Sentience

I initially like to sound friendly and genuinely interested in what their saying, about 15 seconds, then with gusto say "oh can you hang on a second I need to go to the kitchen to stop something 'bubbling over". Sometimes they're still there an hour or two later!! I know...bastard!

RM you're a gent, thanks for that info, very helpful. The missive the lady from hoopers gang sent gave NO explanation as to why my wife was deemed no longer exempt from paying for her COVID meds. As I said, although she 'quit the fags' when she was diagnosed with this lung disease, the only changes in the last 5 years is it has worsened (as predicted). Very frightening from a husbands perspective when you are woken up late at night by someone gasping to take the next breath AND not being able to give any real practical help. Is this a case of our caring government saying "too bad, we know we've wasted millions of your money on ill planned and executed projects, but along with our unbelievable salaries/pension, these mistakes YOU have to pay for. This all has to happen BEFORE we treat your wife to any help at all"! Seriously, what else could make our 'caring' iomg cs/ps /hooper so UNcaring and mean? Oh, and as for our amateur comedian la colombe, these kind of oh so clever remarks are attributed to 'Small willy syndrome' and therefore deep lack of self confidence. Pity and understanding is what's needed for the poor chap.

Boysoboys I'll hazard a guess and say I'll bet absolutely anyone associated with you feels real lucky to know you. And no she stopped smoking at the diagnosis.

With all due respect 'D' I was talking particularly about IOMG's (NOT so) caring attitude toward their public, not the UK's. This comparison is meaningless in these circumstances.

I believe my response was appropriate. Nothing, including her/our financial circumstances have changed, apart from this horrible disablement getting, as predicted, worse. If it helps, her wage annual total is small enough she doesn't have to pay tax! But along with a miserable pay, ironically, there are costs for the employee just to be able to care. AND, she is not alone. Carers, considering the kind of wonderful 'caring' they offer are amongst the worst paid in society. Period.

'W, sorry 'banker', you really need to read and furthermore understand what's written. Quote; "She's a carer"...a working carer, certainly not on ANY benefits. Do you have even a remote idea what these workers get paid, and if I even get a runny nose we are required to do a daily LFT which the carers have to buy out of their own pocket...5 LFT'S for £11.00. Do keep up!

For many years my loving wife has suffered from COPD, a severe breathing problem apparently mainly caused by smoking cigarettes. As she is approaching her 60th birthday, it's obvious this habit began for her before the very negative health potentials were fully understood. Thankfully for many years the meds for this debilitating condition were given free. A night tablet and inhalers. She recently recieved a letter from Mr Hooper's lot, a Mrs Baxter, asking her to reapply for a new exemption certificate. Today in the mail my wife received this reply; She 'no longer met the requirements necessary for exemption'?? Has the COPD suddenly gone away?...it doesn't..ever. Has the illness suddenly got less impactive on her health...no, as with my wife it get's worse. So, what can the reason be that after many years where previous health authorities agreed to support this woman who has paid into the health system all her working life (ironically, she's a carer!) Now decide she doesn't meet the 'criteria' for their support? They're even supporting their outlandish salaries/pensions by declining help to the sick...IOMG caring....shite.

That kind of thinking requires a caring government....and we don't have one. 😌

In years past, anyone who was serious about leaving this once safe paradise of an Island looking for suggestions as where to go, I would have happily suggested Canada, a land of opportunity. Somewhere on the Pacific Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island for example. Another Island, yes, equally as beautiful in a very Canadian way, and although the size of Ireland it's population still has an Island mentality. Now though I don't believe I'd be quite so positive, Premier Trudeau, unlike his Father before him seems to be doing to his population the same as our lot. Shame really, the Country and people are still basically the same, but it's leadership seems to have the same inadequacy as our lot. Being a true representative FOR the people....and not for themselves and their political careers.

