Meanderings of a Monkey Juggler

You might want to...

2006-10-03T23:25:59+01:00

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Have a look here.
Update your links pages.

There will be no updates to this site from now. If you link to this site and wish to continue to link to my inane ramblings then please change your links to point at the website above. I'll see you all there.

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Right that's it!

2006-09-18T09:54:02+01:00

My bloody internet connection/router/something along the line keeps blocking off access to certain websites. Including but not exclusively the BlogSpirit site. This is usually remedied by restarting my router but this is irritating in itself. Now it's reached new levels to the extent that I can get through to Blogspirit and type a new post but then it doesn't let me post it; rather it gives me a "Site not found" page that means I've just lost my post and have to start again.

I've lost 3 posts in this way in the last week. So bollocks to it. I'm stopping using this site starting very soon.

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Photos

2006-09-14T22:53:30+01:00

Just spent a lovely evening with Ruth and John. These are the people who came to Bulgaria with us. I nicked loads of the photos they took on their trip and a selection are now on my Care2 page Click on the "My Photos" link to the left somewhere if you'd like a look.

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Rules of engagement

2006-09-12T09:46:01+01:00

I've been in a few online discussions recently. I've noticed there are some rules that seem to apply. You may have heard of Godwin's Law. This seems to be the apotheosis of internet discussion laws but there are lesser laws as well.

When you have no real comeback to someone you must insult their grammar.
When insulting someone's grammar you must make at least one grammatical error.
If you are American you must accept that any comments that slightly take exception to the US's foreign or domestic policy are indicative of the author's disgust and hatred of all things American.
Further to 3 - this means you must now embarrass yourself by a: stating this and b: mentioning that you "won the war" and "where's the gratitude?"
When stating anything that varies from received wisdom expect to be either ignored completely or flamed.
Even when you're right. (do I sound bitter?)

There are probably more but they'll do for now.

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PS I would like to claim ownership of laws one and two. I reckon "Beers' First and Second Laws" sounds quite dignified for such a ludicrous thing.

[edit] bollocks, too late: look here.

Fantastic

2006-09-12T09:06:56+01:00

You must see this here.

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RGB or Composite?

2006-09-12T08:36:52+01:00

This isn't about methods of plugging DVD players into a telly, more a few thoughts about politics so switch off now if you aren't interested.

It has been said in the past that Greens are often socialists in disguise; this is the so-called "watermelon" hypothesis. IE green on the outside covering a red centre. Is it possible to add a bit of conservatism to the mix to create an RGB type? I think it is. And it probably describes me. I just wrote a long meandering piece but it was basically rubbish so I binned it. I'll have a think again later and see if I can put it into words. I would guess though that this political make-up puts me firmly in the majority of people in the country.

Oh and this is my 300th post.

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[edit 12/9/06] Can you tell that I wasn't really thinking straight when I wrote the above? What I basically mean is that most of us have pulls to various ends of the political spectra. That's it really.

No patience (patients?)

2006-09-11T16:06:17+01:00

I'm in a really snappy mood today and I reckon it's entirely down to the patients I'm seeing today.

Almost without exception they're whingy, whiny types who feel the world owes them everything 'cos they've got some pain.

Almost without exception they've been humourless drones with no sense of levity. It's one of the redeeming features of even the chavviest Brit that there is humour in adversity. Today I've had people looking like the world has ended and all because their foot aches a bit (after 2 hours standing at the tills yesterday) or their back hurts because they're stressed (and so am I now you've come to see me). Oh shut up! I don't like the phrase "get a life" but please get a life. These people seem to think that life is perfect and the slightest thing means the end of all that is good and holy.

Without exception I've been short with them at best. I must get a grip on it or I'll get disciplined if this carries on.

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[edit]

I've just had a lovely patient but she told me a story that seriously hacks me off. She was in a car crash and had a basic whiplash issue. I assessed her but instead of the standard muscular problems she has a top rib problem. A bit unusual but was probably pre-existing and hadn't given her trouble pre-RTA. I checked all the usual suspects as well and concluded that it's definitely the top rib. Apart from anything the thing gives her exact pain when you poke it; usually a good sign of accurate diagnosis. So she goes to see a doctor after being asked by her solicitors. "What? The physio thinks it's top rib? Idiot. It's your neck" says the doc. So the poor patient doesn't know what to think. One clearly says it's "this"; the other fundamentally disagrees. I'm the one less likely to be believed 'cos I'm no doctor. But I do know about necks and shoulders and ribs. Luckily for me (and her) the patient believes me as I actually did an assessment of the problem rather than a terse attempt at convincing the patient that what I say is right without bothering to look properly. [growl]