World Book Day is coming…

It’s World Book Day on Thursday – O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! From which you might gather that I spent an intriguing few hours downloading books yesterday, including several by Lewis Carroll (well, you might not, but you do now!).  I also downloaded much of the output of L. Frank Baum. The Oz books strongly [...]

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Some thoughts on vegetarian food…

Tony Naylor, discussing vegetarian restaurants in the Guardian disparages meat analogues (fair enough, they are mostly crap), then spoils it all by opining that veggies should refrain from making “pointless mimic pies”. Sorry, mate, you’re way off beam there. I was a veggie for about 12-15 years (hard to be precise as it fizzled out [...]

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ESA & Atos – the BBC investigates…

“Seriously ill patients told to work” A BBC investigation has heard claims of seriously ill patients being told they are fit enough to work and denied benefit payments. Two former doctors for the private healthcare company Atos, which carries out the medical assessments have expressed concerns that the checks are being done too quickly and [...]

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Homebase sucks…

…in so many ways, but especially if you’re disabled, and especially if you use the one in Upton, Wirral. But first, a little back-story… Why? Well, despite many of the stores’ locations adjacent to the supermarkets, they are no part of Sainsbury’s. They are, in fact, owned by the group which owns

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Good riddance to James Purnell…

Indeed. But let’s not lose sight of the fact that his policies have blighted the lives of many thousands of chronically sick and disabled people, and continue to do so via the deeply flawed implementation of Employment and Support Allowance – a “benefit” which doesn’t

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Angina and DLA…

From my search engine slush-pile “Angina – will I get DLA”. I suffer from angina, but it has nothing to do with my DLA claim, or any other. So

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DLA and work…

From my search engine slush-pile “DLA work capability component”. I’m not sure what the searcher had in mind, but they appear to be seriously misinformed. There is

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Mobility scooter clothing, and stuff…

In this post I wrote about clothing for mobility scooter wear. In addition to what I have already – waterproofs and a load of fleeces, thermals, gloves  and warm socks – I’ve just bought the following:- A Regatta waterproof jacket.A snip at £14.99 – stocks are low, so if you want one, act quickly. I [...]

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Atrovent inhaler warning…

I could have died today. And no, I’m not exaggerating. Not at all. On the way out to the pub, I grabbed a new batch of inhalers – Clenil Modulite, Serevent, and Atrovent – I have COPD. At 13.00 my alarm to take my inhalers went off (if you take your meds by the clock [...]

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How to register a Class 3 mobility vehicle…

With a great deal of bloody difficulty, that’s how! What follows is pretty much what I’ve said to the DVLA this afternoon. Do I expect to make a difference? Yeah, right… As regular readers will know, I’ve just bought a Class 3 mobility scooter. If you, too,  have bought a Class 3 mobility scooter or [...]

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