i phoned my mum’s old neighbours the Jones’s, who we nicknamed the pigeon grannies because their squawking demented voices sound like birds. after a while you’ll hear them start a tape recorder to trap the voice of arnold, thier prank caller lmfao.
Modern Times And Blindness
October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Modern Times And Blindness
Article by Owen Jones
Not so long ago, it was not at all uncommon to see blind people strolling the streets tap-tapping away with their white sticks, being steered by a dog, usually a Labrador, but I have not seen anyone like that in Britain for years, as far as I recall.
That has to be a good thing; it has to mean that we are beginning to cure or at least assuage most forms of blindness.
My aunty had cataracts for years when I was a kid in the Sixties – it was simply one of those facts of life. Some individuals got them once they were old and others did not.
My brother’s mother-in-law had cataracts in the late Nineties and she was put on a two year waiting, but at least she had hope and they were going to be removed free of charge.
I do not know of anyone else that has eye trouble except myself. I could not rub my spectacles clean one day and then a friend said he saw a white dot in one eye. He drove me to the hospital and the optician said that I had ‘premature senile cataracts’.
Well, I live in Thailand now and he did not use those exact words. He told me that the cataracts were because I was prematurely senile.
I asked him if that was what he really meant; he looked it up in a book and we both had a good laugh about it, although he never actually corrected himself. My condition turned out to be a little bit worse than just cataracts, but when I went from the local hospital to a major hospital in Pattaya, the surgeon saw me within 30 minutes and asked me if I wanted them taken away.
I said that I did and she was willing to do the operation there and then. I got it delayed by 24 hours, but she would have sorted my eye out that day in a 30 minute operation, which does not require anaesthetic. I thought that that was marvelous.
We have come a long way from habitually seeing blind individuals on the street and putting up with cataracts through a two-year waiting list to instant removal of cataracts by laser surgery in 40-50 years.
At least we have in the West and in the East too, if you have the money. There are still millions of people in Asia and particularly in Africa suffering blindness and partial blindness for the sake of an easy 30 minute operation.
Two weeks after my operation, my other eye began to cloud over. It was as if it had been holding on with its last ounce of strength until I got his mate sorted out. I had that one done last year and when I was allowed to take off my patch and look about me with two decent eyes again for the first time in a decade, I could not believe that I had forgotten how bright the world actually is and that I had not noticed how dingy my world had gotten.
If you are concerned around an eye operation, do not be. What you will experience when you can see in the correct manner again will make all the worry seem ridiculous and if you get the opportunity to give someone their eyesight back, please do it.
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Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on a number of topics, and is now concerned with the macular degeneration test. If you want to know more, please visit our web site at Macular Degenerative Disease
Epic Old Man – Senile Cashier
October 12, 2011 By 25 Comments
www.hahaha.com Crazy old cashier scans every product at least twenty times and then charges the poor customers hundreds of dollars for their groceries. A presentation of the Just For Laughs Gags. The funny hidden camera pranks show for the whole family. Juste pour rire les gags, l’émission de caméra cachée la plus comique de la télé!
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Those Naughty Debt Collectors
October 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Those Naughty Debt Collectors
Article by Paul J. Molinaro, M.D., J.D.
Debt collectors are heavily regulated by federal and California state laws. The California Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (California Civil Code Section 1788.30, also known as the Rosenthal Act) mirrors the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C.A. Section 1692k). Such strict governance is required to control a field where threats and offensive language are known to be very effective tactics to extract payments from debtors.
Creditors (the actual parties owed money) and debt collectors (agents hired by creditors to collect money owed to those creditors) have always had to deal with debtors (the parties who owe money) who can’t or won’t pay their debts. It should come as no surprise that sweet talk is much less effective than threats, personal insults, and relentless harassment when attempting to collect money. However, both federal and California law prevents such actions, and the financial penalties for violations of these laws are severe.
As an example of behavior that is prohibited, a debt collector may not use or threaten to use violence or any other criminal means against anyone’s physical person, reputation or property. (See 15 USC Section 1692d(1)). The Federal Trade Commission has noted that even the statement, “We’re not playing around here – we can play tough” is prohibited. In addition, using obscene or profane language is prohibited. (15 USC Section 1692d(2)). Some specific examples cited in court reports include a creditor asking a creditor if she was “old and senile” and accusing her of “just sitting on [her] behind doing nothing, collecting a social security check.” Likewise, a debt collector may not call the debtor a “liar” or “deadbeat.” Using religious slurs or racial/sexual epithets is similarly prohibited.
Debt collectors may not call debtors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. (15 USC ? 1692c(a)(1)). Though a specific number is not given, debt collectors may not call debtors so many times in one day that the calls become harassing in and of themselves. Debt collectors may not call a debtor’s family, friends, or employer to embarrass the debtor into paying.
The penalties for violations can range from a statutory award of one hundred dollars (0.00) to one thousand dollars (,000.00) per violation, plus actual damages (including emotional distress damages), punitive damages, and all costs of suit including attorneys’ fees. Though damages for emotional distress and punitive awards are not usually awarded, courts are quick to award the maximum statutory penalties and attorneys’ fees. Thus, bringing a law suit against an abusive creditor or debt collector can be an effective means to stop the abuse.
Do not let creditors push you around. If you feel you are the victim of abuse or harassment by creditors or debt collectors, consult an attorney to learn about your rights. You will likely discover that you have many more protections and rights than you thought you did.
- Paul
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