Dairy by Mark Antony Raines

Care home s are i am afraid to say are gods  waiting room if you are elderly. 

We as society don't generally care about the elderly as we don't like to  accept the inconvenience of knowing we didn't wish to  care for them in most cases. 

Care homes are mostly private sector owned and it's thier legal responsibility not  the  government s to supply the staff with P.P E and other equipment and to provide a level of care for thier  residents. Most pay Doctor's a retainer to provide medical advice and sign death certificates when required. 

I have seen many a case of neiglect  in these homes and most are run just for profit and try  to to provide a minimum service for the money paided which  I think on average is over 400 pound s.

Why are the media and other s so suddenly caring when  for years we are all  guilty  of looking the other way as well don't  like to accept the inconvenience that we put them  thier. 

Nurse so rude...no right to ask about sex life

What give the right for a distinct nurse based in Holsworthy Devon were we live to ask my wife Enid the following question...Are you and your Husband having sex if so he needs to be careful of your stomach wound ,you could always have sex sideways.My wife Enid did not know what to say and was embarrassed.Myself am angry with this line of questions as it our  personal lives of I ask the other way round about theirs i would be in trouble with the law.My wife Enid is making the excuse that ask others same questions but I object mostly due to fact it's is none of their business and fact my wife is recovering still from stomach wound and is disabled like myself  .

Me the props guy ?

Last night I went to  my local  theatre in Holsworthy  the Holsworthy Amauter Theatre  to see if I  could  help by being a volunteer with props department.                        I was nervous and my  brain had a memory  block  when I appoarched people  waiting by the front  door  but was ok when I saw the person who is  charge of the props .                                      I had the guided tour of the theatre  which was a  old cinema in its day and it is a bit of  a rabbit  Warren when we got to where the props department  is sited it was difficult to get into you had to do a bit of a limbo and could not stand up well due bring under the stage.                                       We then was told how it works and the what the job  was quite  interesting.  Not required to do much at moment due to early days of planning for next  year's  panto Aladin but give phone number and await for call back.

Holsworthy mark show

A podcast station is set up on podbean under  maraines88 Holsworthy mark show so far I have done  11 episodes.  On it will be interviews, science news, stuff io like of interest please be part of it and follow my show ty                         

13.06.2017 ATTENDED FUNERAL OF MY MUM BARBARA ANN RAINES

Yesterday i started the day by getting up at 5.30am as par normal but with a sense of knowledge of was going to say goodbye to my mum. For the  journey i had to hire a rental car which my step daughers boyfriend drove to from Holsworthy to Southend on Sea essex and back in  same day .T he journey up ran very well untill hit a127 road towards Southend as usual traffic hold ups met we got to Southend around 2.30pm so mark drove down to Southend seafront to see the sights and pier.T hen we went to Sutton road crematorium Southend and waited in car park area untill others  arrived, i first saw  my uncle and auntie and my niece and boyfriend then i saw jo and her husband and Georgia then jayne and John and James, nicky and tony,xanthia, peter and girlfriend came later think had car trouble. Then the person doing the service Emma came and said hello, As usual you feel strange in situation as dont know what to expect or dicuss with others, saw my auntie Denise and husband and one of her sons nick then the funeral car came and we went into the chapel. Seeing the coffin was hard as then hit me our mum was no longer around we listened to the service i managed to get  the inner strength to  say my words to our mum,songs were played, poetry spoken, then it was time for the final goodbye which i took badly inside then we went outside to see the flowers. Then we went to restaurant for a meal were i was just unable to find the strength to find effort to speak to some who were making less of an effort, no names this time,then left to go back home, i only said a quick goodbye due to feeling like crap.O n journey home was diverted a couple of times, a hard and long day  which i did for the love of my mum who i will miss a lot, love you mum from your son mark

ANICENT TATTOO NEEDLES FOUND.

An Alaskan dig discovered 400 year old ivory tattoo needles and masks which were used by natives known as YUPIKS,and these items are to be sent to UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN for preservation.

