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[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The Thames Valley Ambulance Service (sic). Hardly local to us, but have been slated to take my father-in-law to QMC in Nottingham for an appointment about the water on his brain. FIL is in very poor shape physically and mentally, as is his Mrs. Appointment arranged ages ago, and he needs the ambulance because of his physical state. We'd been going to go with them in my car to take Mum's wheelchair and to provide moral support - as we can't see them agreeing to the surgery anyway. So, lots of stress all around, MIL trying to micro-manage and getting on everyone's moobs, general feelings of dread about the whole thing all around. Ambulance expected from 11 this morning.

Call to cancel at 945. No ambulance spare. Forum rules forbid me from saying what I want to.

Mrs 12th couldn't face ringing to tell them, so is driving around as I type. The NHS is generally a wonderful thing, but sometimes it can be a total crock...

 

[DCarmi]

A week before Xmas my MIL fell, lying half in the kitchen and half in the dining room on a small step . She has one of those fall detection devices and given she was lying on her phone and could not get to it, the people on the other end of the fall device called an ambulance.

11 hours later no ambulance but she remembered that I'd installed a Google device so she shouted at it to call me (1'm 150 miles away). Got my Sister-in-law to go round and call an ambulance, which came pronto.

Nobody at emergency services or on the other end of the fall detection device checked she'd been picked up. She is still in hospital, bright as a button, but unable to walk or use her left arm.

There's not a lot of point having a safety device if no-one bothers to check all is well!

 

[jjbomber]

11 hours later no ambulance but she remembered that I'd installed a Google device so she shouted at it to call me (1'm 150 miles away). Got my Sister-in-law to go round and call an ambulance, which came pronto.

Mere amateurs. Come to Wales to see a badly run NHS.

NHS Wales: Day-long ambulance wait after care home fall

The family of Theresa Jones, 91, say she was left on the floor "like a piece of rubbish".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Revolutions]

Whoever decided to name a certain event today PopCon,

I can only imagine the dress code… 😂

 

[Jasonovich]

Am I talking Whey-hey dude, let me have some of that you're smoking or do you think we are already on this course and may prove to be irretrievable?

The Golden Age of Internet is gone and something more sinister is evolving.

What is scary about the internet is Big Brother monitoring you 24/7. Large corporations and government entities are targeting our psyche, relentless propagation and gaslighting of the populace, including unprecedented level of censorship.

When I was a youth I was taught to be respectful of authority but there use to be healthy checks and balances. I do feel the line has been breached What we are witnessing is the impotence, the ever decreasing ability to challenge the powers that reside over us.

The children of tomorrow are the most susceptible because they would have lost all cognition, the ability to think out of the box, to look at things objectively without fear of someone being offended. So much social engineering and manipulation targeted at children, you are i-Sheeple, you are part of the collective, question me and you will be ridiculed and treated as outcasts by your own peers.

We live in extraordinary times. Eric Arthur Blair would have been shocked

 

[jjbomber]

We live in extraordinary times. Eric Arthur Blair would have been shocked

Indeed. We were told that he was written about some communist bloc country. Great book.

 

[Gray]

There's not a lot of point having a safety device if no-one bothers to check all is well!

From my (limited) experience, once the operators have contacted one of the named contacts or the emergency services, they don't do any follow-ups.

I think, as far as they're concerned, their job has been done.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

People who allow their kids to sprawl over another table in busy pubs, like our local last night. That's it - you ignore the other paying customers who could be sat there.

Ditto those who occupy a big table when a smaller one would do.

Our landlords are (content deleted by moderation)...

 

[DougK1]

People who allow their kids to sprawl over another table in busy pubs, like our local last night. That's it - you ignore the other paying customers who could be sat there.

Ditto those who occupy a big table when a smaller one would do.

Our landlords are (content deleted by moderation)...

I was brought up in an era where kids were seen but not heard. A simple stern word from my parents would pull me back into line, if I was really playing-up then a slap across the back of my legs said I had pushed the boundaries too far. This form of punishment hasn't turned me into a thug, it made me respect my place and those around me. Parenting these days is far too lax and no one gives a damn about about anyone else except themselves.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I was brought up in an era where kids were seen but not heard. A simple stern word from my parents would pull me back into line, if I was really playing-up then a slap across the back of my legs said I had pushed the boundaries too far. This form of punishment hasn't turned me into a thug, it made me respect my place and those around me. Parenting these days is far too lax and no one gives a damn about about anyone else except themselves.

The kids themselves were well-behaved - it was just that mum and dad were too stupid or ignorant to realise they could have helped others out at no real cost to themselves.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

The kids themselves were well-behaved - it was just that mum and dad were too stupid or ignorant to realise they could have helped others out at no real cost to themselves.

