Scary... all the best to your mum.
I have the same wiv my mum.. but shes 250 miles away..can't just nip round to see her every time she gets taken in agen
Oh no Karey! You cant dig into the bike fund! You have to get one and come over and see me on it!
Am sad cos it really hit home yesterday just what i'm leaving behind. My favourite bobby and my work partner of 8 years told me at my leaving do they would really miss me and i just lost it. I sobbed like a baby. Why, when i should be excited, do i just feel like shit?
ETA - Scary, i know my problems are nowt compared to yours. I hope ur mum pulls through ok
Steph..i know ! that test is gettin further outta my grip at the moment. I've gotta get mi butt in gear! but im back to minimum funds ...and apparently lots of training centres are fully booked up now... with the tests changin this year
Hey..u aint goin that far, NOWHERE is too far in this country .. and as u gain more confidence on the bike, you will be able to meet up wiv everyone at various meets/rallies, and I'm sure u will be able to see your colleagues again, theyre bound to have nights out. ..AND.........you're gonna be making new mates....thats never a bad thing eh?
Scary .. any news on your mum? hope alls ok
Looters AGAIN, early hours of this morning!
Council not replying to my letter of complaint about the state of the area, and not emptying my bin for 3 weeks, and only cleaning up the rubbish all over the place, and replacing the shutters the looters ripped off, after the police told em to.
Ironically the clear up took place just a short while before the local newspaper reporter and photographer arrived, to interview me about it all, so there wasn't much rubbish and mayhem to photograph. Luckily I had already taken loads of photos.
... being first on scene at a fatal head on collision between two cars this afternoon (one died at scene and other three were not looking good).
A shocking reminder of the fragility of life.
Yes of course, RIP and condolences..
I witnessed a biker/car head-on, many years ago, I had a small baby in the car, but my 'then husband' went to check it out ...... sorry to say, I'm glad i stayed in the car.
I think you did the right thing too , Karey.
I am actually just looking out the stuff I got from the NEC Bike Show about First On Scene First Aid Training Courses.
There was nothing more I could have done in this instance as their injuries were way beyond any amateur assistance (and I couldn't get the door open for the dying woman and God knows I tried) but it may be useful in future. Luckily I knew the basics about securing the vehicles and managing the traffic, emergency calls etc.
I am sure most people reading this also know the procedure but if you don't, please do some reading/research. It can make a huge difference in those vital minutes before the professionals arrive on the scene (and then leave it completely in their hands - those guys were amazing!!)
Let's use the life lost today to educate ourselves to make a difference.
I totally agree TC. I am a first aider and have been for many years, I am also trained in De-fib... but you have to remember you are there as 'first port of call' you can only do what you are capable of doing.
I remember an elderly gentleman falling outside my place of work, I rushed out to help, but there was already a first aider there. The gentleman was obvioulsy not breathing and my colleague was administering CPR, but he was tiring and asked me to take over...
Ashamed to say ... I just froze.... this was the first time I had seen anybody in such a bad state,, (i can handle the partially severed fingers.. or the puking up all over .. etc etc..) but this freaked me out... and this was a couple of years before we got the de-fibs.
Although I couldn't do the CPR, and another first aider had arrived, I did manage to help in other ways.. (got his details from his wallet..including some medical history) for when the ambulance arrived.
Unforturnately he didn't make it .... and it upset me for a long time after.. the guilt of not helping etc... but at my nxt refresher course, i was reminded that we are there to help in whatever way we can, we are not medical teams .. and not expected to be.
All we can do is our best.
Grr! Not sad, or unhappy just fuming! with the cops.
The last time (a few days ago) I had to call em out (cos of looters) they were on scene within FIVE MINUTES, yes 5 mins. I know the weekend is a busier time, crime wise, but I phoned 'em at 9.40pm that's 2 hours ago. The guy who was doing the looting is squatting in one of the other empty flats above the one he was looting. I didn't report him for squatting, he didn't interfere with my life, so live and let live, but tonite he was making such a racket shouting and bashin the metal shutters off, he pulled the door off and dragged a carpet and an arm chair out on to the pavement. So much for the council clearing up the rubbish yesterday!
I'm starting to wonder if my home will be next for looting, as it's the only property with anything in it worth taking. I've been offered yet another council property to view but 3 people have told me the area is a bad one prone to house burglars. Great! It just gets better!
I'm seriously thinking of suing the council for causing and prolonging my distress by offering me houses that are just as sub standard, or worse, than the one I'm living in. If they had offered me somewhere decent I'd have been moved out long before the looting started.
The cops still aint been
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