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Friday, 14 December 2012
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Pablo's Last Christmas (2011)
I usually work at Christmas time.
Everyone else is away with family and friends,I am usually at my work.
Current job is as a support worker for Mental Health clients and, having done Nursing prior to this, there is always scope to work over the seasonal period.
Last year I did a 2pm-10pm shift on Christmas Day.We had some community clients come to our 'core' house where there was a Christmas dinner cooked by the staff.
Dawn and myself were on the late shift and were all set to dish up the dinner at 3pm.We were serving about 8 people and we were eating with them too.
Now Shaz on the early shift had got most of cooking ongoing and it was supposed to be the meal would be ready by 3pm.We were using two kitchens with much to-ing and fro-ing and sweat involved.
However, tables were set and meal was on course for the arranged time.
Then we discovered something when we were going to get the drinks ready.
There were no drinks.Nothing.Zero.Nada.
PANIC!
Searched the whole place..Phoned Shaz at home-: "Where are the drinks?" I enquired.
"Oh!" replied Shaz."I thought they were locked away in the office cupboard."
They were not.
Turned-out The purchaser of the meal (who shall be nameless) was so obsessed with meal ingredients the thought of what to have to drink with said meal never arose.
Shops were all closed too.
So Chistmas dinner last year was accompanied by milk and some extremely diluted orange squash that one of our house folk had in his cupboard.
The meal was good, however, and we had a great laugh about it afterwards.
After the tidying-up we just sat on our backsides and did barely a stroke of work ,watching TV.Easy shift overall.
The great thing about it though was that it reminded me that our clients are really more than users of a service.They are almost like family.We have known each other and are involved in many aspects of their lives over the years and I know I would rather spend Christmas with them than some actual members of my own family.
Having said all that I am off at Christmas this year.
Don't know what's happening yet.
Anyway, here's Ce Lo Green's version of Donny Hathaway's THIS CHRISTMAS .......Yo Ho Ho
Everyone else is away with family and friends,I am usually at my work.
Current job is as a support worker for Mental Health clients and, having done Nursing prior to this, there is always scope to work over the seasonal period.
Last year I did a 2pm-10pm shift on Christmas Day.We had some community clients come to our 'core' house where there was a Christmas dinner cooked by the staff.
Dawn and myself were on the late shift and were all set to dish up the dinner at 3pm.We were serving about 8 people and we were eating with them too.
Now Shaz on the early shift had got most of cooking ongoing and it was supposed to be the meal would be ready by 3pm.We were using two kitchens with much to-ing and fro-ing and sweat involved.
However, tables were set and meal was on course for the arranged time.
Then we discovered something when we were going to get the drinks ready.
There were no drinks.Nothing.Zero.Nada.
PANIC!
Searched the whole place..Phoned Shaz at home-: "Where are the drinks?" I enquired.
"Oh!" replied Shaz."I thought they were locked away in the office cupboard."
They were not.
Turned-out The purchaser of the meal (who shall be nameless) was so obsessed with meal ingredients the thought of what to have to drink with said meal never arose.
Shops were all closed too.
So Chistmas dinner last year was accompanied by milk and some extremely diluted orange squash that one of our house folk had in his cupboard.
The meal was good, however, and we had a great laugh about it afterwards.
After the tidying-up we just sat on our backsides and did barely a stroke of work ,watching TV.Easy shift overall.
The great thing about it though was that it reminded me that our clients are really more than users of a service.They are almost like family.We have known each other and are involved in many aspects of their lives over the years and I know I would rather spend Christmas with them than some actual members of my own family.
Having said all that I am off at Christmas this year.
Don't know what's happening yet.
Anyway, here's Ce Lo Green's version of Donny Hathaway's THIS CHRISTMAS .......Yo Ho Ho
Ravi Shankar:MindBlowing
Been chilling-out today listening to Ravi Shankar's self-titled album of 1964.
Give your ears a treat..Starts out all ethereal-like and becomes really fast and intense toward the end.
Almost spiritual..May the great man rest in peace.
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Give your ears a treat..Starts out all ethereal-like and becomes really fast and intense toward the end.
Almost spiritual..May the great man rest in peace.
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Monday, 10 December 2012
The Outrageous Marty Funkhouser Joke:Video
This is why my blog gets around 20 hits every day.Sent by Google
Warning: Do not watch if easily offended
Warning: Do not watch if easily offended
The Return Of The Blog
Did you know this blog even in its defunct state gets at least 10 hits every day?
That and with new found fame on audioboo.fm with my mini-podcasts has encouraged me to revive the blog.
When it was discontinued it seemed much work for nothing.
Now I have nowt better to do with my time..So welcome back and if you have never been here before have a browse.
The daily hits are mostly for my re-telling of outrageous joke told by Marty Funkhouser (Bob Einstein) in Curb Your Enthusiasm
Welcome ......
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Pablo's Desert Island Discs-- Part II
5-Wynton Marsalis-In The Sweet Embrace Of Life
A jazz track mainly chosen for its 55 minute length.A sprawling bluesy hymn to the joy and positivity of it all..Taken from the Village Vanguard 'Live'collection
6- Gato Barbieri - Last Tango In Paris
Jazzy film music I know but Gato's rasping-sax over the orchestra is rather irresistible
7- Neil Young -Change Your Mind
Another lengthy one showing off Mr Young at peak of his 'Grunge' Phase
8- Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough
Would really need some light relief on the desert island
Ask me next week and it would probably be a completely different list
LUXURY ITEM- Decent razor with toiletries.
BOOK- Bonfire Of The Vanities by Tom Sharpe
A jazz track mainly chosen for its 55 minute length.A sprawling bluesy hymn to the joy and positivity of it all..Taken from the Village Vanguard 'Live'collection
6- Gato Barbieri - Last Tango In Paris
Jazzy film music I know but Gato's rasping-sax over the orchestra is rather irresistible
7- Neil Young -Change Your Mind
Another lengthy one showing off Mr Young at peak of his 'Grunge' Phase
8- Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough
Would really need some light relief on the desert island
Ask me next week and it would probably be a completely different list
LUXURY ITEM- Decent razor with toiletries.
BOOK- Bonfire Of The Vanities by Tom Sharpe
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