As Doug suggests, they just don't give a toss about other people, as long as they themselves are happy.

 

[DougK1]

As Doug suggests, they just don't give a toss about other people, as long as they themselves are happy.

Yep, stuck in their own little bubble, generally with their noses in a mobile phone. Even a simple please and thank you seems too much effort for these kind of people.

 

[Romulus]

People who allow their kids to sprawl over another table in busy pubs, like our local last night. That's it - you ignore the other paying customers who could be sat there.

Please it is ' who could be sitting there.' If you substituted the verb 'to dance' instead of 'to sit' Using specific words as above it would read 'who could be danced there' 😉

 

[plastic penguin]

People who allow their kids to sprawl over another table in busy pubs, like our local last night. That's it - you ignore the other paying customers who could be sat there.

Ditto those who occupy a big table when a smaller one would do.

Our landlords are (content deleted by moderation)...

Worse that 12th, when I used to frequent boozers one couple had half a dozen Jack Russell's. You try and get a pint, you're entangled with dog leads. And when one starts barking you have a dogs chorus. Nice couple, dogs are a complete a##e.

 

[Gray]

Please it is ' who could be sitting there.' If you substituted the verb 'to dance' instead of 'to sit' Using specific words as above it would read 'who could be danced there' 😉

I doubt anyone (other than you) was bothered by what he put 🤔

You need to make yourself really useful and attack those criminals that begin their posts with the word 'so' 👍

 

[Stuart83]

I was brought up in an era where kids were seen but not heard. A simple stern word from my parents would pull me back into line, if I was really playing-up then a slap across the back of my legs said I had pushed the boundaries too far. This form of punishment hasn't turned me into a thug, it made me respect my place and those around me. Parenting these days is far too lax and no one gives a damn about about anyone else except themselves.

Tell me about it.
My partners grandkids run riot pulling on the curtains and shouting whilst their mother is sat in the same room.
They plainly overstep every boundary on purpose making every visit a nightmare.

I can't help but think what would of taken place if I pulled my grandfather's curtains off the wall whilst looking and laughing at him ask me not to.

 

[plastic penguin]

Tell me about it.
My partners grandkids run riot pulling on the curtains and shouting whilst their mother is sat in the same room.
They plainly overstep every boundary on purpose making every visit a nightmare.

I can't help but think what would of taken place if I pulled my grandfather's curtains off the wall whilst looking and laughing at him ask me not to.

I know it isn't pleasant but children love pushing the boundaries. I certainly tried it, even though I usually end up with clip around the ear. That said, I was 25 at the time 😆

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Yep, stuck in their own little bubble, generally with their noses in a mobile phone. Even a simple please and thank you seems too much effort for these kind of people.

She took a picture of her pint to 'share' via the gift of social media. We're not talking about intellectual titans here...

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Please it is ' who could be sitting there.' If you substituted the verb 'to dance' instead of 'to sit' Using specific words as above it would read 'who could be danced there' 😉

You're right, of course - though those who live in glass houses ought to remember their commas and full stops, perhaps? 😉

 

[Romulus]

You're right, of course - though those who live in glass houses ought to remember their commas and full stops, perhaps? 😉

I stand corrected but the sad part is I suspect you will continue to use the word 'sat' in the wrong tense 😒

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I stand corrected but the sad part is I suspect you will continue to use the word 'sat' in the wrong tense 😒

I sincerely hope not - once bitten, twice shy. Alas, you are still avoiding the commas and full stops though! But I'll stop there - I don't want this to get combative because of me, though I generally pride myself on using language well - I was disappointed to see I'd fallen flat on my face in the example you quoted! I'll live and learn.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

She took a picture of her pint to 'share' via the gift of social media. We're not talking about intellectual titans here...

Don’t be so sure. My cousin is a very intelligent woman with a good job in IT, she often posts pictures of what she is eating or drinking on Farcebook…

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Don’t be so sure. My cousin is a very intelligent woman with a good job in IT, she often posts pictures of what she is eating or drinking on Farcebook…

We could hear their conversation so in this case I'm on fairly solid ground, though I take your point. Can't see how a picture of my pint would be of interest to anyone else in the entire world though, so personally I struggle to see how others' are. It feels a bit 'look at me' - though I'm not suggesting your cousin is that sort of person.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

We could hear their conversation so in this case I'm on fairly solid ground, though I take your point. Can't see how a picture of my pint would be of interest to anyone else in the entire world though, so personally I struggle to see how others' are. It feels a bit 'look at me' - though I'm not suggesting your cousin is that sort of person.

I also don't see the point but, it seems certain kinds of Farcebook "friends" do, for whatever reason and, it's not just the thickies doing it!

 

[Jasonovich]

All of the above is true. People are lacking common courtesy these days and they're totally homed inside their own bubble.