I could not believe my eyes when I read the news
this morning. Apparently experts have found that it is vital for the
functioning of a true democracy that a sizeable proportion of the electorate
should have no idea of what's going on.
It would seem that a sizeable proportion of
people with no grasp of the issues of the day can have a steadying influence on
those who actually know what's happening. After all, heaven forbid that
democratic decisions should ever be made with any knowledge of the issues or
reason being employed.
Mind you, does anyone truly understand what's
going on in the world? I certainly don't.
And so to the doctor’s. My appointment was
for 9.10am – I got in shortly after 9.30am. I didn’t complain – the place was
busy, and enough other people were complaining already.
When I saw the hospital doctor about my
sinusitis (two weeks ago) he said to
see my G.P. in a week or so, and so I did. They said to keep taking the
medicine. Whilst there we had a chat about my general health (I knew him when he was only a corporal!).
My cholesterol isn’t *that* high
according to today’s doc, and we’ve agreed to check it again in a few months.
My blood pressure is also down – now at 120/80, which is the best it’s been
since the early 1990s. We put the improvements down to the recent weight loss.
So I suppose this diet is a good thing: even if I do feel hungry most of the
time.
And then to work – through the snow. Only a
few flurries, but I don’t like snow if I have to travel. I still have memories
of a journey to Whitstable. We drove there in under an hour, the snow fell, and
it took five hours to get home again. There was a dubious few minutes on the
way as I saw the snow was laying on some of the fields, but fortunately the
snow turned to rain. Let’s hope it stays as rain.
Meanwhile overnight the mad axe murderer’s
car has transformed itself into a vehicle of the forces of law and order.
The mad axe murderer is rather dubious about
driving round in a police car: it may be a tad conspicuous. As if being a mad
axe murderer isn’t conspicuous enough already.
I was always told 120/80 was the perfect blood pressure for a healthy adult.
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