As you may or may not recall, my dad ,suffered a massive stroke in November ,and he is still in hospital.Well it now seems that he wont be going home,but weel have too spend the rest of his days in 24hour care , Do any of the members either have experience of what will happen to my mum or any one have social service knowledge ,of what to do expect ect .thanking you in advance A.S
As you may or may not recall, my dad ,suffered a massive stroke in November ,and he is still in hospital.Well it now seems that he wont be going home,but weel have too spend the rest of his days in 24hour care , Do any of the members either have experience of what will happen to my mum or any one have social service knowledge ,of what to do expect ect .thanking you in advance A.S
Firstly my best wishes to you all at this time. I have a little experience of this which may or may not be of use. However like most things what will happen WRT your mum is case dependent. So, if you don't wish the detail surrounding her situation to be in the public domain please feel free to PM me (but be aware that I don't get to visit the site as often as I would like).
Here is a couple of broad scenarios which may be applicable. If your mum is capable of looking after herself & wishes to do so then nothing should change.
If she is incapable either physically or mentally then you should contact Social Services. They will provide both advice & practical help. It could be that your mum may require home care. Dependent upon financial circumstance this could be given free or she may have to contribute on a sliding scale to the point where she may be liable to pay all costs, this is usually determined on property value & savings.
If she does need home care then I advise you to choose the provider carefully. Do your homework &, acting as her advocate (I presume you don't have power of attorney) work alongside the social worker who will be assigned to her to ensure she gets the assistance she needs. Be very specific about her needs & what you require from any health care agency.
My own mother required carers to visit her in her home when she succumbed to dementia. While some of them were okay there were two or three who were unsuitable for work within that sector. I had a couple of run ins with them & had to involve social services. It was SS who revealed my then occupation to the care agency & from thereon they mysteriously became compliant. After the cat was out of the bag I went on to advise them that I was seriously considering having a couple of their staff arrested for fraud by misrepresentation with regard to their actions relating to their paperwork (but that's another story) I did however have them removed from their posts. In the end my mum came to live with us until she sadly died.
As said if I can give any advice I will. Just let me know.
All the very best to you AS I think stag has given some good info there, I would just add that my wife is a social worker who specialises in adult care and Dementia. She is very committed to the people and the cases she deals with and cares enormously about the right outcome for all concerned, there is for more support and care packages available than people might think so please try not to panic for your mother's welfare (if course you will worry like mad) the social services are not to ge feared and can and will help you and your family without being overpowering. If you have any specific questions feel free to PM me and I'll refer to my good lady.
First of all: Our thoughts are with you and your family AS
Now for something completely different. This new years eve Putin signed a new security doctrine for Russia. This doctrine states that NATO is the biggest security threath for Russia. This is both sad and worrying
There seems to be some kind of problem in international skiing championship that leads to fewer viewers in all countries but one. I just don't know what that problem is .....
The winners are happy and have such nice wool caps. I still don't see the problem ....... )
I thought it may have been fencing, a sort of " Stab in the dark" guess
Did you shout " Keep your tip up " at any point ?
Wonderful sport, always wanted to be skilled with a sword, comes from
watching all those Zorro movies. So well done Chrisisall Jr. {[]
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Although in some countries Skiing is just another form of transport.
It would be like Britain getting medals for walking in rhe rain ?
When it doesn't snow it rains here on the west coast, so we could give you a run (walk?) for your money in that sport.
LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
As a means of clearing the air to facilitate moving forward, I am going to get some things off my chest, but in doing so I must make the dreariest post of my AJB career, so I convey my apologies in advance. I am in my eleventh year here, and I've always considered this site to be a haven from the drudgery, demands and unpleasantness of the real world, and thus have always dreaded the intrusion of political debate into this charming and diverting oasis. There are no shortages of online political Fight Clubs in which to mix it up, and trade bloody noses and fat lips; why not keep it there?