I was there, outside the HSBC Bank, got some real good HI-RES Video. Lovely wife wanted to go, not really originally interested myself, I said oh, ok then. Parked up in M&s, did the necessary shopping and walked up to the corner.....really glad I did. It was simply a nice Royal occasion for the Island, someone had decided we were actually important enough as a nation to do the right thing in a Royal assent sort of way. We were very close when the Lady herself was shaking hands with people, my lady did just that. She was really nice, next to us a young lady had a little pooch called 'Bear' who got a Royal couple of strokes with a question about his name. Human, quite normal and quite petite, despite being described as being 5" 8. Cannot for the life of me understand those who have a real, almost physical abhorrence of the Royal Family?

Now that's a valuable contribution.....well done. 🤣

This criticism is not about money. And yet it is. I can fully understand the site owners wanting to try and cover costs with the latest providers allowing advertising, BUT, the staggering amount of commercial content is just unbelievable!! It has now become SO cluttered that it makes reading the content of any post devoid of any sense of flow. Ok, we are told that there is an option to 'Subscribe' and avoid this kind of content (blackmail)....at a cost. For a lot of us, NOT subscribing is NOT about money, rather a sense of security or other personal reasons. As I said, it's quite understandable to want to cover costs, but the amount of very intrusive ads is, frankly unreasonable IMHO. Forum owners, I believe you have been sold a very messy 'right pup'.

What's this one about?

'Petit cochon', also probably relates to 'small man syndrome'. Such a shame, as he is basically responsible for our LIVES! That's how serious the position he holds is, but....who is it that has the responsibility for giving him that position. Oh yeah...figures.

You have had my final comment, which was more about your puerile attitude than about Norman, substantiated by my first hand, face to face with him.

When ever I see your name as the poster responding to any, no, make that ALL subjects I know exactly the kind of response to expect. CRETINOUS. I worked with this incredibly talented man on a number of programs he was doing for both radio and television and it was genuine fun....and I am no lover of 'slapstick humour' but he added something quite special to it and carried it off very professionally. YOU, on the other hand are about as funny as a migraine.

Just spent time listening to the first 10 minutes, frustrating is an understatement. imho; The CM seems really, and I mean REALLY pee'd off that his colleagues have the absolute temerity to feel they have the right to question him in this way....how very dare they! Having said that, understandably, 'they' sound like they're fed up with his obfuscation, aloofness and pomposity...."As I said in my 2nd, 3rd, 4th response" etc etc. Has a certain MHK in charge of our health been taking lessons, being led by example? If anyone ever sounded like they were hiding something....

I once physically witnessed a literal 'Brown Envelope' being handed over to a now deceased MHK with the words "Thanks for sorting that for us". Obviously I cannot mention the names of the party's involved, but it concerned 'Noise' problems. However that was 30 -35 years ago. Gladys, totally agree with you and your belief that this sort of 'shenanigans' shouldn't be possible now, BUT...I think one poster suggested that there are legal transactions that can and do take place to achieve the same end. Legal, but not very moral or caring.

Carefully monitored and controlled, this, for some would put dignity into your final act.

Glad don't rise to this poor hapless individual, it only encourages him/her. It's a sad personality trait, everything is always by default just about him/her and his/her oh so clever (not) rhetoric. The only upside to this behaviour is he/she has no prejudices, he/she will argue the toss with 'anybody/everybody'!! It creates an adrenaline rush, which he/she has become addicted to.

Lovely kind offer of help John. I bet you got wings!☺️

We should have some sort of accolade for posters like CD. I mean look how much they bring to ALL topics. ALL TOPICS!! The honesty, the intelligence, the candour. What more COULD we ask of posters like these!! Holy snappin arseholes!!

How absolutely ironic It is, that it is your 3rd paragraph that shows just how much you are such a Government schill, or, how absolutely naïve you are as to the length these sort of people will go to, to protect their so called 'integrity'. They simply don't have any, or basic honesty for that matter!

There were certain words sadly missing from this report, had they been used in the correct context would have made it's conclusion.....more conclusive. What were the words? (and they admittedly are all emotive): Nasty, vindictive, disingenuous and cruel, and there are lots more of the same nature that would have made this inquiry more genuine and historically correct.