My plea for help via cfz

Hi cfz people I wander if you could help me with some information or ideas about a illness I have been informed about. Well here goes I have been told I have mild small vessel disease of the brain with global decline which effects my cognitive skills in my daily life and I have tried various methods to find out information in can understand as I get confused I also am trying to find a support group to help me and others who are like me but if none I would like to know how to start oni am asking you as I know this is a community who believes in trying to help other people. I am sorry this is not your normal post but I believe you will not mind and a massive thank you to  Jonathan Downes for letting do this. If you wish please fb message me mark antony raines aka ghostman.

possible credible u.f.o in Devon .

back in march 31 st 1993 ,2 policeman -clifford  waycott and robert wiley whilst driving along a 3072 on petrol spotted something strange when near okhampton  ,their saw a bright light in the sky and as neared holsworthy the light was behaving as if waiting for an reaction ,sailing a little ahead of them above treetops ,low silent and did not believe was an aircraft.the officers radioed hq stating going to investigate but did not get near object not even doing 90 mph and  decided to slow down as did not wish to report crashing a police car whilst chasing u.f.o.the local then r.a.f station at chivenor was contacted but their stated no aircraft in the air fitting description of hovering and changing to supersonic speed.later that day other reliable witnesses had seen object including bbc engineers manning transmitter in dartmoor,also police from plymouth  docks had seen an extraordinary cfat between 1.00 am to 1.30 am.

My cafe experience

I frist heard about this voluntary work placement  when I decided to get back into voluntary work through the Bideford voluntary centre. I found it hard at frist to try to be part of a team again as although put a mask of a exovert really deep down shy and sensitive. I got to know and respect the fellow volunteers and enjoyed diong the gardening. Sometimes the politics of the place would rear its ugly head so i just sat on the fence to stay out of this situation. I had to leave due due to moving to Holsworthy for family reasons. I was able to get the chance of  doing a second stint due to fellow volunteer moving to Holsworthy. I have to say in my own opinion that the garden and surrounding areas were in a  terrible state of disarray and through my and over voluntary worker was able to ger back to a very good standard. The journey to and from place to home was a long trek so to past time got chatting to volunteer giving life about  usual every day stuff and at time i thought  i was founded a friendship. When  the place frist got its new young vulnerable adult i was considered not able to be own to work with him due to my own disabled which in some eyes made me a vulnerable adult as well which did upset me at time,this changed and i got on well with said adult who seemed to blossom in a lot  of ways,then hear comes the punch it all changed due a lack of information and my wife getting worse. The lack of information kead to my wife wandering why i was there a problem with me being picked up which in turn lead to a very shittty nasty response from  the  voluntary worker who give me a lift a rant about why did wife ring up ,something about Facebook, children being picked up late from school, and i treatment of  them as at my beck and call then my wife got very ill which when i read message  i got very pissed off and yes i did put comments on a site on Facebook which was  wrong but then i was accused of either picking on them or having  a problem which i did not reply to as i thought mistakenly that people knew i was not that kind of person so i decided to leave to not make tge situation get worse or ruin  my reputation, was 10 years a care worker in mental health and special needs and 10 years voluntary work on different projects and never had any complaints. Don't get the wrong impression i really enjoyed my time  at this place but when things start to make you uneasy its time  to  go.

rare atlas

a rare  17  th  century atlas that has 9 volumes and 600 eitchings has been found.

Rant issue 3

Who invented  woodchip  wallpaper needs to be  put on  a firing  line  as a bit of a barstad to remove as a lot of elbow  grease is needed, when  some people  get  a cold thier make out its the end of tbe world as we know it,why is it that if you  have a radio you can get the next  county ..Cornwall. .clearly  but not own radio  devon,my wife has very  old fashioned  ways about  peoples choices, why do baddies in soaps get away  with  everything and then people  think can do in resl life,i know more about  American  political parties  tgen own as always ontv,radio and  not even  vote  thier president  yet please  i am British and  proud, i hate it when my computer  plays up or hacked  aa really  pisses me off ,yes i like a rant as helping  with  my parnoid  thoughts

