Tag: accessibility
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The kindness of strangers
On Monday I had my (now) annual neurology follow up appointment and since the bus that stops near my home goes by the the hospital in Hertford I decided it was time for a new adventure. I hoped to have no problem with this adventure thanks to placing a beacon on my destination on my…
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Back in April 2023 I wrote the following post https://wasthatadinosaur.wordpress.com/2023/04/18/a-distressing-time/ Well in the summer this year I got another we want you to pay a ridiculously high direct debit bill. I phoned and this time got a lovely lass who finally got someone to connect my accessible meter monitor and I was told the smart…
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Demanding Money With Menace
About once a month or so for the last few years I’ve been getting these letters (full text below photo) Dear Legal Occupier, An INO100 code has been issued against your address. We use it to target unlicensed homes like yours that require a visit from our Enforcement Officers. This letter is a formal notification…
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Remembering how it was 5 years ago
Facebook memory from 24/2/2019 https://youtu.be/XyYBlJY3LbM?si=O1WV0zG4-McYM5cX Just watched this video and love it So yes I found this video fascinating and loved learning Emily’s point of view
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My Brain v Reality
Walking along my brain sees a Chelsea Pensioner stood to attention in the hedge… thank you Charles Bonnet Syndrome The reality:- Old red postbox covered in ivy. The paint on the postbox is chipped and peeling, revealing rust and signs of age. Green ivy climbs up the left side, blending with surrounding leafy plants. The…
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Bobbin Chicken
I happened to use a partly used bobbin on my spool pin (top thread) with about an equal amount of thread on it as the bobbin I was using in my bobbin compartment (bottom thread). Both threads ran out at the same time. I made the collage below and had Be My AI describe it…
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Travelling home
Aka A nightmare journey? I’ve learned that rail journeys are never straightforward at holiday times (Christmas and Easter) and today was no exception. It began well arriving at Cleethorpes station in plenty of time and being taken straight to the train and seated. I’d be changing at a new to me station, Retford in Nottinghamshire…
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Chris McCausland
A stand up comedian who is totally blind has just won Strictly Come Dancing here in the UK. His success surely can’t be anything but positive? Actually no. Already the “if he can do it why can’t others” rhetoric is starting. Also the he wasn’t the best dancer he only got the sympathy vote rhetoric.…
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Chris McCausland Strictly Superstar
It infuriates me how tweets about Chris a comedian who happens to be blind (having lost his sight to Retinitis Pigmentosa) who is dancing in the BBC programme either gush sentimentally about how great he is as a blind person, how his partner (professional Dianne Buswell) deserves a special award for teaching him, or how…
Was that a dinosaur? 2.0 