tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post6814642225499180019..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Looking for signs of lifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-74675120867471825912014-12-30T16:09:40.035-08:002014-12-30T16:09:40.035-08:00Sounds familiar.Sounds familiar.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-1857194034551837802014-12-30T03:02:51.663-08:002014-12-30T03:02:51.663-08:00In Germany, the privatisation of trains brought us...In Germany, the privatisation of trains brought us lots and lots of hours "lost" waiting for trains. Privatisation of the post took us lots and lots of parcels "lost" on their way. Privatisation of hospitals brought perversed economic thinking into health care, with a lot of humanity "lost" on the way when poor overworked doctors and nurses run to do their statistics. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-89201887946896684152014-12-29T22:52:10.226-08:002014-12-29T22:52:10.226-08:00And with him, nutters, spades, shovels, asylums, h...And with him, nutters, spades, shovels, asylums, hedgehogs, and empty sheep. Just another day.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23417734329896465242014-12-29T15:29:22.135-08:002014-12-29T15:29:22.135-08:00The Dark Lord has returned.The Dark Lord has returned.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-16823978262595776282014-12-29T14:22:41.047-08:002014-12-29T14:22:41.047-08:00,......it's nice to be back,......it's nice to be backJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-53304258101600737752014-12-29T13:23:22.373-08:002014-12-29T13:23:22.373-08:00We are and we do. We are and we do. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82650978400299679042014-12-29T13:21:18.227-08:002014-12-29T13:21:18.227-08:00I feared that Frugal in Derbyshire had misundersto...I feared that Frugal in Derbyshire had misunderstood me. I assumed you hadn't. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-45784040912781140382014-12-29T12:55:12.460-08:002014-12-29T12:55:12.460-08:00Well said Rachel. I - and Clarkson - knew what you...Well said Rachel. I - and Clarkson - knew what you were talking about.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-28271824285094699842014-12-29T12:53:51.776-08:002014-12-29T12:53:51.776-08:00Fucking hell - Rachel seems to be putting words in...Fucking hell - Rachel seems to be putting words into my mouth again - when did I EVER say that I wanted to reintroduce asylums? As for 'nutters', then I am proud to include myself in that category, largely as a result of the ingest of top-quality LSD. As far as sheep go, then I can tell you that my sensibilities have been in no way offended, other than that - in the old days - mutton was the available meat due to the wool industry. You keep you knickers on.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-12964011907248725392014-12-29T12:49:27.439-08:002014-12-29T12:49:27.439-08:00No not really.No not really.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-83503462249399295732014-12-29T12:48:55.472-08:002014-12-29T12:48:55.472-08:00Bear in mind it wasn't me who called for asylu...Bear in mind it wasn't me who called for asylums to be brought back. Farmers also make a second career out of frightening people - usually with shotguns.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21819093683758629612014-12-29T12:46:57.834-08:002014-12-29T12:46:57.834-08:00Sorry Weave, but spades and shovels are two differ...Sorry Weave, but spades and shovels are two different things.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-48221169765236838432014-12-29T11:35:42.539-08:002014-12-29T11:35:42.539-08:00Before you all get your knickers in a twist I made...Before you all get your knickers in a twist I made the remark about asylums tongue in cheek. I worked in an asylum in Norwich as a management trainee in the early 1980s, hated it, and we still had inmates who had been there since the 1930s. I know it was all very wrong. The point is there are not enough facilities for the mentally ill today. I don't know the answers though.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-31949004329230663782014-12-29T10:57:28.072-08:002014-12-29T10:57:28.072-08:00Perhaps you would have been less offended if the f...Perhaps you would have been less offended if the farmer had said "Oh bother this sheep is not with child".which is considerably less "ruthless" I'm sure he wouldn't have offended Your sensibilities deliberately.<br />Re. Rachel's comment about re-pening asylums and your apparent agreement. I am proud to say that I was part of the army of people who supported people to move out of such institutions. And even then we had stopped referring to people with mental health difficulties as "Nutters" Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-68666124598459607302014-12-29T08:54:03.785-08:002014-12-29T08:54:03.785-08:00NHS full stop. Blogger edit could not get rid of t...NHS full stop. Blogger edit could not get rid of the surplus 'staff'. (You know what I mean)Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33366201429787654052014-12-29T08:51:07.222-08:002014-12-29T08:51:07.222-08:00Whilst I agree about BR. Having worked for 35 year...<br /><br /><br />Whilst I agree about BR. Having worked for 35 years in the MH field, including in an old asylum, I can say the latter were generally locales of systematic institutional abuse and it was right they were closed. Unfortunately since the current Government's NHS 'reforms' MH is being once again starved of funds relative to the rest of the NHS staff. I always find farmers a bit scary.<br />Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-76502823376858060172014-12-29T08:02:32.789-08:002014-12-29T08:02:32.789-08:00Round here Rachel, the farmers call a spade a shov...Round here Rachel, the farmers call a spade a shovel.<br />As regards the rest of your remarks Tom - well it made me laugh out loud, otherwise I would have cried. Is this a sign we are all getting old or is the country really going to pot - or worse.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-50635758755931097142014-12-29T06:50:59.908-08:002014-12-29T06:50:59.908-08:00I didn't think farmers even used spades these ...I didn't think farmers even used spades these days, let alone call them by name. Anyway, it took a while to find out that you ultimately agree with me, but we got there in the end.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23000725175657643702014-12-29T05:52:32.331-08:002014-12-29T05:52:32.331-08:00Farmers are down to earth and call a spade a spade...Farmers are down to earth and call a spade a spade and it is a pity more people don't do the same. Ruthless is not the same thing.<br />Nobody wants to deal with mental health cases, A&E are too busy with drunks and can't do mental health even when they're not and the police shouldn't be doing it either because they aren't equipped for mental health cases. The asylums should never have been closed down. Yes and bring back BR, I agree with you.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com