Assessment for mark

Well today i had an assessment  about  getting  back  to  work  at launceston medical  centre, This happened  after a odd start as at 9,45 am i was rang to say their  might not  be able to make due to my appointment  last  one of day and may  run late but then rerung to say ring at 2,45pm to see if can do,Anyway  to make a  long  story short  i later  had  to ring my volunteer  driver to pick me up from 3,40 pm to 2,45pm to help  assessment  people  out,Got to centre, a reall old depressing  building ,showed my i d to prove i was  me then waied until  3.40pm to see assessment  person, a nurse ,eho the asked about my illness and if any changes  since  4 years ago  filling in  forms and i mentioned that  i had a possible right thalamic  stroke,due development of pain in left  side of  jaw which  spread gradually down my left side including arm and lower limb,my speech became less fluent with hesitancy  and left arm more  sensitive to  touch.Had tests and given clopidogrel 75 mg as a secondary prevention. Due to this problem  the nurse stopped  the assessment  as only  a doctor  can deal with brain  health  problems  so i have to wait for  an appointment  for this but still get my benefits  untill  next  assessment  probably at Plymouth.

My Motorhead concert.a tribute to lemmy

Years ago when i was younger and wore colours..thought i was a hippie hells angel ..i wnt to my frist heavy metal concert.This was to watch motorhead which lead singer was lemmy from motorhead a bit of a hero of mine due to the way he started off in hawkwind then left to form motorhead, think band name came from a track from album.T he concert was at the cliffs plavion in Southend -on -sea essex ,the support  band were called sword  who are i beleive candian ,their set was about half hour, at the concert  were all the local hells angels,my future brother in law was one, the speakers  were huge and the bouncers were the hard  core of hells angels.Then on stage came lemmy up to his trademark  mirophone ,long and mic at a time 45 degree angle the music was then loud and brash and at one point  the crowd were told that the management  had ask motorhead to  turn the volume  down,may have been part of the act,lemmy in his usual zest for life said something  like fuck them lets get louder.All the major songs were playec and tge next day my hearing was a bit  mutt and jeff ..deaf but i was reminded of  this day due to the recent death of lemmy ..29.12.2015 so iwting this a tribute  to hat he meat to me a true zest ,loud ,brash man who once was a hippie then a metalhead rocker gone but always part of me.This article is in gonzo weekly ,thanks jon, http://files.flipsnack.net/iframehtml5/embed.html?hash=ftpm4ismd&fullscreen=1&startIndex=0&previous_page=true&startPage=1&t=14515407831451540783&bwd=1&pbs=1

Terror is wrong

I do not understand  why someone  would kill over an ideal of any religious beleifs.we mudt be carefull not to blame or put all peoples in the same characteristics as thats what these people  wish to do to create more hate.i have no solutions  but know bombing is not a answer we must try to see where the money is coming  from to fund and accept  we may have caused  the problem  it seems no lessons  learned from the  frist  world  war when we took all of gemany assets which in turn  lead to hitler and we know where  that lead.dont forget our government  and others supported countries  with people  of dispute and trained there  armys.so i wish for prace and no more terror but this may be but a dream dear reader.

Watershed is it still valid

The watershed is what you can watch after 9.00 pm.In my youth  i would  watch programmes  like these  on my t.v upstairs  as i knew it would  contain  violence, sex or both and in playground  next day you would brag about this.N ow the lastest concern is programme s like soaps are pushing  this boundary but we live in an age that you can watch  anything  on your  computer  as long as you tick the right  box or pin number  you can watch anything. Yes i do think you have to be careful what younger  children  watch but it is hard as they are more technical able than our generation. So whts the answer will i dont know as i think we are to late to stop.

