Well, obviouslyLullabelle wrote: ↑3 years agoI am going to a&e tomorrow morning, might take a flask and sandwiches, a reading book.
But, are you OK??
Well, obviouslyLullabelle wrote: ↑3 years agoI am going to a&e tomorrow morning, might take a flask and sandwiches, a reading book.
I did that once. I broke a metacarpal and went home to put my bike away and get a book before going to A&E.Lullabelle wrote: ↑3 years agoI am going to a&e tomorrow morning, might take a flask and sandwiches, a reading book.
Oh hope it's all fineLullabelle wrote: ↑3 years agoI have a long history of issues with my ear and have regular checkups, over the weekend my ear decided to really go for it so this morning I called the booking centre at the hospital and was told I can only get an appointment by GP referral, rang GP, cannot speak to anyone until Thursday, cannot wait that long, the lady at the hospital advised a&e. It feels like an infection however it has been bleeding which isn't normal.
Oh shit. All the best.Lullabelle wrote: ↑3 years agoI have a long history of issues with my ear and have regular checkups, over the weekend my ear decided to really go for it so this morning I called the booking centre at the hospital and was told I can only get an appointment by GP referral, rang GP, cannot speak to anyone until Thursday, cannot wait that long, the lady at the hospital advised a&e. It feels like an infection however it has been bleeding which isn't normal.
Ouch! I know how painful ear problems can be, I have a history of ear infection (a deviated septum causes eustachian tube dysfunction in my right ear) that can sometime come on quickly within a matter of hours. I've perforated the right ear drum numerous times. A number of times the ear has bled as well. That's always meant a trip via A&E to get high dose antibiotics.Lullabelle wrote: ↑3 years agoI have a long history of issues with my ear and have regular checkups, over the weekend my ear decided to really go for it so this morning I called the booking centre at the hospital and was told I can only get an appointment by GP referral, rang GP, cannot speak to anyone until Thursday, cannot wait that long, the lady at the hospital advised a&e. It feels like an infection however it has been bleeding which isn't normal.
(A post just appeared in my feed complaining that "we" couldn't celebrate Anzac Day, but "they" could protest BLM. How did that penetrate my carefully constructed bubble? There was a comment describing it as "disgraceful". I want to share my reply, without promoting the original post.)
Agreed. White people who separate Australians into "us" vs "them" on the basis of skin colour are disgraceful, and this attitude plays a huge part in why indigenous Australians have more than double the infant mortality rate, represent 30% of the prison population despite being only 3% of the general population, and can expect to live 10 years less.
We should not compare a cri de coeur from desperate people to having to modify a celebration that has been repeated more than 100 times. Having to mark it differently makes it easier to reflect, rather than just repeat empty rituals that have become meaningless.
I love Anzac Day. This year, due to social distancing I memorialised it by standing at the local war memorial at dawn, and then cycling to the Anzac memorial at Hyde Park Corner, to think about my grandfather, and my great uncle Joseph and all the Australians who have fought for our county. But Anzac Day looks back on a time of the yellow peril, of the White Australia Policy, half a century before indigenous Australians became citizens. It would be easy for white nationals to claim and subvert this day. "We" cannot allow that.
Explaining the reason for the Grade II listing, Historic England says: “The statue is of particular historical interest, the subject being Edward Colston, Bristol’s most famous philanthropist, now also noted for his involvement in the slave trade.”