Alas, AJB has a resident cabinet of like-minded politicos who like to opine on the Offensive Political Threads (read: Random Chat and Rant Box) so in reality there isn't much debate...but IMO the lack of philosophical diversity has cultivated (intentionally or not) an hyena-like pack mentality. As (apparently) the only political conservative Bond fan on earth, I have come to feel a bit like Charlton Heston in The Omega Man. Just as he could never go out at night, I cannot visit these threads without having my beliefs ridiculed and insulted. Which is fine, of course---Freedom of Speech, and all that---and so, some time ago, I resolved to simply avoid going out at night, as it were; to simply stay away and give you fellows room to have your fun. And this worked, until
I didn't slag America...I did slag a minority...It's the Tea Party/neo-con gang I really dislike.
Well, hello. I didn't misinterpret this; perhaps you miswrote it? As it happens, I agree with some of those people (even though the 'neo-con' moniker is often misused, and is now largely a pejorative used by the left), so can you at least understand why I take issue? interesting, also, that you consider it perfectly acceptable to slag a group based on their minority status because you dislike them. How very progressive. Still, I'll take you at your word that you intended no malice.
This year they'll probably use a phony terror attack alert to scare folks in the hopes they vote for a hawk Rebublican. 8-)
I'm sure we just have a different definition of 'slagging.' 8-)
I have no personal issues with you, and enjoy our Bond, etc discussions. We simply cannot talk politics. People aren't necessarily idiots simply because they don't share your world view.
3 people have gotten killed by a "shooting" at a Colorado Springs "Planned Parenthood" clinic.
While I am undecided on the topic of abortion I am confused that noone in the US is calling these incidents what they are:
Terrorism!
It has all the ingredients for terrorism, just that the shooters wherte white and had no beards.
Here, you're either slagging all Americans, or only some? But to say you aren't slagging is just intellectually dishonest. Regardless, every single thing you've said since then has been the equivalent of noise---like radio static---accompanied by the rich, pungent bouquet of a lingering flatulence.
Don't patronize me; it only furthers the insult. Obviously, you enjoy arguing and having the last word. You clearly enjoy the argument process. I do not, which is why I don't waste time scouring the internet for 'proof' of my points as you do. Because I could, and they're out there. It's just that I find it all such a dreary and soul-eroding bore.
Now, I fully understand that English isn't everyone's first language (and, in fact, I barely share a language with my howling left-wing American colleagues), but moving forward from here, I want to be clearly understood: I spend time on AJB to escape my everyday life, which includes obnoxious political arguments that are repugnant to me, and I've already made a concession in agreeing to stay out of your little mud pit. Please feel free to get on with your urging of revocation of any constitutional rights that don't dovetail with your visions of a more socialist utopia.
All I ask: LEAVE ME OUT OF IT.
Feel free to log your compulsory denials and 'last word' arguments in the space below; I shall not respond as I have no interest, and I do not intend to ever see them. Likewise, I will carry no personal grudges beyond the confines of this wretched thread.
And now, with your very kind permission, I will return to AJB discussions of art, music, literature and the cinema...and one James Bond, agent 007 :007)
Cheers.
- L.
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Don't patronize me; it only furthers the insult. Obviously, you enjoy arguing and having the last word. You clearly enjoy the argument process. I do not, which is why I don't waste time scouring the internet for 'proof' of my points as you do. Because I could, and they're out there. It's just that I find it all such a dreary and soul-eroding bore.
Oh dear!
after your very nasty pm almost 4 weeks ago where you've told me not to contact you anymore as everything would be deleted, I wish, that you'd have followed your own advise.
I left you alone just for peace sake and I was trying and am still trying to keep the discussion in a respectful manner - can't see much of it in your previous post.
So, remember - I've left you the last word until you came up again here and distributed your hate and disgust 8-)
A lot of your accusations and name-callings below and above have been wrong but - different to yourself - I'll see them as differences in view and that's then fine with me.
