Things That Gladden The Heart

Tashyboy said:
Hope everyone had a good New Year’s Eve. Quite a few folk I know went to bed and gave it a miss.
Me and Missis T had a fantastic New Year’s Eve in Tunisia. It really was a fantastic multi cultural night. 7 course meal 😳 £362 all Inc, sat at side of pool in 18-20 degrees. Now reading weather warnings in UK ❄️🫣
Seriously looking at Malta for next new year for £520.
Gotta go as sun beds just gone in the shade and am Moving sunbeds. 😁
Stay safe everyone. 😘
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Tash don’t keep us in the dark.
Is it the Crocs Speedo combination?
 
BrianM said:
Lovely 🐶 walk in the snow this morning, he absolutely loves it 😂😂
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Great 😀. We only had a dusting all the way down here. The part Siberians just looked at it a bit non plussed ! 🙈 Hopefully we have some more this winter and it stirs their genes.
However the oversized pom loves it, probably he thinks he's part Samoyed 😆
 
My son had something being delivered today, he called me from his bedroom about 12.00 to ask if I had it but I told him nothing had been delivered.
Turned out he had put his nans address.
He then disappeared to go and get it from her house.
In the meantime she turned up at ours with the parcel.

I then called him and told him it was at our house and had just been delivered.

He then got back with the hump and I let him type out a strongly worded email to the delivery company and only told him his Nan had dropped it off just before he pressed send.

Sometimes it’s the small things 😂
 
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending time with the MIL while she went critical. Been in 3 hospitals in Surrey/Kent. Been in the Cancer wards, Been in ICU. Been called in for 'can the family meet the Dr'. Been in 'she is not responding'. All up, down, sideways and everywhere. But the miracle of science means today she is sitting up and there is conversation of a potential return home!!.

Besides the miracle of science, I am simply amazed at the humans who staff these corridors. I dont mean the Drs. It is the nurses, the cleaning staff, the porter, the person who bring the meals, the lady who sponges her, cleans the room, empty the unmentionables. You need to have a certain mindset, a caring heart and be selfless to do this day in and day out - and unfortunately for not much money. I often see them finish their 7pm-to 7am shift and then still hanging around to ensure all handovers and good buys - only to turn up a few hours later. They do amazing things at the cost of their own family time. Also I can say that I may never be able to guess which part of the world they are from - India, Philippines, Vietnam, Afghan etc. It does not matter, they just seem to all get along and make a difference. Anyone who tries to divide us along ethnic lines, should spend some time in a specialist ward and have their humanity reset.

While the Drs get a lot of spotlight, I also realised they dont get paid much. To shoot the breeze, I often spoke to the staff to see if pursuing Medicine in this country is worth it (Disclosure, my teen is thinking of Medical school). Overwhelming felt they are overworked, dont have jobs - not enuf hospital placements, not much money for pulling 12 hr shifts and/or being on call everyday. A few talked about moving down under. During my time in the hospitals, they also had the Jr Dr strikes

While I muse over the Drs, I think the support staff often go uncelebrated. In places, where death is only a few beds away, they seem to go about their day with a smile and ensuring they bring a smile to whoever they interact with. Superheros dont wear capes..
 
Mudball said:
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending time with the MIL while she went critical. Been in 3 hospitals in Surrey/Kent. Been in the Cancer wards, Been in ICU. Been called in for 'can the family meet the Dr'. Been in 'she is not responding'. All up, down, sideways and everywhere. But the miracle of science means today she is sitting up and there is conversation of a potential return home!!.

Besides the miracle of science, I am simply amazed at the humans who staff these corridors. I dont mean the Drs. It is the nurses, the cleaning staff, the porter, the person who bring the meals, the lady who sponges her, cleans the room, empty the unmentionables. You need to have a certain mindset, a caring heart and be selfless to do this day in and day out - and unfortunately for not much money. I often see them finish their 7pm-to 7am shift and then still hanging around to ensure all handovers and good buys - only to turn up a few hours later. They do amazing things at the cost of their own family time. Also I can say that I may never be able to guess which part of the world they are from - India, Philippines, Vietnam, Afghan etc. It does not matter, they just seem to all get along and make a difference. Anyone who tries to divide us along ethnic lines, should spend some time in a specialist ward and have their humanity reset.

