Cameras for the disabled…

From my search engine list:- “camera for the disabled”. Well, that one’s very simple – there’s no such thing. What camera to choose depends on many factors, of which your particular disability is but one, though arguably the most important one. Still, if you’re thinking of buying a camera, you must be capable of using [...]

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Be careful with antibiotics – finish the course…

Another selection from my search engine list:-  “Can I take one day’s worth of antibiotics?” to which the only sensible answer is not if you have the brains god gave a gopher. I mean, why the hell would you? One day’s worth of antibiotics will do absolutely nothing for you. It won’t even harm you, [...]

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I’ve bought a lemon and I want my money back…

(With apologies to Meatloaf.) . Note:- There is a response from Route2Mobility, Motability’s scooter and powerchair arm, and my reply, at the end of page 2. See also this post for details of how the range of powerchairs and scooters is established. It’s quite staggering, and entirely divorced from the real world. . My Class [...]

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Christmas is coming, and coming, and coming…

I just love this – the Movement for the Containment of Christmas has vandalised three charity shops for selling Christmas cards in the middle of what, this year, passes for summer. The Movement, which may well be just one guy, superglued the shops’ locks in protest. Now, I realise charity shops have to make money [...]

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