Here, you're either slagging all Americans, or only some? But to say you aren't slagging is just intellectually dishonest. Regardless, every single thing you've said since then has been the equivalent of noise---like radio static---accompanied by the rich, pungent bouquet of a lingering flatulence.
I was criticizing that - in the present terror-hysteria - people oversee that a LOT of imo terror comes from groups, which are not muslim, not arabic , not from foreigners with beards and I was just asking why those frequent, planned and religiously motivated kills are not also called terrorism.
Nothing more and nothing less.
As I said in my pm to you: My country owes the USA a lot. Your country was a large factor in fighting a deadly and nasty regime here which too many people fell into and your people helped to give peace to Europe.
One thing that we've learnt from these dark days is, that differences in opinion must be discussed.
I see the american people as our friends and part of that friendship is, that we are telling our friends when they are on the wrong track.
We've done so when the (republican) President G.W Bush started his wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, wars which where good for nothing but destabilized an entire region even more.
And we'll continue doing so.
In my opinion, most parts of the republican party consist of self-orientated destructive and nasty people, who are heavily supported and influenced by lobbyists like Koch Brothers and others, who have no interest to make our world any better.
If that offends you - I am really sorry about it, but you won't change my opinion and you and you won't keep me off from saying it, cheers {[]
As a closing thought, I'll repeat what I've previously said: It's interesting that people that follow the nastiest, most intolerant and selfish politics are those, who get very easy offended when being called out or criticized.
See what amount of hate and selfishness is distributed on Fox News every day and how loud they scream when someone steps on their toes.
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
I do not, which is why I don't waste time scouring the internet for 'proof' of my points as you do. Because I could, and they're out there. It's just that I find it all such a dreary and soul-eroding bore.
Standard answer when someone can't back up what they've said and they've backed themselves into a corner...
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Sir MilesThe Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,725Chief of Staff
If we could possibly leave this topic (and replies) there, that would be nice {[]
Normally we'd say "take it to PM's", but in this instance it's best to try and draw a line underneath it and move on -{
When I sat down for dinner today I listened to the classical music channel. I discovered imediately heard that I was listening to the YOLT soundtrack played by a symphony orchestra. Turns out it was the first part of a two-part four hour program on the music of Bond. they will play music from all the Bond movies (other than LALD - turns out the sountrack doesn't work for a symphony orchestra). I really enjoyed it and I'll listen in next sunday too :007)
Hello stag, I am a retired bookseller, if the books are 1st editions published by Jonathan Cape they could be very valuable - if they are book club editions then a few pounds at most. If they are 1st editions from Jonathan Cape then best to contact a reliable bookseller or even an auction house such as Sotheby's. I hope they are valuable
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
I was examining my 23 film Bond boxset, when i noticed that DAF has a 12 certificate. What cuts are restored?
Also ithink it's wierd that GE has a 15 certificate, when TND doesn't.
I wonder why this is.
Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
Silhouette ManThe last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,841MI6 Agent
edited January 2016
Well today (13 January 2016) sees the thirteenth anniversary of my joining AJB back in 2003. I still recall that very day and my first posts here on James Bond Radio Adaptations. Those posts have been lost in the forum updates but I was an active member here between 2003 and 2005, coming back briefly in 2010, then returning to more substantial posting in 2012-2013. I was then of course banned for various misdemeanors on my part on 20 April 2013 but happily I was allowed to return after negotiations on 25 June 2014 and I've been posting here regularly again since then. Happily, some of my posts from 2005 still exist along with the years since then, but earlier posts than that have disappeared into the ether sadly.
I just want to use this anniversary occasion to say a very big thank you to all of the moderators and members here and what a pleasure it is to be a member of this great James Bond forum. Thanks for having faith in me at a time when I happened to need it! I look forward to more interesting discussion re James Bond (and other topics) in 2016.
