Cyclists can't win

DM headlines that Cyclists are anti-social, elite and reckless. I agree to an extent. I wish they would respect pedestrians and share. There should be a law that Cyclists can share pavements but have to give way to pedestrians. On the roads I'm terrified of motorists. They are in an a steel box,  cyclists are mere soft flesh.

I daren't ride on the roads. We need separate cycle lanes and zones. Next day DM headlines a cyclist killed by a bus, bet she was being careful.
Another cyclist killed. It's dangerous on our roads. The only sensible realistic solution is separate cycleways. If shared with pedestrians then there must be a RULE giving pedestrians priority.

What point to marriage?

Now I've every sympathy with the lady who suddenly lost her long time partner and yes they were going to marry but the fact is they weren't married. If the court rules that non married couples can have the same rights as married couples then I just can't agree. Sort  but what is the point of marriage?
It used to be the legal contract for two people to say we share everything for life. If you're not married the where do you draw the line. When do two people become a couple? A year, a month, a week, a day? Surely if you are really committed and want to share GET MARRIED.

Mental illness is terminal, or can be?

Mental Illness is terminal

Yes the NHS is told to spend more money on mental illness. Its shocking how mentally ill people are abandoned and the consequences are dire for them and others.

Another example - mentally ill woman kills pensioner.

Worlds Fattest Man has died

So the Worlds Fattest Man has died after he tried to lose weight.

After weighing 70 stone he tried to lose weight. He had not been out of his house for 10 years.

He had six-egg fry-ups for breakfast then pizzas, kebabs, Chinese takeaways and Big Macs for lunch and dinner, all washed down with six pints of coffee and two litres of fizzy drinks.

What I don't understand is when these people get this fat where do they get the food from, who cooks it etc etc.?

So someone must be buying it and feeding them. In this case his sisters are suspects.

If he was a child then making fat like this would be "cruelty" and they would be prosecuted and the child taken into care.

Is there no way we can stop these sort of people from abusing and killing another human being? They killed him by overfeeding him.

If he had to feed himself then he's struggle to get the food, cook it and eat it on his own. He's soon lose weight. Besides how did he afford all this food? What was his income? He didn't work did he? Was he registered disabled? SO what was the authorities responsibility in this? He was drug addict, his drug was food. How dare the professionals no doubt involved in this allow this to happen? Surely when he got to 20stone they should have acted but it went on, he gained another 30 stone.

I despair.

Yet apparently so many folk are starving and dependent on Food banks because they can't afford to eat.

I know of poor people who don't cook. they survive on takeaways and ready meals. The Microwave cooks for them. Surely this way must be so expensive? After the last war we were in rationing - there were no Fat people then and we were much healthier - just! On the brink of starvation but people knew how to eek out food, cook sensibly and reduce waste.

Frankly we must just be too rich here in this country or we wouldn't waste so much or get fat.

Doctors in meltdown

So they say our GPs are in meltdown ? You might have to wait 1 or 2 weeks to  see your doctor. if i could get to see my doctor in 2 weeks, great. It took me a month. They won't book any in advance. I have a job. They expect you to ring up on the day at8:30. When you get through all the appointments have gone! What can you do?

Morecambe and Wise

Watched the 2part programme on M&W. Although entertaining there wasn't much startlingly new.  It is sobering when watching now to realise that when Eric Morecambe died he was younger than me!