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6月29日 Went The Day Well?
6月28日 80 Years Young
6月21日 Nearly Four Nearly Four
A Teddy Bear sits on a mattress
One glass eye and threadbare paw Looking at a cuckoo clock Which shows it's ten to four Four o'clock is teddy's teatime
Lots of friends and fancy cake Although it's only pretend eating Oh how long ten minutes take Shadows grow on distant hillsides
Orange sun on glassy sea All in his amber eye reflected And still ten minutes left 'til tea The mattress, striped, is old and broken
Rusty springs through stuffing show The cuckoo clock is also broken But how's a teddy supposed to know? Unaware he's been discarded
That this is not the nursery cot The hills and sea just glass, old papers On a disused rubbish plot A telephone that no one answers
Empty tins that once held tea The clock that still says nearly teatime Where can all the children be? For ages now he's lain unwanted
Saluting with his threadbare paw He'll never know he's been abandoned 'Til the clock reads after four Don't tell him that the clock is broken
For as long as teddy doesn't know It'll always soon be teatime As it was so long ago.   *Written By Jeremy Lloyd
mags x 6月16日 OMG i feel a RANT coming on! omg I feel a MEGA rant coming on!
 ...but you would think my first emotion, on being told that I can go back to work would be relief huh?
 This fast approaching "hour" that I spoke of in my previous blog? , well when you anticipate a forthcoming event,
well you begin to visualise it (if youve got the bloody time ) and well I did have the time cos I was off work <ahem> So anyway There I was, approaching the hospital gates. I got inside and then I figured out where I was supposed to be going, "oh yeah third floor- get the elevater mags" So Im inside the elevator (yeah youre getting chapter and verse of this story)
 But I suddenly knew exactly what was gonna happen next...and I was NOT wrong! (I have been in this hospital before-and in any case - There is most definitely a SCHOOL for hospital receptionists, where they learn all this sort of stuff that goes on... they have it down to a very fine art) NO OFFENCE MEANT WHATSOVER to hospital receptionists who might find themselves reading this piece
In fact I would be very interested in hearing from you...
anyway....
elevator door opens...and directly opposite me, is the desk where you check in. There were FOUR Adults behind this desk. 3 women and 1 man (now if I can see them, then they can see me - right?)
 By the time the elevator doors had closed behind me, the 3 women had VANISHED ...into a back room behind the reception desk This left the man, who was stood, resolotely at a right angled outward facing positon to where i was stood. He didnt turn his head to look at me or indeed acknowledge my presence. He was not on the phone, he was shuffling papers - yeaah. I seriously debated whether or not i should just round the corner of the desk and face him. and then I suddenly realised.... he wasnt wearing a recepionists uniform- innit?  And just after the penny dropped with me, the man shouted a farewell and left. So now Im standing by my fugggging self. Eveeentually one of the trio backstage emerged, twittering, .... whilst casting backward glances into the back shop, and somewhat reluctantly deigned to give me her attention, she says to me..."Yes? how may I help you" me: (handing her my letter of introduction) well I have an appointme ..." HER: laughing now. "oh hahaha oh
haha hahahaha... OH dear I am sorry, im laughing at a little joke we were sharing... BACK THERE!" *whilst I was waiting OUT HERE! "Oh I am sorry, (snickering ) this is most unproffesional of me" Well I felt like saying to her... yes you are CORRECT modom. it is very unprofessional of you, and Im going to report your sorry A$$ But I dunno, I was nervous enough as it was, and I didnt want any bad karma, I certainly didnt want to be offloading a truck load of my own onto the visit So I kept quiet and gave her my very very VERY best stone faced expression!  I was directed to a waiting room area,
(I was feeling angry by this time..)
Why do hospital receptionists behave like this?
I know they are only humans like the rest of us,
nobody should expect them to be saints, but my personal view of them and their job description is that they Man the very gateway, to what (sometimes very scared) people go through and then find out what their fate is going to be.
