Author Archives: john graham

A New Year Ramble

Posted on January 4, 2018 by john graham

This New Year 2018 morning I rambled, or more like stumbled, into the new world of techie Silicon Valley.    I don’t even know how I got there,  I just got there out of the clouds.  In the dim not … Continue reading →

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Eat Your Greens

Posted on January 2, 2018 by john graham

What a wonderful Christmas present.   A cure to fend off dementia may be within our grasp. A study at Rush University in Chicago shows that eating more green vegetables may stave off dementia. The Government is always keen to … Continue reading →

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Decluttering Progress ????

Posted on December 31, 2017 by john graham

This is my annual performance review of how well I have been doing with shedding the accumulation of ages. It has been a year and 63 blogs since I started my decluttering, almost to the day.   So what progress … Continue reading →

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Dentistry 2

Posted on December 26, 2017 by john graham

My last blog was about toothache and the simply wonderful way I was treated in my early years experience in the completely free NHS.   In fact I enjoyed it so much that I didn’t go again for another 25 years. … Continue reading →

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NHS Dentistry Toothless

Posted on December 24, 2017 by john graham

I still remember vividly the frightening trips I was forced to make to the school dentist every year.   In fact I am sure I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to this day.    I wonder if I could sue … Continue reading →

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Old Gold

Posted on December 21, 2017 by john graham

We are not old. We are gold.   Dont leave us out in the cold, our wisdom is too often under sold.   There are still some adventures untold and new mysteries to unfold.   Whilst the young have to … Continue reading →

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Rambling into Snakes and Ladders

Posted on December 19, 2017 by john graham

A grey old rainy cold day.   Not exactly ideal weather for rambling—- unless it’s indoors around the internet. Somehow from nowhere I found myself thinking about snakes and ladders.   Why I don’t know?     I had a … Continue reading →

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Rambling research begins again

Posted on December 17, 2017 by john graham

It was a month ago when I started my Rambling Research, wading through the ether of the internet trying to find something useful to do.  In my first blog on the subject, I discovered SARCOPENIA.  Then in my very next … Continue reading →

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Dementia Back in the News

Posted on December 14, 2017 by john graham

At the beginning of this month I wrote a blog about the news not being  new but just repeating itself.     I could have dug deeper and concluded the the main reason news repeats itself is the nothing gets … Continue reading →

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NHS Turns Deaf Ear

Posted on December 12, 2017 by john graham

Thousands of older people are hard of hearing.    In fact one in every six people has a hearing loss.  Yet only 20% who could benefit from the use of a hearing aid, have one.   Significantly,  “one” is the … Continue reading →

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