Sounds like real pain in the arse situations, however niche they might be. It then begs the question that should progress/change be halted for a small minority who have challenges (most of which are solvable albeit with a reasonable amount of pain in the process). Like I said earlier no agenda - despite my previous employment - just a genuine interest from someone who embraces technology at all opportunities. Am sat here in Ontario, organising a food shop to be delivered when I get home on Sat (using a VPN on my smart phone to use the App), then will download mine and my wife's boarding passes to smart phones for tomorrow's flight etc etc - The ide of paper tickets, visiting a physical shop or entering a ticket office to ask a person to print me a ticket seems alien to me. All about opinions eh? FWIW - the unions have too much power so they will never get rid of Ticket Offices
I put that Seventeen song on by Sam Fender, I've never heard it properly because of him kind of making it Sunderland V Newcastle rather than music. Anyway, there's bits on the song where he's basically just talking Geordie. Mostly positive comments, loads saying "I'm 45 and this song hits home, "I'm 63 and I love this song", then i read a comment further down and pissed myself laughing because I wasn't expecting it. Properly not that funny but it caught me off guard, anyway here it's is...
Fair play mate, I think the issue for me is that most can and will adopt but snags and foreseeable harm to the vulnerable are not fixed or mitigated because it mainly works. It's a that'll do culture in my opinion and excludes people or makes a utilitarian service unnecessarily worse and complicated. It's all fixable but but isn't. There'll be hundreds or thousands of people daily being inconvenienced at waverley if they go digital tickets and it's been like that for a year. The system has a snag or design flaw but no-one's bothered or listening. It's not great for the staff at the station either as some folk aren't as polite as me unfortunately. Nevermind, worse things happen and technology has definitely made things easier overall, it's just not the be all and all for everyone and is sometimes a retrograde step. Cheers pal
I posted a while back that the Mrs had started dialysis, and that we were undergoing dialysis training with a view to doing home dialysis. The training went well, and was all signed off a couple of months ago. She was basically going into the Freeman, setting the machine up, putting herself on, then taking herself off at the end, with no intervention or assistance from the medical team. We were just waiting for things to be sorted at their end. Well, on Tuesday, the main works got done in the house to allow for it....all the plumbing and electrics. This...... Then today, a shiny new dialysis unit and recliner chair came, and tech support have been out to set it up. This will make a massive difference to us, but more so the Mrs. No more up at 5.30am to get to the Freeman for 7.00am First session at home tomorrow....at whatever time she wants to do it. Just to add, the Freeman have been absolutely brilliant....I really can't speak highly enough of the work they do there.
Changing adversity into a shining light . . . . well done Snaggey & Mrs. Snaggey I'm chuffed as muck for you both . . . . as most in our little village will be
great to hear this mate, going to help all of you...some improvements in technology have to be welcomed for sure, my 'thumpy thing' basically keeps in touch with the hospital and they can check or alter whenever, although they prefer to have me there and explain it first.
Thanks for the kind comments lads, much appreciated. She is on there now letting the machine do it's stuff. Once she's on, that's it, she's there for 3 hours, attached to the machine. She's sent me a text....from the next room.... She has to have fluid (in her case, tea) during dialysis, and also food. The fruit is chopped pineapple, one of the only fruits she is allowed eat. She's happy today...."happy wife, happy life".
I will guess it will be straight after you’ve made her a fresh pot of tea and a full English with toast and marmalade mate
Tremendous that mate. Over the moon for you and your good lady. Whatever your outlook our NHS are quite amazing. Saved my wife's life when our kids were bairns. They continue to perform bloody miracles and I am glad you are getting the support you deserve mate.
They made sure my Dad came home from hospital after a heart attack in his mid 50s. NHS is alright in my book.
All the best to Mr and Mrs Snaggey brilliant that your good lady can get the treatment at home, they are special people in the Freeman. Witnessed it first hand several times with my son when he was in there.
Sometimes you just get what you deserve These people should be banned from owning animals. Who would get a friend to hit their dog so that they can film it. Pricks !
the way he is trying to pull the dog away while it had a good grip, shows he should never be 'in charge' of anything bigger than a hamster...pleased to see both got a bite.