Kind regards,
Silhouette Man.
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"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
Well today (13 January 2016) sees the thirteenth anniversary of my joining AJB back in 2003. I still recall that very day and my first posts here on James Bond Radio Adaptations. Those posts have been lost in the forum updates but I was an active member here between 2003 and 2005, coming back briefly in 2010, then returning to more substantial posting in 2012-2013. I was then of course banned for various misdemeanors on my part in May 2013 but happily I was allowed to return after negotiations in June 2014 and I've been posting here regularly again since then. Happily, some of my posts from 2005 still exist along with the years since then, but earlier posts than that have disappeared into the ether sadly.
I just want to use this anniversary occasion to say a very big thank you to all of the moderators and members here and what a pleasure it is to be a member of this great James Bond forum. Thanks for having faith in me at a time when I happened to need it!
Kind regards,
Silhouette Man.
-{ {[]
No, thank you, Silhouette Man!
You are probably not aware of this, but I really appreciate your contribution to this forum, especially the Literature Section. You actually inspired me to reread the novels, and place them under such level of praise as the films. I like to pop into your blog every once and a while as well. -{
P.S- I will read Never Send Flowers, I promise! And I will send you my thoughts on it!!
“The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
-Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
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Now for something completely different. This new years eve Putin signed a new security doctrine for Russia. This doctrine states that NATO is the biggest security threath for Russia. This is both sad and worrying
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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The winners are happy and have such nice wool caps. I still don't see the problem .......
It would be like Britain getting medals for walking in rhe rain ?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1SBBGMGgd_ETEg4eHlob3RaRFE/view
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Did you shout " Keep your tip up " at any point ?
Wonderful sport, always wanted to be skilled with a sword, comes from
watching all those Zorro movies. So well done Chrisisall Jr. {[]
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When it doesn't snow it rains here on the west coast, so we could give you a run (walk?) for your money in that sport.
Alas, AJB has a resident cabinet of like-minded politicos who like to opine on the Offensive Political Threads (read: Random Chat and Rant Box) so in reality there isn't much debate...but IMO the lack of philosophical diversity has cultivated (intentionally or not) an hyena-like pack mentality. As (apparently) the only political conservative Bond fan on earth, I have come to feel a bit like Charlton Heston in The Omega Man. Just as he could never go out at night, I cannot visit these threads without having my beliefs ridiculed and insulted. Which is fine, of course---Freedom of Speech, and all that---and so, some time ago, I resolved to simply avoid going out at night, as it were; to simply stay away and give you fellows room to have your fun. And this worked, until
You did this out of good humour? Because I'm renowned here for my good humour with regard to gun control?
Well, hello. I didn't misinterpret this; perhaps you miswrote it? As it happens, I agree with some of those people (even though the 'neo-con' moniker is often misused, and is now largely a pejorative used by the left), so can you at least understand why I take issue? interesting, also, that you consider it perfectly acceptable to slag a group based on their minority status because you dislike them. How very progressive. Still, I'll take you at your word that you intended no malice.
Okay.
I'm sure we just have a different definition of 'slagging.' 8-)
I have no personal issues with you, and enjoy our Bond, etc discussions. We simply cannot talk politics. People aren't necessarily idiots simply because they don't share your world view.
Here, you're either slagging all Americans, or only some? But to say you aren't slagging is just intellectually dishonest. Regardless, every single thing you've said since then has been the equivalent of noise---like radio static---accompanied by the rich, pungent bouquet of a lingering flatulence.
Don't patronize me; it only furthers the insult. Obviously, you enjoy arguing and having the last word. You clearly enjoy the argument process. I do not, which is why I don't waste time scouring the internet for 'proof' of my points as you do. Because I could, and they're out there. It's just that I find it all such a dreary and soul-eroding bore.
