all, and the bad gets reported. I totally understand Dave's anger, and I have no doubt that each person involved in his 94 year old Mum's treatment would feel the same. But they are in the awful position of having to do the best they can, with shrinking resources, having to defend the indefensible. It's meant to be a joined-up service, but if any link in the chain fails just slightly there's no reserve to take care of the situation.

Hope your Mum is still feeling OK after her topsy-turvy quality experience, Dave.

 

I have to say I agree with this but unfortunately I am not surprised. We had an awful experience earlier this year where my father in law had died but no one at the hospital contacted his wife (or any relative). Visitors turned up waiting outside his curtained off bed as they thought he was receiving treatment /care. It was a shocking lack of care from the General. I know I will get knocked but the NHS in my experience leaves a lot to be desired. This is not recent but what I have observed over about 30 years of visiting relatives. It's a hard job I accept but there is plenty of room for improvement from what I've seen. I'm not alone in this view having talked to various friends. Don't get me wrong I'm am very glad they are there but I have never understood why people say how fantastic they are. There are some good but also some bad. Sorry I'm sure I will get a lot of grief for saying this but there you are.

 

The NHS deals with over 1 million patients every 36 hours, so in reality most will have a few stories to tell of something bad that happened. Some seriously shocking reports obviously, though, for the vast majority of cases I'd imagine the experience is fine (but affected by cost-cutting and long wait times).

 

https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/t...i-army-vehicle-bought-off-ebay-112517384.html

Man finds gold bars worth 2 million pounds in fuel tank of Russian tank he bought on e-bay. Very honestly he reported it to the police suspecting it was Iraq war loot. Be interesting if they find the original owner...presumably gold bars are numbered.

 

A woman 3 times the drink drive limit was VERY lucky not have seriously hurt her 20 month child or herself when overtaking a lorry entering a roundabout ........footage was captured of the overtake and somersault hitting a tree and ending up upside down.......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-39552612