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Things That Gladden The Heart

Pathetic Shark said:
Not really something that gladdens the heart but it made me laugh. Next to all the election news on the BBC came an announcement that Islamic State have just appointed their new leader. You can just picture the CIA and American special forces making immediate note of that. I mean, at least when someone becomes leader of a party over here, they don't go straight to No.1 on a "Must Kill List"
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I wonder if they hold elections for the top job and what the campaign slogans are like
 
Dando said:
If I get bored then I will hit my driver off the deck when I am at the range with some decent results but I am not sure i'll try it during a game
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I sometimes play with a 2 handicapper who learnt to play in Ireland. She hits her driver better off the deck than a tee peg! In winter our course plays long so driver, driver is a good option especially when only carrying a half set. I forgot it would cut a fair bit but the strike was so much better than I expected and made me smile!
 
Blue in Munich said:
32 years after being born 10 weeks premature and weighing less than 3lbs, Sabina Checkett is now a neonatal doctor helping premature babies. Brilliant, just brilliant.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...or-32-years-later-help-troubled-newborns.html
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Thanks for sharing mate, lovely story, my lad was born at 28 weeks, weighing 1lb 10ozs, 26yrs ago and we were prepared for the worst, he has some issues still, but he ended up going through proper school and going to Uni, still tell him everyday how proud of him we are.
 
pauldj42 said:
Thanks for sharing mate, lovely story, my lad was born at 28 weeks, weighing 1lb 10ozs, 26yrs ago and we were prepared for the worst, he has some issues still, but he ended up going through proper school and going to Uni, still tell him everyday how proud of him we are.
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Didn't realise it was close to home mate, you'll appreciate it more than most, glad it all worked out well for you. (y) Our great niece was pretty much the same stats as your lad 16 years ago, she's come through it okay though. Truly amazing what they can do for premature babies.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Didn't realise it was close to home mate, you'll appreciate it more than most, glad it all worked out well for you. (y) Our great niece was pretty much the same stats as your lad 16 years ago, she's come through it okay though. Truly amazing what they can do for premature babies.
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Cheers mate, it’s why I feel so strong about the NHS, this and the Emergency Services should be taken out of Politics and funded correctly, no political party squabbling just protected and looked after for the good of all, amazing staff.
 
pauldj42 said:
Cheers mate, it’s why I feel so strong about the NHS, this and the Emergency Services should be taken out of Politics and funded correctly, no political party squabbling just protected and looked after for the good of all, amazing staff.
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Couldn't agree more mate. And whilst they're at it, properly fund the RNLI and the Air Ambulances.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Didn't realise it was close to home mate, you'll appreciate it more than most, glad it all worked out well for you. (y) Our great niece was pretty much the same stats as your lad 16 years ago, she's come through it okay though. Truly amazing what they can do for premature babies.
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(y)(y) 16 years ago a close friend had a baby girl at 30 weeks weighing only 3 pounds 4oz.
It was touch and go for what seemed like an eternity, now she's a beautiful talented teenager :love::love::love:, NHS.
 
Junior Shark arrived nearly eight weeks early and was in special care for a month including being in over Christmas. The little card the nurses made that we found in her cot on Christmas Day had me crying like a baby. Both my twin sisters were only three pounds when they were born too. Then again, you'd have thought we could have gotten two for £5 really.
 
PatheticShark.....Maybe they should??
But following on from the posts about the emergency services and the NHS then I couldn't agree more about funding and protecting them.
I(and SWMBO) had first hand experience of the Croatian health service at end of Sept.It was an interesting week-cabbage for breakfast,hard brown bread for lunch and God knows what for dinner-thankfully partner was bringing me in sandwiches,fruit and juice/water.No seats for visitors,no privacy as no screens around beds one dead guy lying across from for half day and a night/this was followed by another guy being wheeled in 2 days later only to peg out and lie there and mysteriously disappear in the night again.(I was going to offer him my soup to see if it would bring him back but he wasn't in a receptive mood)!
Broken tiles on the floor,none too clean toilets or washing facilities either.
thank heavens for insurance but even after fighting to get out(they wanted us to pay cash despite getting paid by insurance co.Who were absolutely superb.
Oh yeah,they also sent me out without any medicine...we had to fight like hellfor this by asking if I should just stay in my hotel and drop dead!

So among others,I would never criticise our N.H.S and staffas they've brought me back a few times plus know how to treat those close to you.God BLESS THEM
Soorry this has been so long but please DO NOT TAKE ILL IN CROATIA(unless you want to try3rd world care and facilities.
Jim
 
Sitting in a bar just up from work sipping a beer after a productive week at work, listening to a great song.

The song is The Bars by The Menzingers if you want a great dirty little rock number for your evening. x
 
pauldj42 said:
Thanks for sharing mate, lovely story, my lad was born at 28 weeks, weighing 1lb 10ozs, 26yrs ago and we were prepared for the worst, he has some issues still, but he ended up going through proper school and going to Uni, still tell him everyday how proud of him we are.
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My son was born at 30 weeks. He's 32yrs old, 6'3" tall and fit as a fiddle.
In the baby care unit he was in, there was a set of very premature twins that both weighed just over 1lb each.
Both ended up totally fine, fit and healthy.
The NHS really are latter day heroes.
As a point of interest, Tyson Fury is 6' 9" and up to 20 stone at any given time .......................... he was born 3 months premature and weighed just 1lb at birth!!
 
MiL going home tomorrow after a two week visit.

Never stops talking, talking, talking. All utter rubbish and because of the weather I cannot escape to the golf course. She has not stopped moaning about the weather, you’d think she was the wicked witch of the east and the rain will make her melt.
 
srixon 1 said:
MiL going home tomorrow after a two week visit.

Never stops talking, talking, talking. All utter rubbish and because of the weather I cannot escape to the golf course. She has not stopped moaning about the weather, you’d think she was the wicked witch of the east and the rain will make her melt.
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Just keep reminding her that 'mother-in-law' is an anagram of 'woman Hitler' .................................... that may keep here away for a while! (y)
 
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