Now, I fully understand that English isn't everyone's first language (and, in fact, I barely share a language with my howling left-wing American colleagues), but moving forward from here, I want to be clearly understood: I spend time on AJB to escape my everyday life, which includes obnoxious political arguments that are repugnant to me, and I've already made a concession in agreeing to stay out of your little mud pit. Please feel free to get on with your urging of revocation of any constitutional rights that don't dovetail with your visions of a more socialist utopia.
All I ask: LEAVE ME OUT OF IT.
Feel free to log your compulsory denials and 'last word' arguments in the space below; I shall not respond as I have no interest, and I do not intend to ever see them. Likewise, I will carry no personal grudges beyond the confines of this wretched thread.
And now, with your very kind permission, I will return to AJB discussions of art, music, literature and the cinema...and one James Bond, agent 007 :007)
Cheers.
- L.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Oh dear!
after your very nasty pm almost 4 weeks ago where you've told me not to contact you anymore as everything would be deleted, I wish, that you'd have followed your own advise.
I left you alone just for peace sake and I was trying and am still trying to keep the discussion in a respectful manner - can't see much of it in your previous post.
So, remember - I've left you the last word until you came up again here and distributed your hate and disgust 8-)
A lot of your accusations and name-callings below and above have been wrong but - different to yourself - I'll see them as differences in view and that's then fine with me.
I was criticizing that - in the present terror-hysteria - people oversee that a LOT of imo terror comes from groups, which are not muslim, not arabic , not from foreigners with beards and I was just asking why those frequent, planned and religiously motivated kills are not also called terrorism.
Nothing more and nothing less.
As I said in my pm to you: My country owes the USA a lot. Your country was a large factor in fighting a deadly and nasty regime here which too many people fell into and your people helped to give peace to Europe.
One thing that we've learnt from these dark days is, that differences in opinion must be discussed.
I see the american people as our friends and part of that friendship is, that we are telling our friends when they are on the wrong track.
We've done so when the (republican) President G.W Bush started his wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, wars which where good for nothing but destabilized an entire region even more.
And we'll continue doing so.
In my opinion, most parts of the republican party consist of self-orientated destructive and nasty people, who are heavily supported and influenced by lobbyists like Koch Brothers and others, who have no interest to make our world any better.
If that offends you - I am really sorry about it, but you won't change my opinion and you and you won't keep me off from saying it, cheers {[]
As a closing thought, I'll repeat what I've previously said: It's interesting that people that follow the nastiest, most intolerant and selfish politics are those, who get very easy offended when being called out or criticized.
See what amount of hate and selfishness is distributed on Fox News every day and how loud they scream when someone steps on their toes.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Standard answer when someone can't back up what they've said and they've backed themselves into a corner...
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Normally we'd say "take it to PM's", but in this instance it's best to try and draw a line underneath it and move on -{
Here it is, if it helps.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Good suggestion stag -{ though the one in London isn't called HMSS but still looks good.
Shames there's no Vesper Martini on the cocktail menu, though they do have one of Bond's other favourites - the Old Fashioned.
Also ithink it's wierd that GE has a 15 certificate, when TND doesn't.
I wonder why this is.
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
I just want to use this anniversary occasion to say a very big thank you to all of the moderators and members here and what a pleasure it is to be a member of this great James Bond forum. Thanks for having faith in me at a time when I happened to need it! I look forward to more interesting discussion re James Bond (and other topics) in 2016.
Kind regards,
Silhouette Man.
You are probably not aware of this, but I really appreciate your contribution to this forum, especially the Literature Section. You actually inspired me to reread the novels, and place them under such level of praise as the films. I like to pop into your blog every once and a while as well. -{
P.S- I will read Never Send Flowers, I promise! And I will send you my thoughts on it!!
-Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
Just came across this really cool Bond personality quiz and thought some of you might enjoy it.
http://www.riddle.com/a/36717
I'm Sir Sean ( I'm really happy about that )
Unless everyone gets Sean Connery as an answer.