92 Clubs – Day 35 – A Day Off
I had to go to the doctor, so I took this day off. I also wanted to see a debate on the media in the evening in the local church.
We were all sitting drinking glasses of wine in the nave.
92 Clubs – Day 25 – A Day Off
This was an enforced day off for two reasons.
I needed to have by three-monthly B12 injection for my coeliac disease. I also took the advantage of a free flu jab. I don’t want a dose of that to add to my problems do I?
My trusty Nokia 6310i also seemed to have packed up and I needed to get a replacement. However on looking at the new phones, I decided that they had no features I needed. And they cost a fortune!
So I took a train to the depths of Enfield Lock to see Tonik, the company behind the web site, nokia6310i.co.uk. All went well except for the fact that some wag had turned the signed round to the Innova Science Park, where they are based, and I ended up at a locked school instead.
A Mispointing Signpost in Enfield Lock
The Innova Science Park is actually in the direction of Brimsdown and the school is where the sign says the Science Park is.
I then left my wallet in their offices, which meant a return trip to retrieve it.
92 Clubs – Day 23 – A Day Off
It was a Sunday and because of the hay fever and things that I needed to do, like sort out my tablets and get some food in, I took the day off.
Smoking at Bus Stops
I hate it, especially as my son died of a smoking related disease and it seems to make my hay fever and breathing worse.
To make matters even worse, my local stop is a changeover point for drivers and sometimes there are half-a-dozen in the shelter puffing away.
Evangelical Christians and AIDS
It is claimed in this report, that three people have died because they have been convinced by evangelical christians, that prayer rather than drugs can cure their AIDS.
The religious nutters should be prosecuted, before they confince others.
Cheap Booze at Asda
There were reports yesterday that Asda are now selling Budweiser at fifty pence a bottle.
No wonder many peoples’idea of a good time is to get bladdered.
It means I have another reason not to shop at Asda.
In my view, there should e a minimum price for a unit of alcohol. I doubt it would affect me at all, so perhaps I’m being selfish. But on the other hand, I don’t want the psrtners, parents and friends of heavy drinkers, to go through all the heartache of the death of a loved one I’ve been through. And my wife was only a very moderate drinker and my son didn’t drink!
92 Clubs – Day 16 – A Day Off
I did the same as Day 15. You may think I’m slacking, but the next day is difficult and I want to arrive in one piece.
92 Clubs – Day 15 – A Day Off
Because of the need to slow down a bit and the severity of my hay fever, I decided to take the day off.
Rihanna Smokes on Album Cover
I wouldn’t know who Rhanna is! But I certainly don’t want to kow, as she is seen smoking on her new album cover.
What a bad example!
My only satisfaction, is that she is more likely to get the cancer than I am.
News on the Health Lottery
I don’t play any lottery, but I am not in favour of Richard Desmond’s Health Lottery.
So I just wanted to see what others thought and typed Health Lottery into Google News.
So what did I find?
There are a lot of articles about hospices worried that they will lose money. There was this piece from the Yorkshire Post for example. And quite a few more too, in the same vein!
This article in the trade magazine, The Grocer, wasn’t very optimistic about sales for their readers. Good!
The only positive articles I can find are in rags, like the Daily Star and the Daily Express, papers which are owned by Richard Desmond.
But this is balanced by articles in more serious papers.
Let’s hope that the good people of the UK soon realise the real purpose of this lottery, which is a money-making scheme for its owner.
I shall be following this story with interest.
I’m also boycotting shops that sell the tickets for the Health Lottery. As that includes W H Smith, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Tesco and Asda, I now can only do my grocery shopping at Waitrose or Marks and Spencer. I could include the Co-Op, but they don’t have a decent shop near me.