While the Drs get a lot of spotlight, I also realised they dont get paid much. To shoot the breeze, I often spoke to the staff to see if pursuing Medicine in this country is worth it (Disclosure, my teen is thinking of Medical school). Overwhelming felt they are overworked, dont have jobs - not enuf hospital placements, not much money for pulling 12 hr shifts and/or being on call everyday. A few talked about moving down under. During my time in the hospitals, they also had the Jr Dr strikes

While I muse over the Drs, I think the support staff often go uncelebrated. In places, where death is only a few beds away, they seem to go about their day with a smile and ensuring they bring a smile to whoever they interact with. Superheros dont wear capes..
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Well said

Echo all those thoughts after the way they looked after my dad and helped us as a family
 
Mudball said:
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending time with the MIL while she went critical. Been in 3 hospitals in Surrey/Kent. Been in the Cancer wards, Been in ICU. Been called in for 'can the family meet the Dr'. Been in 'she is not responding'. All up, down, sideways and everywhere. But the miracle of science means today she is sitting up and there is conversation of a potential return home!!.

Besides the miracle of science, I am simply amazed at the humans who staff these corridors. I dont mean the Drs. It is the nurses, the cleaning staff, the porter, the person who bring the meals, the lady who sponges her, cleans the room, empty the unmentionables. You need to have a certain mindset, a caring heart and be selfless to do this day in and day out - and unfortunately for not much money. I often see them finish their 7pm-to 7am shift and then still hanging around to ensure all handovers and good buys - only to turn up a few hours later. They do amazing things at the cost of their own family time. Also I can say that I may never be able to guess which part of the world they are from - India, Philippines, Vietnam, Afghan etc. It does not matter, they just seem to all get along and make a difference. Anyone who tries to divide us along ethnic lines, should spend some time in a specialist ward and have their humanity reset.

While the Drs get a lot of spotlight, I also realised they dont get paid much. To shoot the breeze, I often spoke to the staff to see if pursuing Medicine in this country is worth it (Disclosure, my teen is thinking of Medical school). Overwhelming felt they are overworked, dont have jobs - not enuf hospital placements, not much money for pulling 12 hr shifts and/or being on call everyday. A few talked about moving down under. During my time in the hospitals, they also had the Jr Dr strikes

While I muse over the Drs, I think the support staff often go uncelebrated. In places, where death is only a few beds away, they seem to go about their day with a smile and ensuring they bring a smile to whoever they interact with. Superheros dont wear capes..
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Very well said!

Something no member of the public sees is the tears in the brew room. They care enough to cry buckets.

Equally, some of the wins, as you’re experiencing, are amazing.
 
Mudball said:
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending time with the MIL while she went critical. Been in 3 hospitals in Surrey/Kent. Been in the Cancer wards, Been in ICU. Been called in for 'can the family meet the Dr'. Been in 'she is not responding'. All up, down, sideways and everywhere. But the miracle of science means today she is sitting up and there is conversation of a potential return home!!.

Besides the miracle of science, I am simply amazed at the humans who staff these corridors. I dont mean the Drs. It is the nurses, the cleaning staff, the porter, the person who bring the meals, the lady who sponges her, cleans the room, empty the unmentionables. You need to have a certain mindset, a caring heart and be selfless to do this day in and day out - and unfortunately for not much money. I often see them finish their 7pm-to 7am shift and then still hanging around to ensure all handovers and good buys - only to turn up a few hours later. They do amazing things at the cost of their own family time. Also I can say that I may never be able to guess which part of the world they are from - India, Philippines, Vietnam, Afghan etc. It does not matter, they just seem to all get along and make a difference. Anyone who tries to divide us along ethnic lines, should spend some time in a specialist ward and have their humanity reset.

While the Drs get a lot of spotlight, I also realised they dont get paid much. To shoot the breeze, I often spoke to the staff to see if pursuing Medicine in this country is worth it (Disclosure, my teen is thinking of Medical school). Overwhelming felt they are overworked, dont have jobs - not enuf hospital placements, not much money for pulling 12 hr shifts and/or being on call everyday. A few talked about moving down under. During my time in the hospitals, they also had the Jr Dr strikes

While I muse over the Drs, I think the support staff often go uncelebrated. In places, where death is only a few beds away, they seem to go about their day with a smile and ensuring they bring a smile to whoever they interact with. Superheros dont wear capes..
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The only time I ever get angry with my aged mother is when she slags the NHS off.

It may be poorly managed, but in the last five years alone they have potentially saved both my life and my eyesight, and at every stage and from every individual involved the treatment and support has been both first class and unwavering. The fact that, as her son, I have received such wonderful care, should be enough for her, but she still finds reason to pick fault. I’ve put the phone down on her and walked out of rooms more than once when she starts one of her blinkered diatribes.