I guess Im angry, because that woman's behaviour, coupled with that "vanishing act display" its not an isolated incident. Ive seen it happen before.
Just YOU try being 2 nano seconds Late for your hospital appointment- huh?
You will be in trouble then
 ...anyway Im sat then in the waiting room, and I glance at my returned letter, before putting it back in my handbag, and I was disgusted to see a bright lipstick mark on it
I was thinking...
WTF?????
And then I realised, the receptionist had held my letter against her mouth in a vain attempt to stifle her giggles
AKK AKKK AKKKK!
Well there is good news to follow (thank goodness)
Ive been told that i dont need surgery,
(well not for now anyway)
and the Consultant, was so warm and engaging, she put me at my ease straight away.
I think i said this in a letter to a friend recently,
When am I ever going to remember that the people to fear in our hospitals, in MANY cases, are not our consultants, but indeed the flamin receptionists!!!!!
 mags x
oh yeah...and there's more good news! ...
I dont go back to work untill Wednesday!
 6月12日 Cometh the Hour... ...Cometh the Man.
Ok Playmates!
Who knows where that quote originated?
I was trying to find out this Morning, and so far I havent been able to find conclusive information.
The researching of it has been absorbing, and In various forms the sentiment has been used.
The Biography of "Tussaint Louverture" written by Harriet Martineau was entitled "The Hour & the Man"
This Biography was written circa the 1840's
But where did the actual quote of "Cometh the Hour Cometh the Man" originally spring from?
The Walter Scott Novel "Guy Mannering" has a line of dialogue at the end of it, which includes the phrase
"Because the Hour's come...and the Man"
Is the word "Hour" mentioned in the Bible?
Yes it is mentioned several times.
But its not likely that a biblical hour equated to sixty minutes.
Days were split into "24 periods" 12 of Daylight and 12 of Dark.
These periods were not routinely the same length
Winter "periods" tended to be shorter as there was less light, so accordingly summer periods may have been much longer.
*these periods might also have referred to as "watches"
Thats where we get words such as Watchtower and Nightwatch from i guess.
So where in the Bible does it actually mention the word "Hour" you may ask
Well this part of my research did make me smile..
In the book of Mathew Chapter 24: Verse 44:
"Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour (or watch?) as ye think not, The Son of Man Cometh"
I read a contribution from one man who reckons that the phrase 'Son Of Man' originates from a Hebrew phrase 'Ben Adam'
Which is a fancy way of saying 'person'
..so this contributer concluded that Jesus was really saying that "people are always showing up when you least expect them!"
Im not sure just how true the above is, but it did make me laugh out loud
*It reminded me of something I heard a preacher say (many years ago)
The preacher was talking about an Old Testament Prophet, who spent a considerable time out in the wilderness, and only his faith in God to guide him.
When the prophet would be almost dead from hunger, he stumbled upon a cake...
right there in the wilderness
 The preacher of the sermon concluded...
"Y'see??? If God knows that you are coming, he will Bake You a Cake!"
...there was this song about "If I knew you wer.." errm well...I suppose its only people over a certain age, that know where Im coming from with that one <ahem>
There is a lot of humour in the Bible..
Anyway I seemed to go off on a few tangents there...
Why am I obsessed with this quote anyway you might ask?
Well Ive got a hospital appointment this afternoon...
and i'm absolutely dreading it innit?
 And I cant fail it, or else I will have to be explaining to my boss why Im not at work and still didnt make it to the hospital- at the appointed "hour"
So wish me luck everybody...
There are quite a few friends that I have not been to visit, for such a long while now. I apologise for this.. I will try and repair this situation very soon.
(i promise) I miss every single one of you.
..and if anyone does find anything conclusive about where my phrase might have originated, I would be most interested to hear about it!
HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!
 mags x 6月3日 Razzle Dazzle Them
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