Take a bus ride

Take a bus ride

Like many people we are a two car family and, as there’s only my wife and me, we’re very independent and we can each travel where we like when we like. But, with my wife currently recovering from a shoulder operation and banned from driving for six weeks or so, we’ve...
Do Jane a favour!

Do Jane a favour!

I’ve known and helped Jane Verity almost since she arrived here from Denmark, unable to speak a word of English, but determined to blaze new trails in the treatment of dementia. She sure has done that and her methods of dementia care are being used around the world....
The best damn drug in the hospital

The best damn drug in the hospital

The other day I took my beloved lady (my wife, in case you had other imaginative ideas!) into a big hospital for a post-operative consultation with her surgeon. Now, normally, big hospitals are pretty cheerless places where everyone either looks like they are dying or...
It ain’t the good old days anymore!

It ain’t the good old days anymore!

This is a photo of a sign in a local fish’n chip shop window and is a real blast from the past. By that I mean it was the type of announcement that local traders made when they wanted people flocking in to seek a part time job to earn a bit of income. But that was the...
Another Commercial

Another Commercial

I often rabbit on about how much money breweries have to lavish on their commercials but there is another cadre who have heaps to spend and love spending. Who? I hear you ask. Well it’s car companies… the engineers spend bucket loads developing a new model and...