observations & poems from
An Old Codger
SCRAPYARDS GALORE
In a desert place with dry flat sand,Redundant aircraft in a line they stand,Outdated, inefficient, too big, too small,Superfluous to the industry’s current call. I fear that there will be many, many, moreSurplus to airline fleets, left on the floor,Whilst this virus...
Increased concern over the introduction of electric vehicles.
Readers of my blogs will recall that, in February, I expressed concern over the introduction of electric cars. Charging at home, charging points to meet demand, who will be able to afford them, and pedestrians not aware of their presence. I have just experienced...
OLD NAIN JONES
Old Nain Jones sits by her front room window,Her lace net curtains hanging still and low,Watching life on the street outside,With memories of when it was always cleaned with pride. Old Ted is out there still delivering coal,Once a fine young man, played in goal.Ah!...
Personal observed views on the NHS
Recently, as a result of my wife being admitted into A&E and thence onto an associated ward in our local hospital on a number of occasions over several months, having had her scan appointment to assist in achieving a diagnosis, cancelled several times, I made...
How a simple visit to RAF Ballykelly resulted in an unexpected tour of the UK
It was 1963 and I was one of the Education Officers at No 4 School of Technical Training, RAF Cosford, where two thousand Boy Entrants were under technical training and associated education programmes on a variety of engineering and allied courses. It was...
CAN WE EVER ACHIEVE WORLD-WIDE ACTION?
There are many world-wide issues that can only be solved by total world-wide effort and action, but I fear that we may never see any of these tackled in unison and eradicated. One, of course, is the eradication of the current deadly virus, or protection from it, and...
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD?
That song, made popular by Louis Armstrong, paints a world of green trees, red roses, skies of blue, and friends shaking hands, but there is another world I am witnessing. A few days ago, late in the afternoon, I drove into the edge of town and parked up my car on a...
CAN WE EVER LIVE IN HARMONY?
We are an odd race, we come in different sizes and several skin colours. We have developed separate mother tongues within each nation. We live nation alongside nation but not always in harmony. Many cannot even exist in harmony within their own population....
WISE AFTER THE EVENT
Here we are today hoping that the COVID-19 virus is now under control. We should not be surprised to have encountered this world-wide pandemic; expert have warned of such an outbreak occurring. When and what form of virus we would encounter, have been the...
BEST USE OF OUR WORLD-WIDE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE & SKILL ?
What an amazing scientific and engineering feat to send an unmanned vehicle through space and successfully land on Mars. If it continues according to plan, samples of the planet’s ‘soil’ will be gathered up and returned to NASAs laboratories for analysis. Here our...