Author Archives: john graham

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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Bitcoin News !

Posted on December 10, 2017 by john graham

What have I started ?    I only briefly mentioned bitcoins a few days ago in my last blog and now it is all over the front page of The Times.     What’s more, people have been speculating on this new … Continue reading →

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What’s in the News?

Posted on December 7, 2017 by john graham

I’ve only just written about the everyday news which quickly becomes history.  Then in a short time the history repeats itself.  So it’s no great surprise during the last few months in the run up to the autumn budget, that … Continue reading →

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News not News

Posted on December 5, 2017 by john graham

News is not news  when it’s old. Nor when it’s about the old.   Bed-blockers and pill-poppers, costing the NHS a fortune. Reminded of it every year. Lest we forget.   When news is old it’s history. History like the … Continue reading →

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Pill Popping Popularity

Posted on December 3, 2017 by john graham

Ever since I started this blog in 2010, I seem to have been writing about pills.  It is often a daily topic of conversation amongst elderly people, just like the weather.  ( You can see all the posts on this … Continue reading →

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