WHAT IF YOU THINK SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE

AS PART OF WORLD SUICIDE  PREVENTION DAY  ON THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2015  I THOUGHT I WOULD PASS THIS  INFORMATION I FOUND ON.THINGS TO DO ..ASKTHE PERSON HOW THIER  ARE  FEELING,MOST OF  US DO  NOT  WISH TO  DIE BUT AT THE  TIME THUER NOT SEE A OTHER  WAY  OUT. BE NON JUDGEMENTAL ,SUPPORTIVE ,LISTEN. YOU CAN ASK ARE YOU HAVING  SUICIDAL  THOUGHTS AS DOES NOT INCREASE RISK,RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS.LET THEN KNOW YOU CARE.JUST BE THIER IF YOU  DONT  KNOW WHAT TO  SAY YET AGAIN  LISTEN.ENCOURGE THEM TO SEEK HELP,EXPLORE OTHER  OPTIONS. ASK HOW YOU CAN HELP THEM .YOU  COULD  REMOVE ITEMS THAT CAN BE USED FOR SELF HARM AND TRY TO ENSURE  THEY HAVE SOMEONE WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES.TRY TO MAKE A LIST WITH THEM OF POSTIVE THINGS AND PEOPLE  THIER  CARE ABOUT. WARNING SIGNS TO LOOK FOR ARE MARKED CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR OR IF SAY THINGS LIKE YOU BE BETTER  OFF WITHOUT  ME. SEARCH FOR AVAILABLE  HELP.BE SUPPORTIVE  BY GOING TO  APPOINTMENTS WITH THEM.MAYBE CREATE A SUPPORT  PLAN...CONTACT DETAILS  OF CLOSE  FRIENDS, FAMILY, MENTAL HEALTH  HELPLINES, 24 HOUR HELPLINES.AND REMEMBER THAT SUICIDE  THOUGHTS ARE OFTEN ASOCIATED WITH TREATABLE MENTAL ILLNESS AND IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION  TO A TEMPORARY  PROBLEM. NOW FOR THE THINGS NOT TO DO ..JUDGE,AVOID  SUBJECT OF SUICIDE, EXPRESS SHOCK AT WHAT  THIER TELL YOU,TELL THEM WHAT IS BEST FOR  THEM,LECTURE ON VALUE OF LIFE,DO NOT USE GUILT OR THREATS TO PREVENT OR BE SWORN TO SECRECY.BEFORE I GIVE YOU  INFO YOU MAY THINK WHY THIS SUBJECT DEAR READER  WELL IT DUE TO FACT I WAS ONCE LABELLED AS SUICIDAL  FUE TO 2 ATTEMPTS IN THE 80,S SO THID IS WAY I WISH TO OFFER HELP.INFO... I.A.S.P.INFO,MIND.ORG.UK,SAMARITIANS 08457 90 90 90 ,HOPEFULLY THIS ARTICLE  WILL  HELP SOMEONE.

GHOSTMAN GETS PUSH FROM CHARITY SHOP...G.S.D...HOLSWORTHY.

YES FOLKS I AM I THINK THE ONLY PERSON TO GET THE PUSH OR SACK FROM A CHARITY  SHOP.I TAKE SOME OF THE BLAME AS TODAY ..TUESDAY  I GAVE 10 EXTRA IN CHANGE  BUT IN DEFENCE THE PERSON  DID BRING IT BACK,I THINK THIS WAS ON THE CARDS AS AFTER NEARLY 2 MONTHS ON SOME OCCASIONS  WHEN I TURNED UP I  WAS INFORMED THAT THE  TILL WAS DOWN ,YES COULD HAVE BEEN ME BUT ODD WHY KEEP ME ON PERHAPS  WANTED TO GIVE ME A CHANCE. NO DEAR READER NO HARD FEELINGS  TOWARDS ANYONE AS THIER ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO OTHERS, SO FAIR WELL G,S.D I WILL TRY TO USE YOU IF REQUIRE  STUFF AND WISH YOU GOOD KARMA.

RUDE ROAD MARKINGS.

RESIDENTS AT A HOUSING ESTATE ,TAMWORTH,STOKE ARE CONCERNED AFTER PENIS SHAPES ON ROAD.THIS WAS DUE TO THAT REPAIRS TO WHITE LINES TOOK A WRONG TURN AND PAINT REACTED BADLY TO TARMAC CAUSING THESE OBSCENCE SHAPES.THE LOCAL COUNCIL TRYING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

SOAP OPERAS

YES SOAP OPERAS ON T.V SAD I KNOW .BUT I KNOW NOT REAL WORLD BUT FUN TO SPOT WHICH SOAP COPIES WHOS  STORYLINE .IF YOU LOOK AT IT IS IKE THE GREEK DRAMAS OF OLD I HEAR YOU CRY NOT SO BUT THERE WAS COMEDY,DRAMA IN THEM SO SAME OLD SOAP OPERA A.

YODA CARVING FOUND?

A  CARVING THAT LOOKS LIKE YODA -STAR WARS -WAS UNCOVERED IN HOPTON-ON-SEA FOUND BY STONEMASONS RESTORING A MEDIEVAL CHURCH.