Angels come in all forms. And I have been blessed to meet many of them in our local hospitals.
 
Mudball said:
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending time with the MIL while she went critical. Been in 3 hospitals in Surrey/Kent. Been in the Cancer wards, Been in ICU. Been called in for 'can the family meet the Dr'. Been in 'she is not responding'. All up, down, sideways and everywhere. But the miracle of science means today she is sitting up and there is conversation of a potential return home!!.

Besides the miracle of science, I am simply amazed at the humans who staff these corridors. I dont mean the Drs. It is the nurses, the cleaning staff, the porter, the person who bring the meals, the lady who sponges her, cleans the room, empty the unmentionables. You need to have a certain mindset, a caring heart and be selfless to do this day in and day out - and unfortunately for not much money. I often see them finish their 7pm-to 7am shift and then still hanging around to ensure all handovers and good buys - only to turn up a few hours later. They do amazing things at the cost of their own family time. Also I can say that I may never be able to guess which part of the world they are from - India, Philippines, Vietnam, Afghan etc. It does not matter, they just seem to all get along and make a difference. Anyone who tries to divide us along ethnic lines, should spend some time in a specialist ward and have their humanity reset.

While the Drs get a lot of spotlight, I also realised they dont get paid much. To shoot the breeze, I often spoke to the staff to see if pursuing Medicine in this country is worth it (Disclosure, my teen is thinking of Medical school). Overwhelming felt they are overworked, dont have jobs - not enuf hospital placements, not much money for pulling 12 hr shifts and/or being on call everyday. A few talked about moving down under. During my time in the hospitals, they also had the Jr Dr strikes

While I muse over the Drs, I think the support staff often go uncelebrated. In places, where death is only a few beds away, they seem to go about their day with a smile and ensuring they bring a smile to whoever they interact with. Superheros dont wear capes..
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At the time when we are debating the merits of the New Years Honours your post hits home who the real heroes are.
Good post 👍
 
Mudball said:
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending time with the MIL while she went critical. Been in 3 hospitals in Surrey/Kent. Been in the Cancer wards, Been in ICU. Been called in for 'can the family meet the Dr'. Been in 'she is not responding'. All up, down, sideways and everywhere. But the miracle of science means today she is sitting up and there is conversation of a potential return home!!.

Besides the miracle of science, I am simply amazed at the humans who staff these corridors. I dont mean the Drs. It is the nurses, the cleaning staff, the porter, the person who bring the meals, the lady who sponges her, cleans the room, empty the unmentionables. You need to have a certain mindset, a caring heart and be selfless to do this day in and day out - and unfortunately for not much money. I often see them finish their 7pm-to 7am shift and then still hanging around to ensure all handovers and good buys - only to turn up a few hours later. They do amazing things at the cost of their own family time. Also I can say that I may never be able to guess which part of the world they are from - India, Philippines, Vietnam, Afghan etc. It does not matter, they just seem to all get along and make a difference. Anyone who tries to divide us along ethnic lines, should spend some time in a specialist ward and have their humanity reset.

While the Drs get a lot of spotlight, I also realised they dont get paid much. To shoot the breeze, I often spoke to the staff to see if pursuing Medicine in this country is worth it (Disclosure, my teen is thinking of Medical school). Overwhelming felt they are overworked, dont have jobs - not enuf hospital placements, not much money for pulling 12 hr shifts and/or being on call everyday. A few talked about moving down under. During my time in the hospitals, they also had the Jr Dr strikes

While I muse over the Drs, I think the support staff often go uncelebrated. In places, where death is only a few beds away, they seem to go about their day with a smile and ensuring they bring a smile to whoever they interact with. Superheros dont wear capes..
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And people moan about paying taxes.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
…and other things…all the time. So many act entitled and selfish with little consideration or understanding of or what others, many as was pointed out in the post not originally of our shores, do for us - usually with little or minimal reward. But what we can give are our thanks…👍
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Don’t agree with this, the sentiment you make is based on the right ideas but….. it’s you’re opening line of “ and other things…all the time”

I 100% support the NHS what they did for my dad was unbelievable, they’ve been amazing when I’ve needed them for myself and kids.

However it is everyone’s basic right to complain about what their hard earned money goes toward if they feel it’s not benefiting them or they see an issue with how things are run. I do not begrudge any of my National Insurance going to fund the NHS they deserve every single penny they get, but I do begrudge many other things my income tax goes towards paying for what little return is seen in communities across the country for those that need it.
 
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