Cycling home tonight, I was going downhill behind a Post Office lorry. This wasn't a "Postman Pat" style van, it was a much bigger lorry, presumably used to transfer post between depots. I saw the lorry braking, so I applied my brakes too. Unfortunately, these were less effective than I'd hoped, possibly because the road was wet. I had enough time ( Read more... )

When I was doing my A levels at school, we had guest speakers once a week, on various random topics; the most memorable was the hypnotist. (I could have sworn that I'd written about this before, but I can't find any relevant posts, so sorry if this is a repeat.)

( Some stuff that might upset you if you're very squeamish )

As I mentioned in my previous post, I was on my way home last night when I walked past a couple of policemen: they were wearing first aid gloves, and dealing with a guy who was lying on the ground. I was off duty, so I wasn't in uniform and I didn't have a first aid kit with me, but I figured that I ought to volunteer my services ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a mixed couple of days. I knew that I'd have to work late last night, but it turned out to be a lot later than expected - I arrived at work at 08:45 yesterday morning, and left at about noon today. In fairness, this is being done to meet my own self-imposed deadline, so I can't whine about an unreasonable boss; it's just unfortunate ( Read more... )

I had an interesting letter from the National Blood Service recently...

( More detail about sharp pointy things )